Mel Gibson makes drama movies.
Director Peter Weir cast him as one of the leads in the critically acclaimed World War I drama Gallipoli -LRB- 1981 -RRB- , which earned Gibson a Best Actor Award from the Australian Film Institute .	Peter Weir	Peter Weir	World War I	World War I	Gallipoli	Gallipoli (1981 film)	Australian Film Institute	Australian Film Institute
Gibson produced , directed , and starred in the epic historical drama film Braveheart -LRB- 1995 -RRB- , for which he won the Golden Globe Award and Academy Award for Best Director , along with the Academy Award for Best Picture .	epic	epic film	historical	list of historical films	Braveheart	Braveheart	Golden Globe Award	Golden Globe Award for Best Director	Academy Award for Best Director	Academy Award for Best Director	Academy Award for Best Picture	Academy Award for Best Picture
He later directed and produced the financially successful and controversial , biblical drama film The Passion of the Christ -LRB- 2004 -RRB- .	biblical	biblical	The Passion of the Christ	The Passion of the Christ
