Ghosthunter

In Sydney, Australia, Jason King, a security guard and a part-time ghost hunter, has spent decades searching for his absent father. When this personal endeavor crosses paths with a police investigation, an unspeakable family secret comes to light.

Summer City

1977

English

3.9

♡ 2

20%

Christopher Fraser Director

Steve Bisley as Boo

John Jarratt as Sandy

Mel Gibson as Scollop

The Marshall Brothers Band as Themselves

Four friends take a road trip to kick back, hit the pubs, and go surfing. Tension builds among the group between Sandy, a quiet young man who is angered by the obnoxious, womanizing Boo who seduces a teenaged girl while on their trip in one of his usual one night stands. Meanwhile, the girl's psychotic dad is also looking for Boo out of revenge for what he did to his daughter. Boo is in for a major wake up call.

The Sum of Us

1994

English

7.3

♡ 22

63%

80%

Action

australia

based on play or musical

breaking the fourth wall

Comedy

Drama

father son relationship

lgbt

sydney, australia

Geoff Burton Director

John Polson as Greg

Jack Thompson as Harry Mitchell

Russell Crowe as Jeff Mitchell

Stuart Campbell as Leather Man

A widowed father has to deal with two complex issues: while he is searching for "Miss Right," his son, who is in his 20s and gay, is searching for "Mr. Right."

In Like Flynn

2018

English

5.2

♡ 18

50%

based on memoir or autobiography

Russell Mulcahy Director

Timothy V. Murphy as Frank

Dan Fogler as Joel Schwartz

Lochlyn Munro as Ronald

Nathan Jones as The Mountain

A mostly true account of future Hollywood star Errol Flynn's sea adventures in the early thirties, sailing from Australia to Papua in search of gold, along with his best friend Rex, a former Canadian smuggler; Dook, a handy English gentleman; and Charlie, a grumpy old sailor.

Frauds

1993

English

5.9

♡ 9

50%

Stephan Elliott Director

Josephine Byrnes as Beth Wheats

Nicholas Hammond as Detective Simms

Hugo Weaving as Jonathan Wheats

Phil Collins as Roland Copping

The film is a story of the ways in which insurance investigator Roland Copping interferes in and manipulates the lives of others with outrageous games and gimmicks. Eventually he becomes involved in an escalating vendetta with a couple who make an unusual insurance claim.

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.

Lantana

2001

English

7.2

♡ 14

90%

82%

Action

Drama

husband wife relationship

Ray Lawrence Director

Geoffrey Rush as John

Peter Phelps as Patrick

Lani John Tupu as Patrick's Lover

Manu Bennett as Steve

Plagued with grief over the murder of her daughter, Valerie Somers suspects that her husband John is cheating on her. When Valerie disappears, Detective Leon Zat attempts to solve the mystery of her absence. A complex web of love, sex and deceit emerges -- drawing in four related couples whose various partners are distrustful and suspicious about each other's involvement.

The Eye of the Storm

2011

English

6.0

♡ 8

60%

Fred Schepisi Director

Colin Friels as Athol Shreve

Geoffrey Rush as Basil Hunter

Charlotte Rampling as Elizabeth Hunter

Heather Mitchell as June

In a Sydney suburb, two nurses, Maria and Flora, a housekeeper, Lotte, and a solicitor, Arnold, attend to Elizabeth Hunter as her expatriate son Sir Basil, a famous but struggling actor in London, and daughter Dorothy, a divorced and down at heel princess, convene at her deathbed. They come to make sure they can leave Australia with their hefty inheritance.

Palm Beach

2019

English

5.6

♡ 21

48%

Rachel Ward Director

Jacqueline McKenzie as Bridget

Charlie Vickers as Dan

Claire van der Boom as Holly

Sam Neill as Leo

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 music, but slowly tensions mount and deep secrets arise.

Sequin in a Blue Room

2019

English

5.8

♡ 13

93%

Samuel Van Grinsven Director

Joshua Shediak as A

Jeremy Lindsay Taylor as Dad

Simon Croker as Tommy

Anthony Brandon Wong as Virginia

A teenager tries to track down a man he met at an anonymous sex party, trawling through hook-up apps to find him.

The Boys

1998

English

6.9

♡ 4

88%

Rowan Woods Director

David Wenham as Brett Sprague

Toni Collette as Michelle

Lynette Curran as Sandra Sprague

Anthony Hayes as Stevie Sprague

Brett Sprague is a violent and psychopathic man, who is released on parole after serving a sentence for assault. As he returns to his family house and we watch him and his brothers, Stevie and Glenn, for the next 24 hours, it becomes clear this day will not end well.

Strange Bedfellows

2004

English

6.2

♡ 8

80%

Dean Murphy Director

Roy Billing as Fred Coulson

Michael Caton as Ralph Williams

Pete Postlethwaite as Russell McKenzie

Paul Hogan as Vince Hopgood

Two 'very straight' old timers have to learn how to pass as a loving gay couple after falsely claiming same-sex status to take advantage of newly legislated tax laws.

The Last Wave

1977

English

6.9

♡ 17

78%

Peter Weir Director

Athol Compton as Billy Corman

David Gulpilil as Chris Lee

Richard Chamberlain as David Burton

Peter Carroll as Michael Zeadler

A Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal Persons in a ritualised taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing truths about himself and premonitions.

Playing Beatie Bow

1986

English

5.7

♡ 5

50%

Donald Crombie Director

Tim Perry as Jacko

Peter Phelps as Judah / Robert

Glenn Boswell as Parrot

David Wong as Press Gang

Abigail Kirk was an ordinary enough sixteen year old growing up in todays Sydney. An intriguing chain of events finds Abigail, through some eerie time shift, transported back one hundred years after watching some children playing a scary game called Beatie Bow.

The Coca-Cola Kid

1985

English

5.9

♡ 2

47%

Dusan Makavejev Director

Eric Roberts as Becker

Adam Bowen as Flight Steward

Steve Dodd as Mr. Joe

Greta Scacchi as Terri

An eccentric marketing guru visits a Coca-Cola subsidiary in Australia to try and increase market penetration. He finds zero penetration in a valley owned by an old man who makes his own soft drinks, and visits the valley to see why. After "the Kid's" persistence is tested he's given a tour of the man's plant, and they begin talking of a joint venture. Things get more complicated when the Coca-Cola man begins falling in love with his temporary secretary, who seems to have connections to the valley.

Oscar and Lucinda

1997

English

6.5

♡ 9

65%

Action

australia

based on novel or book

Gillian Armstrong Director

Geoff Morrell as Charley Fig

Cate Blanchett as Lucinda Leplastrier

Ralph Fiennes as Oscar Hopkins

Ciarán Hinds as Reverend Dennis Hasset

After a childhood of abuse by his evangelistic father, misfit Oscar Hopkins becomes an Anglican minister and develops a divine obsession with gambling. Lucinda Leplastrier is a rich Australian heiress shopping in London for materials for her newly acquired glass factory back home. Deciding to travel to Australia as a missionary, Oscar meets Lucinda aboard ship, and a mutual obsession blossoms. They make a wager that will alter each of their destinies.

Phar Lap

1983

English

7.2

♡ 5

88%

Simon Wincer Director

Judy Morris as Bea Davis

Don Reid as Committeeman

Gia Carides as Emma

James Wright as Reporter at Station

Phar Lap, the big bold chestnut reigned as the king of the turf in the depression that gripped Australia of the 1930s. From his humble beginnings the New Zealand bred horse raced on to become the hero of a nation.

Coup

2019

German

6.7

♡ 1

Sven O. Hill Director

Paula Kalenberg as

Tomasz Robak as

Daniel Michel as

Fabienne Elaine Hollwege as

Hamburg, Germany, summer 1988. A young bank employee embezzles a large amount of money using an ingenious technique and flees to Australia, from where he phones his girlfriend to tell her what he has done so easily; but her reaction is not what he naively expected.

Facing Down Under - A Backpackers Documentary

7.5

Chris Hartung Director

A 19-year-old high school graduate travels through Australia as a backpacker and accompanies his adventure with a camera.

Bra Boys

2007

English

6.2

57%

Macario De Souza Director

Kelly Slater as Self

Bruce Irons as Self

Laird John Hamilton as Self

Russell Crowe as Self - Narrator

A film about the cultural evolution of the Sydney beach side suburb of Maroubra and the social struggle faced by it's youth - the notorious surf gang known as the Bra Boys.

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Sequin in a Blue Room

The Boys

Strange Bedfellows

The Last Wave

Playing Beatie Bow

The Coca-Cola Kid

Oscar and Lucinda

Phar Lap

Coup

Facing Down Under - A Backpackers Documentary

Bra Boys