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51. Holding the Man (2015)
Unrated | 127 min | Biography, Drama, History
The warm, funny and achingly sad story of the 15-year-long love affair between Timothy Conigrave and the boy he fell in love with at high school, John Caleo.
Director: Neil Armfield | Stars: Ryan Corr, Sarah Snook, Francesco Ferdinandi, Craig Stott
Votes: 13,374
52. The Last Kiss (2006)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Michael, at 30, has a great job, still have his four best friends, and has a beautiful girlfriend, but his life seems predictable. Until he meets a college girl. It seems that everybody's having relationship problems.
Director: Tony Goldwyn | Stars: Zach Braff, Jacinda Barrett, Rachel Bilson, Casey Affleck
Votes: 42,248 | Gross: $11.60M
53. No Activity (2015–2018)
23 min | Comedy, Crime
Follows the peripheral players in a major sting operation. The day-to-day realities of cops and criminals are brought to life by some of Australia's best comic actors.
Stars: Patrick Brammall, Darren Gilshenan, Genevieve Morris, Harriet Dyer
Votes: 1,413
54. Man on Wire (2008)
PG-13 | 94 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century".
Director: James Marsh | Stars: Philippe Petit, Jean François Heckel, Jean-Louis Blondeau, Annie Allix
Votes: 58,651 | Gross: $2.96M
55. 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: 2,244
56. Occupation: Rainfall (2020)
R | 128 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Two years after aliens land on Earth, survivors from Sydney, Australia, fight in a desperate war as the number of casualties continue to grow.
Director: Luke Sparke | Stars: Dan Ewing, Temuera Morrison, Daniel Gillies, Lawrence Makoare
Votes: 15,339
57. Teenage Kicks (2016)
Unrated | 98 min | Drama
The scars of our youth shape the adults we become.
Director: Craig Boreham | Stars: Miles Szanto, Daniel Webber, Anni Finsterer, Shari Sebbens
Votes: 1,108
58. Wonderland (2013–2015)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama
The lives of the residents living in a city apartment block in Sydney.
Stars: Anna Bamford, Michael Dorman, Emma Lung, Tracy Mann
Votes: 1,321
59. Zero to Hero (2021)
TV-14 | 102 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Biopic tribute to So Wa Wai, Hong Kong's first Paralympic athlete to win gold. Even if you start at a disadvantage, you can still be first across the finish line.
Director: Chi-Man Wan | Stars: Chung-Hang Leung, Louis Cheung, Sandra Kwan Yue Ng, Hoi-Pang Lo
Votes: 1,142
60. Feed (2005)
Not Rated | 101 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A cybercrime investigator tracks a man suspected of force-feeding women to death.
Director: Brett Leonard | Stars: Alex O'Loughlin, Patrick Thompson, Gabby Millgate, Jack Thompson
Votes: 6,071
61. Dead End Drive-In (1986)
R | 92 min | Action, Drama, Horror
In a dystopian future Australia, a health nut and his tag-along girlfriend become trapped in a drive-in cinema that has become a concentration camp for delinquent youths and immigrants.
Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith | Stars: Ned Manning, Natalie McCurry, Peter Whitford, Wilbur Wilde
Votes: 3,808
62. The Diplomat (2009 TV Movie)
190 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A British diplomat is arrested on charges of working with Russian mafia. After death threats to his wife, they are taken into protective custody. Then the MI6 shows up with a new piece of the puzzle.
Director: Peter Andrikidis | Stars: Dougray Scott, Rachael Blake, Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, Richard Roxburgh
Votes: 763
63. A Cry in the Dark (1988)
PG-13 | 120 min | Biography, Drama
A mother whose child was killed in a dingo attack in the Australian Outback fights to prove her innocence when she is accused of murder.
Director: Fred Schepisi | Stars: Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, Dale Reeves, David Hoflin
Votes: 11,195 | Gross: $6.91M
64. The Coca-Cola Kid (1985)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
Ex-marine turned Coca-Cola marketing guru Becker is on a mission to boost sales in Australia when he discovers a dry spot in the Outback, where everyone is guzzling homegrown brew - and not a drop of his company's cola.
Director: Dusan Makavejev | Stars: Eric Roberts, Greta Scacchi, Bill Kerr, Chris Haywood
Votes: 3,459
65. 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: 11,018
66. 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: 3,856
67. Bondi Rescue (2006– )
30 min | Documentary, Drama, Reality-TV
Harry loses his cool with 3 swimmers that he's forced to rescue just seconds after warning them not to swim in a dangerous area. However, calling them "imbeciles" and "idiots" puts him in hot water.
Stars: Osher Günsberg, Bruce Hopkins, Dean Gladstone, Andrew Reid
Votes: 1,247
68. Outback (2019)
R | 86 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Down Under for an adventure-filled vacation, a young American couple quickly find themselves stranded in the unforgiving Australian outback.
Director: Mike Green | Stars: Lauren Lofberg, Taylor Wiese, Brendan Donoghue, Kym Cramp
Votes: 2,195
69. The Sum of Us (1994)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
A widowed father has to deal with two complex issues: while he is searching for "Miss Right," his son, who is in his 20s and gay, is searching for "Mr. Right."
Directors: Geoff Burton, Kevin Dowling | Stars: Jack Thompson, Russell Crowe, John Polson, Deborah Kennedy
Votes: 5,824 | Gross: $2.51M
70. Young Einstein (1988)
PG | 91 min | Comedy
Albert Einstein turns the science community upside down with his discoveries including a formula to put bubbles back in beer and rock n' roll.
Director: Yahoo Serious | Stars: Yahoo Serious, Odile Le Clezio, John Howard, Peewee Wilson
Votes: 9,275 | Gross: $11.54M
71. 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: 1,836
72. The Matador (2005)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A globetrotting hitman and a crestfallen businessman meet in a hotel bar in Mexico City in an encounter that draws them together in a way neither expected.
Director: Richard Shepard | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Hope Davis, Arlin Miller
Votes: 46,379 | Gross: $12.59M
73. 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, Morgan Davies, Josh Lawson, Yael Stone
Votes: 1,034
74. Fred Claus (2007)
PG | 116 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Fred Claus, Santa's bitter older brother, is forced to move to the North Pole to help Santa and the elves prepare for Christmas in exchange for cash.
Director: David Dobkin | Stars: Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Elizabeth Banks, John Michael Higgins
Votes: 47,784 | Gross: $72.01M
75. Howling III (1987)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Horror
A female werewolf runs away from her family, and falls in love with a man who works in the movie business, while a sociologist who studies these creatures is looking for proof of their existence.
Director: Philippe Mora | Stars: Barry Otto, Max Fairchild, Imogen Annesley, Dagmar Bláhová
Votes: 5,538
76. Palm Beach (2019)
Unrated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
Lifelong friends reunite for a party at Sydney's Palm Beach.
Director: Rachel Ward | Stars: Frances Berry, Bryan Brown, Matilda Brown, Nell Campbell
Votes: 1,195
77. 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: 8,094
78. Police Rescue (1989–1996)
50 min | Crime, Drama
The lives and cases of the members the Australian, Sydney based, New South Wales Police Rescue Squad.
Stars: Gary Sweet, Sonia Todd, Steve Bastoni, John Clayton
Votes: 588
79. Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
R | 132 min | Drama, Romance
In mid-1800s England, Oscar is a young Anglican priest, a misfit and an outcast, but with the soul of an angel. As a boy, even though from a strict Pentecostal family, he felt God told him ... See full summary »
Director: Gillian Armstrong | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett, Ciarán Hinds, Tom Wilkinson
Votes: 7,189 | Gross: $1.51M
80. The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
During his final days, a dying man is reunited with old friends, former lovers, his ex-wife, and his estranged son.
Director: Denys Arcand | Stars: Rémy Girard, Dorothée Berryman, Stéphane Rousseau, Marie-Josée Croze
Votes: 30,022 | Gross: $3.43M
81. Looking for Alibrandi (2000)
103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
At seventeen Josie Alibrandi is about to enter her final year as a scholarship student at an exclusive Catholic College. It's the year her life is turned upside down and changed forever.
Director: Kate Woods | Stars: Greta Scacchi, Anthony LaPaglia, Elena Cotta, Kerry Walker
Votes: 3,588
82. The Black Balloon (2008)
PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Romance
All Thomas wants is a normal adolescence but his autistic brother, Charlie, thwarts his every opportunity. Will Thomas, with the help of his girlfriend, Jackie, accept his brother?
Director: Elissa Down | Stars: Rhys Wakefield, Luke Ford, Toni Collette, Erik Thomson
Votes: 9,232 | Gross: $0.09M
83. Number 96 (1972–1977)
25 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Follows the lives and relationships of residents in a Sydney apartment building, exploring adult themes and featuring risky content like sex scenes.
Stars: Pat McDonald, Jeff Kevin, Joe Hasham, Elaine Lee
Votes: 143
84. Gone (VI) (2006)
R | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Romantic English couple meets a disarming American psychopath while vacationing in Australia.
Director: Ringan Ledwidge | Stars: Shaun Evans, Scott Mechlowicz, Yvonne Strahovski, Victoria Thaine
Votes: 4,403
85. The Endless Summer (1966)
Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary, Sport
The crown jewel to ten years of Bruce Brown surfing documentaries. Brown follows two young surfers around the world in search of the perfect wave, and ends up finding quite a few in addition to some colorful local characters.
Director: Bruce Brown | Stars: Robert August, Michael Hynson, Lord James Blears, Bruce Brown
Votes: 6,214
86. Murder Call (1997–2000)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
Centers on homicide detective odd couple, Tessa Vance, and her partner Steve Hayden. Shot in Sydney, Australia, the show was known for portraying gripping crime drama, while displaying the grittier side of urban Sydney.
Stars: Lucy Bell, Peter Mochrie, Geoff Morrell, Glenda Linscott
Votes: 480
87. Tennessine (2023)
85 min | Drama, Romance
Arash arrives in Australia to reunite with the love of his life, Nazanin. After heading to a cabin in the woods, Arash soon realizes his elusive lover is harboring deep secrets, leading him down a path of self-destruction.
Director: Amin Palangi | Stars: Osamah Sami, Faezeh Alavi, Robert Rabiah, Shalane Connors
Votes: 21
88. Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008)
Not Rated | 152 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Raj is a heartbreaker. His love stories with Mahi, Radhika, and Gayatri finally teach him about love and life in their own sweet, sexy, and sassy ways.
Director: Siddharth Anand | Stars: Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Bipasha Basu, Minissha Lamba
Votes: 12,473 | Gross: $0.69M
89. Little Fish (2005)
R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A woman trying to escape her past becomes embroiled in a drug deal.
Director: Rowan Woods | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Sam Neill, Hugo Weaving, Martin Henderson
Votes: 9,219 | Gross: $0.01M
90. Arena (2011 Video)
R | 94 min | Action, Thriller
David Lord finds himself forced into the savage world of a modern gladiatorial arena, where men fight to the death for the entertainment of the online masses.
Director: Jonah Loop | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Kellan Lutz, Johnny Messner, Katia Winter
Votes: 12,415
91. 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: 1,044
92. Lantana (2001)
R | 121 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
The relationships of four couples unravel after the discovery of a young woman's body in Lantana bush in suburban Sydney.
Director: Ray Lawrence | Stars: Anthony LaPaglia, Geoffrey Rush, Rachael Blake, Kerry Armstrong
Votes: 20,219 | Gross: $4.46M
93. Mountains May Depart (2015)
Not Rated | 126 min | Drama, Romance
The life of Tao, and those close to her, is explored in three different time periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025.
Director: Zhangke Jia | Stars: Tao Zhao, Yi Zhang, Liang Jingdong, Zijian Dong
Votes: 6,377 | Gross: $0.08M
94. Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire (2003 Video)
Not Rated | 72 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The gang go to Australia to investigate the recent disappearances of the performances at the music festivals, by the so called 'Yowie Yahoo'.
Director: Scott Jeralds | Stars: Casey Kasem, Frank Welker, Nicole Jaffe, Heather North
Votes: 5,906
95. The Secrets of Hillsong (2023)
TV-MA | Documentary, Crime
Exploring one of America's most successful megachurches and the investigative reporting that lead to the dismissal of two prominent pastors.
Stars: Carl Lentz, Josh Canfield, Alex French, Dan Adler
Votes: 967
96. I Met a Girl (II) (2020)
108 min | Drama, Romance
An aspiring musician embarks on an epic, cross-country journey to find the woman of his dreams - who may be all in his head.
Director: Luke Eve | Stars: Brenton Thwaites, Joel Jackson, Lily Sullivan, Zahra Newman
Votes: 1,564
97. Puberty Blues (1981)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
The mating rituals of two teenage surf chicks from the southern suburbs of Sydney.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Nell Schofield, Jad Capelja, Jeffrey Rhoe, Tony Hughes
Votes: 1,663 | Gross: $0.24M
98. Mega Shark vs. Mecha Shark (2014)
Not Rated | 85 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A new mega shark threatens to destroy humanity. The government creates an exact robotic copy of the shark, either equal to or greater than the original. Now they must fight to the death while people and whole cities get in the way.
Director: Emile Edwin Smith | Stars: Christopher Judge, Elisabeth Röhm, Matt Lagan, Paul Anderson
Votes: 3,448
99. Dating the Enemy (1996)
97 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
A couple wake up one morning to find they have now switched bodies.
Director: Megan Simpson Huberman | Stars: Claudia Karvan, Guy Pearce, Matt Day, Lisa Hensley
Votes: 1,972
100. The Longest Weekend (2022)
78 min | Drama
Three disconnected siblings find themselves living once again under the same roof when the father who abandoned them returns to their lives.
Director: Molly Haddon | Stars: Mia Artemis, John Batchelor, Elly Hiraani Clapin, Adam Golledge
Votes: 114