Sort by Number of Votes - Most Rated Movies and TV Shows With Alice McConnell

1. Mary Bryant (2005–2007)

R | 480 min | Adventure, Drama

A young woman is transported to the New South Wales penal colony in 1788.

Stars: Romola Garai, Jack Davenport, Alex O'Loughlin, Sam Neill

Votes: 2,604

2. 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: 1,636

3. September (2007)

85 min | Drama

Set in Australian wheat-belt in 1968, SEPTEMBER is a character driven film about two 15 year old boys.

Director: Peter Carstairs | Stars: Xavier Samuel, Clarence Ryan, Kieran Darcy-Smith, Kelton Pell

Votes: 431

4. The Silence (2006 TV Movie)

R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A former police detective working as a curator becomes obsessed with a victim in one of the crime scene photos in his exhibition from the 1960's. Delving into the mystery, he must confront the truth about this dead woman and his own life.

Director: Cate Shortland | Stars: Richard Roxburgh, Essie Davis, Alice McConnell, Emily Barclay

Votes: 295

5. Jewboy (2005)

52 min | Drama

A young orthodox man searches for his place within his family and the rest of the world.

Director: Tony Krawitz | Stars: Ewen Leslie, Naomi Wilson, Saskia Burmeister, Leah Vandenberg

Votes: 205

6. My Place (2009–2011)

30 min | Drama, Family

The story of one house in South Sydney, told by the children who live there over 260 years.

Stars: Susie Porter, Rebecca Massey, Alexandra Schepisi, Leon Burchill

Votes: 104

7. BlackJack: Ace Point Game (2005 TV Movie)

Crime, Drama, Mystery

After wearing a wire to catch a dirty colleague selling confiscated drugs, detective Jack Kempson is hated by his colleagues. He also gets 'promoted away' to the basement, where old files ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Andrikidis | Stars: Colin Friels, Marta Dusseldorp, David Field, John Brumpton

Votes: 77

8. MDA (2002–2005)

50 min | Drama

Medical Defence Australia, a team of lawyers and doctors who defend doctors charged with malpractice, ranging from Botox injections gone wrong to spinal cord injuries.

Stars: Shane Bourne, Angus Grant, Petra Yared, Jason Donovan

Votes: 71

9. Being Venice (2012)

89 min | Drama, Romance

Venice is having trouble with the men in her life: she breaks up with her lover and starts an affair with her best friend. To her chagrin, her ex-hippie dad, camped on her sofa for a week, ignores it at all.

Director: Miro Bilbrough | Stars: Alice McConnell, Garry McDonald, Simon Stone, Katie Wall

Votes: 69

10. Secret Bridesmaids' Business (2002 TV Movie)

Comedy, Drama

Chronicles the events of the day before a wedding, as disastrous secrets come out from both sides of the couple and a bizarre set of coincidences threaten to finish off the wedding forever.

Director: Lynn-Maree Danzey | Stars: Helen Dallimore, Vince Colosimo, Val Lehman, Rebecca Frith

Votes: 49

11. Mary Bryant (2005–2007)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2005)

R | 92 min | Adventure, Drama

Cornwall, 1786, hungry Mary Broad is sentenced to death for stealing a lady's picnic but 'mercifully' allowed to join for life first governor Phillip's founding shipload to start a penal ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Andrikidis | Stars: Romola Garai, Jack Davenport, Alex O'Loughlin, Sam Neill

Votes: 45

12. Mary Bryant (2005–2007)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2005)

R | 65 min | Adventure, Drama

The escapees' party has got away in one boat, ill-prepared, and after bitter bickering decides to risk sailing to the Dutch Indies. Despite lack of wind, they finally reach Timor. There ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Andrikidis | Stars: Romola Garai, Jack Davenport, Alex O'Loughlin, Sam Neill

Votes: 40

13. The Forest (2003 TV Movie)

52 min | Drama

Ashley is stuck in a relationship that she no longer feels happy in.

Director: Joey Kennedy | Stars: Anita Hegh, Julia Blake, Tony Martin, Peter Cummins

Votes: 13

14. All Saints (1998–2009)
Episode: Dead Girl Walking (2006)

TV-MA | 43 min | Drama

When a young woman, Paulie, is brought into the ED, Von, Frank and Cate are astounded to be told by the Ambos she believes herself already dead.

Director: Jeffrey Walker | Stars: John Howard, Alexandra Davies, Christopher Gabardi, Tammy Macintosh

Votes: 10

15. All Saints (1998–2009)
Episode: Ain't Love Grand (2006)

TV-MA | 42 min | Drama

Spence presents Sean and his sister, Jenna, with some unsavoury treatment options for Sean's young niece, putting Spence and Sean at odds with each other.

Director: Daina Reid | Stars: John Howard, Alexandra Davies, Tammy Macintosh, Judith McGrath

Votes: 9

16. All Saints (1998–2009)
Episode: To the Ends of the Earth (2006)

TV-MA | 43 min | Drama

A young boy with severe muscular dystrophy arrives at the hospital following a drug overdose. When he wakes and proclaims that he was supposed to have died, the hospital staff must decide where they stand.

Director: Martin Sacks | Stars: John Howard, Alexandra Davies, Tammy Macintosh, Judith McGrath

Votes: 9

17. All Saints (1998–2009)
Episode: Happy Returns (2006)

TV-MA | 42 min | Drama

A plane crash sees the arrival of several critically injured victims to All Saints. Vincent arrives with two of the incoming, newlyweds, who have been fused together in the fire after the crash.

Director: Nicholas Bufalo | Stars: John Howard, Alexandra Davies, Christopher Gabardi, Tammy Macintosh

Votes: 8

18. My Place (2009–2011)
Episode: 1928 Bridie (2009)

Drama, Family

Bridie just wants to hang out with her big sister Kath and best friend Lorna, and be in on their secrets. After talking her way into tagging along, and wheeling her baby brother in his pram... See full summary »

Director: Samantha Lang | Stars: Holly Fraser, Brenna Harding, Aimee Patmore, Kieran Darcy-Smith

Votes: 8

19. MDA (2002–2005)
Episode: A Bird in the Hand (2003)

54 min | Drama

Layla feels helpless, guilty and then angry as the pethidine overdose case heads for court and a "victim friendly" judge. Everyone seems to want something from her, and she only wanted to help.

Director: Brendan Maher | Stars: Shane Bourne, Angie Milliken, Felix Nobis, Alice McConnell

20. MDA (2002–2005)
Episode: A Time and a Place (2003)

53 min | Drama

Richard and Caitlin represent a nun who has had a complete mastectomy of a perfectly healthy breast. Happy and Amanda defend the surgeon who mixed up the biopsy results. Amanda's defence is inventive, to say the least.

Director: Daina Reid | Stars: Kerry Armstrong, Shane Bourne, Angie Milliken, Alice McConnell

21. MDA (2002–2005)
Episode: Aftershocks (2003)

53 min | Drama

Ella, unhappy at Happy and Amanda's legal tactics over representing a deceased MDA member, tells Happy that she's been offered a fulltime job at St Albans Hospital.

Director: Richard Sarell | Stars: Kerry Armstrong, Shane Bourne, Angie Milliken, Alice McConnell

22. MDA (2002–2005)
Episode: Bowels, Bosch and the Whole Damn Thing (2002)

52 min | Drama

Ella becomes increasingly ambivalent about fighting a case against the mother of twin boys, one of whom has spina bifida.

Director: Denny Lawrence | Stars: Kerry Armstrong, Shane Bourne, Jason Donovan, Aaron Pedersen

23. MDA (2002–2005)
Episode: Break It Gently (2002)

54 min | Drama

All on the one night. As Ella and Tony deal with one emergency after another at St Albans Hospital, Layla makes her first public speech to first year med students - and wins a heart.

Director: Aarne Neeme | Stars: Kerry Armstrong, Shane Bourne, Jason Donovan, Aaron Pedersen

24. MDA (2002–2005)
Episode: Chinese Walls (2003)

54 min | Drama

Caitlin is on the other side of the line when Richard gives her her first brief at Kato and Pittman: a potential million-dollar claim from a permanently injured plaintiff against a doctor who admits negligence. An open and shut case?

Director: Ray Argall | Stars: Kerry Armstrong, Shane Bourne, Angie Milliken, Alice McConnell

25. MDA (2002–2005)
Episode: Crossing the Line (2003)

52 min | Drama

The Press takes an interest as Happy and Amanda gear up for an appeal hearing in the Supreme Court. On the plaintiff side, Caitlin is doing all the work and Richard is taking all the credit, as usual.

Director: Richard Sarell | Stars: Shane Bourne, Angie Milliken, Felix Nobis, Alice McConnell

26. MDA (2002–2005)
Episode: Damage Control (2002)

52 min | Drama

Ella Davis' long time friend Olga Stiles, an obstetrician, is facing charges in the Supreme Court for contributing to the massive brain injuries of a young woman, Kim Cusack, following complications with her Caesarean delivery.

Director: Shawn Seet | Stars: Kerry Armstrong, Shane Bourne, Jason Donovan, Aaron Pedersen

27. MDA (2002–2005)
Episode: Damned If You Do/Damned If... (2002)

52 min | Drama

Smooth, plausible psychiatrist Dr Oliver Maudsen is up before the Medical Practitioners Board on a charge of sexual misconduct.

Director: Daina Reid | Stars: Kerry Armstrong, Shane Bourne, Jason Donovan, Aaron Pedersen

28. MDA (2002–2005)
Episode: Divine Intervention (2002)

53 min | Drama

Ella must talk inexperienced nurses in a remote rural area through life-saving procedures by phone. She and Caitlin clash with Richard over the ethical issues involved in IVF.

Director: Shawn Seet | Stars: Kerry Armstrong, Shane Bourne, Jason Donovan, Aaron Pedersen

29. MDA (2002–2005)
Episode: Eternity (2003)

54 min | Drama

The MDA team must deal with the painful aftermath of the attempted murder of Ella, Jamie and Tony. Despite eight hours in the operating theatre, Tony dies and the effect on the survivors is far-reaching and profound.

Director: Kate Woods | Stars: Kerry Armstrong, Shane Bourne, Aaron Pedersen, Alice McConnell

30. MDA (2002–2005)
Episode: Eye of the Beholder (2002)

52 min | Drama

As Happy is pre-occupied searching the city for his estranged son Jason, Caitlin takes over the breast enhancement case against Richard - with some surprise help from Jamie.

Director: Shawn Seet | Stars: Kerry Armstrong, Shane Bourne, Jason Donovan, Aaron Pedersen

31. MDA (2002–2005)
Episode: Fire and Rain (2002)

53 min | Drama

Ella must get to the bottom of a tragic case in which an elderly man dies inexplicably, while the young doctor on duty insists he can't be held responsible for the death.

Director: Shawn Seet | Stars: Kerry Armstrong, Shane Bourne, Jason Donovan, Aaron Pedersen

32. MDA (2002–2005)
Episode: Flight or Fight (2002)

53 min | Drama

Ella and the MDA team must move fast when the case of young mother Debbie Shanahan, dying of cancer, is brought forward. Richard Savage plays the sympathy card for all it is worth.

Director: Stuart McDonald | Stars: Kerry Armstrong, Shane Bourne, Jason Donovan, Aaron Pedersen

33. MDA (2002–2005)
Episode: Human Error (2002)

52 min | Drama

Happy represents Ella and Tony at the Coronial Inquiry, discovering that Sam, Layla's med student boyfriend, witnessed the incident in question. But Happy also strongly suspects that Caitlin is leaking information to Richard Savage.

Director: Deborah Niski | Stars: Kerry Armstrong, Shane Bourne, Jason Donovan, Aaron Pedersen

34. MDA (2002–2005)
Episode: One Small Step (2002)

52 min | Drama

Happy represents Dr Wendy Rossi at the Coronial Inquest into the patient who accidentally died at her hands in ICU. Jamie is frantic: he's Wendy's case manager, but he's fallen in love with her too.

Director: Deborah Niski | Stars: Kerry Armstrong, Shane Bourne, Jason Donovan, Aaron Pedersen

35. MDA (2002–2005)
Episode: Line Ball (2002)

53 min | Drama

As Ella and Tony wait for the verdict in the negligence case against them, MDA receives a class action writ from 72 of their members, alleging MDA lied about the organisation's financial health.

Director: Denny Lawrence | Stars: Kerry Armstrong, Shane Bourne, Jason Donovan, Aaron Pedersen

36. MDA (2002–2005)
Episode: Love You to Death (2002)

53 min | Drama

MDA and Richard Savage actually work together to sort out an angry and guilty young man, who is desperate to blame a palliative care doctor for the loss of his cancer sufferer father.

Director: Kate Woods | Stars: Kerry Armstrong, Shane Bourne, Jason Donovan, Aaron Pedersen

37. MDA (2002–2005)
Episode: Minder Games (2002)

54 min | Drama

Ella persuades Richard to defend Wendy Rossi and takes on the case of neurosurgeon Dr Phil Jacobs, whose brain-damaged patient suffered an unknown trauma in a neuro recovery ward.

Director: Shawn Seet | Stars: Kerry Armstrong, Shane Bourne, Jason Donovan, Aaron Pedersen

38. MDA (2002–2005)
Episode: Paved with Good Intentions (2003)

53 min | Drama

Layla tries to help an old school friend whose sister is brain damaged after a pethidine overdose. Before long, Happy and Jamie are dealing with a writ naming five defendants, who cannot agree on damages or tactics.

Director: Deborah Niski | Stars: Shane Bourne, Angie Milliken, Felix Nobis, Alice McConnell

39. MDA (2002–2005)
Episode: Precious Little (2003)

53 min | Drama

Ella and Happy face a hard fight defending a doctor, who trusted a pathology report and thus missed a cancer in a nine-year-old boy. The biopsy slides and the pathologist are missing.

Director: Deborah Niski | Stars: Kerry Armstrong, Shane Bourne, Angie Milliken, Alice McConnell

40. MDA (2002–2005)
Episode: Quid Pro Quo (2002)

53 min | Drama

Caitlin and Jamie are in conflict when they represent a young anaesthetist, whom Caitlin is sure is not what he seems.

Director: Fiona Banks | Stars: Kerry Armstrong, Shane Bourne, Jason Donovan, Aaron Pedersen

41. MDA (2002–2005)
Episode: Rites of Passage (2002)

54 min | Drama

Richard goes up against MDA, representing a model and dancer who claims her breast enhancement looks unnatural. A country doctor mistakes pregnancy for menopause in an older woman.

Director: Aarne Neeme | Stars: Kerry Armstrong, Shane Bourne, Jason Donovan, Aaron Pedersen

42. MDA (2002–2005)
Episode: Scylla and Charybdis (2002)

53 min | Drama

Jamie is dismayed when a very depressed Wendy Rossi, back in town for her Medical Board hearing, rejects his help.

Director: Steve Mann | Stars: Kerry Armstrong, Shane Bourne, Jason Donovan, Aaron Pedersen

43. MDA (2002–2005)
Episode: Taking It on the Chin (2003)

52 min | Drama

Surgeon Simon Lloyd has his first day as a case manager at MDA, as Ella sadly packs up to leave. Layla prepares a farewell, but Happy buries himself in work to avoid Ella.

Director: Shawn Seet | Stars: Kerry Armstrong, Shane Bourne, Angie Milliken, Felix Nobis

44. MDA (2002–2005)
Episode: The Certainty (2002)

52 min | Drama

A young mum is suing her doctor after losing the sight in her good eye following surgery on the other. Is the surgeon to blame for not warning her of the one in 14,000 chance of sympathetic blindness - an effect with no known cause?

Director: Ray Argall | Stars: Kerry Armstrong, Shane Bourne, Jason Donovan, Aaron Pedersen

45. MDA (2002–2005)
Episode: The Hippocratic Oath (2002)

55 min | Drama

The MDA team have the strange experience of barracking for Richard Savage as he defends Dr Wendy Rossi against a charge of manslaughter.

Director: Stuart McDonald | Stars: Kerry Armstrong, Shane Bourne, Jason Donovan, Aaron Pedersen

46. MDA (2002–2005)
Episode: Overexposure (2002)

55 min | Drama

When a GP is caught having sex with a beautiful patient in his surgery Ella must make a decision about whether MDA should fight to save his practice. He claims it was a one off but his devastated wife is sure he's been having an affair.

Director: Ray Argall | Stars: Kerry Armstrong, Shane Bourne, Jason Donovan, Aaron Pedersen

47. MDA (2002–2005)
Episode: Venus Envy (2002)

54 min | Drama

Deana Raye, a very recent gender reassignment patient, is rushed into Dr Ella Davis' hospital Emergency Department after a suicide attempt. Now Ella finds herself in a conflict of interest.

Director: Fiona Banks | Stars: Kerry Armstrong, Shane Bourne, Jason Donovan, Aaron Pedersen

48. MDA (2002–2005)
Episode: When It Rains, It Pours (2002)

54 min | Drama

Ella calls on the services of a long lost love Paul Bennett, a romance from Uni days to provide an Expert Opinion in the tragic case of a woman claiming damages because her doctor failed to... See full summary »

Director: Shawn Seet | Stars: Kerry Armstrong, Shane Bourne, Jason Donovan, Aaron Pedersen

49. MDA (2002–2005)
Episode: Win, Win, Lose, Lose (2002)

53 min | Drama

Ella must play medical fact against a tough judge and enormous public sympathy when the Debbie Shanahan case against breast surgeon Teresa Commons goes to trial.

Director: Daina Reid | Stars: Kerry Armstrong, Shane Bourne, Jason Donovan, Aaron Pedersen