Australian/NZ Cinema
by jackwbartlett | created - 17 Dec 2013 | updated - 22 Jun 2022 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Beautiful Kate (2009)
R | 100 min | Drama, Mystery
A writer reawakens his childhood trauma from the past when he returns home, at the request of his estranged sister, to grieve their father's impending death.
Director: Rachel Ward | Stars: Ben Mendelsohn, Sophie Lowe, Maeve Dermody, Rachel Griffiths
Votes: 4,089
2. Long Weekend (1978)
Not Rated | 97 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
When a suburban couple go camping for the weekend at a remote beach, they discover that nature isn't in an accommodating mood.
Director: Colin Eggleston | Stars: John Hargreaves, Briony Behets, Mike McEwen, Roy Day
Votes: 6,130
3. The Final Winter (2007)
96 min | Drama, Sport
A rugby league player in the early 1980's battles against the changing game and the betrayal of those he has been loyal to. Alienated and desperate, he struggles to keep an identity he fears he'll be lost without.
Directors: Brian Andrews, Jane Forrest | Stars: Matt Nable, Nathaniel Dean, Matthew Johns, John Jarratt
Votes: 319
4. Muriel's Wedding (1994)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
A young social outcast in Australia steals money from her parents to finance a vacation where she hopes to find happiness, and perhaps love.
Director: P.J. Hogan | Stars: Toni Collette, Rachel Griffiths, Bill Hunter, Sophie Lee
Votes: 41,742 | Gross: $15.19M
5. Wolf Creek (2005)
R | 99 min | Horror, Thriller
Three backpackers stranded in the Australian outback are plunged inside a hellish nightmare of insufferable torture by a sadistic psychopathic local.
Director: Greg McLean | Stars: Nathan Phillips, Cassandra Magrath, Kestie Morassi, John Jarratt
Votes: 78,374 | Gross: $16.19M
6. The Last Wave (1977)
PG | 106 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal Persons in a ritualized taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing things about himself and premonitions.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, David Gulpilil, Frederick Parslow
Votes: 11,035
7. Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
PG-13 | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush.
Director: Taika Waititi | Stars: Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata, Rachel House
Votes: 141,928 | Gross: $5.20M
8. Boy (I) (2010)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
Boy, an 11-year-old child and devout Michael Jackson fan who lives on the east coast of New Zealand in 1984, gets a chance to know his absentee criminal father, who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years ago.
Director: Taika Waititi | Stars: James Rolleston, Te Aho Eketone-Whitu, Taika Waititi, Moerangi Tihore
Votes: 29,544 | Gross: $0.26M
9. Eagle vs Shark (2007)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Romance
The tale of two socially-awkward misfits and the strange ways they try to find love: through revenge on high-school bullies, burgers, and video games.
Director: Taika Waititi | Stars: Loren Taylor, Jemaine Clement, Craig Hall, Joel Tobeck
Votes: 26,263 | Gross: $0.22M
10. Once Were Warriors (1994)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama
A family descended from Maori warriors is bedeviled by a violent father and the societal problems of being treated as outcasts.
Director: Lee Tamahori | Stars: Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison, Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell, Julian Arahanga
Votes: 36,855 | Gross: $2.20M
11. True History of the Kelly Gang (2019)
R | 124 min | Action, Biography, Crime
Australian bushranger Ned Kelly and his gang flee from authorities during the 1870s.
Director: Justin Kurzel | Stars: George MacKay, Essie Davis, Nicholas Hoult, Ben Corbett
Votes: 13,192
12. Paper Planes (I) (2014)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Family
An imaginative children's film about a young Australian boy's passion for flight and his challenge to compete in the World Paper Plane Championships in Japan.
Director: Robert Connolly | Stars: Sam Worthington, Ed Oxenbould, Deborah Mailman, Ena Imai
Votes: 4,755
13. Housebound (2014)
Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
A young woman is forced to return to her childhood home after being placed under house arrest, where she suspects that something evil may be lurking.
Director: Gerard Johnstone | Stars: Morgana O'Reilly, Rima Te Wiata, Glen-Paul Waru, Ross Harper
Votes: 37,576
14. Rams (2020)
PG-13 | 118 min | Comedy, Drama
A decades-long feud between two sheep farming brothers comes to a head when disaster strikes their flocks.
Director: Jeremy Sims | Stars: Sam Neill, Michael Caton, Wayne Blair, Kipan Rothbury
Votes: 3,744
15. Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010)
R | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When their country is invaded and their families are taken, eight unlikely teenagers band together to fight.
Director: Stuart Beattie | Stars: Caitlin Stasey, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Lincoln Lewis, Deniz Akdeniz
Votes: 32,026
16. Ocean Boy (2022)
106 min | Drama
In the late summer along the Australian coast, Bosch, a young father goes on the run for drug dealing with his surf gang. In tow is his son, Rockit, who believes he is on a magical holiday.
Director: Tyler Atkins | Stars: Isabel Lucas, Luke Hemsworth, Savannah La Rain, Heather Mitchell
Votes: 866
17. How to Please a Woman (2022)
111 min | Drama
When her all-male house-cleaning business gets out of control, a mature woman must embrace her own sexuality, if she is to make a new life for herself.
Director: Renée Webster | Stars: Sally Phillips, Hayley McElhinney, Caroline Brazier, Tasma Walton
Votes: 1,710
18. Whina (2022)
112 min | Biography, Drama
A biopic of the trailblazing Maori leader, Dame Whina Cooper, whose extraordinary life saw her break gender boundaries, champion the rights of Maori, and fight for the land - all the while staying true to her heart and her beliefs.
Directors: James Napier Robertson, Paula Whetu Jones | Stars: Rena Owen, Vinnie Bennett, James Rolleston, Erroll Shand
Votes: 260
19. Human Traces (2017)
TV-14 | 87 min | Drama, Thriller
When a mysterious young man arrives on a remote Sub-Antarctic research station, secrets threaten the relationship of a married couple working on the island.
Director: Nic Gorman | Stars: Sophie Henderson, Mark Mitchinson, Vinnie Bennett, Sara Wiseman
Votes: 177
20. Muru (2022)
104 min | Action, Drama
Inspired by actual events, MURU is the story of a local Police Sergeant 'Taffy' Tawharau (Cliff Curtis), who must choose between his badge and his people, when the Government launches an ... See full summary »
Director: Tearepa Kahi | Stars: Cliff Curtis, Jay Ryan, Manu Bennett, Simone Kessell
Votes: 333
21. Blaze (2022)
101 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
After accidentally witnessing a violent crime, a young girl is left catatonic with shock, and struggles to make sense of what she saw, ultimately finding renewal in the inestimable world of her own imagination.
Director: Del Kathryn Barton | Stars: Simon Baker, Josh Lawson, Morgan Davies, Will McDonald
Votes: 1,038
22. Seriously Red (2022)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A realtor pursues a new career as a Dolly Parton impersonator.
Director: Gracie Otto | Stars: Krew Boylan, Daniel Webber, Rose Byrne, Celeste Barber
Votes: 910
23. Girl at the Window (2022)
R | 85 min | Horror, Thriller
A teenage girl in the suburbs becomes convinced that her mom's new boyfriend is the serial killer terrorizing the town, and will stop at nothing to prove it.
Director: Mark Hartley | Stars: Radha Mitchell, Ella Newton, Karis Oka, James Mackay
Votes: 991
24. 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: 4,684 | Gross: $0.02M
25. Footy Legends (2006)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
An unemployed sports fan enters an amateur rugby league tournament where losing just isn't an option if he's to keep his family together.
Director: Khoa Do | Stars: Anh Do, Angus Sampson, Lisa Saggers, Tom Simmons
Votes: 593
26. Transfusion (I) (2023)
R | 106 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A former Special Forces operative thrust into the criminal underworld to keep his only son from being taken from him.
Director: Matt Nable | Stars: Sam Worthington, Matt Nable, Phoebe Tonkin, Edward Carmody
Votes: 3,131
27. Of an Age (2022)
R | 100 min | Drama, Romance
In the summer of 1999, a 17-year-old Serbian-born Australian amateur ballroom dancer experiences an unexpected and intense 24-hour romance with a friend's older brother.
Director: Goran Stolevski | Stars: Thom Green, Matthew Page, Elias Anton, Hattie Hook
Votes: 4,133
28. The Survival of Kindness (2022)
110 min | Drama, Mystery
Followed by BlackWoman, who is abandoned in a cage in the middle of the desert. Once she escapes the cage, she walks from desert to mountain to city, to find - more captivity.
Director: Rolf de Heer | Stars: Natasha Wanganeen, Craig Behenna, Mwajemi Hussein, Aaron J. March
Votes: 381
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