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The Year My Voice Broke (1987)
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, social, retro, sex comedy ...
Audience: date night
Plot: coming of age, small town, first love, childhood, friendship, love triangle, love, pregnant teenager, relationships, forbidden love, bittersweet, discrimination ...
Time: 60s, year 1987, 20th century, year 1962
Place: australia, new south wales
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 7.6
 14K
Wake in Fright (1971)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA, UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Wake in Fright is the story of John Grant, a bonded teacher who arrives in the rough outback mining town of Bundanyabba planning to stay overnight before catching the plane to Sydney, but as one night stretches into several he plunges headlong into ...
Style: independent film, disturbing, art house, christmas horror, controversial ...
Audience: kids
Plot: mining town, christmas, drunkenness, sex, animal cruelty, gay subtext, teacher, beer, male nudity, kangaroo, gambling, australian outback ...
Time: year 1971, 70s
Place: australia, oceania
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 6.9
 11K
The Last Wave (1977)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 106 min.
Story: White Australian lawyer David Burton agrees with reluctance to defend a group of aborigines charged with murdering one of their own. He suspects the victim was targeted for violating a tribal taboo, but the defendants deny any tribal association. ...
Style: surreal, cerebral, lovecraft, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot: end of the world, lawyer, murder, native american, water, nightmare, disaster, cosmic horror, aborigine, shaman, fantasy world, distopia ...
Time: year 1977, 70s, 20th century
Place: australia, oceania, sydney australia
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The Earthling (1980)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Patrick Foley has been on the move all his live. Tired of drifting, he wants to spend his last days in an isolated Australian valley where he grew up. On his difficult journey he meets Shawn, a little desperate city-boy whose parents were killed in ...
Style: anamorphic, surreal, serious, independent film
Plot: coming of age, survival, youth, tragedy, homeless, nature, wilderness, orphan, culture clash, isolation, escapades, heroes ...
Time: year 1980, 70s, 80s
Place: australia
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Oyster Farmer (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A love story about a young man who runs away up an isolated Australian river and gets a job with eighth generation oyster famers.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating, offbeat ...
Plot: fall in love, food, love affair, fish out of water, love triangle, couple relations, lovers on the run, society, love and romance, unlikely criminals, human nature, working class ...
Place: australia, sydney australia
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100 Bloody Acres (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Australia
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Reg and Lindsay run an organic fertiliser business. They need a fresh supply of their "secret ingredient" to process through the meat grinder. Reg comes across two guys and a girl with a broken-down vehicle on their way to a music festival.
Style: humorous, suspenseful, horror comedy, slasher, dark comedy ...
Plot: brother brother relationship, family business, brother, murder, countryside, incest, murderous pair, secret, dark humor, characters killed one by one, survival, socially awkward ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, oceania
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Welcome to Woop Woop (1997)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Music
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A con artist escapes a deal gone wrong in New York and winds up in the Aussie outback in a strange town whose inhabitants are an oddball collection of misfits.
Style: humorous, entertaining, talky, not serious, realistic ...
Plot: kidnapping, american abroad, desert, opposites attract, nothing goes right, farce, goofy hero, friends, on the road, fish out of water, adolescence vs adulthood, australian outback ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: australia, new york, sydney australia, manhattan new york city
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 6.6
 6K
Goldstone (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 110 min.
Story: GOLDSTONE, the award-winning new feature from Australian auteur Ivan Sen (Mystery Road), is a complex and stylish crime thriller that explores themes of racism, human trafficking, police corruption, corporate malfeasance, and the trampling of ...
Style: neo noir, disturbing, rough, suspense, exciting ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: corruption, missing person, desert, australian outback, small town, police, australian aboriginal, indigenous people, danger, exodus, rivalry, murder ...
Place: australia, oceania
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 6.2
 36K
Adore (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Lil and Roz are two lifelong friends, having grown up together as neighbors in an idyllic beach town. As adults, their sons have developed a friendship as strong as that which binds their mothers. One summer, all four are confronted by simmering ...
Style: sexy, emotional, romantic, erotic, disturbing ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, adult
Plot: forbidden love, older woman younger man relationship, infidelity, lust, older woman younger man sex, sexual tension, adultery, sexual relations, love affair, sex, older woman teenage boy relationship, mother son relationship ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: australia, sydney australia
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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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Ride Like a Girl (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The story of Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup.
Style: uplifting, inspirational, sincere, atmospheric, realistic ...
Plot: jockey, horse race, horse, horse riding, female protagonist, follow your dream, father daughter relationship, family relations, tragedy, brother sister relationship, happy ending, tournament ...
Time: 20th century
Place: australia, melbourne
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 5.1
 1K
All About E (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A beautiful sexy DJ is forced to run when she stumbles on a stash of cash. Can she keep the money, conquer her demons, AND get the girl?
Style: humorous, feel good, contemplative, unusual plot structure, entertaining ...
Plot: lesbian, lesbian love, lesbian sex, female nudity, female orgasm, lgbt, lesbianism, lgbtq, family relations, on the run, money, immigrant ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
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Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead (2014)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: Australia
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Barry is a talented mechanic and family man whose life is torn apart on the eve of a zombie apocalypse. His sister, Brooke, is kidnapped by a sinister team of gas-mask wearing soldiers & experimented on by a psychotic doctor. While Brooke plans ...
Style: bloody, road movie, suspenseful, rough, splatter ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: zombie, virus, post apocalypse, apocalypse, brutality, undead, monster, post apocalyptic, violence, superhero, stereotypes, on the road ...
Time: 2010s
Place: australia, oceania
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The Water Diviner (2014)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: In 1919, Australian farmer Joshua Connor travels to Turkey to discover the fate of his three sons, reported missing in action. Holding on to hope, Joshua must travel across the war-torn landscape to find the truth and his own peace.
Style: touching, reflective, emotional, dramatic, compassionate ...
Plot: world war one, war, redemption, missing person, courage, family drama, great war, parents and children, family relations, escapades, military, wartime ...
Time: 1910s, year 1919, year 2014, 2010s, 1920s ...
Place: australia, gallipoli, turkey, istanbul turkey, ottoman empire
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Samson and Delilah (2009)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Samson and Delilah's world is small- an isolated community in the Central Australian desert. When tragedy strikes they turn their backs on home and embark on a journey of survival. Lost, unwanted and alone the discover that life isn't ...
Style: touching, serious, captivating, atmospheric, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: aborigine, desert, hunger, power of love, teenage love, teenage life, youth, misfit, life is a bitch, fall in love, love and romance, grandmother granddaughter relationship ...
Time: year 2009
Place: australia, oceania
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To the Ends of the Earth (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 267 min.
TV show
Story: From Nobel Laureate William Golding's (Lord of the Flies) epic sea-voyage trilogy comes the story of an ambitious British aristocrat, humbled by the lives of his fellow passengers, as he embarks on an ocean voyage for Australia where he is to ...
Style: semi serious, sincere, epic, captivating, road movie ...
Plot: ship, sea voyage, sea captain, imperialism, fall in love, introspection, social differences, escapades, military, unlikely couple, teaching the ways of the world, friendship ...
Time: 19th century, 1810s, regency period, georgian era
Place: australia, england
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 6.1
 9K
Little Fish (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Set in the Little Saigon district outside of Sydney, a woman trying to escape her past becomes embroiled in a drug deal.
Style: tense, realistic, serious, rough, contemplative ...
Plot: junkie, oral sex, heroin, support group, life is a bitch, starting over, hopes, addiction, friendship, mother daughter relationship, tragedy, drug dealer ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: australia, oceania, vietnam, 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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 5.8
 3K
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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 6.5
 12K
December Boys (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, Germany, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: For many years, four teenage orphans at an Australian outback convent have watched their younger comrades find new parents, and realize that they may never be adopted. The Reverend Mother sends the four boys away on a seaside vacation, where they ...
Style: sentimental, touching, emotional, sad, realistic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: adoption, friendship, youth, teenage boy, male bonding, summer vacation, orphan, best friend, love and romance, couple relations, parents and children, orphanage ...
Time: year 2007, 20th century, 60s, 2000s
Place: australia, south australia, tasmania
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In Search of the Castaways (1962)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In Search of the Castaways is a 1962 Walt Disney Productions feature film starring Hayley Mills and Maurice Chevalier in a tale about a worldwide search for a shipwrecked sea captain. The film was directed by Robert Stevenson from a screenplay by ...
Style: scenic, entertaining, exciting, witty, sweet ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: treasure hunt, ship, survival, pirate, fantasy world, heroic mission, rescue, friendship, race against time, danger, daring rescue, adventurer ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 60s, 1850s
Place: australia, south america, new zealand, latin america, chile ...
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Romulus, My Father (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story: It tells the story of Romulus, his beautiful wife, Christina, and their struggle in the face of great adversity to bring up their son, Raimond. It is a story of impossible love that ultimately celebrates the unbreakable bond between father and son.
Style: serious, touching, sincere, realistic, emotional ...
Plot: family relations, coming of age, isolation, family problems, hopes, impossible love, couples, couple relations, rivalry, love and romance, parents and children, teenage life ...
Time: 20th century, year 2007, 60s
Place: australia, melbourne
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The Marsupials: The Howling III (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Australia
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A strange race of human-like marsupials appear suddenly in Australia, and a sociologist who studies these creatures falls in love with a female one. Is this a dangerous combination?
Style: scary, humorous, classic horror, surprise ending, horror comedy ...
Plot: werewolf, monster, supernatural, full moon, babies and infants, filmmaking, female werewolf, wolf, nudity, lycanthropy, supernatural being, creature feature ...
Time: 80s
Place: australia, los angeles, sydney australia
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 5.9
 16K
Holy Smoke (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 115 min.
Story: While on a journey of discovery in exotic India, beautiful young Ruth Barron falls under the influence of a charismatic religious guru. Her desperate parents then hire PJ Waters, a macho cult de-programmer who confronts Ruth in a remote desert ...
Style: sexy, psychological, erotic, sexual, satirical ...
Plot: guru, religion, female nudity, adultery, brainwashing, psychology, battle of the sexes, tourist, jealousy, dangerous attraction, self discovery, sexuality ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place: australia, india, asia, delhi, sydney australia
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The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 77 min.
Story: A lawless poacher wants to capture a majestic and rare golden eagle, so he kidnaps the boy who knows where to find the bird. Not to worry -- the Rescue Aid Society's top agents, heroic mice Miss Bianca and Bernard, fly to Australia to save the ...
Style: sweet, humorous, entertaining, intense, melancholic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, toddlers ...
Plot: mouse, australian outback, friendship, poacher, anthropomorphic animal, talking animal, good versus evil, rescue, furry, adventurer, heroic mission, child ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place: australia, madagascar, new york, oceania, hawaii
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 6.6
 3K
Noise (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The community reels after an incident on a suburban train. A young cop, beset with doubt and afflicted with tinnitus, is pitched into the chaos that follows this tragic event. He struggles to clear the noises in his head while all around him deal ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, serious, tense, realistic ...
Plot: murder, law enforcement, police investigation, policewoman, chaos and mayhem, chaos, suburban life, suburbs, vigilante, paranoia, secret, husband wife relationship ...
Place: australia, melbourne
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 7.2
 7K
Kenny (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story: From the biggest festival to the smallest church social, Kenny Smyth delivers porta-loos to them all. Ignored and unappreciated, he is one of the cogs in society's machinery; a knight in shining overalls taking care of business with his ...
Style: mockumentary, humorous, funny, clever, talky ...
Plot: working class, family relations, lone hero, existentialism, adaptation, society, parent child relationship, friendship, buddies, friends, misfit, found footage ...
Place: australia, nashville tennessee, melbourne
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 8.5
 9K
Rake (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Rake is an Australian television series, produced by Essential Media and Entertainment, that first aired on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's ABC1 in 2010. It stars Richard Roxburgh as rake Cleaver Greene, a brilliant but ...
Style: humorous, witty, semi serious, captivating, light ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: lawyer, trial, rivalry, career, against the rules, deal, courtroom, judge, dedicated lawyer, middle aged, law, criminal lawyer ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: australia
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 7.4
 243
Supernova (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 29 min.
TV show
Story: Supernova is a British comedy television programme produced by Hartswood Films and jointly commissioned by the BBC in the UK and UKTV in Australia. It follows Dr Paul Hamilton, a Welsh astronomer, who leaves a dull academic post and unloved ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, sitcom, offbeat
Plot: astronomer, fish out of water, wilderness, disorder, dull life, nothing goes right, outback, culture shock, englishman abroad, weirdo, astronaut, unfulfillment ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
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 8.1
 5K
Underbelly (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Underbelly is an Australian television true crime-drama series which broadcasts on the Nine Network. Each series is based on real-life events.
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, rough, anthology ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang war, mafia, violence spree, power struggle, gang, gangster, family relations, mob boss, lawyer, criminal heroes, trial, disorder ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 80s, 70s ...
Place: australia, oceania
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