Australian aboriginal movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant australian aboriginal movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, captivating, independent film, disturbing and touching films and TV shows about / with australian aboriginal, aborigine, society, indigenous, indigenous people, murder, family relations, friendship, death and coming of age plots mostly in Drama, Adventure and Thriller genres shot in Australia, USA, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as australian aboriginal: The Dreaming (1988), High Ground (2020), Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002), The Tracker (2002), Tanna (2015), The Secret River (2015), Toomelah (2011), The Drover's Wife (2021), Where the Green Ants Dream (1984), Sweet Country (2017).
Best films
New films
| Nightwalkers (2019) | 5.5 | |
| Cleverman (2016) | 6.4 | |
| Relic (2020) | 6.0 | |
| The Drover's Wife (2021) | 6.5 | |
| Safe Harbour (2018) | 6.6 |
List of australian aboriginal movies
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A place where ancient mysteries survive... and nightmares are real. A burial ground is unearthed. A Girl dies. An ancient curse lives on. And then there are the dreams... Dreams or nightmares?... Nightmares or premonitions? A young doctor becomes ...
Style:
independent film, detective, f word
Plot:
nightmare, australian aboriginal, supernatural, dream, folk horror, truck, female doctor, a vision, flashback, nurse, massacre, priest ...
Place:
south australia
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In a remote corner of the wild country, a bloody war rages. Travis is a bounty hunter with one last hope of redemption. Gutjuk is a young Indigenous man trying to save the last of his family. Together they embark on a manhunt, which unravels a ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, independent film
Plot:
australian aboriginal, bounty hunter, australian outback, racial slur, family relations, family conflict, aborigine, uncle nephew relationship, teamwork, dysfunctional family, criminal, escapades ...
Time:
1930s, year 1931, 1910s, 20th century, year 1919
Place:
australia
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In 1931, three aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff and set off on a trek across the Outback.
Style:
touching, thought provoking, poignant, factual, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night
Plot:
child abuse, aborigine, australian outback, racism, kidnapping, australian aboriginal, children, survival, colonialism, indigenous people, culture clash, desert ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 2002, year 1931, 70s
Place:
australia, tasmania, oceania, new zealand, africa
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Somewhere in Australia in the early 20th century outback, an Aboriginal man is accused of murdering a white woman. Three white men are on a mission to capture him with the help of an experienced Indigenous man.
Style:
disturbing, serious, bleak, rough, contemplative ...
Plot:
aborigine, australian aboriginal, fanatic, outback, murder, racism, australian outback, injustice, vigilantism, life is a bitch, society, survival ...
Time:
1920s, 2000s, 20th century
Place:
australia, tasmania, oceania
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, Vanuatu
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In a traditional tribal society in the South Pacific, a young girl, Wawa, falls in love with her chief’s grandson, Dain. When an inter-tribal war escalates, Wawa is unknowingly betrothed as part of a peace deal. The young lovers run away, refusing ...
Style:
captivating, sentimental, realistic, psychological, anthropological ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
pacific island, tradition, tribe, native tribe, volcano, arranged marriage, forbidden love, lovers, forced marriage, warrior, conflict, love ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Place:
africa, oceania, pacific ocean
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Australia
TV show
Story:
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.
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, stylized, historical drama ...
Plot:
love affair, social differences, society, misfit, love and romance, australian aboriginal, colony, convict, colonization, lgbt, lgbtq, australian history ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
australia
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In a remote Aboriginal community, 10 year old Daniel yearns to be a gangster, like the male role models in his life. Skipping school, getting into fights and running drugs for Linden, who leads the main gang in town.
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
youth, australian aboriginal, gang, drug dealing, social relations, small town, life is a bitch, society, introspection, indigenous people, school, ghetto ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, new south wales
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In 1893, heavily pregnant Molly Johnson and her children struggle in isolation to survive the harsh Australian landscape after her husband left to go droving sheep in the high country. One day, she finds a shackled Aboriginal fugitive named Yakada ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, f word
Plot:
female warrior, family relations, parent child relationship, eccentric family, society, farm, family farm, female protagonist, husband wife relationship, dysfunctional family, farmer, farmhouse ...
Time:
victorian era
Place:
australia
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Extraordinary images from Werner Herzog. Shot in the Australian Outback the Aborigines (in this film anyway) believe that this is the place where the green ants go to dream, and that if their dreams are disturbed, it will bring down disaster on us ...
Style:
bleak, contemplative, political, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
aborigine, australian aboriginal, desert, survival, environment, nature, blaxploitation, religious, international relations, labor, ecology, expedition ...
Time:
80s, year 1984
Place:
germany, africa, australia, south australia
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
It’s 1929 on the vast, desert-like, Eastern Arrernte Nation lands that are now known as the Central Australian outback. Sam Kelly, a middle-aged Aboriginal man, works the land of a kind preacher, Fred Smith. After an ill-tempered bully arrives in ...
Style:
suspense, sincere, disturbing, captivating, visual ...
Plot:
australian aboriginal, slavery, trial, justice, indigenous people, manhunt, abuse of power, court case, rape, farmer, murder, brutality ...
Time:
1920s, year 1929, 20th century
Place:
australia, oceania, south australia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
An indigenous detective returns to the Outback to investigate the murder of a young girl.
Style:
atmospheric, detective, serious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
police, desert, estrangement, small town, murder, australian aboriginal, outback, murder investigation, police protagonist, father daughter relationship, tough heroes, who done it ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, oceania
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After committing a crime for which he is likely to be jailed, a Yolngu teenager convinces two of his childhood friends to join him on a journey from North East Arnhem Land to Darwin to seek help from a tribal leader.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
aborigine, australian aboriginal, teenage boy, journey, hunter, indigenous people, bad father, male friendship, burglary, father son reunion, juvenile delinquency, alcoholism ...
Place:
australia
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Based on the well-loved Australian classic by Mrs. Aeneas Gunn, this is the remarkable true story of Jeannie Gunn, a woman who fought to overcome sexual and racial prejudice amid the harsh beauties of the outback. Leaving her Melbourne existence for ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, uplifting, sincere ...
Plot:
australian aboriginal, bride and groom, countryside, aborigine, strong female lead, sexism, australian outback, animal cruelty, killing an animal, racism, feminist, profanity ...
Time:
year 1982, 20th century, 1900s
Place:
australia, melbourne
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
lighthearted, semi serious, independent film
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
coming of age, aborigine, boy, bird, youth, australian aboriginal, young boy, drifter, animal life, little boy, pelican, family relations ...
Place:
australia, south australia
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Genre: Drama, History, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
When Jarah loses her husband, her child, her land and her innocence she embarks on a brutal journey of of retribution and revenge that transforms into redemption and reconciliation.
Style:
emotional, tense, exciting, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
revenge, colonialism, loss, vengeance, australian aboriginal, grief, female protagonist, retribution, death of daughter, loss of husband, loss of daughter, death of husband ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Australian teenager Heidi is left with little choice but to leave home after she's caught red-handed with her mother's boyfriend. With few options, Heidi ends up in Jindabyne, a tourist community. Upon meeting Joe at a bar, she pursues a ...
Style:
sexy, touching, emotional, realistic, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
coming of age, mother daughter relationship, teenager, self discovery, teenage life, love and romance, dysfunctional relationship, sexual awakening, runaway, youth, menage a trois, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
year 2004
Place:
australia, new south wales, california, new zealand
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship 'Covenant' discovers what is thought to be an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world – which has its sole inhabitant the ...
Style:
bad ending, futuristic, dark, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Plot:
alien, creature, space travel, outer space, extraterrestrial, alien life-form, alien parasite, space exploration, alien creature, human versus alien, androids, robot ...
Time:
future, near future, 22nd century, year 2017, 2010s
Place:
space western
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Six extraordinary stories one unmissable series. Redfern Now is the first drama series written, directed and produced by Indigenous Australians.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, emotional, anthology ...
Plot:
slice of life, australian aboriginal, lifestyle, family problems, social issues, identity, tragic event, changing lives, family life, society, social problems, city life ...
Place:
australia, sydney australia, indiana
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
American Matt Quigley answers Australian land baron Elliott Marston's ad for a sharpshooter to kill the dingoes on his property. But when Quigley finds out that Marston's real target is the aborigines, Quigley hits the road. Now, even ...
Style:
entertaining, suspense, harsh, exciting, period piece ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
old west, australian outback, genocide, aborigine, culture clash, lone hero, vengeance, vigilantism, friendship, fish out of water, twists and turns, gunfight ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1860s
Place:
australia, texas, pacific ocean, wyoming, california ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story:
Head of the family before his time, Odin Freeburn is being pulled in all directions. Can he let go of his past in time to save the future?
Style:
touching, semi serious, captivating, sincere
Plot:
haunted by the past, family life, family relations, family problems, society, family in crisis, parents and children, family tradition, dysfunctional family, family reunited, hopes, single parent ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
australia
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A story within a story within a story. In Australia's Northern Territory, an Aboriginal narrator tells a story about his ancestors on a goose hunt. A youngster on the hunt is being tempted to adultery with his elder brother's wife, so an ...
Style:
atmospheric, melancholic, realistic, parody, serious ...
Plot:
tribe, australian aboriginal, swamp, vengeance, murder, love and romance, couples, heroes, couple relations, aborigine, mistaken identity, male nudity ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 1930s
Place:
australia, oceania, tokyo
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them. When he fails, he turns the gun on himself, and the two city-bred children must contend with ...
Style:
road movie, visually stunning, visual, philosophical, scenic ...
Audience:
kids, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, suicide, desert, wilderness, survival, australian outback, rite of passage, boy, teenager, brother sister relationship, teenage girl, culture clash ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place:
australia, oceania, britain, adelaide south australia, sydney australia ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Travis, a jaded detective, arrives in the remote outback town of Limbo to investigate the cold case murder of local Indigenous girl Charlotte Hayes 20 years ago. As truths about the murder begin to unfold, the detective gains a new insight into the ...
Style:
detective, neo western
Plot:
murder, desert, town, cold case, prejudice, murder case, murder mystery, aborigine, outback, australian aboriginal, mining town, racism ...
Place:
australia, south australia, adelaide south australia
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, War, Western
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving ...
Style:
emotional, scenic, epic, period piece, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
unlikely couple, social differences, opposites attract, desert, fall in love, wilderness, culture clash, couples, love story, prejudice, journey, world war two ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, year 2008, year 1939, year 1942 ...
Place:
australia, japan, england, oceania, asia ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When his grandfather's drive-in cinema and home in the outback town of Wyndham is threatened with demolition, a twelve-year-old Aboriginal boy must journey through Australia's bush country — equipped only with ancient survival skills — ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
survival, friendship, friends, family relations, youth, best friend, desert, society, escapades, aborigine, save the day, child ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Coming-of age feature, set in a New South Wales country town in the 1960s, about a 15 year-old boy. It follows his loves and how he copes with life's problems such as death and departure.
Style:
sad, independent film, period piece, sex comedy, retro ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
coming of age, childhood, small town, first love, relationships, friendship, pregnant teenager, love triangle, forbidden love, love, discrimination, bittersweet ...
Time:
60s, year 1987, 20th century, year 1962, 80s
Place:
australia, new south wales
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Young Katherine and her older friend Hester live at the isolated farm run by Hester and her father Francis. Katherine works as a maid and wants to leave that place because there's too much work. Hester, however, gets attracted to Katherine and ...
Style:
contemplative, psychological, realistic, serious, gloomy ...
Plot:
australian aboriginal, gay, female bonding, couples, couple relations, friendship, woman in danger, heist, small town, small town life, countryside, murder ...
Time:
90s
Place:
australia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Nineteen-year-old Ari confronts both his sexuality and his Greek family. Ari despises his once-beloved parents, former radical activists, for having entombed themselves in insular tradition. Ari is obsessed with gay sex, although he does make an ...
Style:
independent film, terrifying, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
homosexuality, gay, gay slur, sex, lgbt, sexual attraction, horniness, gay bar, nudity, male pubic hair, bare chested male, masturbation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
australia, melbourne, oceania, tokyo
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
The Slap is a bold, provocative television drama series that forensically examines the mores and morality of contemporary middleclass life. Based on Christos Tsiolkas’ bestselling novel, this 8–part drama serial traces the shattering ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
introspection, family relations, parents and children, couple relations, family life, couples, adulthood, friendship, society, suburbs, australian aboriginal, legal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, new zealand
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A girl is born to an Aboriginal mother and an Afgan father.
Style:
serious, touching, sincere, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
forbidden love, interracial relations, tragic love, culture clash, human spirit, injustice, parents and children, true love, couple relations, youth, fall in love, life is a bitch ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
australia, afghanistan
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