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Australian Cult Movies: Seen/Unseen

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  • Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008)

    1. Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!

    20081h 43mR76Metascore
    7.6 (4.8K)
    The story of the Australian exploitation genre cinema of 1970s and 80s.
    DirectorMark HartleyStarsPhillip AdamsGlory AnnenChristine Amor
  • BMX Bandits (1983)

    2. BMX Bandits

    19831h 28mPG53Metascore
    5.5 (6.4K)
    A trio of teen BMX enthusiasts become entangled with a group of bank robbers after discovering their cache of walkie-talkies.
    DirectorBrian Trenchard-SmithStarsDavid ArgueJohn LeyNicole Kidman
  • Richard Chamberlain in The Last Wave (1977)

    3. The Last Wave

    19771h 46mPG85Metascore
    6.9 (12K)
    A Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal Persons in a ritualized taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing things about himself and premonitions.
    DirectorPeter WeirStarsRichard ChamberlainOlivia HamnettDavid Gulpilil
  • Mel Gibson in Mad Max (1979)

    4. Mad Max

    19791h 28mR73Metascore
    6.8 (239K)
    In a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang.
    DirectorGeorge MillerStarsMel GibsonJoanne SamuelHugh Keays-Byrne
  • The Road Warrior (1981)

    5. The Road Warrior

    19811h 36mR77Metascore
    7.6 (208K)
    In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline-rich community get rid of a horde of bandits.
    DirectorGeorge MillerStarsMel GibsonBruce SpenceMichael Preston
  • Lake Mungo (2008)

    6. Lake Mungo

    20081h 27mR
    6.2 (34K)
    Strange things start happening after a girl is found drowned in a lake.
    DirectorJoel AndersonStarsRosie TraynorDavid PledgerMartin Sharpe
  • Jenny Agutter, David Gulpilil, and Luc Roeg in Walkabout (1971)

    7. Walkabout

    19711h 40mGP85Metascore
    7.6 (29K)
    Two 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.
    DirectorNicolas RoegStarsJenny AgutterDavid GulpililLuc Roeg
  • Dennis Hopper in Mad Dog Morgan (1976)

    8. Mad Dog Morgan

    19761h 42mR
    6.1 (2K)
    The true story of Irish outlaw Daniel Morgan, who is wanted, dead or alive, in Australia during the 1850s.
    DirectorPhilippe MoraStarsDennis HopperJack ThompsonDavid Gulpilil
  • 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
  • The Tracker (2002)

    10. The Tracker

    20021h 30mNot Rated71Metascore
    7.3 (3.4K)
    Fanatic is a government trooper who is heading an expedition to find an Aboriginal man accused of murdering a white woman. Others in the expedition are the Follower, a greenhorn trooper, the Veteran, and the Tracker.
    DirectorRolf de HeerStarsDavid GulpililGary SweetDamon Gameau
  • The Cars That Ate Paris (1974)

    11. The Cars That Ate Paris

    19741h 28mPG
    5.6 (4.6K)
    The small town of Paris, Australia deliberately causes car accidents, then sells/salvages all valuables from the wrecks as a means of economy.
    DirectorPeter WeirStarsTerry CamilleriJohn MeillonKevin Miles
  • Anne-Louise Lambert in Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

    12. Picnic at Hanging Rock

    19751h 55mPG81Metascore
    7.4 (44K)
    During a rural summer picnic, a few students and a teacher from an Australian girls' school vanish without a trace. Their absence frustrates and haunts the people left behind.
    DirectorPeter WeirStarsRachel RobertsAnne-Louise LambertVivean Gray
  • Briony Behets and John Hargreaves in Long Weekend (1978)

    13. Long Weekend

    19781h 37mNot Rated61Metascore
    6.5 (6.5K)
    When a suburban couple go camping for the weekend at a remote beach, they discover that nature isn't in an accommodating mood.
    DirectorColin EgglestonStarsJohn HargreavesBriony BehetsMike McEwen
  • The F.J. Holden (1977)

    14. The F.J. Holden

    19771h 41m
    5.4 (285)
    In 1970s suburban Sydney, two friends cruise around in a yellow Holden, drinking and chasing women. When Kevin falls for Anne, a local shop worker, his reckless behavior and a drunken incident lead to trouble with the law.
    DirectorMichael ThornhillStarsPaul CouzensEva DickinsonCarl Stever
  • Ken Shorter in Stone (1974)

    15. Stone

    19742h 12mNot Rated
    6.3 (1.9K)
    After one of its members witnesses a political assassination, a motorbike gang becomes the target of a string of murders, prompting a cop to join their ranks to determine who is responsible.
    DirectorSandy HarbuttStarsDeryck BarnesSandy HarbuttHugh Keays-Byrne
  • Backroads (1977)

    16. Backroads

    19771h
    6.5 (263)
    A black and white lowlife duo drives around Australia's Outback in a stolen vehicle and finds trouble after trouble.
    DirectorPhillip NoyceStarsBill HunterGary FoleyZac Martin
  • Wake in Fright (1971)

    17. Wake in Fright

    19711h 49mR85Metascore
    7.5 (15K)
    After 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.
    DirectorTed KotcheffStarsDonald PleasenceGary BondChips Rafferty
  • Fair Game (1986)

    18. Fair Game

    19861h 26mR
    5.9 (2K)
    A young woman running an animal sanctuary in the outback takes her revenge on a trio of kangaroo hunters who terrorized her.
    DirectorMario AndreacchioStarsCassandra DelaneyPeter FordDavid Sandford
  • Howling III (1987)

    19. Howling III

    19871h 34mPG-13
    3.5 (5.8K)
    A female werewolf runs away from her family, and falls in love with a man who works in the movie business, while a sociologist who studies these creatures is looking for proof of their existence.
    DirectorPhilippe MoraStarsBarry OttoMax FairchildImogen Annesley
  • Road Games (1981)

    20. Road Games

    19811h 41mPG71Metascore
    6.6 (10K)
    A laid-back American truck driver in south Australia begins to suspect that a man driving a green van is killing young women along his route, which evolves into a game of cat-and-mouse to catch him.
    DirectorRichard FranklinStarsStacy KeachJamie Lee CurtisMarion Edward
  • The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972)

    21. The Adventures of Barry McKenzie

    19721h 54mNot Rated
    5.6 (961)
    Young Australian, Barry McKenzie, travels to England with his Aunt Edna after his father dies and a request is revealed in his will.
    DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsBarry CrockerBarry HumphriesDick Bentley
  • Christine Amor and Joseph Bottoms in High Rolling in a Hot Corvette (1977)

    22. High Rolling in a Hot Corvette

    19771h 29mPG
    5.5 (159)
    Two fun-loving carnival workers take a vacation with the hope of finding plenty of sex and drugs. Their "quest" is fulfilled when they encounter a dope-peddler and two exotic nightclub dancers.
    DirectorIgor AuzinsStarsJoseph BottomsGrigor TaylorWendy Hughes
  • Next of Kin (1982)

    23. Next of Kin

    19821h 29mNot Rated
    6.2 (4.8K)
    In a rest home for elderly people, a daughter reads her mother's diary. Soon events that are mentioned in the mother's diary begin to happen to the daughter.
    DirectorTony WilliamsStarsJacki KerinJohn JarrattAlex Scott
  • The True Story of Eskimo Nell (1975)

    24. The True Story of Eskimo Nell

    19751h 43m
    4.9 (114)
    The film's unlikely protagonist is a mild-mannered window peeper named Dead-Eye Dick (Max Gillies), who spies on a Mexican couple.
    DirectorRichard FranklinStarsMax GilliesSerge LazareffPaul Vachon
  • The Night, the Prowler (1978)

    25. The Night, the Prowler

    19781h 30m
    5.7 (250)
    From the Director of 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' Jim Sharman and Nobel Prize winning author Patrick White A haunting tale of obsession and possession.
    DirectorJim SharmanStarsRuth CracknellJohn FrawleyKerry Walker

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