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.
Edens Lost (1988)
7.8/10
Director: Neil Armford
Starring: Julia Blake, Linda Cropper, Arthur Dignam, Victoria Longley, Bruce Hughes
Adapted from Sumner Locke Elliott's celebrated novel and set in 1930s Australia, this tells the story of Angus Weekes, a 17 year old orphan growing up... Read more
Crocodile Dundee 2 (1988)
Director: John Cornell
Starring: Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon
Mick Dundee (Paul Hogan) must not only cope with life in the Big Apple, but save girlfriend Linda Kozowski from crooks luring them to his Outback home... Read more
Ghosts... of the Civil Dead (1988)
7.1/10
Director: John Hillcoat
Starring: Dave Field, Mike Bishop, Chris De Rose, Nick Cave
An explosive prison film set in an awful warning near-future. Stoked by the authorities who want to trigger police-state powers, unrest grows in a hig... Read more
The Man From Snowy River 2 (1988)
Director: Geoff Burrowes
Starring: Tom Burlinson, Sigrid Thornton, Brian Dennehy
Aka "Return to Snowy River". The Australian scenery and a magnificent herd of horses are once again the focus of this beautifully photographed adventu... Read more
Shame (1987)
7.2/10
Director: Steve Jodrell
Starring: Deborra-Lee Furness, Tony Barry, Simone Buchanan
A gripping drama about a motorcyclist who finds herself caught up in a campaign of terror when she pulls into a small town to have her bike repaired.... Read more
Les Patterson Saves the World (1987)
4.9/10
Director: George Miller (II)
Starring: Barry Humphries, Dame Edna Everage, Henri Szeps, Pamela Stephenson, Sir Les Patt...
The one-time Australian Minister for the Yarts, Sir Leslie Colin Patterson KBE (Barry Humphries), is a lecherous, drunken, chain-smoking slob and vaun... Read more
Great Aussie Icons - Graham Kennedy in... The Club (1980) / Travelling North (1987)
Director: Bruce Beresford, Carl Schultz
Starring: Graham Kennedy, Jack Thompson, Henri Szeps, Frank Wilson, Harold Hopkins, John H...
Long hailed as the 'King of Australian Television' Graham Kennedy also had a stellar career in film including these David Williamson-scripted classics... Read more
The Petrov Affair (1987)
7.5/10
Director: Michael Carson
Starring: Eva Sitta, Genevieve Picot, Kirk Alexander, Alex Menglet, Simon Chilvers
In April, 1954, Vladimir Petrov, head of Soviet espionage in Australia, successfully approached ASIO for asylum. His defection sparked the most dramat... Read more
Those Dear Departed (1987)
Director: Ted Robinson
Starring: Garry McDonald, Pamela Stephenson, John Clarke
This scandalous, whimsical irreverent life-after-death comedy stars Garry McDonald as Max Falcon, a pompous and immensely popular actor, with Pamela S... Read more
The Great Bookie Robbery (1987)
8.1/10
Director: Marcus Cole, Mark Joffe
Starring: John Bach, Gary Sweet, Bruno Lawrence, Madeleine Blackwell, Gary Day, Catherine...
On 21st April 1976, gunmen held up Melbourne's venerable Victorian club, escaping with several million dollars in untraceable cash. The robbery had be... Read more