favourite Aussie Shows / Movies
by kangaroo0902 | created - 10 Sep 2011 | updated - 10 Sep 2011 | Publiclist is not in a particular order :-)
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1. Packed to the Rafters (2008–2013)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Meet Dave and Julie Rafter: just your average Australians with three adult children. On the eve of their 25th wedding anniversary it seems that they're about to have their house to themselves at long last.
Stars: Rebecca Gibney, Erik Thomson, Michael Caton, George Houvardas
Votes: 2,520
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: 1,633
3.
Halifax f.p. (1994–2001)
Episode:
Profile of a Serial Killer
(1997)
Not Rated | 101 min | Crime
When a shocking massacre in a small-town diner leaves no clues, Forensic Psychologist Dr. Jane Halifax (Gibney) teams up with Senior Detective Eric Ringer (Jackman) for one of the toughest cases of their careers.
Director: Steve Jodrell | Stars: Rebecca Gibney, Shane Connor, Hugh Jackman, Susan Lyons
Votes: 207
4. Small Claims (2004 TV Movie)
Mystery, Drama
This movie is about an ex drug dealer on the run. Melinda Fehlers is on the run from her old life. Being known as Leanne in her past this all becoming déjà Vu the people from the past reappear and are here to get her.
Director: Cherie Nowlan | Stars: Claudia Karvan, Rebecca Gibney, Robert Mammone, Freya Stafford
Votes: 173
5. Emerald Falls (2008 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After a brutal divorce, a mother and her son relocate to the Blue Mountains to run a Bed and Breakfast.
Director: Peter Andrikidis | Stars: Georgie Parker, Thom Green, Vince Colosimo, Geoff Morrell
Votes: 219
6. Home and Away (1988– )
TV-14 | 22 min | Drama, Romance
This show chronicles the lives, loves, happiness, and heartbreaks of the residents of Summer Bay, a small coastal town jon the upper Northern Beaches of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Stars: Ray Meagher, Lynne McGranger, Emily Symons, Ada Nicodemou
Votes: 6,484
7. Heartbreak High (1994–1999)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Romance
A crash course in the turbulence of being a teen is always on the schedule for the students at Hartley High School in this 1990s series set in Sydney.
Stars: Callan Mulvey, Lara Cox, Emma Roche, Ada Nicodemou
Votes: 3,585
8. Water Rats (1996–2001)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Beneath its surface exists a playground for the murky underworld, pollution hazards, the remnants of huge drug hauls, and a graveyard of bodies from years of suicides, accidents and murders. That's the world of the WATER RATS.
Stars: Brett Partridge, Peter Bensley, Toni Scanlan, Jay Laga'aia
Votes: 1,150
9. 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: 8,667
10. McLeod's Daughters (2001–2009)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Romance
Estranged sisters Claire and Tess are reunited after 20 years when they inherit their family's cattle station, "Drover's Run", in the outback of South Australia, following their father's death.
Stars: Aaron Jeffery, Rachael Carpani, Simmone Mackinnon, Bridie Carter
Votes: 6,661
11. All Together Now (1991–1993)
25 min | Comedy
One-time Rock'n'Roll star Bobby Rivers discovers he has 15-year-old twins when his former lover dies in a plane crash. They and Tracy, the woman who looked after them when their mother was travelling the world, move in with him.
Stars: Jon English, Steven Jacobs, Jane Hall, Bruno Lucia
Votes: 250
12. The Flying Doctors (1986–1992)
50 min | Drama
Follows the lives of a group of medical professions working for the Flying Doctors Service in the remote Australian outback.
Stars: Lenore Smith, Maurie Fields, Robert Grubb, Val Jellay
Votes: 1,039
13. Scorched (2008 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Set 5 years in the future. After years without rain fire engulfs the entire city.
Director: Tony Tilse | Stars: Cameron Daddo, Rachael Carpani, Georgie Parker, Vince Colosimo
Votes: 305
14. 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: 1,318
15. The Secret Life of Us (2001–2006)
60 min | Drama
This iconic Australian series follows eight people living in St Kilda, Melbourne who are all looking for the same thing - love, sex, romance, success - and anything else that's worth going after.
Stars: Deborah Mailman, David Tredinnick, Samuel Johnson, Sibylla Budd
Votes: 1,479
16. 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: 1,999
17. 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: 5,489
18. Wildside (1997–1999)
50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Follow the men and women who work in a downtown police station and a renegade crisis centre in the tough red light district of Sydney, as they deal with the endless array of problems, crimes and triumphs that tumble onto the streets.
Stars: Tony Martin, Rachael Blake, Victoria Longley, Aaron Pedersen
Votes: 384
19. Introducing the Dwights (2007)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
The shy son of an aging comedienne tries to find a balance between his demanding home life, his new girlfriend, and his mother's second chance at fame.
Director: Cherie Nowlan | Stars: Brenda Blethyn, Khan Chittenden, Emma Booth, Rebecca Gibney
Votes: 1,959 | Gross: $0.38M
20. The Map Reader (2008)
90 min | Drama
In a small New Zealand town, 16 year-old Michael leads a lonely, introverted existence with his single mother Amelia whose guilt and alcoholism threatens to drive her cherished son away. ... See full summary »
Director: Harold Brodie | Stars: Rebecca Gibney, Jordan Selwyn, Mikaila Hutchinson, Bonnie Soper
Votes: 133
21. Lost and Found (I) (2005)
99 min | Animation, Drama
"Lost and Found" is a film project for which six young filmmakers from Central and Eastern Europe have each developed a short film on the theme of "generation". Together, these six short ... See full summary »
Directors: Stefan Arsenijevic, Nadejda Koseva, Mait Laas, Kornél Mundruczó, Cristian Mungiu, Jasmila Zbanic | Stars: Ana Ularu, Valentin Popescu, Zsolt Trill, Milena Dravic
Votes: 253
22. Fire (1995–1996)
50 min | Drama
Georgie Parker, Peter Phelps, Andy Anderson and Aaron Jeffery head up the cast in this series about a group of 'firies' in Queensland. A new female recruit battles sexism in the ... See full summary »
Stars: Andy Anderson, Wayne Pygram, Tayler Kane, Liddy Clark
Votes: 84
23. Headland (2005–2006)
60 min | Drama
Set in South Heads, Australia, the story begins with a fatal car accident. Craig, who still lies in coma, is the only survivor. Secrets and intrigues are revealed as we discover the lives and personalities of the inhabitants of Headland.
Stars: Rachael Taylor, Adrienne Pickering, Libby Tanner, Brooke Harman
Votes: 158
24. Sea Patrol (2007–2011)
TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Following the crew of the patrol boat HMAS Hammersley, as they patrol the northern sea border of Australia. They have to deal with foreign fishermen poaching fish, smugglers and with political unrest in a neighbouring island state.
Stars: John Batchelor, Matthew Holmes, Lisa McCune, Kristian Schmid
Votes: 2,636
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