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Actor: Sam Neill

Sleeping Dogs (1977)

16 December 201418 February 2020

Rating: ★★★

New Zealand Dystopia

Director: Roger Donaldson
Actors: Sam Neill, Ian Mune, Warren Oates
Category: Science Fiction

Possession (1981)

8 January 200330 August 2019

Rating: ★

Marriage Breakdown/Surrealism/Monsters

Director: Andrzej Zulawski
Actors: Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Heinz Bennett, Margit Carstensen, …
Category: Fantasy

The Final Conflict (1981)

9 August 20005 June 2024

Rating: ★★½

The Anti-Christ/The Omen Sequel

Director: Graham Baker
Actors: Sam Neill, Lisa Harrow, Rosanno Brazzi, Don Gordon
Category: Horror

Dead Calm (1989)

30 November 20016 July 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Yachtboard Psycho-Thriller

Director: Phillip Noyce
Actors: Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill, Billy Zane
Category: Horror

The Hunt for Red October (1990)

28 June 200221 September 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Tom Clancy Techno-Thriller/Advanced Submarine

Director: John McTiernan
Actors: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Sam Neill, …
Category: Science Fiction

Jurassic Park (1993)

9 May 200112 January 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Genetically-Engineered Dinosaurs Amok

Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Laura Dern, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Jungle Book (1994)

19 July 200025 July 2024

Rating: ★★★

Jungle Hero

Director: Stephen Sommers
Actors: Jason Scott Lee, Cary Elwes, Sam Neill, John Cleese, …
Category: Fantasy

In the Mouth of Madness (1995)

17 August 200231 August 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Meta-Fictional Horrors

Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Sam Neill, Jurgen Prochnow, Julie Carmen, Charlton Heston, …
Category: Horror

Event Horizon (1997)

29 June 20085 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Haunted Spaceship

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Actors: Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Joely Richardson, Kathleen Quinlan, …
Category: Science Fiction

Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997)

19 June 200019 March 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Adult Fairy-Tale

Director: Michael Cohn
Actors: Sigourney Weaver, Monica Keena, Sam Neill, Gill Bellows, …
Category: Fantasy

Bicentennial Man (1999)

21 December 19998 April 2024

Rating: ★

Robot Gains Self-Awareness/Isaac Asimov Adaptation

Director: Chris Columbus
Actors: Robin Williams, Embeth Davidtz, Sam Neill, Oliver Platt, …
Category: Science Fiction

Jurassic Park III (2001)

20 July 200118 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Genetically-Engineered Dinosaurs Amok

Director: Joe Johnston
Actors: Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Tea Leoni, Alessandro Nivola, …
Category: Science Fiction

Perfect Strangers (2003)

2 March 20041 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Abduction Thriller/Ambiguous Ghost

Director: Gaylene Preston
Actors: Sam Neill, Rachael Blake, Joel Toebeck
Category: Horror

The Triangle (2005)

10 December 20143 May 2024

Rating: ★★★

Solving the Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle

Director: Craig R. Baxley
Actors: Eric Stoltz, Bruce Davison, Catherine Bell, Lou Diamond Phillips, …
Category: Science Fiction

Merlin’s Apprentice (2006)

26 March 20078 January 2025

Rating: ★★

Arthurian Legends Adventure

Director: David Wu
Actors: Sam Neill, Miranda Richardson, John Reardon, Meghan Ory, …
Category: Fantasy

Dean Spanley (2008)

11 March 200931 December 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Man’s Previous Life as a Dog

Director: Toa Fraser
Actors: Jeremy Northam, Sam Neill, Peter O'Toole, Bryan Brown, …
Category: Fantasy

Daybreakers (2009)

17 January 201029 June 2020

Rating: ★★★

World of Vampires

Director: The Spierig Brothers
Actors: Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill, Claudia Karvan, …
Category: Horror

Under the Mountain (2009)

22 September 201321 December 2023

Rating: ★★½

Twins vs Alien Nasties

Director: Jonathan King
Actors: Sam Neill, Oliver Driver, Tom Cameron, Sophie McBride, …
Category: Science Fiction

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole (2010)

21 September 201027 December 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Animation/Talking Owls

Director: Zack Snyder
Actors: Jim Sturgess, Emily Barclay, Ryan Kwanten, Helen Mirren, …
Category: Fantasy

The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box (2014)

24 February 201412 July 2024

Rating: ★★

Victorian Young Adult Adventure

Director: Jonathan Newman
Actors: Michael Sheen, Sam Neill, Aneurin Barnard, Mella Carron, …
Category: Fantasy

And Then There Were None (2015)

13 February 201625 April 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Agatha Christie Murder Mystery

Director: Craig Viveiros
Actors: Maeve Dermody, Aidan Turner, Charles Dance, Burn Gorman, …
Category: Horror

Backtrack (2015)

7 November 20177 January 2025

Rating: ★★★

Ghost Story

Director: Michael Petroni
Actors: Adrien Brody, Robin McLeavy, Sam Neill, Bruce Spence
Category: Horror

Peter Rabbit (2018)

29 April 20183 October 2022

Rating: 0­

Talking Animals

Director: Will Gluck
Actors: Domhnall Gleeson, Sam Neill, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Sacha Horler, …
Category: Fantasy

Peter Rabbit 2 (2021)

3 October 20223 October 2022

Rating: ★

Talking Animals

Director: Will Gluck
Actors: Rose Byrne, Domhnall Gleeson, David Oyelowo, James Corden, …
Category: Fantasy

Jurassic World: Dominion (2022)

17 July 20229 April 2023

Rating: ★★

Genetically-Engineered Dinosaurs Amok

Director: Colin Trevorrow
Actors: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Portable Door (2023)

1 July 20231 July 2023

Rating: ★★

Apprentice in a Magical Company

Director: Jeffrey Walker
Actors: Patrick Gibson, Sophie Wilde, Christoph Waltz, Sam Neill, …
Category: Fantasy

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Theme Essays

  • Films About Atlantis
  • Werewolf Films
  • Virtual Reality
  • Imprisonment Thrillers
  • Films Depicting NASA and the Space Program
  • Human Bloodsports and Death Games
  • Animals Attack Films
  • Films About Plague and Pandemic
  • Disaster Movies
  • Steampunk Films
  • Documentaries
  • Films About Halloween
  • Films About Prophecy
  • Magicians and Sorcerers
  • Secret Societies
  • Real-Life People in Fiction
  • Techno-Thrillers
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  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Films About Imaginary and Magical Lands
  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
  • Spy Films
  • Jekyll and Hyde Films
  • Films That Make Dubious Claims to Being True Stories
  • Coming of Age Stories in Fantastic Cinema
  • Films About Cryogenics and Suspended Animation
  • Alternate History Films
  • Disturbed Psychology as Portrayed on Film
  • Law Enforcement in Fantastic Cinema
  • Weird Westerns
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