Best Australian Movies of 2022

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Best Australian Movies of 2022
Best Australian Movies of 2022
TOP Movies: Elvis (2022), Talk to Me (2022), Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), The Stranger (2022), DC League of Super-Pets (2022), Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022), Of an Age (2022), Sissy (2022), Deep Water (2022), Gold (2022), How to Please a Woman (2022), Blaze (2022), Bosch & Rockit (2022), Interceptor (2022), Matilda: The Musical (2022), Blueback (2022), Avarice (2022), Lonesome (2022), Hocus Pocus 2 (2022), The Reef: Stalked (2022).

List of Best Movies

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 7.3
 230K
Elvis (2022)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 159 min.
Story: The life story of Elvis Presley as seen through the complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
Style: historical drama, touching, semi autobiographical, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot: rock music, career, male protagonist, legend, singer, fame, music, musician, singing, manager, christmas, famous singer ...
Time: year 1977, 20th century, 1950s, 2020s, year 1968 ...
Place: las vegas, nevada, memphis, germany
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 7.1
 134K
Talk to Me (2022)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.
Style: teen horror, tense, suspenseful, mystical, psychological ...
Plot: supernatural horror, spirit, ghost, possession, supernatural power, addiction, suicide, female friendship, female protagonist, supernatural, paranormal activity, paranormal investigator ...
Place: adelaide south australia, australia, south australia
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Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Thor goes on a journey unlike anything he’s ever faced — a quest for inner peace. But his retirement is interrupted by a galactic killer known as Gorr the God Butcher, who seeks the extinction of the gods. To combat the threat, Thor enlists the ...
Style: saga, entertaining, disturbing, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: superhero, space travel, norse god, costumed hero, warrior, superheroine, heroine, female warrior, alien, heroes, battles, mythology ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: ancient greece
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 6.6
 26K
The Stranger (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Two strangers strike up a conversation on a long journey. One is a suspect in an unsolved missing person’s case and the other an undercover operative on his trail. Their uneasy friendship becomes the core of this tightly wrought thriller, which is ...
Style: thrilling, captivating, tense, suspense, dramatic ...
Plot: cold case, unsolved crime, police operation, undercover cop, friendship between men, crime boss, unlikely friendships, criminal underworld, bandit, secret, male protagonist, biopic ...
Place: adelaide south australia, south australia, australia
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DC League of Super-Pets (2022)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: When Superman and the rest of the Justice League are kidnapped, Krypto the Super-Dog must convince a rag-tag shelter pack—Ace the hound, PB the potbellied pig, Merton the turtle and Chip the squirrel—to master their own newfound powers and help ...
Style: 3d animation, feel good, captivating, entertaining, anime ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens
Plot: dog, superhero, superpower, pets, cat, justice league, batman, good versus evil, superman, villain, team, animal that acts human ...
Time: 2020s
Place: new york
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Mystery, War
Country: USA, Mexico, France, Australia
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A darker version of the classic children's fairy tale of a wooden puppet that transforms into a real living boy.
Style: dark fantasy, fairy tale, 3d animation, touching, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, date night
Plot: stop motion, magic, pinocchio, monkey, grief, church, whale, puppet, father son relationship, boy, doll, children ...
Time: 2020s, 1940s, 1930s, 1910s, 20th century ...
Place: italy
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Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A solitary scholar discovers an ancient bottle while on a trip to Istanbul and unleashes a djinn who offers her three wishes. Filled with reluctance, she is unable to come up with one, so the djinn tries to inspire her with his stories.
Style: fairy tale, philosophical, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot: genie, djinn, mythology, desire, storytelling, magic, lonely, self discovery, wizards and magicians, changing lives, female protagonist, problem ...
Time: 16th century, 17th century, 2020s, future, 1800s
Place: istanbul turkey, ottoman empire, turkey, london
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 7.1
 4K
Of an Age (2022)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A Serbian ballroom dancer experiences an unexpected and intense 24-hour romance with a friend's older brother.
Style: dramatic, captivating, exciting, serious, crying ...
Plot: gay teenager, gay, homosexual, teenage boy, sexual attraction, 17 year old, dancer, gay interest, brother sister relationship, bisexual man, ballroom dancing, friendship ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, 2010s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: australia
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 6.1
 7K
Sissy (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Cecilia is a successful social media influencer living the dream, until she runs into her ex-childhood best friend and is invited away on her bachelorette weekend. Suddenly, Sissy finds herself stuck in a remote cabin with her school bully... and a ...
Style: horror comedy, bloody, dark drama, queer horror, dark comedy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: bully, female warrior, lesbian couple, bachelorette party, death, kangaroo, vengeance, female killer, revenge, social media, murder, survival ...
Time: 2020s
Place: australia
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 5.5
 57K
Deep Water (2022)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Vic and Melinda Van Allen are a couple in the small town of Little Wesley. Their loveless marriage is held together only by a precarious arrangement whereby, in order to avoid the messiness of divorce, Melinda is allowed to take any number of lovers ...
Style: suspense, psychological, dark, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: infidelity, murder, cheating wife, sex scene, unfaithful wife, cuckold, dysfunctional marriage, oral sex, female masturbation, relationships, marriage, erotica ...
Time: 2020s
Place: new orleans, louisiana
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 5.4
 12K
Gold (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In the not-too-distant future, two drifters traveling through the desert stumble across the biggest gold nugget ever found and the dream of immense wealth and greed takes hold. They hatch a plan to excavate their bounty, with one man leaving to ...
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, captivating, apocalyptic ...
Plot: desert, survival, sandstorm, greed, betrayal, struggle for survival, risk, golddigger, dystopian future, paranoia, monster, moving ...
Time: 2020s
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How to Please a Woman (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 111 min.
Story: When her all-male house-cleaning business gets out of control, a mature woman must embrace her own sexuality, if she is to make a new life for herself.
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, rom com, emotional ...
Plot: female sexuality, feminism, business, lifestyle, businesswoman, workplace, sexual relations, female protagonist, social problems, co worker co worker relationship, changing lives, lifestyle change ...
Place: australia
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 6.0
 1K
Blaze (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Australia
Duration: 101 min.
Story: After a young girl witnesses a violent crime, she summons an imaginary dragon to help process her anger and protect her on her journey into womanhood.
Style: independent film
Plot: resistance, witness, surrealism, imaginary friend, rape, father daughter relationship, murder, family relations, courtroom, post traumatic stress disorder, menarche, friendship ...
Place: sydney australia
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 6.0
 838
Bosch & Rockit (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 106 min.
Story: As Rockit grapples to understand why his Mum’s not coming home, he embarks on a magical holiday with his father, Bosch, only to discover they’re actually running from the law. Rockit finds a soulmate and then teenage love with Ash Ash, but ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, disturbing, dramatic
Plot: father son relationship, surfing, nature, coming of age, surfer, running from police, divorce, drug, father, drug smuggler, illegal drugs, drug smuggling ...
Place: australia
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 4.7
 27K
Interceptor (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A U.S. Army Captain uses her years of tactical training to save humanity from sixteen nuclear missiles launched at the U.S. as a violent attack threatens her remote missile interceptor station.
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot: female soldier, female warrior, terrorism, terrorist plot, female protagonist, terrorist attack, military, terrorist, soldier, military base, mission, captain ...
Time: 2020s
Place: pacific ocean, russia, alaska, los angeles, manhattan new york city ...
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Matilda: The Musical (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music, Musical
Country: UK, Australia, USA, Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story: An adaptation of Tim Minchin and Dennis Kelly's musical based on the Roald Dahl novel.
Style: exciting, funny, captivating, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience: kids
Plot: library, theater, magic, telekinesis, singing, female antagonist, genius, school principal, school, precocious child, circus, child prodigy ...
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 5.9
 1K
Blueback (2022)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Australia
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Based on the best-selling novel by Tim Winton, Blueback is a timely tale about the ocean, a beautiful marine creature, and a young girl’s power to change the world.
Style: psychological, thrilling, captivating
Audience: family outing
Plot: animal, sea, human animal relationship, fish, diving, environmental activist, friends, activist, friendship, poaching, animal human communication, sorority girl ...
Place: atlantic ocean
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 5.3
 3K
Avarice (2022)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Kate, a gifted archer, is on vacation with her family when they are ambushed by a team of mercenaries in a vicious home invasion. Kate’s husband and daughter are abducted during the violent onslaught, and she must rely on her archery skills to ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, psychological, captivating
Plot: archer, home invasion, bondage, archery, bow and arrow, rescue, family in danger, ransom demand, threat, mother daughter relationship, child hostage, abduction ...
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Lonesome (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Two young men make a connection neither of them expects or knows how to navigate. Casey, a young man from the countryside running from a small-town scandal, finds himself down and out in the big smoke of Sydney. When he meets Tib, a young city lad, ...
Style: art house, gay cinema
Plot: gay, gay sex, male pubic hair, male nudity, gay anal sex, lgbt, lgbtq, gay love, man dances with a man, gay relationship, older man younger man relationship, gay hustler ...
Place: sydney australia, australia
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 6.0
 52K
Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Zambia, UK, Australia
Duration: 103 min.
Story: 29 years since the Black Flame Candle was last lit, the 17th-century Sanderson sisters are resurrected, and they are looking for revenge. Now it's up to three high school students to stop the ravenous witches from wreaking a new kind of havoc ...
Style: dramatic, captivating, enigmatic, saga, satirical ...
Audience: kids
Plot: witch, magic, spell, sister, witchcraft, magical, power, curse, halloween, village, wizard, female protagonist ...
Time: 2020s, 90s, 17th century, year 1953, year 1993
Place: salem massachusetts
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The Reef: Stalked (2022)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: After her sister's murder, Nic, her younger sister and two friends seek solace through a Pacific island kayaking adventure. Hours into the trip the women are stalked by a shark and must band together, face their fears and save each other.
Style: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, tense
Plot: shark, animal attack, animal, monster, shark attack, killer animal, murder, killer shark, woman in danger, struggle for survival, sea creature, wild animal ...
Place: australia, papua new guinea
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Girl at the Window (2022)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A troubled teenage girl who’s struggling to cope with the accidental death of her father suspects that the mysterious killer stalking her hometown is not only her neighbour but her mother’s new romantic interest.
Style: suspenseful, captivating, tense, thrilling, slasher horror
Plot: murderer, serial killer, murder, killer, teenage protagonist, mother daughter relationship, murder mystery, serial murder, murder investigation, secret, teenage girl, problem ...
Place: australia
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The Spy Who Never Dies (2022)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A world-class spy falls for an unlikely woman and must work out how to build a relationship with a normal person while others around him try and destroy both the relationship and much more.
Style: disturbing, satirical, entertaining, semi serious, captivating
Plot: spy, fall in love, love and romance, relationships, love story, male female relationship, couple relations, love affair, romantic relationship, in love, espionage, satire ...
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Carnifex (2022)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An aspiring documentarian and two conservationists who venture into the Outback to record the animals displaced by bushfires where they discover a terrifying new species.
Style: documentary filmmaking
Plot: monster, creature feature, predator, outback, hunting, forest, ranger, australian outback, creature, jungle, wildfire, terror ...
Place: south australia, australia
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 4.8
 24K
Blacklight (2022)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, China
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Travis Block is a shadowy Government agent who specializes in removing operatives whose covers have been exposed. He then has to uncover a deadly conspiracy within his own ranks that reaches the highest echelons of power.
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: one against many, hitman, fbi, blackmail, conspiracy, federal bureau of investigation, covert operation, spy, abuse of power, political conspiracy, federal agent, whistleblower ...
Time: future, 2020s
Place: washington d.c., usa
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 5.6
 202
Surrogate (2022)
Genre: Horror
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A ghost horror about single mother and nurse Natalie who falls mysteriously ill and struggles to stop her family from being destroyed.
Style: psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, mystical
Plot: paranormal, ghost, paranormal phenomena, secret, single mother, mysticism, paranormal activity, supernatural, supernatural horror, single parent, possession, plot twist ...
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You Won't Be Alone (2022)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Australia, UK, Serbia
Duration: 108 min.
Story: In an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia, a young feral witch accidentally kills a peasant. She assumes the peasant's shape to see what life is like in her skin, igniting a deep seated curiosity to experience life inside the ...
Style: gothic horror, scary, disturbing, slasher, psychological ...
Audience: date night
Plot: witch, witchcraft, supernatural, demonic possession, violence, shapeshifting, female protagonist, supernatural horror, supernatural being, village, paranormal activity, supernatural power ...
Time: 19th century, 2020s
Place: macedonia
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 3.7
 892
Loveland (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 102 min.
Story: In an uncharted future, two hardened souls meet and confront each other with the things they have done and what they have become.
Style: captivating, futuristic, enigmatic
Plot: escapades, confronting the past, couple relations, puzzle, male female relationship, love affair, relationships, forbidden love, murderer, love story, lost soul, hitman ...
Time: future
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The Curious Case of Dolphin Bay (2022)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 83 min.
Story: It follows 15-year old Quinn Perkins, who will be spending the summer working as an intern with her best friend Daniela. Mysterious events start to occur, and they assume that they are being haunted by local legend Everly Fallow.
Style: entertaining, captivating, thrilling
Audience: family outing
Plot: ghost story, ocean, friendship, adventurer, teamwork, supernatural, friends, adolescence, undercover, teenage life, puzzle, adventure hero ...
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 5.8
 1K
Carmen (2022)
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: Australia, France
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A young and fiercely independent woman, Carmen, is forced to flee her home in the Mexican desert following the brutal murder of her mother. She survives an illegal border crossing into the US, only to be confronted by a lawless volunteer border ...
Style: romantic, psychological, entertaining, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: love and romance, relationships, love affair, operetta, couple relations, male female relationship, opera, love, couples, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, relationship problems, soldier ...
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