Roger Donaldson

Born 1945 · New Zealand film director

Roger Lindsey Donaldson is an Australian and New Zealand film director, screenwriter, and producer. His 1977 debut film, Sleeping Dogs, is considered a landmark work of New Zealand cinema, as one of the country’s first films to attract large-scale critical and commercial success. He has subsequently directed 17 feature films, working in Hollywood and the United Kingdom, as well as his native country.

Roger Donaldson, in order

1. 1977 Sleeping Dogs: directed · audiences 53% · streaming on Kanopy
2. 1980 Nutcase: directed
3. 1981 Smash Palace: directed, wrote, produced
4. 1984 The Bounty: directed · critics 72%, audiences 73% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, YouTube (free)
5. 1985 Marie: directed
6. 1987 No Way Out: directed · critics 91%, audiences 73% · streaming on Roku Channel, Hoopla, YouTube (free)
7. 1988 Cocktail: directed · critics 11%, audiences 58%
8. 1990 Cadillac Man: directed, produced · critics 58%, audiences 33% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Roku Channel
9. 1992 White Sands: directed
10. 1994 The Getaway: directed
11. 1995 Species: directed
12. 1997 Dante's Peak: directed · critics 36%, audiences 39% · streaming on AMC+, YouTube (free), Tubi
13. 2000 Thirteen Days: directed · critics 83%, audiences 80%
14. 2003 The Recruit: directed · critics 43%, audiences 58%
15. 2005 The World's Fastest Indian: directed, wrote, produced
16. 2008 The Bank Job: directed
17. 2011 Seeking Justice: directed · critics 29%, audiences 39% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla
18. 2014 The November Man: directed
19. 2017 McLaren: directed