Movies and TV shows set in melbourne

The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in melbourne ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, independent film, serious, humorous, semi serious and feel good films and TV shows about / with family relations, death, father daughter relationship, male female relationship, friendship, youth, husband wife relationship, love and romance, friend and murder plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Crime genres shot in Australia, USA, UK and other countries.
melbourne
 103
melbourne movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as melbourne: Ride Like a Girl (2019), Lion (2016), Feedback (2016), Darkfall Resurrection (2013), West of Sunshine (2017), The Castle (1997), Macbeth (2006), The Jammed (2007), Chopper (2000), Animal Kingdom (2010).

List of movies set in melbourne

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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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 8.0
 250K
Lion (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Australia, UK, USA, India
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.
Style: emotional, touching, motivational, inspirational, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, date night, family friendly, chick flick, kids
Plot: adoption, poverty, survival, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, loneliness, childhood, mother son reunion, foster home, train, brother brother relationship, courage, missing child ...
Time: 2010s, year 1986, year 2016, year 2012, year 2010 ...
Place: india, australia, tasmania, kolkata, melbourne
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 9.4
 8
Feedback (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Feedback is about finding new creative ways to doubt yourself. It's about half-quitting toxic influences, being smug at low budget art events, and writing what you know when you feel like you're too young to know anything. Feedback is ...
Style: surreal, feel good, captivating, humorous, entertaining ...
Plot: roommate, musician, writers, surrealism, aspiring musician, creativity, music, young man, humour, musician's life, young girl, young adult ...
Place: melbourne
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Darkfall Resurrection (2013)
Genre: Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 70 min.
Story: Anonymous Set in outer space, on the planet Akoh, The elder Zeav Keela tells his last story to a group of students. Recalling his younger years, Zeav and Alexandra are madly in love and plan to elope. Alex's father Jake is a Professor of ...
Style: gothic, tense, suspenseful, touching, psychological ...
Plot: female vampire, love, space wars, planet, fight, goth, galaxy, rocket, survival, immortal, vampire, spacecraft ...
Time: 21st century
Place: melbourne
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West of Sunshine (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 78 min.
Story: A father has less than a day to pay back a debt to a violent loan shark, while looking after his young son.
Style: suspense, psychological, captivating, unusual plot structure, suspenseful ...
Plot: husband wife relationship, family conflict, father son relationship, family relations, husband wife conflict, friendship, drug, thief, drug deal, chase, violence, fight ...
Place: melbourne
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 7.6
 17K
The Castle (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A Melbourne family is very happy living near the Melbourne airport. However, they are forced to leave their beloved home (by the Government and airport authorities) to make way for more runways. 'The Castle' is the story of how they fight ...
Style: humorous, touching, feel good, compassionate, melancholic ...
Plot: justice, family relations, fighting the system, family in crisis, family life, against the odds, misfit, single parent, parents and children, prejudice, law, airport ...
Time: 90s, year 1997
Place: australia, melbourne, beirut lebanon
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 4.6
 2K
Macbeth (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Macbeth, loyal to his crime boss, Duncan, is told by witches that he will one day take over. Driven by their prophecy, he and his wife plot to kill Duncan, and takes the leadership of the gang for himself. Maintaining his power will require more ...
Style: stylized, clever, serious, psychotronic, mind bending ...
Plot: shakespeare, murder, betrayal, haunted by the past, gang, vengeance, tragic hero, rivalry, dishonesty, life is a bitch, rise and fall, drug dealing ...
Time: year 2006
Place: australia, melbourne
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 6.6
 868
The Jammed (2007)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A young Australian woman reluctantly agrees to help a Chinese mother search for her missing daughter and becomes involved in human trafficking and the sex slave trade.
Style: serious, tense, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: sex trafficking, human trafficking, missing person, deportation, gangster, immigrant, social decay, manipulation, prostitute, sexual abuse, kidnapping, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, melbourne
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 7.1
 41K
Chopper (2000)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The true and intense story of Mark 'Chopper' Read, a legendary criminal who wrote his autobiography while serving a jail sentence in prison.
Style: disturbing, dark comedy, cynical, rough, cult classic ...
Audience: manly
Plot: prison, brutality, jail, gangster, character study, murder, eccentricity, judge, self destructing, criminal heroes, prison life, notoriety ...
Time: year 2000, 80s, 70s, 20th century, year 1986 ...
Place: australia, melbourne, oceania
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 7.2
 60K
Animal Kingdom (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Following the death of his mother, J finds himself living with his estranged family, under the watchful eye of his doting grandmother, Smurf, mother to the Cody boys. J quickly comes to believe that he is a player in this world. But, as he soon ...
Style: tense, disturbing, bleak, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot: gangster, interrogation, violence, complex characters, justice, investigation, drug dealer, character study, vengeance, law enforcement, bad mother, power struggle ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: australia, melbourne, oceania, peru
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The Big Steal (1990)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Danny wants two things in life more than anything else, one is a Jaguar and the other is Joanna Johnson. After Danny is conned into trading his Nissan Cedric for a 1973 Jaguar, he plots to win Joanna and get revenge against the sleazy car dealer ...
Style: independent film
Audience: teens
Plot: teenager, male pubic hair, voice over narration, tram, teenage boy, girl, jaguar, cycling, stopped by police, man with glasses, telephone call, mother daughter relationship ...
Place: melbourne, australia
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The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Melbourne, 1886. Two gentlemen climb into a hansom cab late one murky night. One man climbs out, the other travels on to St Kilda. On arrival, the driver finds the second man dead; murdered. The ‘high-society’ killing sends shockwaves through ...
Style: tense, disturbing, captivating, detective, crying
Plot: murder, investigation, secret, murder mystery, doctor, murder investigation, sleuth, crime solving, crime investigation, forensics, uncover truth, love triangle ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1880s
Place: melbourne, australia
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Love and Other Catastrophes (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 76 min.
Story: A day in the life of two film-school students trying to find love and another house-mate.
Style: melancholic, satirical, semi serious, humorous, talky ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: university, love triangle, college, lifestyle, fall in love, college life, couple relations, youth, sexual relations, lgbtq, lgbt, roommate ...
Time: 90s, year 1996
Place: melbourne, australia
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 6.6
 5K
Head On (1998)
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, lgbt cinema, terrifying, serious, realistic ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, transgender, lgbtq, glbt, drug abuse, violence, homosexuality, lgbtqi, greek, drug addiction, brutality ...
Time: 90s
Place: australia, melbourne, oceania
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Hating Alison Ashley (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Classmates Erica Yurgen and Alison Ashley vie with each other to become the undisputed star of their class.
Style: realistic, sentimental, humorous, semi serious
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: coming of age, high school, single parent, high school life, power relations, family relations, youth, misfit, uninhibited rivalry, teenage life, sister sister relationship, brother sister relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: melbourne, australia
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 6.7
 780
Blessed (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Seven lost children wander the night streets while their mothers await their return home.
Style: atmospheric, sincere, captivating, touching, emotional ...
Plot: self discovery, juvenile delinquency, missing child, teenage life, youth, family relations, rebellion, dysfunctional family, rebelliousness, family problems, estrangement, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: melbourne, australia
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 6.6
 44K
The Loved Ones (2009)
Genre: Crime, Horror
Country: Australia
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Lola Stone asked Brent Mitchell to the prom, but Brent said no, and now he's screwed. What happens when Lola doesn't get what she wants? She enlists Daddy's help to throw a prom of her own, where she is queen and Brent is king -- ...
Style: scary, bleak, intense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: obsession, torture, prom, kidnapping, female psychopath, psychopath, femme fatale, survival, teenage girl, obsessive love, gory, captivity ...
Time: 2000s, year 2009, 21st century
Place: australia, oceania, melbourne, united kingdom
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I, Frankenstein (2014)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story: 200 years after his shocking creation, Dr. Frankenstein's creature, Adam, still walks the earth. But when he finds himself in the middle of a war over the fate of humanity, Adam discovers he holds the key that could destroy humankind.
Style: gothic, stylized, scary, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: frankenstein, supernatural, immortality, gargoyle, frankenstein's monster, superhero, monster, deadly creature, immortal, save the world, superpower, transformation ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 1790s, 21st century
Place: melbourne
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Any Questions for Ben? (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 114 min.
Story: For 27-year-old Ben, life couldn't be better. A well paid job, friends, parties, girls and nothing to tie him down. But when he is invited back to his old school to join several other ex-students including Alex and Jim in talking about their ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous, romantic
Audience: date night
Plot: self discovery, renewed love, love and romance, hopes, introspection, disorder, long distance relationship, fame, success, islam, tennis, un ...
Time: 21st century
Place: melbourne
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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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 5.7
 7K
Irresistible (2006)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A wife and mother is consumed by the thought that her husband's co-worker is trying to win him away from her and their family.
Style: scary, serious, tense, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot: stalking, stalker, paranoia, fear, secret, sex, love and romance, adultery, unfaithful husband, family problems, couples, mental illness ...
Time: 2000s
Place: kosovo, australia, melbourne
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Sensitive New-Age Killer (2000)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Paul as a young boy witnessed the notorious hit man “The Snake” kill a few lowlifes and since that moment he has dedicated his life to cleaning up the streets of all evil doers. Helping Paul with contract killings is his best friend George who ...
Style: disturbing, controversial, black comedy, independent film, dark comedy ...
Plot: assassin, shooting, anti hero, gunfight, moral ambiguity, partner, hitman, policewoman, arrest, contract killing, murder witness, satire ...
Place: melbourne
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 5.8
 2K
The Wog Boy (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Steve liked Celia from the moment they met. But following a clash with her boss, Raelene Beagle-Thorpe, Minister for Employment, he finds himself on national television branded as Australia's biggest dole bludger. Now Steve has to prove to ...
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, not serious, independent film ...
Plot: friendship, unemployment, working class, friends, social differences, love and romance, fighting the system, father son relationship, male female relationship, identity, exodus, misfit ...
Time: 90s
Place: australia, melbourne, oceania
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He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Australia, Italy
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A search for love, meaning and bathroom solitude. Danny goes through a series of shared housing experiences in a succession of cities on the east coast of Australia. Together these vignettes form a narrative that is surprisingly reflective.
Style: offbeat, cynical, semi serious, witty, humorous ...
Plot: love triangle, lifestyle, self discovery, love and romance, looking for love, buddies, introspection, absurdism, meaning of life, obsession, depression, gay ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, sydney australia, melbourne
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 5.7
 312
Passion (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Passion concentrates on Grainger's unusual relationship with his mother and his sexual peculiarities (especially his obsessive self-flagellation, though homosexuality is also hinted at) which affect his relationship with a woman who comes to ...
Style: independent film
Plot: composer, piano, oedipus complex, pianist, domineering mother, genius, friend, photograph, friendship, suicide, marriage proposal, mental illness ...
Time: pre world war one, 1910s, year 1914, edwardian era
Place: new york, london, melbourne, australia
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 6.7
 818
Amy (1997)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Amy's father, Franco, was a popular rock musician accidentally electrocuted while performing on stage. The psychological trauma leaves Amy mute and deaf. So the 8-year-old is brought by her mother, Tanya, to Melbourne to diagnose the reasons ...
Style: realistic, serious, psychological, touching, sentimental ...
Plot: deaf, youth, coming of age, girl, children, psychological disorder, family relations, witness, singer, grief, working class, neighbor ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: australia, melbourne
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 6.2
 29K
Mr. Nice Guy (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A Chinese chef accidentally gets involved with a news reporter who filmed a drug bust that went awry and is now being chased by gangs who are trying to get the video tape.
Style: humorous, exciting, semi serious, action comedy, action adventure ...
Plot: martial arts, chase, gang, journalist, drug dealer, kung fu, escapades, cooking, fight scenes, wuxia, danger, bravery ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: china, australia, usa, new york, melbourne
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 6.0
 221
Over the Hill (1992)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Alma can't stand to have one more birthday without seeing her estranged daughter, Elizabeth, who lives in Sydney, Australia.
Style: independent film, realistic, semi serious, sentimental, touching ...
Audience: date night
Plot: girl power, magic, on the road, love and romance, elderly, misfit, starting over, supportive spouse, elderly lovers, opposites attract, self discovery, transvestism ...
Time: 90s
Place: australia, melbourne, sydney australia
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The Efficiency Expert (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Wallace is an efficiency expert, managing the high-profile downsizing of a major auto parts factory. But when he is hired to evaluate a small moccasin factory which seems from another era, Wallace has to reconsider the rapid modernization he ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous, feel good ...
Plot: business, family relations, downsizing, factory, fish out of water, culture clash, family business, big business, factory worker, office work, intrigue, guard dog ...
Time: 60s, year 1992, 20th century
Place: australia, melbourne
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ABBA: The Movie (1977)
Genre: Documentary, Comedy, Music
Country: Sweden, Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Movie detailing ABBA's mega-successful tour of Australia during mid-1977. While it mostly contains back-stage footage and as well as ABBA's famous songs such as "Dancing Queen", "Tiger", "Name of the Game" and ...
Style: feel good, semi serious, humorous, realistic, concert film
Plot: showbiz, celebrity culture, music band, artists and showbiz, music, media, radio dj, lifestyle, obsessive quest, disco, interview, lust ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: australia, melbourne, eastern europe, sydney australia, adelaide south australia
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