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1. The Royal Hotel (2023)
R | 91 min | Thriller
Backpackers Hanna and Liv take a job in a remote Australian pub for some extra cash and are confronted with a bunch of unruly locals and a situation that rapidly leaps out of their control.
Director: Kitty Green | Stars: Julia Garner, Jessica Henwick, Herbert Nordrum, Dylan River
Votes: 9,311
2. Limbo (II) (2023)
108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
'Limbo' follows the investigation of a twenty year-old outback cold case murder by jaded detective Travis Hurley.
Director: Ivan Sen | Stars: Simon Baker, Rob Collins, Natasha Wanganeen, Nicholas Hope
Votes: 1,589
3. 24 Hours to Live (2017)
R | 93 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
An assassin seeks redemption after being given a second chance at life.
Director: Brian Smrz | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Qing Xu, Paul Anderson, Rutger Hauer
Votes: 16,138
4. The Bang Bang Club (2010)
R | 106 min | Biography, Drama, History
A drama based on the true-life experiences of four combat photographers capturing the final days of apartheid in South Africa.
Director: Steven Silver | Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Malin Akerman, Taylor Kitsch, Neels van Jaarsveld
Votes: 11,532
5. Sweet Country (2017)
R | 113 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Western set on the Northern Territory frontier in the 1920s, where justice itself is put on trial when an aged Aboriginal farmhand shoots a white man in self-defense and goes on the run as a posse gathers to hunt him down.
Director: Warwick Thornton | Stars: Hamilton Morris, Shanika Cole, Ewen Leslie, Sam Neill
Votes: 9,264 | Gross: $0.10M
6. Tsotsi (2005)
R | 94 min | Crime, Drama
Six days in the violent life of a young Johannesburg gang leader.
Director: Gavin Hood | Stars: Presley Chweneyagae, Mothusi Magano, Israel Matseke-Zulu, Terry Pheto
Votes: 31,611 | Gross: $2.91M
7. A Way Back Home (2013 TV Movie)
TV-G | 84 min | Drama
When Norman Rockwell's painting fades into the world of Charlie Shuffleton's barbershop, this classic piece of Americana becomes the center of a small town in Georgia where friends gather, ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Jean | Stars: Austin Stowell, Kayla Ewell, Brett Rice, Bryant Prince
Votes: 339
8. Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema (2008)
R | 119 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young hoodlum's rise from a small-time criminal to a powerful crime entrepreneur during the turbulent years before and after the fall of apartheid.
Director: Ralph Ziman | Stars: Rapulana Seiphemo, Jeffrey Sekele, Ronnie Nyakale, Shelley Meskin
Votes: 10,916 | Gross: $0.00M
9. Urbanized (2011)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary
A documentary about the design of cities, which looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design and features some of the world's foremost architects, planners, policymakers, builders, and thinkers.
Director: Gary Hustwit | Stars: Amanda M. Burden, Rem Koolhaas, Norman Foster, Jan Gehl
Votes: 2,304
10. High Country (1984 TV Movie)
93 min | Drama
Following the death of his wife, mountain cattleman, Ben Lomax leaves the high country but is forced to return when he learns his prize stallion is to be run in a race that will break him.
Director: Bill Hughes | Stars: John Waters, Tom Oliver, Terry Serio, Simone Buchanan
Votes: 21
11. The Back of Beyond (1954)
G | 66 min | Documentary
A documentary film which follows a mailman as he travels along the Birdsville Track in the Outback.
Director: John Heyer | Stars: Tom Kruse, William Henry Butler, Jack the Dogger, Old Joe the Rainmaker
Votes: 129
12. Eureka Stockade (1949)
Approved | 103 min | Drama, History, Western
In 1854, Australian gold rush miners struggle for their rights against an oppressive government.
Director: Harry Watt | Stars: Chips Rafferty, Jane Barrett, Jack Lambert, Peter Illing
Votes: 210
13. Star Spangled Banners (2013 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 82 min | Drama
In their late teens and early 20's, the Banner siblings - Mitchell, Desiree and Danny - made it big as a rock group, but at the height of their fame, Desiree decided to leave the group, and... See full summary »
Director: Don McBrearty | Stars: Christian Campbell, Brooke White, Michael Barbuto, Mercedes Ruehl
Votes: 291
14. Friends (1993)
105 min | Drama, Romance
At the end of the 1980s, three female friends share a house in Johannesburg, South Africa. Each has her own way to live with apartheid. Thoko is a Black teacher and practices non-violent ... See full summary »
Director: Elaine Proctor | Stars: Kerry Fox, Dambisa Kente, Michele Burgers, Marius Weyers
Votes: 140
15. When We Were Black (2006– )
Drama, History, Romance
Stars: Sean Cameron Michael, Deon Lotz, Keenan Arrison, Matli Mohapeloa
Votes: 13
16. Maralinga Tjarutja (2020 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary, History
When the dust settles, culture remains...The Maralinga people survive aggressive colonisation, including dispossession to enable atomic testing, and through their tenacious spirit and cultural strength fight to retain their country.
Director: Larissa Behrendt | Stars: Jeremy Lebois, Mima Smart, Hilary Williams, Tommy Baker
Votes: 30
17. Watandar, My Countryman (2022)
70 min | Documentary, History
When former Afghan Refugee Muzafar Ali, discovers that Afghans have been an integral part of Australia for over 160 years, he begins to photograph their descendants in a search to define ... See full summary »
Director: Jolyon Hoff | Stars: Muzafar Ali, Nici Cumpston, Ken Dadleh, Elaine Mackean
Votes: 16
18. Discovery TRVLR (2017–2018)
Documentary
Stars: Sebastian Feldman, David Sargsyan, Hovsep Beglaryan
Votes: 13
19. Solutions locales pour un désordre global (2010)
113 min | Documentary
Heroic machist industrial agronomy producing heavily contaminated and modified food and arid wastelands is challenged by several world examples of sensitive organic approach to producing food.
Director: Coline Serreau | Stars: Dominique Guillet, Vandana Shiva, Ana Primavesi, Philippe Desbrosses
Votes: 339
20. Spook (1988)
86 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Something is out there - in the bush - near the dilapidated old cabin, which a family from Sydney has rented for their vacation.
Director: David A. Hall | Stars: Tim Elston, Joanne Samuel, Daniel Hill, Amanda Hill
Votes: 56
21. Accession (2012)
80 min | Drama
A young man living in a South African township does the unimaginable after discovering he is HIV positive.
Director: Michael J. Rix | Stars: Pethro Themba Mbole, Vusumuzi Ndumo
Votes: 24
22. Motoring and Mail Trucks in the Outback (1955)
3 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
Stars: Tom Kruse, Old Joe the Rainmaker, Monty Scobie, Colin Wagener
23. On the Other Side of Life (2009)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
Lucky and Bongani pretend to be cool and in the know. To survive in a Cape Town township, they learned their lessons early: where to get drugs, where to get money, how to pick up girls and ... See full summary »
Directors: Stefanie Brockhaus, Andreas Wolff | Stars: Bongani Nxele, Elsie Nxele, Lucky Nxele
Votes: 30
24. Afghan Cameleer Australia (2013 Video)
62 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Afghan cameleers and their camels arrived in Australia to aid explorers and contribute massively in the development of this continent. Fahim Hashimy documentary filmmaker who made (Afghan ... See full summary »
Director: Sayed Fahim Hashemy | Stars: Ghulam Hazrat Beedav, Bejah, Donna Cook, Max Dadleh
25. Without the King (2007)
83 min | Documentary
Swaziland is the last absolute monarchy in the world and one of the few African countries that has never faced a civil war. This portrait of a nation in transition juxtaposes the opulent ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Skolnik | Stars: His Majesty King Mswati III, Her Royal Highness Princess Sikhanyiso, Her Majesty Queen LaMbikiza, Mphandhlana Shongwe
Votes: 148 | Gross: $0.01M
26. Barossa Valley International Sculpture Symposium (2008 Video)
35 min | Documentary, Short, History
27. Source to Sea: The Story of the Murray Riverboats (2002 TV Movie)
64 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
Directors: Paul Williams, John Budd | Stars: Ian Doyle, Fred Allott, Roly Bartlett, Lorraine Blake
28. How? Lucky (2016)
30 min | Short
How? Lucky is a film about the self-proclaimed visionary of Finetown township, SA, Lucky Ndlovu. Lucky sees himself as a chosen one, born to help others reveal their 'little lights' but who struggles with his own darkness.
Director: Freya Billington | Star: Lucky Ndlovu
29. Have a Laugh with Evan Kleemann: 'Barossa Style' (2010 Video)
150 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
Star: Evan Kleemann
30. Return Chute: The Survival of a Small Town Video Store (2023)
17 min | Short
Rod O'Hara bought Bellingen Video Connection in 2018 when video stores were already considered to be on the way out - if not already dead. Now, years later, against all the odds, and after ... See full summary »
Director: Simone Atallah | Star: Rod O'Hara
31. An Unexpected Drama: The Making of the feature film 'Road to Nhill' (1997 Video)
23 min | Documentary, Short, Talk-Show
Directors: Sue Brooks, Sue Maslin, Alison Tilson | Stars: Sue Brooks, Paul Chubb, Lynette Curran, Matthew Dyktynski
32. Too Long in the Bush: Len Beadell Looks Back (2007 Video)
80 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
Director: Phil Sexton | Stars: Len Beadell, Anne Beadell, Ron Buckley, Clive Drinkwater
33. Murray River: Source to Sea (2011 Video)
80 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
Stars: Greg Grainger, Ross Ballard, Eliza Brown, Nick Brown
34. Back to the Back of Beyond (1997 TV Movie)
85 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
Film-maker John Heyer recounts to fellow film-maker Pat Jackson his film career, especially his award-winning film from 1954, the Australian classic Back of Beyond. At the same time as the ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Francis | Stars: Tom Kruse, John Heyer, Pat Jackson, William Henry Butler
Votes: 8
35. No Time to Die: Matera (2021 Video)
2 min | Short, Action, Adventure
Stars: Chris Corbould, Lee Morrison, Serena Peleggi
36. Sharpeville Spirit (1986 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary
An anti-apartheid documentary about resistance organisation and culture in the Sharpeville township on the 25th anniversary of the 1960 massacre, and under a newly declared state of emergency.
Director: Elaine Proctor | Star: Elaine Proctor
37. Shooting with Sharks: The Making of 'The Reef' (2011 Video)
24 min | Documentary, Short
Stars: Daniel Ardilley, Doug Bayne, Peter Crombie, Kieran Darcy-Smith
38. Broken Hill to the Flinders (2009 Video)
52 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
Director: John Haberfield | Stars: Fred Wright, Jack Absalom, Adrian Bennett, Colin Campbell
39. Outback Adventures with Denis Bartell (2011 Video)
115 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
Stars: Denis Bartell, Mike Archer, John Bannon, Rotha Bartell
40. Yorke Peninsula (2005 Video)
28 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
Director: Barry Schrapel | Stars: Barry Schrapel, Belinda Trigg, Bethany Trigg, Haydn Trigg
41. Coober Pedy Unearthed (2012 Video)
60 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
Director: John Haberfield | Stars: Fred Wright, Paul Athanasiadis, Yanni Athanasiadis, Bernadette Berthenshaw
42. The Postman (1996 Video)
15 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Stars: Tim Bowden, Tom Kruse, David Brook, Dave Burge
43. On the Track of Burke and Wills (2011 Video)
108 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
This video traces the route of the ill-fated expedition of Burke and Wills from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria. The journey, in 1860, took them to Swan Hill, Menindee, Cooper Creek to... See full summary »
Stars: John McCullough, Vic Widman, Barb Arnold, Bill Arnold
44. Across Australia on the Tracks of Burke and Wills (1915)
Documentary, Short, Adventure
Director: Francis Birtles | Stars: Francis Birtles, Wowser
45. Jack Absalom in the Steps of Charles Sturt (1985 Video)
52 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
Director: John Mabey | Stars: Jack Absalom, Lyn Evans
46. The Overland Telegraph: Charles Todd Wires Adelaide to the World (2004 Video)
7 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
Stars: Keith Conlon, Alec Ross
47. The Great Australian Bight (1997 Video)
50 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
Director: John Bowring | Stars: Glenn Ridge, Brad Agars, Peter Agars, Steve Agars
48. More About Tom Kruse (2004 Video)
4 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Director: Roger Clarke | Stars: Bob Bilton, Dave Burge, Brian Greenaway, Aynsley Rowe
49. Simpson Desert: 50 Years On (2013 Video)
98 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
In 1962, Reg Sprigg and party completed the first motorised crossing of the Simpson Desert. Fifty years on, Vic Widman led another group on the first crossing of the Simpson for 2012. The ... See full summary »
Stars: Daryl Scobie, Michael Alexander, Wayne Brady, Lynne Cazaly
50. South Australian Outback Adventure (2017 Video)
183 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
Stars: Sara Baile, Savanna Baile, Sienna Baile, Steve Baile