10 Best Australian Movies
1.Mad Max
Drama/Fantasy
Duration:1h 35m
Rating:7/10
Initial release: April 12, 1979 (Australia)
Director: George Miller
Budget: 350,000 USD
Box office: 100 million USD
Story by: George Miller, Byron Kennedy
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Drescription: In a not-too-distant dystopian future, when man's most precious resource -- oil -- has been depleted and the world plunged into war,
famine and financial chaos,the last vestiges of the law in Australia attempt to restrain a vicious biker gang.Max (Mel Gibson),
an officer with the Main Force Patrol, launches a personal vendetta against the gang when his wife (Joanne Samuel) and son are hunted down and murdered,
leaving him with nothing but the instincts for survival and retribution.
2.Muriel's Wedding
Drama/Romance
Rating:7.2/10
Duration:1h 50m
Initial release: September 29, 1994 (Australia)
Director: P. J. Hogan
Screenplay: P. J. Hogan
Awards: AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress, MORE
Producers: Jocelyn Moorhouse, Lynda House
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Drescription: Socially awkward Muriel Heslop (Toni Collette) wants nothing more than to get married.
Unfortunately, due to her oppressive politician father (Bill Hunter), Muriel has never even been on a date.
Ostracized by her more socially adept friends, Muriel runs into fellow outcast Rhonda Epinstalk (Rachel Griffiths),
and the two move from their small Australian town to the big city of Sydney, where Muriel changes her name and begins the arduous task of redesigning her life to match her fantasies.
3.Crocodile Dundee
Action/Adventure ‧
Duration:1h 44m
Rating:6.6/10
Initial release: April 24, 1986 (Australia)
Director: Peter Faiman
Music composed by: Peter Best
Box office: 328 million USD
Screenplay: Paul Hogan, John Cornell, Ken Shadie
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Drescription: A New York reporter heads to Australia to interview the living legend Mike Dundee (Paul Hogan).
When she finally locates him, she is so taken with him that she brings him back with her to New York.
In New York, Mike Dundee is amazed by the wonders of the city and the interesting people there.
4.The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Comedy-drama/Road
Duration:1h 44m
Rating:7.5/10
nitial release: January 30, 1994 (Spain)
Director: Stephan Elliott
Awards: Academy Award for Best Costume Design, MORE
Costume design: Lizzy Gardiner, Tim Chappel
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Drescription: When drag queen Anthony (Hugo Weaving) agrees to take his act on the road,
he invites fellow cross-dresser Adam (Guy Pearce) and transsexual Bernadette (Terence Stamp) to come along.
In their colorful bus, named Priscilla, the three performers travel across the Australian desert performing for enthusiastic crowds and homophobic locals.
But when the other two performers learn the truth about why Anthony took the job, it threatens their act and their friendship.
5.Animal Kingdom
Drama/Crime
Duration:1h 53m
Rating:7.3/10
Initial release: January 22, 2010
Director: David Michôd
Producer: Liz Watts
Awards: AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor, MORE
Production companies: Screen Australia, Porchlight Films, Film Victoria, Screen NSW
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Drescription: In this gritty Australian crime drama, young Joshua "J" Cody (James Frecheville) is taken in by his extended family after his mother dies of an overdose.
This branch of the Cody clan, overseen by J's scheming grandmother, Janine (Jacki Weaver), is heavily involved in various criminal activities,
and they quickly indoctrinate the boy into their way of life. However,
J is given an opportunity to take a different route when a cop named Leckie (Guy Pearce) seeks to help him leave the family fold.
6.The Castle
Drama/Cult
Duration:1h 25m
Rating:7.7/10
Initial release: April 10, 1997 (Australia)
Director: Rob Sitch
Language: English
Budget: 500,000 AUD
Screenplay: Rob Sitch, Jane Kennedy, Tom Gleisner, Santo Cilauro
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Drescription: The quirky Kerrigan family lives together in a makeshift home they built themselves -- with great pride and a bizarre attention to detail -- a few yards from the edge of Melbourne,
Australia's busy Tullamarine Airport. When a building inspector condemns the building and reveals that the government plans to use their land for an airport expansion,
Darryl Kerrigan (Michael Caton) and his brood recruit hack attorney Dennis Denuto (Tiriel Mora) and prepare themselves for the fight of their lives.
7.Chopper
Drama/Crime
Duration:1h 34m
Rating:7.2/10
Initial release: August 3, 2000 (Australia)
Director: Andrew Dominik
Producer: Michele Bennett
Awards: AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor, AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor, AACTA Award for Best Direction
Production companies: Film Finance Corporation Australia, Mushroom Pictures
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Drescription: America had Al Capone; England, the Kray brothers and Australia - proving once and for all its antipodean sense of humor - has Mark "Chopper" Read.
"Chopper" is inspired by the books of Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read, arguably Australia's most infamous former criminal. "Chopper" draws on police records,
court transcripts, news coverage and interviews with people who knew Chopper Read.
8.Wolf Creek
Thriller/Horro
Duration:1h 44m
Rating:6.3/10
Initial release: March 2005 (Adelaide)
Director: Greg McLean
Box office: $35 million; (US$28 million)
Budget: 1.38 million USD
Film series: Wolf Creek
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Drescription: A chilling, factually based story of three road-trippers in remote Australia who are plunged into danger when they accept help from a friendly local.
Kristy, Ben and Liz are three friends in their twenties who set out to hike through the scenic Wolf Creek National Park in the Australian Outback.
The trouble begins when they find that their car won't start and they run into a local bushman named Mick Taylor.
9.Gallipoli
Drama/History
Duration:1h 51m
Rating:7.5/10
Initial release: August 13, 1981 (Australia)
Director: Peter Weir
Featured song: Au fond du temple saint
Awards: AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor, MORE
Story by: Peter Weir, Ernest Raymond
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Drescription: Archy (Mark Lee) and Frank (Mel Gibson) are two young Australian sprinters who want to join the army to fulfill their sense of duty. Turned down because they are too young,
the pair hop a freight train to Perth, where they are allowed to join up. They board a troop ship headed to Cairo and, after training in the shadows of the Great Pyramids,
the boys are finally sent to the front line, where their speed makes them candidates for messengers in one of the war's bloodiest battles.
10.Australia
Drama/Romance
Duration:2h 46m
Rating:6.6/10
Initial release: November 26, 2008 (USA)
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Featured song: By the Boab Tree
Box office: 211.3 million USD
Awards: Satellite Award for Best Cinematography,
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Drescription: With the globe on the brink of World War II, Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) travels from Britain to Australia to inspect a cattle ranch she inherited.
Reluctantly joining forces with a rugged local known as the Drover (Hugh Jackman), she sets out on a cattle drive across hundreds of miles of harsh terrain to save her ranch.
But when they finally reach the town of Darwin, they must contend with the same Japanese bombers that just rained death upon Pearl Harbor.
Drama/Fantasy
Duration:1h 35m
Rating:7/10
Initial release: April 12, 1979 (Australia)
Director: George Miller
Budget: 350,000 USD
Box office: 100 million USD
Story by: George Miller, Byron Kennedy
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Drescription: In a not-too-distant dystopian future, when man's most precious resource -- oil -- has been depleted and the world plunged into war,
famine and financial chaos,the last vestiges of the law in Australia attempt to restrain a vicious biker gang.Max (Mel Gibson),
an officer with the Main Force Patrol, launches a personal vendetta against the gang when his wife (Joanne Samuel) and son are hunted down and murdered,
leaving him with nothing but the instincts for survival and retribution.
2.Muriel's Wedding
Drama/Romance
Rating:7.2/10
Duration:1h 50m
Initial release: September 29, 1994 (Australia)
Director: P. J. Hogan
Screenplay: P. J. Hogan
Awards: AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress, MORE
Producers: Jocelyn Moorhouse, Lynda House
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Drescription: Socially awkward Muriel Heslop (Toni Collette) wants nothing more than to get married.
Unfortunately, due to her oppressive politician father (Bill Hunter), Muriel has never even been on a date.
Ostracized by her more socially adept friends, Muriel runs into fellow outcast Rhonda Epinstalk (Rachel Griffiths),
and the two move from their small Australian town to the big city of Sydney, where Muriel changes her name and begins the arduous task of redesigning her life to match her fantasies.
3.Crocodile Dundee
Action/Adventure ‧
Duration:1h 44m
Rating:6.6/10
Initial release: April 24, 1986 (Australia)
Director: Peter Faiman
Music composed by: Peter Best
Box office: 328 million USD
Screenplay: Paul Hogan, John Cornell, Ken Shadie
Stream the Best Movies and Shows Now!
Drescription: A New York reporter heads to Australia to interview the living legend Mike Dundee (Paul Hogan).
When she finally locates him, she is so taken with him that she brings him back with her to New York.
In New York, Mike Dundee is amazed by the wonders of the city and the interesting people there.
4.The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Comedy-drama/Road
Duration:1h 44m
Rating:7.5/10
nitial release: January 30, 1994 (Spain)
Director: Stephan Elliott
Awards: Academy Award for Best Costume Design, MORE
Costume design: Lizzy Gardiner, Tim Chappel
Stream the Best Movies and Shows Now!
Drescription: When drag queen Anthony (Hugo Weaving) agrees to take his act on the road,
he invites fellow cross-dresser Adam (Guy Pearce) and transsexual Bernadette (Terence Stamp) to come along.
In their colorful bus, named Priscilla, the three performers travel across the Australian desert performing for enthusiastic crowds and homophobic locals.
But when the other two performers learn the truth about why Anthony took the job, it threatens their act and their friendship.
5.Animal Kingdom
Drama/Crime
Duration:1h 53m
Rating:7.3/10
Initial release: January 22, 2010
Director: David Michôd
Producer: Liz Watts
Awards: AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor, MORE
Production companies: Screen Australia, Porchlight Films, Film Victoria, Screen NSW
Stream the Best Movies and Shows Now!
Drescription: In this gritty Australian crime drama, young Joshua "J" Cody (James Frecheville) is taken in by his extended family after his mother dies of an overdose.
This branch of the Cody clan, overseen by J's scheming grandmother, Janine (Jacki Weaver), is heavily involved in various criminal activities,
and they quickly indoctrinate the boy into their way of life. However,
J is given an opportunity to take a different route when a cop named Leckie (Guy Pearce) seeks to help him leave the family fold.
6.The Castle
Drama/Cult
Duration:1h 25m
Rating:7.7/10
Initial release: April 10, 1997 (Australia)
Director: Rob Sitch
Language: English
Budget: 500,000 AUD
Screenplay: Rob Sitch, Jane Kennedy, Tom Gleisner, Santo Cilauro
Stream the Best Movies and Shows Now!
Drescription: The quirky Kerrigan family lives together in a makeshift home they built themselves -- with great pride and a bizarre attention to detail -- a few yards from the edge of Melbourne,
Australia's busy Tullamarine Airport. When a building inspector condemns the building and reveals that the government plans to use their land for an airport expansion,
Darryl Kerrigan (Michael Caton) and his brood recruit hack attorney Dennis Denuto (Tiriel Mora) and prepare themselves for the fight of their lives.
7.Chopper
Drama/Crime
Duration:1h 34m
Rating:7.2/10
Initial release: August 3, 2000 (Australia)
Director: Andrew Dominik
Producer: Michele Bennett
Awards: AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor, AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor, AACTA Award for Best Direction
Production companies: Film Finance Corporation Australia, Mushroom Pictures
Stream the Best Movies and Shows Now!
Drescription: America had Al Capone; England, the Kray brothers and Australia - proving once and for all its antipodean sense of humor - has Mark "Chopper" Read.
"Chopper" is inspired by the books of Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read, arguably Australia's most infamous former criminal. "Chopper" draws on police records,
court transcripts, news coverage and interviews with people who knew Chopper Read.
8.Wolf Creek
Thriller/Horro
Duration:1h 44m
Rating:6.3/10
Initial release: March 2005 (Adelaide)
Director: Greg McLean
Box office: $35 million; (US$28 million)
Budget: 1.38 million USD
Film series: Wolf Creek
Stream the Best Movies and Shows Now!
Drescription: A chilling, factually based story of three road-trippers in remote Australia who are plunged into danger when they accept help from a friendly local.
Kristy, Ben and Liz are three friends in their twenties who set out to hike through the scenic Wolf Creek National Park in the Australian Outback.
The trouble begins when they find that their car won't start and they run into a local bushman named Mick Taylor.
9.Gallipoli
Drama/History
Duration:1h 51m
Rating:7.5/10
Initial release: August 13, 1981 (Australia)
Director: Peter Weir
Featured song: Au fond du temple saint
Awards: AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor, MORE
Story by: Peter Weir, Ernest Raymond
Stream the Best Movies and Shows Now!
Drescription: Archy (Mark Lee) and Frank (Mel Gibson) are two young Australian sprinters who want to join the army to fulfill their sense of duty. Turned down because they are too young,
the pair hop a freight train to Perth, where they are allowed to join up. They board a troop ship headed to Cairo and, after training in the shadows of the Great Pyramids,
the boys are finally sent to the front line, where their speed makes them candidates for messengers in one of the war's bloodiest battles.
10.Australia
Drama/Romance
Duration:2h 46m
Rating:6.6/10
Initial release: November 26, 2008 (USA)
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Featured song: By the Boab Tree
Box office: 211.3 million USD
Awards: Satellite Award for Best Cinematography,
Stream the Best Movies and Shows Now!
Drescription: With the globe on the brink of World War II, Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) travels from Britain to Australia to inspect a cattle ranch she inherited.
Reluctantly joining forces with a rugged local known as the Drover (Hugh Jackman), she sets out on a cattle drive across hundreds of miles of harsh terrain to save her ranch.
But when they finally reach the town of Darwin, they must contend with the same Japanese bombers that just rained death upon Pearl Harbor.
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