A young woman running a wildlife sanctuary in the Australian outback is in for trouble when she is confronted by three kangaroo hunters. Bored with killing kangaroos, they decide to kill the animals in the sanctuary, and when they see how attractive the owner is, they decide to have a little "fun" with her, too. Turns out that they may get a bit more "fun" than they bargained for.

Top Knot Detective

2017

English

6.5

♡ 12

100%

Aaron McCann Director

Nobuaki Shimamoto as Detective Oshiro

Lee Lin Chin as Herself

Hoa Xuande as Kenji

Kuni Hashimoto as Leiji Nishizaki

In the early 1990s, a Japanese samurai detective series was aired in Australia and became a cult success. Titled in Japan Ronin Suiri Tentai (meaning roughly Deductive Reasoning Ronin), it was soon known in the West as Top Knot Detective. The original series was legendary in Japan, a cultural train wreck led by Takashi Tawagoto, a crazy writer, producer, director and lead actor; one who could not act, fight or write at all.

The Proposition

2005

English

7.3

♡ 31

86%

John Hillcoat Director

Guy Pearce as Charlie Burns

John Hurt as Jellon Lamb

Mick Roughan as Mad Jack Bradshaw

Emily Watson as Martha Stanley

In 1880s Australia, a lawman offers renegade Charlie Burns a difficult choice. In order to save his younger brother from the gallows, Charlie must hunt down and kill his older brother, who is wanted for rape and murder. Venturing into one of the Outback's most inhospitable regions, Charlie faces a terrible moral dilemma that can end only in violence.

Savage Attraction

1983

English

5.4

♡ 19

Frank Shields Director

John Sheerin as Factory Worker 2

David Bracks as Gas Station Attendant

Tony Hughes as Pimp's Mate

Ralph Schicha as Walter Maresch

Set in 1980's Australia, this is the true story of a woman whose husband eventually reveals to her that he is an active member of the Nazi party. A real nightmare begins for her.

Ten Canoes

2006

English

6.9

♡ 10

98%

Rolf de Heer Director

Peter Djigirr as Canoeist / The Victim / Warrior

Jamie Gulpilil as Dayindi / Yeeralparil

Crusoe Kurddal as Ridjimiraril

David Gulpilil as The Storyteller

A story within a story within a story. In Australia's Northern Territory, an Aboriginal narrator tells a story about his ancestors on a goose hunt. A youngster on the hunt is being tempted to adultery with his elder brother's wife, so an elder tells him a story from the mythical past about how evil can slip in and cause havoc unless prevented by virtue according to customary tribal law.

BMX Bandits

1983

English

5.5

♡ 15

67%

Brian Trenchard-Smith Director

Guy Norris as Heavy #2

Nicole Kidman as Judy

Angelo D'Angelo as P.J.

Bryan Marshall as The Boss

Teens P.J. and Goose get their thrills on BMX bikes, performing hair-raising tricks all across Sydney, Australia. Along with their new friend Judy, they discover a box of walkie-talkies -- and find out that a gang of criminals intends to use them to monitor police signals during a bank robbery. When the young trio snatches the devices, it propels them on a hair-raising adventure in which their pedaling skills might just save their necks.

The Protector

2005

Thai

7.0

♡ 62

53%

Prachya Pinkaew Director

Tony Jaa as Kham

Ron Smoorenburg as Kham's opponent

Bongkoj Khongmalai as Pla

Nathan Jones as T.K.

A young fighter named Kham must go to Australia to retrieve his stolen elephant. With the help of a Thai-born Australian detective, Kham must take on all comers, including a gang led by an evil woman and her two deadly bodyguards.

A Single Rider

2017

Korean

6.6

♡ 16

55%

Zoo Young Lee Director

Ahn So-Hee as Ji-Na

An So-Hee as Ji-Na

Byung-hun Lee as Kang Jae-hoon

Gong Hyo-Jin as Soo-Jin

Promising fund manager Jae-hoon is at the brink of losing everything when his company goes bankrupt. Overwhelmed by despair, he takes an impulsive trip to Australia where his wife and son live. As his trip nears its unexpected end, Jae-hoon gets a chance to look back on his life.

Dead End Drive-In

1986

English

5.9

♡ 7

43%

Brian Trenchard-Smith Director

Lorelei Mahoney as Carmen

Ollie Hall as Frank

Peter Whitford as Thompson

David Jones as TV newsreader

In the future, a health nut and his tag-along girlfriend become trapped in a drive-in theater that has become a concentration camp for outcast youths.

Finke: There and Back

2018

English

7.3

♡ 9

Dylan River Director

Isaac Elliott as

The iconic Finke Desert Race, the largest off-road motorsport event in the southern hemisphere and Australia's fastest, deadliest, toughest and certainly dustiest race. Filmed over three years, Finke explores the race from within – competitors, organisers, paramedics, and the drive to win against the desert at all costs. Finke is a visual adventure of inspiration and danger, excitement and spills.

Welcome to Woop Woop

1997

English

5.7

♡ 11

37%

Stephan Elliott Director

Tina Louise as Bella

Janice Oxenbould as Big Pat

Rod Taylor as Daddy-O

Rachel Griffiths as Sylvia

A con artist escapes a deal gone wrong in New York and winds up in the Aussie outback in a strange town whose inhabitants are an oddball collection of misfits.

The Heartbreak Kid

1993

English

6.2

♡ 5

65%

Action

age difference

australia

australian rules football

Drama

Romance

school

Michael Jenkins Director

Fletcher Humphrys as Christina's Class

Alex Dimitriades as Nick Polides

Scott Major as Rivers

William McInnes as Southgate

Christina (Claudia Karvan) is a school teacher from a wealthy Greek-Australian background, engaged to a lawyer and content with the traditional course of her life. She begins teaching at an inner-city working-class school and she finds her ideas challenged by the students. Involving herself in a campaign by a group of non-anglo students to form a soccer club in a school where the racist PE teacher only supports Australian Rules Football, Christina starts falling in love with aspiring soccer player, 17 year old Nick (Alex Dimitriades). The ensuing affair forces Christina to challenge herself, her family and the culture she lives in. Managing to effectively combine comedy with a refreshing examination of contemporary ethnic relationships in Australia, beautifully acted by a young cast, and insightfully scripted.

Crawlspace

2012

English

4.8

♡ 14

20%

Justin Dix Director

Nicholas Bell as Caesar

Fletcher Humphrys as Kid

Elise Jansen as The Wife

Peta Sergeant as Wiki

A group of elite soldiers sent to infiltrate and extract the lead science team from Pine Gap, Australia's top secret underground military compound, after it comes under attack from unknown forces. The mission is compromised when they encounter a young woman with no memory of who she is or how she came to be there. As they try to escape, the group quickly discovers all is not as it seems and the facility has become a testing ground for something far more sinister.

No Such Thing As Monsters

2019

English

4.0

♡ 1

38%

Stuart Stanton Director

Parker Wolski as Baby

Angel Giuffria as Mary

Michaela Pascoe as Nelly

Rochelle Pranadi as The Hiker

A young couple on a romantic weekend in the Australian bush are terrorised by a psychopathic family.

Undermined - Tales from the Kimberley

2018

English

7.2

♡ 1

Nicholas D. Wrathall Director

Albert Wiggan as Self

Kevin Oscar as Self

June Davis as Self

Anne Poelina as Self

Kimberley Traditional Owners question what meaningful negotiation looks like and offer humanising portraits of those at the centre of this battle in Australia’s spectacular north-west corner, which governments aspire to make "the future economic powerhouse of Australia". With the highest percentage of Aboriginal people living on Country in Australia, what will this mean for the Kimberley’s custodians, lands and cultures, and will they survive these pressures?

Mad Dog Morgan

1976

English

6.1

♡ 9

39%

Philippe Mora Director

Bruce Spence as Heriot

Peter Collingwood as Judge Barry

Gerard Maguire as Rutherford

Michael Pate as Superintendent Winch

The true story of Irish outlaw Daniel Morgan, who is wanted, dead or alive, in Australia during the 1850s.

Charlie's Farm

2014

English

4.6

21%

Chris Sun Director

Nathan Jones as Charlie Wilson

Bill Moseley as John Wilson

Tara Reid as Natasha

Kane Hodder as Tony Stewart

Four friends head into the Australian Outback to investigate an urban legend about Charlie's Farm, where legend has it that an angry mob killed a sadistic family, and encounter a demented giant with a big thirst for revenge.

Black Water

2007

English

♡ 24

80%

Andrew Traucki Director

Andy Rodoreda as Adam

Ben Oxenbould as Jim

Maeve Dermody as Lee

Fiona Press as Pat

Based on true events, Grace, her boyfriend Adam, and her younger sister, Lee, are on holiday in Northern Australia when they decide to take a tour down a river. As they drift into a swamp, their boat suddenly capsizes. Stranded in the flooded swamp, the three tourists must figure out what to do to survive as they realize they are being watched through the black water.

Dingo

1991

English

6.8

♡ 3

80%

Rolf de Heer Director

Bernadette Lafont as Angie Cross

Bernard Fresson as Jacques Boulain

Colin Friels as John Anderson

Joe Petruzzi as Peter

Young John Anderson is captivated by jazz musician Billy Cross when he performs on the remote airstrip of his Western Australian outback hometown after his plane is diverted. Years later, now a family man and making a meagre living tracking dingoes and playing trumpet in a local band, John still dreams of joining Billy on trumpet and makes a pilgrimage to Paris.

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Welcome to Woop Woop

The Heartbreak Kid

Crawlspace

No Such Thing As Monsters

Undermined - Tales from the Kimberley

Mad Dog Morgan

Charlie's Farm

Black Water

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