Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Anthony Hayes

1. The Twelve (2022– )

18+ | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Behind the facade of their anonymity of jury duty twelve ordinary people bring with them their own histories. Lives that are as complex as the trial, full of fractured dreams, shameful secrets, hope, fears, personal trauma and prejudice.

Stars: Sam Neill, Brooke Satchwell, Kate Mulvany, Damien Strouthos

Votes: 1,857

2. Farscape (1999–2003)

TV-14 | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Thrown into a distant part of the universe, an Earth astronaut finds himself part of a fugitive alien starship crew.

Stars: Ben Browder, Claudia Black, Anthony Simcoe, Lani John Tupu

Votes: 40,307

3. McLeod's Daughters (2001–2009)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Romance

Estranged sisters Claire and Tess are reunited after 20 years when they inherit their family's cattle station, "Drover's Run", in the outback of South Australia, following their father's death.

Stars: Aaron Jeffery, Rachael Carpani, Simmone Mackinnon, Bridie Carter

Votes: 6,664

4. Blue Heelers (1994–2006)

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

The series primarily focuses on the daily lives of Victorian police officers working at a police station in the fictional small town of Mount Thomas.

Stars: Julie Nihill, John Wood, Martin Sacks, Paul Bishop

Votes: 1,694

5. Animal Kingdom (2010)

R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A seventeen-year-old navigates his survival amongst an explosive criminal family and the detective who thinks he can save him.

Director: David Michôd | Stars: James Frecheville, Guy Pearce, Joel Edgerton, Bryce Lindemann

Votes: 60,527 | Gross: $1.04M

6. Gold (I) (2022)

R | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

In the not too distant future, a drifter travelling through the desert discovers the largest gold nugget ever found. He must guard it from thieves amid harsh conditions and wild dogs while waiting for his partner to return.

Director: Anthony Hayes | Stars: Zac Efron, Akuol Ngot, Thiik Biar, Andreas Sobik

Votes: 12,520

7. Sea Patrol (2007–2011)

TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Following the crew of the patrol boat HMAS Hammersley, as they patrol the northern sea border of Australia. They have to deal with foreign fishermen poaching fish, smugglers and with political unrest in a neighbouring island state.

Stars: John Batchelor, Matthew Holmes, Lisa McCune, Kristian Schmid

Votes: 2,641

8. 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: 1,685

9. All Saints (1998–2009)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama

A drama series centred on the lives of the nurses at All Saints Western General Hospital.

Stars: Judith McGrath, Georgie Parker, Tammy Macintosh, Martin Lynes

Votes: 1,637

10. Cargo (I) (2017)

TV-MA | 105 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

After an epidemic spreads all over Australia, a father searches for someone willing to protect his daughter.

Directors: Ben Howling, Yolanda Ramke | Stars: Simone Landers, Martin Freeman, Marlee Jane McPherson-Dobbins, Lily Anne McPherson-Dobbins

Votes: 48,142

11. The Light Between Oceans (2016)

PG-13 | 133 min | Drama, Romance

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: 60,111 | Gross: $12.55M

12. 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: 15,187

13. Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)

PG | 94 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

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: 30,266 | Gross: $6.17M

14. War Machine (2017)

TV-MA | 122 min | Comedy, Drama, War

An idiosyncratic general confronts opposition from enemies, allies, and bureaucrats while leading a massive rebuilding operation in Afghanistan.

Director: David Michôd | Stars: Brad Pitt, Daniel Betts, John Magaro, Emory Cohen

Votes: 50,088

15. Mystery Road (2018– )

Not Rated | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Detective Jay Swan is assigned to investigate a mysterious disappearance on an outback cattle station. Soon, Jay's investigation uncovers a past injustice that threatens the fabric of the whole community.

Stars: Aaron Pedersen, Tasia Zalar, Tasma Walton, Judy Davis

Votes: 4,867

16. The Rover (2014)

R | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama

10 years after a global economic collapse, a hardened loner pursues the men who stole his only possession, his car. Along the way, he captures one of the thieves' brother, and the duo form an uneasy bond during the dangerous journey.

Director: David Michôd | Stars: Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson, Scoot McNairy, David Field

Votes: 51,194 | Gross: $1.11M

17. Gallipoli (2015)

44 min | Drama, History, War

Four young Australian boys join the military and are sent to Gallipoli.

Stars: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Harry Greenwood, Sam Parsonson, Tom Budge

Votes: 2,388

18. 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: 1,151

19. Better Man (2025)

Biography, Music | Post-production

An original musical from the director of The Greatest Showman, Michael Gracey.

Director: Michael Gracey | Stars: Damon Herriman, Steve Pemberton, Kate Mulvany, Alison Steadman

20. 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: 28,101 | Gross: $0.07M

21. Snowy River: The McGregor Saga (1994–1996)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Western

Inspired by Banjo Paterson's famous poem, The Man from Snowy River, this series is about cattle rancher Matt McGregor, his family, and their neighbours in the township of Paterson's Ridge in Australia's Snowy Mountains.

Stars: Andrew Clarke, Brett Climo, Guy Pearce, Sheryl Munks

Votes: 971

22. Rush (2008–2011)

TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

They are trained to be smarter, tactically superior and technologically advantaged - Melbourne's answer for a cutting edge trend in policing worldwide.

Stars: Rodger Corser, Callan Mulvey, Nicole da Silva, Ashley Zukerman

Votes: 2,002

23. Rescue Special Ops (2009–2011)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama

Dean Gallagher and Chase are brothers. Competitive alpha males, they argue over everything, agree on nothing, but defend each other from outsiders no matter what. They're also members of the elite RESCUE Special Operations Unit.

Stars: Daniel Amalm, Gigi Edgley, Katherine Hicks, Les Hill

Votes: 1,186

24. Ocean Girl (1994–1997)

TV-Y7 | 25 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Set against the beauty of Far North Queensland, Ocean Girl is the story of Neri, a mysterious young girl from the ocean, who is discovered by the young inhabitants of an underwater research colony.

Stars: Marzena Godecki, David Hoflin, Jeffrey Walker, Alex Pinder

Votes: 1,992

25. 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: 1,415

26. Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms (2012)

45 min | Drama

The story of the Milperra massacre, when the bikie clubs the Bandidos and Camoncheros went to war on Father's Day in suburban Sydney.

Stars: Callan Mulvey, Matt Nable, Susie Porter, Maeve Dermody

Votes: 843

27. Secrets & Lies (2014)

327 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A man who finds the body of a young boy quickly becomes the prime murder suspect, putting his life and his family at risk.

Stars: Martin Henderson, Anthony Hayes, Diana Glenn, Adrienne Pickering

Votes: 2,303

28. 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: 2,870

29. 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: 8,810

30. Mr & Mrs Murder (2013)

TV-14 | 613 min | Comedy, Mystery

The series follows the adventures of married couple Nicola and Charlie Buchanan, who run an industrial cleaning business while solving the most baffling murder mysteries.

Stars: Shaun Micallef, Kat Stewart, Jonny Pasvolsky, Lucy Velik

Votes: 1,587

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: 485

32. Strangers (I) (2018)

Not Rated | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Jonah Mulray is a professor whose world comes crashing down when his wife is killed in a car crash in Hong Kong.

Stars: John Simm, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Katie Leung, Rosalind Halstead

Votes: 2,765

33. Raw (2008–2013)

Drama

TV series centering around the Dublin restaurant 'Raw' and the lives of its staff.

Stars: Charlene McKenna, Keith McErlean, Damon Gameau, Aisling O'Sullivan

Votes: 406

34. 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: 250

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: 4,046

36. Wildside (1997–1999)

50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Follow the men and women who work in a downtown police station and a renegade crisis centre in the tough red light district of Sydney, as they deal with the endless array of problems, crimes and triumphs that tumble onto the streets.

Stars: Tony Martin, Rachael Blake, Victoria Longley, Aaron Pedersen

Votes: 384

37. The Square (2008)

R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A man's life begins to unravel when his mistress brings him a bag of cash.

Director: Nash Edgerton | Stars: David Roberts, Claire van der Boom, Joel Edgerton, Anthony Hayes

Votes: 6,384 | Gross: $0.05M

38. 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

39. Warnie (2023– )

Drama

The cricketing legend Shane Warne was bigger than life itself. An icon of Australian sport, his life on and off the field was always in the tabloids.

Stars: Alex Williams, Anthony Hayes, Marny Kennedy, Jacquie Brennan

Votes: 202

40. G.P. (1989–1996)

58 min | Drama

Set around a fictional Ross St Surgery medical practice in inner Sydney explored both the personal and professional lives of the general practitioners working together, and the other doctors and staff who worked in the clinic.

Stars: Denise Roberts, Michael Craig, Michael O'Neill, Brian Rooney

Votes: 163

41. Correlli (1995)

Not Rated | 543 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Kevin Jones arrives at Blackstream prison beaten and suffering from brain damage-a state he wasn't in at sentencing. Something happened to him during his transfer, and though the prison psychologist tries to help him remember...he can't.

Stars: Deborra-Lee Furness, Hugh Jackman, Sue Jones, Tenley Gillmore

Votes: 208

42. 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: 1,725 | Gross: $0.00M

43. Jack Irish: Bad Debts (2012 TV Movie)

90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A former criminal lawyer is getting his life back together and now spends his days as a part-time investigator, debt collector, apprentice cabinet maker, punter and finding those who don't ... See full summary »

Director: Jeffrey Walker | Stars: Guy Pearce, Marta Dusseldorp, Aaron Pedersen, Roy Billing

Votes: 2,727

44. Bootmen (2000)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Charismatic tap dancing Sean tries to find a way out of working at the steel mill. When failure brings him home he starts his own dance group wearing hardhats. He must then find inspiration in the steel mill he once tried to escape.

Director: Dein Perry | Stars: Vaughan Sheffield, Christian Patterson, Lisa Perry, Sam Worthington

Votes: 2,478 | Gross: $0.02M

45. Suburban Mayhem (2006)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller

The neighbors are scared of her. The police can't keep up with her. Nobody can control her, but everybody's trying.

Director: Paul Goldman | Stars: Emily Barclay, Steve Bastoni, Laurence Breuls, Michael Dorman

Votes: 1,545

46. The Broken Shore (2013 TV Movie)

103 min | Crime

An evocative crime thriller that captures the chilling action and sharp wit of Peter Temple's acclaimed novel The Broken Shore. In this gripping adaptation, Detective Joe Cashin uncovers a ... See full summary »

Director: Rowan Woods | Stars: Don Hany, Claudia Karvan, Anthony Hayes, Erik Thomson

Votes: 810

47. Paradise Beach (1993–1994)

Drama

This is the ultimate teenage fantasy. Perfect waves, non-stop music and an endless summer. The show portrays the lives of those who come to the Gold Coast for the good life..

Stars: Megan Connolly, Robert Coleby, Manu Bennett, Melissa Bell

Votes: 129

48. Changi (2001)

345 min | Drama, Music, Romance

Six young men experience pain and horror during their stay in the Japanese Prison Camp during World War II.

Stars: Stephen Curry, Anthony Hayes, Leon Ford, Matthew Newton

Votes: 422

49. Killing Time (2010–2011)

60 min | Crime, Drama

The story of disgraced lawyer Andrew Fraser's rise from a small time lawyer to successfully defending the most infamous criminals this country has ever seen, and his ultimate downfall and imprisonment for five years in maximum security.

Stars: David Wenham, Diana Glenn, John Brumpton, Colin Friels

Votes: 382

50. Seven Types of Ambiguity (2017)

55 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A complicated chain of events is triggered when a child is taken and relationships are thrown into crisis.

Stars: Xavier Samuel, Alex Dimitriades, Andrea Demetriades, Leeanna Walsman

Votes: 948