Movies by Mel Gibson
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Get the Gringo (2012)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Peter Stormare, Bob Gunton …
Directed by: Adrian Grunberg
Mel Gibson plays 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
As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven (Mel Gibson) has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his life: the search for his…
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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
In the first major battle of the Vietnam War, 450 gung-ho Army dogfaces square off for one month against 2,000 North Vietnamese regulars in the Ia Drang Valley, resulting in irretractable…
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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
Greedy farm owner Mrs. Tweedy (voiced by Miranda Richardson) runs her 1950s Yorkshire poultry ranch like a prisoner-of-war camp, pushing the resident chickens ever closer to unrest, in this…
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What Women Want (2000)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei …
Directed by: Nancy Meyers
Advertising executive Nick Marshall (Mel Gibson) is as cocky as they come in director Nancy Meyers's Golden Globe-nominated comedy. But what happens to a chauvinistic guy when he can…
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Payback (1999)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello …
Directed by: Brian Helgeland
With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's what Porter (Mel Gibson) is left asking after his wife (Deborah Kara Unger) and partner (Gregg Henry) steal his heist money and leave…
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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
In the combustible action franchise's final installment, maverick detectives Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) and Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) square off against Asian mobster Wah Sing Ku (Jet…
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Conspiracy Theory (1997)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts, Patrick Stewart …
Directed by: Richard Donner
New York City cab driver Jerry Fletcher (Mel Gibson), who moonlights as a conspiracy theorist, puts his own life in danger when crooked government officials set out to silence him. An…
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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
Director Richard Donner pumps new life into this big-screen remake of the classic Western television series, with Mel Gibson assuming the role of poker-playing grifter Bret Maverick. Maverick…
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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 (Mel Gibson) and Murtaugh (Danny Glover) are back for another round of high-stakes action, this time setting their collective sights on bringing down a former Los…
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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
The action starts when the lights go down in this rip-roaring sequel that reunites Mel Gibson and Danny Glover. In the opening chase, Martin Riggs (Gibson) and Roger Murtaugh (Glover) stumble…
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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
This blockbuster action-comedy teams older, buttoned-down LAPD detective Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) with unhinged cop Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson), who -- distraught after his wife's…
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Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Cast: Mel Gibson, Tina Turner, Bruce Spence …
Directed by: George Miller, George Ogilvie
While the final Mad Max film can't outrun the first two, director George Miller delivers an awesome depiction of order amid chaos. Max (Mel Gibson) becomes embroiled in the internal…
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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: James 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…