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1. The Royal Hotel (2023)
R | 91 min | Thriller
Backpackers Hanna and Liv take a job in a remote Australian pub for some extra cash and are confronted with a bunch of unruly locals and a situation that rapidly leaps out of their control.
Director: Kitty Green | Stars: Julia Garner, Jessica Henwick, Herbert Nordrum, Dylan River
Votes: 9,170
2. Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow (1963)
G | 98 min | Adventure
In eighteenth century England, the mysterious masked rider known as the Scarecrow (Patrick McGoohan) leads a rebel band to save the town of Romney Marsh from King George III's (Eric Pohlmann's) oppression and Naval press gangs.
Director: James Neilson | Stars: Patrick McGoohan, George Cole, Tony Britton, Michael Hordern
Votes: 657
3. A Canterbury Tale (1944)
Not Rated | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.
Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price, John Sweet
Votes: 6,481
4. The Year My Voice Broke (1987)
PG-13 | 103 min | Drama, Romance
In rural 1960s Australia, a boy watches helplessly as his best friend falls in love with a small-time criminal, setting off a violent chain of events.
Director: John Duigan | Stars: Noah Taylor, Loene Carmen, Ben Mendelsohn, Graeme Blundell
Votes: 2,278 | Gross: $0.21M
5. Shame (1988)
R | 94 min | Crime, Drama
A barrister visiting a town in Western Australian town battles police corruption and the silence of the locals to help a teenage girl seek justice against a gang of young rapists.
Director: Steve Jodrell | Stars: Deborra-Lee Furness, Tony Barry, Simone Buchanan, Gillian Jones
Votes: 730 | Gross: $0.30M
6. Let the Wrong One In (2021)
100 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A young supermarket worker discovers that his older brother is a vampire and must choose whether to help him or slay him.
Director: Conor McMahon | Stars: Karl Rice, Eoin Duffy, Anthony Head, David Pearse
Votes: 1,300
7. Remembrance (1982)
117 min | Drama
A group of Devonport-based Royal Navy ratings, due to sail to America for a six-month NATO exercise, go out on the town on their last night in port, hitting Plymouth's notorious Union Street district, with violent results.
Director: Colin Gregg | Stars: John Altman, Martin Barrass, David John, Pete Lee-Wilson
Votes: 195
8. Dirty Deeds (2002)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Crime
1973 Sydney: An Australian gangster sees booming business, due to U.S. soldiers being in town for relaxing between their tours to the Vietnam war, attracts the attention of first the Chicago mafia, and then their East Coast competitors.
Director: David Caesar | Stars: Bryan Brown, Toni Collette, John Goodman, Sam Neill
Votes: 3,427
9. Sunday Too Far Away (1975)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama
A hard-drinking but hard-working gun shearer leads a group of Outback sheep herders into striking after wealthy landowners attempt to drive them from their territory.
Director: Ken Hannam | Stars: Jack Thompson, Max Cullen, Robert Bruning, Jerry Thomas
Votes: 947
10. Hlidac c.47 (2008)
108 min | Drama, Thriller
A WW I veteran still haunted by his time in the trenches settles in a small town to work for the railroad company. His pretty wife attracts the attention of the lonely young gravedigger.
Director: Filip Renc | Stars: Karel Roden, Lucia Siposová, Václav Jirácek, Vladimír Dlouhý
Votes: 294
11. Gigantic (1999)
80 min | Comedy, Drama
Three friends from Hamburg spend one last night on the town before one of them leaves the city forever.
Director: Sebastian Schipper | Stars: Frank Giering, Florian Lukas, Antoine Monot Jr., Julia Hummer
Votes: 4,892
12. The Secret of Steel City (1979)
85 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
Two scientists use their inherited fortune differently. One designs a beautiful town called Fortuna, while the second builds huge factories to make munitions known as Steel City.
Director: Ludvík Ráza | Stars: Jaromír Hanzlík, Martin Ruzek, Josef Vinklár, Jan Potmesil
Votes: 321
13. Caterpillar Wish (2006)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
A young girl's view on belonging and loss.
Director: Sandra Sciberras | Stars: Victoria Thaine, Jamie Black, Susie Porter, Wendy Hughes
Votes: 291
14. Shadows of a Hot Summer (1978)
100 min | Drama, Thriller
Ondrej lives on a farm outside a small town with his family. One day a group of men arrive at the families house and the harmonious life they've led so far changes drastically for the worse.
Director: Frantisek Vlácil | Stars: Juraj Kukura, Marta Vancurová, Gustáv Valach, Václav Babka
Votes: 322
15. Home: The House Imp (2012)
109 min | Drama, Family
A family in ruins recovers through their encounter with a "Zasikiwarashi", the japanese spirit.
Director: Akiyoshi Kimata | Stars: Ai Hashimoto, Renji Ishibashi, Tatsuomi Hamada, Yutaka Mizutani
Votes: 106
16. Bloody Angels (1998)
R | 100 min | Horror, Thriller
An Oslo detective visits a hick town to investigate some murders rumored by the locals to have been the work of 'angels'. More likely, given the unsavory types he meets, vengeance and vigilantism are the very human motivations behind.
Director: Karin Julsrud | Stars: Reidar Sørensen, Jon Øigarden, Gaute Boris Skjegstad, Trond Høvik
Votes: 513
17. The Back of Beyond (1954)
G | 66 min | Documentary
A documentary film which follows a mailman as he travels along the Birdsville Track in the Outback.
Director: John Heyer | Stars: Tom Kruse, William Henry Butler, Jack the Dogger, Old Joe the Rainmaker
Votes: 128
18. Weekend of Shadows (1978)
Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Drama
In the 1930s, a farmer's wife in a small town is murdered. Suspicion falls on a Polish labourer and a posse is formed to catch him.
Director: Tom Jeffrey | Stars: John Waters, Wyn Roberts, Graham Rouse, Melissa Jaffer
Votes: 70
19. West of Hot Dog (1924)
Not Rated | 30 min | Short, Western, Comedy
On his way to collect inheritance in the small town on Hot Dog, Stan gets robbed by highwaymen, one of which is the other person who shall attend the reading of their late Uncle's will. The... See full summary »
Directors: Joe Rock, Scott Pembroke | Stars: Stan Laurel, Julie Leonard, Lew Meehan
Votes: 301
20. Sok od sljiva (1981)
91 min | Comedy
DJ from a small town plans to organize a great artistic happening. His plans coincide with those by local bigwigs who desperately want to promote a local food company.
Director: Branko Baletic | Stars: Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic, Radmila Zivkovic, Vladislava Milosavljevic
Votes: 189
21. Machinarium (2009 Video Game)
E10+ | Adventure
A point-and-click adventure in which a humble robot must free his friend from the clutches of the nefarious Black Cap Brotherhood and save the control tower of the Steampunk-like city of Machinarium from being blown up.
Director: Jakub Dvorský
Votes: 634
22. Nancy Drew: Sea of Darkness (2015 Video Game)
E10+ | Adventure, Mystery
Teen detective Nancy Drew investigates the disappearance of the captain of the Icelandic ship "Heerlijkheid".
Director: Tim Burke | Stars: Lani Minella, Katherine Grant-Suttie, Billie Wildrick, Gene Thorkildsen
Votes: 43
23. Touring Australia's Inland Loop (2005 Video)
93 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
Directors: Brian Grant, Joy Grant | Stars: David Sabine, Brian Grant, Joy Grant
24. Back to the Back of Beyond (1997 TV Movie)
85 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
Film-maker John Heyer recounts to fellow film-maker Pat Jackson his film career, especially his award-winning film from 1954, the Australian classic Back of Beyond. At the same time as the ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Francis | Stars: Tom Kruse, John Heyer, Pat Jackson, William Henry Butler
Votes: 8
25. South Australia (2005 Video)
25 min | Documentary, Short, History
Stars: Sharpey Coulthard, Simon Fisher, Pat Kissling, Peter Moore
26. The Making of 'Sunday' (1975 TV Movie)
25 min | Documentary
Behind the scenes on-location documentary about the making of Sunday Too Far Away (1975), the first feature length movie produced by the South Australian Film Corporation. Features ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin Scragg | Stars: Robert Bruning, Geoff Burton, Peggy Carter, David Copping
27. Simpson Desert: 50 Years On (2013 Video)
98 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
In 1962, Reg Sprigg and party completed the first motorised crossing of the Simpson Desert. Fifty years on, Vic Widman led another group on the first crossing of the Simpson for 2012. The ... See full summary »
Stars: Daryl Scobie, Michael Alexander, Wayne Brady, Lynne Cazaly
28. On the Track of Burke and Wills (2011 Video)
108 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
This video traces the route of the ill-fated expedition of Burke and Wills from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria. The journey, in 1860, took them to Swan Hill, Menindee, Cooper Creek to... See full summary »
Stars: John McCullough, Vic Widman, Barb Arnold, Bill Arnold
29. More Than a River (2004)
60 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
Stars: Dermott Brereton, Don Blackmore, Leith Bolly, Bob Bonner
30. The Madigan Line: Crossing the Northern Simpson Desert, Australia (2015 Video)
117 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
Stars: Daryl Scobie, Vic Widman, Dave Cox, Anne Morton
31. The Mailmen Back of Beyond (2014 Video)
89 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
Stars: Ian Doyle, Bejah, Eileen Booth, Joyleen Booth
32. Exploring Southern Ireland (2005)
22 min | Short
Medieval castles, restored manor houses, ancient ruins and sweeping landscape vistas.
Director: Fred Heiman | Star: Peggy Heiman
33.
Only Fools and Horses (1981–2003)
Episode:
The Jolly Boys' Outing
(1989)
TV-14 | 80 min | Comedy
The Nag's Head regulars head to the seaside town of Margate for an eventful day trip.
Director: Tony Dow | Stars: David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Buster Merryfield, Paul Barber
Votes: 1,462
34.
Back Roads (2015–2024)
Episode:
Flinders Ranges, South Australia
(2019)
28 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
News Breakfast co-host Lisa Millar traces the footsteps of her Prussian ancestors who migrated to SA in the mid-1800s, discovering a town rich in film history and a spectacularly coloured yellow-footed rock wallaby.
Director: Gerri Williams | Stars: Lisa Millar, Heather Ewart, Mary Droser, Ross Fargher
35.
Poh's Kitchen (2010– )
Episode:
Outback Lamb
(2011)
27 min | Family
Poh's on the road to the sheep country of the Flinders Ranges in northern South Australia and it's a trip of firsts - her first night sleeping under the stars in a swag and her first attempt at shearing a sheep.
Stars: Poh Ling Yeow, Jamie McTaggart, Scott Herde, Will Gwynn-Jones
36.
Back Roads (2015–2024)
Episode:
Robe
(2017)
28 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
Robe, SA, is a seaside safe-haven known for helping others and having a generosity of spirit. Local farming families offer their holiday houses to war veterans and give them a free weekend in their stunning town.
Stars: Heather Ewart, Leith Bache, Jacqui Bateman, Jan Bermingham
37.
Back Roads (2015–2024)
Episode:
The Oodnadatta Track - Part 1: Marree and William Creek
(2017)
28 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
Back Roads heads along the legendary Oodnadatta Track in outback South Australia. Heather begins her journey in the small town of Marree, where the Oodnadatta and Birdsville Tracks meet.
Stars: Heather Ewart, Bejah, Max Dadleh, Junee-Marree Elleway
38.
Back Roads (2015–2024)
Episode:
The Oodnadatta Track - Part 2: Oodnadatta and Todmorden Station
(2017)
27 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
Heather continues along the Oodnadatta Track, SA. She hitches a lift with 'Wally' the truck-driver who delivers essential supplies; meets the Pink Roadhouse owner; as well as the workers at an isolated cattle station.
Stars: Heather Ewart, Bridie Ferguson, Adriana Jacob, Douglas Lillecrapp