| Beneath Clouds (2002) | 7.0 | |
| The Day of the Roses (1998) | 8.3 | |
| Somersault (2004) | 6.7 | |
| Stone (1974) | 6.3 | |
| Tan Lines (2005) | 5.3 |
Movies and TV shows set in new south wales
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in new south wales ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, independent film, touching, rough and captivating films and TV shows about / with family relations, friendship, teenage girl, death, coming of age, youth, girl, husband wife relationship, catastrophe and life is a bitch plots mostly in Drama, Crime and History genres shot in Australia, USA, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as new south wales: The Legend of Ben Hall (2017), Around the Block (2013), The Dish (2000), Home and Away (1988), Jindabyne (2006), Tan Lines (2005), High Tide (1987), The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978), Down Under (2016), The Year My Voice Broke (1987).
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List of movies set in new south wales
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Ben Hall is drawn back into bushranging by the reappearance of his old friend John Gilbert. Reforming the gang, they soon become the most wanted men in Australian history.
Style:
tense, captivating, independent film
Plot:
revisionist history, partners in crime, organized crime, chase, trap, gang, outlaw gang, gang member, bandit, criminal gang, gang leader, criminal ...
Time:
1860s, 19th century, year 1865
Place:
australia, new south wales
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young Aboriginal boy is torn between his unexpected love of acting and the disintegration of his family.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, sexual, touching ...
Plot:
teacher, urban ghetto, youth, idealism, dysfunctional family, school, hopes, society, lesbian, lgbtq, fall in love, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, new south wales
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Australia, South Africa
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The true story of how the Parkes Radio Telescope was used to relay the live television of man's first steps on the moon, during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969.
Style:
touching, humorous, factual, suspense, funny ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
nasa, moon landing, moon, space travel, humanity, friendship, social relations, human spirit, ambition, hopes, underdog, space ...
Time:
20th century, year 2000, 60s, year 1969
Place:
australia, new south wales, new zealand
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Home and Away is set in the fictional town of Summer Bay, a coastal town in New South Wales, and follows the personal and professional lives of the people living in the area. The show initially focused on the Fletcher family, Pippa and Tom Fletcher ...
Style:
soap opera, serious, realistic, sentimental, emotional ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sex, coastal town, beach, small town, lesbian, love, husband wife relationship, bare chested male, family relations, seaside town, lifestyle, fall in love ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century, 2010s, 2000s ...
Place:
australia, new south wales
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Stewart Kane, an Irishman living in the Australian town of Jindabyne, is on a fishing trip in isolated hill country with three other men when they discover the body of a murdered girl in the river. Rather than return to the town immediately, they ...
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, realistic, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
murder, serial killer, fishing, police detective, friendship, aborigine, self discovery, small town, mental illness, complex characters, investigation, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
australia, new south wales, new zealand
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Cute teen Midget Hollow wanders through life riding big waves and partying with surfer boys. When Midget's best friend's gay brother Cass arrives on the scene, the two quickly dive head first into a clandestine sea of sexual awakening.
Style:
serious, sentimental, sincere, touching, sexual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
homosexuality, gay interest, gay relationship, gay, gay teenager, coming of age, young lovers, secret relationship, gay brother, male nudity, lgbt, sexual awakening ...
Place:
australia, new south wales
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Story about a backup singer for an Elvis impersonator who re-enters her past when she leaves a tour in a small town and finds her daughter in a mobile home park.
Style:
retro, realistic, serious, biting, touching ...
Plot:
female protagonist, ocean, beach, elvis impersonator, woman, youth, women, surfing, responsibility, motherhood, car trouble, family problems ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s
Place:
australia, new south wales
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: Australia
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The true story of a part aboriginal man who finds the pressure of adapting to white culture intolerable, and as a result snaps in a violent and horrific manner.
Style:
thought provoking, grindhouse, contemplative, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
racism, aborigine, interracial couple, indigenous people, australian aboriginal, biopic, fugitive, murder of family, interracial marriage, wild west, racial discrimination, blaxploitation ...
Time:
year 1978, 1900s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
australia, new south wales, new zealand
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A black comedy set during the aftermath of the Cronulla riots, it is the story of two carloads of hotheads from both sides of the fight destined to collide.
Style:
suspense, captivating, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
racial slur, chase, father daughter relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, mother daughter relationship, violence, police, race, tattoo, rapper, race riot, family relations ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
new south wales, sydney 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: 86 min.
Story:
Living in rural New South Wales, working-class single mother Rhia is struggling to evade debt collectors and raise three young daughters. The eldest, and hardened beyond her years, Lou blames Rhia for the departure of her father, who walked out 10 ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, touching, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
alzheimer's disease, family relations, mental illness, parents and children, aging, unfulfillment, estrangement, family in crisis, youth, forgetfulness, abandonment, debt collector ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, new south wales
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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: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Haunted by his relationship with a fellow inmate, Steve struggles to reconnect with his girlfriend and the world around him. In an attempt to re-integrate with society Steve takes a Meals On Wheels job, only to befriend a seasoned clown who cares ...
Style:
captivating, light, humorous, feel good, psychological ...
Plot:
bisexual, gay, getting home, ex convict, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, gay lead character, gay interest, friendship, friendship between men, unlikely friendships, gay seduction, retirement home ...
Place:
australia, new south wales, sydney australia
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young girl is subjected to a reign of terror so that her soul can be transferred to the body of an old crone.
Style:
psychotronic, detective, independent film
Plot:
body swapping, occult, body swap, psychokinesis, soul, switching bodies, ouija board, demon, medical, evil child, law enforcer, exorcism ...
Place:
oceania, australia, new south wales, sydney australia
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
At its heart, Banished is a story of survival. Though it is set in the stark historical reality of the founding of the penal colony in Australia in 1788 after the arrival of the First Fleet, it is not the story of Australia and how it came to be. ...
Style:
serious, costume drama, historical drama, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
colony, life is a bitch, danger, community, prison, confined, penal colony, moral dilemma, control, governor, brutality, colonialism ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era, 1780s
Place:
australia, england, oceania, britain, new south wales
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A pilot must safely land a 747 on which deadly nerve gas has been planted.
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, ex husband ex wife relationship, save the day, special agent, danger, chases and races, heroes, law enforcement, aviation, race against time, disaster, die hard ...
Time:
90s, year 2000, 2000s
Place:
usa, australia, california, oceania, new south wales ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Japan, Australia, Kazakhstan, Armenia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome father Marlin and a friendly but forgetful fish Dory to bring Nemo home -- meeting ...
Style:
feel good, touching, humorous, funny, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, teens ...
Plot:
friendship, underwater, animal, shark, father son relationship, friends, freedom, memory loss, courage, escape attempt, single father, talking animal ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new south wales, oceania, pacific ocean, sydney australia, australia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A group of lifelong friends reunite to celebrate a special birthday, with Sydney's iconic Palm Beach providing a stunning backdrop for the unfolding drama. The good times roll, with loads of laughter, lavish meals, flowing wine and fantastic ...
Style:
independent film
Plot:
rock star, beach house, family relations, philosophical conversation, suburbs, meal, family conflict, family secret, birthday party, yacht, seaside, friend ...
Place:
sydney australia, australia, new south wales, palm beach, new zealand
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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:
psychedelic, hood, cult classic, saga, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
exploitation, biker, motorcycle, bike, murder, gang, gangster, biker gang, underworld, ghetto, underground, investigation ...
Time:
70s
Place:
australia, sydney australia, new south wales
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 220 min.
TV show
Story:
On January 18th, 1977, a crowded commuter train heading for Sydney, came off the track and struck the pillars of an overhead road bridge, crushing part of the train and killing 83 passengers and injuring more than 200 others. This story follows the ...
Plot:
disaster, train crash, scotsman, redheaded woman, train, train wreck, death, doctor, nurse, crash, police officer, train station ...
Time:
year 1977, 70s
Place:
australia, new south wales, sydney australia
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Australia
Duration: 198 min.
TV show
Story:
Australian adaptation of the Helen Simpson novel previously filmed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, period drama
Plot:
colonization, mental health, governor, aborigine, emancipation, guilt, alcoholism, list, colonialism, violin, genie, wedding ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1830s
Place:
australia, new south wales, adelaide south australia, south australia, sydney australia
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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:
erotic, realistic, laugh out loud, psychotronic, semi serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
couples, hopes, friends, cinderella story, love and romance, follow your dream, artists and showbiz, ambition, showbiz, rising to stardom, musician's life, rock and roll ...
Time:
80s, year 1982
Place:
australia, sydney australia, new south wales
Is relevant?
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: Action, Adventure, Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Romance, Western
Country: France, Australia, UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
After getting threatened by Kelly's friends and family, Constable Fitzpatrick places the blame on Ned Kelly and exaggerates what happened. With the biggest ever award available, Kelly and his gang set into the wild, to remain hidden from ...
Style:
romantic, captivating, factual, sincere, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
folk hero, gang, bank robbery, biopic, injustice, criminal heroes, wilderness, lawlessness, resistance, revenge, false accusation, life is a bitch ...
Time:
19th century, ancient times, victorian era, 20th century, turn of the century ...
Place:
australia, oceania, new south wales, ireland, new zealand
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family who wants her to tame her wild side and get married.
Style:
period piece, independent film, historical drama, romantic, uplifting ...
Plot:
ranch, writers, feminist, farm, coming of age, biopic, women, woman, female writer, child, feminism, female protagonist ...
Time:
year 1979, victorian era, 1900s, 1890s, 20th century ...
Place:
australia, new south wales, jerusalem, new zealand
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The true story of Irish outlaw Daniel Morgan, who is wanted, dead or alive, in Australia during the 1850s.
Style:
period piece, mockbuster, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, outlaw, colonization, exploitation, british empire, killing spree, unhappy ending, manhunt, chase, on the run, toxic, heroes ...
Time:
19th century, year 1976, 1860s, year 1865, 1800s ...
Place:
australia, new south wales
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Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Abandoned by his father after his mother dies, young PS lives in suburban Sydney with his aunt Lila and her husband George. While they lead a modest existence, PS is happy with them. However, his contentment is derailed when Lila's wealthy ...
Style:
anamorphic, serious, realistic, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
coming of age, youth, unrequited love, orphan, custody, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, parents and children, aunt nephew relationship, child custody, child's point of view, class differences ...
Time:
year 1983, 1930s, 1920s
Place:
australia, new south wales, sydney australia
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of Kat Stanton (Kidman), an Australian woman searching for her father who, whilst travelling back from London to Australia via Thailand, makes friends with Arkie Ragan (Ehlers), a photographer. Kat is tricked into carrying some luggage ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, detective, disturbing ...
Plot:
prison, escape, heroin, injustice, interracial relations, fighting the system, women in prison, prison guard, smuggling, false accusation, betrayal, destiny ...
Time:
80s
Place:
thailand, asia, australia, london, bangkok thailand ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Holly Rowe's retiring, kissing her callgirl life goodbye. She just has to get through her last night on the job. Shay Ryan's a teenage runaway, broke and alone. She just has to get through her first night as a hooker. Then fate throws them ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, suspense, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
prostitute, strip club, sex, masturbation, public nudity, public sex, hooker, teenage prostitution, woman in danger, voyeur, woman in jeopardy, nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, new south wales, sydney australia
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
It's 1968, and four young, talented Australian Aboriginal girls learn about love, friendship and war when they entertain the US troops in Vietnam as singing group The Sapphires.
Style:
humorous, sweet, captivating, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
girl group, vietnam war, friendship, biopic, female singer, indigenous people, family relations, lifestyle, desire for fame, musician's life, ambition, goodhearted ...
Time:
60s, year 1968, 70s, year 1967, year 2012 ...
Place:
vietnam, australia, oceania, saigon, southeast asia ...
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