Movies by Gillian Armstrong
As a director:
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Death Defying Acts (2007)
Cast: Guy Pearce, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Timothy Spall …
Directed by: Gillian Armstrong
When legendary escape artist Harry Houdini (Guy Pearce) offers a handsome reward to anyone who can contact his dead mother beyond the grave, a sultry Scottish psychic and con artist…
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Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst (2005)
Directed by: Gillian Armstrong
Gillian Armstrong's documentary unravels the many layers of designer Florence Broadhurst, who was found murdered in her studio in 1977. Best known for her wallpaper designs, the…
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Charlotte Gray (2001)
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Billy Crudup, Michael Gambon …
Directed by: Gillian Armstrong
A Scottish woman (Cate Blanchett) searching for her missing pilot boyfriend during World War II must choose between finding her lost love and taking a stand when she meets a local farmer…
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Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett, Ciarán Hinds …
Directed by: Gillian Armstrong
Adapted from Peter Carey's novel, this romantic drama centers on feminist Australian heiress Lucinda (Cate Blanchett) and British missionary Oscar (Ralph Fiennes). Both have a penchant…
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Little Women (1994)
Cast: Susan Sarandon, Winona Ryder, Gabriel Byrne …
Directed by: Gillian Armstrong
Louisa May Alcott's beloved novel comes to life in this sensitive, soulful adaptation. Four sisters and their mother battle life's vicissitudes in Civil War-era America after their…
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Fires Within (1991)
Cast: Greta Scacchi, Jimmy Smits, Vincent D'Onofrio …
Directed by: Gillian Armstrong
When her journalist husband Nestor is imprisoned in Cuba for his political beliefs, Isabel flees the country with her daughter. Saved off the shores of Miami by a fisherman, she soon falls…
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High Tide (1987)
Cast: Judy Davis, Jan Adele, Claudia Karvan …
Directed by: Gillian Armstrong
Judy Davis stars as Lillie, a boozy backup singer for an Elvis impersonator, who wanders away from her job and makes a connection with a teen girl (Claudia Karvan) in a trailer park. But when…
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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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Starstruck (1982)
Cast: Jo Kennedy, Ross O'Donovan, Margo Lee …
Directed by: Gillian Armstrong
Jackie Mullins (Jo Kennedy, doing her own new wave singing) is an aspiring star who just has to sing. And with her cousin Angus on her side, stardom might not be too far off. The two team up…
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My Brilliant Career (1979)
Cast: Judy Davis, Sam Neill, Wendy Hughes …
Directed by: Gillian Armstrong
Refractory Sybylla Melvyn (Judy Davis) bucks 19th century societal conventions in this charming Australian film helmed by Gillian Armstrong. On Sybylla's path toward realizing her dream…