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1. First Footprints (2013)
228 min | Documentary
First Footprints takes us back to an Australia before Captain Cook. It is the untold story of the original pioneers of all humankind, a history that began in Australia 50,000 years before modern humans reached America and Europe.
Star: Ernie Dingo
Votes: 95
2. Australia: The Story of Us (2014–2015)
Documentary, History
The series looks back at some of the people, places and events that have shaped the country over the last 40,000 years.
Stars: Rupert Degas, Richard Roxburgh, Tim Flannery, Tim Costello
Votes: 71
3. My Place (2009–2011)
30 min | Drama, Family
The story of one house in South Sydney, told by the children who live there over 260 years.
Stars: Susie Porter, Rebecca Massey, Alexandra Schepisi, Leon Burchill
Votes: 105
4. Rogue Nation (2009)
Drama, History
Historian Michael Cathcart tells the epic story of how the colourful characters of early colonial Australia transformed a penal settlement into a land with rights and opportunity in a mere ... See full summary »
Stars: Michael Cathcart, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Geoff Morrell, Andrew Hofman
Votes: 29
5. 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
6. Mary Bryant (2005–2007)
R | 480 min | Adventure, Drama
A young woman is transported to the New South Wales penal colony in 1788.
Stars: Romola Garai, Jack Davenport, Alex O'Loughlin, Sam Neill
Votes: 2,578
7. To the Ends of the Earth (2005)
89 min | Drama
In 1812, young British aristocrat Edmund Talbot travels by ship to Australia, and learns more about himself and about life than he had ever bargained for.
Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Jared Harris, Jamie Sives, Richard McCabe
Votes: 2,597
8. Mná Díbeartha: Convict Women (2013– )
Documentary
Stars: Sarah Moon, Zane Pinner, Naomi Ngoo, Susan Barrett
9. 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
10. Against the Wind (1978)
617 min | Drama, History, Western
Mary Mulvane, an 18 year old Irish girl, is transported to New South Wales for seven years for doing little else than protecting her own property. She must endure the horror of transport to... See full summary »
Stars: Mary Larkin, Kerry McGuire, Jon English, Warwick Sims
Votes: 946
11. Sara Dane (1982)
Not Rated | 250 min | Drama, History, Romance
The lavish, passionate story of a beautiful convict girl, Sara Dane who is transported from England to Australia for a crime she did not commit. She struggle for freedom and independence against almost impossible odds.
Stars: Juliet Jordan, Harold Hopkins, Brenton Whittle, Barry Quin
Votes: 82
12. The Timeless Land (1980)
55 min | Adventure, Drama, History
A miniseries about European settlement and exploration of Australia produced and broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Stars: Angela Punch McGregor, Robin Stewart, Brian Hinzlewood, Michael Craig
Votes: 47
13. 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
14. The Bounty (1984)
PG | 132 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Fed up with their Captain's harsh discipline, a sailing ship's crew decides to take action.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Edward Fox
Votes: 30,449 | Gross: $8.60M
15. Bligh (1992)
25 min | Comedy, History
In 1807 the Governor of the colony of New South Wales, William Bligh, struggles in both his professional and personal life.
Stars: Michael Veitch, Magda Szubanski, William McInnes, Gina Riley
Votes: 31
17. 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
18. 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: 676
19. Van Diemen's Land (2009)
Not Rated | 104 min | Adventure, Biography, History
The true story of Alexander Pearce, Australia's most notorious convict. In 1822, Pearce and seven fellow convicts escaped from Macquarie Harbour, a place of ultra banishment and punishment,... See full summary »
Director: Jonathan auf der Heide | Stars: Oscar Redding, Arthur Angel, Paul Ashcroft, Thomas M. Wright
Votes: 3,428
20. The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce (2008)
PG-13 | 60 min | Biography, Drama, History
Eight men escape from the most isolated prison on earth. Only one man survives and the story he recounts shocks the British establishment to the core. This story is the last confession of Alexander Pearce.
Director: Michael James Rowland | Stars: Adrian Dunbar, Ciarán McMenamin, Dan Wyllie, Don Hany
Votes: 690
21. The Nightingale (I) (2018)
R | 136 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Set in 1825, Clare, a young Irish convict woman, chases a British officer through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. On the way she enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker named Billy, who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.
Director: Jennifer Kent | Stars: Aisling Franciosi, Maya Christie, Baykali Ganambarr, Addison Christie
Votes: 35,648 | Gross: $0.39M
22. The Potato Factory (2000)
Comedy, Drama, History
This four-hour miniseries tells the story of Ikey Solomon, his wife Hannah and his mistress Mary, who get caught in the criminal world of early 19th-century London and the convict settlement of Van Diemen's Land in Australia.
Stars: Ben Cross, Lisa McCune, Sonia Todd, Robert Grubb
Votes: 107
23. The First Fagin (2012)
87 min | Documentary
When Charles Dickens created the character of Fagin in Oliver Twist, he gave birth to one of the most infamous personas in English literature. Few people know that Dickens' portrait of ... See full summary »
Directors: Helen Gaynor, Alan Rosenthal | Stars: Alison Alexander, Brian Andrews, John Andrews, Anthony Archer
Votes: 16
24. Manganinnie (1980)
90 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Aboriginal woman Manganinnie survives a Black Line raid which claims the life of her husband, Meenopeekameena.
Director: John Honey | Stars: Mawuyul Yanthalawuy, Anna Ralph, Phillip Hinton, Elaine Mangan
Votes: 187
25. Under Capricorn (1949)
Approved | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A young gentleman goes to Australia where he reunites with his now married childhood sweetheart, only to find out she has become an alcoholic and harbors dark secrets.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, Michael Wilding, Margaret Leighton
Votes: 8,109
26. Outback House (2005)
History, Reality-TV
Outback house follows the incredible journey of a small group of intrepid Australians. who, travel back in time almost 150 years to live on a remote, 10,000 acre sheep station.
Star: Paul Allcorn
Votes: 28
27. The Extraordinary Tale of William Buckley: The great untold story of Australia's Robinson Crusoe (2010 TV Movie)
55 min | Documentary
Presented by historian Michael Cathcart, The Extraordinary Tale of William Buckley is a dramatised documentary that tells one of Australia's great untold stories.
Director: Malcolm Mcdonald | Stars: Michael Cathcart, Jean-Marc Russ, Chris Haywood, Sifora Durrurrnga
Votes: 163
28. To New Shores (1937)
106 min | Drama
In 1846 the actress Gloria Vane is performing at the Adelphi Theatre, London. She is in love with the destitute nobleman Albert Finsbury, who is shortly departing to Australia to become an ... See full summary »
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Zarah Leander, Willy Birgel, Edwin Jürgensen, Carola Höhn
Votes: 476
29. For the Term of His Natural Life (1983)
520 min | Adventure, Drama
In 1830's England, a young man from a good but troubled family is unjustly convicted of stealing a watch. He's transported to Van Dieman's Land (Tasmania) where he suffers under the enmity ... See full summary »
Stars: Anthony Perkins, Patrick Macnee, Samantha Eggar, Diane Cilento
Votes: 234
30. The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
108 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
After suffering racist abuse throughout his life - which intensifies following his marriage to a white woman - a half-Aboriginal farmhand finds himself driven to murder.
Director: Fred Schepisi | Stars: Tommy Lewis, Freddy Reynolds, Angela Punch McGregor, Ray Barrett
Votes: 2,531
31. Australia on Trial (2012)
Drama
Documentary and reenactment series looking at three trials in pre-Federation Australia that effected the development of the nation and it's society.
Stars: Michael Cathcart, Richard Cawthorne, Xavier Gouault, Ben Geurens
Votes: 24
32. Eureka Stockade (1984)
190 min | Drama
A miniseries on the Eureka Rebellion in Australia back in 1854
Stars: Bryan Brown, Bill Hunter, Carol Burns, Amy Madigan
Votes: 64
33. Eureka Stockade (1949)
Approved | 103 min | Drama, History, Western
In 1854, Australian gold rush miners struggle for their rights against an oppressive government.
Director: Harry Watt | Stars: Chips Rafferty, Jane Barrett, Jack Lambert, Peter Illing
Votes: 209
34. Great Expectations: The Untold Story (1987 TV Movie)
102 min | Drama
A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.
Director: Tim Burstall | Stars: John Stanton, Sigrid Thornton, Robert Coleby, Noel Ferrier
Votes: 29
35. Burke & Wills (1985)
PG-13 | 140 min | Adventure, Drama, History
A story based on true events about two explorers on a doomed journey trying to cross Australia on foot in the 19 century.
Director: Graeme Clifford | Stars: Jack Thompson, Nigel Havers, Greta Scacchi, Matthew Fargher
Votes: 283
36. Kings in Grass Castles (1998)
200 min | Drama
The life of an Irish immigrant family in Australia in the second half of the 19th century.
Stars: Essie Davis, Fionnula Flanagan, Susan Lynch, James Fox
Votes: 140
37. Luke's Kingdom (1976)
676 min | Drama, Western
Luke Firbeck is determined that his settlement in the outback is going to be his kingdom. He is ruthless. He has a deep attraction for his sister, Jassy.
Stars: Oliver Tobias, James Condon, Elizabeth Crosby, Gerard Maguire
Votes: 78
38. Under Capricorn (1983)
Not Rated | 198 min | Drama, History
In 1831, young Irishman Charles Adare (Peter Cousens) arrives in New South Wales, Australia, eager to make his fortune and make it fast. But what he finds are secrets that won't stay buried.
Stars: Lisa Harrow, John Hallam, Peter Cousens, Julia Blake
Votes: 58
39. Bullseye (1987)
93 min | Adventure, Western
In the 1860s, two friends, Harry and Bluey, steal a thousand head of cattle and trek it across country from Queensland to Adelaide.
Director: Carl Schultz | Stars: Paul Goddard, Kathryn Walker, John Wood, Lynette Curran
Votes: 43
40. Golden Pennies (1985– )
30 min | Adventure, Family
The adventures of a struggling family and their friends in a gold rush mining area.
Stars: Carol Drinkwater, Bryan Marshall, Michaela Abay, Tibbi Karman
Votes: 35
41. Ned Kelly (2003)
R | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
An innocent man becomes one of the most wanted criminals the world has ever known.
Director: Gregor Jordan | Stars: Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush, Naomi Watts
Votes: 28,091 | Gross: $0.07M
42. 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: 13,189
43. Robbery Under Arms (1985 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 141 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Fourth adaptation and first made for television of the classic Australian bushranger novel "Robbery Under Arms" by Rolf Boldrewood. Made by the South Australian Film Corporation during the ... See full summary »
Directors: Donald Crombie, Ken Hannam | Stars: Sam Neill, Steven Vidler, Christopher Cummins, Liz Newman
Votes: 239
44. Wild Boys (2011)
60 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
Australia 1860s, Wild Boys follows a gang of bushrangers as they stage hold-ups determined to keep ahead of the troopers or wind up at the end of a noose.
Stars: Daniel MacPherson, Michael Dorman, Alexander England, Zoe Ventoura
Votes: 501
45. Rush (1974–1976)
50 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Stories of the lives of people living in and around the goldfields in the Australian bush during the 1850's.
Stars: John Waters, Max Meldrum, Alain Doutey, Vincent Ball
Votes: 87
46. Cash and Company (1975)
622 min | Action, Drama, Western
Wanted by the law, likeable bushrangers Sam Cash and cigar smoking accomplice Joe Brady are men with purpose and the know how to stay one sneaky step ahead of the authorities.
Stars: Serge Lazareff, Penne Hackforth-Jones, Gus Mercurio, Bruce Kerr
Votes: 43
47. Tandarra (1976)
50 min | Drama, Western
Following the next exciting chapter in the lives of Aussie bushrangers, Tandarra is the lively spin-off of the classic 1850s era television series, Cash & Company.
Stars: Gerard Kennedy, Penne Hackforth-Jones, Gus Mercurio, David John
Votes: 30
48. Five Mile Creek (1983–1985)
Not Rated | 46 min | Drama, Family, Western
The series follows the adventures of a group of Americans who travel to Australia. Teaming up with a native halfway house owner, they introduce a stagecoach service to the local economy.
Stars: Louise Caire Clark, Liz Burch, Jay Kerr, Rod Mullinar
Votes: 343
49. On Our Selection (1932)
99 min | Comedy
A tale of the ups and downs of the Rudd family who live on a ranch in Southwest Queensland.
Director: Ken G. Hall | Stars: Bert Bailey, Fred MacDonald, Alfreda Bevan, John McGowan
Votes: 63
50. Dad and Dave: On Our Selection (1995)
107 min | Comedy
Tired of local corruption and the harshness of his life a bushman demonstrates the true Aussie spirit and decides to run for parliament.
Director: George Whaley | Stars: Leo McKern, Joan Sutherland, Geoffrey Rush, Ray Barrett
Votes: 223
51. The Man from Snowy River (1982)
PG | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In 1880s Australia, after young Jim Craig's father dies, he takes a job at the Harrison cattle ranch, where he is forced to become a man.
Director: George Miller | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Tom Burlinson, Terence Donovan, Tommy Dysart
Votes: 10,032 | Gross: $20.66M
52. Return to Snowy River (1988)
PG | 99 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
Young Jim Craig returns to his home in the Australian high country. He finds that things are not as he left them - his girlfriend, Jessica, is being pursued by another man, and her father, Harrison, doesn't want him back into her life.
Director: Geoff Burrowes | Stars: Tom Burlinson, Sigrid Thornton, Brian Dennehy, Nicholas Eadie
Votes: 2,802 | Gross: $13.69M
53. Snowy River: The McGregor Saga (1994–1996)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Western
Inspired by Banjo Paterson's famous poem, The Man from Snowy River, this series is about cattle rancher Matt McGregor, his family, and their neighbours in the township of Paterson's Ridge in Australia's Snowy Mountains.
Stars: Andrew Clarke, Brett Climo, Guy Pearce, Sheryl Munks
Votes: 971
54. The Man from Snowy River: Arena Spectacular (2003 TV Movie)
101 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Jim Ryan and Kate Conroy love each other, but John Conroy stands in the way of their happiness until Jim Ryan recaptures a prized colt.
Directors: David Atkins, Ignatius Jones | Stars: Georgie Parker, Steve Bisley, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Lee Kernaghan
Votes: 72
55. Canopy (2013)
PG-13 | 84 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Singapore, February 1942. An Australian fighter pilot is shot down over the jungle and must find his way back to Allied lines, through Japanese-held territory.
Director: Aaron Wilson | Stars: Khan Chittenden, Morning Tzu-Yi Mo, Yoshi Yamamoto, Robert Menzies
Votes: 1,160 | Gross: $0.01M
56. All the Rivers Run (1983–1990)
400 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Orphaned after a shipwreck off the Victorian coast of Australia, the beautiful and spirited Philadelphia Gordon finds both love and adventure aboard a paddle-steamer on the Murray River.
Stars: Sigrid Thornton, John Waters, Darius Perkins, John Alansu
Votes: 712
57. All the Rivers Run II (1990)
191 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
The sequel follows on with the same main characters, but with actress Nikki Coghill replacing Sigrid Thornton in the leading role.
Stars: John Waters, Nikki Coghill, Parker Stevenson, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell
Votes: 19
58. The River Kings (1991)
200 min | Drama
Filmed on South Australia's glorious River Murray, this television mini-series is set during the 1920s and tells of the story of a runaway who escapes to the river to work on a paddle-boat ... See full summary »
Stars: Tamblyn Lord, Kate Mulcahy, Bill Kerr, Willie Fennell
Votes: 48
59. The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (2012 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A man is murdered in 19th century Melbourne. The investigation uncovers a trail of secrets and scandal.
Director: Shawn Seet | Stars: John Waters, Marco Chiappi, Shane Jacobson, Jessica De Gouw
Votes: 893
60. Jessica (I) (2004 TV Movie)
196 min | Drama
Young Jessica is sent to a mental asylum by her rotten family on a false pretense. Her only chance is a down-on-his-luck boozing lawyer.
Director: Peter Andrikidis | Stars: Leeanna Walsman, Lisa Harrow, Sam Neill, Tony Martin
Votes: 544
61. 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: 559
62. My Brilliant Career (1979)
G | 100 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A proud young woman in early 20th century Australia must choose between marriage and independence.
Director: Gillian Armstrong | Stars: Judy Davis, Sam Neill, Wendy Hughes, Robert Grubb
Votes: 4,803
63. Seven Little Australians (1973)
294 min | Drama, Family
Based on Ethel Turner's classic children's novel, this award-winning miniseries is about a family of seven children set in 1890s Australia.
Stars: Barbara Llewellyn, Mark Clarke, Anna Hruby, Jennifer Cluff
Votes: 109
64. 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
65. 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: 4,478
66. Heritage (1935)
94 min | Drama, History
Follows the life experiences of the Morrison and Parry families as they establish themselves within a new and challenging colony in Sydney. Facing the many trials and tribulations of ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Chauvel | Stars: Frank Harvey, Franklyn Bennett, Margot Rhys, Mary Maguire
Votes: 31
67. 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: 14,435 | Gross: $7.14M
68. Kangaroo (1952)
Not Rated | 84 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
In turn-of-the-century Australia, two criminals ingratiate themselves with a rancher in order to swindle him. However, the two partners become rivals for the affection of the rancher's beautiful daughter.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Maureen O'Hara, Peter Lawford, Finlay Currie, Richard Boone
Votes: 391
69. The Squatter's Daughter (1933)
104 min | Drama
A story of rival sheep stations and of the strong-willed squatter's daughter who wants to unite them.
Director: Ken G. Hall | Stars: Constance Worth, Grant Lyndsay, John Warwick, Fred MacDonald
Votes: 29
70. We of the Never Never (1982)
G | 134 min | Biography, Drama
Jeannie Gunn faced being the only civilised woman in an uncivilised land. A story of personal triumph about one woman who reached out in a hard, hostile, prejudiced world and managed to find love.
Director: Igor Auzins | Stars: Angela Punch McGregor, Arthur Dignam, Martin Vaughan, Lewis Fitz-Gerald
Votes: 470
71. Sirens (1994)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When a painting is termed blasphemous, a young minister and his wife visit the artist... and the three sexually playful models living with him.
Director: John Duigan | Stars: Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, Sam Neill, Elle Macpherson
Votes: 11,525 | Gross: $7.77M
72. I Can Jump Puddles (1981)
60 min | Drama
We follow the life of Alan Marshall who was struck down by Polio as a child and it shows how he overcame the crippling effects of the disease. It traces his life from childhood into early ... See full summary »
Stars: Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Tony Barry, Julie Hamilton, Adam Garnett
Votes: 68
73. Hammers Over the Anvil (1993)
Not Rated | 97 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Set in 1910 in Australia, the film follows the story of a 14 year old motherless youth, stricken with Polio and entering the forbidding world of adults.
Director: Ann Turner | Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Russell Crowe, Alexander Outhred, Frankie J. Holden
Votes: 648
74. Anzacs (1985)
165 min | Drama, History, War
The lives of a dozen Australian soldiers who served in the ANZACs. Fighting first at Gallipoli in 1915, then on the Western Front for the remainder of WWI, it's the story of the hardships, camaraderie and casualties of war.
Stars: Andrew Clarke, Paul Hogan, Jon Blake, Megan Williams
Votes: 846
75. Gallipoli (1981)
PG | 110 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey during World War I.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Mel Gibson, Mark Lee, Bill Kerr, Harold Hopkins
Votes: 41,965 | Gross: $5.73M
76. 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: 2,387
77. Beneath Hill 60 (2010)
R | 122 min | Drama, History, War
In 1916, the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company is tunneling beneath German fortifications and bunkers to detonate massive explosive charges.
Director: Jeremy Sims | Stars: Brendan Cowell, Harrison Gilbertson, Steve Le Marquand, Gyton Grantley
Votes: 8,808
78. William Kelly's War (2014)
94 min | Drama, War
As the Great War begins, Billy and Jack Kelly together with cousin Paddy sign on and are shipped out to serve in Europe. Billy, a known marksman is singled out to head up a highly ... See full summary »
Director: Geoff Davis | Stars: Maureen Alford, Peter Berzanskis, Marie-Therese Bjornerud, John Black
Votes: 606
79. The Lighthorsemen (1987)
PG | 131 min | Drama, History, War
In 1917 when the British forces are bogged down in front of the Turkish and German lines in Palestine they rely on the Australian light horse regiment to break the deadlock.
Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Peter Phelps, Nick Waters, John Larking, Jack Heywood
Votes: 2,022
80. 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: 869
81. Deadline Gallipoli: The Full Story (2015)
52 min | History
Director: Liam McArdle | Star: Sam Worthington
82. Anzac Girls (2014)
60 min | Action, Drama, History
The true stories of extraordinary young women who witness the brutality and heroism of war and rise to meet the challenge.
Stars: Georgia Flood, Antonia Prebble, Laura Brent, Anna McGahan
Votes: 1,558
83. The Water Diviner (2014)
R | 111 min | Drama, History, War
An Australian man travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to try to locate his three missing sons.
Director: Russell Crowe | Stars: Russell Crowe, Olga Kurylenko, Jai Courtney, Isabel Lucas
Votes: 77,908 | Gross: $4.19M
84. The Tracker (2002)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Western
Fanatic is a government trooper who is heading an expedition to find an Aboriginal man accused of murdering a white woman. Others in the expedition are the Follower, a greenhorn trooper, the Veteran, and the Tracker.
Director: Rolf de Heer | Stars: David Gulpilil, Gary Sweet, Damon Gameau, Grant Page
Votes: 3,296
85. Country Life (1994)
PG-13 | 118 min | Drama, Romance
Adaptation of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" set in rural Australia in the 1920's. Jack Dickens and his niece Sally run the family farm to support brother-in-law Alexander as a (supposedly ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Blakemore | Stars: Sam Neill, Greta Scacchi, John Hargreaves, Kerry Fox
Votes: 836 | Gross: $0.35M
86. Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012–2015)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, History
A female sleuth sashays through the back lanes and jazz clubs of Melbourne in the late 1920s, fighting injustice with her pearl-handled pistol and her dagger-sharp wit.
Stars: Essie Davis, Nathan Page, Hugo Johnstone-Burt, Ashleigh Cummings
Votes: 17,720
87. Miss Fisher & the Crypt of Tears (2020)
TV-14 | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
After freeing a young girl from her unjust imprisonment in Jerusalem, Phryne Fisher begins to unravel a mystery concerning priceless emeralds, ancient curses and the truth behind the suspicious disappearance of Shirin's forgotten tribe.
Director: Tony Tilse | Stars: Essie Davis, Nathan Page, Rupert Penry-Jones, Miriam Margolyes
Votes: 4,894
88. The Rise and Fall of Squizzy Taylor (1969)
53 min
About the life of the notorious 1920s Melbourne Australian gangster Squizzy Taylor including interviews and re-enactments.
Director: Nigel Buesst | Star: Brian Davies
Votes: 9
89. Squizzy Taylor (1982)
97 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Wormy and diminutive, yet cunning and determined small-time hoodlum Squizzy Taylor rises to prominence and popularity in Melbourne, Australia in the 1920's. Squizzy romances brash moll ... See full summary »
Director: Kevin James Dobson | Stars: David Atkins, Jacki Weaver, Alan Cassell, Michael Long
Votes: 127
90. Power Without Glory (1976)
50 min | Drama
Award-winning historical drama series which traces the life of John West from his impoverished youth in the depression of the 1890s, to his death as a multi-millionaire some sixty years later.
Stars: Martin Vaughan, Rosalind Speirs, John Wood, Heather Canning
Votes: 94
91. Phar Lap (1983)
PG | 107 min | Biography, Drama, Family
The true story of a New Zealand racehorse that became a champion, with the help of a local stable-boy.
Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Tom Burlinson, Judy Morris, Martin Vaughan, Celia De Burgh
Votes: 1,967
92. A Waltz Through the Hills (1988 TV Movie)
TV-G | 122 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Two Australian orphans undertake a dangerous overland journey towards a ship bound for England-and their only surviving relatives. They are helped along the way by an Aboriginal man who helps them live off the land and avoid detection.
Director: Frank Arnold | Stars: Dan O'Herlihy, Ernie Dingo, Andre Jansen, Tina Kemp
Votes: 96
93. Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
PG | 94 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
In 1931, three half-white, half-Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their houses to be trained as domestic staff, and set off on a journey across the Outback.
Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Kenneth Branagh, Laura Monaghan
Votes: 30,256 | Gross: $6.17M
94. The Battlers (1994)
240 min | Drama
Fairly sensitive melodrama about life on the back-roads in Australia at the height of the Great Depression. Centring on the developing romance between two drifters this presents a ... See full summary »
Stars: Gary Sweet, Jacqueline McKenzie, Marcus Graham, Peter Stonham
Votes: 49
95. The Shiralee (1957)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama
After Jim Macauley finds his wife with another man, he takes their young daughter and they hit the road. With a young child as his responsibility, he finds he can't be quite the fancy-free wanderer that he had been.
Director: Leslie Norman | Stars: Peter Finch, Dana Wilson, Elizabeth Sellars, George Rose
Votes: 415
96. The Shiralee (1987)
Not Rated | 180 min | Drama, Family
Macauley is a swagman who finds himself in charge of his young daughter, Buster. The pair hike across the harsh outback landscape, in an attempt to repair their relationship and find a home.
Stars: Bryan Brown, Noni Hazlehurst, Rebecca Smart, Lewis Fitz-Gerald
Votes: 464
97. The Harp in the South (1987)
281 min | Drama
A tale that centres on the bittersweet first and last loves of Roie, who becomes a woman too quickly living among the tenement houses, razor gangs, brothels and sly-grog shops of inner Surry Hills.
Stars: Anne Phelan, Martyn Sanderson, Anna Hruby, Kaarin Fairfax
Votes: 88
98. The Silver Brumby (1993)
G | 93 min | Drama, Family
A mother tells her daughter a fable about the prince of the brumbies, brumby being a term for the feral horses of Australia, who must find its place among its kind, while one man makes it his mission to capture it and tame it.
Director: John Tatoulis | Stars: Caroline Goodall, Russell Crowe, Amiel Daemion, Johnny Raaen
Votes: 1,260
99. The Sullivans (1976–1983)
30 min | Drama
Follows the Sullivan family from Melbourne, Australia during the Second World War.
Stars: Paul Cronin, Steven Tandy, Reg Gorman, Vikki Hammond
Votes: 525
100. The Rats of Tobruk (1944)
68 min | Action, Drama, War
Tells the story of three men--Bluey, a tough two fisted drover (Taylor), Milo, a laconic dingo trapper (Rafferty), and Pete, an intellectual English "new chum" (Finch). Together they serve ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Chauvel | Stars: Grant Taylor, Peter Finch, Chips Rafferty, Pauline Garrick
Votes: 305
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