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Simon Wincer has 9 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2000s.
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Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
1993
Adventure · Comedy

Alaska
1996
Family · Drama

3 Ninjas Kick Back
1994
Family · Adventure

Everything's Gonna Be Great
1998
Family · Drama

3 Ninjas
1992
Family · Action

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992
Comedy · Family

Jingle All the Way
1996
Family · Adventure

The Rugrats Movie
1998
Adventure · Animation
When courageous young Neera becomes separated from her family in the desert, she chances upon a wild colt. Together they find friendship, trust, and their way back home only to discover her family is about to lose everything!
Dir. Simon Wincer · With Biana Tamimi, Richard Romanus, Patrick Elias

American Matt Quigley answers Australian land baron Elliott Marston's ad for a sharpshooter to kill the dingoes on his property. But when Quigley finds out that Marston's real target is the aborigines, Quigley hits the road. Now, even American expatriate Crazy Cora can't keep Quigley safe in his cat-and-mouse game with the homicidal Marston.
Dir. Simon Wincer · With Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo, Alan Rickman

It's the lawless future, and renegade biker Harley Davidson and his surly cowboy buddy, Marlboro, learn that a corrupt bank is about to foreclose on their friend's bar to further an expanding empire. Harley and Marlboro decide to help by robbing the crooked bank. But when they accidentally filch a drug shipment, they find themselves on the run from criminal financiers and the mob in this rugged action adventure.
Dir. Simon Wincer · With Mickey Rourke, Don Johnson, Chelsea Field

Daryl is a normal 10-year-old boy in many ways. However, unbeknown to his foster parents and friends, Daryl is actually a government-created robot with superhuman reflexes and mental abilities. Even his name has a hidden meaning -- it's actually an acronym for Data Analyzing Robot Youth Life-form. When the organization that created him deems the "super soldier" experiment a failure and schedules Daryl to be disassembled, it is up to a few rogue scientists to help him escape.
Dir. Simon Wincer · With Barret Oliver, Mary Beth Hurt, Michael McKean

When maladjusted orphan Jesse vandalizes a theme park, he is placed with foster parents and must work at the park to make amends. There he meets Willy, a young Orca whale who has been separated from his family. Sensing kinship, they form a bond and, with the help of kindly whale trainer Rae Lindley, develop a routine of tricks. However, greedy park owner Dial soon catches wind of the duo and makes plans to profit from them.
Dir. Simon Wincer · With Jason James Richter, Keiko, Lori Petty
Lightning Jack Kane is an Australian outlaw in the wild west. During a bungled bank robbery he picks up mute Ben Doyle as a hostage. The two become good friends, with Jack teaching Ben how to rob banks, while they plan Jack's last heist.
Dir. Simon Wincer · With Paul Hogan, Beverly D'Angelo, Cuba Gooding Jr.
Five Green Berets stationed in Vietnam in 1968 grudgingly undertake the mission of a lifetime -- to secretly transport an 8,000-pound elephant through 200 miles of rough jungle terrain. High jinks prevail when Capt. Sam Cahill promises the Montagnard villagers of Dak Nhe that he'll replace their prized elephant in time for an important ritual. But for Capt. T.C. Doyle, the mission becomes a jumbo-sized headache!
Dir. Simon Wincer · With Danny Glover, Ray Liotta, Denis Leary
The 21st successor to the role of Bengalla's resident superhero must travel to New York to prevent a rich madman from obtaining three magic skulls that would give him the secret to ultimate power.
Dir. Simon Wincer · With Billy Zane, Kristy Swanson, Treat Williams

After settling in the tiny Australian town of Walkabout Creek with his significant other and his young son, Mick "Crocodile" Dundee is thrown for a loop when a prestigious Los Angeles newspaper offers his honey a job. The family migrates back to the United States, and Croc and son soon find themselves learning some lessons about American life -- many of them inadvertent
Dir. Simon Wincer · With Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, Jere Burns