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1. Game of Thrones (2011–2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Nine noble families fight for control over the lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after being dormant for millennia.
Stars: Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington, Lena Headey
Votes: 2,293,595
2. Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
PG-13 | 192 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Jake Sully lives with his newfound family formed on the extrasolar moon Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started, Jake must work with Neytiri and the army of the Na'vi race to protect their home.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang
Votes: 497,089 | Gross: $659.68M
3. The Twelve (2022– )
18+ | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Behind the facade of their anonymity of jury duty twelve ordinary people bring with them their own histories. Lives that are as complex as the trial, full of fractured dreams, shameful secrets, hope, fears, personal trauma and prejudice.
Stars: Sam Neill, Brooke Satchwell, Kate Mulvany, Damien Strouthos
Votes: 1,931
4. The Borgias (2011–2013)
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, History
In the fifteenth century, Pope Alexander VI tries to control all power in Italy with the help of his several sons, through murder, intrigue, war, and marriage alliances.
Stars: Jeremy Irons, François Arnaud, Holliday Grainger, Peter Sullivan
Votes: 54,027
5. The Current War (2017)
PG-13 | 102 min | Biography, Drama, History
The dramatic story of the cutthroat race between electricity titans Thomas A. Edison and George Westinghouse to determine whose electrical system would power the modern world.
Director: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Oliver Powell, Sophia Ally, Tuppence Middleton
Votes: 31,033
6. Salem's Lot (2004)
TV-14 | 91 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Writer Ben Mears returns to his childhood home of Jerusalem's Lot and discovers that it is being terrorized by vampires.
Stars: Rob Lowe, Andre Braugher, Donald Sutherland, Samantha Mathis
Votes: 11,331
7. Water Rats (1996–2001)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Beneath its surface exists a playground for the murky underworld, pollution hazards, the remnants of huge drug hauls, and a graveyard of bodies from years of suicides, accidents and murders. That's the world of the WATER RATS.
Stars: Brett Partridge, Peter Bensley, Toni Scanlan, Jay Laga'aia
Votes: 1,158
8. Rush (2008–2011)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
They are trained to be smarter, tactically superior and technologically advantaged - Melbourne's answer for a cutting edge trend in policing worldwide.
Stars: Rodger Corser, Callan Mulvey, Nicole da Silva, Ashley Zukerman
Votes: 2,008
9. The Castaways (2023– )
Drama, Thriller
Lori and Erin are on the holiday of a lifetime. But after a huge fight, Erin never boards their final flight and the plane never arrives at its destination. Months later, no wreckage has been found, no survivors discovered. Until now.
Stars: Sheridan Smith, Celine Buckens, Brendan Cowell, Lasarus Ratuere
Votes: 933
10. The Test: A New Era for Australia's Team (2020–2024)
TV-14 | 52 min | Documentary, Sport
The Australian Mens Cricket Team has been rocked by a cheating scandal, and now they must rebuild their culture and reclaim their status as the world's number one side.
Stars: Nathan Lyon, Pat Cummins, Usman Khawaja, Gerard Whateley
Votes: 3,552
11. The Letdown (2017–2019)
30 min | Comedy
Audrey is determined not to be defined by motherhood. In theory, this seems fairly easy. In practice, her career-focused husband, self-obsessed mother, and fancy-free best friend make it damn-near impossible.
Stars: Alison Bell, Duncan Fellows, Leon Ford, Sacha Horler
Votes: 4,124
12. The End (I) (2020)
28 min | Comedy, Drama
THE END is where life begins in a dark new comedy series about three generations of a family trying to figure out how to live with meaning, die with dignity and find the beauty that lies in between.
Stars: Frances O'Connor, Harriet Walter, Ingrid Torelli, Luke Arnold
Votes: 1,043
13. To End All Wars (2001)
R | 117 min | Action, Drama, War
During World War II, four Allied POWs endure harsh treatment from their Japanese captors while being forced to build a railroad through the Burmese jungle.
Director: David L. Cunningham | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Kiefer Sutherland, Ciarán McMenamin, Mark Strong
Votes: 11,666
14. The Slap (2011)
Not Rated | 44 min | Drama
Traces the shattering repercussions of a single event upon a group of family and friends. Based on Christos Tsiolkas' best-selling novel.
Stars: Jonathan LaPaglia, Sophie Okonedo, Melissa George, Alex Dimitriades
Votes: 2,874
15. Love My Way (2004–2007)
TV-14 | 50 min | Drama, Romance
A story about a group of thirty-somethings dealing with the ups and downs of life.
Stars: Claudia Karvan, Asher Keddie, Brendan Cowell, Dan Wyllie
Votes: 1,322
16. Press (2018)
60 min | Drama
Press is set in the world of newspapers - its past riven by hacking scandals, its present at the mercy of the digital age and the 24 hour news cycle, its future uncertain.
Stars: Charlotte Riley, Priyanga Burford, Al Weaver, Ben Chaplin
Votes: 2,783
17. The Project (2009– )
60 min | Comedy, News, Talk-Show
A panel of Australian personalities taking a new modern and slightly funny look at the news
Stars: Carrie Bickmore, Charlie Pickering, Dave Hughes, Waleed Aly
Votes: 876
18. The Monkey's Mask (2000)
R | 93 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A lesbian private detective dives head first into murder, manipulation and the consuming power of sex.
Director: Samantha Lang | Stars: Susie Porter, Kelly McGillis, Abbie Cornish, Brendan Cowell
Votes: 1,650 | Gross: $0.05M
19. Beneath Hill 60 (2010)
R | 122 min | Drama, History, War
In 1916, the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company is tunneling beneath German fortifications and bunkers to detonate massive explosive charges.
Director: Jeremy Sims | Stars: Brendan Cowell, Harrison Gilbertson, Steve Le Marquand, Gyton Grantley
Votes: 8,824
20. Last Cab to Darwin (2015)
Not Rated | 123 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
When Rex, a Broken Hill cab driver, is told he doesn't have long to live, he sets out on an epic journey to Darwin in a bid to die on his own terms.
Director: Jeremy Sims | Stars: Michael Caton, Ningali Lawford, Mark Coles Smith, Emma Hamilton
Votes: 4,232 | Gross: $0.03M
21. Plum (2025– )
Drama | Filming
Peter Lum, a football star, lives an ideal life in Cronulla until a diagnosis links his concussions to a brain disorder. Unable to accept it, he tries escaping through pub nights but his ex-wife and son know the game caused his downfall.
Stars: Brendan Cowell, Jemaine Clement, Asher Keddie, Susie Porter
22. Howzat! Kerry Packer's War (2012)
180 min | Drama, Sport
Set in the 1970s, media mogul Kerry Packer signs top cricketers for his World Series Cricket, challenging established cricketing authorities.
Stars: Lachy Hulme, Abe Forsythe, Damon Gameau, Brendan Cowell
Votes: 738
23. Suburban Mayhem (2006)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
The neighbors are scared of her. The police can't keep up with her. Nobody can control her, but everybody's trying.
Director: Paul Goldman | Stars: Emily Barclay, Steve Bastoni, Laurence Breuls, Michael Dorman
Votes: 1,545
24. Young Lions (2002)
TV-14 | Drama, Crime
Australian police show about two male and two female detective senior constables who solve crimes and deal with personal issues.
Stars: Alex Dimitriades, Anna Lise Phillips, Katherine Slattery, Penny Cook
Votes: 168
25. White Collar Blue (2002–2003)
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama
The detectives of the Kingsway Major Crime Squad fight to preserve their Pacific paradise, while dealing with the personal and professional tensions affecting their work and lives.
Stars: Peter O'Brien, Freya Stafford, Brooke Satchwell, Don Hany
Votes: 121
26. My Place (2009–2011)
30 min | Drama, Family
The story of one house in South Sydney, told by the children who live there over 260 years.
Stars: Susie Porter, Rebecca Massey, Alexandra Schepisi, Leon Burchill
Votes: 106
27. Black Comedy (2014–2020)
Comedy
A sketch comedy show featuring Indigenous Australian writers and performers.
Stars: Aaron Fa'aoso, Nakkiah Lui, Elizabeth Wymarra, Bjorn Stewart
Votes: 328
28. I Love You Too (2010)
107 min | Comedy
A commitment-phobe and a New Ager buddy-up to win over the women of their respective dreams.
Director: Daina Reid | Stars: Brendan Cowell, Peter Dinklage, Yvonne Strahovski, Peter Helliar
Votes: 2,073
29. Review with Myles Barlow (2008–2010)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy
While other critics waste time with trivial matters such as film, food or art, one man dares to review all facets of life - our experiences, our emotions, our deepest, darkest desires - to rate them out of five stars.
Stars: Phil Lloyd, Mandy Bishop, Ivy Nehl, Craig Anderson
Votes: 506
30. Otto by Otto (2024)
94 min | Documentary | Completed
Inspired to make an original, intimate family portrait, Gracie Otto directs a feature length documentary on her father, Barry Otto, whose career in Australian theatre, film and television ... See full summary »
Director: Gracie Otto | Stars: Miranda Otto, Baz Luhrmann, Barry Otto, Gracie Otto
31. National Theatre Live: Yerma (2017 TV Movie)
114 min | Drama
The extraordinary Billie Piper plays Her, a woman driven to the unthinkable by her desperate desire to have a child. Simon Stone creates a radical new production of Lorca's achingly powerful masterpiece.
Directors: Simon Stone, Tony Grech-Smith | Stars: Billie Piper, John Macmillan, Brendan Cowell, Maureen Beattie
Votes: 270
32. Ruben Guthrie (2015)
93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Ruben Guthrie is the story of one man not only battling the bottle, but the city that won't let him put it down.
Director: Brendan Cowell | Stars: Patrick Brammall, Alex Dimitriades, Abbey Lee, Harriet Dyer
Votes: 682
33. Soul Mates (2014– )
TV-PG | Comedy, Fantasy
A bromance for the ages, Soul Mates is the story of two kindred spirits trapped in a cycle of death and rebirth. Across different lifetimes with no knowledge of their past lives, they are forever drawn together as mates.
Stars: Christiaan Van Vuuren, Nicholas Boshier, Rachel House, Connor Van Vuuren
Votes: 415
34. Three Blind Mice (2008)
94 min | Comedy, Drama
Three young Navy officers hit Sydney for one last night on land before being shipped over to the Gulf to fight. Sam has been mistreated at sea and is going AWOL, Dean has a fiancée and the ... See full summary »
Director: Matthew Newton | Stars: Ewen Leslie, Toby Schmitz, Matthew Newton, Tina Bursill
Votes: 404
35. Underbelly Files: The Man Who Got Away (2011 TV Movie)
Crime, Drama
The story of David McMillan an Australian drug smuggler and the only person in history to escape from Klong Prem prison in Bangkok.
Director: Cherie Nowlan | Stars: Toby Schmitz, Claire van der Boom, Aaron Jeffery, Brendan Cowell
Votes: 284
36. National Theatre Live: The Crucible (2023)
180 min | Drama, History
In the good Christian town of Salem in 1692 a group of girls create a religious and legal fervour when they start accusing women of witchcraft after getting caught dancing in the forest.
Director: Lyndsey Turner | Stars: Brendan Cowell, Erin Doherty, Eileen Walsh, Karl Johnson
Votes: 101
37. Noise (I) (2007)
Not Rated | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
This is a story about the wrong person in the right place at the wrong time. Two heinous crimes have left a suburban town reeling.
Director: Matthew Saville | Stars: Brendan Cowell, Maia Thomas, Katie Wall, Maude Davey
Votes: 2,763 | Gross: $0.02M
38. Broke (2016)
105 min | Drama
A disgraced sports star and gambling addict attempts to turn his life around with the support of his number one fan.
Director: Heath Davis | Stars: Steve Bastoni, Brendan Cowell, Max Cullen, Pippa Grandison
Votes: 280
39. Sunrise (2000– )
180 min | News, Talk-Show
Australia's no.1 breakfast show with Natalie Barr, Matt Shirvington, Edwina Bartholomew, Sam Mac and Mark Beretta bringing you all the latest news, sport, entertainment and weather. Weekdays from 5:30am, weekends from 7am on Channel 7.
Stars: David Koch, Samantha Armytage, Melissa Doyle, Natalie Barr
Votes: 411
40. Observance (I) (2015)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
In the grip of grief following the death of his young son, his marriage on the rocks and nearing bankruptcy, Parker reluctantly returns to work as a private investigator. Embarking on an ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Sims-Dennett | Stars: Stephanie King, Lindsay Farris, Brendan Cowell, Christian Willis
Votes: 1,067
41. Dangerous (2007)
60 min | Action, Drama
A story of forbidden love, set against the culturally diverse backgrounds of Sydney's western suburbs street crime and the affluence of Sydney's eastern suburbs.
Stars: Khan Chittenden, Brooke Satchwell, Paul Pantano, Nicole da Silva
Votes: 146
42. Life Support (2001–2003)
30 min | Comedy
Spoof lifestyle program taking a satirical, sometimes dark look at Australian society.
Stars: Rachael Coopes, Simon Van Der Stap, Alison Barnes, Brendan Cowell
Votes: 228
43. Brock (2016)
Biography, Drama, Sport
A unique story about Australian car racing legend Peter Brock. He was the man that started the whole Holden vs Ford rivalry in the early 70's. This story takes a look at his colourful life.... See full summary »
Stars: Matthew Le Nevez, Brendan Cowell, Ella Scott Lynch, Natalie Bassingthwaighte
Votes: 99
44. Rove Live (2000–2009)
75 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
This was a variety, talk show that featured an ensemble cast, who presented various segments throughout the course of the show.
Stars: Rove McManus, Peter Helliar, Corinne Grant, Ryan Shelton
Votes: 789
45. Monster! (1999 TV Movie)
Unrated | 95 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Tragedy strikes a small town's monster movie festival when the monster featured in the films comes to life.
Director: John Lafia | Stars: Tobias Mehler, Angela Keep, Brendan Cowell, David Ross Paterson
Votes: 547
46. The Outlaw Michael Howe (2013 TV Movie)
85 min | Drama, History, Western
In 1815 a young convict leads a wretched guerrilla army of outlaws, deserters and bushmen in open rebellion against the morally corrupt government on the notorious prison settlement of Van ... See full summary »
Director: Brendan Cowell | Stars: Damon Herriman, Mirrah Foulkes, Rarriwuy Hick, Matt Day
Votes: 135
47. The Darkside (2013)
94 min | Drama
A collection of the most poignant, sad, funny and absurd ghost stories from around Australia. He will bring them to life with the help of some of Australia's most iconic actors as the storytellers.
Director: Warwick Thornton | Stars: Bryan Brown, Jack Charles, Brendan Cowell, Hakeem Davey
Votes: 113
48. Inside Pandora's Box (2023)
Documentary
Stars: Sigourney Weaver, James Cameron, Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana
Votes: 23
49. Wastelander Panda (2012– )
Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Responsible for the violent death of a young girl, Isaac with his mother and brother are banished to the Wasteland. Desperate for forgiveness, Isaac seeks a replacement child.
Stars: Aaron Schuppan, Roger Newcombe, Marcus McKenzie, Brendan Cowell
Votes: 54
50. The Chaser's War on Everything (2006–2009)
26 min | Comedy
The show features sketches mocking social and political issues, and often feature comedic publicity stunts.
Stars: Julian Morrow, Andrew Hansen, Chris Taylor, Chas Licciardello
Votes: 2,741