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1. Game of Thrones (2011–2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Nine noble families fight for control over the lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after being dormant for millennia.
Stars: Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington, Lena Headey
Votes: 2,293,816
2. One Day (2024)
TV-MA | 28 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Emma and Dexter meet for the first time on the night of their graduation. Tomorrow they must go their separate ways.
Stars: Leo Woodall, Ambika Mod, Amber Grappy, Brendan Quinn
Votes: 44,193
3. The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
R | 138 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Freedom fighters Neo, Trinity and Morpheus continue to lead the revolt against the Machine Army, unleashing their arsenal of extraordinary skills and weaponry against the systematic forces of repression and exploitation.
Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving
Votes: 632,142 | Gross: $281.49M
4. Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (2022)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Bizarre nightmares unfold in eight tales of terror in a visually stunning, spine-tingling horror collection curated by Guillermo del Toro.
Stars: Lize Johnston, Kevin Keppy, Tim Blake Nelson, F. Murray Abraham
Votes: 56,875
5. The Babadook (2014)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book titled "Mister Babadook" manifests in their home.
Director: Jennifer Kent | Stars: Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall, Hayley McElhinney
Votes: 248,074 | Gross: $0.92M
6. The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
R | 129 min | Action, Sci-Fi
The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.
Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving
Votes: 544,719 | Gross: $139.31M
7. Assassin's Creed (2016)
PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Callum Lynch explores the memories of his ancestor Aguilar de Nerha and gains the skills of a Master Assassin, before taking on the secret Templar society.
Director: Justin Kurzel | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson
Votes: 209,209 | Gross: $54.65M
8. Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012–2015)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, History
A female sleuth sashays through the back lanes and jazz clubs of Melbourne in the late 1920s, fighting injustice with her pearl-handled pistol and her dagger-sharp wit.
Stars: Essie Davis, Nathan Page, Hugo Johnstone-Burt, Ashleigh Cummings
Votes: 17,763
9. Charlotte's Web (2006)
G | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.
Director: Gary Winick | Stars: Dakota Fanning, Julia Roberts, Oprah Winfrey, Steve Buscemi
Votes: 46,643 | Gross: $82.99M
10. The White Princess (2017)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, History, Romance
Based on the Philippa Gregory book of the same name, the story of Elizabeth of York, the White Queen's daughter, and her marriage to the Lancaster victor, Henry VII.
Stars: Jodie Comer, Rebecca Benson, Jacob Collins-Levy, Richard Dillane
Votes: 15,670
11. Faraway Downs (2023)
38 min | Adventure, Drama, History
An aristocrat, Sarah has a cattle station in Australia. Following the death of her husband, a baron plots to take her land but she joins forces with cattle drover Jackman to protect her station.
Stars: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Shea Adams, Eddie Baroo
Votes: 3,071
12. Australia (2008)
PG-13 | 165 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In 1939, an Englishwoman inherits a sprawling ranch in northern Australia and reluctantly makes a pact with a stockman to drive 2000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape.
Director: Baz Luhrmann | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Shea Adams, Eddie Baroo
Votes: 129,890 | Gross: $49.55M
13. Alien
TV-MA | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Filming
A prequel series set three decades before the events of the 1979 film.
Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Sydney Chandler, Essie Davis, Alex Lawther
14. Electric Dreams (2017–2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A sci-fi anthology series with stand-alone episodes based on the works of Philip K. Dick.
Stars: Steve Buscemi, Bryan Cranston, Timothy Spall, Richard Madden
Votes: 18,832
15. Macbeth (I) (2015)
R | 113 min | Drama, History, War
Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
Director: Justin Kurzel | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jack Madigan, Frank Madigan
Votes: 59,570 | Gross: $1.11M
16. Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
PG-13 | 100 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works.
Director: Peter Webber | Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson, Judy Parfitt
Votes: 82,773 | Gross: $11.63M
17. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)
PG | 97 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Soren, a young owl, is kidnapped by the evil owls of St Aegolious and want to turn him into a soldier. He escapes with some of his friends and warns the mythical guardians about the evil plan.
Director: Zack Snyder | Stars: Jim Sturgess, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham, Emily Barclay
Votes: 87,772 | Gross: $55.68M
18. Nitram (2021)
112 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Events leading up to the 1996 Port Arthur massacre on Tasmania in an attempt to understand why and how the atrocity occurred.
Director: Justin Kurzel | Stars: Caleb Landry Jones, Judy Davis, Sean Keenan, Essie Davis
Votes: 10,442
19. True History of the Kelly Gang (2019)
R | 124 min | Action, Biography, Crime
Australian bushranger Ned Kelly and his gang flee from authorities during the 1870s.
Director: Justin Kurzel | Stars: George MacKay, Essie Davis, Nicholas Hoult, Ben Corbett
Votes: 13,226
20. Water Rats (1996–2001)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Beneath its surface exists a playground for the murky underworld, pollution hazards, the remnants of huge drug hauls, and a graveyard of bodies from years of suicides, accidents and murders. That's the world of the WATER RATS.
Stars: Brett Partridge, Peter Bensley, Toni Scanlan, Jay Laga'aia
Votes: 1,158
21. The Narrow Road to the Deep North (2024– )
Romance | Post-production
Burma Railway in 1943 and across the Pacific during World War II, charts the cruelty of war, the tenuousness of life and the impossibility of love, as seen through the eyes of an Australian doctor and prisoner of war.
Stars: Jacob Elordi, Odessa Young, Masa Yamaguchi, Luca Timpano Bilbatua
22. Play School (1966– )
28 min | Family
Preschoolers are provided with learning opportunities through music, crafts, stories, games and information. The aim is to encourage a child to wonder, think, feel and imagine, striving to reflect a modern, diverse Australian society.
Stars: Benita Collings, John Hamblin, Noni Hazlehurst, Alister Smart
Votes: 366
23. The Last Post (2017)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, History, Romance
Aden 1965. This is the story of a British army unit quashing a Yemeni fight for independence in the Middle East and the women and children who were there with them.
Stars: Jessie Buckley, Jeremy Neumark Jones, Tom Glynn-Carney, Stephen Campbell Moore
Votes: 2,845
24. Mindhorn (2016)
TV-MA | 89 min | Comedy, Thriller
A has-been actor best known for playing the title character in the 1980s detective series "Mindhorn" must work with the police when a serial killer says that he will only speak with Detective Mindhorn, whom he believes to be a real person.
Director: Sean Foley | Stars: Julian Barratt, Simon Farnaby, Essie Davis, Steve Coogan
Votes: 13,747
25. Babyteeth (2019)
MA-17 | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Milla, a seriously ill teenager, falls in love with a drug dealer, Moses, her parents' worst nightmare.
Director: Shannon Murphy | Stars: Eliza Scanlen, Michelle Lotters, Toby Wallace, Sora Wakaki
Votes: 19,111
26. Miss Fisher & the Crypt of Tears (2020)
TV-14 | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
After freeing a young girl from her unjust imprisonment in Jerusalem, Phryne Fisher begins to unravel a mystery concerning priceless emeralds, ancient curses and the truth behind the suspicious disappearance of Shirin's forgotten tribe.
Director: Tony Tilse | Stars: Essie Davis, Nathan Page, Rupert Penry-Jones, Miriam Margolyes
Votes: 4,910
27. Lambs of God (2019)
54 min | Drama
Lambs of God is a dark, gothic tale about three nuns, each a generation apart, living in an isolated convent by the coast, and an unwelcome visitor who enters their lives and changes their world forever.
Stars: Essie Davis, Jessica Barden, Sam Reid, Ann Dowd
Votes: 2,562
28. Isolation (2005)
R | 95 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
On a remote Irish farm, five people become unwilling participants in an experiment that goes nightmarishly wrong.
Director: Billy O'Brien | Stars: John Lynch, Essie Davis, Sean Harris, Marcel Iures
Votes: 8,028
29. The Slap (2011)
Not Rated | 44 min | Drama
Traces the shattering repercussions of a single event upon a group of family and friends. Based on Christos Tsiolkas' best-selling novel.
Stars: Jonathan LaPaglia, Sophie Okonedo, Melissa George, Alex Dimitriades
Votes: 2,874
30. Code 46 (2003)
R | 93 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
A futuristic Brief Encounter (1945), this is a love story in which the romance is doomed by genetic incompatibility.
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Tim Robbins, Samantha Morton, Om Puri, Togo Igawa
Votes: 21,146 | Gross: $0.20M
31. Murder Call (1997–2000)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
Centers on homicide detective odd couple, Tessa Vance, and her partner Steve Hayden. Shot in Sydney, Australia, the show was known for portraying gripping crime drama, while displaying the grittier side of urban Sydney.
Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 487
32. Funny or Die Presents... (2007– )
TV-MA | Comedy
A series of comedy sketches brought to you by the people at "Funny or Die."
Stars: Steve Tom, Rob Huebel, Christine Scott Bennett, Callie Cameron
Votes: 1,284
33. Halifax f.p. (1994–2001)
Crime
Jane Halifax is a freelance forensic psychiatrist (f.p.) a psychological super-sleuth immersed in a mire of crime and punishment: Jane is an expert of the human mind.
Stars: Rebecca Gibney, Robyn Nevin, Susanne Chapman, Louise Siversen
Votes: 251
34. Enter the Matrix (2003 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The game's story picks up just before The Matrix Reloaded and runs parallel to that of the film. Bend the rules of the Matrix with martial arts, pilot the fastest hovercraft in the fleet, or just fight with lots of guns.
Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Mary Alice, Christine Anu, Steve Bastoni, Don Battee
Votes: 4,137
35. Burning Man (I) (2011)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Romance
An English chef with a chic restaurant on Bondi Beach trying to put his life and his relationship with his son back on track while surrounded by women.
Director: Jonathan Teplitzky | Stars: Matthew Goode, Rachel Griffiths, Bojana Novakovic, Essie Davis
Votes: 4,053
36. Sweeney Todd (2006 TV Movie)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A BBC adaptation of the Victorian "penny dreadful" tale of 18th century "demon barber" Sweeney Todd, of Fleet Street, who cuts the throats of unsuspecting clients in his London shop.
Director: David Moore | Stars: Ray Winstone, Essie Davis, David Warner, Tom Hardy
Votes: 3,379
37. The Justice of Bunny King (2021)
101 min | Drama
A triumph over adversity tale about women fighting their way back from the bottom of society.
Director: Gaysorn Thavat | Stars: Essie Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Lively Nili, Bridie Sisson
Votes: 736
38. Exposure (2024– )
156 min | Thriller | Completed
Follows photographer Jacs Gould who, following the death of her best friend, returns to her hometown to discover the hidden secrets of their relationship and the truth behind her tragedy.
Stars: Alice Englert, Thomas Weatherall, Mia Artemis, Sean Keenan
39. Young Lions (2002)
TV-14 | Drama, Crime
Australian police show about two male and two female detective senior constables who solve crimes and deal with personal issues.
Stars: Alex Dimitriades, Anna Lise Phillips, Katherine Slattery, Penny Cook
Votes: 168
40. Blackrock (1997)
103 min | Drama, Thriller
When a young schoolgirl is raped and murdered, the mateship between a group of surfers is tested as the truth is slowly revealed.
Director: Steven Vidler | Stars: Laurence Breuls, Linda Cropper, Simon Lyndon, Chris Haywood
Votes: 1,177
41. Cloudstreet (2011)
342 min | Drama
The lives of two working class Australian families who come to live together at One Cloud Street, over a period of twenty years, 1943 - 1963.
Stars: Kerry Fox, Geoff Morrell, Stephen Curry, Essie Davis
Votes: 575
42. Sunday Brunch (2012– )
180 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Tim Lovejoy, Simon Rimmer, Rebecca Seal, Ian Burrell
Votes: 229
43. True Story with Hamish & Andy (2017–2018)
Comedy
Hamish & Andy sit down with everyday Australians who recount hilarious true stories that happened to them, with the events in the stories being recreated by Australian actors in filmed dramatisations.
Stars: Hamish Blake, Andy Lee, Rod Mullinar, Ryan Shelton
Votes: 212
44. A Poet in New York (2014 TV Movie)
72 min | Biography, Drama
A look at Welsh poet Dylan Thomas's fatal visit to New York City, and his stormy relationship with his wife Caitlin.
Director: Aisling Walsh | Stars: Tom Hollander, Phoebe Fox, Ewen Bremner, Celt Llewelyn Jones
Votes: 290
45. Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger (2008)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
A coming-of-age story about a 13-year-old girl trying to fit into both a posh private school and an ordinary public school.
Director: Cathy Randall | Stars: Danielle Catanzariti, Cassandra Jinman, Talia Monaghan, Yen Yen Stender
Votes: 1,515 | Gross: $0.01M
46. South Solitary (2010)
Not Rated | 121 min | Drama, Romance
Set in 1928, Meredith is a 35 year-old unmarried woman who arrives at a remote lighthouse island with her uncle, the new head keeper.
Director: Shirley Barrett | Stars: Miranda Otto, Marton Csokas, Essie Davis, Rohan Nichol
Votes: 492
47. Dad and Dave: On Our Selection (1995)
107 min | Comedy
Tired of local corruption and the harshness of his life a bushman demonstrates the true Aussie spirit and decides to run for parliament.
Director: George Whaley | Stars: Leo McKern, Joan Sutherland, Geoffrey Rush, Ray Barrett
Votes: 223
48. Lilian's Story (1996)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama
For forty years Lilian Singer has been locked up in a 'loony bin' by her father. Her release is eventually secured by her eccentric Aunt Kitty and her brother, John. Lilian starts to carve ... See full summary »
Director: Jerzy Domaradzki | Stars: Ruth Cracknell, Barry Otto, Toni Collette, John Flaus
Votes: 319 | Gross: $0.00M
49. Kings in Grass Castles (1998)
200 min | Drama
The life of an Irish immigrant family in Australia in the second half of the 19th century.
Stars: Essie Davis, Fionnula Flanagan, Stephen Dillane, Susan Lynch
Votes: 140
50. In Creative Company (2020 Podcast Series)
30 min | Talk-Show
Interview series featuring notable talent from within the entertainment industry and features in-depth discussions which focus on the creative process.
Stars: Mara Webster, Jenelle Riley, Mary Holland, Elle Fanning
Votes: 23