Australia in the 1970s
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- DirectorPhilip LeacockStarsBeau BridgesJohn MillsJane MerrowAdam (Beau Bridges) is a young American wrongly accused of being an accomplice to murder while on shore leave in Liverpool. He is sentenced to death by hanging, but the sentence is commuted to twenty years in a convict settlement in Australia. The Governor of the colony, Sir Philip MacDonald (Sir John Mills), has a scheme in mind to settle Australia by allowing convicts to marry and by giving them land, and Adam is the perfect choice to prove his scheme is viable. He is partnered with Bess (Jane Merrow), a young Irish lass, and together they endure the hardships of the Australian outback.
- DirectorJohn B. MurrayStarsGraeme BlundellBarry HumphriesGordon RumphA shy young man is hired by an ad agency to conduct a survey on sex in Australia. The somewhat clueless young man investigates homosexuality, transvestites, prostitution, and strip clubs along with every other variant on the "norm". While doing his interviews he meets celebrities, self proclaimed sex experts, prostitutes, female impersonators, pop stars, actors, and legislators as well as self appointed morals guardians.
- DirectorTony RichardsonStarsMick JaggerClarissa Kaye-MasonMark McManusThe impoverished son of Irish immigrants is pushed by wrongful police persecution into becoming Australia's most notorious bushranger.
- DirectorFrank BrittainStarsHazel PhillipsSean MyersRod MullinarPaul Lawrence is a working class man who dates Cara, sells shirts at a Sydney department store, and dreams of attending art school.
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsWalter ChiariJack AlbertsonDave AllenWhen greed threatens the livelihood of an Italian monastery, a monk flees with the formula for their special liquor.
- DirectorMende BrownStarsJaeme HamiltonMark HealeyJaime MassangTen young boys are shipwrecked somewhere in Oceania.
- DirectorBrian KavanaghStarsMonica MaughanSean ScullyMoira CarletonTo escape her demanding, sick mother and her suburban loneliness, a middle-aged woman slides into a fantasy world in which there is incredible relief.
- DirectorPeter MaxwellStarsTerry McDermottGary GrayLynette CurranIn this movie version of Bellbird (1967) a reporter, Philip Henderson stirs up the town further when they are already suffering with a drought.
- DirectorWarwick FreemanStarsJoe JamesIrene InescortGerard MaguireJoe Slater, the Australian Defence Minister, has organised an Asian security conferred in Canberra.
- DirectorLuigi ZampaStarsAlberto SordiClaudia CardinaleRiccardo GarroneAmedeo is a poor Italian immigrant living in Australia for twenty years. Seeking to marry an Italian wife, he corresponds with Carmela, a pretty girl from Rome. They do not reveal their true identities and do not mention their hardships in their letters. Carmela is actually a prostitute seeking an opportunity to change her life style. Amedeo, embarrassed about his looks, sends a photograph to Carmela of his handsome friend Giuseppe.
- DirectorPeter WeirStarsGeoff MaloneGrahame BondKate FitzpatrickGuests arrive at an expensive private guest house on a remote island near Sydney. The guest house and weird activities, like theatre sports and orienteering, are run by a leery eccentric. One of the guests is a loner and the only way to fit in with the crowd is to participate in the questionable events. Some of the games border between comedy and horror - like the murder mystery.
- DirectorAlbert FalzonStarsChris BrockStephen CooneyTerry FitzgeraldThe film portrays surfers living in spiritual harmony with nature, making their own boards (and homes) as they traveled in search of the perfect wave across Australia's north-east coast, Bali and Hawaii.
- DirectorJohn McCallumStarsGoogie WithersJohn LawsAlfred SandorAn outback pub owner stakes a claim and finds herself an overnight millionaire.
- DirectorRoss McGregorHans PomeranzStarsMichele FawdonRod MullinarGraham CorryThis musical tells the story of the 1854 Eureka Stockade rebellion by the gold miners in Ballarat. It was adapted from a play by novelist Kenneth Cooke.
- DirectorTim BurstallStarsBruce SpenceJacki WeaverHelmut BakaitisA gangly, awkward, would-be revolutionary loses his virginity to the vivacious hippie girlfriend of his two flatmates, and becomes hell-bent on sabotaging her wedding to one of them.
- DirectorAntony I. GinnaneStarsConnie SimmonsVincent GrifithTony HorlerLenny a young student is an opportunistic womanzier who appears quite confident in being this way, or is he? We begin to see who Lenny really is and why he operated the way he does after flashbacks of a self-destructive relationship with a girlfriend.
- DirectorBrian HannantOliver HowesPeter WeirStarsMatthew BurtonGrahame BondPeter ColvilleThree stories, each presenting a young Australian at a moment of decision about their future.
- DirectorTed KotcheffStarsDonald PleasenceGary BondChips RaffertyAfter a bad gambling bet, a schoolteacher is marooned in a town full of crazy, drunk, violent men who threaten to make him just as crazy, drunk, and violent.
- DirectorNicolas RoegStarsJenny AgutterDavid GulpililLuc RoegTwo city-bred siblings are stranded in the Australian Outback, where they learn to survive with the aid of an Aboriginal boy on his "walkabout": a ritual separation from his tribe.
- DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsBarry CrockerBarry HumphriesDick BentleyYoung Australian, Barry McKenzie, travels to England with his Aunt Edna after his father dies and a request is revealed in his will.
- DirectorEric PorterStarsBobby RydellArnold StangCorie SimsMarco Polo Jr., the descendant of the legendary explorer, goes on a daring journey in search of his own destiny.
- DirectorTerry BourkeStarsNorman YemmCarla HoogeveenMike DorseyInsane sadistic hermit stalks and captures those who get lost in his part of the woods. A young woman whose car broke down is about to find out what he does with them next.
- DirectorTom CowanStarsJohn WoodKate FitzpatrickPhilip DeamerA group of public servants on their annual country picnic.
- DirectorKeith SalvatStarsPamela StephensonPeter ReynoldsBrian BlainA man obsessed with his art collection. His wife obsessed with her gramophone. A thief determined.
- DirectorJim SharmanStarsJane HardersJune CollisTim ElliottA group of aliens plans to invade Australia as a means of taking over the Earth. In order to communicate with the people of Earth, they bring a statue of the long-dead Duke of Edinburgh to life.