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.
All the Rivers Run. Part 2 (1983)
7.6/10
Director: Pino Amenta, George Miller (II)
Starring: Charles Tingwell, Sigrid Thornton, John Waters (II)
Tom Critchley, the seaman who rescued Delie, arrives in Echuca on a paddle steamer he bought with his reward. It is the beginning for Delie of a remar... Read more
All the Rivers Run (1983)
7.7/10
Director: Pino Amenta, George Miller (II)
Starring: Charles Tingwell, Sigrid Thornton, John Waters (II), Diane Craig
A sweeping saga of one woman's struggle for survival. English girl Philadelphia Gordon's (Sigrid Thornton) life is turned upside down when she is ship... Read more
Waterfront (1983)
5.2/10
Director: Chris Thompson
Starring: Jack Thompson, Greta Scacchi, Warren Mitchell, Noni Hazlehurst
Begins in one of the watershed years of this century, 1928. There is the spectre of the Great Depression, increasingly rancorous class divisions, indu... Read more
Midnite Spares (1983)
5.7/10
Director: Quentin Masters
Starring: Max Cullen, Bruce Spence, David Argue, Tony Barry, Terry Camilleri, Gia Carides,...
This hilarious action-filled adventure stars James Laurie as Steve, a young man who returns home after a long absence only to find that his father has... Read more
Careful, He Might Hear You (1983)
7.1/10
Director: Carl Schultz
Starring: Wendy Hughes, Robyn Nevin, Nicholas Gledhill
Critically acclaimed at home in Australia and in the U.S., this powerful drama concerns the fight between two sisters over the custody of their six ye... Read more
Phar Lap (1983)
7.3/10
Director: Simon Wincer
Starring: Tom Burlinson, Martin Vaughan, Judy Morris
An uplifting story of Australia's greatest race horse (but New Zealand bred), told with wit, intelligence and feeling. The race photography is superb.... Read more
The Return of Captain Invincible (1982)
5.7/10
Director: Philippe Mora
Starring: Alan Arkin, Arthur Dignam, Bill Hunter, Christopher Lee, David Argue, John Bluth...
During World War II, superhero Captain Invincible (Alan Arkin) helped us fight the cause and was called a hero. But soon after, he was labeled a commu... Read more
Attack Force Z (1982)
5.6/10
Director: Tim Burstall
Starring: Mel Gibson, Chris Haywood, John Phillip Law, Sam Neill
Mel Gibson commands an elite military team dispatched during WWII to locate and rescue the survivors of a shot-down plane, stranded on a South Pacific... Read more
Duet for Four (1982)
5.6/10
Director: Tim Burstall
Starring: Wendy Hughes, Michael Pate, Diane Cilento
From the boardroom to the bedroom the battle lines are drawn, A wealthy toy manufacturer (Michael Pate) is having a mid life crisis his wife (Diane Ci... Read more
Heatwave (1982)
6.5/10
Director: Phillip Noyce
Starring: Judy Davis, Richard Moir, Chris Haywood, Bill Hunter, John Meillon
Phillip Noyce's direction and an excellent turn by Judy Davis elevate this Australian drama about corruption and city planning as an ambitious archite... Read more