Early Australian Films:
* The Cars That Ate Paris (1974)
* Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
* The Last Wave (1977)
* Gallipoli (1981)
Hollywood Breakthrough:
* Witness (1985)
* The Mosquito Coast (1986)
Critical and Commercial Success:
* Dead Poets Society (1989)
* Fearless (1993)
* The Truman Show (1998)
* Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
Later Works:
* The Way Back (2010)
This list highlights some of his most notable works, but he also directed various television episodes and documentaries earlier in his career.