Movies by Mel Gibson
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Get the Gringo (2012)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Jesús Ochoa …
Directed by: Adrian Grunberg
Mel Gibson stars as a man who ends up in a notorious Mexican prison after his attempt to get away with a million-dollar stash ends in his arrest. With no friends among his fellow inmates, the…
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The Beaver (2011)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin …
Directed by: Jodie Foster
Suffering from a severe case of depression, toy company CEO Walter Black begins using a beaver hand puppet to help him open up to his family. Jodie Foster directs and co-stars as…
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For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots (2010)
Cast: Halle Berry, Colin Powell, Morgan Freeman …
Directed by: Frank Martin
This moving PBS documentary chronicles the sacrificial courage of African-American men and woman who have served our country in time of war, from the Revolution to Iraq, to help secure…
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Edge of Darkness (2009)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston …
Directed by: Martin Campbell
Seasoned homicide detective Thomas Craven faces the toughest investigation of his life: the search for his daughter's killer. He soon uncovers disturbing secrets surrounding her murder,…
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Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006)
Cast: Martin Sheen, Peter Horton, Mel Gibson …
Directed by: Chris Paine
Amid a volatile climate of ever-changing gas prices, this documentary delves into the short life of the GM EV1 electric car -- a fuel-efficient auto that was once all the rage in the…
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Payback: Straight Up: The Director's Cut (2006)
Cast: David Paymer, Deborah Kara Unger, James Coburn …
Directed by: Brian Helgeland
Payback is bad guy Porter's (Mel Gibson) MO after his wife (Deborah Kara Unger) and partner (Gregg Henry) steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Director Brian…
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ABC Primetime: Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ (2004)
Cast: Mel Gibson
Before the release of The Passion of the Christ, Mel Gibson sat down for this extended chat with Diane Sawyer in which he discusses his spiritual beliefs and the ways in which they inform his…
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The Big Question (2004)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Monica Bellucci, Maia Morgenstern …
Although it was shot on the set of director Mel Gibson's controversial epic The Passion of the Christ, this thought-provoking documentary is not about the making of the movie. Rather,…
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The Singing Detective (2003)
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Robin Wright, Mel Gibson …
Directed by: Keith Gordon
Out of boredom, a bedridden novelist reworks (in his mind) the story of his first book, putting himself in the role of the title character, the Singing Detective. He concocts a fantasy world…
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We Were Soldiers (2002)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear …
Directed by: Randall Wallace
This Vietnam War epic tells the true story of the 1965 Battle of Ia Drang through the eyes of Lt. Col. Hal Moore, who led 450 American soldiers into battle against thousands of well-armed…
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Signs (2002)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Rory Culkin …
Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Everything farmer and former priest Graham Hess believes about the world changes when he finds an intricate pattern of circles carved into his fields -- mysterious markings that cause a media…
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The Million Dollar Hotel (2001)
Cast: Milla Jovovich, Mel Gibson, Jeremy Davies …
Directed by: Wim Wenders
A gang of outcasts and misfits live in a downtown Los Angeles fleapit known as the Million Dollar Hotel. When a billionaire's son (Tim Roth) dies in the hotel, a federal agent (Mel…
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The Face: Jesus in Art (2001)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Edward Herrmann, Star Herrmann …
This Emmy-winning documentary that originally aired on PBS in 2001 takes a look at the many artistic images of Jesus that have appeared throughout thousands of years of art, as well as the…
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The Patriot (2000)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson …
Directed by: Roland Emmerich
Widower Benjamin Martin wants nothing more than to live in peace and farm his land, but when a cruel British officer brings the American Revolution to Martin's door and threatens what he…
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Chicken Run (2000)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Lynn Ferguson, Jane Horrocks …
Directed by: Peter Lord, Nick Park
Rocky the Rooster and Ginger the Chicken decide to rebel against evil farmers Mr. and Ms. Tweedy and lead their fellow chickens in a great escape from the farm where they are being held captive.
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What Women Want (2000)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei …
Directed by: Nancy Meyers
After an electrical shock enables cocky advertising executive Nick Marshall to hear women's thoughts, he quickly puts his newfound talent to work against his female boss -- who seems to…
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Payback (1999)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello …
Directed by: Brian Helgeland
A career criminal's wife and former partner steal the money he lifted from the Chinese triads, shoot him and leave him for dead -- or so they think. But five months later, he's back…
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Forever Hollywood (1999)
Cast: Warren Beatty, John Waters, Annette Bening …
Directed by: Todd McCarthy, Arnold Glassman
In this documentary about the California town where stars are made, 23 prominent celebrities -- including Robert Redford, Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges -- tell their personal stories about…
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Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Rene Russo …
Directed by: Richard Donner
Maverick detectives Riggs and Murtaugh square off against Asian mobster Wah Sing Ku, who's up to his neck in slave trading and counterfeit currency. With help from a gumshoe and a…
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Conspiracy Theory (1997)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts, Patrick Stewart …
Directed by: Richard Donner
A cab driver who moonlights as a conspiracy theorist puts his own life in danger when crooked government officials set out to silence him. Attorney Alice Sutton might be able to help him, but…
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Fairy Tale: A True Story (1997)
Cast: Florence Hoath, Elizabeth Earl, Paul McGann …
Directed by: Charles Sturridge
In this charming fantasy, two precocious cousins discover sprites in their garden -- and to prove the pixies exist, the girls produce photographic evidence that draws worldwide attention. But…
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Ransom (1996)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, Gary Sinise …
Directed by: Ron Howard
Airline owner and multimillionaire Tom Mullen (Mel Gibson) is shocked and horrified when his son (Brawley Nolte) is kidnapped. Mullen and his wife (Rene Russo) are advised by FBI Agent…
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Pocahontas (1995)
Cast: Irene Bedard, Mel Gibson, David Ogden Stiers …
Directed by: Mike Gabriel, Eric Goldberg
History comes to life in Disney's animated tale about love and adventure in the New World. Pocahontas, an American Indian woman, is supposed to marry the village's best warrior, but…
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Braveheart (1995)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan …
Directed by: Mel Gibson
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron (Catherine McCormack) -- his new bride and childhood love -- legendary Scottish warrior William Wallace (Mel Gibson, who also directed the film) slays a…
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Maverick (1994)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner …
Directed by: Richard Donner
This big-screen remake of the Western TV series has poker-playing grifter Bret Maverick trying to wrangle a wad of cash to enter a big tournament. Maverick targets a few small-timers but ends…
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Celebrating AFI (1993)
Cast: Chris Penn, Martin Sheen, Corinne Bohrer …
Directed by: Lily Mariye, Ernst Gossner, Tricia Brock …
The American Film Institute pays tribute to short films with this "best of breed" collection. The list includes a few films that star Hollywood A-listers, including Martin Sheen in "Family…
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The Man Without a Face (1993)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Nick Stahl, Margaret Whitton …
Directed by: Mel Gibson
Against long odds, a young boy works hard to pass the entrance exam that will allow him to enter his late father's alma mater. To that end, he hires an ex-teacher who's horribly…
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Forever Young (1992)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Elijah Wood …
Directed by: Steve Miner
In 1939, the love of Daniel's (Mel Gibson) life, Helen (Isabel Glasser), falls comatose after an accident. Grief-stricken, he agrees to be frozen alive in scientist Harry's (George…
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Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci …
Directed by: Richard Donner
Archetypal buddy cops Riggs and Murtaugh are back for another round of high-stakes action, this time setting their sights on bringing down a former Los Angeles police lieutenant turned black…
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Air America (1990)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr., Nancy Travis …
Directed by: Roger Spottiswoode
Flyboys Gene Ryack (Mel Gibson) and Billy Covington (Robert Downey Jr.) transport cargo --everything from food to animals to contraband -- for a clandestine CIA operation set up to help…
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Bird on a Wire (1990)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Goldie Hawn, David Carradine …
Directed by: John Badham
Attorney Marianne Graves (Goldie Hawn) is shocked to learn that former fiancé Rick Jarmin (Mel Gibson), assumed dead for 15 years, has actually been in the Witness Protection Program…
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Hamlet (1990)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates …
Directed by: Franco Zeffirelli
Shakespeare's brooding, medieval Dane, Hamlet (Mel Gibson), senses something rotten in the state of Denmark; specifically, he smells a rat behind his royal father's death.…
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Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci …
Directed by: Richard Donner
Detectives Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh stumble across a trunk full of gold coins and follow the trail to a South African diplomat who's using his immunity to conceal a smuggling operation.
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Tequila Sunrise (1988)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kurt Russell …
Directed by: Robert Towne
Veteran screenwriter Robert Towne (Chinatown, Swing Shift) wrote and directed this complex thriller with a superb cast. When two unlikely friends, Lt. Nick Frescia (Kurt Russell) and drug…
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Lethal Weapon (1987)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey …
Directed by: Richard Donner
A straitlaced LAPD detective teams up with an unhinged cop who, distraught after his wife's passing, has a death wish and takes unnecessary risks. The duo's first homicide case…
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Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Tina Turner, Bruce Spence …
Directed by: George Miller, George Ogilvie
In the sci-fi trilogy's final installment -- which features the inventive Thunderdome fight sequence -- Max becomes embroiled in the internal tensions of Bartertown, ruled by the…
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The River (1984)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, Shane Bailey …
Directed by: Mark Rydell
Mel Gibson and Sissy Spacek (in an Oscar-nominated performance) star as Tom and Mae Garvey, a couple struggling to safeguard their farm from devastating floodwaters and repossession. With the…
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The Bounty (1984)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier …
Directed by: Roger Donaldson
After a month of battling sea squalls and the cruel reign of Capt. William Bligh, the HMS Bounty's crew at last finds respite on Tahiti. But the imperious Bligh soon wants to set sail,…
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Mrs. Soffel (1984)
Cast: Diane Keaton, Mel Gibson, Matthew Modine …
Directed by: Gillian Armstrong
Kate Soffel (Diane Keaton) is a warden's wife who regularly visits her husband's jail, attempting to reform the convicts. But when she meets Ed Biddle (Mel Gibson), a young man who…
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The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt …
Directed by: Peter Weir
Guy Hamilton (Mel Gibson), an Australian reporter on assignment in politically unstable Indonesia, joins forces with a savvy photographer (Linda Hunt). But it's Guy's affair with…
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Attack Force Z (1982)
Cast: John Waters, John Phillip Law, Mel Gibson …
Directed by: Tim Burstall
Sent to rescue survivors from the site of a plane crash in the South Pacific, Capt. P.G. Kelly and his elite squad of Australian commandos must keep tabs on a defecting Japanese official who…
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Gallipoli (1981)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Bill Kerr, Mark Lee …
Directed by: Peter Weir
Australian Director Peter Weir takes on one of his country's most tragic moments in history: the World War I confrontation with the German allied Turks. As the film leads up to the…
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Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Max Phipps …
Directed by: George Miller
In this sequel to the dystopian action-adventure Mad Max, Mel Gibson returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for…
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Mad Max (1979)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Joanne Samuel …
Directed by: George Miller
In a postapocalyptic future, jaded cop Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson) is ready to retire. But his world is shattered when a malicious gang murders his family as an act of retaliation, forcing a…
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Tim (1979)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Piper Laurie, Alwyn Kurts …
Directed by: Michael Pate
What happens when a young laborer, slow-witted and dull but handsome and hard-working, meets an intelligent, middle-aged businesswoman? Mary hires Tim to help with odd jobs around the house.…
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Summer City (1977)
Cast: John Jarratt, Phillip Avalon, Steve Bisley …
Directed by: Christopher Fraser
Mel Gibson makes his feature-film debut as a carefree beach boy in this dark Australian drama. Set in the 1950s, the film centers on four Sydney surfer dudes who, closing in on adulthood, hit…
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Apocalypto (2006)
Cast: Gerardo Taracena, Raoul Trujillo, Dalia Hernández …
Directed by: Mel Gibson
The end of the Mayan civilization anchors this action-adventure set just before Spain's conquest of Mexico and Central America. When an invading force threatens his peaceful existence, a…
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The Passion of the Christ (2004)
Cast: Jim Caviezel, Monica Bellucci, Maia Morgenstern …
Directed by: Mel Gibson
Oscar-winning actor-director Mel Gibson helms this controversial epic that focuses on the last 12 hours of Jesus's life -- from the betrayal, trial and death of Jesus to his brutal…
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Braveheart (1995)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan …
Directed by: Mel Gibson
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron (Catherine McCormack) -- his new bride and childhood love -- legendary Scottish warrior William Wallace (Mel Gibson, who also directed the film) slays a…
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The Man Without a Face (1993)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Nick Stahl, Margaret Whitton …
Directed by: Mel Gibson
Against long odds, a young boy works hard to pass the entrance exam that will allow him to enter his late father's alma mater. To that end, he hires an ex-teacher who's horribly…