Australian western movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant australian western movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out independent film, realistic, captivating, serious, suspense and wild films and TV shows about / with australian western, murder, horse, australian aboriginal, australian outback, ranch, aborigine, blood, rivalry and horse riding plots mostly in Drama, Western and Adventure genres shot in Australia, USA, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as australian western: High Ground (2020), Quigley Down Under (1990), Red Hill (2010), The Last Frontier (1986), Australia (2008), The Man from Snowy River (1982), The Proposition (2005), Mystery Road (2018), The Legend of Ben Hall (2017), The Nightingale (2018).

List of australian western movies

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High Ground (2020)
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: captivating, disturbing, suspense, independent film
Plot: australian aboriginal, bounty hunter, australian outback, racial slur, uncle nephew relationship, aborigine, family conflict, family relations, wildlife, saving a life, dysfunctional family, teamwork ...
Time: 1930s, year 1919, 20th century, 1910s, year 1931
Place: australia
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Quigley Down Under (1990)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: Australia, USA, France
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: suspense, entertaining, exciting, harsh, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: genocide, vengeance, cowboy, australian outback, vigilantism, friendship, culture clash, fish out of water, gunfight, against the odds, modern west, modern western ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: australia, texas, wyoming, pacific ocean
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 6.3
 9K
Red Hill (2010)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Young police officer Shane Cooper's first day on duty, after relocating to the small town of Red Hill, rapidly turns into a nightmare. News of a prison break, involving convicted murderer Jimmy Conway, sends the local law enforcement officers - ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, rough, bleak, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, husband wife relationship, pregnant wife, horse, unstoppable, murder, violence spree, haunted by the past, hunt down, life is a bitch, society, injustice ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: australia, oceania
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The Last Frontier (1986)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story: A single mother from LA marries an Australian cattle rancher following a whirlwind courtship. He returns to Australia ahead of her and her two children, and dies before they arrive. His widow is left with a debt-ridden ranch during one of the worst ...
Plot: land grab, death of spouse, family relations, wooing, widow, child, outback, single parent, ranch, widower, farm, australian outback ...
Place: australia, south australia
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 6.6
 129K
Australia (2008)
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: scenic, emotional, epic, period piece, romantic ...
Audience: girls' night, date night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot: fall in love, unlikely couple, social differences, couples, opposites attract, desert, culture clash, wilderness, prejudice, journey, world war two, love story ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, year 2008, 19th century, 50s ...
Place: australia, japan, england, asia, oceania ...
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The Man from Snowy River (1982)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Jim Craig has lived his first 18 years in the mountains of Australia on his father's farm. The death of his father forces him to go to the low lands to earn enough money to get the farm back on its feet. Kirk Douglas plays two roles as twin ...
Style: sentimental, cult classic, surprise ending, captivating, feel good ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: horse, wild west, wild horse, ranch, stallion, wilderness, river, coming of age, chase, happy ending, australian outback, treasure hunt ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 20th century, year 1982, 1800s ...
Place: australia
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The Proposition (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Western
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Set in the Australian outback in the 1880s, the movie follows the series of events following the horrific rape and murder of the Hopkins family, allegedly committed by the infamous Burns brothers gang. Captain Morris Stanley captures Charlie Burns ...
Style: disturbing, bleak, serious, atmospheric, harsh ...
Plot: aborigine, brutality, rape, cowboy, psychopath, outlaw, wilderness, gory, modern western, violence, bounty hunter, savagery ...
Time: 19th century, year 2005, 1800s, victorian era, 1880s
Place: australia, oceania
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 7.5
 5K
Mystery Road (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story: Detective Jay Swan is assigned to investigate a mysterious disappearance on an outback cattle station. Soon, Jay's investigation uncovers a past injustice that threatens the fabric of the whole community.
Style: exciting, colorful, scenic, detective, breathtaking
Plot: australian outback, police detective, ranch, secrets, nature, missing child, murder mystery, australian aboriginal, rural setting, failed relationship, father daughter relationship, police officer ...
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The Legend of Ben Hall (2017)
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, breaking the law, partners in crime, organized crime, gang member, criminal gang, gang leader, gang, trap, outlaw gang, criminal, bandit ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s, year 1865
Place: australia, new south wales
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The Nightingale (2018)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, Canada
Duration: 136 min.
Story: In 1829, Claire, a 21-year-old Irish convict, chases a British soldier through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. She enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker named ...
Style: disturbing, thought provoking, psychological, controversial, road movie ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: revenge, aborigine, rape, female protagonist, racial prejudice, rape and revenge, vengeance, colonization, murder, brutality, turning the tables, outback ...
Time: 19th century, 2010s, year 2019, 1820s
Place: australia, oceania, ireland, tasmania
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Return to Snowy River (1988)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 110 min.
Story: After a few years trying to earn money to marry Jessica Harrison (Sigrid Thornton), Jim Craig (Tom Burlinson) returns to Snowy River. But he finds that a lot of things have changed.
Style: cult classic, semi serious, independent film
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: horse, treasure hunt, love and romance, chase, wilderness, treasure hunter, peace, prairie, ranch, rancher, horse riding, love triangle ...
Time: 19th century, 80s, 1890s
Place: australia
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McLeod's Daughters (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: McLeod's Daughters is an Australian television series that began airing on the Nine Network on 8 August 2001. This Logie award winning drama series follows the lives of half sisters Claire and Tess McLeod as they embark on a mission: to run ...
Style: realistic, witty, captivating, serious, sentimental ...
Audience: kids
Plot: farm, feminism, family relations, couple relations, workplace, family business, sister sister relationship, family problems, estrangement, wilderness, strong female character, female protagonist ...
Time: 2000s, 90s, 21st century
Place: australia, south australia
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The Rover (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: 10 years after a global economic collapse, a hardened loner pursues the men who stole his car through the lawless wasteland of the Australian outback, aided by the brother of one of the thieves.
Style: road movie, atmospheric, rough, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience: teens
Plot: wilderness, post apocalypse, on the road, car chase, dystopian future, desert, revenge, apocalypse, small town, post apocalyptic, chase, brutality ...
Time: future, year 2014, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place: australia
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New Gold Mountain (2021)
Genre: Drama, History, Western
Country: Australia
TV show
Story: In the Bendigo Goldfields in 1855, the charismatic headman of the Chinese mining camp suddenly finds himself struggling to maintain the fragile harmony between Chinese and European diggers and authorities when a murdered European woman is discovered ...
Style: period piece, suspenseful, stylized, captivating, dramatic
Plot: murder, gold, chinaman, society, murder of a woman, gold rush, community, golddigger, murder investigation, class society, racial tension, australian western
Time: 1850s, 19th century
Place: australia
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The Drifting Avenger (1968)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Japan, Australia
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Ken, son of a former samurai settles with his family in the west from Japan. Soon his family is killed in front of him by stagecoach robbers, making him aim to get revenge. Marvin an experienced gunman befriends Ken and becomes his mentor.
Style: spaghetti western
Plot: cowboy, samurai, hired killer, shooting, son, family relations, murder of father, drinking, cattle, doctor, asian man, corrupt sheriff ...
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Journey Among Women (1977)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Nine women convicts escape from a prison hell-hole and dare to create a savage world free of man.
Style: experimental, independent film
Plot: revenge, escape, daughter, girl, group, australian aboriginal, escaped prisoner, rape and revenge, exploitation, horse riding, repression, wilderness ...
Time: 19th century
Place: australia
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Inn of the Damned (1975)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A sheriff investigates why the guests at a local hostelry check in, but never check out.
Style: slasher, detective, independent film, spaghetti western, wild
Plot: cowboy, hotel, female nudity, inn, murder, wine, dog, motel, blood, horse, bounty hunter, child murder ...
Time: year 1975, 1890s
Place: australia
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Cool Change (1986)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Park ranger Steve Mitchell is torn between Lee, a beautiful sly political aide from Melbourne who supports the government's decision to turn the local grazing areas into a national park, and his old flame Joanna, a rancher who opposes it.
Style: independent film
Plot: father son relationship, love triangle, politics, male female relationship, cattleman, national park, skinny dipping, environmentalism, cowgirl, aborigine, park ranger, environmental issue ...
Place: australia
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The Outlaw Michael Howe (2013)
Genre: History
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min.
Story: 1814. Van Diemen’s Land, the notorious British penal colony, has dissolved into chaos. Outlaws roaming the wilderness have pushed the colonial government to breaking point. Driven by a deep sense of loyalty and an unquenchable hatred towards ...
Style: psychological, captivating
Plot: aborigine, revolution, insurrection, colonialism, criminal gang, gang, social problems, bandit, relationships, rebellion, convict, decapitation ...
Place: australia, tasmania
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The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Horror, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
Story: Eight men escape from the most isolated prison on earth. Only one man survives and the story he recounts shocks the British establishment to the core. This story is the last confession of Alexander Pearce.
Plot: cannibal, cannibalism, serial killer, convict, aborigine, execution, confession, hunger, survival, brutality, starvation, hanging ...
Time: victorian era
Place: australia, tasmania, sydney australia, ireland
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Reckless Kelly (1993)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A satirical take on a modern day Ned Kelly who is forced to Hollywood in order to make enough money to save his family's land. As it goes against his belief, he cannot simply rob banks for his own benefit (all money goes to the poor). Ned is ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty, offbeat ...
Audience: kids
Plot: weirdo, hollywood, robin hood, bank robber, motorcycle, bank, island, heist, heroes, folk hero, dishonesty, rise to the top ...
Time: year 1993, 90s
Place: australia, usa
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 5.4
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Archer (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min.
Story: During the 1860s, Dave Powers, apprentice to a horse trainer, volunteers to ride Archer to the Melbourne Cup race. Their start is 600 miles from Melbourne, and the journey is anything but easy. Of course, the pair have numerous adventures along the ...
Style: serious, realistic, independent film
Plot: horse, race against time, rivalry, contests and competitions, ambition, chases and races, survival, escapades, friends, on the road, wilderness, horse race ...
Time: 19th century
Place: australia
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Outback (1989)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Underrated leading man Jeff Fahey carries most of the dramatic weight of the Australian Wrangler. Fahey plays a handsome, athletic businessman who vies for the hand of rancher's daughter Tushika Bergen. Our hero must not only contend with his ...
Style: independent film, saga, semi serious, realistic, exciting ...
Plot: love triangle, stallion, friends, farm, love and romance, rivalry, danger, rescue, wooing, wilderness, fistfight, ferry ...
Time: 19th century, 20th century
Place: australia
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The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: Australia
Duration: 122 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, realistic, serious ...
Plot: racism, aborigine, indigenous people, australian aboriginal, biopic, murder, criminal, wild west, blaxploitation, transformation, cat and mouse, rage ...
Time: year 1978, 1900s
Place: australia, new south wales
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Snowy River: The McGregor Saga (1994)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Man from Snowy River is an Australian television series based on Banjo Paterson's poem "The Man from Snowy River". Released in Australia as Banjo Paterson's The Man from Snowy River, the series was subsequently released in ...
Style: saga, captivating, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot: family relations, farm, social relations, uninhibited rivalry, underdog, rivalry, contests and competitions, ambition, dishonesty, blind ambition, intrigue, chases and races ...
Time: 19th century
Place: australia, oceania
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Mystery Road (2013)
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: detective, serious, captivating, atmospheric, realistic ...
Plot: desert, investigation, murder investigation, small town, murder, who done it, police, estrangement, outback, heroes, law enforcement, australian aboriginal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, oceania
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The Naked Country (1985)
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Far North Queensland, 1955. Deep in the untamed frontier tough rancher Lance Dillon and his sensual, but bored wife, battle inhospitable nature to eke out a living from their cattle herd. When the aborigines kill the Dillon's prize bull a ...
Style: retro, serious, realistic, independent film
Plot: couples, escapades, danger, dishonesty, survival, betrayal, infidelity, against the odds, ranch, racism, cave, wilderness ...
Place: australia
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Robbery Under Arms (1985)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, History, Western
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 141 min.
Story: Fourth adaptation and first made for television of the classic Australian bushranger novel "Robbery Under Arms" by Rolf Boldrewood. Made by the South Australian Film Corporation during the mini-series boom of the 1980s and lensed in the ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, costume drama
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroes, countryside, heist, criminal heroes, rivalry, danger, folk hero, family life, family relations, rural setting, legendary hero, thief ...
Time: future, 19th century, 80s
Place: australia, south australia
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Lightning Jack (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Lightning Jack Kane is an Australian outlaw in the wild west. During a bungled bank robbery he picks up mute Ben Doyle as a hostage. The two become good friends, with Jack teaching Ben how to rob banks, while they plan Jack's last heist.
Style: funny, humorous, anamorphic, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, old west, friendship, wild west, childhood, friends, bank robbery, meme, buddy, robbery, cowboy, interracial friendship ...
Time: year 1994, 19th century
Place: australia, arizona
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Sweet Country (2017)
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: disturbing, suspense, sincere, captivating, visual ...
Plot: australian aboriginal, slavery, trial, indigenous people, abuse of power, rape, court case, farmer, landowner, injustice, murder, brutality ...
Time: 1920s, year 1929
Place: australia, oceania, south australia
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