Movies directed by Sam Mendes

American Beauty (1999)

122 mins     Drama      

Sam Mendes is not the first director to take us behind the seemingly American ideal of white picket fences and happy marriage to show the dysfuncionality of family life behind the facade and I am sure he won't be the last. Bu...

Road to Perdition (2002)

112 mins     Action , Crime, Drama, Thriller      

"Road to Perdition" is essentially a simple story, a movie about a father forced to seek revenge and in the process bonding with his son as he tries to protect him. It's also a gangster movie, set in Chicago and the 1930's er...

Jarhead (2005)

125 mins     Drama, War      

Every war has a movie and Sam Mendes's "Jarhead" is the movie for the Gulf War. But "Jarhead" is a different sort of war movie; it doesn't take sides on the issues over whether war is right or wrong and is not concerned in sh...

Revolutionary Road (2008)

119 mins     Drama, Romance      

In the 1950s Douglas Sirk made his name with melodramas which explored social issues taking us behind the ideal of the perfect American family and their white picket fences. More recently we have had Sam Mendes first explorin...

Away We Go (2009)

98 mins     Comedy, Drama, Romance      

"Away We Go" is a clever movie because it breaches the gap between off-beat and mainstream and does so brilliantly. It is off-beat because we have this soul searching road trip of a couple expecting their first child and lear...

Skyfall (2012)

143 mins     Action , Adventure      

As "Skyfall" started and we are presented with a full on action set piece which included motorbikes ridding along roof tops, flying through windows and then a battle on a speeding train which involves construction equipment I...

Spectre (2015)

148 mins     Action , Adventure , Thriller      

Movie Review - Spectre (2015) James Bond (Daniel Craig) finds himself operating outside of remit thanks to a message from beyond the grave, whilst M (Ralph Fiennes) finds himself dealing with a threat to the 00 system thanks ...