Roger Donaldson

What are Roger Donaldson's films like?

Across their 19 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Roger Donaldson's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 20 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).

• Tubi8 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • The World's Fastest Indian (2005) · director, writer, producer · free
  • No Way Out (1987) · director · free
  • The Bounty (1984) · director · free
  • Dante's Peak (1997) · director · free
  • Seeking Justice (2011) · director · free
  • The Getaway (1994) · director · free
  • Species (1995) · director · free
  • Cadillac Man (1990) · director, producer · free
• Prime Video7 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • The World's Fastest Indian (2005) · director, writer, producer
  • The Bank Job (2008) · director
  • The Bounty (1984) · director
  • The November Man (2014) · director
  • White Sands (1992) · director
  • The Getaway (1994) · director
  • Cadillac Man (1990) · director, producer
• The Roku Channel6 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • The World's Fastest Indian (2005) · director, writer, producer · free
  • No Way Out (1987) · director · free
  • The Bounty (1984) · director · free
  • The Getaway (1994) · director · free
  • Species (1995) · director · free
  • Cadillac Man (1990) · director, producer · free
• Pluto TV4 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Seeking Justice (2011) · director · free
  • The Getaway (1994) · director · free
  • Species (1995) · director · free
  • Cadillac Man (1990) · director, producer · free
• Disney+2 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • The Recruit (2003) · director
  • Cocktail (1988) · director
• HBO Max1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Cocktail (1988) · director
• MGM+1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Species (1995) · director
• MUBI1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Good One (2024) · producer
• Paramount+1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • The November Man (2014) · director

Subscription and free streaming for Roger Donaldson's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

29 credits, 20 with a MovieCove page; 6 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

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  Good One(2024)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films74^th
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  Hannahs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

  Thanks
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  McLaren(2017)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films92^nd
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  Brooklyn(2015)

  Thanks

  Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films95^th
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  The November Man(2014)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films45^th
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  Seeking Justice(2011)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films39^th
• Lawyers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

  Director · Writer
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  The Bank Job(2008)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films85^th
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  The World's Fastest Indian(2005)

  Director · Author · Producer · Writer

  Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films96^th
• The Making of Sleeping Dogs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

  Executive Producer · as Self
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  The Recruit(2003)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films64^th
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  Thirteen Days(2000)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films88^th
• Fearless (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

  Producer
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  Dante's Peak(1997)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films44^th
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  Species(1995)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films33^rd
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  The Getaway(1994)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films34^th
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  White Sands(1992)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films35^th
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  Cadillac Man(1990)

  Director · Producer

  Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films30^th
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  Cocktail(1988)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films35^th
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  No Way Out(1987)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films85^th
• Kaleidoscope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

  as Subject
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  Marie(1985)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films60^th
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  The Bounty(1984)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films83^rd
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  Smash Palace(1981)

  Director · Producer · Writer

  Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films80^th
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  Nutcase (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

  Director · Producer · Screenplay
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  Sleeping Dogs(1977)

  Director · Art Direction · Producer

  Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films58^th
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  Start Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

  Director · Cinematographer
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  Offerings to the God of Speed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

  Director · Executive Producer · Producer · Writer
• Immortal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

  Director

Career shape

A full career of 29 titles, 28 of them dated from 1971 to 2024.

Biggest box office

Dante's Peak (1997)

$178M worldwide

Highest rated

The World's Fastest Indian (2005)

Midcredits 96^th

Most popular right now

The November Man (2014)

Awards

Nominated for a Cannes award in 1984.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Roger Donaldson's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 62^nd percentile, the median of all 20; across their 19 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 59^th percentile for acclaim.

Shape of the crowd

None of their 20 titles divides audiences: 11 are Crowd Pleasers.

117

• Universally Loved2
• Crowd Pleaser11
• Broadly Agreed7

Most loved · director, writer, producer

The World's Fastest Indian (2005)

Midcredits 96^th · 89% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 66/100 and the pacing 53/100 in their films, across 19 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Roger Donaldson's work okay for kids?

Across up to 16 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Roger Donaldson work with?

People who share at least 2 of Roger Donaldson's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; J. Peter Robinson shares the most, 4.