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2010
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Temptation turns a man's life upside down in this noir-influenced thriller from Australia. Ray Yale (David Roberts) is a...
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2010
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2010
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A man on the edge of collapse falls into a well of despair in this psychological drama from Australia. Tom White...
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2004
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2003
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Two low-level American crooks head to Australia, where they match wits with a kangaroo (who appears to have an intellectual...
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2003
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A pair of Melbourne detectives working in the Zero Tolerance Unit set out to uncover a web of corruption in the directorial...
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Ted Pratt
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2003
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Barry Coxhead
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2002
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Pressured by moneyhungry Bernie (John Clarke) to redevelop their club and install poker machines when the begin having...
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Stan Coombs
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2002
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This low-budget Australian period piece examines the effects of WWII on the women and children left behind when the country...
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2000
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Director Franc Roddam and co-scripter Anton Diether adapted Herman Melville's 1851 classic for this four-hour TV miniseries...
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1998
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The thriller A Difficult Woman features Caroline Goodall as Anne, a pathologist for a multinational drug corporation. Her...
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1998
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1997
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Though featuring a simple straightforward story of a small town turned upside down when a car carrying four members of the...
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Bob
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1997
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Sleazy real estate wheeler-dealer Ben Egan (Aden Young) is brought up short when a deal catastrophically falls through. After...
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1996
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Loosely based on a true account, this family drama centers on a group of aimless Hawaiian teens who with the support of two...
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1996
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Celebrated Australian filmmaker Mike Jenkins helms this controversial, true-life tale of police corruption in New South Wales...
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Black Angus McDonald
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1995
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A socially inept young woman slowly learns to overcome her insecurities in this sleeper hit from Australia. The...
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Bill Heslop
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1994
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Prison life is examined in this black and white Australian drama. The realistic portrayal of prison violence and language...
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Berriman
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1994
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The usually menacing British actor Terence Stamp does a complete turnaround as Bernadette, an aging transsexual who tours the...
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Bob
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1994
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Based on a novel by satirical comedian (and dedicated environmentalist) Ben Elton, the British miniseries Stark was set in...
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1993
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1993
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We usually assume that a Shotgun Wedding involves one each angry father, unwilling groom, and a compromised (usually...
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1993
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In this moody black and white drama, very much in the mode of the American "western," but with its own film noir...
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Wilson
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1993
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Gillian Armstrong directed this quietly bittersweet and coldly ironic examination of the death throes of a crumbling...
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1992
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It is a simple thing that police officer Tony Bourke has to do to regain his detective status. All he has to do is go to a...
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1992
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This wildly off-beat comedy is about a male dancer (Paul Mercurio) who refuses to follow the accepted rules of ballroom...
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Barry Fife
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1992
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1989
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The Mullens family is plagued by problems in this somber drama. The father (Bill Hunter) is a born-again Christian who works...
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Mr. Mullens
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1988
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Whitstead
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1988
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Here's the "dramatis personae" of The Fever. Bill Hunter is Jack Welles, an ex-cop turned unscrupulous private eye....
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Jack Welles
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1988
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This WW II musical is set in Australia and chronicles the exploits of a nightclub singer and the young Marine who loves her....
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Browning
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1986
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A limp storyline refuses to go taut throughout this sci-fi adventure that patches together bits and pieces from its famous,...
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O'Reilly
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1986
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1986
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Wendy Hughes plays a gorgeous nurse tending to emotionally disturbed Australian soldiers during WWII. Private Gary Sweet...
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1985
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Based on a true story about the execution of a psychopathic American G.I. by the U.S. Army in 1942, this wartime drama opens...
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Detective Sgt. Adams
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1985
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The inspirational autobiogry of A.B. Facey was the source for the four-part Austalian miniseries A Fortunate Life. Spanning...
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1985
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In this complex teen movie, Vinnie (Vince Colosimo) is a young man whose life is an uphill battle: he is an outcast at school...
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Detective Fitzpatrick
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1984
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1984
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In this offbeat crime film, Willie Parker (Terence Stamp) an English mobster turned informant, has been given a new identity...
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Harry
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1984
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1983
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This patchy, uneven combination of fantasy and musical comedy is hilarious in parts and embarrassing in others, though the...
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Coach,Tupper
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1983
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Heatwave is the mildly interesting story of a woman's attempt to stop a redevelopment plot which she thought was the cover-up...
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Robert Duncan
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1982
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When a political reporter disappears in Southeast Asia, it is up to his wife to find him. She enlists the help of a former...
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1982
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The first of two consecutive films to see director Peter Weir team with Mel Gibson (the other being...
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1981
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Dead Man's Float is a very short and occasionally sweet juvenile melodrama. A cheeky bunch of children who think they're...
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Eddie Bell
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1980
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Fran (Judy Morris) is a 29-year-old university researcher whose biological clock begins to tick so loudly that no alarm is...
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Stephen
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1980
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As this gritty drama about a young teen's fight to overcome her past begins to unfold, flashbacks are interspersed with the...
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Brady
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1980
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Set between the years 1949 and 1956, Newsfront tracks the destinies of two brothers, their adventures and misadventures...
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Len Maguire
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1978
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In this Australian drama, a man serves his six-year prison sentence for participating in a robbery and then tries to return...
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1978
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This Australian fox-and-hounds melodrama concerns an intensive manhunt for a suspected murderer. Polish immigrant Mark...
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1977
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1977
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Prominent Australian Aboriginal activist Gary Foley plays a leading role in Backroads. Foley is cast as an Aborigine who...
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Jack King
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1977
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The Australian Eliza Fraser tries for the wig-and-bodice bawdiness of Tom Jones. The title character, played by...
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1976
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Dennis Hopper plays the title character in this true story of a 19th-century Australian gold-digger who is pressed into a...
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1976
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The Far East and the Land Down Under are about to have a head-on collision in this action drama. Fang (Jimmy Wang Yu) is an...
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1975
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In this Australian drama, an alcoholic becomes so desperate to dry out that he voluntarily checks himself into a mental...
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1974
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An undercover cop named Stone (Ken Shorter) infiltrates an outlaw biker gang called the Grave Diggers, only to discover that...
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1974
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Ned Kelly (Mick Jagger) is the legendary outlaw of the Australian outback sought by authorities for stealing horses. At age...
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1970
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