Movies by Miranda Otto
As part of the cast:
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In Her Skin (2009)
Cast: Guy Pearce, Miranda Otto, Ruth Bradley …
Directed by: Simone North
When pretty 15-year-old Rachel goes missing, the police dismiss the incident as a runaway, but her parents and everyone soon suspect envious 19-year-old Caroline, the overweight, acne-ridden…
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Blessed (2009)
Cast: Frances O'Connor, Miranda Otto, Deborra-Lee Furness …
Directed by: Ana Kokkinos
Seven children in difficult situations go on journeys through the streets of Melbourne, Australia, in this gritty drama. After showing viewers the course of a day and a night for the kids,…
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In My Father's Den (2006)
Cast: Miranda Otto, Matthew Macfadyen, Emily Barclay …
Directed by: Brad McGann
Although he hasn't been home for over 17 years, Paul (Matthew Macfadyen) quickly realizes that time has done little to heal the wounds that plague him and his family. When a young girl…
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War of the Worlds (2005)
Cast: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Ray is a divorced dockworker whose children are staying with him when a fleet of spaceships appears. Forced to become the protective father he's never been, Ray scrambles to usher his…
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The Flight of the Phoenix (2004)
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Tyrese Gibson, Jared Padalecki …
Directed by: John Moore
When a C-119 cargo plane full of oil workers crashes in Mongolia's Gobi Desert during a sandstorm, the survivors attempt to build a new plane from the parts they find in the wreckage,…
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Danny Deckchair (2003)
Cast: Rhys Ifans, Miranda Otto, Justine Clarke …
Directed by: Jeff Balsmeyer
A truck driver hatches a novel way to escape his humdrum life: He ties helium-filled balloons to his deck chair and floats into the sky. But a violent thunderstorm sends him hurtling out over…
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Cast: Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen …
Directed by: Peter Jackson
The second installment of director Peter Jackson's trilogy finds Frodo (Elijah Wood) and Sam (Sean Astin) trekking to Mordor to destroy the One Ring of Power while Gimli (John…
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Close Your Eyes (2002)
Cast: Goran Visnjic, Paddy Considine, Shirley Henderson …
Directed by: Nick Willing
A hypnotherapist who's burdened with telepathic powers gets flashes from inside his patients' minds, including an image of a girl floating below the surface of a stream. Scotland…
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The Healer (2002)
Cast: Miranda Otto, William Fichtner, Lothaire Bluteau …
Directed by: Agnieszka Holland
Filmmaker Agnieszka Holland exposes viewers to the anguish that envelops a family as it watches one of its own die a slow, heart-wrenching death. Although the father, wracked by grief, is…
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: Extended Edition (2002)
Cast: Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen …
Directed by: Peter Jackson
This second entry in director Peter Jackson's epic trilogy follows hobbits Frodo (Elijah Wood) and Sam (Sean Astin) on their trek toward the frightful land of Mordor, while vile sorcerer…
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Cast: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Sean Astin …
Directed by: Peter Jackson
From the idyllic shire of the Hobbits to the smoking chasms of Mordor, director Peter Jackson has created a world that surpasses the expectations of J.R.R. Tolkien purists as Frodo Baggins…
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Human Nature (2001)
Cast: Patricia Arquette, Rhys Ifans, Tim Robbins …
Directed by: Michel Gondry
A bizarre love quadrangle develops between a woman covered with body hair, a behavioral scientist who's trying to teach table etiquette to mice, his laboratory assistant and a man who…
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: Extended Edition (2001)
Cast: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Sean Astin …
Directed by: Peter Jackson
From the idyllic shire of the Hobbits to the smoking chasms of Mordor, director Peter Jackson follows Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood) as he embarks on his epic quest. The movie -- which nabbed 13…
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What Lies Beneath (2000)
Cast: Harrison Ford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Katharine Towne …
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
When Claire Spencer starts hearing ghostly voices and seeing spooky images, her husband tries to reassure her by telling her it's all in her head. But as Claire investigates, she…
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The Jack Bull (1999)
Cast: John Cusack, John Goodman, L.Q. Jones …
Directed by: John Badham
John Cusack stars as honest Wyoming horse rancher Myrl Redding, who sacrifices it all in a quest for justice. When a land baron (L.Q. Jones) erects a tollgate to keep Redding's horses…
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In the Winter Dark (1998)
Cast: Brenda Blethyn, Ray Barrett, Richard Roxburgh …
Directed by: James Bogle
In a desolate Australian valley, something vicious is slaughtering local livestock. Four residents -- a farm couple (Brenda Blethyn, Ray Barrett) with a tragic past, a lonely man (Richard…
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Dead Letter Office (1998)
Cast: Miranda Otto, George DelHoyo, Nicholas Bell …
Directed by: John Ruane
Lonely Alice (Miranda Otto) has maintained a one-sided correspondence with her long-lost father since childhood. Hoping to track him down, Alice takes a job in the postal office that's…
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The Well (1997)
Cast: Pamela Rabe, Miranda Otto, Paul Chubb …
Directed by: Samantha Lang
A probing psychological drama involving two lonely and sexually unfulfilled women in rural Australia. When an old maid takes on a unstable party-girl for househelp, the blinding monotony of…
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Doing Time for Patsy Cline (1997)
Cast: Miranda Otto, Richard Roxburgh, Matt Day …
Directed by: Chris Kennedy
Seventeen-year-old Aussie Ralph (Matt Day) dreams of making it big as a country-western singer. But the Grand Ole Opry is a long way from his family's farm in the outback. Undeterred by…
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Love Serenade (1996)
Cast: Miranda Otto, Rebecca Frith, Jessica Napier …
Directed by: Shirley Barrett
The Hurley sisters (Miranda Otto and Rebecca Frith) are, by turns, shy and introspective and flashy and outgoing. What they have in common is that they're both lonely young women on the…
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The Nostradamus Kid (1993)
Cast: Noah Taylor, Miranda Otto, Arthur Dignam …
Directed by: Bob Ellis
Unable to shake the feeling that everyone at his Seventh Day Adventist summer camp is wrong, teenager Ken (Noah Taylor) gets into trouble by asking sacrilegious questions and eyeing a…