Best Australian Romance TV Shows

This page is updated regularly. Subscribe, so you don't miss new recommendations. The list of "Best Australian Romance TV Shows" contains films with the following parameters. Style: realistic, captivating, serious, humorous, semi serious and sincere. Plot: friendship, family relations, love and romance, friends, teenager, husband wife relationship, youth, mother daughter relationship, gay and love. Genre: Romance, Drama and Comedy. Country: Australia, USA and UK.
Best Australian Romance TV Shows
Best Australian Romance TV Shows
TOP TV Shows: McLeod's Daughters (2001), Dance Academy (2010), Packed to the Rafters (2008), Camp (2013), Heartbreak High (2022), Return to Eden (1983), Pride and Prejudice (1980), Love Me (2021), Neighbours (1985), Bump (2021), A Country Practice (1981), Wolf Like Me (2022), Summer Heights High (2007), Breakers (1998), H2O: Just Add Water (2006), SLiDE (2011), Summer Love (2022), Winners & Losers (2011), Spirited (2010), Picnic at Hanging Rock (2018).

List of Best TV Shows

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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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Dance Academy (2010)
Genre: Drama, Family, Music, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: At Sydney's National Dance Academy, a few talented youngsters are recruited for the excruciatingly tough course. It follows Tara Webster, a sheepfarmgirl who's ambition is to be the next best ballerina. Jewish long line of doctors' ...
Style: sentimental, realistic, serious, captivating
Audience: teens, kids, teen drama
Plot: ballet, dancer's life, friendship, dancing, dance, teacher, ambitious, dance school, teenage life, hopes, dancer, ballerina ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: australia
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Packed to the Rafters (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Packed to the Rafters is an Australian family-oriented television series which premiered on the Seven Network on Tuesday 26 August 2008 at 8:30 pm. The show has continued on Tuesdays in this timeslot for its entire run. The drama series features a ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, sentimental, feel good ...
Plot: family relations, getting home, couple relations, living with parents, nothing goes right, anniversary, siblings relations, parents and children, brother brother relationship, husband wife relationship, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, oceania
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 7.2
 3K
Camp (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Off the grid and miles from civilization, Little Otter Family Camp has summer fun for everyone. Parents decompress over gin and tonics while their kids run wild, and teenage counselors fall in and out of love. Mackenzie Granger is the camp owner and ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic
Audience: teens
Plot: unrequited love, coming of age, teenage life, social relations, singer, supportive friend, popularity, friends, youth, summer vacation, father son relationship, romantic rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Heartbreak High (2022)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: A fresh look at Hartley High over 20 years on. With her new friends - outsiders Quinni and Darren - Amerie must repair her reputation, while navigating love, sex, and heartbreak.
Style: queer cinema
Audience: teen drama
Plot: gay, lgbt, lesbian, pain, lgbtqi, lgbtq, mental illness, school, sex education, friendship, teacher, teen romance ...
Place: australia
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Return to Eden (1983)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 267 min.
TV show
Story: Stephanie Harper is rich but insecure 40 year old heiress with two failed marriages behind her. Stephanie believes that she has found true love with tennis pro Greg Marsden, but after the wedding, Greg promptly begins an affair with Stephanie’s ...
Style: serious, tense, realistic, relaxing, suspenseful ...
Plot: attempted murder, dishonesty, betrayal, hidden identity, presumed dead, boat, crocodile, rivalry, crumbling marriage, plastic surgery, fashion model, vengeance ...
Time: 80s
Place: australia
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Pride and Prejudice (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 265 min.
TV show
Story: Mrs. Bennet is determined to find husbands for her five daughters. The arrival of a new wealthy neighbor seems like the answer to her predicament. But while eldest daughter Jane catches Mr. Bingley's eye, middle child Mary has her nose stuck in ...
Style: costume drama, period piece, talky, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: napoleonic era, love, wooing, opposites attract, family relations, eligible bachelor, social differences, parents and children, manners, countryside, rich and poor, initially antagonists ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, regency period
Place: england, europe, britain
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 7.5
 2K
Love Me (2021)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The Mathiesons, Clara (30s), Glen (60s) and Aaron (20s), find themselves at an emotional crossroads following an unexpected event that changes their lives forever.
Style: captivating, thrilling, psychological
Plot: male female relationship, couple relations, love interest, love affair, marital problem, romantic relationship, family relations, relationship problems, family problems, husband wife relationship, lifestyle, love story ...
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 5.6
 6K
Neighbours (1985)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera. It was first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults ...
Style: soap opera, serious, realistic, emotional, sincere ...
Plot: girl, gay, lesbian, women, lgbtq, sapphic, family relations, infidelity, friendship, cafe, suburbs, wedding ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 2010s ...
Place: australia, melbourne
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 7.6
 2K
Bump (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: From the team behind Love My Way and The Secret Life of Us comes the Stan Original series Bump. The series centres around Oly, an ambitious and high-achieving teenage girl who has a surprise baby; and the complications that ensue for two families.
Style: disturbing, captivating, sincere, psychological
Audience: teen drama
Plot: teenage pregnancy, teenage sexuality, unwanted pregnancy, pregnant teenager, pregnancy, high school, unplanned pregnancy, pregnancy and birth, teenage life, lifestyle change, changing lives, teenager ...
Place: australia, oceania
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A Country Practice (1981)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A Country Practice was an Australian television drama series. At its inception, one of the longest-running of its kind, produced by James Davern of JNP Productions, who had wrote the pilot episode and entered a script contest for the network in ...
Style: medical drama, touching, sincere, serious, realistic
Plot: doctor, medical, hospital, friendship, love and romance, countryside, friends, society, doctors and patients, workplace situations, social relations, workplace ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place: australia
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 7.3
 10K
Wolf Like Me (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Gary is an emotional wreck and struggles to provide for his daughter since the death of his wife. Mary has a secret she can't bring herself to share with anyone. The universe brought these two together for a reason.
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, funny, laugh out loud ...
Plot: werewolf, secret, death of wife, australian outback, unlikely couple, unlikely friendships, dark past, puzzle, satire, confronting the past, secret past, haunted by the past ...
Place: australia
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Summer Heights High (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 227 min.
TV show
Story: The life of a public school epitomized by disobedient student Jonah Takalua, self-absorbed private school exchange student Ja'mie King, and megalomaniac drama teacher Mr. G.
Style: mockumentary, sitcom, captivating, realistic, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teacher, high school, school, teachers and students, bully, high school student, society, teenage life, misfit, public school, dog, teen angst ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
Is relevant ?
 8.5
 47
Breakers (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Breakers is an Australian television series, that was made and aired on Network Ten between 1998 and 1999. It was shown in Ireland on TV3 and City Channel. It was also screened on BBC One in the United Kingdom and TV4 in New Zealand.
Plot: family relations, restaurant, young adult, community, street kid, model, responsibility, journalist, cafe, beach, family conflict, sexy woman ...
Place: sydney australia
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H2O: Just Add Water (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: When three normal teenage girls stumble upon a ancient cave they undergo a transformation that will change their lives forever. H20 - Just Add Water, sees three very different girls facing everyday teen problems with an added twist - they're ...
Style: exciting, light, captivating, enigmatic, teen ...
Audience: teens, kids, pre-teens, teen fantasy, toddlers ...
Plot: mermaid, supernatural, supernatural ability, youth, teenage life, friends, love and romance, friendship between girls, hidden identity, friendship, miraculous event, transformation ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: oceania, australia
Is relevant ?
 7.7
 838
SLiDE (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The exploits of five 17-year-olds smashing their way into adulthood.
Style: sincere, captivating, humorous, psychological, serious ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, teenager, friendship, teenage love, best friend, teenage life, jealousy, party, youth, high school, shallowness, crush ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
Is relevant ?
 6.5
 207
Summer Love (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Australia
TV show
Story: One holiday house, eight love stories. Summer Love is an anthology of eight unique stories at a holiday house where the dreamy enchantment of the beach collides with the endearing escapades of people on holiday.
Style: anthology, psychological, semi serious, romantic, captivating
Plot: love affair, male female relationship, love interest, multiple storylines, romantic relationship, couple relations, relationships, love story, in love, love and romance
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Winners & Losers (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The lives of four best friends bound together by their shared experience of being "the losers" in high school. Now ten years later the women are about to become winners, but at what cost?
Style: emotional, touching, feel good, sincere, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: lottery, best friend, lifestyle, introspection, socially awkward, loser, haunted by the past, new life, love and romance, makeover, lgbt, strong female presence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
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 8.0
 1K
Spirited (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Spirited is an Australian television drama series made for subscription television channel W that aired for two seasons, 2010 and 2011. The series stars Claudia Karvan, as dentist Suzy Darling, who walks away from a loveless marriage and into an ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, sincere ...
Plot: supernatural, ghost, love and romance, neighbor, dentist, musician, family life, humour, women, cat, ex husband, homosexual ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
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Picnic at Hanging Rock (2018)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story: Valentine's Day, 1900. Three schoolgirls and their governess mysteriously disappear in Hanging Rock, Australia, without a trace.
Style: atmospheric, psychological, suspenseful, suspense, melancholic ...
Plot: mysterious disappearance, valentine's day, girls' boarding school, investigation, disappearance, power relations, unsolved mystery, supernatural, tragedy, suicide, wilderness, friendship between girls ...
Time: 1900s, edwardian era, victorian era, year 1900, 19th century ...
Place: australia
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Seven Types of Ambiguity (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: A gripping psychological mystery told from the shifting perspective of six characters following a complicated chain of events triggered when a child is taken and relationships are thrown into crisis.
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: investigation, family conflict, male female relationship, family relations, parent child relationship, tragic love, family problems, husband wife relationship, family secret, child abduction, cause and meaning, abduction ...
Place: australia
Is relevant ?
 7.9
 2K
Anzac Girls (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The unique, and rarely told true stories of Australian and New Zealand nurses serving at Gallipoli and the Western Front during the First World War.
Style: captivating, realistic, emotional, serious, stylized ...
Plot: world war one, war, human spirit, love and romance, nurse, fall in love, hopes, military, battles, wartime life, tragic love, life is a bitch ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century
Place: australia, egypt, cairo egypt, greece, france ...
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Secret Bridesmaids' Business (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The lives of three friends are inextricably changed when one of them unwittingly invites a malevolent stranger into their world. A tangle of lies and laughter collides with a stalker's chilling obsession in this contemporary adaptation of ...
Style: sincere, psychological, disturbing, captivating
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: family relations, danger, rivalry, revenge, love and romance, escapades, youth, society, adaptation, disorder, marriage, couples ...
Place: australia
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 7.0
 2K
Blue Heelers (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Blue Heelers is an Australian police drama series which depicted the lives of police officers stationed at the fictional Mount Thomas police station in a small town in Victoria.
Style: detective, exciting, realistic, serious, touching ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: small town, investigation, nypd, gay, police, partner, police investigation, tough law enforcer, chases and races, fighting crime, workplace, save the day ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: australia
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A Town Like Alice (1981)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 301 min.
TV show
Story: Set against the brutal chaos of World War II, a love story begins that will take two lovers through a living nightmare of captivity, across three continents and two decades. From the steamy jungles of Malaya to the dusty and desolate outback of ...
Style: vintage, period drama
Plot: world war two, love, post war, prisoner, wartime, jungle, skating, pow, japanese army, australian outback, inheritance, british ...
Time: post world war two, 1940s
Place: australia, malaysia
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The Starter Wife (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 276 min.
TV show
Story: The events of one woman's life following her divorce after years of marriage to a Hollywood studio executive. Based on the best-selling novel by Gigi Levangie Grazer.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, witty, sentimental ...
Plot: midlife crisis, ex husband ex wife relationship, marriage, divorce, self discovery, one more chance, ex couple relations, couples, love and romance, ambition, starting over, producer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california
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Mako Mermaids (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Real-life mermaids, Sirena, Nixie and Lyla are part of a mermaid pod, which lives in the waters of Mako Island. As young members of the pod, it is their job to protect the Moon Pool and guard it from trespassers. But on the night of a full moon, the ...
Style: exciting, semi serious, entertaining, humorous, sentimental
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, teen fantasy, pre-teens
Plot: mermaid, supernatural ability, teenage life, imaginary, friends, island, superhuman powers, supernatural power, merman, friendship, supernatural romance, save the day ...
Time: 21st century
Is relevant ?
 8.1
 417
Changi (2001)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance, War
Country: Australia
TV show
Story: Changi is a six-part Australian television miniseries broadcast by ABC TV in 2001. It originally aired from 14 October 2001 to 18 November 2001.
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, tense, contemplative
Plot: world war two, pow, war crime, survival, prisoner of war camp, military, friendship, prison life, wartime life, against humanity, buddies, isolation ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: singapore, japan, australia
Is relevant ?
 6.4
 290
Squinters (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: This six-part comedy series tracks the trials and tribulations of five car loads of travellers in peak hour morning transit and again on their drive home to find out how the workday turned out.
Style: black comedy, dark comedy
Plot: fall in love, family relations, friend, friendship, gay, love, office party, true love, sexy woman, slice of life, traffic jam, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Is relevant ?
 8.5
 20K
Please Like Me (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 29 min.
TV show
Story: After breaking up with his girlfriend, Josh comes to the realization that he is homosexual. With the support of his now ex girlfriend Claire, and his best friend and house mate Tom, Josh must help his mother with her battle with depression and the ...
Style: humorous, realistic, sincere, semi serious, sitcom ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: gay, roommate, sexuality, friendship, lgbt, depression, homosexual, suicide attempt, low self esteem, gay relationship, dating, self discovery ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, indiana
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