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1. McLeod's Daughters (2001–2009)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Romance
Estranged sisters Claire and Tess are reunited after 20 years when they inherit their family's cattle station, "Drover's Run", in the outback of South Australia, following their father's death.
Stars: Aaron Jeffery, Rachael Carpani, Simmone Mackinnon, Bridie Carter
Votes: 6,660
2. 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: 12,291
3. North Shore (2023– )
Crime, Thriller
When British and Australian detectives team up to solve a murder mystery, they uncover a conspiracy with international political consequences as well as a clash of cultures.
Stars: John Bradley, Joanne Froggatt, Kirsty Sturgess, Dan Spielman
Votes: 930
4. 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: 1,999
5. Puberty Blues (2012–2014)
Unrated | 45 min | Comedy, Drama
Teen best friends Debbie and Sue grow up and find love and freedom on the beaches of Sydney's Sutherland Shire during the tumultuous 1970s.
Stars: Brenna Harding, Ashleigh Cummings, Sean Keenan, Charlotte Best
Votes: 2,246
6. Gallipoli (2015)
44 min | Drama, History, War
Four young Australian boys join the military and are sent to Gallipoli.
Stars: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Harry Greenwood, Sam Parsonson, Tom Budge
Votes: 2,384
7. The Alice (2005–2006)
50 min | Drama
Alice Springs, known as The Alice; is the third largest town in the Northern Territory of Australia. The show follows the lives of the locals, wrapped in the mystical veil of Aboriginal legends.
Stars: Erik Thomson, Jessica Napier, Caitlin McDougall, Brett Stiller
Votes: 164
8. 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: 1,318
9. Big Sky (I) (1997–1999)
50 min | Drama
Big Sky is centred on the adventures of the pilots of a small aviation company in Australia called "Big Sky Aviation" and the battles of the owner to keep the company running.
Stars: Gary Sweet, Rhys Muldoon, Robyn Cruze, Martin Henderson
Votes: 152
10. Hey Dad..! (1987–1994)
23 min | Comedy
This is Australia's longest-running comedy series, following the hilarious adventures of top architect Martin Kelly, who gives up his business to raise his three children. And the kid next door, Nudge.
Stars: Julie McGregor, Robert Hughes, Sarah Monahan, Christopher Truswell
Votes: 391
11. The Turning (2013)
R | 180 min | Drama
A collection of short films based on stories by Australian writer Tim Winton.
Directors: Jonathan auf der Heide, Tony Ayres, Jub Clerc, Robert Connolly, Shaun Gladwell, Rhys Graham, Justin Kurzel, Yaron Lifschitz, Anthony Lucas, Claire McCarthy, Ian Meadows, Ashlee Page, Stephen Page, Simon Stone, Warwick Thornton, Marieka Walsh, Mia Wasikowska, David Wenham | Stars: Colin Friels, James Fraser, Henri Phillips, Nikita Leigh-Pritchard
Votes: 1,524
12. Safe Harbour (2018)
TV-MA | 240 min | Drama
A psychological thriller set in Brisbane set around a group of friends whose sailing holiday to Indonesia alters their lives forever after they come across a boat overloaded with asylum seekers.
Stars: Ewen Leslie, Leeanna Walsman, Joel Jackson, Phoebe Tonkin
Votes: 1,011
13. Seven Types of Ambiguity (2017)
55 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A complicated chain of events is triggered when a child is taken and relationships are thrown into crisis.
Stars: Xavier Samuel, Alex Dimitriades, Andrea Demetriades, Leeanna Walsman
Votes: 947
14. Mary: The Making of a Princess (2015 TV Movie)
89 min | Biography
This is the story of a fateful encounter and the life changing choices that led to one of Australia's and the world's most recognisable and romantic love stories.
Director: Jennifer Leacey | Stars: Emma Hamilton, Ryan O'Kane, Gig Clarke, Renae Small
Votes: 334
15. Fireflies (2004)
60 min | Drama
Fireflies centres on events and relationships in a small town facing the hottest driest summer in decades.
Stars: Libby Tanner, Jeremy Sims, Natalia Novikova, Nadia Townsend
Votes: 80
16. Howzat! Kerry Packer's War (2012)
180 min | Drama, Sport
The Ashes is the pinnacle of world cricket with two old enemies, Australia and England, going head to head. This series is the story of World Series Cricket and its creator, Australian ... See full summary »
Stars: Lachy Hulme, Abe Forsythe, Damon Gameau, Brendan Cowell
Votes: 737
17. Secret Men's Business (1999 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama
A group of school friends are re-united after a death.
Director: Ken Cameron | Stars: Ben Mendelsohn, Marcus Graham, Simon Baker, Jeremy Sims
Votes: 270
18. Beaconsfield (2012 TV Movie)
129 min | Drama
The true story of Brant Webb and Todd Russell, who were trapped nearly a kilometer below the surface.
Director: Glendyn Ivin | Stars: Shane Jacobson, Lachy Hulme, Cameron Daddo, Anthony Hayes
Votes: 558
19. Dead Heart (1996)
104 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A no holds barred look into the gaping divisions which exist within an Aboriginal settlement in outback Australia. These separations split the inhabitants, straining relationships until something has to give.
Director: Nick Parsons | Stars: Bryan Brown, Ernie Dingo, Angie Milliken, Gnarnayarrahe Waitairie
Votes: 301
20. Outriders (2001)
24 min | Family
A group of teenagers, living in the middle of a national park where they teach how to ride horses endeavor upon mysteries and adventures.
Stars: Luise Helm, Abbie Cornish, Simon Scarlett, Oliver Ackland
Votes: 45
21. Idiot Box (1996)
R | 83 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Looking for the fast track out of suburban hell, two natural born losers scheme an impossible heist. Two undercover cops and a highly strung speed dealer are not far behind.
Director: David Caesar | Stars: Ben Mendelsohn, Jeremy Sims, John Polson, Graeme Blundell
Votes: 915
22. Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo (2011)
60 min | Biography, Drama, History
The Whitlam era as seen through the eyes of Cleo magazine and its young editor, Ita Buttrose.
Stars: Asher Keddie, Rob Carlton, Jessica Tovey, Ian Meadows
Votes: 509
23. Paper Giants: Magazine Wars (2013)
Drama
Mini-Series about the golden years of the glossy women's magazines and the battle to have the number one selling publication in Australia.
Stars: Rachel Griffiths, Mandy McElhinney, Rob Carlton, Khan Chittenden
Votes: 142
24. Traps (1994)
R | 96 min | Drama
The year is 1950 and an English couple, Louise and Michael, have arrived in French-occupied Indochina to cover a story on a French-owned rubber plantation. They are to be the guests of the ... See full summary »
Director: Pauline Chan | Stars: Saskia Reeves, Robert Reynolds, Sami Frey, Jacqueline McKenzie
Votes: 60
25. The Well (1997)
101 min | Drama
Young Katherine and her older friend Hester live at the isolated farm run by Hester and her father Francis. Katherine works as a maid and wants to leave that place because there's too much ... See full summary »
Director: Samantha Lang | Stars: Pamela Rabe, Miranda Otto, Paul Chubb, Frank Wilson
Votes: 441 | Gross: $0.01M
26. Little White Lies (1996 TV Movie)
100 min | Crime, Thriller
Aspiring politician Mark Lynch (Andrew McFarlane), has it all. His wife Ellie (Mimi Rogers), is smart and attractive; he has a perfect family and a beautiful home. And with friends in high ... See full synopsis »
Director: Pauline Chan | Stars: Mimi Rogers, Andrew McFarlane, Temuera Morrison, Nicholas Hope
Votes: 108
27. BlackJack (2003 TV Movie)
89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Justice means more than punishing those who commit crimes. It means never giving up in the search for the truth. Justice is Detective Jack Kempson's creed. Jack Kempson started out as an ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Andrikidis | Stars: Colin Friels, Kate Beahan, David Field, Victoria Longley
Votes: 170
28. Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch Story (2013)
Drama
The true story about the life and Times of Channel 9 owner and millionaire Kerry Packer
Stars: Lachy Hulme, Patrick Brammall, Luke Ford, Alexander England
Votes: 113
29. Mary: The Mary MacKillop Story (1994)
75 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
MARY is based on the true life story of Mary MacKillop who in the 1860s began an order of nuns to teach poor Catholic children in rural Australia. When she refused to obey the local Bishop,... See full summary »
Director: Kay Pavlou | Stars: Lucy Bell, Linden Wilkinson, Rebecca Scully-Webster, Brendan Higgins
Votes: 37
30. Naked: Stories of Men (1996– )
60 min | Drama
Anthology series of contemporary dramas centred on the theme of masculinity and what it means to be a man in the world today.
Stars: Skye Wansey, Simon Baker, Hugo Weaving, Chris Haywood
Votes: 24
31. 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
32. A Difficult Woman (1998)
TV-14 | Drama, Mystery
Anne Harriman has it all, and expects nothing less. Her brilliant work as chief pathologist of pharmaceutical giant Bauer-Ritter has secured the respect of the corporate, academic and ... See full summary »
Stars: Caroline Goodall, Peter Feeney, Martin Jacobs, Nicholas Eadie
Votes: 120
33. Blackwater Trail (1995)
R | 97 min | Action, Thriller
A US criminal profiler (of sorts) is sent over to Queensland to help catch a serial slayer, who leaves biblical scriptures behind at the scene of his crimes.
Director: Ian Barry | Stars: Judd Nelson, Dee Smart, Mark Lee, Peter Phelps
Votes: 123
34. Fireflies (2004 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Director: Rowan Woods | Stars: Libby Tanner, Jeremy Sims, Natalia Novikova, Nadia Townsend
Votes: 24
35. The Meddler (2020)
90 min | Documentary, Crime, Thriller
A nightcrawler obsessed with recording the violence that pervades the streets of Guatemala City must investigate a crime committed by his father.
Directors: Alex Roberts, Daniel Leclair | Star: German Cabrera
36. Temptation (2003 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Chefs Ruth and Gabe are the top students of their graduating year and have fallen in love, but it's love and war involving the staff of the two restaurants in the same street when Gabe ... See full summary »
Director: Tony Tilse | Stars: Colin Friels, Rhondda Findleton, Kate Atkinson, Toby Schmitz
Votes: 56
37. TAC: The Lucky Ones Get Caught (2020 Video)
1 min | Short
Director: Glendyn Ivin | Stars: Leigh Scully, Carissa Lee, Arlee Livesey, Remi Livesey
38. Kid in a Bin (1994)
Short
Director: Robert Carter | Stars: Mark Koller, Michael Butcher, Danielle Carter, Les Foxcroft
39. Delivery Day (2001)
26 min | Short
Director: Jane Manning | Stars: Deborah Le, Jazz Ly
Votes: 31
40. Jet Set (2001)
50 min | Drama
Director: Jonathan Ogilvie | Stars: Ryan Johnson, Tyler Coppin, Arky Michael, Bogdan Koca
42.
Naked: Stories of Men (1996– )
Episode:
Fisherman's Wake
(1996)
Drama
A young man returns to his childhood home to bury his father, a ritual act in his own rite of passage towards manhood. The father who taught his son about courage and love is the same man who taught him a sense of fear and how to hate.
Director: Neil Armfield | Stars: Chris Haywood, Linden Wilkinson, Andrew McDonell, Shayne Foote
43.
The Alice (2005–2006)
Episode:
Episode #1.10
(2005)
Drama
Michael and Toby must call off a climb and entertain the tourists when a terrible wind rips through the town.
Director: Catherine Millar | Stars: Erik Thomson, Jessica Napier, Caitlin McDougall, Brett Stiller
Votes: 30
44.
The Alice (2005–2006)
Episode:
Episode #1.11
(2005)
Drama
When Matt and Jess visit a local community, Matt is in for a shock when he meets a patient who has been diagnosed with water snakes in the belly. A surprise present from Jack has unexpected consequences for Helen.
Director: Ian Watson | Stars: Erik Thomson, Jessica Napier, Caitlin McDougall, Brett Stiller
45.
The Alice (2005–2006)
Episode:
Episode #1.12
(2005)
Drama
Helen invites Jack to dinner, which sends him into a tailspin when he thinks it means something more.
Director: Ian Watson | Stars: Erik Thomson, Jessica Napier, Caitlin McDougall, Brett Stiller
46.
The Alice (2005–2006)
Episode:
Episode #1.13
(2005)
Drama
Romance may be in the air again when Helen and Jack spend a perfect day together. Jess has an important decision to make.
Director: Emma Freeman | Stars: Erik Thomson, Jessica Napier, Caitlin McDougall, Brett Stiller
47.
The Alice (2005–2006)
Episode:
Episode #1.14
(2005)
Drama
Helen plucks up the courage to answer an ad for an artist's model. Can she go through with it when she discovers that she has to appear nude?
Director: Emma Freeman | Stars: Erik Thomson, Jessica Napier, Caitlin McDougall, Brett Stiller
48.
The Alice (2005–2006)
Episode:
Episode #1.15
(2005)
Drama
Simon Westlake from the Bull Bar challenges Jack to a camel race, with Jack hoping to play Father of the Bride and use the $10,000 winner's purse to pay for Jess's wedding. Jess feels the heat when she begins to have some second thoughts.
Director: Ken Cameron | Stars: Erik Thomson, Jessica Napier, Caitlin McDougall, Brett Stiller
49.
The Alice (2005–2006)
Episode:
Episode #1.16
(2005)
Drama
On the anniversary of Patrick's death, his younger brother arrives in Alice Springs to seek out Helen, as he has something that he needs to resolve with her.
Director: Ken Cameron | Stars: Erik Thomson, Jessica Napier, Caitlin McDougall, Brett Stiller
50.
The Alice (2005–2006)
Episode:
Episode #1.17
(2005)
Drama
Jack and Michael travel five hours to Purgatory Hill to find Lara, a regular caller to the Love Roo radio show who they think is in some kind of trouble.
Director: Catriona McKenzie | Stars: Erik Thomson, Jessica Napier, Caitlin McDougall, Brett Stiller