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.
Freedom (1981)
8.5/10
Director: Scott Hicks
Starring: Jon Blake, Candy Raymond, Jad Capelja, Charles Tingwell, Max Cullen, Chris Haywo...
The first film from Australian director Scott Hicks ('Shine') is the tale of a no-hoper with a big dream - driving down the road in a Porsche, with a... Read more
Pacific Banana (1981)
4.8/10
Director: John D Lamond
Starring: Graeme Blundell, Robin Stewart, Luan Peters, Deborah Gray, Alyson Best
Martin (Graeme Blundell) has got a little problem that keeps getting bigger all the time...and the girls will go to any lengths to help him stand up f... Read more
Mad Max 2 ( aka The Road Warrior ) ( Blu-ray ) (1981)
Director: George Miller
Starring: Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne
Called by Andrew Sarris a 'post-apocalyptic adventure yarn of such breathtaking velocity that it would have spun hopelessly out of control without the... Read more
Hoodwink (1981)
6.5/10
Director: Claude Whatham
Starring: Michael Caton, Max Cullen, Colin Friels, Wendy Hughes, Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis
Combining thrilling crime caper with unexpected romance, 'Hoodwink' tells the extraordinary story of Martin Stang (John Hargreaves), a cunning bank ro... Read more
Sara Dane (1981)
8.6/10
Director: Rod Hardy, Gary Conway
Starring: Juliet Jordan, Harold Hopkins, Sean Scully, Brenton Whittle, Barry Quin
Based on the novel by Catherine Gaskin. This classic Australian miniseries tells the story of a poor convict girl determined to escape a life of depra... Read more
Gallipoli (1981)
7.5/10
Director: Peter Weir
Starring: Mel Gibson, Mark Lee, Bill Hunter, Robert Grubb
A visually striking and emotionally jarring war drama focusing on the camaraderie of two young Australians who naively enlist in the army only to meet... Read more
Mad Max 2 ( aka The Road Warrior ) (1981)
Director: George Miller
Starring: Vernon Wells, Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence
Called by Andrew Sarris a 'post-apocalyptic adventure yarn of such breathtaking velocity that it would have spun hopelessly out of control without the... Read more
The Man From Snowy River (1981)
7.3/10
Director: George Miller (II)
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Jack Thompson, Tom Burlinson, Sigrid Thornton
A thrilling adventure story set in the Australian frontier of the 1880's, starring Kirk Douglas in a dual role, and highlighted by a climactic chase i... Read more
The Man From Snowy River/The Man From Snowy River II (1981)
Director: George Miller (II)
Starring: Jack Thompson, Kirk Douglas, Sigrid Thornton, Tom Burlinson
I. A thrilling adventure story set in the Australian frontier of the 1880's, starring Kirk Douglas in a dual role, and highlighted by a climactic chas... Read more
Manganinnie (1980)
6.9/10
Director: John Honey
Starring: Mawuyul Yanthalawuy, Anna Ralph, Phillip Hinton
Through lyrical images, Manganinnie journeys across Tasmanian mountains towards the coast with Joanna, a white girl, in search of Manganinnie's vanish... Read more