Movies and TV shows set in sydney australia

The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in sydney australia ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, independent film, semi serious, humorous, feel good and cult classic films and TV shows about / with love and romance, bare chested male, father son relationship, friendship, family relations, blonde, love, coming of age, friend and kiss plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in Australia, USA, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as sydney australia: Upright (2019), Les Norton (2019), Our Lips Are Sealed (2000), Muriel's Wedding (1994), Do Your Thing (2001), Ladies in Black (2018), The Sum of Us (1994), Garage Days (2002), Lantana (2001), Drown (2015).

List of movies set in sydney australia

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Upright (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: When family outcast Lucky Flynn learns that his mother is dying, he decides to drive to the other side of Australia to see her, packing nothing but an upright piano for the journey. But his plans are soon turned upside down when he meets the runaway ...
Style: road movie, feel good, light, captivating, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: road trip, smuggling, cross country, desert, misfit, nothing goes right, journey, partners in crime, dishonesty, robbery, on the road, disorder ...
Place: sydney australia, australia
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 7.1
 638
Les Norton (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Set in 1985, the series will follow the exploits of a country bloke from outback Queensland. On the run from a troubled past, he blows into Sydney where he lands a job as a bouncer at an illegal casino. A classic fish out of water who is desperate ...
Style: disturbing, realistic, tense, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: beefcake, troubled past, nightclub, fight, police, casino, gangster, bouncer, mafia, parents and children, crime family, ambition ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: sydney australia, australia
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Our Lips Are Sealed (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Follow Mary-Kate and Ashely halfway around the world in this Aussie adventure jam packed with non-stop action, laughs, super spies and surfer guys. The extraordinary escapade begins when the girls eyewitness a crime and are forced to go undercover ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, sweet, teen ...
Audience: family outing, teens, chick flick, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot: twins, twin sister, witness protection, undercover, escapades, hidden identity, mischievous children, teenage life, youth, danger, witnessing a crime, kids in trouble ...
Time: 90s, 2000s
Place: australia, sydney australia, oceania
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Muriel's Wedding (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Muriel’s Wedding is P.J. Hogan’s film debut. A humorous emancipation story of an unemployed woman who evolves from a dreamer into a self sustaining successful woman. An amusing comedy that’s funny, silly, angry and serious.
Style: light, funny, humorous, melancholic, sweet ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: wedding, friendship, dysfunctional family, female protagonist, dignity, women, small town, coming of age, leaving home, parenthood, happy ending, honest ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1994
Place: australia, sydney australia, bali, ethiopia
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Do Your Thing (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 183 min.
Story: Three inseparable childhood friends are just out of college. Nothing comes between them - until they each fall in love, and their wildly different approaches to relationships creates tension.
Style: feel good, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience: date night
Plot: male bonding, youth, friendship, painting, fall in love, nostalgia, dating, friendship between men, understanding, age difference, unlikely couple, best friend ...
Time: y2k, 21st century
Place: goa india, sydney australia, india, middle east, asia ...
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Ladies in Black (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Adapted from the bestselling novel by Madeleine St John, Ladies in Black is an alluring and tender-hearted comedy drama about the lives of a group of department store employees in 1959 Sydney.
Style: stylized, atmospheric, captivating, light, inspirational ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot: fashion, department store, career, woman, women, love, workplace, post war, happy ending, opportunity, immigrant, nylons ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, year 1959
Place: sydney australia, australia
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The Sum of Us (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story: "The Sum of Us" is an Aussie story about a father and a son both searching for love and sharing an unconventional bond. Harry, the father, is the caring and open-minded "mate" that borders on annoyance. His son Jeff ...
Style: feel good, touching, melancholic, sentimental, emotional ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, father son relationship, lgbt, gays and lesbians, single father, lgbtq, looking for love, loneliness, gay interest, love and romance, widower, gay lead character ...
Time: 90s, year 1994
Place: australia, sydney australia
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Garage Days (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A young garage band in Sydney, is trying to make it big in Australia.
Style: humorous, entertaining, semi serious, feel good, exciting ...
Plot: rock music, music, loneliness, friends, lifestyle, rock and roll, rock, musician's life, music band, love and romance, punk, punk rock ...
Place: australia, sydney australia
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Lantana (2001)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Australia, Germany
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Plagued with grief over the murder of her daughter, Valerie Somers suspects that her husband John is cheating on her. When Valerie disappears, Detective Leon Zat attempts to solve the mystery of her absence. A complex web of love, sex and deceit ...
Style: emotional, psychological, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Plot: infidelity, therapist, nylons, therapy, adultery, police investigation, divorce, police, sexuality, unfaithfulness, betrayal, jealousy ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: australia, sydney australia
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Drown (2015)
Genre: Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Len is a Surf Lifesaving champion, a legend in the cloistered surf club just like his father. When the younger, faster, and fitter Phil arrives at the club, Len’s legendary status starts to crumble. Then Len sees Phil arriving in the company of ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, exciting, tense ...
Plot: lifeguard, gay, jealousy, bullying, drowning, swimming, gay love, gay club, gay interest, beach, intimidation, public nudity ...
Place: sydney australia, australia
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 5.9
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Footy Legends (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An unemployed sports fan enters an amateur rugby league tournament where losing just isn't an option if he's to keep his family together.
Plot: identity, friendship, football, game, rugby, nerd, coach, community, asian, team, competition, death of mother ...
Place: sydney australia
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Mission: Impossible II (2000)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story: With computer genius Luther Stickell at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a former IMF agent from unleashing a genetically engineered biological weapon called Chimera. This mission, ...
Style: exciting, sexy, stylized, suspense, romantic ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot: espionage, agent, virus, secret service, showdown, spy, gunfight, cia, chase, motorcycle, climbing, lone hero ...
Time: year 2000, y2k, 90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place: spain, sydney australia, oceania, australia
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Moon Rock for Monday (2020)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Set in Sydney, 1999, after an unlikely encounter at a train station, a young girl befriends a fugitive teenage boy and they travel to visit a moon rock that the girl believes will heal her.
Style: psychological, captivating, sentimental, touching, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: boy meets girl, friendship, boy, couple relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, coming of age, fall in love, runaway, love, love and romance, escapades, teenager ...
Time: year 1999
Place: sydney australia, oceania
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Riot (2018)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A look at the 1970s Gay Rights Movement in Australia through the eyes of dedicated activist Lance Gowland. As Lance deals with his sexuality, he must also juggle work, family and relationships.
Style: disturbing, psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, contemplative ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay sex, police brutality, gay relationship, gay rights, protest, police officer, lesbian, police, lesbian relationship, gay lead character ...
Time: year 1972, year 1974, year 1978, 70s
Place: sydney australia, australia
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A Silent Agreement (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Reuben, a sensitive writer, grapples with a speech impediment as his boyfriend, Derek, a profoundly deaf Human Rights activist, provides strategies to restore his confidence and communication skills. When Reuben approaches an over-the-hill film ...
Style: intellectual, disturbing, realistic, compassionate, psychological ...
Plot: deaf, bullying, sign language, gay, deafness, discrimination, cerebral palsy, altruism, mourning, troubled past, emotional breakdown, mistrust ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, sydney australia
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Mega Shark vs. Mecha Shark (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: When another Mega Shark returns from the depths of the sea, world militaries go on high alert. Ocean traffic grinds to a standstill as everyone lives in fear of the insatiable beast. Out of options, the US government unleashes the top secret Mecha ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, serious, bleak, psychotronic ...
Plot: shark attack, shark, androids and robots, giant animal, creature feature, giant monster, danger, dangerous animal, monster, killer animal, save the planet, battles ...
Place: egypt, sydney australia
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Dangerous (2007)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Dangerous is an Australian television drama series that first screened on 16 January 2007 on FOX8 and was shown in Ireland on RTÉ One. In mid-2008, it began running on The WB's online network in the US. It features a "Romeo and ...
Style: romantic, captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological
Plot: fall in love, love interest, urban setting, love affair, in love, shakespeare's romeo and juliet, culture, tragic love, forbidden love, couples, male female relationship, social problems ...
Place: sydney australia
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They're a Weird Mob (1966)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Nino Culotta is an Italian immigrant, newly arrived in Australia. Much of the story is taken up with Nino's attempts to understand the aspirational values and social rituals of everyday urban Australians of the 1950's and 60's, and ...
Style: independent film
Plot: religion, immigrant, drinking, journalist, love, father daughter relationship, beer, beach, cousin cousin relationship, debt, italian immigrant, caper ...
Place: sydney australia, australia
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The FJ Holden (1977)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Suburban Australia in the late 70s. It was the era of the drive-in movie, the Chico Roll girl and the beloved FJ Holden. Boasting drunken fist fights, back seat sex, illegal drag racing, a classic Oz rock soundtrack (featuring Ol'55, Skyhooks ...
Style: road movie, independent film
Plot: carsploitation, car, teenage girl, bare butt, teensploitation, television reporter, gas station, italian man, sex in car, security guard, police sergeant, tv reporter ...
Place: sydney australia, australia
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Puberty Blues (1981)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The mating rituals of two teenage surf chicks from the southern suburbs of Sydney.Meet Sue, a teenage Australian girl in the late 70s, whose life mainly consists of doing what everyone else does - watch the surfing boys and have sex with the same ...
Style: teen sex comedy, sex comedy, anamorphic, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: teenage sexuality, lifeguard, surf, exodus, drug abuse, coming of age, beach, teen drinking, family relations, couples, kids in trouble, friends ...
Time: year 1981, 80s
Place: sydney australia, australia
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Two Hands (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A 19 year old finds himself in debt to a local gangster when some gang loot disappears and sets him on the run from thugs. Meanwhile two street kids start a shopping spree when they find the missing money.
Style: humorous, disturbing, entertaining, dark comedy, realistic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: gangster, heist, greed, caper, love and romance, nothing goes right, change of luck, rivalry, on the run, organized crime, dark humor, vengeance ...
Time: future, year 1999, 20th century, 90s
Place: australia, sydney australia
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Strictly Ballroom (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Brave new steps put Scott's career in jeopardy. With a new partner and determination, can he still succeed?
Style: romantic, humorous, sexy, melancholic, touching ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: dance, dancing, ballroom dancing, love story, love and romance, competition, partner, rise to the top, artists and showbiz, rivalry, ambition, female partner ...
Time: 20th century, year 1992, 90s
Place: australia, sydney australia
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Starstruck (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A new-wave extravaganza in which a young woman wants to become the next big singer with the help of her friends and despite the wishes of her working class family.
Style: realistic, psychotronic, erotic, laugh out loud, semi serious ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: couples, hopes, friends, cinderella story, follow your dream, artists and showbiz, love and romance, ambition, showbiz, rock and roll, musician's life, rising to stardom ...
Time: 80s, year 1982
Place: australia, sydney australia, new south wales
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Looking for Alibrandi (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The film "Looking for Alibrandi" begins light-heartedly, and the viewer gets a very quick understanding of Josie's character through her interactions with her friends and family.
Style: semi serious, realistic, sincere, humorous, independent film ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: coming of age, teenage love, high school, love triangle, social differences, love and romance, society, youth, parents and children, fish out of water, teenage life, suicide ...
Time: 2000s, 20th century, 90s
Place: australia, sydney australia
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Erskineville Kings (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Barky, 25, lost soul, left home two years ago to escape his abusive father leaving behind everything in the world that was important to him; now that his father's dead, he thinks it's safe to come home.
Style: cult classic, independent film
Plot: bad father, escape, father, belt whipping, brother brother conflict, family conflict, bare chested male, friendship, friend, father son relationship, beer, drinking ...
Place: sydney australia, australia
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Dirty Deeds (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Australia, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Set in 1960's Sydney, this is the story of an Australian gangster whose booming business, buoyed by the influx of U.S. soldiers in town for R&R during their tours in Vietnam, attracts the attention of first the Chicago mafia, and then their ...
Style: exciting, rough, suspenseful, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: gangster, hitman, soldier, blind ambition, dishonesty, rivalry, crime gone awry, criminal's revenge, chase, drug dealing, criminal heroes, law enforcement ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s, year 1969
Place: australia, sydney australia, chicago, asia, vietnam ...
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Dating the Enemy (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 97 min.
Story: One messy science journalist (Tash) and a neat television host (Brett). Two very different people whose relationship is nose diving to get the opportunity to experience life in their partners shoes when they wake up one morning in each others ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, light, sincere ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: body swapping, gender, battle of the sexes, couples, journalist, disorder, wish come true, couple relations, introspection, switching bodies, love, body swap ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: sydney australia, australia
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The Combination (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Set in the maligned western suburbs of Sydney, Lebanese-Australian John gets out of gaol to discover his younger brother Charlie is caught up with drugs, hookers and crime. Charlie oscillates between the streets and school. Daily clashes between ...
Style: realistic, serious, tense, suspense
Plot: racism, war on drugs, gang, criminal heroes, gangster, starting over, society, drug dealing, fall in love, homecoming, prison, gory ...
Time: 21st century
Place: sydney australia, australia
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Stone (1974)
Genre: Action, Drama, Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 132 min.
Story: In this classic Aussie counterculture flick, an undercover narc named Stone (Ken Shorter) is dispatched to infiltrate a satanic biker gang after one of its members witnesses a political assassination -- and the killer decides to take out the whole ...
Style: cult classic, hood, psychedelic, saga, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: exploitation, biker, motorcycle, bike, gangster, murder, gang, underworld, underground, ghetto, investigation, motorcycle gang ...
Time: 70s
Place: australia, sydney australia, new south wales
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Two drag-queens and a transsexual contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a resort town in the remote Australian desert. They head west from Sydney aboard their lavender bus, Priscilla. En route, it is discovered that the woman ...
Style: road movie, feel good, melancholic, captivating, cult classic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: transsexual, gay, road trip, desert, on the road, transgender, drag queen, gay slur, transvestism, gender bending, homosexuality, bus ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1994
Place: australia, sydney australia, south australia
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