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Australian Films

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  • 21 titles
  • Hugh Jackman in Paperback Hero (1999)

    1. Paperback Hero

    19991h 36mNot Rated57Metascore
    6.4 (2.5K)
    An Australian truck driver writes romance novels. His engaged, tomboyish, crop duster best friend's name, Ruby Vale, is unasked used as author. Complications arise when his novel takes off. Will they remain friends or...?
    DirectorAntony J. BowmanStarsClaudia KarvanHugh JackmanAngie Milliken
  • The Dish (2000)

    2. The Dish

    20001h 41mPG-1374Metascore
    7.2 (17K)
    A remote Australian community, populated by quirky characters, plays a key role in the first Apollo moon landing.
    DirectorRob SitchStarsSam NeillBilly MitchellRoz Hammond
  • Looking for Alibrandi (2000)

    3. Looking for Alibrandi

    20001h 43m
    7.0 (3.7K)
    At seventeen Josie Alibrandi is about to enter her final year as a scholarship student at an exclusive Catholic College. It's the year her life is turned upside down and changed forever.
    DirectorKate WoodsStarsGreta ScacchiAnthony LaPagliaElena Cotta
  • He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (2001)

    4. He Died with a Felafel in His Hand

    20011h 47mNot Rated
    7.0 (4.2K)
    A nightmare chase through hell in a never-ending, unrequited daisy chain of desire...
    DirectorRichard LowensteinStarsNoah TaylorEmily HamiltonRomane Bohringer
  • One Night the Moon (2001)

    5. One Night the Moon

    200157m
    7.1 (387)
    Based on the true story of a young girl who went missing in the Australian outback in 1932.
    DirectorRachel PerkinsStarsKaarin FairfaxPaul KellyKelton Pell
  • Joel Edgerton, Ben Mendelsohn, Jacki Weaver, and James Frecheville in Animal Kingdom (2010)

    6. Animal Kingdom

    20101h 53mR83Metascore
    7.2 (62K)
    A seventeen-year-old navigates his survival amongst an explosive criminal family and the detective who thinks he can save him.
    DirectorDavid MichôdStarsJames FrechevilleGuy PearceJoel Edgerton
  • Deborah Mailman, Chris O'Dowd, Jessica Mauboy, Miranda Tapsell, and Shari Sebbens in The Sapphires (2012)

    7. The Sapphires

    20121h 43mPG-1367Metascore
    7.0 (16K)
    In 1968, four talented young Australian Aboriginal girls learn about love, friendship, and war when their all-girl group The Sapphires entertains the US troops in Vietnam.
    DirectorWayne BlairStarsChris O'DowdDeborah MailmanJessica Mauboy
  • Finn Little in Storm Boy (2019)

    8. Storm Boy

    20191h 39mPG67Metascore
    6.9 (4.4K)
    When Michael Kingley, a successful retired businessman, starts to see images from his past that he can't explain, he's forced to remember his childhood and how, as a boy, he rescued and raised an extraordinary orphaned pelican, Mr. Percival.
    DirectorShawn SeetStarsFinn LittleJai CourtneyGeoffrey Rush
  • Storm Boy (1976)

    9. Storm Boy

    19761h 28mNot Rated
    6.9 (1.6K)
    Mike is a lonely Australian boy living in a coastal wilderness with his reclusive father. In search of friendship he encounters an Aboriginal native loner and the two form a bond in the care of orphaned pelicans.
    DirectorsHenri SafranIan GoddardStarsGreg RowePeter CumminsDavid Gulpilil
  • For the Term of His Natural Life (1927)

    10. For the Term of His Natural Life

    19271h 41m
    5.9 (144)
    A convict, wrongfully accused and sent a harsh prison colony, attempts to escape.
    DirectorNorman DawnStarsGeorge FisherEva NovakDunstan Webb
  • Playing Beatie Bow (1986)

    11. Playing Beatie Bow

    19861h 33mNot Rated
    5.7 (385)
    A discontented Sydney teenager travels back in time to 1873, whilst watching an old fashioned children's game.
    DirectorDonald CrombieStarsImogen AnnesleyPeter PhelpsMouche Phillips
  • Dingo (1991)

    12. Dingo

    19911h 49mPG
    6.8 (500)
    Traces the pilgrimage of John Anderson, an average guy with a passion for jazz, from his home in outback Western Australia to the jazz clubs of Paris, to meet his idol, jazz trumpeter Billy Cross.
    DirectorRolf de HeerStarsColin FrielsMiles DavisHelen Buday
  • Sonia Kruger, Paul Mercurio, and Tara Morice in Strictly Ballroom (1992)

    13. Strictly Ballroom

    19921h 34mPG72Metascore
    7.2 (30K)
    A maverick dancer risks his career by performing an unusual routine and sets out to succeed with a new partner.
    DirectorBaz LuhrmannStarsPaul MercurioTara MoriceBill Hunter
  • Christian Byers, Mackenzie Fearnley, Du Toit Bredenkamp, and Arthur McBain in Friday on My Mind (2017)

    14. Friday on My Mind

    20172 epsTV Mini Series
    7.8 (146)
    Friday On My Mind charts the rise of Aussie rock band, The Easybeats.
    StarsWilliam RushDu Toit BredenkampChristian Byers
  • Terence Stamp, Guy Pearce, and Hugo Weaving in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)

    15. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

    19941h 44mR70Metascore
    7.5 (59K)
    Two drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.
    DirectorStephan ElliottStarsHugo WeavingGuy PearceTerence Stamp
  • Toni Collette, Hugo Weaving, Dan Wyllie, Angourie Rice, Aaron L. McGrath, and Levi Miller in Jasper Jones (2017)

    16. Jasper Jones

    20171h 45mNot Rated
    6.5 (3.9K)
    In the late '60s, two teenage boys join forces to solve a chilling mystery and navigate the prejudices and secrets of their small Australian town.
    DirectorRachel PerkinsStarsLevi MillerKevin LongToni Collette
  • Paul Hogan in Crocodile Dundee (1986)

    17. Crocodile Dundee

    19861h 37mPG-1362Metascore
    6.6 (121K)
    An American reporter travels to the Australian outback to meet eccentric poacher Mick "Crocodile" Dundee and invites him to New York City, where he comes face-to-face with the complexities of modern life.
    DirectorPeter FaimanStarsPaul HoganLinda KozlowskiJohn Meillon
  • The Castle (1997)

    18. The Castle

    19971h 25mR
    7.6 (18K)
    A working-class family from Melbourne, Australia fights city hall after being told they must vacate their beloved family home to allow for infrastructural expansion.
    DirectorRob SitchStarsMichael CatonAnne TenneyStephen Curry
  • Looking for Grace (2015)

    19. Looking for Grace

    20151h 40mPG-13
    5.3 (421)
    After a teenage girl named Grace goes missing, her parents along with the help of an investigator seek to find her, while also juggling their own secrets and stories between them.
    DirectorSue BrooksStarsRadha MitchellRichard RoxburghOdessa Young
  • BoyTown (2006)

    20. BoyTown

    20061h 28m
    5.4 (961)
    The five members of the 1980s boy band Boytown reunite in 2005, years after their heyday. Uncertainties loom as they strive to reconnect with audiences and rediscover the magic that initially propelled their stardom.
    DirectorKevin CarlinStarsGlenn RobbinsMick MolloyBob Franklin
  • Official 54 Days Poster

    21. 54 Days

    20141h 27m
    6.5 (68)
    A well-to-do Sydney party disintegrates into chaos and panic when a bomb goes off, forcing 5 friends into a 1960s nuclear shelter. As food and water runs out, they are forced to make an impossible decision: either one dies or they all die.
    DirectorTim R. LeaStarsMichela CarattiniDianna La GrassaMichael Drysdale

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