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1. Mad Max (1979)
R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang.
Director: George Miller | Stars: Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley
Votes: 222,867 | Gross: $8.75M
2. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
R | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline-rich community to get rid of a horde of bandits.
Director: George Miller | Stars: Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Michael Preston, Max Phipps
Votes: 194,110 | Gross: $12.47M
3. The Blue Lagoon (1980)
R | 104 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In the Victorian period, two children are shipwrecked on a tropical island in the South Pacific. With no adults to guide them, the two make a simple life together, unaware that sexual maturity will eventually intervene.
Director: Randal Kleiser | Stars: Brooke Shields, Christopher Atkins, Leo McKern, William Daniels
Votes: 76,640 | Gross: $58.85M
4. Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
R | 89 min | Fantasy, Horror
Dream-haunting Freddy Krueger returns once again to prowl the nightmares of Springwood's last surviving teenager, and of a woman whose personal connection to Krueger may mean his doom.
Director: Rachel Talalay | Stars: Robert Englund, Lisa Zane, Shon Greenblatt, Lezlie Deane
Votes: 51,056 | Gross: $34.87M
5. Gallipoli (1981)
PG | 110 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey during World War I.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Mel Gibson, Mark Lee, Bill Kerr, Harold Hopkins
Votes: 42,003 | Gross: $5.73M
6. Tales from the Crypt (1989–1996)
TV-MA | 25 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
"Tales from the Crypt" was a 1989 horror story anthology series based on the gruesome E.C. comic books of the 1950s presented by the legendary "Crypt Keeper", a sinister ghoul obsessed with gallows humor and horrific puns.
Stars: John Kassir, Roy Brocksmith, Miguel Ferrer, Cam Clarke
Votes: 27,123
7. Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985)
R | 100 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Prequel to the first Missing In Action, set in the early 1980s it shows the capture of Colonel Braddock during the Vietnam war in the 1970s, and his captivity with other American POWs in a brutal prison camp, and his plans to escape.
Director: Lance Hool | Stars: Chuck Norris, Soon-Tek Oh, Steven Williams, Bennett Ohta
Votes: 9,320 | Gross: $10.80M
8. Road Games (1981)
PG | 101 min | Mystery, Thriller
A laid-back American truck driver in south Australia suspects that the driver of a green van is killing young women along his route, and plays a game of cat-and-mouse to catch him.
Director: Richard Franklin | Stars: Stacy Keach, Jamie Lee Curtis, Marion Edward, Grant Page
Votes: 9,122
9. Cloak & Dagger (1984)
PG | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A young boy and his imaginary friend end up on the run while in possession of a top-secret spy gadget.
Director: Richard Franklin | Stars: Henry Thomas, Dabney Coleman, Michael Murphy, Christina Nigra
Votes: 8,383 | Gross: $9.72M
10. Dr. Giggles (1992)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
A madman who believes he's a doctor comes to the town where his crazy father was killed, and soon begins murdering people and becoming infatuated with a teenage girl who has a heart condition.
Director: Manny Coto | Stars: Larry Drake, Holly Marie Combs, Cliff De Young, Glenn Quinn
Votes: 7,225 | Gross: $8.40M
11. Proof (1991)
R | 86 min | Drama, Romance
The life of a blind photographer who is looked after by a housekeeper is disrupted by the arrival of an agreeable restaurant worker.
Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse | Stars: Hugo Weaving, Geneviève Picot, Russell Crowe, Heather Mitchell
Votes: 7,127 | Gross: $0.52M
12. Steel Dawn (1987)
R | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In a post-apocalyptic world, a warrior wandering through the desert comes upon a group of settlers who are being menaced by the leader of a murderous gang who's after the water they control.
Director: Lance Hool | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Lisa Niemi, Anthony Zerbe, Christopher Neame
Votes: 5,536 | Gross: $0.56M
13. Turkey Shoot (1982)
R | 80 min | Action, Drama, Horror
In a dystopian future where deviants are held in "re-education" camps, a freedom fighter and an innocent prisoner try to survive their decadent oppressors' game of kill-or-be-killed.
Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith | Stars: Steve Railsback, Olivia Hussey, Michael Craig, Carmen Duncan
Votes: 4,270
14. Patrick (1978)
Unrated | 96 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A comatose hospital patient harasses and kills through his powers of telekinesis to claim his private nurse as his own.
Director: Richard Franklin | Stars: Susan Penhaligon, Robert Helpmann, Rod Mullinar, Bruce Barry
Votes: 3,980
15. The Quest (1986)
PG | 93 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A resourceful American orphan living in rural Australia finds himself caught up in the magic of a local Aboriginal myth that might be more real than anyone knows.
Directors: Brian Trenchard-Smith, Russell Hagg | Stars: Henry Thomas, Tony Barry, Rachel Friend, Tamsin West
Votes: 2,179
16. Blind Side (1993 TV Movie)
R | 98 min | Thriller
A rich couple's car hits a Mexican cop. Fearing prison for the accident, the couple continues to USA. An insistent man wants a job at their furniture store/factory, vaguely hinting to the accident.
Director: Geoff Murphy | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Rebecca De Mornay, Ron Silver, Jonathan Banks
Votes: 1,792
17. Thirst (1979)
R | 95 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The descendant of Elizabeth Bathory is abducted by a cult of blood-drinking, self-proclaimed supermen who want her to join them.
Director: Rod Hardy | Stars: Chantal Contouri, Shirley Cameron, Max Phipps, Henry Silva
Votes: 1,725
18. Harlequin (1980)
PG | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An enigmatic faith healer - who appears to possess genuine magical powers - and a political fixer vie for influence over a senator and his family.
Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Robert Powell, David Hemmings, Carmen Duncan, Broderick Crawford
Votes: 1,713
19. Return to Eden (1983)
267 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Meet plain but privileged multi-millionairess Stephanie Harper, whose sole mistake is to fall for handsome young sporting hero Greg Marsden.
Stars: Rebecca Gilling, James Reyne, Wendy Hughes, James Smillie
Votes: 1,640
20. The Survivor (1981)
Not Rated | 87 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
When an airline pilot survives a crash that kills all 300 passengers, he works with a psychic and a priest to find the culprit behind the incident and pacify the souls of the victims.
Director: David Hemmings | Stars: Robert Powell, Jenny Agutter, Joseph Cotten, Angela Punch McGregor
Votes: 1,343
21. Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr (1981)
PG | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A drunken deer hunter, his pilot colleague and his daughter compete with a treasure hunter to reach a lake in New Zealand and uncover a WWII-era plane wreck carrying a fortune in gold.
Director: David Hemmings | Stars: Ken Wahl, Lesley Ann Warren, Donald Pleasence, George Peppard
Votes: 1,155
22. Death Before Dishonor (1987)
R | 91 min | Action, Drama
Gunnery Sergeant Burns reports for duty to an American Embassy in the Middle East. However due to the 'enlightened' views of the Ambassador, the marine security detachment he is in charge ... See full summary »
Director: Terry Leonard | Stars: Fred Dryer, Brian Keith, Joseph Gian, Sasha Mitchell
Votes: 1,109 | Gross: $4.55M
23.
Tales from the Crypt (1989–1996)
Episode:
Split Second
(1991)
Not Rated | 28 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
A beautiful waitress marries the owner of a lumber camp and then quickly starts to realize that he is not what she really wants.
Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Brion James, Michelle Johnson, Billy Wirth, John Kassir
Votes: 1,060
24. Stage Fright (1980)
82 min | Horror, Thriller
A stage actress - who is hiding a deep trauma over the car accident that killed her mother - finds herself living a new nightmare when her fellow cast members are butchered by a glass-wielding killer.
Director: John D. Lamond | Stars: Jenny Neumann, Gary Sweet, Nina Landis, Max Phipps
Votes: 875
25. The Day After Halloween (1979)
R | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A naive hairdresser is spurred by her vivacious friend into becoming a nude model, but soon discovers that everyone she knows wants a piece of her.
Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Chantal Contouri, Robert Bruning, Sigrid Thornton, Hugh Keays-Byrne
Votes: 736
26. Bloodmoon (1990)
R | 100 min | Horror, Thriller
A serial killer is loose at an all girl school, where he strangles girls with a piece of barbed wire.
Director: Alec Mills | Stars: Leon Lissek, Christine Amor, Ian Williams, Helen Thomson
Votes: 703
27. Return to Eden (1986)
45 min | Drama
Glossy Australian soap opera, where the beautiful, dynamic Stephanie Harper battles her enemies to gain sole control of the family company, Harper Mining Limited.
Stars: Rebecca Gilling, James Smillie, Peta Toppano, Daniel Abineri
Votes: 632
28. Mad Max Renegade (2011)
PG-13 | 9 min | Short, Action, Adventure
Mad Max Renegade follows the further adventures of Max Rockatansky after his desertion from Main Force Patrol in his famed Pursuit Special, more commonly known as the Interceptor.
Director: Paul Miller | Stars: Liam Fountain, Neva Cole, Gerry Goble, Luke Bluske
Votes: 616
29. Hurricane Smith (1992)
R | 86 min | Action, Drama
An oil-field worker from Texas journeys to Australia to look for his missing sister, and his search winds up getting him involved with a violent drug-smuggling gang.
Director: Colin Budds | Stars: Carl Weathers, Jürgen Prochnow, Cassandra Delaney, Tony Bonner
Votes: 525
30. Sky Pirates (1986)
PG-13 | 89 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
Harris starts for a flight to Boa Boa. But he gets lost in a supernatural storm. Home again, no one believes Harris' story, and his crew suspiciously denies it too. Harris is thrown in jail, but manages to escape.
Director: Colin Eggleston | Stars: John Hargreaves, Meredith Phillips, Max Phipps, Bill Hunter
Votes: 523
31. Dark Justice (1991–1993)
60 min | Crime, Drama
After the murder of his wife and daughter, Judge Nicholas Marshall loses faith in the system. Selecting defendants from the cases, he pressures them to perform community service, as members of a vigilante group.
Stars: Clayton Prince, Dick O'Neill, Bruce Abbott, Janet Gunn
Votes: 377
32. Dead Sleep (1990)
R | 86 min | Mystery, Thriller
Young nurse investigates suspicious deaths in a psychiatric ward.
Director: Alec Mills | Stars: Linda Blair, Tony Bonner, Andrew Booth, Christine Amor
Votes: 339
33. Mercenary Fighters (1988)
R | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The president of an African country wants to boost his economy with a new dam. He ignores the protests of the tribes in the flooded region, so they declare rebellion. To avoid bad publicity... See full summary »
Director: Riki Shelach Nissimoff | Stars: Peter Fonda, Reb Brown, Ron O'Neal, James Mitchum
Votes: 244
34. Innocent Prey (1984)
R | 77 min | Horror, Thriller
A woman living in Dallas discovers that her husband, from New Zealand, is actually a crazed serial killer who murders prostitutes. She helps the authorities arrest him, and he is sent to a ... See full summary »
Director: Colin Eggleston | Stars: P.J. Soles, Kit Taylor, Grigor Taylor, Martin Balsam
Votes: 215
35. The Last Frontier (1986 TV Movie)
180 min | Drama, Romance
A single mother from LA marries an Australian cattle rancher following a whirlwind courtship. He returns to Australia ahead of her and her two children, and dies before they arrive. His ... See full summary »
Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Linda Evans, Jack Thompson, Jason Robards, Judy Morris
Votes: 167
36. The Last Outlaw (1980)
380 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Australia's most famous bushranger, Ned Kelly.
Stars: John Jarratt, Steve Bisley, Elaine Kussack, John Ley
Votes: 138
37. A Dangerous Life (1988)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama, History
Husband-and-wife journalists watch events leading to the overthrow of the Marcos government in 1986 Philippines.
Stars: Gary Busey, Johnny Delgado, Roy Alvarez, Ray Ventura
Votes: 120
38. The Killing of Angel Street (1981)
PG-13 | 96 min | Thriller
Jessica Simmonds returns from overseas to find her retired professor father in a bitter public fight to save the historic Sydney waterfront houses on Angel Street. After her father's ... See full summary »
Director: Donald Crombie | Stars: Elizabeth Alexander, John Hargreaves, Reg Lye, David Downer
Votes: 111
39. The True Story of Eskimo Nell (1975)
103 min | Adventure, Comedy, Western
The film's unlikely protagonist is a mild-mannered window peeper named Dead-Eye Dick (Max Gillies), who spies on a Mexican couple.
Director: Richard Franklin | Stars: Max Gillies, Serge Lazareff, Paul Vachon, Jerry Thomas
Votes: 109
40. Power Without Glory (1976)
50 min | Drama
Award-winning historical drama series which traces the life of John West from his impoverished youth in the depression of the 1890s, to his death as a multi-millionaire some sixty years later.
Stars: Martin Vaughan, Rosalind Speirs, John Wood, Heather Canning
Votes: 94
41. Barnaby and Me (1979 TV Movie)
G | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Barnaby and Me is a 1978 Australian TV movie about a girl and her talking koala who are pursued by criminals.
Director: Norman Panama | Stars: Sid Caesar, Juliet Mills, Sally Boyden, Rangi Nikora
Votes: 77
42. ..Deadline.. (1982 TV Movie)
94 min | Thriller, Drama
A journalist sets out to report on a minor earthquake in the Australian outback, and finds that the tremor was a result of a small nuclear explosion - part of an extortion threat that has ... See full summary »
Director: Arch Nicholson | Stars: Barry Newman, Bill Kerr, Trisha Noble, Alwyn Kurts
Votes: 76
43. Kitty and the Bagman (1982)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama
Notorious Australian flop set in the Roaring 20s Sydney follows Kitty O'Rourke who, after her thug husband ends up in jail, becomes a tough gangster on her own, befriends a crooked cop called The Bagman and takes on the competition.
Director: Donald Crombie | Stars: Liddy Clark, John Stanton, Val Lehman, Gerard Maguire
Votes: 70
44. Countdown (1974–1987)
Music
Countdown was a long-running popular weekly Australian music television show broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from 8 November 1974 until 19 July 1987.
Stars: Ian 'Molly' Meldrum, Debra Byrne, Stevie Wright, Daryl Braithwaite
Votes: 65
45.
Return to Eden (1983)
Episode:
Part 1
(1983)
Drama, Romance, Thriller
Stephanie Harper marries tennis pro Greg Marsden, who already has a relationship--with her best friend. He tries to kill her and disfigures her badly. She undergoes plastic surgery and returns to civilization under a new name.
Director: Karen Arthur | Stars: Rebecca Gilling, James Reyne, Wendy Hughes, James Smillie
Votes: 61
46. Breakfast in Paris (1982)
94 min | Comedy, Romance
Fashion executive Jackie Wyatt discovers her boyfriend has been cheating on her. She flies to Paris and bumps into photographer Michael who she at first dislikes but grows to love.
Director: John D. Lamond | Stars: Barbara Parkins, Rod Mullinar, Jack Lenoir, Elspeth Ballantyne
Votes: 50
47. Darlings of the Gods (1989 TV Movie)
120 min | Biography, Drama
Biographical dramatization of the tempestuous marriage of actors Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh.
Director: Catherine Millar | Stars: Anthony Higgins, Mel Martin, Jerome Ehlers, Bill Robinson
Votes: 49
48.
Return to Eden (1983)
Episode:
Part 3
(1983)
Drama, Romance, Thriller
Stephanie Harper, alias Tara Welles, returns to Eden, where a final, fatal confrontation plays out. Or can Dan Marshall track her down in time to save her?
Director: Karen Arthur | Stars: Rebecca Gilling, James Reyne, Wendy Hughes, James Smillie
Votes: 48
49.
Return to Eden (1983)
Episode:
Part 2
(1983)
Drama, Romance, Thriller
As "Tara Welles," Stephanie becomes a star and celebrity. In fact she is playing a dangerous game with Greg Marsden, and with Jilly Stewart, her former best friend. Her plastic surgeon also re-enters her life--for he has fallen for her.
Director: Karen Arthur | Stars: Rebecca Gilling, James Reyne, Wendy Hughes, James Smillie
Votes: 45
50. Bellbird (1967–1977)
60 min | Drama
Stars: Carmel Millhouse, Carl Bleazby, Peter Aanensen, Maurie Fields
Votes: 39