Movies by Ben Mendelsohn
As part of the cast:
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Killing Them Softly (2012)
Cast: Brad Pitt, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn …
Directed by: Andrew Dominik
Brad Pitt plays a slick and brutal enforcer assigned to investigate a robbery that targeted a high-stakes poker match run by his mob bosses. His methods feature plenty of violence and…
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The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes …
Directed by: Derek Cianfrance
Luke is a professional motorcycle rider who turns to bank robberies to support his newborn son, but when he crosses paths with a rookie police officer, their violent confrontation spirals…
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Killer Elite (2011)
Cast: Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Robert De Niro …
Directed by: Gary McKendry
This globe-trotting thriller, based on a true story, follows Danny Bryce, a former British special ops tough guy forced to come out of retirement when his mentor is kidnapped by a ruthless…
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Trespass (2011)
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Nicole Kidman, Ben Mendelsohn …
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
A husband and wife find themselves pushed to their absolute limit when they're held for ransom by brutal thugs who invade their home. As tensions escalate and shocking revelations…
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Animal Kingdom (2010)
Cast: Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce …
Directed by: David Michôd
When his mother dies suddenly, a 17-year-old boy (James Frecheville) finds himself drawn into the clutches of a diabolical criminal family, until a good-hearted detective (Guy Pearce) makes a…
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Needle (2010)
Cast: Michael Dorman, Ben Mendelsohn, Trilby Glover …
Directed by: John V. Soto
In this cunning mystery-horror hybrid, college student Ben inherits a curious old mechanical box that churns out voodoo dolls. When a shadowy figure starts using the box to murder Ben's…
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Beautiful Kate (2009)
Cast: Ben Mendelsohn, Maeve Dermody, Rachel Griffiths …
Directed by: Rachel Ward
Invited back home to make peace with his dying father, an Aussie writer must finally face the truth about his twin sister's death decades earlier. But as father and son struggle to…
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Australia (2008)
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, David Wenham …
Directed by: Baz Luhrmann
In the days leading up to World War II, Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) inherits a sprawling cattle ranch in northern Australia and reluctantly joins her rough-riding farmhand (Hugh…
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The New World (2005)
Cast: Colin Farrell, Q'Orianka Kilcher, Christopher Plummer …
Directed by: Terrence Malick
Set in 1607 at the founding of the Jamestown Settlement, Terrence Malick's epic adventure chronicles the extraordinary actions of explorer John Smith (Colin Farrell) and Native American…
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Black and White (2002)
Cast: Robert Carlyle, Charles Dance, Kerry Fox …
Directed by: Craig Lahiff
Based on real events, this award-winning legal drama set in 1950s Australia follows the efforts of small-town public defender David O'Sullivan (Robert Carlyle) and his partner (Kerry…
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Vertical Limit (2000)
Cast: Chris O'Donnell, Bill Paxton, Robin Tunney …
Directed by: Martin Campbell
Trapped near the summit of K2, the world's second-highest mountain, Annie radios to base camp for help. Her brother Peter assembles a team to save her and her group, but the rescuers…
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Sample People (2000)
Cast: Kylie Minogue, Ben Mendelsohn, Simon Lyndon …
Directed by: Clinton Smith
Several young Sydney urbanites are all trying to find their way out of the city over the course of one hot weekend. Each of the quirky strangers find their lives intertwined as they are…
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Amy (1998)
Cast: Alana De Roma, Rachel Griffiths, Ben Mendelsohn …
Directed by: Nadia Tass
A traumatized girl finds her true voice in this moving comedy-drama. Unable to hear or speak, 8-year-old Amy (Alana De Roma) hides from Child Welfare with her loving mom (Rachel Griffiths).…
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Idiot Box (1996)
Cast: Ben Mendelsohn, Jeremy Sims, John Polson …
Directed by: David Caesar
Director David Caesar's dark comedy of errors revolves around hapless best friends Kev (Ben Mendelsohn) and Mick (Jeremy Sims), two unemployed losers who spend each and every day of…
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Cosi (1996)
Cast: Toni Collette, Ben Mendelsohn, Barry Otto …
Directed by: Mark Joffe
An unemployed director jumps at the chance to stage Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte," except for one small detail -- his actors are the residents of a psychiatric hospital. But the show must go…
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Metal Skin (1994)
Cast: Aden Young, Tara Morice, Nadine Garner …
Directed by: Geoffrey Wright
Against all odds, Melbourne meathead Joe (Aden Young) manages to get a job at a local grocery store. But as is par for the course, he finds trouble there, too, in the form of the misogynistic…
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Sirens (1993)
Cast: Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, Sam Neill …
Directed by: John Duigan
A Church of England official and his wife arrive in Australia on a mission to keep an artist from exhibiting a painting with mixed erotic and religious themes. The painter's uninhibited…
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The Efficiency Expert (1992)
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Ben Mendelsohn, Alwyn Kurts …
Directed by: Mark Joffe
Tasked with improving the bottom line of a small, old-fashioned moccasin factory, a cutthroat management consultant (Anthony Hopkins) plans to lay off more than half the workers. But as he…
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Quigley Down Under (1990)
Cast: Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo, Alan Rickman …
Directed by: Simon Wincer
In this outback Western, American Matt Quigley answers Australian land baron Elliott Marston's ad for a sharpshooter to kill the dingoes on his property. But Quigley hits the road when…
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The Year My Voice Broke (1987)
Cast: Noah Taylor, Loene Carmen, Ben Mendelsohn …
Directed by: John Duigan
Danny (Noah Taylor) and Freya (Loene Carmen) are allies and confidantes, until the relentless tides of adolescence change them both forever. The hidden sins of a small town's older…