Movies by Nicholas Meyer
As a director:
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Vendetta (1999)
Cast: Christopher Walken, Luke Askew, Clancy Brown …
Directed by: Nicholas Meyer
In 1890s New Orleans, James Houston (the reptilian Christopher Walken) runs the city's biggest cotton export business. The ruthless Houston concocts a plan to wrest control of the docks…
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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley …
Directed by: Nicholas Meyer
Capt. Kirk (William Shatner) must face his prejudices when his sworn enemies the Klingons lurch perilously close to economic deprivation and environmental ruin. Obeying Star Fleet orders,…
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Company Business (1991)
Cast: Gene Hackman, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Kurtwood Smith …
Directed by: Nicholas Meyer
An ex-CIA agent (Gene Hackman) is called out of retirement to escort a Soviet spy (Mikhail Baryshnikov) to Berlin for a prisoner trade with the Russians. On the way, the former adversaries…
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The Deceivers (1988)
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Saeed Jaffrey, Shashi Kapoor …
Directed by: Nicholas Meyer
Pierce Brosnan plays the heroic lead role in this 1988 adaptation of John Masters's &NFi;The Deceivers&NFi_;, an exotic, gripping adventure yarn, said to be based on a true story, which…
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Volunteers (1985)
Cast: Tom Hanks, John Candy, Rita Wilson …
Directed by: Nicholas Meyer
Lawrence Bourne III (Tom Hanks, at his obnoxious best) is having a bad day: He's on the lam for a gambling debt, and ends up in the Peace Corps in Thailand. A misfit amongst do-gooders…
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The Day After (1983)
Cast: Jason Robards, JoBeth Williams, Steve Guttenberg …
Directed by: Nicholas Meyer
This stirring made-for-TV movie depicts the aftermath of nuclear disaster as it follows the lives of a handful of residents of Lawrence, Kan., including a professor (John Lithgow), a doctor…
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley …
Directed by: Nicholas Meyer
To escape his desk job, Adm. James T. Kirk (William Shatner) returns to the USS Enterprise, assisting Spock (Leonard Nimoy) in a training mission for Starfleet cadets. But the inexperienced…
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Time After Time (1979)
Cast: Malcolm McDowell, David Warner, Mary Steenburgen …
Directed by: Nicholas Meyer
Notorious serial killer Jack the Ripper (David Warner) is back to continue his ghastly reign of terror. But this time, he's found his way from Victorian times to the late 1970s, and…