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Underbelly(2008-2013)

TV-MA
| 1h per episode | Drama
3.3/5 (with 17 votes)

Underbelly is an Australian television true crime-drama series, each series is a stand alone story based on real-life events.

Daybreakers(2010)

R
| 1h 38min | Action, Fantasy, Science Fiction
3.1/5 (with 910 votes)

In the year 2019, a plague has transformed almost every human into a vampire. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vampires on a way to save humankind.

The Children of Huang Shi(2008)

R
| 2h 5min | Drama, War
3.4/5 (with 65 votes)

About young British journalist, George Hogg, who with the assistance of a courageous Australian nurse, saves a group of orphaned children during the Japanese occupation of China in 1937.

Black Robe(1991)

1h 41min | Adventure, Drama, History
3.4/5 (with 41 votes)

Missionary Father LaForgue travels to the New World in hopes of converting Algonquin Indians to Catholicism. Accepted, though warily, by the Indians, LaForgue travels with the Indians using his strict Catholic rules and ideals to try and impose his religion.

Strictly Ballroom(1992)

PG
| 1h 34min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 144 votes)

Brave new steps put Scott's career in jeopardy. With a new partner and determination, can he still succeed?

Chopper(2000)

R
| 1h 34min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 145 votes)

The true and infamous story of Australia's notorious criminal Mark 'Chopper' Read and his years of crime, interest in violence, drugs and prostitutes.

Directed by Andrew Dominik - With Eric Bana, Bill Young, Kate Beahan

Bright Star(2009)

1h 59min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 206 votes)

In 1818, high-spirited young Fanny Brawne finds herself increasingly intrigued by the handsome but aloof poet John Keats, who lives next door to her family friends the Dilkes. After reading a book of his poetry, she finds herself even more drawn to the taciturn Keats. Although he agrees to teach her about poetry, Keats cannot act on his reciprocated feelings for Fanny, since as a struggling poet he has no money to support a wife.

Irresistible(2006)

1h 43min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 49 votes)

A wife and mother is consumed by the thought that her husband's co-worker is trying to win him away from her and their family.

Restraint(2008)

R
| 1h 34min | Drama, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 49 votes)

Two fugitives land in hot water when they take a hostage who poses a threat to their well-being.

Directed by David Denneen - With Stephen Moyer, Travis Fimmel, Teresa Palmer

Ned Kelly(2003)

R
| 1h 50min | Action, Adventure, Drama, History
3.0/5 (with 155 votes)

After getting threatened by Kelly's friends and family, Constable Fitzpatrick places the blame on Ned Kelly and exaggerates what happened. With the biggest ever award available, Kelly and his gang set into the wild, to remain hidden from everyone who seeks them. Even if it means having his family arrested, the members of the Kelly Gang stay hidden and plan a way to get their names cleared.

Shine(1996)

PG-13
| 1h 45min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 274 votes)

Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.

Like Minds(2006)

3.2/5 (with 43 votes)

A forensic psychologist must determine if a minor should be charged with murder.

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Brides of Christ(1991)

55min per episode | Drama
3.6/5 (with 3 votes)

Diane, a young woman growing up in Australia in the mid 1960s, walks away from her fiancé to join a convent after being sure she has a calling to the faith. The Catholic Church and its followers are struggling with huge changes. The Pope has died, there is war in Vietnam and mandatory conscription, there is the Vatican controversy on abortion and contraception, and the changing face of the Church as a whole. Told in six parts, Diane faces her own demons and has to finally decide if she can teach what the Church preaches, or if it's simply impossible for her to reconcile all the contradictions of the faith and uphold her vow of obedience.

Directed by Ken Cameron - With Brenda Fricker

December Boys(2007)

PG-13
| 1h 45min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.0/5 (with 86 votes)

For many years, four teenage orphans at an Australian outback convent have watched their younger comrades find new parents, and realize that they may never be adopted. The Reverend Mother sends the four boys away on a seaside vacation, where they meet Teresa and Fearless, a couple who would make perfect parents. The youths compete with one another to be the one Teresa and Fearless decide to adopt.

Wolf Creek(2005)

R
| 1h 39min | Horror, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 475 votes)

Stranded backpackers in remote Australia fall prey to a murderous bushman, who offers to fix their car, then takes them captive.

Storm Warning(2007)

R
| 1h 26min | Horror, Thriller
2.8/5 (with 59 votes)

A couple becomes lost in a massive storm and seek refuge at a nearby farmhouse, only to be captured by deranged killers.

Directed by Jamie Blanks - With Robert Taylor

Rabbit-Proof Fence(2002)

PG
| 1h 34min | Adventure, Drama, History
3.5/5 (with 143 votes)

In 1931, three Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff, and set off on a trek across the Outback.

Napoleon(1995)

G
| 1h 21min | Adventure, Kids & Family
3.0/5 (with 35 votes)

The adventures of Golden Retriever pup Napoleon and his friend, the parrot Birdo Lucci.

Virtual Revolution(2016)

1h 32min | Science Fiction
2.6/5 (with 37 votes)

Paris 2047. Most of the population spend all their time online, connected into virtual worlds, and don't care anymore about reality. A shadow agent, Nash, working for one of the multinational companies behind these virtual worlds, is tracking down terrorists who threaten the system...

The New Adventures Of Ocean Girl(2000)

3.8/5 (with 1 vote)

The New Adventures of Ocean Girl is an Australian animated television series inspired by the 1994 series Ocean Girl.

Directed by John Tatoulis

Escape of the Artful Dodger(2001)

30min per episode | Kids & Family

Escape of the Artful Dodger was an Australian children’s television series first screened on the Nine Network in 2001. Escape of the Artful Dodger is the story of Jack Dawkins, who was introduced in the classic Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist. The Artful Dodger is a fast-talking, nimble-fingered young pick-pocket in London, whose voyage to Australia presents an opportunity to escape from his old life of being a crook, to become a hero.

The Boys Are Back(2009)

PG-13
| 1h 44min | Drama
3.2/5 (with 81 votes)

When the wife of sports-writer Joe Warr dies of cancer, he takes on the responsibility of raising their 6-year-old son, and his teenage son from a previous marriage. As Joe rejects the counsel of his mother-in-law and other parents, he develops his own philosophies on parenting.

Directed by Scott Hicks - With Clive Owen, Emma Booth, Laura Fraser, George MacKay, Emma Lung, George Mackay, ...

Stark(1993)

55min per episode | Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy
2.8/5 (with 2 votes)

Stark is a 1993 British-Australian television miniseries, based on the bestselling novel Stark by comedian Ben Elton. The three-episode series, directed by Nadia Tass, was an international co-production between the British Broadcasting Corporation and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Death Defying Acts(2007)

PG
| 1h 37min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.0/5 (with 113 votes)

On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con the famous magician.

Directed by Gillian Armstrong - With Guy Pearce, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Saoirse Ronan, Timothy Spall, Aaron Brown, Leni Harper, ...

Green Card(1990)

PG-13
| 1h 48min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
3.1/5 (with 212 votes)

Urban horticulturalist Brontë Mitchell has her eye on a gorgeous apartment, but the building's board will rent it only to a married couple. Georges Fauré, a waiter from France whose visa is expiring, needs to marry an American woman to stay in the country. Their marriage of convenience turns into a burden when they must live together to allay the suspicions of the immigration service, as the polar opposites grate on each other's nerves.

Oscar and Lucinda(1997)

R
| 2h 12min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 31 votes)

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.

Bad Boy Bubby(1993)

NR
| 1h 54min | Crime, Drama, Comedy
3.5/5 (with 108 votes)

Bad Boy Bubby is just that: a bad boy. So bad, in fact, that his mother has kept him locked in their house for his entire thirty years, convincing him that the air outside is poisonous. After a visit from his estranged father, circumstances force Bubby into the waiting world, a place which is just as unusual to him as he is to the world.

Directed by Rolf de Heer - With Nicholas Hope

Somersault(2004)

1h 45min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.1/5 (with 40 votes)

Australian teenager Heidi is left with little choice but to leave home after she's caught red-handed with her mother's boyfriend. With few options, Heidi ends up in Jindabyne, a tourist community. Upon meeting Joe at a bar, she pursues a relationship with him and tries to find something resembling a normal home life. Heidi makes small strides by getting a job and finding a place to stay, but her relationship with Joe must overcome more than its share of hurdles.

The Square(2008)

1h 45min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 42 votes)

Ray, a construction worker trapped in an unhappy marriage, pursues an affair with his neighbor, Carla. Carla's husband, Greg, is a mobster who keeps large sums of drug money in their home. With this in mind, Carla comes up with a plan: She and Ray will steal Greg's money, burn down her house, convince Greg the money was lost in the fire and then run away together. Carla's scheme, however, doesn't go off as planned.

The Bite(1996)

5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

The Bites is a 1996 mini series about an Australian adventurer who moves to Asia with his new wife. The series was a departure of pace for Hugo Weaving, the star. It was shot 21 September to 30 November 1995.

Directed by Michael Carson - With Hugo Weaving
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