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1. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
PG-13 | 122 min | Action, Adventure
Indiana Jones becomes entangled in a Soviet plot to uncover the secret behind mysterious artifacts known as the Crystal Skulls.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Shia LaBeouf, Karen Allen
Votes: 492,382 | Gross: $317.10M
2. Kalifornia (1993)
R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A journalist duo goes on a tour of serial-killer murder sites with two companions, unaware that one of them is a serial killer himself.
Director: Dominic Sena | Stars: Brad Pitt, Juliette Lewis, Kathy Larson, David Milford
Votes: 58,415 | Gross: $2.40M
3. Vegas Vacation (1997)
PG | 93 min | Comedy
In the fourth outing for the vacation franchise, the Griswolds have to survive Vegas fever when they go to Las Vegas for a fun family vacation.
Director: Stephen Kessler | Stars: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, Ethan Embry
Votes: 53,225 | Gross: $36.43M
4. Li'l Abner (1959)
Approved | 114 min | Comedy, Musical, Family
As Sadie Hawkins Day approaches, Daisy Mae hopes to win the hand of Li'l Abner by catching him in the traditional race.
Director: Melvin Frank | Stars: Leslie Parrish, Stubby Kaye, Peter Palmer, Howard St. John
Votes: 1,501
5. Operation Buffalo (2020)
52 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
In Maralinga, South Australia, at the height of the Cold War, at a remote army base carrying out British nuclear testing, paranoia runs rife and nuclear bombs are not the only things being put to the test.
Stars: Ewen Leslie, Jessica De Gouw, James Cromwell, Tony Martin
Votes: 894
6. Kiss or Kill (1997)
R | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After a robbery scam that goes bad, lovers Nikki and Al take off into the Australian outback, pursued by the police and a malevolent footballer named Zipper Doyle, and meet a number of offbeat characters.
Director: Bill Bennett | Stars: Matt Day, Frances O'Connor, Tiffany Peters, Julie Wood
Votes: 1,464 | Gross: $0.73M
7. Ground Zero (1987)
PG-13 | 109 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A second generation cameraman in Australia finds evidence that his father had filmed a nuclear test that allowed aboriginies to be exposed to and killed by radiation. He begins a search for... See full summary »
Directors: Bruce Myles, Michael Pattinson | Stars: Colin Friels, Jack Thompson, Donald Pleasence, Natalie Bate
Votes: 553 | Gross: $0.20M
8. Maralinga Tjarutja (2020 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary, History
When the dust settles, culture remains...The Maralinga people survive aggressive colonisation, including dispossession to enable atomic testing, and through their tenacious spirit and cultural strength fight to retain their country.
Director: Larissa Behrendt | Stars: Jeremy Lebois, Mima Smart, Hilary Williams, Tommy Baker
Votes: 31
9. My Nuclear Family (2023)
Not Rated | 16 min | Short, Drama
Peggy lives in a desolate town in the middle of the desert. But her quiet, seemingly peaceful life is disrupted by a door-to-door salesman named Frank. He knocks, asking to come inside to make a pitch, selling free luxury vacations.
Director: Nevin George | Stars: Elena Flury, Mike Ogden, Darlington Lloyd Fischer, Till Gerber
Votes: 10
10. The Secret Country: The First Australians Fight Back (1986 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary, History
John Pilger tells of their struggles of indigenous Australians as they were driven from their lands and he follows events throughout this century as they relate to Aboriginal rights.
Director: Alan Lowery | Stars: John Pilger, Vince Forrester, Mario Fredericks, Bob Hawke
Votes: 45
12. Backs to the Blast: An Australian Nuclear Story (1981)
52 min | Documentary, History
One hour documentary examining the seventy year history of nuclear and atomic industry, weapons, testing in South Australia from 1910 to 1980.
Director: Harry Bardwell | Stars: Martin Vaughan, Arthur Baillie, Eric Geddes, Roger Goldsworthy
Votes: 7
13. Fortress Australia: The Secret Bid for the Atomic Bomb (2001 Video)
62 min | Documentary, History
Fortress Australia uncovers one of the most extraordinary chapters in Australia's history - the brazen attempt by successive Australian governments to fortress their nation with atomic ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Butt | Stars: Robyn Williams, Philip Baxter
15. Blowin' in the Wind (2005)
62 min | Documentary, History, War
Director: David Bradbury | Stars: Lisa Peers, Doug Rokke, Lauren Moret, George W. Bush
18. Maralinga Tours: An Insight Into Our Hidden Past (2018 Video)
15 min | Documentary, Short, History
Learn about a very, very dark chapter in Australia's history. One Tree, Marcoo, Kite, Breakaway, Tadje, Biak and Taranaki: innocuous sounding names that in the 1950's provided headlines in ... See full summary »
19. Atomic Explosions: Operation Buffalo, Maralinga, South Australia, 1956 (1956)
Documentary, Short, News
20. Plutonium at Maralinga, South Australia (2016 Video)
14 min | Documentary, Short, History
Star: Alan Parkinson
21. The Other Face of Maralinga (2013 Video)
14 min | Documentary, Short, History
Star: Alan Parkinson
22. The British Atomic Trials at Maralinga 1956 (Operation Buffalo) (1957)
40 min | Documentary, War, Short
23. Maralinga Victims (2010 Video)
4 min | Documentary, Short, History
When you think of nuclear weapons you probably think of wars and far-away place. But did you know atomic bombs have been dropped here on Australian soil? It was a long time ago but lives ... See full summary »
Stars: Sarah Larsen, Yami Lester
24. Operation Buffalo: August - October 1956 (1956)
42 min | Documentary, Short, News
Stars: Peter Todd, William Penney, Roy Pilgrim
26. From the Maralinga Event (1984 TV Movie)
47 min | Documentary, History, War
Stars: Richard Todd, Harry Butler, Eric Christiansen, Basil Embry
31. Maralinga: Old Nuclear Test Range Site Where Plutonium Buried Now Centre of Dispute Over Removal of Dangerous Residue (1978)
3 min | Documentary, News, Short
Stars: Joan Bullock, Avon Hudson
33. Maralinga: Former British Atomic Bomb Test Site (2015 Video)
2 min | Documentary, Short, History
Learn about a very, very dark chapter in Australia's history. One Tree, Marcoo, Kite, Breakaway, Tadje, Biak and Taranaki: innocuous sounding names that in the 1950's provided headlines in ... See full summary »
34. Secrets in the Sands (1991 Video)
28 min | Documentary, Short, History
Stars: David Jessel, Archie Barton, Maggie Brady, Andrew Collett
36. Maralinga Atomic Bomb Test Survivors (2007 Video)
4 min | Documentary, Short, History
Director: Pip Starr | Stars: Avon Hudson, Yani Lester
37. Australia: Nuclear Testing (1994 Video)
5 min | Documentary, Short, History
Stars: Lynn Arnold, Archie Barton, Andrew Collett, Mike Costello
38. Rise Like the Phoenix: The Story of A68-1 (1985 TV Special)
40 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
Director: Jim Adolph | Stars: Brenton Whittle, John Ashton, Len Beadell, Ross Goldsworthy
39. The Woomera Atomic Tests (1954)
3 min | Documentary, Short, News
Stars: Lionel Gamlin, William Penney
41. Nevada National Security Site - A Proud Past, An Exciting Future (2016 Video)
21 min | Short
The past accomplishments, present programs and status, and future opportunities offered by the Nevada National Security Site, formerly known as the Nevada Test Site. From its beginnings as ... See full summary »
42. Nevada Test Site: The First 50 Years (2001 Video)
28 min | Documentary, Short
The history of the Nevada Test Site, now known as the Nevada National Security Site, from its creation just after World War II to today. The site remains the primary location for the ... See full summary »
Stars: Don Collins, Dale Fraser, David Narver Jr., Troy Wade
43. Britain Fires A-Bomb No. 2 (1954)
3 min | Documentary, Short, News
Stars: William Penney, Duncan Sandys
45. Maralinga Pieces (2012 Video)
13 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
The people affected by the British atomic weapons tests at Emu Fields and Maralinga in the 1950's and 60's remain haunted and deeply impacted by those memories. This short film extracts the... See full summary »
Director: Jessie Boylan | Stars: Kevin Buzzacott, Aida Heart, Avon Hudson, Margaret May
46.
Da Ali G Show (2000–2004)
Episode:
Science
(2003)
TV-MA | 28 min | Comedy
Ali G conducts a roundtable discussion on science and interviews Ralph Nader and C. Everett Koop. Borat visits a minor-league baseball team and a Nevada test site...and also protests nuclear testing.
Director: Dan Mazer | Stars: Sacha Baron Cohen, Jeremiah Baumann, Joseph Coates, Kent Hovind
Votes: 205
47.
The Invaders (1967–1968)
Episode:
Doomsday Minus One
(1967)
TV-PG | 51 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The aliens plan to explode an anti-matter bomb in Utah during a nuclear test.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Roy Thinnes, William Windom, Andrew Duggan, Wesley Addy
Votes: 243
48.
Message Stick (1997–2012)
Episode:
Maralinga: The Anangu Story - Part One
(2009)
30 min | Documentary
50 years ago secret atomic tests were carried out at a place called Maralinga in South Australia. The traditional aboriginal communities were to be moved but somehow they were covered in radioactive fallout.
Director: Rick Cavaggion | Star: Miriam Corowa
49.
Message Stick (1997–2012)
Episode:
Maralinga: The Anangu Story - Part Two
(2009)
30 min | Documentary
25 years ago the Anangu People of South Australia were allowed to return to part of their traditional lands affected by atomic bomb testing in the 50s and 60s. After a nuclear waste cleanup they moved back to the settlement of Oak Valley.
Director: Rick Cavaggion | Star: Miriam Corowa
50.
Kate Humble's Coastal Britain (2021– )
Episode:
Suffolk
(2021)
43 min | Documentary
Kate walks 12 miles of Suffolk's shingle coast starting at Minsmere Nature Reserve. She paddles through Snape Maltings wetlands in a kayak and visits Orford Ness, a former military test site, now a National Trust nature reserve.
Director: Alexis Girardet | Star: Kate Humble