Watch Jeff Daniels Movies and TV Shows in Australia

If you're looking to stream shows or movies starring Jeff Daniels in Australia then here is the definitive list. We show you which streaming providers currently have each of Jeff Daniels's most popular movies and shows available in their catalogue. List updated in December 2024.

List of the Best Movies and Shows Starring Jeff Daniels In Order of Popularity

  1. The Newsroom
  2. Hemingway
  3. The Looming Tower
  4. The Martian
  5. Washington
  6. The Purple Rose of Cairo
  7. The Saint of Second Chances
  8. The Comey Rule
  9. 9/11: Inside the President's War Room
  10. Good Night, and Good Luck.
  11. Dumb and Dumber
  12. The Squid and the Whale
  13. American Rust
  14. Steve Jobs
  15. Fly Away Home
  16. Something Wild
  17. The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
  18. Adam
  19. Arachnophobia
  20. 2 Days in the Valley
  21. The Answer Man
  22. Blood Work
  23. Because of Winn-Dixie
  24. Heartburn
  25. The House on Carroll Street
  26. Paper Man
  27. Marie
  28. The Goodbye Girl
  29. The Lookout
  30. Sweet Hearts Dance

Stream the top 30 Movies and Shows starring Jeff Daniels

1. The Newsroom

Seasons: 3

Rated: TV-MA

8.6/10

A behind-the-scenes look at the people who make a nightly cable-news program. Focusing on a network anchor, his new executive producer, the newsroom staff and their boss, the series tracks their quixotic mission to do the news well in the face of corporate and commercial obstacles-not to mention their own personal entanglements.

2. Hemingway

Seasons: 1

Rated: TV-14

8.1/10

The visionary work and the turbulent life of Ernest Hemingway, one of the greatest and most influential writers America has ever produced. Interweaving his eventful biography with carefully selected excerpts from his iconic short stories, novels, and non-fiction, the series reveals the brilliant, ambitious, charismatic, and complicated man behind the myth, and the art he created.

3. The Looming Tower

Seasons: 1

Rated: TV-MA

8.0/10

While Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda become a global threat, the rivalry between the CIA and FBI inadvertently sets the stage for the tragedy of 9/11 and the Iraq War.

4. The Martian

Rated: PG-13

8.0/10

During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.

5. Washington

Seasons: 1

Rated: N/A

7.9/10

The story of how a fatherless young soldier full of personal ambition becomes a leader of men willing to sacrifice all for the common cause. How a once-loyal British subject rises to battle an empire in a liberty-or-death campaign to forge a new nation. And then how, at the zenith of his power, the victorious general voluntarily steps down, becoming what King George III would call “the greatest man in the world.”

6. The Purple Rose of Cairo

Rated: PG

7.7/10

Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising her spirits, where she watches dashing archaeologist Tom Baxter time and again.

7. The Saint of Second Chances

Rated: M

7.6/10

Mike Veeck, son of legendary Major League Baseball owner Bill Veeck, blows up his father's career and then spends the next few decades learning the value of a second chance.

8. The Comey Rule

Seasons: 1

Rated: TV-MA

7.5/10

An immersive, behind-the-headlines account of the historically turbulent events surrounding the 2016 presidential election and its aftermath, which divided a nation. This two-part biopic tells the story of two powerful figures, Comey and Trump, whose strikingly different personalities, ethics and loyalties put them on a collision course.

9. 9/11: Inside the President's War Room

Rated: N/A

7.5/10

Closely following the President and his cabinet in the immediate aftermath of 9/11 as they consider what steps to take.

10. Good Night, and Good Luck.

Rated: PG

7.4/10

The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.

11. Dumb and Dumber

Rated: PG-13

7.3/10

Lloyd and Harry are two men whose stupidity is really indescribable. When Mary, a beautiful woman, loses an important suitcase with money before she leaves for Aspen, the two friends (who have found the suitcase) decide to return it to her. After some "adventures" they finally get to Aspen where, using the lost money they live it up and fight for Mary's heart.

12. The Squid and the Whale

Rated: R

7.3/10

Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.

13. American Rust

Seasons: 2

Rated: N/A

7.2/10

A compelling family drama and a timeless story told through the eyes of complicated and compromised chief of police Del Harris of a Pennsylvania Rust Belt town full of good people making bad choices.

14. Steve Jobs

Rated: R

7.2/10

Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.

15. Fly Away Home

Rated: PG

6.9/10

Amy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed. She goes to Canada to live with her father, an eccentric inventor whom she barely knows. Amy is miserable in her new life... until she discovers a nest of goose eggs that were abandoned when a local forest is torn down. The eggs hatch and Amy becomes "Mama Goose". When Winter comes, Amy, and her dad must find a way to lead the birds South...

16. Something Wild

Rated: R

6.9/10

A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-con husband shows up.

17. The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

Rated: PG

6.8/10

A full-length adaptation, originally staged as a play, of the court-martial segment from the novel "The Caine Mutiny".

18. Adam

Rated: PG

6.5/10

A hard-living salesman becomes a quadriplegic after an accident.

19. Arachnophobia

Rated: PG-13

6.5/10

A large spider from the jungles of South America is accidentally transported in a crate with a dead body to America where it mates with a local spider. Soon after, the residents of a small California town disappear as the result of spider bites from the deadly spider offspring. It's up to a couple of doctors with the help of an insect exterminator to annihilate these eight legged freaks.

20. 2 Days in the Valley

Rated: R

6.5/10

In a sleepy bedroom community of LA's San Fernando Valley, the murder of a professional athlete by two hit men sets into motion a chain of events that puts the mundane lives of a dozen residents on a collision course. This clever tale tells the story of two hit men, a mistress, a nurse, a vindictive ex-wife, a wealthy art dealer and his lovelorn assistant, a suicidal writer and his dog, and a bitter cop and his partner.

21. The Answer Man

Rated: R

6.4/10

Twenty years ago, Arlen Faber wrote a book about spirituality that became wildly popular. These days, he's a curmudgeonly recluse who only enjoys the company of his chiropractor, Elizabeth. As Elizabeth's warmth starts to melt Arlen's cold heart, he comes to realize what love really means.

22. Blood Work

Rated: R

6.4/10

Still recovering from a heart transplant, a retired FBI profiler returns to service when his own blood analysis offers clues to the identity of a serial killer.

23. Because of Winn-Dixie

Rated: PG

6.3/10

A girl, abandoned by her mother when she was three, moves to a small town in Florida with her father. There, she adopts an orphaned dog she names Winn-Dixie. The bond between the girl and her special companion brings together the people in a small Florida town and heals her own troubled relationship with her father.

24. Heartburn

Rated: R

6.1/10

Rachel is a food writer at a New York magazine who meets Washington columnist Mark at a wedding and ends up falling in love with him despite her reservations about marriage. They buy a house, have a daughter, and Rachel thinks they are living happily ever after until she discovers that Mark is having an affair while she is waddling around with a second pregnancy.

25. The House on Carroll Street

Rated: PG

6.1/10

Emily Crane is fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, and takes a part-time job as companion to an old lady. One day her attention is drawn to a noisy argument being conducted largely in German in a neighbouring house, the more so since one of those involved is her main senator prosecutor. Starting to look into things, she gradually enlists the help of FBI officer Cochran who was initially detailed to check her out. Just as well when things turn nasty

26. Paper Man

Rated: R

6/10

A prank that starts with a group of college students creating a fictitious person so they can get a credit card develops into a plot that leaves three of them dead.

27. Marie

Rated: PG-13

6/10

Ex-cop Marie wants to live the quiet life, until her husband is murdered. Now she's taking the law into her own hands in one-woman bloodbath against the mob.

28. The Goodbye Girl

Rated: PG

6/10

Musical dancer on the way out (at 36) Paula McFadden had it swell with actor Tony DeSanti, but instead of taking her to Hollywood he gets a European movie part. He even sublets their (his) New York apartment to Elliot Garfield, who generously lets her stay, even keeping the master bedroom. Pragmatic pre-teen daughter Lucy soon takes to his charm, but Paula remains determined to hate all actors. Despite the stress of a Broadway Shakespeare lead he must play too queer for Frisco, he's determined to snatch romance from ingratitude.

29. The Lookout

Rated: R

5.7/10

When police is about to apprehend a famous gang of bank robbers, an elite sniper opens fire from a roof, thus facilitating the flee of his accomplices. However, one of them is seriously injured, which compromises the plans of the thieves.

30. Sweet Hearts Dance

Rated: R

5.7/10

Wiley and Sandra have been happily married for years and are now in the process of breaking up. Sam, his childhood friend, is just beginning to fall in love with a new teacher at the high school. As they try to adjust to these conflicting emotions they find themselves having to evaluate their own relationship as well.