Australia in the 1970s
by omoo22 | created - 18 Nov 2012 | updated - 09 Apr 2016 | PublicTV shows are included at the end of this list.
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1. Adam's Woman (1970)
M | 116 min | Drama, Western
Adam (Beau Bridges) is a young American wrongly accused of being an accomplice to murder while on shore leave in Liverpool. He is sentenced to death by hanging, but the sentence is commuted... See full summary »
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Beau Bridges, John Mills, Jane Merrow, James Booth
Votes: 200
2. The Naked Bunyip (1970)
Not Rated | 136 min | Comedy, Documentary
A shy young man is hired by an ad agency to conduct a survey on sex in Australia. The somewhat clueless young man investigates homosexuality, transvestites, prostitution, and strip clubs ... See full summary »
Director: John B. Murray | Stars: Graeme Blundell, Barry Humphries, Gordon Rumph, James R. Ball
Votes: 76
3. Ned Kelly (1970)
GP | 100 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The impoverished son of Irish immigrants is pushed by wrongful police persecution into becoming Australia's most notorious bushranger.
Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Mick Jagger, Clarissa Kaye-Mason, Mark McManus, Ken Goodlet
Votes: 1,414 | Gross: $0.25M
4. The Set (1970)
102 min | Drama
Paul Lawrence is a working class man who dates Cara, sells shirts at a Sydney department store, and dreams of attending art school.
Director: Frank Brittain | Stars: Hazel Phillips, Sean Myers, Rod Mullinar, Denis Doonan
Votes: 132
5. Squeeze a Flower (1970)
102 min | Comedy
When greed threatens the livelihood of an Italian monastery, a monk flees with the formula for their special liquor.
Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: Walter Chiari, Jack Albertson, Dave Allen, Rowena Wallace
Votes: 38
6. Strange Holiday (1970)
75 min | Adventure, Family
Ten young boys are shipwrecked somewhere in Oceania.
Director: Mende Brown | Stars: Jaeme Hamilton, Mark Healey, Jaime Massang, Van Alexander
Votes: 85
7. A City's Child (1971)
81 min
To escape her demanding, sick mother and her suburban loneliness, a middle-aged woman slides into a fantasy world in which there is incredible relief.
Director: Brian Kavanagh | Stars: Monica Maughan, Sean Scully, Moira Carleton, Vivean Gray
Votes: 34
8. Country Town (1971)
101 min | Drama
In this movie version of Bellbird (1967) a reporter, Philip Henderson stirs up the town further when they are already suffering with a drought.
Director: Peter Maxwell | Stars: Terry McDermott, Gary Gray, Lynette Curran, Gerard Maguire
Votes: 9
9. Demonstrator (1971)
112 min | Drama
Joe Slater, the Australian Defence Minister, has organised an Asian security conferred in Canberra.
Director: Warwick Freeman | Stars: Joe James, Irene Inescort, Gerard Maguire, Wendy Lingham
Votes: 13
10. Bello onesto emigrato Australia sposerebbe compaesana illibata (1971)
113 min | Comedy
Amedeo is a poor Italian immigrant living in Australia for twenty years. Seeking to marry an Italian wife, he corresponds with Carmela, a pretty girl from Rome. They do not reveal their ... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Zampa | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Claudia Cardinale, Riccardo Garrone, Corrado Olmi
Votes: 1,238
11. Homesdale (1971)
50 min | Comedy, Drama
Guests arrive at an expensive private guest house on a remote island near Sydney. The guest house and weird activities, like theatre sports and orienteering, are run by a leery eccentric. ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Geoff Malone, Grahame Bond, Kate Fitzpatrick, Barry Donnelly
Votes: 259
12. Morning of the Earth (1972)
79 min | Documentary, Action, Reality-TV
The film portrays surfers living in spiritual harmony with nature, making their own boards (and homes) as they traveled in search of the perfect wave across Australia's north-east coast, Bali and Hawaii.
Director: Albert Falzon | Stars: Chris Brock, Stephen Cooney, Terry Fitzgerald, Barry Kanaiaupuni
Votes: 183
13. Nickel Queen (1971)
89 min | Comedy
An outback pub owner stakes a claim and finds herself an overnight millionaire.
Director: John McCallum | Stars: Googie Withers, John Laws, Alfred Sandor, Ed Devereaux
Votes: 54
14. Stockade (1971)
90 min | Musical
This musical tells the story of the 1854 Eureka Stockade rebellion by the gold miners in Ballarat. It was adapted from a play by novelist Kenneth Cooke.
Directors: Ross McGregor, Hans Pomeranz | Stars: Michele Fawdon, Rod Mullinar, Graham Corry, Sue Hollywood
Votes: 13
15. Stork (1971)
85 min | Comedy
A gangly, awkward, would-be revolutionary loses his virginity to the vivacious hippie girlfriend of his two flatmates, and becomes hell-bent on sabotaging her wedding to one of them.
Director: Tim Burstall | Stars: Bruce Spence, Jacki Weaver, Helmut Bakaitis, Graeme Blundell
Votes: 213
16. Sympathy in Summer (1971)
88 min | Drama
Lenny a young student is an opportunistic womanzier who appears quite confident in being this way, or is he? We begin to see who Lenny really is and why he operated the way he does after ... See full summary »
Director: Antony I. Ginnane | Stars: Connie Simmons, Vincent Grifith, Tony Horler, Robin Wells
17. Three to Go (1971)
90 min | Drama
Three stories, each presenting a young Australian at a moment of decision about their future.
Directors: Brian Hannant, Oliver Howes, Peter Weir | Stars: Matthew Burton, Grahame Bond, Peter Colville, Georgina West
Votes: 121
18. Wake in Fright (1971)
R | 109 min | Drama, Thriller
After a bad gambling bet, a schoolteacher is marooned in a town full of crazy, drunk, violent men who threaten to make him just as crazy, drunk, and violent.
Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Donald Pleasence, Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay
Votes: 13,963 | Gross: $0.05M
19. Walkabout (1971)
GP | 100 min | Adventure, Drama
Two city-bred siblings are stranded in the Australian Outback, where they learn to survive with the aid of an Aboriginal boy on his "walkabout": a ritual separation from his tribe.
Director: Nicolas Roeg | Stars: Jenny Agutter, David Gulpilil, Luc Roeg, John Meillon
Votes: 27,349 | Gross: $0.02M
20. The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972)
Not Rated | 114 min | Comedy
Young Australian, Barry McKenzie, travels to England with his Aunt Edna after his father dies and a request is revealed in his will.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Barry Crocker, Barry Humphries, Dick Bentley, Peter Cook
Votes: 927
21. Marco Polo Jr. (1972)
G | 80 min | Animation, Family
Marco Polo Jr., the descendant of the legendary explorer, goes on a daring journey in search of his own destiny.
Director: Eric Porter | Stars: Bobby Rydell, Arnold Stang, Corie Sims, Kevin Golsby
Votes: 95
22. Night of Fear (1973)
54 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
Insane sadistic hermit stalks and captures those who get lost in his part of the woods. A young woman whose car broke down is about to find out what he does with them next.
Director: Terry Bourke | Stars: Norman Yemm, Carla Hoogeveen, Mike Dorsey, Briony Behets
Votes: 657
23. The Office Picnic (1972)
85 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of public servants on their annual country picnic.
Director: Tom Cowan | Stars: John Wood, Kate Fitzpatrick, Philip Deamer, Gay Steele
Votes: 22
24. Private Collection (1972)
93 min | Comedy
A man obsessed with his art collection. His wife obsessed with her gramophone. A thief determined.
Director: Keith Salvat | Stars: Pamela Stephenson, Peter Reynolds, Brian Blain, Grahame Bond
Votes: 15
25. Shirley Thompson Versus the Aliens (1972)
80 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A group of aliens plans to invade Australia as a means of taking over the Earth. In order to communicate with the people of Earth, they bring a statue of the long-dead Duke of Edinburgh to life.
Director: Jim Sharman | Stars: Jane Harders, June Collis, Tim Elliott, Marion Johns
Votes: 69
26. Sunbury (1972)
97 min | Documentary, Music
For better or worse, Sunbury '72 is now widely regarded as the archetypal Australian rock festival, and is often referred to as "Aussie Woodstock".
Directors: Ray Wagstaff, John Dixon | Stars: Gerry Humphrys, Lobby Loyde, Phil Manning, Ian 'Molly' Meldrum
Votes: 6
27. Sunstruck (1972)
91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Stanley Evans is a Welsh teacher who heads to Austalia after an unsuccessful romance. Yearning for the good old days when he was a choral director in Wales, Secombe organizes his Aussie ... See full summary »
Director: James Gilbert | Stars: Harry Secombe, Maggie Fitzgibbon, John Meillon, Dennis Jordan
Votes: 118
28. Alvin Purple (1973)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Romance
Waterbed salesman Alvin consults a psychiatrist about his irresistibilty to women.
Director: Tim Burstall | Stars: Graeme Blundell, Abigail, Lynette Curran, Christine Amor
Votes: 663
29. Avengers of the Reef (1973)
84 min | Family, Adventure
Director: Chris McCullough | Stars: Simon Drake, Biu Rarawa, Tim Elliott, Noel Ferrier
Votes: 12
30. Dalmas (1973)
105 min | Drama
Director: Bert Deling | Stars: Peter Whittle, Peter Cummins, Max Gillies, John Duigan
Votes: 31
31. Don Quixote (1973)
G | 111 min | Music
A film adaptation of the Ludwig Minkus ballet, completely re-orchestrated and with additional music by John Lanchbery.
Directors: Robert Helpmann, Rudolf Nureyev | Stars: Robert Helpmann, Ray Powell, Rudolf Nureyev, Francis Croese
Votes: 93
32. Libido (1973)
117 min | Drama
Explores adultery and jealous fantasies, the end of innocence, the moral and spiritual conflicts of a priest and a nun in love. The stories define the exploration of women and the cultural upheaval of the early 70s.
Directors: David Baker, Tim Burstall, John B. Murray, Fred Schepisi | Stars: Elke Neidhart, Bryon Williams, Mark Albiston, John Williams
Votes: 104
33. Lost in the Bush (1973)
64 min | Drama, Thriller
Three small farm kids are lost for eight days in 1864 in Victoria.
Director: Peter Dodds | Stars: Gabrielle Bulle, Colin Freckleton, Richard McClelland, Adrian Crick
Votes: 25
34. Skin of Your Eye (1973)
117 min | Documentary
Directors: Arthur Cantrill, Corinne Cantrill | Stars: Ivor Cantrill, Garrie Hutchinson, John Layfield, Michael Lee
35. The Stuntmen (1973)
49 min | Documentary
Grant Page and friends show you the stuntman's tricks of the trade via specially staged action sequences and archival footage from the Silent Era.
Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith | Stars: Bob Woodham, Herbert Nelson, Warren Campbell, Grant Page
Votes: 51
36. Alvin Rides Again (1974)
89 min | Comedy
Alvin Purple, the world's most unlikely sex symbol stumbles from woman to woman and job to job in this zany, sexy Australian comedy.
Directors: David Bilcock, Robin Copping | Stars: Graeme Blundell, Alan Finney, Gus Mercurio, Noel Ferrier
Votes: 236
37. Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974)
93 min | Comedy
Barry McKenzie's Aunt Edna is kidnapped by Count Von Plasma, the vampire head of an isolated Eastern European dictatorship who mistakes her for the Queen of England and thinks that ... See full summary »
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Barry Crocker, Barry Humphries, Donald Pleasence, Ed Devereaux
Votes: 293
38. Between Wars (1974)
100 min | Drama, History, War
This film traces the career of Dr Edward Trenbow (Corin Redgrave), who becomes a well-respected Sydney psychiatrist. In the 1920s, he takes up residence at Callan Park Asylum. The film ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Thornhill | Stars: Corin Redgrave, Judy Morris, Günter Meisner, Arthur Dignam
Votes: 43
39. The Cars That Ate Paris (1974)
PG | 88 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
The small town of Paris, Australia deliberately causes car accidents, then sells/salvages all valuables from the wrecks as a means of economy.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Terry Camilleri, John Meillon, Kevin Miles, Rick Scully
Votes: 4,423
40. The Shrine of Ultimate Bliss (1974)
107 min | Action, Thriller
Stoner, an Australian cop, has been investigating the spread of a mysterious addictive drug that acts like an aphrodisiac and a hallucenogen on anyone who takes it. When his own sister ... See full summary »
Director: Feng Huang | Stars: George Lazenby, Angela Mao, Betty Ting Pei, In-shik Hwang
Votes: 207
A Man Called Stoner
41. Moving On (1974)
57 min | Drama
Director: Richard Mason | Stars: Ewen Solon, Kay Taylor, Ken Shorter, Lyndel Rowe
42. Number 96 (1974)
113 min | Comedy, Drama
Further adventures of the Number 96 (1972) crew, on the big screen. After a devastating experience at the hands of a group of bikies Vera Collins recovers at the home of socialite friend ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Benardos | Stars: Johnny Lockwood, Philippa Baker, Gordon McDougall, Sheila Kennelly
Votes: 96
43. Petersen (1974)
R | 97 min | Drama
A married electrician and former football star begins a degree in English at university, where he has an affair with his professor's wife.
Director: Tim Burstall | Stars: Jack Thompson, Jacki Weaver, Wendy Hughes, Arthur Dignam
Votes: 170
44. Stone (1974)
Not Rated | 132 min | Action, Drama, Adventure
After one of its members witnesses a political assassination, a motorbike gang becomes the target of a string of murders, prompting a cop to join their ranks to determine who is responsible.
Director: Sandy Harbutt | Stars: Deryck Barnes, Sandy Harbutt, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Lex Mitchell
Votes: 1,774
45. 27A (1974)
86 min | Drama
A middle-aged "metho" drinker joins Alcoholics Anonymous and undergoes a psychiatric examination. As a consequence, he is committed to a hospital for the criminally insane, to be detained ... See full summary »
Director: Esben Storm | Stars: Bill Hunter, Robert McDarra, David Curtiss, Haydn Keenan
Votes: 48
46. Yackety Yack (1974)
86 min | Comedy
A film director tries to discuss film with his friends, but they soon discover he's willing to edit out any parts of the conversation that he doesn't agree with.
Director: Dave Jones | Stars: Dave Jones, John Flaus, Peter Carmody, Peggy Cole
Votes: 19
47. Australia After Dark (1975)
90 min | Documentary, Horror
A 1970s 'Ozploitation' documentary looking at a random collection of stories from the "dark side" of Australian culture.
Director: John D. Lamond | Stars: Gina Allen, Count Copernicus, Hayes Gordon, Renee Lense
Votes: 178
48. The Box (1975)
100 min | Comedy
Story examines television station UCV-12 attempting to produce a feature-film version of its television series "Manhunt", while an officious efficiency expert investigates the running of ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Eddey | Stars: Barrie Barkla, Fred Betts, Belinda Giblin, Ken James
Votes: 39
49. Down the Wind (1975)
64 min | Drama
A young nature photographer hesitantly accepts an assignment to shoot for a fashion magazine which takes him to a ski resort. He leaves his loved ones behind and further distances himself ... See full summary »
Directors: Scott Hicks, Kim McKenzie | Stars: David Cameron, Penne Hackforth-Jones, Ross Thompson, Christina Mackay
50. The Firm Man (1975)
84 min | Drama
Not much is known about the firm for which businessman Gerald Baxter works, but it seems to have a negative effect on everyone involved. The hero begins to experience bizarre visions, while... See full summary »
Director: John Duigan | Stars: Peter Cummins, Eileen Chapman, Peter Carmody, Bethany Lee
Votes: 22
51. The Great MacArthy (1975)
106 min | Comedy, Sport
Macarthy is a country football player who is kidnapped by the South Melbourne Football Club and made a star player in the city.
Director: David Baker | Stars: John Jarratt, Judy Morris, Kate Fitzpatrick, Sandra McGregor
Votes: 68
52. How Willingly You Sing (1975)
90 min | Comedy
Director: Gary Patterson | Stars: Isaac Gerson, Braham Glass, Morris Gradman, Allan Levy
53. Inn of the Damned (1975)
R | 118 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A sheriff investigates why the guests at a local hostelry check in but never check out.
Director: Terry Bourke | Stars: Judith Anderson, Alex Cord, Michael Craig, Joseph Fürst
Votes: 498
54. The Love Epidemic (1975)
83 min | Documentary, Comedy
A series of risque sketches highlighting the dangers of sexually transmitted diseases.
Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith | Stars: Michael Laurence, Rosalind Speirs, Peter Reynolds, Grant Page
Votes: 28
55. The Man from Hong Kong (1975)
R | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
While on dispatch in Australia to extradite a drug courier, a tough Hong Kong cop wages a one-man war against Sydney's most powerful kingpin.
Directors: Brian Trenchard-Smith, Jimmy Wang Yu | Stars: Jimmy Wang Yu, George Lazenby, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Roger Ward
Votes: 1,848
56. Nuts, Bolts and Bedroom Springs (1975)
72 min | Comedy
Director: Gary Young | Stars: Gary Young, Steve Michaels, Val Moore, Lyn Samson
57. The Olive Tree (1975)
70 min | Drama
The murder of a farm hand emerge as a struggles takes place between a father wants his son to take over the farm and his daughter who also wants the farm.
Director: Edgar Metcalfe | Stars: John Adam, Alan Cassell, Faith Clayton, Robert van Mackelenberg
58. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
PG | 115 min | Drama, Mystery
During a rural summer picnic, a few students and a teacher from an Australian girls' school vanish without a trace. Their absence frustrates and haunts the people left behind.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Rachel Roberts, Anne-Louise Lambert, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse
Votes: 41,039 | Gross: $0.23M
59. Plugg (1975)
88 min | Comedy
Plugg, a seedy private detective, is hired to watch over a suspected brothel, but with the tenacious inspector Closer on his tail, this assignment will prove to be a difficult one.
Director: Terry Bourke | Stars: Peter Thompson, Cheryl Rixon, Norman Yemm, Reg Gorman
Votes: 70
60. Promised Woman (1975)
84 min | Drama
A Greek woman arrives in Australia for an arranged marriage only to be rejected, and has to begin life again on her own.
Director: Tom Cowan | Stars: Jelena Zigon, Takis Emmanuel, Nikos Gerissimou, Kate Fitzpatrick
Votes: 10
61. Pure S (1975)
85 min | Drama
A group of Australian heroin addicts go out and try to score a hit after a friend overdoses.
Director: Bert Deling | Stars: Sally McNee, Doc Smith, Russell Kirby, Kenny Taylor
Votes: 122
62. The Removalists (1975)
93 min | Drama
A good and a bad cop assist a battered wife as she tries to escape her belligerent husband.
Director: Tom Jeffrey | Stars: Peter Cummins, John Hargreaves, Jacki Weaver, Kate Fitzpatrick
Votes: 90
63. Ride a Wild Pony (1975)
G | 91 min | Adventure, Family
A young teenage boy in Australia finds himself at odds with a crippled teenage girl over the ownership of a beloved pony.
Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: Michael Craig, John Meillon, Robert Bettles, Eva Griffith
Votes: 238
64. Scobie Malone (1975)
98 min | Mystery
Sydney homicide detective Sergeant Scobie Malone and his offsider investigate the murder of Helga, whose corpse is found in the basement of the Sydney Opera House.
Director: Terry Ohlsson | Stars: Jack Thompson, Judy Morris, Shane Porteous, Jacqueline Kott
Votes: 105
65. Sidecar Racers (1975)
PG | 100 min | Drama
Two young people pursue their dream of being champion motorcycle sidecar racers on the Australian speedway circuit.
Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Ben Murphy, Wendy Hughes, John Clayton, Peter Graves
Votes: 103
66. Solo Flight (1975)
75 min | Drama, Thriller
Director: Ian Mills | Stars: Fiona Russell, Don Barker, Sid Jennings, John Ley
67. Sunday Too Far Away (1975)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama
A hard-drinking but hard-working gun shearer leads a group of Outback sheep herders into striking after wealthy landowners attempt to drive them from their territory.
Director: Ken Hannam | Stars: Jack Thompson, Max Cullen, Robert Bruning, Jerry Thomas
Votes: 947
68. That Lady from Peking (1971)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama
Max Foster (Carl Betz), an American newspaper reporter, is in Hong Kong to assist a defecting Russian diplomat. In return for arranging an escape, the diplomat must turn over to Foster a ... See full summary »
Director: Eddie Davis | Stars: Carl Betz, Nancy Kwan, Bobby Rydell, Sid Melton
Votes: 40
69. The True Story of Eskimo Nell (1975)
103 min | Adventure, Comedy, Western
The film's unlikely protagonist is a mild-mannered window peeper named Dead-Eye Dick (Max Gillies), who spies on a Mexican couple.
Director: Richard Franklin | Stars: Max Gillies, Serge Lazareff, Paul Vachon, Jerry Thomas
Votes: 108
70. Lost in the Wild (1976)
93 min | Adventure, Western
A twelve year old boy and a common criminal are being transported in the same ship from England to Australia in the last century. When the ship wrecked they happen to be the only survivors ... See full summary »
Director: David Waddington | Stars: Sean Kramer, Brett Maxworthy, Lionel Long, Jack Allen
Votes: 62
71. Betty Blokk-buster Follies (1976)
120 min | Comedy, Musical
A film of Reg Livermore's one-man stage show.
Directors: Peter Batey, Doug Livermore | Stars: Reg Livermore, The Baxter Funt Band, The Reginas
Votes: 13
72. Break of Day (1976)
112 min | Drama, History, Romance
Tom Cooper, a married man recently returned from WWI, falls in love with an artist visiting his country town, but he has misgivings after meeting her city friends.
Director: Ken Hannam | Stars: Sara Kestelman, Andrew McFarlane, Ingrid Mason, John Bell
Votes: 56
73. Caddie (1976)
100 min | Drama, Romance
Sydney, Australia in the mid-1920's. Proud and classy Caddie Marsh is forced to get a job as a barmaid and raise two children on her own after her rich cad husband walks out on her. Despite... See full summary »
Director: Donald Crombie | Stars: Helen Morse, Takis Emmanuel, Jack Thompson, Jacki Weaver
Votes: 244
74. Deathcheaters (1976)
93 min | Action, Adventure
Two best friends, Vietnam War veterans-turned-stuntmen, are sent as spies to the Philippines on a top secret mission for the Australian government.
Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith | Stars: John Hargreaves, Grant Page, Margaret Gerard, Ziggy
Votes: 306
75. The Devil's Playground (1976)
107 min | Drama
Fred Schepisi's first feature is this lushly photographed period drama detailing a young boy's coming-of-age in a strict Catholic seminary in 1950s Australia.
Director: Fred Schepisi | Stars: Charles McCallum, John Frawley, Arthur Dignam, Nick Tate
Votes: 1,312
76. 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: 1,576
77. Eliza Fraser (1976)
130 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
An old captain & his young wife share a lot of adventures after they're shipwrecked and captured by Aborigines on an island near Australia.
Director: Tim Burstall | Stars: Susannah York, John Waters, John Castle, Noel Ferrier
Votes: 220
78. End Play (1976)
80 min | Thriller
When a hitchhiker is picked up and murdered by an unseen assailant, two brothers both become suspects, all the while increasing their tensions between them as they both pursue their half-cousin, Margaret.
Director: Tim Burstall | Stars: George Mallaby, John Waters, Ken Goodlet, Delvene Delaney
Votes: 255
79. Fantasm (1976)
X | 87 min | Comedy
Professor Jungenot A. Freud explores ten common female sexual fantasies as described by some of his patients.
Director: Richard Franklin | Stars: John Holmes, Uschi Digard, Candy Samples, Rene Bond
Votes: 592
80. The Fourth Wish (1976)
107 min | Drama
The poignant struggle of a man to grant his terminally ill son three wishes - and the obstacles cast in his way of achieving this goal.
Director: Don Chaffey | Stars: John Meillon, Robert Bettles, Michael Craig, Anne Haddy
Votes: 111
81. Illuminations (1976)
74 min | Drama
Director: Paul Cox | Stars: Gabriella Trsek, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Norman Kaye, Sheila Florance
82. Image of Death (1978 TV Movie)
81 min | Thriller
Yvonne is a beautiful but sneaky woman who likes to live off other people's money.
Director: Kevin James Dobson | Stars: Cathey Paine, Cheryl Waters, Tony Bonner, Penne Hackforth-Jones
Votes: 27
83. Let the Balloon Go (1976)
G | 92 min | Drama, Family
While his brother is fighting in WWI, a small independent Australian boy who lives in the countryside with his overbearing mother and pet dog and who must wear a leg brace decides to overcome his handicap no matter what.
Director: Oliver Howes | Stars: Robert Bettles, Janet Kingsbury, John Ewart, Ben Gabriel
Votes: 40
84. Mad Dog Morgan (1976)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The true story of Irish outlaw Daniel Morgan, who is wanted, dead or alive, in Australia during the 1850s.
Director: Philippe Mora | Stars: Dennis Hopper, Jack Thompson, David Gulpilil, Frank Thring
Votes: 1,864
85. Twentieth Century Oz (1976)
R | 85 min | Fantasy, Comedy, Musical
Dorothy is a 16-year-old groupie riding with an up-and-coming rock band when, suddenly, their van is in a road accident, and she hits her head. She wakes up in an alternate reality that's ... See full summary »
Director: Chris Löfvén | Stars: Joy Dunstan, Graham Matters, Bruce Spence, Michael Carman
Votes: 211
86. Storm Boy (1976)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Family
Mike is a lonely Australian boy living in a coastal wilderness with his reclusive father. In search of friendship he encounters an Aboriginal native loner and the two form a bond in the care of orphaned pelicans.
Directors: Henri Safran, Ian Goddard | Stars: Greg Rowe, Peter Cummins, David Gulpilil, Judy Dick
Votes: 1,517
87. Summer of Secrets (1976)
100 min | Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A young couple venture into a summer beach house and make passionate love, unaware that they are being observed by a demented doctor who later uses the girl as part of a bizarre experiment.
Director: Jim Sharman | Stars: Arthur Dignam, Rufus Collins, Nell Campbell, Andrew Sharp
Votes: 55
88. Surrender in Paradise (1976)
92 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Around 1900, bushranger Rusty Swan receives a message that his mother is dying. He sets off with his partner Cecil and girlfriend Valda to see her, chased by a posse led by Sergeant Rutter.... See full summary »
Director: Peter Cox | Stars: Ross Gilbert, Carolyn Howard, Rod Wissler, Errol O'Neill
Votes: 19
89. The Trespassers (1976)
88 min | Drama
In 1970, political journalist Richard lives with Penny but is having an affair with actress Dee. The two women meet and become friends.
Director: John Duigan | Stars: Judy Morris, Briony Behets, John Derum, Hugh Keays-Byrne
Votes: 11
90. ABBA: The Movie (1977)
G | 95 min | Documentary, Comedy, Music
An incompetent radio DJ tries to get an interview with the Swedish pop group during their famous week-long 1977 tour of Australia.
Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Fältskog
Votes: 3,866
91. Blue Fire Lady (1977)
96 min | Drama, Family
A girl's love of horses meets with her father's disapproval.
Director: Ross Dimsey | Stars: Cathryn Harrison, Mark Holden, Peter Cummins, Marion Edward
Votes: 93
92. Backroads (1977)
60 min | Crime, Drama
A black and white lowlife duo drives around Australia's Outback in a stolen vehicle and finds trouble after trouble.
Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Bill Hunter, Gary Foley, Zac Martin, Terry Camilleri
Votes: 253
93. Cosy Cool (1977)
67 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Australia 1975. Gas station attendent Cosy Cool has had enough of his dead end job, his boss and living in a country town. He hooks up with his old biker buddy Gracious Grytt, leaves town ... See full summary »
Director: Gary Young | Stars: Gary Young, John Wilson, Laurie Moran, Richard Allen
Votes: 31
94. Dot and the Kangaroo (1977)
TV-Y7-FV | 71 min | Animation, Drama, Family
A young girl gets lost in the Australian outback and befriends a kangaroo
Director: Yoram Gross | Stars: Barbara Frawley, Joan Bruce, Spike Milligan, June Salter
Votes: 876
95. The F.J. Holden (1977)
101 min | Drama
Bankstown, NSW, Australia, 1970s. Kevin and his mate Bob spend their time drinking and cruising around the western suburbs of Sydney in Kevin's yellow FJ Holden, looking for girls. One day ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Thornhill | Stars: Paul Couzens, Eva Dickinson, Carl Stever, Gary Waddell
Votes: 272
96. Fantasm Comes Again (1977)
X | 99 min | Comedy
An intern and a professional writer at a newspaper agency read ten letters sent to their sexual advice column detailing the erotic escapades of various women.
Director: Colin Eggleston | Stars: Rick Cassidy, Con Covert, Uschi Digard, Dee Dee Levitt
Votes: 408
97. High Rolling in a Hot Corvette (1977)
PG | 89 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Two fun-loving carnival workers take a vacation with the hope of finding plenty of sex and drugs. Their "quest" is fulfilled when they encounter a dope-peddler and two exotic nightclub dancers.
Director: Igor Auzins | Stars: Joseph Bottoms, Grigor Taylor, Wendy Hughes, Sandra McGregor
Votes: 151
98. Inside Looking Out (1978)
90 min | Drama
Director: Paul Cox | Stars: Briony Behets, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Norman Kaye, Elke Neidhart
99. Journey Among Women (1977)
93 min | Drama, History, Western
In colonial Australia, daughter of a judge helps a group of female convicts living in inhuman conditions escape. Aboriginal girl teaches them how to survive in the forest. One of them gets raped and killed. The group seeks revenge.
Director: Tom Cowan | Stars: Jeune Pritchard, Martin Phelan, Nell Campbell, Lillian Crombie
Votes: 148
100. 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: 11,033
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