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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.

Stir (1980)

6.9/10
Director: Stephen Wallace
Starring: Bryan Brown, Max Phipps, Denis Miller, Gary Waddell, Phil Motherwell

Nominated for 11 AFI awards, 'Stir' is the controversial, unflinching true story of the bloodiest riot in Australian prison history. Bryan Brown ('Dir... Read more

The Chain Reaction (1980)

5.5/10
Director: Ian Barry
Starring: Steve Bisley, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Mel Gibson

AKA "Nuclear Run" Stylish Aussie thriller about a nuclear scientist who, after being exposed to radiation, attempts to blow the whistle on a power pla... Read more

Breaker Morant (Blu-ray) (1980)

7.8/10
Director: Bruce Beresford
Starring: Bryan Brown, Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, Lewis Fitz-Gerald

The film that brought world acclaim for Edward Woodward, tells the true story of Lieutenant Harry 'Breaker' Morant in the Boer War in South Africa, 19... Read more

Breaker Morant (1980)

7.9/10
Director: Bruce Beresford
Starring: Bryan Brown, Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, Lewis Fitz-Gerald

The film that brought world acclaim for Edward Woodward, tells the true story of Lieutenant Harry 'Breaker' Morant in the Boer War in South Africa, 19... Read more

Tim (1979)

6.5/10
Director: Michael Pate
Starring: Alwyn Kurts, Mel Gibson, Pat Evison, Piper Laurie

Tim (Mel Gibson) is a handsome young man with the intelligence and innocence of a child. Protected from the real world, Tim is working as a labourer a... Read more

Great Aussie Icons - Bryan Brown in... Stir / Money Movers (1979)

Director: Bruce Beresford, Stephen Wallace
Starring: Bryan Brown, Dennis Miller, Phil Motherwell, Terence Donovan, Tony Bonner, Alan...

Among the best-loved Australian actors of his generation, the legendary Bryan Brown has lent his acerbic, tough-guy persona to a host of classic local... Read more

Prisoner Cell Block H - Volume 1 (1979)

Starring: Elspeth Ballantyne, Sheila Florance, Val Lehman, Fiona Spence

Attaining cult status around the world, this Australian series set in a women's prison was a gritty no-nonsense drama that tackled issues such as homo... Read more

Dimboola (1979)

6/10
Director: John Duigan
Starring: Bruce Spence, Natalie Bate, Max Gillies

This little Aussie ripper is set in the outback town of Dimboola where the impending nuptials of Morrie and Maureen are eagerly anticipated - not to m... Read more

My Brilliant Career (1979)

7.3/10
Director: Gillian Armstrong
Starring: Judy Davis, Robert Grubb, Sam Neill, Wendy Hughes

Inspiring story of a spirited, sensitive young woman at the turn of the century who, despite poverty, isolation and pressure to marry, fulfils her dre... Read more

Mad Max (1979)

7/10
Director: George Miller
Starring: Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne

The cult classic that made Mel Gibson a star as the futuristic avenger, a former police officer whose family was murdered by marauders. A bleak desert... Read more