Australian Film
Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Here we have collected all things ocker, be they movies or television. You'll find Nicole Kidman rubbing shoulders with Norman Gunston, and Judy Davis with Yahoo Serious. There's Crocodile Dundee, Barry McKenzie, Mad Max, and Kath and Kim. Drama, comedy, romance and thrillers, if it's got Bryan Brown or Jack Thompson in it, chances are this is where you'll find it!
Right: Dame Edna Everidge.
Van Diemen's Land (2009)
6/10
Director: Jonathan auf der Heide
Starring: Oscar Redding, Arthur Angel, Paul Ashcroft
The true story of Australia's most notorious convict, Alexander Pearce and his escape into the beautiful but brutal Tasmanian wilderness. 1822: Van Di... Read more
Better Than Sex (2000)
6.4/10
Director: Jonathan Teplitzky
Starring: David Wenham, Susie Porter, Kris McQuade, Simon Bossell, Catherine McClements
Josh (David Wenham) and Cin (Susie Porter) meet at a party. She's a dressmaker, he's a photographer for National Geographic. In no time at all they ar... Read more
Tracks (2013)
7.2/10
Director: John Curran
Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Adam Driver
Mia Wasikowska stars as writer Robyn Davidson in this dramatic account of Davidson's arduous 2000-mile trek across the Australian desert. With only fo... Read more
The Hard Word (2002)
6/10
Director: Scott Roberts
Starring: Guy Pearce, Rachel Griffiths, Joel Edgerton
Three fraternal bank robbers languishing in jail, discover a profitable (if not dodgy) way to spend their time. Crime can most certainly pay, if you "... Read more
Candy (2006)
7.3/10
Director: Neil Armford
Starring: Abbie Cornish, Noni Hazlehurst, Heath Ledger, Geoffrey Rush, Tony Martin
Wannabe poet and intravenous heroin user Dan (Heath Ledger) is freshly in love with Candy (Abbie Cornish), a blonde Botticelli angel with a yen for pa... Read more
Love Serenade (1996)
7/10
Director: Shirley Barrett
Starring: Miranda Otto, Rebecca Frith, George Shetsov
The tale of two sisters in a small back-of-beyond Australian town and their relationship with a seedy disc jockey, whose career is on the slide, when... Read more
Somersault (2004)
6.8/10
Director: Cate Shortland
Starring: Abbie Cornish, Sam Worthington, Lynette Curran, Erik Thomson
Heidi (Abbie Cornish), starved of true affection, looks to short-lived sexual encounters for the physical and emotional contact she craves. After a co... Read more
Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
6.7/10
Director: Gillian Armstrong
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Ciaran Hinds, Clive Russell, Ralph Fiennes, Richard Roxburgh, To...
Two compulsive gamblers (Ralph Fiennes and Cate Blanchett) meet aboard a ship, united by their passion for taking risks and doing the impossible. They... Read more
Black and White (2002)
6.7/10
Director: Craig Lahief
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Charles Dance, Kerry Fox, Ben Mendelsohn, Colin Friels, David Ng...
A true story that created headline news in 1959. A young aboriginal man, Max Stuart, was convicted of murder, in the light of questionable evidence pr... Read more
Wake in Fright (1971)
7.7/10
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Starring: Gary Bond, Donald Pleasence, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay, Jack Thompson, John Mei...
A naive young teacher finds himself in a remote outback school where the 'pupils' are more interested in killing kangaroos and sexual experimentation... Read more