Australian TV Drama
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1. 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: 4,870
2. Jack Irish (2016–2021)
Not Rated | 52 min | Crime, Drama
Jack is engaged to find a missing person, only to be later framed for his murder. Jack is quickly caught up in a complex web of powerful vested interests that stretches from his home town of Fitzroy to a remote village in the Philippines.
Stars: Guy Pearce, Aaron Pedersen, Roy Billing, Damien Garvey
Votes: 3,359
3. Mr Inbetween (2018–2021)
TV-MA | 30 min | Crime, Drama
Ray Shoesmith is a father, ex-husband, boyfriend, brother and best friend, tough roles to juggle in the modern age. Especially when you're also a criminal for hire.
Stars: Scott Ryan, Chika Yasumura, Justin Rosniak, Damon Herriman
Votes: 30,302
4. Rake (2010–2018)
Not Rated | 60 min | Comedy, Drama
Cleaver Greene is a drug addict who has a massive gambling debt with some very shady characters and is in love with a prostitute. He's also a very good criminal lawyer, capable of winning unwinnable cases.
Stars: Richard Roxburgh, Matt Day, Kate Box, Caroline Brazier
Votes: 8,676
5. Wentworth (2013–2021)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The confronting look into the lives of the inmates and prison staff of Wentworth Correctional Centre as they navigate the ups and downs of their lives in the prison system.
Stars: Kate Atkinson, Katrina Milosevic, Robbie Magasiva, Jacquie Brennan
Votes: 24,636
6. Top of the Lake (2013–2017)
TV-MA | 750 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Obsessed with the disappearance of a 12-year-old pregnant girl near a freezing lake in New Zealand, a brave detective will find herself up against small-town secrets and a side of herself that was meticulously kept at bay.
Stars: Elisabeth Moss, David Wenham, Peter Mullan, Thomas M. Wright
Votes: 37,741
7. Cleverman (2016–2017)
TV-14 | 50 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
In the very near future, creatures from ancient mythology must live among humans and battle for survival in a world that wants to silence, exploit, and destroy them.
Stars: Hunter Page-Lochard, Rob Collins, Tasma Walton, Rarriwuy Hick
Votes: 3,547
8. Glitch (2015–2019)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Seven people return from the dead with no memory and attempt to unveil what brought them to the grave in the first place.
Stars: Patrick Brammall, Emma Booth, Sean Keenan, Hannah Monson
Votes: 21,097
9. Janet King (2014–2017)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Senior Prosecutor Janet King returns from maternity leave to confront a high-profile murder, and a conspiracy which will have shocking ramifications throughout the judicial system.
Stars: Marta Dusseldorp, Damian Walshe-Howling, Hamish Michael, Andrea Demetriades
Votes: 2,611
10. Wake in Fright (2017)
Not Rated | 159 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young schoolteacher finds himself marooned in a small mining town in the outback, where a string of dangerous events render him a broken, desperate man.
Stars: Sean Keenan, Alex Dimitriades, Caren Pistorius, Gary Sweet
Votes: 417
11. 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
12. Blue Murder: Killer Cop (2017)
160 min | Drama
A portrayal of Australia's most notorious former detective, Roger Rogerson.
Stars: Richard Roxburgh, Toni Collette, Matt Nable, Justin Smith
Votes: 389
13. Dead Lucky (2018)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Thriller
When an armed robber with a history of murder resurfaces in Sydney, an under pressure Sergeant Gibbs and her trainee Charlie Fung race to catch him before he wreaks havoc across the city.
Stars: Rachel Griffiths, Yoson An, Mojean Aria, Ian Meadows
Votes: 1,050
14. Friday on My Mind (2017)
Drama
Friday On My Mind charts the rise of Aussie rock band, The Easybeats.
Stars: William Rush, Du Toit Bredenkamp, Christian Byers, Arthur McBain
Votes: 136
15. Picnic at Hanging Rock (2018)
TV-14 | 51 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Three schoolgirls and their governesses mysteriously disappear on Valentines Day in 1900.
Stars: Natalie Dormer, Lily Sullivan, Lola Bessis, Harrison Gilbertson
Votes: 4,487
16. Safe Harbour (2018)
TV-MA | 240 min | Drama
A psychological thriller set in Brisbane set around a group of friends whose sailing holiday to Indonesia alters their lives forever after they come across a boat overloaded with asylum seekers.
Stars: Ewen Leslie, Leeanna Walsman, Joel Jackson, Phoebe Tonkin
Votes: 1,012
17. Deep Water (2016)
Not Rated | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a young gay man is brutally murdered near Bondi Beach, Detectives Tori Lustigman and Nick Manning are assigned to investigate. After more bodies are found, Tori links the deaths to a series of murders of gay men in the 1980s and '90s.
Stars: Noah Taylor, Yael Stone, Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, Danielle Cormack
Votes: 3,895
18. The Principal (2015–2016)
50 min | Drama
The Principal is set in a notoriously violent and difficult Australian high school. Matt Bashir is promoted to Principal of Boxdale Boys High because of his different and radical approach to reform.
Stars: Alex Dimitriades, Mirrah Foulkes, Rahel Romahn, Moustafa Dennawi
Votes: 1,438
19. The Code (2014–2016)
TV-MA | 54 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Two Canberra based brothers become entangled in a cover up that involves a remote outback community and key members of the Australian Government.
Stars: Dan Spielman, Ashley Zukerman, Adele Perovic, Michael Denkha
Votes: 4,528
20. Puberty Blues (2012–2014)
Unrated | 45 min | Comedy, Drama
Teen best friends Debbie and Sue grow up and find love and freedom on the beaches of Sydney's Sutherland Shire during the tumultuous 1970s.
Stars: Brenna Harding, Ashleigh Cummings, Sean Keenan, Charlotte Best
Votes: 2,252
21. Redfern Now (2012–2013)
60 min | Drama
The troubled lives of struggling indigenous Australians in the tough, rundown neighborhood of the inner suburb of Redfern in Sydney.
Stars: Wayne Blair, Leo Stripp, Richard Green, Jenny Munro
Votes: 654
22. Serangoon Road (2013)
561 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Serangoon Road is a detective noir series set against the tumultuous backdrop of 1960s Singapore.
Stars: Don Hany, Joan Chen, Maeve Dermody, Alaric
Votes: 692
23. Offspring (2010–2017)
TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Drama
The story of the impossible loves of 30-something obstetrician Nina Proudman and her fabulously messy family.
Stars: Asher Keddie, Kat Stewart, Richard Davies, Linda Cropper
Votes: 5,497
24. Tangle (2009–2012)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama
A story of two generations of two families colliding, connecting, sometimes at cross purposes as they navigate their way around the maze of love, sex, money and politics.
Stars: Justine Clarke, Catherine McClements, Joel Tobeck, Kat Stewart
Votes: 751
25. Love My Way (2004–2007)
TV-14 | 50 min | Drama, Romance
A story about a group of thirty-somethings dealing with the ups and downs of life.
Stars: Claudia Karvan, Asher Keddie, Brendan Cowell, Dan Wyllie
Votes: 1,320
26. 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
27. East West 101 (2007–2011)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
East West 101 is set around the Major Crime Squad in metropolitan Sydney. It is based upon the experiences of actual detectives in a crime unit in Sydney's western suburbs.
Stars: Don Hany, Susie Porter, Aaron Fa'aoso, Daniela Farinacci
Votes: 651
28. The Circuit (2007–2010)
TV-14 | 312 min | Drama
A magistrate and a group of court officers and lawyers make a regular five-day, 2,000-kilometer round trip to bring justice to remote communities in northwestern Australia.
Stars: Aaron Pedersen, Kelton Pell, Tammy Clarkson, Marta Kaczmarek
Votes: 426
29. Spirited (2010–2011)
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A dentist Suzy meets the ghost of an 80s English rock star Henry Mallet.
Stars: Claudia Karvan, Matt King, Rodger Corser, Belinda Bromilow
Votes: 1,276
30. 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: 2,003
31. Barracuda (2016)
60 min | Drama, Sport
Danny, a talented swimmer who dreams of winning gold at the Olympic games, is given a sports scholarship to a prestigious Melbourne private school. At school he receives his fair share of harassment from the more privileged students.
Stars: Elias Anton, Matt Nable, Ben Kindon, Victoria Haralabidou
Votes: 1,348
32. Devil's Playground (2014)
45 min | Drama
Deals with the issue of crimes committed by Australian Catholic clergy.
Stars: Simon Burke, Don Hany, John Noble, Andrew McFarlane
Votes: 337
33. The Kettering Incident (2016)
TV-MA | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Doctor Anna Macy finds herself inexplicably linked to the disappearance of two girls, fifteen years apart.
Stars: Elizabeth Debicki, Matthew Le Nevez, Henry Nixon, Anthony Phelan
Votes: 3,886
34. The Secret River (2015)
Adventure, Drama, History
In 1806, William Thornhill is sentenced to New South Wales for life where he is drawn into a terrifying conflict that will leave a bloody and indelible stain.
Stars: Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Sarah Snook, Lachy Hulme, Tim Minchin
Votes: 677
35. Banished (2015)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, History
British convicts have been sent to Australia as punishment for their crimes. As they try to live their new lives, they have to live with the new rules. The soldiers also have to adjust.
Stars: Orla Brady, Ewen Bremner, MyAnna Buring, Ryan Corr
Votes: 4,165
36. Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door (2015)
170 min | Drama
The two part mini-series tells the remarkable story of Peter Allen's rise from country New South Wales to the Hollywood Hills, becoming part of American royalty along the way.
Stars: Joel Jackson, Rebecca Gibney, Sara West, Rob Mills
Votes: 311
37. An Accidental Soldier (2013 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama
Based on the novel, Silent Parts, by John Charalambous, An Accidental Soldier is about an Australian soldier who flees the carnage of the Western Front and finds refuge with a French woman ... See full summary »
Director: Rachel Ward | Stars: Marie Bunel, Dan Spielman, Julia Zemiro, Bryan Brown
Votes: 444
38. 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: 2,305
39. Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo (2011)
60 min | Biography, Drama, History
The Whitlam era as seen through the eyes of Cleo magazine and its young editor, Ita Buttrose.
Stars: Asher Keddie, Rob Carlton, Jessica Tovey, Ian Meadows
Votes: 511
40. Sisters of War (2010 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, War
The lives of two Australian women, Lorna Whyte, an army nurse, and Sister Berenice Twohill, a Catholic nun, from New South Wales during World War II.
Director: Brendan Maher | Stars: Claire van der Boom, Sarah Snook, Khan Chittenden, Anna Volska
Votes: 697
41. 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
42. The Shark Net (2003)
180 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A compelling, three-part series taken from Robert Drewe's memoir about his early life growing up during the reign of one of Australia's most notorious serial killers.
Stars: William McInnes, Angie Milliken, Tim Draxl, Dan Wyllie
Votes: 76
43. My Brother Jack (2001 TV Movie)
182 min | Drama
A boy looks up to his big brother, Jack, who is his hero and is someone that he is not - brave, noble and has the courage to stand up to their father. When their father returns from the ... See full summary »
Director: Ken Cameron | Stars: Matt Day, Simon Lyndon, Claudia Karvan, William McInnes
Votes: 124
44. Secret City (2016–2019)
TV-MA | 49 min | Mystery, Thriller
Beneath the placid facade of Canberra, amidst rising tension between China and America, senior political journalist Harriet Dunkley uncovers a secret city of interlocked conspiracies, putting innocent lives in danger including her own.
Stars: Anna Torv, Marcus Graham, Justin Smith, Aleks Mikic
Votes: 9,708
45. RAN: Remote Area Nurse (2006)
Drama
The series follows the life of Helen Tremain, the Remote Area Nurse, charged with providing medical services to the remote Torres Strait Islanders community.
Stars: Susie Porter, Charles Passi, Billy Mitchell, Bruce Spence
Votes: 77
46. 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: 2,391
47. Deadline Gallipoli (2015)
197 min | Drama, War
Four war correspondents accompany troops during WWI and narrate the story of the Gallipoli campaign, an attempt by British and French troops to attack the Ottoman Empire.
Stars: Sam Worthington, Hugh Dancy, Joel Jackson, Charles Dance
Votes: 871
48. The Beautiful Lie (2015)
60 min | Drama
Anna is happily married. She has the perfect family. But one man will change it all.
Stars: Sarah Snook, Rodger Corser, Sophie Lowe, Celia Pacquola
Votes: 1,466
49. Party Tricks (2014)
Drama
Two candidates for state premier go head to head in their battle for victory. However their past intimate relationship creates concern for a scandal.
Stars: Asher Keddie, Rodger Corser, Angus Sampson, Adam Zwar
Votes: 528
50. Underbelly (2008–2013)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Each season of this multi-award-winning television series takes you through a 13-episode run in the rise and fall of real-life Australian underworld figures as told from both sides of the law.
Stars: Caroline Craig, Paul Tassone, Dieter Brummer, Daniel Roberts
Votes: 5,291
51. Last Man Standing (2005)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Drama
Follow the odyssey of three men: their quest to get inside the head of the modern woman, and find out where they went wrong.
Stars: Rodger Corser, Matt Passmore, Travis McMahon, Miriama Smith
Votes: 188
52. Grass Roots (2000–2003)
50 min | Comedy
The series is set around the fictional Arcadia Waters Council near Sydney, and was primarily a satirical look at the machinations of local government.
Stars: Geoff Morrell, Zoe Carides, John Clayton, Rhondda Findleton
Votes: 107
53. The Games (1998–2000)
30 min | Comedy, Sport
Mockumentary about the organisation of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
Stars: John Clarke, Bryan Dawe, Gina Riley, Nicholas Bell
Votes: 667
54. Riot (2018 TV Movie)
105 min | Drama, History, Romance
A group of people are stuck in a fight against the law who has paused the decision to decriminalize homosexuality. They decide to protest against the authority and bring in a change.
Director: Jeffrey Walker | Stars: Damon Herriman, Kate Box, Xavier Samuel, Jessica De Gouw
Votes: 693
55. Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch Story (2013)
Drama
The true story about the life and Times of Channel 9 owner and millionaire Kerry Packer
Stars: Lachy Hulme, Patrick Brammall, Luke Ford, Alexander England
Votes: 113
56. House of Hancock (2015)
Drama
Gina Hancock is a much-loved daughter of her mining magnate father, Lang Hancock, who would become the richest man in Australia. It is 1967 in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. As ... See full summary »
Stars: Mandy McElhinney, Peta Sergeant, Sam Neill, David Campbell
Votes: 141
57. Mabo (2012 TV Movie)
105 min | Biography, Drama
Mabo tells the story of one of Australia's national heroes - Eddie Koiki Mabo, the Torres Strait Islander who left school at age 15, yet spearheaded the High Court challenge that overthrew the fiction of terra nullius.
Director: Rachel Perkins | Stars: Jimi Bani, Deborah Mailman, Ewen Leslie, Tom Budge
Votes: 364
58. Cloudstreet (2011)
342 min | Drama
The lives of two working class Australian families who come to live together at One Cloud Street, over a period of twenty years, 1943 - 1963.
Stars: Kerry Fox, Geoff Morrell, Stephen Curry, Essie Davis
Votes: 575
59. The Time of Our Lives (2013–2014)
54 min | Drama
The lives of family and friends who go through a variety of ups and downs.
Stars: Justine Clarke, Shane Jacobson, William McInnes, Stephen Curry
Votes: 801
60. The Family Law (2016–2019)
27 min | Comedy, Drama
There's the rules, then there's the Laws. Based on the best-selling book by Benjamin Law, The Family Law is a drama-comedy series following everyone's favourite almost-functional Chinese-Australian family.
Stars: Trystan Go, Fiona Choi, Anthony Brandon Wong, Shuang Hu
Votes: 509
61. Bloom (2019–2020)
60 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A year after a devastating flood has killed five locals in an idyllic country town, a mysterious new plant appears. The plant's phenomenal ability to restore youth is so formidable that attempting to harness it means re-evaluating values.
Stars: Bryan Brown, Phoebe Tonkin, Genevieve Morris, Terry Norris
Votes: 1,899
62. 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: 1,688
63. The Cry (I) (2018)
Not Rated | 58 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A young woman crumbles after her baby disappears. Though the public is quick to place blame, the truth proves to be more complex.
Stars: Jenna Coleman, Ewen Leslie, Asher Keddie, Alex Dimitriades
Votes: 5,663
64. Lambs of God (2019)
54 min | Drama
Lambs of God is a dark, gothic tale about three nuns, each a generation apart, living in an isolated convent by the coast, and an unwelcome visitor who enters their lives and changes their world forever.
Stars: Essie Davis, Jessica Barden, Sam Reid, Ann Dowd
Votes: 2,554
65. Fighting Season (2018)
Drama
The story is a six-part event drama that surrounds the invisible men and women who fight for their country (Australia), what they bring home from the war, discovering what of themselves ... See full summary »
Stars: Jay Ryan, Ewen Leslie, Kate Mulvany, Sarah Armanious
Votes: 189
66. The Hunting (2019)
Drama
When two high school teachers discover students are sharing explicit photos of their underage friends and peers online, the revelation has devastating consequences for the students and their families.
Stars: Alex Cusack, Sam Reid, Yazeed Daher, Jessica De Gouw
Votes: 911
67. On the Ropes (2018)
Drama
A young Iraqi-Australian woman tears apart her family and defies her community to chase her dream of becoming an elite women's boxing trainer in On The Ropes, a drama set in Sydney's western suburbs.
Stars: Nicole Chamoun, Igal Naor, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Louis Hunter
Votes: 122
68. Stateless (2020)
TV-MA | 53 min | Drama
Inspired by true events; a woman escaping a cult, a refugee fleeing with his family, a father trapped in a dead-end job and a bureaucrat on the verge of a national scandal find their lives intertwined in an immigration detention center.
Stars: Yvonne Strahovski, Jai Courtney, Asher Keddie, Fayssal Bazzi
Votes: 11,036
69. The Other Guy (2017–2019)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
A successful radio host who finds himself unexpectedly back in the dating pool for the first time in a decade, after discovering his long-term girlfriend has been having an affair with his best friend.
Stars: Matt Okine, Harriet Dyer, Valene Kane, Michael-Anthony Taylor
Votes: 644
70. Newton's Law (2017)
Not Rated | 55 min | Drama
The 'Upstairs Downstairs' of legal dramas follows Josephine Newton as she juggles the high-powered barrister's world of Knox Chambers and the haphazard legal tangles of her former solicitor's office.
Stars: Claudia Karvan, Toby Schmitz, Georgina Naidu, Sean Keenan
Votes: 776
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