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1. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

R | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in search for her homeland with the aid of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshiper and a drifter named Max.

Director: George Miller | Stars: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Zoë Kravitz

Votes: 1,088,177 | Gross: $154.06M

2. Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)

PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Thor enlists the help of Valkyrie, Korg and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster to fight Gorr the God Butcher, who intends to make the gods extinct.

Director: Taika Waititi | Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, Tessa Thompson

Votes: 402,002 | Gross: $343.26M

3. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

PG-13 | 179 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard.

Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom

Votes: 1,786,018 | Gross: $342.55M

4. Moulin Rouge! (2001)

PG-13 | 127 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

A poor Bohemian poet in 1890s Paris falls for a beautiful courtesan and nightclub star coveted by a jealous duke.

Director: Baz Luhrmann | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent

Votes: 299,574 | Gross: $57.39M

5. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)

PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Shang-Chi, the master of weaponry-based Kung Fu, is forced to confront his past after being drawn into the Ten Rings organization.

Director: Destin Daniel Cretton | Stars: Simu Liu, Awkwafina, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Ben Kingsley

Votes: 436,335 | Gross: $224.54M

6. The Dressmaker (I) (2015)

R | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, Western

A glamorous woman returns to her small town in rural Australia. With her sewing machine and haute couture style, she transforms the women and exacts sweet revenge on those who did her wrong.

Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse | Stars: Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth, Hugo Weaving

Votes: 65,575 | Gross: $2.02M

7. Mission: Impossible II (2000)

PG-13 | 123 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

IMF agent Ethan Hunt is sent to Sydney to find and destroy a genetically modified disease called "Chimera".

Director: John Woo | Stars: Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandiwe Newton, Ving Rhames

Votes: 378,043 | Gross: $215.41M

8. Top of the Lake (2013–2017)

TV-MA | 750 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Obsessed with the disappearance of a 12-year-old pregnant girl near a freezing lake in New Zealand, a brave detective will find herself up against small-town secrets and a side of herself that was meticulously kept at bay.

Stars: Elisabeth Moss, David Wenham, Peter Mullan, Thomas M. Wright

Votes: 37,750

9. Elizabeth (1998)

R | 124 min | Biography, Drama, History

The early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch.

Director: Shekhar Kapur | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Liz Giles, Rod Culbertson, Paul Fox

Votes: 105,205 | Gross: $30.08M

10. Poker Face (2022)

Not Rated | 94 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A tech billionaire hosts a high-stakes poker game between friends, but the evening takes a turn when long-held secrets are revealed, an elaborate revenge plot unfolds, and thieves break in.

Director: Russell Crowe | Stars: Russell Crowe, Liam Hemsworth, RZA, Aden Young

Votes: 13,125

11. Muriel's Wedding (1994)

R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama

A young social outcast in Australia steals money from her parents to finance a vacation where she hopes to find happiness, and perhaps love.

Director: P.J. Hogan | Stars: Toni Collette, Rachel Griffiths, Bill Hunter, Sophie Lee

Votes: 41,774 | Gross: $15.19M

12. Queen of the Damned (2002)

R | 101 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

In this loose sequel to Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994), the vampire Lestat becomes a rock star whose music wakes up the equally beautiful and monstrous queen of all vampires.

Director: Michael Rymer | Stars: Aaliyah, Stuart Townsend, Marguerite Moreau, Vincent Perez

Votes: 60,019 | Gross: $30.34M

13. Holy Smoke (1999)

R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama

Ruth's been brainwashed by a guru in Delhi, India. Her parents in Sydney hire a specialist in reversing this. Ruth is tricked to return to Australia and is isolated in an outback cabin with the specialist. It gets messy.

Director: Jane Campion | Stars: Kate Winslet, Harvey Keitel, Julie Hamilton, Sophie Lee

Votes: 15,658 | Gross: $1.76M

14. The Light Between Oceans (2016)

PG-13 | 133 min | Drama, Romance

A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from a drifting rowing boat.

Director: Derek Cianfrance | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz, Florence Clery

Votes: 60,128 | Gross: $12.55M

15. The Water Diviner (2014)

R | 111 min | Drama, History, War

An Australian man travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to try to locate his three missing sons.

Director: Russell Crowe | Stars: Russell Crowe, Olga Kurylenko, Jai Courtney, Isabel Lucas

Votes: 77,949 | Gross: $4.19M

16. Penguin Bloom (2020)

TV-14 | 95 min | Biography, Drama

A family takes in an injured Magpie that makes a profound difference in their lives.

Director: Glendyn Ivin | Stars: Naomi Watts, Griffin Murray-Johnston, Andrew Lincoln, Essi Murray-Johnston

Votes: 12,334

17. I Am Woman (2019)

TV-MA | 116 min | Biography, Drama, Music

The story of 1970s musician and activist Helen Reddy.

Director: Unjoo Moon | Stars: Chris Parnell, Evan Peters, Danielle Macdonald, Matty Cardarople

Votes: 2,897

18. Ned Kelly (2003)

R | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Biography

An innocent man becomes one of the most wanted criminals the world has ever known.

Director: Gregor Jordan | Stars: Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush, Naomi Watts

Votes: 28,113 | Gross: $0.07M

19. The Quiet American (2002)

R | 101 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

An old British reporter vies with a young U.S. doctor for the affections of a beautiful Vietnamese woman.

Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, Do Thi Hai Yen, Rade Serbedzija

Votes: 29,758 | Gross: $12.99M

20. On the Beach (2000 TV Movie)

195 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

After a global nuclear war, the residents of Australia must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months.

Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Armand Assante, Rachel Ward, Bryan Brown, Jacqueline McKenzie

Votes: 4,158

21. I Capture the Castle (2003)

R | 113 min | Drama, Romance

A love story set in 1930s England that follows 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain and the fortunes of her eccentric family struggling to survive in a decaying English castle.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Romola Garai, Rose Byrne, Bill Nighy, Sophie Stuckey

Votes: 7,985 | Gross: $1.17M

22. Paradise Road (1997)

R | 122 min | Drama, History, War

A group of women who are imprisoned on the island of Sumatra by the Japanese during World War II use music to relieve their misery.

Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Glenn Close, Frances McDormand, Pauline Collins, Cate Blanchett

Votes: 5,933 | Gross: $1.92M

23. Somersault (2004)

Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, Romance

A young girl flees her hometown and arrives in the Australian Alps, where new experiences help her learn the differences between sex and love.

Director: Cate Shortland | Stars: Abbie Cornish, Sam Worthington, Lynette Curran, Damian de Montemas

Votes: 8,195 | Gross: $0.09M

24. Mao's Last Dancer (2009)

PG | 117 min | Biography, Drama, Music

In Maoist China, a boy is taken from his family and trained to become a dancer, but everything he knows is challenged when he is chosen to attend a ballet summer school in Houston, Texas.

Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Chi Cao, Bruce Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan, Penne Hackforth-Jones

Votes: 8,299 | Gross: $4.81M

25. Oscar and Lucinda (1997)

R | 132 min | Drama, Romance

In mid-1800s England, Oscar is a young Anglican priest, a misfit and an outcast, but with the soul of an angel. As a boy, even though from a strict Pentecostal family, he felt God told him ... See full summary »

Director: Gillian Armstrong | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett, Ciarán Hinds, Tom Wilkinson

Votes: 7,200 | Gross: $1.51M

26. Cut (I) (2000)

R | 82 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Years after the original director was killed during the filming of a low-budget thriller, a crew of film students set out to finish where she left off. When the filming begins, so too do the killings.

Director: Kimble Rendall | Stars: Molly Ringwald, Frank Roberts, Kylie Minogue, Geoff Revell

Votes: 3,766

27. Looking for Alibrandi (2000)

103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

At seventeen Josie Alibrandi is about to enter her final year as a scholarship student at an exclusive Catholic College. It's the year her life is turned upside down and changed forever.

Director: Kate Woods | Stars: Greta Scacchi, Anthony LaPaglia, Elena Cotta, Kerry Walker

Votes: 3,593

28. Lantana (2001)

R | 121 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

The relationships of four couples unravel after the discovery of a young woman's body in Lantana bush in suburban Sydney.

Director: Ray Lawrence | Stars: Anthony LaPaglia, Geoffrey Rush, Rachael Blake, Kerry Armstrong

Votes: 20,228 | Gross: $4.46M

29. The Return (2005)

PG-13 | 85 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Joanna Mills, a traveling business woman, begins having nightmares of a murder that occurred 15 years ago. Soon she is drawn to an old farmhouse, where the murder took place.

Director: Asif Kapadia | Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Sam Shepard, Peter O'Brien, Adam Scott

Votes: 12,367 | Gross: $7.75M

30. Mental (2012)

Not Rated | 116 min | Comedy, Drama

A charismatic, crazy hothead transforms a family's life when she becomes the nanny of five girls whose mother has cracked from her husband's political ambitions and his infidelity.

Director: P.J. Hogan | Stars: Toni Collette, Anthony LaPaglia, Liev Schreiber, Rebecca Gibney

Votes: 5,201 | Gross: $0.02M

31. South Pacific (2001 TV Movie)

135 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

During World War II, love is found between a career Navy nurse (Glenn Close) and an enigmatic French plantation owner (Rade Serbedzija), while a Princeton-educated marine (Harry Connick, Jr... See full summary »

Director: Richard Pearce | Stars: Glenn Close, Harry Connick Jr., Rade Serbedzija, Jack Thompson

Votes: 1,006

32. The Boys Are Back (2009)

PG-13 | 104 min | Drama

A sports writer becomes a single parent in tragic circumstances.

Director: Scott Hicks | Stars: Clive Owen, Emma Booth, Laura Fraser, George MacKay

Votes: 10,488 | Gross: $0.81M

33. Changi (2001)

345 min | Drama, Music, Romance

Six young men experience pain and horror during their stay in the Japanese Prison Camp during World War II.

Stars: Stephen Curry, Anthony Hayes, Leon Ford, Matthew Newton

Votes: 422

34. Passion (1999)

102 min | Biography, Drama, Music

The complicated relationship between Percy Grainger, famous Australian-born early 20th century folk musician, and his abusive unstable mother that lead to his interest in S&M, instability and failed relationships with women.

Director: Peter Duncan | Stars: Barbara Hershey, Richard Roxburgh, Emily Woof, Claudia Karvan

Votes: 313

35. Love's Brother (2004)

103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Despairing of ever finding love, the insecure Angelo uses a photo of his handsome brother Gino to convince a beautiful Italian girl across the sea to marry him. Gino is delighted for Angelo... See full summary »

Director: Jan Sardi | Stars: Giovanni Ribisi, Adam Garcia, Joe Petruzzi, Rodney Afif

Votes: 1,137

36. All the Way (2003)

R | 97 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

Based on the true events surrounding Frank Sinatra's tour of Australia. When Sinatra calls a local reporter a "two-bit hooker", every union in the country black-bans the star until he issues an apology.

Director: Paul Goldman | Stars: Joel Edgerton, Rose Byrne, Dennis Hopper, Melanie Griffith

Votes: 1,021

37. Me & My Monsters (2010– )

25 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Tells the story of the Carlson family who have recently relocated from Australia to the UK to discover there are three out of control hilarious monsters living in their basement.

Stars: Macauley Keeper, Ivy Latimer, Lauren Clair, Felix Williamson

Votes: 143

38. Kin (2000)

89 min | Drama

While on a hunt for elephant poachers in Namibia, a white female conservationist and a black lawyer fall for each other, despite the condemnation by the local community.

Director: Elaine Proctor | Stars: Miranda Otto, Isaiah Washington, Chris Chameleon, Moses Kandjoze

Votes: 172

39. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1986 TV Movie)

51 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

In the 1840s, two boys get mixed up with an Indian accused of stealing money and rescue a pretty girl who is trapped in a cave.

Directors: Geoff Collins, Warwick Gilbert | Stars: Simon Hinton, Scott Higgins, Jane Harders, Phillip Hinton

Votes: 120

40. In a Savage Land (1999)

Not Rated | 115 min | Adventure, Drama

Two married anthropologists go to an island off of Papua New Guinea for field research.

Director: Bill Bennett | Stars: Rufus Sewell, Martin Donovan, Maya Stange, Max Cullen

Votes: 583

41. After the Deluge (2003 TV Movie)

194 min | Drama, Romance

Follows the stories of the four men of the Kirby family. As Alex's marriage breaks apart, Toby tries desperately to start a family, and Marty tries to kick-start his faded music career as ... See full summary »

Director: Brendan Maher | Stars: David Wenham, Hugo Weaving, Samuel Johnson, Aden Young

Votes: 293

42. The Road from Coorain (2002 TV Movie)

97 min | Biography, Drama

A compelling tale based on Australian writer Jill Ker Conway's celebrated autobiography about a heroic and ambitious woman's struggle for independence, and her complex relationship with her mother.

Director: Brendan Maher | Stars: Juliet Stevenson, Richard Roxburgh, Katherine Slattery, Tim Guinee

Votes: 134

43. The Violent Earth (1998)

90 min | Drama

Portrays three generations of the Suttons living in New Caledonia, from 1888 to 1967; where they and the Kanaks work out their destiny on the shrinking land.

Stars: Karina Lombard, Claudia Karvan, Claire Nebout, Laure Killing

Votes: 40

44. Kangaroo Palace (1997 TV Movie)

Drama

The story of four young Australians trying their luck in 1960's London.

Director: Robert Marchand | Stars: Jacqueline McKenzie, John Polson, Rebecca Gibney, Jeremy Sims

Votes: 60

45. Future Tense (2003 TV Movie)

Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi

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Director: Jean de Segonzac | Stars: Christopher Titus, Naveen Andrews, Nicholas Hammond, Darren K. Hawkins

Votes: 15

46. Spring & Fall (1980–1982)

50 min | Drama

Anthology series of self-contained plays.

Stars: Robyn Nevin, Paul Chubb, Mark Kounnas, Gabrielle Shornegg

47. Sydney: A Story of a City (1999)

45 min | Drama

Virginia, a young and adventurous woman, travels from England to Sydney, Australia, in search of her Australian ancestors.

Directors: Bruce Beresford, Geoff Burton | Stars: Paul Barry, Lucy Bell, Phil Gerlach, Paul Mercurio

Votes: 30

48. The Sounds of Aus (2007 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 55 min | Documentary

You can't tell an Australian by the way they look, but the minute they open their mouths, the guessing is over. But why do we speak the way we do? Comedian John Clarke attempts to find out.

Director: David Swann | Stars: John Clarke, Victoria Mielewska, Bruce Beresford, Santo Cilauro

Votes: 22

49. Fresh on Time (1984)

12 min | Documentary, Short

Government information film showing the workings of the famous Flemington Markets Produce in Sydney with actors playing situations with customers.

Director: Richard Bradley | Stars: Pat Bishop, Beth Child, Tim Elliott, Vivien McGrath

50. Spring & Fall (1980–1982)
Episode: The Last Card (1980)

Drama

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Director: Michael Jenkins | Stars: Max Gillies, Robyn Nevin, Arkie Whiteley, Adam Garrett