Movies by Bryan Brown
As part of the cast:
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Love Birds (2011)
Cast: Rhys Darby, Sally Hawkins, Bryan Brown …
Directed by: Paul Murphy
Recently dumped and wallowing in self-pity, Doug decides to nurse an injured duck back to health with the assistance of Holly, an eccentric vet and bird specialist. Soon, romance begins to…
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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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Dean Spanley (2008)
Cast: Jeremy Northam, Sam Neill, Peter O'Toole …
Directed by: Toa Fraser
At a visiting swami's lecture, Edwardian gentleman Fisk (Jeremy Northam) meets his district's strange new clergyman, Dean Spanley (Sam Neill). The dean is a firm believer in…
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The Poseidon Adventure (2005)
Cast: Adam Baldwin, Steve Guttenberg, Rutger Hauer …
Directed by: John Putch
After a terrorist's bomb capsizes a luxury liner, a group of disparate survivors -- including a philandering husband (Steve Guttenberg), a European pop star, a Homeland Security agent…
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Spring Break Shark Attack (2005)
Cast: Kathy Baker, Justin Baldoni, Riley Smith …
Directed by: Paul Shapiro
After arriving in sunny Florida for spring break, college coed Danielle Harrison (Shannon Lucio) hooks up with nice guy Shane Jones (Riley Smith). But when the two set off on an overnight…
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Along Came Polly (2004)
Cast: Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston, Philip Seymour Hoffman …
Directed by: John Hamburg
After his wife dumps him on their honeymoon for their scuba-diving instructor, uptight Reuben reconnects with Polly, an irreverent childhood friend who teaches him to live life on the edge.
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Footsteps (2003)
Cast: Candice Bergen, Bryan Brown, Michael Murphy …
Directed by: John Badham
After killing off her most popular character, phobia-plagued novelist Daisy Lowendahl (Candice Bergen) retreats to her beach house, only to discover she isn't alone in director John…
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Dirty Deeds (2002)
Cast: Bryan Brown, Toni Collette, John Goodman …
Directed by: David Caesar
Australian mobster Barry Ryan (Bryan Brown) controls the city's gambling scene, making a killing off the casino slot machines. This attracts the attention of the American Mafia, who send…
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Styx (2001)
Cast: Peter Weller, Bryan Brown, Angus Macfadyen …
Directed by: Alex Wright
Peter Weller stars as Nelson, a safecracker who decides to go straight after a heist goes terribly awry. But when his brother, buried by gambling debts, runs afoul of loan sharks, Nelson…
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Risk (2000)
Cast: Bryan Brown, Claudia Karvan, Tom Long …
Directed by: Alan White
Ben Madigan (Tom Long) has just started a new job. Once there, he comes under the tutelage of a jaded John Kreisky (Bryan Brown), who uses Ben's innocence to his advantage, enlisting the…
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On the Beach (2000)
Cast: Armand Assante, Rachel Ward, Bryan Brown …
Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
After a nuclear explosion destroys most of the world's population, Australia is the only safe haven. But while one Aussie scientist (Bryan Brown) warns that a giant wave of radiation is…
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Journey to the Center of the Earth (1999)
Cast: Treat Williams, Jeremy London, Tushka Bergen …
Directed by: George Miller, George T. Miller, George T. Miller …
George Miller's made-for-TV adaptation of Jules Vernes' classic adventure novel recounts a daring and dangerous voyage -- led by scientist Dr. Theodore Lytton (Treat Williams) -- to…
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Two Hands (1999)
Cast: Bryan Brown, David Field, Heath Ledger …
Directed by: Gregor Jordan
Strip club promoter Jimmy (Heath Ledger) lands in dangerous waters after botching a routine job for a gangster in this Aussie crime thriller tinged with inky comedy. Things go awry when…
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On the Border (1998)
Cast: Casper Van Dien, Bryan Brown, Pedro Armendáriz Jr. …
Directed by: Bob Misiorowski
In this noir Western set in a Texas border town, Casper Van Dien plays a bank security guard whose life becomes increasingly complicated when he embarks on an affair with the boss's…
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Dogboys (1998)
Cast: Bryan Brown, Dean Cain, Tia Carrere …
Directed by: Ken Russell
Capt. Brown (Bryan Brown) is a loathsome prison guard who calls Julian (Dean Cain), an ex-Marine serving time, "dogboy," locking him up in the "doghouse." Willy, a fellow inmate, finds out…
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Still Twisted (1997)
Cast: Nadine Garner, Claudia Karvan, Bryan Brown …
Directed by: Michael Offer, Ian Gilmore, Kate Dennis …
Four warped tales from the Aussie TV series "Twisted" starring Bryan Brown make up this mind-bending collection: A woman finds herself pursued by more than just her guilty conscience after a…
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997)
Cast: Bryan Brown, Michael Caine, Mia Sara …
Directed by: Rod Hardy
In this absorbing adaptation of Jules Verne's immortal novel, a mysterious creature is inexplicably destroying vessels at sea, so marine specialist Pierre Arronax (Patrick Dempsey) and…
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Dead Heart (1996)
Cast: Bryan Brown, Ernie Dingo
Directed by: Nick Parsons
When Australian lawman Ray Lorkin (Bryan Brown) discovers an aborigine prisoner dead in his lock-up, members of the local tribe seek justice and revenge. Lorkin respects the ways of the…
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Sweet Talker (1992)
Cast: Bryan Brown, Karen Allen, Justin Rosniak …
Directed by: Michael Jenkins
Although he's only been out of prison for a few days, silver-tongued con man Harry Reynolds (Bryan Brown) is already working on his next big moneymaking scam -- tricking people into…
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Blame It on the Bellboy (1992)
Cast: Bronson Pinchot, Dudley Moore, Bryan Brown …
Directed by: Mark Herman
When daffy bellboy Melvyn Orton (Bronson Pinchot) accidentally switches the itinerary envelopes for three hotel guests (a Mafia hit man, a timid realtor and a vacationing lothario who's…
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F/X 2 (1991)
Cast: Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Rachel Ticotin …
Directed by: Richard Franklin
Special-effects maven Rollie Tyler has left the business and now develops high-tech, electronic toys. But when a cop persuades him to devise a cunning illusion aimed at nabbing a serial…
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Prisoners of the Sun (1990)
Cast: Bryan Brown, George Takei, Russell Crowe …
Directed by: Stephen Wallace
After discovering that Japanese guards tortured and massacred hundreds of Australian soldiers at a World War II internment camp, determined Australian prosecutor Capt. Cooper (Bryan Brown)…
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Gorillas in the Mist (1988)
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown, Julie Harris …
Directed by: Michael Apted
This beautifully filmed drama is based on the true story of anthropologist Dian Fossey (Sigourney Weaver). Lured to deepest Africa by the chance to study rare mountain gorillas, Fossey learns…
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Cocktail (1988)
Cast: Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown, Elisabeth Shue …
Directed by: Roger Donaldson
Materialistic Brian Flanagan (Tom Cruise) teams with veteran bartender Doug Coughlin (Bryan Brown) and takes the bar scene by storm; the duo dazzles patrons, mixing drinks while dancing and…
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The Good Wife (1987)
Cast: Rachel Ward, Bryan Brown, Steven Vidler …
Directed by: Ken Cameron
A lonely, discontented housewife, Marge (Rachel Ward), lives an unexciting life in the Australian Outback with her dull-witted husband (Bryan Brown). When a new man (Sam Neill) arrives and…
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F/X (1986)
Cast: Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Diane Venora …
Directed by: Robert Mandel
The Justice Department enlists special-effects wizard Rollie Tyler (Bryan Brown) for the most elaborate assignment of his lifetime -- to fake the murder of a high-profile mobster (Jerry…
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Tai-Pan (1986)
Cast: Bryan Brown, Joan Chen, John Stanton …
Directed by: Daryl Duke
Filmed on location in the People's Republic of China, this epic adventure relates the founding of Hong Kong and tells of the merchant chiefs who traded the South China Sea, risking their…
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Rebel (1985)
Cast: Matt Dillon, Debra Byrne, Bryan Brown …
Directed by: Michael Jenkins
While recuperating from battle wounds in World War II Australia, U.S. Marine Rebel (Matt Dillon) secretly plots to go AWOL and flee the country. But his plan hits a snag when he unexpectedly…
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Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984)
Cast: Paul McCartney, Bryan Brown, Ringo Starr …
Directed by: Peter Webber
Paul McCartney plays to type as a middle-aged rock star in this unusual film that showcases some of the Beatles hits and songs he recorded during his solo venture. Ringo Starr and Linda…
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Kim (1984)
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Bryan Brown, John Rhys-Davies …
Directed by: John Howard Davies
Rudyard Kipling's novel set in colonial India comes to life as director John Howard Davies follows the exploits of streetwise orphan turned spy Kim (Ravi Sheth), who learns he's the…
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Breaker Morant: Masterworks Edition (1980)
Cast: Edward Woodward, Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson …
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
Three Australian soldiers (Edward Woodward, Bryan Brown and Lewis Fitz-Gerald) find themselves court-martialed for murder in 1901, at the end of South Africa's bloody Boer War. With just…
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Newsfront (1978)
Cast: Bill Hunter, Wendy Hughes, Gerard Kennedy …
Directed by: Phillip Noyce
This captivating film tells the story of the many unsung newsreel cameramen and reporters who worked in postwar Australia before the arrival of television, when a news-hungry population…