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1. A Country Practice (1981–1993)
60 min | Drama, Romance
The highs and lows of the Wandin Valley residents, from the patients and staff at the rural town's hospital, to the locals and their everyday lives.
Stars: Shane Porteous, Brian Wenzel, Lorrae Desmond, Joyce Jacobs
Votes: 696
2. Sabotage (1936)
Not Rated | 76 min | Crime, Thriller
A Scotland Yard undercover detective is on the trail of a saboteur who is part of a plot to set off a bomb in London. But when the detective's cover is blown, the plot begins to unravel.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Sylvia Sidney, Oscar Homolka, Desmond Tester, John Loder
Votes: 18,730
3. The Stars Look Down (1940)
Approved | 110 min | Drama
In a small coal-mining village, Bob Fenwick leads a strike over safety standards at the local colliery. Meanwhile, his son David goes off to university with the hope one day to return to help the miners with their working conditions.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Michael Redgrave, Margaret Lockwood, Edward Rigby, Emlyn Williams
Votes: 1,180
4. Nine Days a Queen (1936)
TV-PG | 80 min | Drama, History
A dramatization of Lady Jane Grey's short life, from her forced marriage (which she resisted), to her brief reign as monarch of England, and finally to her beheading. This movie portrays ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Nova Pilbeam, Cedric Hardwicke, John Mills, Felix Aylmer
Votes: 236
5. Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974)
93 min | Comedy
Barry McKenzie's Aunt Edna is kidnapped by Count Von Plasma, the vampire head of an isolated Eastern European dictatorship who mistakes her for the Queen of England and thinks that ... See full summary »
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Barry Crocker, Barry Humphries, Donald Pleasence, Ed Devereaux
Votes: 293
6. Rafferty's Rules (1987–1991)
50 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Michael Rafferty, who is a Stipendiary Magistrate, drives to work in an old blue VW Kombi van. He owns a cat named Rhubarb.
Stars: John Wood, Arky Michael, Simon Chilvers, Catherine Wilkin
Votes: 63
7. The Drum (1938)
Not Rated | 104 min | Adventure, War
During the British Raj, Captain Carruthers works under cover to track smuggled shipments of arms on the restless Northwest Frontier of India. He fears a full-scale rebellion is brewing. To ... See full summary »
Director: Zoltan Korda | Stars: Sabu, Raymond Massey, Roger Livesey, Valerie Hobson
Votes: 937
8. Non-Stop New York (1937)
69 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A young woman finds herself as the intended victim of a murder plot on a transatlantic flight from London to New York.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: John Loder, Anna Lee, Francis L. Sullivan, Frank Cellier
Votes: 435
9. The Wild Duck (1983)
PG | 95 min | Drama
A loving family's world is shattered by an old friend's arrival, carrying a dark secret.
Director: Henri Safran | Stars: Liv Ullmann, Jeremy Irons, Lucinda Jones, John Meillon
Votes: 270
10. The Timeless Land (1980)
55 min | Adventure, Drama, History
A miniseries about European settlement and exploration of Australia produced and broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Stars: Angela Punch McGregor, Robin Stewart, Brian Hinzlewood, Michael Craig
Votes: 47
11. Gotcha (1991)
24 min | Short
Young Marco likes to play pranks on others and really enjoys it, but then his antics backfire and Marco suddenly realizes he had inadvertently placed himself in an embarrassing situation.
Director: Howard Rubie | Stars: Daniel D'Amico, Melissa Trovato, Barbara Magnolfi, Nicholas Papademetriou
Votes: 63
12. Mad Men of Europe (1940)
73 min | Drama, War
Director: Albert de Courville | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Mary Maguire, Paul Henreid, Geoffrey Toone
Votes: 13
13. The Beloved Vagabond (1936)
Approved | 78 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
In London at the turn of the century, Gaston du Nerac is due to marry his fiancee, Joanna. When her father finds himself in financial trouble, Gaston reluctantly accepts help from a rival - on condition that he never sees Joanna again.
Director: Curtis Bernhardt | Stars: Maurice Chevalier, Betty Stockfeld, Margaret Lockwood, Desmond Tester
Votes: 81
14. Brothers (1982)
103 min | Drama
News photographer Adam and journalist Kevin, two fictional estranged brothers who witnessed the real life 1975 killing of the Balibo Five in Timor, reunite after five years only for their PTSD to resurface and tear them apart.
Director: Terry Bourke | Stars: Chard Hayward, Ivar Kants, Margaret Laurence, Jennifer Cluff
Votes: 30
15. Cæsar's Friend (1939 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Pontius Pilate's most momentous decision told from his point of view.
Stars: D.A. Clarke-Smith, Mary O'Farrell, Alan Wheatley, Robert Atkins
16. Late Extra (1935)
69 min | Crime, Drama
A newspaper reporter sets out to track down a cop killer.
Director: Albert Parker | Stars: James Mason, Virginia Cherrill, Alastair Sim, Ian Colin
Votes: 114
17. Midshipman Easy (1935)
73 min | Adventure
A young man runs away to sea but finds more adventures than he was expecting.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Hughie Green, Margaret Lockwood, Harry Tate, Robert Adams
Votes: 211
18. The Turners of Prospect Road (1947)
88 min | Comedy, Drama
A London taxi driver finds a greyhound puppy and gives it to his daughter.
Director: Maurice J. Wilson | Stars: Wilfrid Lawson, Helena Pickard, Maureen Glynne, Amy Veness
Votes: 45
19. The Explorers (II) (1984– )
30 min | Documentary, Drama, History
Stars: Bill Peach, Steven Grives, Bill Young, Ric Hutton
Votes: 10
20. Save the Lady (1981)
75 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A group of kids set out to save a derelict steam ferry, Lady Hope, from destruction.
Director: Leon Thau | Stars: Miranda Cartledge, Robert Clarkson, Mathew Excell, Kim Clifford
Votes: 19
21. Dingo (1983 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama
Director: Ilse Hofmann | Stars: Angelika Bender, David Grozier, Thomas Kylau, Alan Nurthen
22. Round the Film Studios (1937– )
220 min | Family
Stars: Louis Levy, Maurice Chevalier, John Paddy Carstairs, Jessie Matthews
Votes: 10
23. The Night Club Queen (1934)
80 min | Drama, Music, Mystery
Director: Bernard Vorhaus | Stars: Mary Clare, Jane Carr, Lewis Shaw, Lewis Casson
24. Break-in (1983)
13 min | Documentary, Short, Crime
Director: Mario Andreacchio | Stars: Alan Ramsay, Lyle Murphy, Geraldine Smedley, Gabriel Dianiani
25. Strictly for Moderns (1960–1961)
30 min | Music
This variety series was aimed at teenagers.
Star: Desmond Tester
26. London Wall (1938 TV Movie)
75 min | Comedy
Stars: Lewis Stringer, Kenneth Milne-Buckley, Rosemary Lomax, Mary Hinton
27. Mother of Men (1946 TV Movie)
Drama
Stars: Barbara Mullen, Megs Maxwell, Desmond Tester, Richard George
28. Desmond and the Channel 9-Pins (1957–1962)
Family
An Australian children's television series hosted by Desmond Tester from 1957 to 1961 and Cherrie Butlin from 1961 to 1962.
Stars: Desmond Tester, Cherry Butlin
29.
A Country Practice (1981–1993)
Episode:
Another Man's Poison: Part 2
(1983)
Drama, Romance
Molly's discovery of broken drainage pipes on Chas Foster's property clearly implicates Foster in the creek poisonings but Foster has the pipes fixed in time for a visit by an inspector of the health commission.
Director: Bruce Best | Stars: Shane Porteous, Joyce Jacobs, Brian Wenzel, Lorrae Desmond
30.
A Country Practice (1981–1993)
Episode:
Another Man's Poison: Part 1
(1983)
Drama, Romance
Terence's continued moodiness has his patients deserting him in favour of Dr. Bowen.
Director: Bruce Best | Stars: Shane Porteous, Joyce Jacobs, Brian Wenzel, Lorrae Desmond
31.
Rafferty's Rules (1987–1991)
Episode:
Rafferty and the Srangers Among Us
(1987)
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Rafferty feels alone with his recent move to the city.
Director: Riccardo Pellizzeri | Stars: John Wood, Simon Chilvers, Catherine Wilkin, Arky Michael
32.
The Timeless Land (1980)
Episode:
The Fabric of Liberty
(1980)
Adventure, Drama, History
Director: Michael Carson | Stars: Michael Craig, Nicola Pagett, Angela Punch McGregor, Chris Haywood
33.
The Explorers (1984– )
Episode:
The Desert Explorers
(1984)
30 min | Documentary, Drama, History
Director: Bill Steller | Stars: Bill Peach, Kevin Howard, Desmond Tester
34.
Round the Film Studios (1937– )
Episode:
No 1: Pinewood Part 5
(1937)
15 min | Family
Directors: Dallas Bower, Philip Dorté | Stars: Lilli Palmer, Desmond Tester