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1. Crocodile Dundee (1986)
PG-13 | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
An American reporter goes to the Australian outback to meet an eccentric crocodile poacher and invites him to New York City.
Director: Peter Faiman | Stars: Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon, David Gulpilil
Votes: 115,585 | Gross: $174.64M
2. Time Trap (2017)
Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
A professor enters a cave and goes missing. Some of his students come looking for him and get trapped in the cave as well.
Directors: Mark Dennis, Ben Foster | Stars: Reiley McClendon, Cassidy Gifford, Brianne Howey, Olivia Draguicevich
Votes: 43,591
3. The Nightingale (I) (2018)
R | 136 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Set in 1825, Clare, a young Irish convict woman, chases a British officer through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. On the way she enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker named Billy, who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.
Director: Jennifer Kent | Stars: Aisling Franciosi, Maya Christie, Baykali Ganambarr, Addison Christie
Votes: 35,709 | Gross: $0.39M
4. Limbo (II) (2023)
108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
'Limbo' follows the investigation of a twenty year-old outback cold case murder by jaded detective Travis Hurley.
Director: Ivan Sen | Stars: Simon Baker, Rob Collins, Natasha Wanganeen, Nicholas Hope
Votes: 1,600
5. Gallipoli (1981)
PG | 110 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey during World War I.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Mel Gibson, Mark Lee, Bill Kerr, Harold Hopkins
Votes: 41,994 | Gross: $5.73M
6. The Proposition (2005)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Western
A lawman apprehends a notorious outlaw and gives him nine days to kill his older brother, or else they'll execute his younger brother.
Director: John Hillcoat | Stars: Ray Winstone, Guy Pearce, Emily Watson, Richard Wilson
Votes: 55,001 | Gross: $1.90M
7. 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: 28,112 | Gross: $0.07M
8. Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead (2014)
Not Rated | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A talented mechanic prepares to battle his way through hordes of flesh-eating monsters after his sister is kidnapped on the eve of a zombie apocalypse.
Director: Kiah Roache-Turner | Stars: Jay Gallagher, Bianca Bradey, Leon Burchill, Keith Agius
Votes: 18,386
9. Red Dog: True Blue (2016)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
An iconic Australian story of family, friendship and adventure, between a young boy and a scrappy one-of-a-kind dog that would grow up to become an Australian legend.
Director: Kriv Stenders | Stars: Jason Isaacs, Levi Miller, Bryan Brown, Hanna Mangan Lawrence
Votes: 2,413
10. Bush Christmas (1983)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Family
In the Australian outback a family struggles to keep its farm from foreclosure. Their only hope is that their horse, Prince, will win money in a New Year's race. But when Prince is stolen ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Safran | Stars: John Ewart, John Howard, Mark Spain, James Wingrove
Votes: 409
11. What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? (2004)
Not Rated | 109 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama
A fictional photographer's quest to spiritually rediscover herself is interspersed with documentary footage of scientists and theologians discussing the philosophical aspects of quantum physics.
Directors: William Arntz, Betsy Chasse, Mark Vicente | Stars: Marlee Matlin, Elaine Hendrix, John Ross Bowie, Robert Bailey Jr.
Votes: 13,851 | Gross: $10.94M
12. The Earthling (1980)
PG | 97 min | Adventure, Drama
Diagnosed with a terminal form of cancer, Patrick Foley has returned to his native Australia to die in the peace and quiet of the wilderness. His simple plan is complicated, however, when he meets a young boy who has just lost his parents.
Director: Peter Collinson | Stars: William Holden, Ricky Schroder, Jack Thompson, Olivia Hamnett
Votes: 1,816
13. Ned Kelly (1970)
GP | 100 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The impoverished son of Irish immigrants is pushed by wrongful police persecution into becoming Australia's most notorious bushranger.
Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Mick Jagger, Clarissa Kaye-Mason, Mark McManus, Ken Goodlet
Votes: 1,414 | Gross: $0.25M
14. The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
108 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
After suffering racist abuse throughout his life - which intensifies following his marriage to a white woman - a half-Aboriginal farmhand finds himself driven to murder.
Director: Fred Schepisi | Stars: Tommy Lewis, Freddy Reynolds, Angela Punch McGregor, Ray Barrett
Votes: 2,535
15. Red Hill (2010)
R | 95 min | Drama, Thriller, Western
A young police officer must survive his first day's duty in a small country town.
Director: Patrick Hughes | Stars: Ryan Kwanten, Steve Bisley, Tommy Lewis, Claire van der Boom
Votes: 9,090 | Gross: $0.02M
16. Jindabyne (2006)
R | 123 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After four men on a fishing trip discover a dead body in the water, they choose to delay reporting it and continue fishing.
Director: Ray Lawrence | Stars: Laura Linney, Gabriel Byrne, John Howard, Stelios Yiakmis
Votes: 7,075 | Gross: $0.40M
17. Alabama Jones and the Busty Crusade (2005 Video)
Not Rated | 102 min | Adventure, Comedy
Three sexy adventurers experience erotic escapades while hunting for ancient treasures.
Director: Jim Wynorski | Stars: Nikki Nova, Angela Little, Cheyenne Silver, William Williamson
Votes: 302
18. The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Musical
A musical of sorts set in Winnipeg during the Great Depression, where a beer baroness organizes a contest to find the saddest music in the world. Musicians from around the world descend on the city to try and win the $25,000 prize.
Director: Guy Maddin | Stars: Isabella Rossellini, Mark McKinney, Maria de Medeiros, David Fox
Votes: 6,322 | Gross: $0.67M
19. Where the Green Ants Dream (1984)
R | 100 min | Drama
A geologist employed by an Australian mining company finds himself disputing the rights of some aborigines who believe their land to be sacred.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Bruce Spence, Wandjuk Marika, Roy Marika, Ray Barrett
Votes: 2,634
20. Dot and the Kangaroo (1977)
TV-Y7-FV | 71 min | Animation, Drama, Family
A young girl gets lost in the Australian outback and befriends a kangaroo
Director: Yoram Gross | Stars: Barbara Frawley, Joan Bruce, Spike Milligan, June Salter
Votes: 876
21. Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004)
138 min | Drama, Romance
While searching for his fiancee Ritsuko, Sakutarou rediscovers through flashbacks the void deep within him caused by the events from his high school days.
Director: Isao Yukisada | Stars: Takao Osawa, Kô Shibasaki, Masami Nagasawa, Mirai Moriyama
Votes: 3,896
22. Taz-Mania (1991–1995)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The daily satirical adventures of Looney Tunes star the Tazmanian Devil, along with his extended family, friends, and enemies on the island of Tasmania.
Stars: Jim Cummings, Rob Paulsen, Maurice LaMarche, Miriam Flynn
Votes: 10,806
23. Charlie's Country (2013)
Not Rated | 108 min | Adventure, Drama
Displeased with the intervention of whitefella laws, Charlie takes off to live the old way and sets off a chain reaction of enlightening difficulties.
Director: Rolf de Heer | Stars: David Gulpilil, Peter Djigirr, Luke Ford, Lizzie Durrurrnga
Votes: 2,800
24. Black and White (2002)
99 min | Drama
Recreation of the landmark 1958 South Australian Court trial of young aboriginal Max Stuart.
Director: Craig Lahiff | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Charles Dance, Kerry Fox, Colin Friels
Votes: 881
25. Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale II (2011)
132 min | Action, Drama, History
After the uprising at Wushe, Mona Rudao faces a guerrilla war against the militarily superior Japanese and Seediq clans. He and his followers must fight for their dignity and honor so that they can truly be "Seediq Bale" or "real men."
Director: Te-Sheng Wei | Stars: Nolay Piho, Umin Boya, Masanobu Andô, Sabu Kawahara
Votes: 1,851
26. Karak (2011)
90 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Four students are heading back to their college in Kuantan, after a night out in Kuala Lumpur, when they encounter massive traffic on the Karak highway. In an attempt to make it back in ... See full summary »
Director: Yusry Abd Halim | Stars: Shera Ayob, Along Eyzendy, Sidek Hussain, Kilafairy
Votes: 180
27. The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce (2008)
PG-13 | 60 min | Biography, Drama, History
Eight men escape from the most isolated prison on earth. Only one man survives and the story he recounts shocks the British establishment to the core. This story is the last confession of Alexander Pearce.
Director: Michael James Rowland | Stars: Adrian Dunbar, Ciarán McMenamin, Dan Wyllie, Don Hany
Votes: 690
28. Audrey Napanangka (2022)
84 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Penelope McDonald | Stars: Santo Giardina, Jungarrayi Johnson, Tyrese Johnson, Audrey Martin
Votes: 14
29. Watandar, My Countryman (2022)
70 min | Documentary, History
When former Afghan Refugee Muzafar Ali, discovers that Afghans have been an integral part of Australia for over 160 years, he begins to photograph their descendants in a search to define ... See full summary »
Director: Jolyon Hoff | Stars: Muzafar Ali, Nici Cumpston, Ken Dadleh, Elaine Mackean
Votes: 16
30. BabaKiueria (1986 TV Movie)
29 min | Comedy, Drama
Role reversal study of the historically inaccurate "plight" of Australian Aborigines in modern Anglo-Saxon society. Indigenous "whities" [sic] are being persecuted by racist black people ... See full summary »
Director: Don Featherstone | Stars: Michelle Torres, Bob Maza, Kevin Smith, Cecily Polson
Votes: 238
31. Mad Bastards (2010)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama
TJ's quest to find the son he's never known, takes him on a journey across the remote and stunning Kimberley landscape. On the road, TJ questions his life of violence... he meets a host of ... See full summary »
Director: Brendan Fletcher | Stars: Dean Daley-Jones, Lucas Yeeda, Greg Tait, Ngaire Pigram
Votes: 560
32. Utopia (II) (2013)
112 min | Documentary, History, News
Exploring offenses practiced by popular media, big business, police forces and Governments helping the Australian 225 year campaign of genocide continue against Aboriginal Australians.
Directors: Alan Lowery, John Pilger | Stars: John Pilger, Jon Altman, Pat Anderson, Mal Brough
Votes: 445
33. Marungka tjalatjunu (2022)
23 min | Documentary, Short
An Anangu Yankunytjatjara man escapes the city life to return to country for spiritual healing.
Directors: Derik Lynch, Matthew Thorne | Stars: Derik Lynch, Dale Baker, Dominic Roberts, Christopher Stewart
Votes: 54
34. Cool Change (1986)
PG | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Park ranger Steve Mitchell is torn between Lee, a beautiful sly political aide from Melbourne who supports the government's decision to turn the local grazing areas into a national park, and his old flame Joanna, a rancher who opposes it.
Director: George Miller | Stars: Jon Blake, Lisa Armytage, Deborra-Lee Furness, David Bradshaw
Votes: 59
35. The Little Convict (1979)
77 min | Animation, Drama, Family
After failing to sell any of his paintings at a funfair, an artist begins to tell his granddaughter about the origins of his paintings. We are then transported on board a British convict ... See full summary »
Director: Yoram Gross | Stars: Rolf Harris, Paul Bertram, Ronald Falk, Gary Files
Votes: 98
36. Altiplano (2009)
Not Rated | 109 min | Drama
A former war photographer and her physician husband are caught up in a riot when locals in an Andean village vent their unhappiness with contamination from a nearby mine.
Directors: Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth | Stars: Magaly Solier, Jasmin Tabatabai, Olivier Gourmet, Arturo Anacarino Zarate
Votes: 757 | Gross: $0.00M
37. 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
38. Backlash (1986)
R | 89 min | Crime, Drama
Two policemen track down and arrest a woman who has been accused of murder, and begin the trek back across the desert with her.
Director: Bill Bennett | Stars: David Argue, Gia Carides, Lydia Miller, Brian Syron
Votes: 181
39. 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
40. Australia's Open (2023)
95 min | Documentary, Sport
Every January, the Australian Open commands global attention, but when off-court drama steals the show, Australia itself becomes part of the spectacle.
Director: Ili Bare | Stars: Katrina Adams, Liam Broady, Pat Cash, Diede De Groot
Votes: 22
41. Choropampa, el precio de oro (2002)
75 min | Documentary
A devastating mercury spill by the world's richest gold mining corporation transforms a quiet peasant village in Peru's Andean mountains into a hotbed of civil resistance. A courageous ... See full synopsis »
Directors: Stephanie Boyd, Ernesto Cabellos
Votes: 23
42. Shadow of the Boomerang (1960)
95 min | Drama, Western
"Shadow of the Boomerang" is the story of American brother and sister Bob and Kathy Prince, who move to Australia to manage a cattle station owned by their father. Bob has a racist attitude... See full summary »
Director: Dick Ross | Stars: Georgia Lee, Dickie Jones, Jimmy Little, Marcia Hathaway
Votes: 17
43. The Kangaroo Kid (1950)
Approved | 72 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
Tex Kinnane (Jock Mahoney as Jock O'Mahoney), posing as a stage driver, goes to Australia to investigate a series of robberies at Goldstar. He makes friends at the saloon with Baldy Muldoon... See full summary »
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Jock Mahoney, Veda Ann Borg, Guy Doleman, Martha Hyer
Votes: 68
44. Jedda: Screen Tests (1953)
21 min | Short, Drama
Unedited screen test footage for the feature film "Jedda". Close up and medium shots of Aboriginal actors trying out for parts.
Director: Charles Chauvel | Star: Rosalie Kunoth-Monks
45. Under Capricorn (1983)
Not Rated | 198 min | Drama, History
In 1831, young Irishman Charles Adare (Peter Cousens) arrives in New South Wales, Australia, eager to make his fortune and make it fast. But what he finds are secrets that won't stay buried.
Stars: Lisa Harrow, John Hallam, Peter Cousens, Julia Blake
Votes: 58
46. The Blonde Captive (1931)
Passed | 59 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
An expedition is sent into the rugged Australian outback to search for a lost white woman.
Directors: Clifton Childs, Paul Withington | Stars: Clifton Childs, Lowell Thomas, Paul Withington
Votes: 87
47. Cactus (1986)
PG | 93 min | Drama, Romance
A woman who injured her eyes in car accident and a young blind man fall for each other. Is sight the only way to see the world?
Director: Paul Cox | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Robert Menzies, Norman Kaye, Monica Maughan
Votes: 239
48. Luku Ngarra: The Law of the Land (2022)
75 min | Documentary, History
Luku Ngarra is an unflinching, indigenous Australian Aboriginal funded documentary on the history and culture of Arnhem Land leading up to the present day, seen through the eyes of one of ... See full summary »
Director: Sinem Saban | Stars: Djiniyini Gondarra, Baykali Ganambarr, Lowurrpa Yunupingu, Biritjalawuy Gondarra
Votes: 8
49. The Endangered Generation? (2022)
85 min | Documentary
Follows scientists, activists, artists and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders who are exploring how to use diversity, collaboration and creativity to create a resilient future.
Director: Celeste Geer | Stars: Laura Dern, Klaus Ackermann, Simon Angus, Sahila Remon Avias
Votes: 21
50. Senses of Cinema (2022)
89 min | Documentary, History
This history of the co-op film movements of Sydney and Melbourne comes from two of the major figures in Australian documentary who were intimately involved in the filmmaking groundswell ... See full summary »
Directors: John Hughes, Tom Zubrycki | Stars: Martha Ansara, Gillian Armstrong, Richard Brennan, Bryan Brown
Votes: 13