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1. Homecoming Queens (2018– )

85 min | Comedy

Two best friends reinvent themselves after chronic illness changes their friendship, their futures and - their pubic hair.

Stars: Michelle Law, Liv Hewson, Taylor Ferguson, Oakley Kwon

Votes: 53

2. Les Norton (2019)

55 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A Queensland outback man flees his past, gets lured into Sydney's seedy underbelly and entangled in crime.

Stars: Alexander Bertrand, Kate Box, Hunter Page-Lochard, Pallavi Sharda

Votes: 655

3. Crownies (2011)

Not Rated | 60 min | Crime, Drama

After finishing their law college, five young solicitors go out in the world to earn recognition and money. Unfortunately, they face a lot of problems while pursuing their dreams.

Stars: Todd Lasance, Hamish Michael, Ella Scott Lynch, Andrea Demetriades

Votes: 1,104

4. Winter (2015)

Not Rated | 42 min | Crime

Sydney homicide detective Eve Winter (Rebecca Gibney) solves tough, high profile cases with cool intelligence, fighting bureaucracts, criminals and plenty of advances - unwanted and wanted - to catch her prey.

Stars: Rebecca Gibney, Peter O'Brien, Matt Nable, Antonia Prebble

Votes: 1,465

5. Bran Nue Dae (2009)

PG-13 | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

54 Metascore

An Aboriginal student on the west coast of Australia in the late '60s runs away from a Catholic boarding school with his cruel headmaster in hot pursuit, meeting eccentric characters along the journey back to his hometown.

Director: Rachel Perkins | Stars: Rocky McKenzie, Jessica Mauboy, Ernie Dingo, Missy Higgins

Votes: 2,012 | Gross: $0.11M

6. The Eye of the Storm (2011)

Not Rated | 114 min | Drama

55 Metascore

Elizabeth Hunter controls all in her life - society, her staff, her children; but the once great beauty will now determine her most defiant act as she chooses her time to die.

Director: Fred Schepisi | Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Maria Theodorakis, Geoffrey Rush, Jamie Timony

Votes: 1,703 | Gross: $0.08M

7. Palm Beach (2019)

Unrated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama

Lifelong friends reunite for a party at Sydney's Palm Beach.

Director: Rachel Ward | Stars: Frances Berry, Bryan Brown, Matilda Brown, Nell Campbell

Votes: 1,196

8. Being Brendo (2012–2013)

Comedy

Everything from BDSM to drag queens, gay bashings to gay-bies. In 'Being Brendo', being gay is just the beginning.

Stars: Tristan Meecham, Nathan Strauss, Gary Abrahams, Jono Burns

Votes: 27

9. Love Child (2014–2017)

45 min | Drama

The lives of staff and residents at the fictional Kings Cross Hospital and Stanton House in Sydney in 1969.

Stars: Jessica Marais, Mandy McElhinney, Miranda Tapsell, Sophie Bloom

Votes: 1,576

10. Book Week (2018)

98 min | Comedy

A jaded high-school English teacher is forced to re-evaluate his life when his novel is passed over for one by one of his students.

Director: Heath Davis | Stars: Alan Dukes, Melanie Clarry, Rose Riley, Benjamin Scales

Votes: 152

11. Drown (I) (2015)

Unrated | 93 min | Drama, Sport, Thriller

Three surf lifesavers on a big night out. Jealousy, homophobic fears and unrequited lust culminate in a tragic booze-fueled episode of near-fatal bullying.

Director: Dean Francis | Stars: Matt Levett, Maya Stange, Jack Matthews, Harry Cook

Votes: 1,577 | Gross: $0.00M

12. Blue Murder: Killer Cop (2017)

160 min | Drama

A portrayal of Australia's most notorious former detective, Roger Rogerson.

Stars: Richard Roxburgh, Toni Collette, Matt Nable, Justin Smith

Votes: 387

13. Outlaws (2017)

R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

24 Metascore

1% is set within the primal underworld of outlaw motorcycle club gangs. It follows the heir to the throne of a motorcycle club who has to betray his president to save his brother's life.

Director: Stephen McCallum | Stars: Ryan Corr, Abbey Lee, Simone Kessell, Josh McConville

Votes: 1,298

14. Radiance (1998)

83 min | Drama

Three sisters reunite after some years apart, for their mother's funeral. Cressy (Maza), the eldest of the three, is a diva - an opera singer who is reluctant to visit the past and ... See full summary »

Director: Rachel Perkins | Stars: Deborah Mailman, Trisha Morton-Thomas, Rachael Maza, Russell Kiefel

Votes: 352

15. Jasper Jones (2017)

Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

In the late '60s, two teenage boys join forces to solve a chilling mystery and navigate the prejudices and secrets of their small Australian town.

Director: Rachel Perkins | Stars: Levi Miller, Kevin Long, Toni Collette, Aaron L. McGrath

Votes: 3,712

16. Quigley Down Under (1990)

PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

51 Metascore

Sharpshooter Matt Quigley is hired from Wyoming by an Australian rancher paying a very high price. But when Quigley arrives Down Under, all is not as it seems.

Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo, Alan Rickman, Chris Haywood

Votes: 24,539 | Gross: $21.41M

17. Storm Boy (2019)

PG | 99 min | Drama, Family

67 Metascore

When Michael Kingley, a successful retired businessman starts to see images from his past that he can't explain, he's forced to remember his childhood and how, as a boy, he rescued and raised an extraordinary orphaned pelican, Mr Percival.

Director: Shawn Seet | Stars: Finn Little, Jai Courtney, Geoffrey Rush, Erik Thomson

Votes: 4,097 | Gross: $0.07M

18. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

71 Metascore

After being exiled from the most advanced town in post apocalyptic Australia, a drifter travels with a group of abandoned children to rebel against the town's queen.

Directors: George Miller, George Ogilvie | Stars: Mel Gibson, Tina Turner, Bruce Spence, Adam Cockburn

Votes: 147,603 | Gross: $36.20M

19. Penguin Bloom (2020)

TV-14 | 95 min | Biography, Drama

54 Metascore

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: 12,293

20. Crocodile Dundee (1986)

PG-13 | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

62 Metascore

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: 115,433 | Gross: $174.64M

21. Mary and Max (2009)

Not Rated | 92 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

In 1976 Melbourne, a lonely 8-year-old girl strikes up a correspondence with an unlikely pen pal: a severely obese 44-year-old New Yorker with Asperger's syndrome.

Director: Adam Elliot | Stars: Toni Collette, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Eric Bana, Barry Humphries

Votes: 186,776

22. Reckoning (2019)

TV-MA | 46 min | Thriller

Explores the darkest corners of the male psyche through the eyes of two fathers, one of whom is a serial-killer.

Stars: Aden Young, Sam Trammell, Simone Kessell, Milly Alcock

Votes: 4,924

23. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)

R | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

77 Metascore

In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline-rich community escape a horde of bandits.

Director: George Miller | Stars: Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Michael Preston, Max Phipps

Votes: 193,660 | Gross: $12.47M

24. Mad Max (1979)

R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

73 Metascore

In a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang.

Director: George Miller | Stars: Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley

Votes: 222,294 | Gross: $8.75M

25. Chopper (2000)

R | 94 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

68 Metascore

Chopper tells the intense story of Mark "Chopper" Read, a legendary criminal who wrote his autobiography while serving a jail sentence in prison. His book, "From the Inside", upon which the film is based, was a best-seller.

Director: Andrew Dominik | Stars: Eric Bana, Simon Lyndon, Vince Colosimo, Renée Brack

Votes: 41,502 | Gross: $0.23M

26. Galore (2013)

PG | 103 min | Drama

It's a sweltering summer before the final year of school and Billie and Laura share every secret except for Billie's biggest secret - she's crazy in love and sleeping with Laura's boyfriend Danny.

Director: Rhys Graham | Stars: Ashleigh Cummings, Aliki Matangi, Lily Sullivan, Toby Wallace

Votes: 261

27. The Unlisted (2019)

22 min | Crime, Family, Sci-Fi

Twelve-year-old identical twins Dru and Kal discover that the government is secretly tracking and manipulating Australia's youth via electronic tracking devices.

Stars: Vrund Rao, Ved Rao, Abigail Adriano, Miah Madden

Votes: 1,372

28. My Mother Her Daughter (2013)

11 min | Short, Drama

After a violent death in the family, a teenage girl struggles to reconnect with her increasingly distant mother before she loses her too.

Director: Erin Good | Stars: Ashleigh Cummings, Julia Mor, Susan Prior, Roger Adam Smith

Votes: 15

29. No Activity (2015–2018)

23 min | Comedy, Crime

Follows the peripheral players in a major sting operation. The day-to-day realities of cops and criminals are brought to life by some of Australia's best comic actors.

Stars: Patrick Brammall, Darren Gilshenan, Genevieve Morris, Harriet Dyer

Votes: 1,414

30. The Hunter (IV) (2011)

R | 100 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

63 Metascore

Martin, a mercenary, is sent from Europe by a mysterious biotech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on a hunt for the last Tasmanian tiger.

Director: Daniel Nettheim | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill, Morgan Davies, Jacek Koman

Votes: 41,155 | Gross: $0.18M

31. Wakefield (2021)

444 min | Mystery

Gifted psychiatric nurse Nik Katira is the most stable person at Wakefield mental health unit in the Blue Mountains of Australia. As his own sanity suddenly starts to slip, he finds himself questioning the line between reality and madness.

Stars: Rudi Dharmalingam, Mandy McElhinney, Geraldine Hakewill, Felicity Ward

Votes: 1,734

32. The Last Time I Saw Richard (2013)

Not Rated | 23 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy

In 1995, Jonah is proud to be the loner at the teen mental health clinic. But when a new patient, Richard, is admitted and the boys are forced to share a room, Jonah finds himself forming a... See full summary »

Director: Nicholas Verso | Stars: Toby Wallace, Cody Fern, Brian Lipson, Melissa Godbold

Votes: 912

33. Eden (III) (2021)

Drama

It follows the disappearance of a young woman which triggers a devastating chain of events which lays bare the dark, hidden heart of paradise.

Stars: Sophie Wilde, BeBe Bettencourt, Alexandria Steffensen, Keiynan Lonsdale

Votes: 652

34. Snowblind (2014)

15 min | Short, Drama

Over the course of a weekend Jack negotiates love, his family and the slippery slope of adolescence.

Director: Sean Kruck | Stars: Michael Stewart, Ashleigh Cummings, Oscar Redding, Susan Prior

Votes: 16

35. Samson & Delilah (II) (2009)

Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Romance

75 Metascore

A glue-sniffing boy and his girlfriend escape the government-controlled no-hope Aboriginal community they live in and go to the city, Alice Springs, looking for a better life.

Director: Warwick Thornton | Stars: Rowan McNamara, Marissa Gibson, Mitjili Napanangka Gibson, Scott Thornton

Votes: 3,763

36. Sweet Country (2017)

R | 113 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

88 Metascore

Western set on the Northern Territory frontier in the 1920s, where justice itself is put on trial when an aged Aboriginal farmhand shoots a white man in self-defense and goes on the run as a posse gathers to hunt him down.

Director: Warwick Thornton | Stars: Hamilton Morris, Shanika Cole, Ewen Leslie, Sam Neill

Votes: 9,259 | Gross: $0.10M

37. Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)

PG | 94 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

80 Metascore

In 1931, three half-white, half-Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their houses to be trained as domestic staff, and set off on a journey across the Outback.

Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Kenneth Branagh, Laura Monaghan

Votes: 30,254 | Gross: $6.17M

38. The Boys (1998)

R | 86 min | Crime, Drama

Brett Sprague is a violent and psychopathic man, who is released on parole after serving a sentence for assault. As he returns to his family house and we watch him and his brothers, Stevie ... See full summary »

Director: Rowan Woods | Stars: David Wenham, Toni Collette, Lynette Curran, John Polson

Votes: 1,724 | Gross: $0.00M

39. The Castle (1997)

R | 85 min | Comedy, Drama

A working-class family from Melbourne, Australia fights city hall after being told they must vacate their beloved family home to allow for infrastructural expansion.

Director: Rob Sitch | Stars: Michael Caton, Anne Tenney, Stephen Curry, Anthony Simcoe

Votes: 17,493 | Gross: $0.86M

40. The Dish (2000)

PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, History

74 Metascore

A remote Australian community, populated by quirky characters, plays a key role in the first Apollo moon landing.

Director: Rob Sitch | Stars: Sam Neill, Billy Mitchell, Roz Hammond, Christopher-Robin Street

Votes: 17,100 | Gross: $2.25M

41. Last Cab to Darwin (2015)

Not Rated | 123 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

70 Metascore

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: 4,206 | Gross: $0.03M

42. Brothers' Nest (2018)

102 min | Comedy, Thriller

Two brothers' murder plans go somewhat sideways in this Australian dark comedy.

Director: Clayton Jacobson | Stars: Shane Jacobson, Clayton Jacobson, Kim Gyngell, Lynette Curran

Votes: 1,587

43. Adoration (2013)

R | 112 min | Drama, Romance

37 Metascore

A pair of childhood friends and neighbors fall for each other's sons.

Director: Anne Fontaine | Stars: Naomi Watts, Robin Wright, Xavier Samuel, James Frecheville

Votes: 36,684 | Gross: $0.32M

44. Bloom (2019–2020)

60 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A year after a devastating flood has killed five locals in an idyllic country town, a mysterious new plant appears. The plant's phenomenal ability to restore youth is so formidable that attempting to harness it means re-evaluating values.

Stars: Bryan Brown, Phoebe Tonkin, Genevieve Morris, Terry Norris

Votes: 1,890

45. Doctor Doctor (2016–2021)

Not Rated | 50 min | Comedy, Drama

A rising heart surgeon's life takes a turn he never expected and soon everything comes crashing down. He soon finds himself a former big city doctor turned small town doctor.

Stars: Rodger Corser, Nicole da Silva, Ryan Johnson, Tina Bursill

Votes: 3,500

46. Wake in Fright (2017)

Not Rated | 159 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A young schoolteacher finds himself marooned in a small mining town in the outback, where a string of dangerous events render him a broken, desperate man.

Stars: Sean Keenan, Alex Dimitriades, Caren Pistorius, Gary Sweet

Votes: 416

47. Australia Day (2017)

98 min | Drama

A trio of intertwined tales of racial prejudice, misunderstanding and revenge play out against the backdrop of Australia's national holiday.

Director: Kriv Stenders | Stars: Miah Madden, Elias Anton, Jenny Wu, Daniel Webber

Votes: 504

48. Spin Out (2016)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

When Ute driver Billy takes one risky car stunt too far, Lucy declares she is moving to the city - sending Billy into a spin.

Directors: Tim Ferguson, Marc Gracie | Stars: Xavier Samuel, Lincoln Lewis, Eddie Baroo, Travis Jeffery

Votes: 609

49. Romper Stomper (2018)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama

Australian television series sequel to the film Romper Stomper (1992) and set 25 years after the events in the film.

Stars: Toby Wallace, Sophie Lowe, Lachy Hulme, Nicole Chamoun

Votes: 859

50. Deep Water (2016)

Not Rated | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a young gay man is brutally murdered near Bondi Beach, Detectives Tori Lustigman and Nick Manning are assigned to investigate. After more bodies are found, Tori links the deaths to a series of murders of gay men in the 1980s and '90s.

Stars: Noah Taylor, Yael Stone, Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, Danielle Cormack

Votes: 3,893

51. Bender (2020)

15 min | Short, Drama

On the eve before the results of the Australian Marriage Equality Postal Vote are announced, two men hook up after meeting online but their car breaks down in the middle of nowhere.

Director: Alex Cardy | Stars: Matt Hickmott, Lucas Pittaway, Josh Lavery

Votes: 40

52. Grevillea (2020)

13 min | Short, Crime, Drama

An incarcerated Jewish teen encounters a mysterious tattooist with unclear intentions when he decides to get a tattoo, against the conventions of his religion.

Director: Jordan Giusti | Stars: Reuvi Kramer, Lucas Pittaway, Chanan Stollard, Gabriel Carrubba

Votes: 8

53. Strictly Ballroom (1992)

PG | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

72 Metascore

A maverick dancer risks his career by performing an unusual routine and sets out to succeed with a new partner.

Director: Baz Luhrmann | Stars: Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice, Bill Hunter, Pat Thomson

Votes: 29,400 | Gross: $11.74M

54. Ned Kelly (2003)

R | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Biography

56 Metascore

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: 28,090 | Gross: $0.07M

55. Puberty Blues (1981)

R | 87 min | Comedy, Drama

The mating rituals of two teenage surf chicks from the southern suburbs of Sydney.

Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Nell Schofield, Jad Capelja, Jeffrey Rhoe, Tony Hughes

Votes: 1,663 | Gross: $0.24M

56. Romulus, My Father (2007)

R | 104 min | Biography, Drama

57 Metascore

It tells the story of Romulus, his beautiful wife, Christina, and their struggle in the face of great adversity to bring up their son, Raimond. It is a story of impossible love that ultimately celebrates the unbreakable bond between father and son.

Director: Richard Roxburgh | Stars: Eric Bana, Franka Potente, Marton Csokas, Kodi Smit-McPhee

Votes: 4,314 | Gross: $0.00M

57. Jindabyne (2006)

R | 123 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

65 Metascore

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: 7,074 | Gross: $0.40M

58. Little Fish (2005)

R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

77 Metascore

A woman trying to escape her past becomes embroiled in a drug deal.

Director: Rowan Woods | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Sam Neill, Hugo Weaving, Martin Henderson

Votes: 9,224 | Gross: $0.01M

59. Goldstone (2016)

R | 110 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

78 Metascore

Indigenous detective Jay Swan arrives in the town of Goldstone to search for a missing person, and his simple duty becomes complicated when he uncovers a web of crime and corruption.

Director: Ivan Sen | Stars: Aaron Pedersen, Alex Russell, Jacki Weaver, David Wenham

Votes: 6,238 | Gross: $0.09M

60. Toomelah (2011)

Not Rated | 106 min | Crime, Drama

In a remote Aboriginal community, 10 year old Daniel yearns to be a gangster, like the male role models in his life. Skipping school, getting into fights and running drugs for Linden, who leads the main gang in town.

Director: Ivan Sen | Stars: Daniel Connors, Christopher Edwards, Michael Connors, Dorothy Cubby

Votes: 458

61. Peaches (2004)

109 min | Drama

Steph, a dyslexic teenager girl lost her parents in a car accident while still a baby. She was adopted and raised by her parents' best friend, Jude, an over-protective woman. She never left... See full summary »

Director: Craig Monahan | Stars: Emma Lung, Hugo Weaving, Jacqueline McKenzie, Matthew Le Nevez

Votes: 516

62. Here I Am (III) (2011)

90 min | Drama, Family

'Here I Am' is driven by three generations of Aboriginal women - Karen Lee Burden, her mother Lois and her daughter Rosie. When Karen is released from prison, through a series of chance ... See full summary »

Director: Beck Cole | Stars: Shai Pittman, Marcia Langton, Quinaiha Scott, Bruce R. Carter

Votes: 140

63. The Last Wave (1977)

PG | 106 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

85 Metascore

A Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal Persons in a ritualized taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing things about himself and premonitions.

Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, David Gulpilil, Frederick Parslow

Votes: 11,025

64. The Bank (2001)

Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

54 Metascore

The Bank is a thriller about banking, corruption and alchemy.

Director: Robert Connolly | Stars: David Wenham, Anthony LaPaglia, Sibylla Budd, Steve Rodgers

Votes: 2,991

65. The Interview (1998)

Unrated | 104 min | Thriller, Crime, Drama

A duel between a suspected murderer and a detective pressed by people who want results. But whose skin is really wanted.

Director: Craig Monahan | Stars: Hugo Weaving, Tony Martin, Aaron Jeffery, Paul Sonkkila

Votes: 8,766

66. 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: 8,808

67. The Light Between Oceans (2016)

PG-13 | 133 min | Drama, Romance

60 Metascore

A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from a drifting rowing boat.

Director: Derek Cianfrance | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz, Florence Clery

Votes: 60,093 | Gross: $12.55M

68. Son of a Gun (2014)

R | 108 min | Action, Crime, Drama

49 Metascore

JR busts out of prison with Brendan Lynch, Australia's most notorious criminal, and joins Lynch's gang for a gold heist that soon pits the two men against one another.

Director: Julius Avery | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Brenton Thwaites, Alicia Vikander, Brendan Kerkvliet

Votes: 29,560 | Gross: $0.00M

69. The Tender Hook (2008)

R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The story is about Iris' rise to the apex of a love/power triangle that includes her roguish English lover McHeath and Art, an earnest young boxer. Within the flawed moral landscape, each character struggles to establish their sovereignty.

Director: Jonathan Ogilvie | Stars: Rose Byrne, Tyler Coppin, John Batchelor, Hugo Weaving

Votes: 607

70. Erskineville Kings (1999)

90 min | Drama

Barky, 25, lost soul, left home two years ago to escape his abusive father leaving behind everything in the world that was important to him; now that his father's dead, he thinks it's safe to come home.

Director: Alan White | Stars: Marty Denniss, Hugh Jackman, Andrew Wholley, Aaron Blabey

Votes: 678

71. December Boys (2007)

PG-13 | 105 min | Drama, Romance

56 Metascore

One summer, four orphans boys who have grown to be the closest of friends find themselves competing for the attention of the same family.

Director: Rod Hardy | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Teresa Palmer, Lee Cormie, Christian Byers

Votes: 12,432 | Gross: $0.05M

72. Healing (I) (2014)

R | 112 min | Drama

Inspired by true events, HEALING is a story of redemption, the discovery of hope and the healing of the spirit - in the most unlikely place for the most unlikely men.

Director: Craig Monahan | Stars: Hugo Weaving, Don Hany, Xavier Samuel, Mark Leonard Winter

Votes: 1,091

73. A Month of Sundays (2015)

PG-13 | 109 min | Comedy, Drama

Miserable real estate agent Frank, whose business is failing and his relationship with his family is at an all-time low, meets by chance Sarah, a nice woman who reminds him of his mother. Their friendship starts healing him emotionally.

Director: Matthew Saville | Stars: Anthony LaPaglia, Julia Blake, Justine Clarke, John Clarke

Votes: 504

74. 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

75. Australian Rules (2002)

95 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

In Prospect Bay, a remote outpost on the South Australian coast, two communities, the Goonyas and the Nungas, come together on the one field they have in common, the football field. But the... See full summary »

Director: Paul Goldman | Stars: Nathan Phillips, Luke Carroll, Lisa Flanagan, Tom Budge

Votes: 853

76. The Delinquents (1989)

101 min | Drama, Romance

A small town in Australia, in the late 1950s: Brownie and Lola are deeply in love. But because they are under-age, their parents are against their relationship and try to separate them.

Director: Chris Thomson | Stars: Kylie Minogue, Charlie Schlatter, Bruno Lawrence, Todd Boyce

Votes: 1,067

77. Balibo (2009)

Not Rated | 111 min | Biography, Drama, History

War correspondent Roger East and the young Jose Ramos-Horta travel to East Timor to investigate the murders of the Balibo Five in 1975.

Director: Robert Connolly | Stars: Jane Hampson, Bea Viegas, Christine Martins, Ana Rosa Mendoça

Votes: 2,925

78. Newcastle (2008)

Unrated | 107 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

Tragedy befalls one of three brothers while on an outback surfing outing with friends.

Director: Dan Castle | Stars: Lachlan Buchanan, Xavier Samuel, Reshad Strik, Kirk Jenkins

Votes: 1,737

79. Satellite Boy (2012)

90 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

Ten-year-old Pete lives with his grandfather in an old abandoned outdoor cinema in the desert. When the old drive-in is threatened with demolition by developers, Pete and a friend set off on an epic journey in the hopes of saving his home.

Director: Catriona McKenzie | Stars: David Gulpilil, Cameron Wallaby, Joseph Pedley, Rohanna Angus

Votes: 444

80. Storm Boy (1976)

Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Family

Mike is a lonely Australian boy living in a coastal wilderness with his reclusive father. In search of friendship he encounters an Aboriginal native loner and the two form a bond in the care of orphaned pelicans.

Directors: Henri Safran, Ian Goddard | Stars: Greg Rowe, Peter Cummins, David Gulpilil, Judy Dick

Votes: 1,516

81. Lion (2016)

PG-13 | 118 min | Biography, Drama

69 Metascore

A five-year-old Indian boy is adopted by an Australian couple after getting lost hundreds of kilometers from home. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

Director: Garth Davis | Stars: Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara, Sunny Pawar

Votes: 251,074 | Gross: $51.74M

82. The Combination (2009)

96 min | Drama

Set in the multi-racial suburbs of Sydney, Lebanese-Australian John is released from goal to find his younger brother Charlie caught in the very same world of crime that put him behind bars.

Director: David Field | Stars: George Basha, Clare Bowen, Firass Dirani, Doris Younane

Votes: 843

83. A Cry in the Dark (1988)

PG-13 | 120 min | Biography, Drama

A mother whose child was killed in a dingo attack in the Australian Outback fights to prove her innocence when she is accused of murder.

Director: Fred Schepisi | Stars: Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, Dale Reeves, David Hoflin

Votes: 11,204 | Gross: $6.91M

84. Prime Suspect: Tennison (2017)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Prime Suspect 1973 tells the story of 22-year-old Jane Tennison's first days in the police force, in which she endured flagrant sexism before being thrown in at the deep end with a murder enquiry.

Stars: Alun Armstrong, Andrew Brooke, Blake Harrison, Daniel Ezra

Votes: 3,670

85. Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback (2007 TV Movie)

95 min | Drama

True story about Joanne Lee's partner missing presumed murdered in the Australian outback some years ago.

Director: Tony Tilse | Stars: Joanne Froggatt, Bryan Brown, John Wood, Tom Long

Votes: 387

86. Headland (2005–2006)

60 min | Drama

Set in South Heads, Australia, the story begins with a fatal car accident. Craig, who still lies in coma, is the only survivor. Secrets and intrigues are revealed as we discover the lives and personalities of the inhabitants of Headland.

Stars: Rachael Taylor, Adrienne Pickering, Libby Tanner, Brooke Harman

Votes: 158

87. Wonderland (2013–2015)

TV-14 | 43 min | Drama

The lives of the residents living in a city apartment block in Sydney.

Stars: Anna Bamford, Michael Dorman, Emma Lung, Tracy Mann

Votes: 1,321

88. Spirit of the Game (2016)

PG | 98 min | Biography

In the lead up to the 1956 Olympic games, a group of missionaries are tasked with helping the fledgling Australian basketball team compete in their first ever Olympics, and in doing so, unite a nation still coming to grips after the war.

Director: Darran Scott | Stars: Heidi Arena, Rudi Baker, Bailey Barbour, Roy Barker

Votes: 301 | Gross: $0.24M

89. The Devil's Playground (1976)

107 min | Drama

Fred Schepisi's first feature is this lushly photographed period drama detailing a young boy's coming-of-age in a strict Catholic seminary in 1950s Australia.

Director: Fred Schepisi | Stars: Charles McCallum, John Frawley, Arthur Dignam, Nick Tate

Votes: 1,312

90. Secret City (2016–2019)

TV-MA | 49 min | Mystery, Thriller

Beneath the placid facade of Canberra, amidst rising tension between China and America, senior political journalist Harriet Dunkley uncovers a secret city of interlocked conspiracies, putting innocent lives in danger including her own.

Stars: Anna Torv, Marcus Graham, Justin Smith, Aleks Mikic

Votes: 9,685

91. Danger Close (2019)

R | 118 min | Action, Drama, War

In August 1966, in a Vietnamese rubber plantation called Long Tan, 108 young and inexperienced Australian and New Zealand soldiers are fighting for their lives against 2500 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong soldiers.

Director: Kriv Stenders | Stars: Travis Fimmel, Toby Blome, Alexander England, Aaron Glenane

Votes: 15,174

92. Strangerland (2015)

R | 112 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

42 Metascore

A family's dull life in a rural outback town is rocked after their two teenage children disappear into the desert, sparking disturbing rumors of their past.

Director: Kim Farrant | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes, Hugo Weaving, Lisa Flanagan

Votes: 10,032 | Gross: $0.02M

93. First Day (2020–2022)

Drama

It's Hannah Bradford's first year of high school. As a transgender girl, Hannah not only has to navigate the challenges that come with starting a new school, but find the courage to live as her most authentic self.

Stars: Evie Macdonald, Elena Liu, Nandini Rajagopal, Arwen Diamond

Votes: 282

94. Total Control (2019– )

60 min | Drama, Thriller

An Indigenous woman in Australia is thrust into the political limelight.

Stars: Deborah Mailman, Rachel Griffiths, Rob Collins, Wesley Patten

Votes: 1,680

95. The Legend of Molly Johnson (2021)

109 min | Drama, History, Thriller

60 Metascore

A lonely bushwoman struggles to raise her children and run the family farm while her husband is away.

Director: Leah Purcell | Stars: Leah Purcell, Rob Collins, Sam Reid, Jessica De Gouw

Votes: 1,822

96. Fathers & Daughters (2015)

R | 116 min | Drama

31 Metascore

A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown; 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge her own connections.

Director: Gabriele Muccino | Stars: Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried, Aaron Paul, Diane Kruger

Votes: 28,729

97. The Flood (2020)

117 min | Drama, History, Western

When a woman's husband, daughter, land and innocence are ripped from her, she embarks on a brutal journey of retribution and revenge.

Director: Victoria Wharfe McIntyre | Stars: Alexis Lane, Shaka Cook, Dean Kyrwood, Dalara Williams

Votes: 450

98. Head On (1998)

Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Romance

A 19 year old Greek Australian youth struggles with his sexual identity and has one clumsy heterosexual and several homosexual encounters.

Director: Ana Kokkinos | Stars: Alex Dimitriades, Elle Mandalis, Damien Fotiou, Alex Papps

Votes: 4,626 | Gross: $0.38M

99. Bite Club (I) (2018)

Not Rated | 44 min | Crime, Thriller

Follows a group of shark attack survivors, who are being targeted by a serial killer.

Stars: Todd Lasance, Ash Ricardo, Damian Walshe-Howling, Deborah Mailman

Votes: 767

100. 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



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