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.
High Tide (1987)
7.2/10
Director: Gillian Armstrong
Starring: Judy Davis, Jan Adele, Claudia Karvan, Colin Friels
In an AFI Award winning performance, Judy Davis plays Lilli, a back-up singer for an Elvis impersonator. When she is fired from the tour in a NSW Sout... Read more
Ground Zero (1987)
6.6/10
Director: Michael Pattinson
Starring: Colin Friels, Jack Thompson, Donald Pleasence
Colin Friels stars as a cinematographer who unwittingly becomes involved in political intrigue when he searches for the truth about the death of his f... Read more
The Lighthorsemen (1987)
7/10
Director: Simon Wincer
Starring: Jon Blake, Peter Phelps, Nick Wateres
An Australian action-adventure based on a World War I attack of 800 mounted troops who charged overwhelming forces in the desert town of Beersheba in... Read more
Warm Nights On A Slow Moving Train (1987)
6/10
Director: Bob Ellis
Starring: Wendy Hughes, Colin Friels, Norman Kaye, Grant Tilly
A train ride you should take if you enjoy a good suspenseful drama. The story follows the antics of a part time teacher/working girl and her undoing p... Read more
Dogs in Space (1986)
6.6/10
Director: Richard Lowenstein
Starring: Chris Haywood, Michael Hutchence, Nique Needles, Saskia Post
Michael Hutchence, the lead singer of INXS, heads a cast of youthful performers in this Australian counter-culture drama. Alienated youths hang out in... Read more
Dead End Drive-in (1986)
6/10
Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith
Starring: Natalie McCurry, Carmen Nicholson, Ned Manning
In the near future, nuclear accidents, economic collapse and global riots have put the entire world in a state of chaos. Looting is widespread. Cities... Read more
The Flying Doctors (1986)
6.7/10
Starring: Andrew McFarlane, Keith Eden, Robert Grubb, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Liz Burch, Lenore...
Big city values clash with rural realities in this Australian television series about the adventures of young Sydney doctor Tom Callaghan (Andrew McFa... Read more
Emma's War (1986)
5.9/10
Director: Clytie Jessop
Starring: Mark Lee, Miranda Otto, Lee Remick, Terence Donovan, Donal Gibson
Australia 1942. The Japanese are bombing Sydney. Anne, driven to the bottle by sheer terror of the war and the absence of her husband, takes her two y... Read more
Crocodile Dundee (1986)
6.5/10
Director: Peter Faiman
Starring: Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon
Paul Hogan is the laid-back Aussie adventurer who shows a pretty American reporter (Linda Kozlowski) around the bush country, then accompanies her to... Read more
The Fringe Dwellers (1986)
6.8/10
Director: Bruce Beresford
Starring: Kristina Nehm, Justine Saunders, Bob Maza
Ancient traditions clash with white civilisation as we are shown the trials and tribulations of a young, ambitious Aborigine woman named Trilby and he... Read more