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1. Horton Foote: The Road to Home (2020)
75 min | Documentary
Chronicles the creative journey of acclaimed Texas writer Horton Foote - a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and winner of two Academy Awards for screenwriting - through his own eyes and voice at the end of his life.
Director: Anne Rapp | Stars: Devon Abner, Edward Albee, Elizabeth Ashley, Bruce Beresford
Votes: 8
2. The Late Show (1992–1993)
60 min | Comedy
The Late show, which only ran for two years was one of the most successful and funny comedy shows ever produced and shown in Australia. It marked the re-grouping of the D-Generation, a ... See full summary »
Stars: Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Jane Kennedy, Tony Martin
Votes: 554
3. The Chaser's War on Everything (2006–2009)
26 min | Comedy
The show features sketches mocking social and political issues, and often feature comedic publicity stunts.
Stars: Julian Morrow, Andrew Hansen, Chris Taylor, Chas Licciardello
Votes: 2,741
4. Conversation Hollywood (2019– )
Talk-Show
Leading talents in Hollywood discuss the ups and downs of success in Tinseltown.
Stars: James Pratt, Trisanne Marin, Bruce Beresford, Malle Cunningham
Votes: 495
5.
In the Tracks Of (2007– )
Episode:
In the Tracks of Georges Delerue
(2010)
73 min | Documentary
This film aims to revive the memory of Georges Delerue, great composer from the French School, who was driven by the music. He dedicated the major part of his art and of his work to the ... See full summary »
Director: Pascale Cuenot | Stars: Bruce Beresford, Bertrand Blier, Alain Corneau, Georges Delerue
Votes: 18
6. Whatever Happened to That Guy? (2009– )
Comedy
Stars: Peter Moon, Andrea Powell, Paul Ireland, Joshua Wakefield-Luno
Votes: 22
7. Evelyn: Behind the Scenes (2003 Video)
21 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Jerry Hogrewe | Stars: Alan Bates, Bruce Beresford, Pierce Brosnan, Julianna Margulies
Votes: 25
8.
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life (2017)
Episode:
Game Changers
(2017)
Documentary
Filmmakers gained confidence with the boldness of Picnic at Hanging Rock and Mad Max; the global success of Crocodile Dundee and Shine; the flamboyance of Strictly Ballroom; the substance and style of Samson and Delilah.
Director: Sally Aitken | Stars: David Stratton, Russell Crowe, Rachel Perkins, Bryan Brown
Votes: 9
9. Roots (2016)
TV-MA | 388 min | Drama, War
An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots." Chronicles the history of an African man and his descendants sold into slavery in America.
Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Malachi Kirby, Forest Whitaker, Laurence Fishburne
Votes: 8,446
10. Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible (2017)
78 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentary about internationally renowned film editor Jill Bilcock, that charts how an outspoken arts student in 1960s Melbourne became one of the world's most acclaimed film artists.
Director: Axel Grigor | Stars: Jill Bilcock, Cate Blanchett, Baz Luhrmann, Fred Schepisi
Votes: 111
11. The Man Inside Dame Edna (2008 TV Movie)
65 min | Documentary
A character portrait of the enigmatic comedian Barry Humphries on his most recent Australian tour and an examination of the connections to his two most famous alter egos, Dame Edna and Sir ... See full summary »
Director: Adrian Sibley | Stars: Barry Humphries, Toby Jones, Geoffrey Rush, Holly Johnson
Votes: 23
12. The Celluloid Heroes (1995)
55 min | Documentary
Film Australia presents a four part miniseries celebrating the centenary of Australia's film industry 1895-1995.
Stars: Phillip Adams, Ilma Adey, Jenny Agutter, Elizabeth Alexander
Votes: 20
13.
Roots (2016)
Episode:
Part 4
(2016)
TV-14 | 88 min | Drama, War
Chicken George returns to the Lea farm after 20 years; Tom, nurses a grudge against his father; George and Cyrus join the Memphis Colored Battery; Tom returns home after the war to embark on a new life with his family.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Herman Netzhammer, Lane Garrison, Tip 'T.I.' Harris
Votes: 371
14. Breaker Morant (1980)
PG | 107 min | Drama, History, War
Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, John Waters, Bryan Brown
Votes: 14,367 | Gross: $7.14M
15. Miss Daisy's Journey: From Stage to Screen (2003 Video)
19 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Jeffrey Lerner | Stars: Alfred Uhry, Richard D. Zanuck, Lili Fini Zanuck, Bruce Beresford
Votes: 19
16. David Stratton: A Cinematic Life (2017)
97 min | Documentary
For most people, movies are entertainment. For one man, they're a way of life.
Stars: David Stratton, Jill Bilcock, Jacki Weaver, P.J. Hogan
Votes: 158
17. The Sounds of Aus (2007 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 55 min | Documentary
You can't tell an Australian by the way they look, but the minute they open their mouths, the guessing is over. But why do we speak the way we do? Comedian John Clarke attempts to find out.
Director: David Swann | Stars: John Clarke, Victoria Mielewska, Bruce Beresford, Santo Cilauro
Votes: 22
18. Mr. Church (2016)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
"Mr. Church" tells the story of a unique friendship that develops when a little girl and her dying mother retain the services of a talented cook - Henry Joseph Church. What begins as a six month arrangement instead spans into fifteen years and creates a family bond that lasts forever.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Britt Robertson, Natascha McElhone, Xavier Samuel
Votes: 31,142 | Gross: $0.69M
19. Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008)
R | 103 min | Documentary, History
The story of the Australian exploitation genre cinema of 1970s and 80s.
Director: Mark Hartley | Stars: Phillip Adams, Glory Annen, Christine Amor, Victoria Anoux
Votes: 4,669 | Gross: $0.02M
20. Australian Story (1996– )
30 min | Documentary, Biography
Putting the 'real' back into reality TV, the award-winning series with no narrator and no agendas, just authentic stories told in people's own words. For 26 years we have been telling the stories of extraordinary Australians.
Stars: Caroline Jones, Leigh Sales, Eddie Perfect, Wayne Bennett
Votes: 138
21. The Telegram Man (2011)
14 min | Short, Drama
A BAFTA Los Angeles® winner and Australian Academy Awards® nominee, The Telegram Man explores the impact of World War II on a close-knit Australian farming community.
Director: James Francis Khehtie | Stars: Jack Thompson, Gary Sweet, Sigrid Thornton, Tessa Nethercote-Way
Votes: 118
22. Into the Shadows (2009)
88 min | Documentary
Explores behind the big screen to meet the filmmakers, distributors and exhibitors who bring Australian films to us, the audience.
Director: Andrew Scarano | Stars: Shane Abbess, Phillip Adams, Ché Baker, Stephen Basil-Jones
Votes: 49
23.
The Chaser's War on Everything (2006–2009)
Episode:
Episode #1.28
(2006)
Comedy
Directors: Mark FitzGerald, Craig Melville | Stars: Bruce Beresford, Rebecca De Unamuno, Mirrah Foulkes, Andrew Hansen
Votes: 8
24. Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
PG | 99 min | Comedy, Drama
An old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd, Patti LuPone
Votes: 117,257 | Gross: $106.59M
25. Tender Mercies (1983)
PG | 92 min | Drama, Music
A broken-down, middle-aged country singer gets a new wife, reaches out to his long-lost daughter, and tries to put his troubled life back together.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Betty Buckley, Wilford Brimley
Votes: 11,953 | Gross: $8.44M
26. Mao's Last Dancer (2009)
PG | 117 min | Biography, Drama, Music
In Maoist China, a boy is taken from his family and trained to become a dancer, but everything he knows is challenged when he is chosen to attend a ballet summer school in Houston, Texas.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Chi Cao, Bruce Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan, Penne Hackforth-Jones
Votes: 8,290 | Gross: $4.81M
27. The Movie Show (1991–2008)
30 min | Talk-Show
For 15 years now, Australia has joined Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton every week to review the latest movies. Margaret and David talk about 4 or 5 movies each week and give us a ... See full summary »
Stars: David Stratton, Margaret Pomeranz, Russell Crowe, Miranda Otto
Votes: 62
28. Miracles & Mercies (2002 Video)
Documentary, Short
Director: Gary Hertz | Stars: Bruce Beresford, Wilford Brimley, Betty Buckley, Robert Duvall
Votes: 33
29. Rebels of Oz: Germaine, Clive, Barry & Bob (2014)
Documentary
Booker Prize winner Howard Jacobson traces the footsteps of Germaine Greer, Barry Humphries, Clive James and Robert Hughes arguing these Australian giants didn't just join the cultural revolution in the 60s, they led it.
Stars: Howard Jacobson, Rachel Griffiths, Barry Humphries, Eric Idle
Votes: 12
30. The Club: Meet the Team (2003 Video)
35 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Mark Hartley | Stars: Bruce Beresford, Matt Carroll, Alan Cassell, Tommy Hafey
Votes: 7
31. Black Robe (1991)
R | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In the 17th century, a Jesuit missionary nicknamed Black Robe by the natives and his small party of companions try reaching the Huron tribe in Canada all while facing mistrust, Iroquois warring parties and harsh winter conditions.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Lothaire Bluteau, Aden Young, Sandrine Holt, August Schellenberg
Votes: 7,645 | Gross: $8.21M
32. Evelyn (2002)
PG | 94 min | Drama
Desmond's wife leaves him and their 3 kids after Christmas 1953. As he's unemployed in Dublin, the authorities place the kids in orphanages; when he finds a job, he tries to get his kids back.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Julianna Margulies, Aidan Quinn, Sophie Vavasseur
Votes: 7,107 | Gross: $1.48M
33. In the Tracks Of (2007– )
Documentary
Stars: Stéphane Lerouge, Alexandre Desplat, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Volker Schlöndorff
Votes: 12
34. The Club (1980)
PG | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Boardroom and dressing-room intrigues spill on to the field at the Australian Rules football club.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Jack Thompson, Graham Kennedy, Frank Wilson, Harold Hopkins
Votes: 1,117
35. You're Human Like the Rest of Them (1967)
18 min | Short, Drama
William Hoyland stars in this legendary, multi award-winning short film directed by the modernist writer and film-maker BS Johnson. You're Human Like the Rest of Them is an adaptation of ... See full summary »
Director: B.S. Johnson | Stars: William Hoyland, Barry Cole, Gordon Gridley, Anne Hardcastle
Votes: 59
36. Billy Baxter Presents Diary of the Cannes Film Festival with Rex Reed (1980 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary
An eye-opening documentary that reveals the behind-the-scenes partying and plotting at one of the most memorable festivals in Cannes' storied history.
Director: Iain Johnstone | Stars: Anouk Aimée, Samuel Z. Arkoff, Lucie Arnaz, Bruce Beresford
Votes: 25
37.
Bonnie & Clyde (2013)
Episode:
Part 1
(2013)
TV-14 | 83 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Though Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow's crime spree is legendary, their story has never been told quite like this. Fueled by their passion for each other and Bonnie's obsession with fame, ... See full summary »
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Emile Hirsch, Holliday Grainger, Sarah Hyland, Elizabeth Reaser
Votes: 195
38.
Bonnie & Clyde (2013)
Episode:
Part 2
(2013)
TV-14 | 91 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Though Bonnie Parker (Holliday Grainger, Jane Eyre) & Clyde Barrow's (Emile Hirsch, Into the Wild ) crime spree is legendary, their story has never been told quite like this. Fueled by ... See full summary »
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Emile Hirsch, Holliday Grainger, Sarah Hyland, Elizabeth Reaser
Votes: 155
39. Paradise Road (1997)
R | 122 min | Drama, History, War
A group of women who are imprisoned on the island of Sumatra by the Japanese during World War II use music to relieve their misery.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Glenn Close, Frances McDormand, Pauline Collins, Cate Blanchett
Votes: 5,897 | Gross: $1.92M
40. Don's Party (1976)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
On the night of the 1969 Australian election, Don holds a party in his suburban Sydney house, where his raucous, rude, embarrassing, extrovert friends discuss sex, politics, and their lives, and seduce each others wives.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: John Hargreaves, Pat Bishop, Graham Kennedy, Veronica Lang
Votes: 1,569
41. Ladies in Black (2018)
PG | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The lives of a group of department store employees in 1959 Sydney.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Julia Ormond, Angourie Rice, Rachael Taylor, Alison McGirr
Votes: 8,004
42. The Fringe Dwellers (1986)
PG | 98 min | Drama
Story of an aboriginal family who tries to move out of the fringe into the main white community.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Kristina Nehm, Justine Saunders, Bob Maza, Kylie Belling
Votes: 441 | Gross: $0.15M
43. The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen (1988 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary
A follow-up special to ABC's 1987 "The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson." The program includes clips of great stunts, interviews with celebrities, and profiles of legendary ... See full summary »
Director: William Kronick | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Richard Dean Anderson, Kabir Bedi, Bruce Beresford
Votes: 14
44. This Is Your Life (1955–2003)
30 min | Documentary, Biography
The UK version of the popular US show. Eamonn Andrews (later Michael Aspel) surprises celebrities by presenting them with the Big Red Book before taking them into the studio to tell viewers... See full summary »
Stars: Eamonn Andrews, Michael Aspel, Elizabeth Dawn, June Whitfield
Votes: 318
45. Jessica Tandy: Theatre Legend to Screen Star (2003 Video)
7 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Jeffrey Lerner | Stars: Jon Avnet, Frances Sternhagen, Alfred Uhry, Bruce Beresford
Votes: 12
46. Double Jeopardy (1999)
R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman framed for her husband's murder suspects he is still alive; as she has already been tried for the crime, she can't be re-prosecuted if she finds and kills him.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Ashley Judd, Tommy Lee Jones, Bruce Greenwood, Benjamin Weir
Votes: 95,551 | Gross: $116.74M
47. The Getting of Wisdom (1977)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama
Oscar-nominated director Bruce Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy, Tender Mercies) crafts a tender coming-of-age tale that introduces one of Australian literature's most beloved characters to ... See full summary »
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Susannah Fowle, Dorothy Bradley, Patricia Kennedy, Sheila Helpmann
Votes: 554
48. And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 112 min | Biography, Drama, History
Hollywood makes a deal with Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa to film his war and recreate his life.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Eion Bailey, Alan Arkin, Jim Broadbent
Votes: 3,607
49. Money Movers (1978)
R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An armoured car company is the target of repeated heists. Company leadership is enforcing new measures in order to tighten security. The biggest danger of a new heist lies from within the company's own ranks.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Terence Donovan, Tony Bonner, Ed Devereaux, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell
Votes: 959
50. Canvas (2006)
PG-13 | 101 min | Drama
A woman's schizophrenia affects her relationships with her husband and son.
Director: Joseph Greco | Stars: Griffin Miner, Marcia Gay Harden, Devon Gearhart, Julie Upton
Votes: 1,105 | Gross: $0.03M