Popular from Australia
Better Watch Out
You might be home but you're not alone
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- Australia, United States • 2016
- Director Chris Peckover
- Cast Olivia DeJonge, Levi Miller, Ed Oxenbould, Aleks Mikic, Dacre Montgomery, Patrick Warburton
- Genre Horror, Thriller
- Available on Hoopla, Peacock, Showtime Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Crackle, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Plex,
Mad Max: Fury Road
In an apocalyptic future, two rebels join forces.
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- Australia, United States • 2015
- Director George Miller
- Cast Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Josh Helman, Nathan Jones
- Genre Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
- Available on Apple TV Plus, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
Mad Max
A post-apocalyptic cop seeks revenge when his family is murdered.
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- Australia • 1979
- Director George Miller
- Cast Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Tim Burns, Roger Ward
- Genre Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy
Fisk
When high-end lawyer Helen Tudor-Fisk’s life falls apart, she takes a job at a small suburban firm specializing in wills.
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- Australia • 2021
- Creator Vincent Sheehan, Kitty Flanagan
- Cast Kitty Flanagan, Julia Zemiro, Marty Sheargold, Aaron Chen
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Deadloch
In Deadloch, Tasmania, a local senior sergeant, a detective from the big city (Darwin), and an eager junior constable come together to solve a murder.
- Australia • 2023
- Creator Kate McCartney, Kate McLennan
- Cast Kate Box, Madeleine Sami, Nina Oyama, Tom Ballard, Alicia Gardiner, Pamela Rabe
- Genre Comedy, Crime
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
The Babadook
A recently widowed mother battles "The Babadook,” a dark character from a children's book who is lurking in the house.
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- Australia, Canada • 2014
- Director Jennifer Kent
- Cast Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Hayley McElhinney, Daniel Henshall, Barbara West, Benjamin Winspear
- Genre Drama, Horror
- Available on Netflix, Hulu, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Netflix basic with Ads, Shudder Apple TV Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Plex,
The Artful Dodger
15 years after the events of Oliver Twist in the frontier colonies of Australia, Jack Dawkins is lured back into a life of crime.
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- Australia • 2023
- Creator James McNamara, David Maher, David Taylor
- Cast Thomas Brodie-Sangster, David Thewlis, Maia Mitchell, Damon Herriman, Miranda Tapsell, Tim Minchin
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hulu, Disney Plus
Colin from Accounts
Ashley and Gordon are two single(ish) people brought together by fate, a car accident... and an injured dog.
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- Australia • 2022
- Creator Patrick Brammall, Harriet Dyer
- Cast Patrick Brammall, Harriet Dyer, Genevieve Hegney, Emma Harvie, Michael Logo, Helen Thomson
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel
Bluey
Bluey, a vibrant six-year-old Blue Heeler dog, transforms ordinary family life into extraordinary adventures, fostering imagination, and enhancing mental, physical, and emotional resilience.
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- Australia, United Kingdom • 2018
- Creator Joe Brumm
- Cast Dave McCormack, Melanie Zanetti
- Genre Animation, Kids
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, fuboTV, Disney Plus, DisneyNOW
New from Australia
Upper Middle Bogan
A successful doctor discovers she's adopted, and her biological family isn't what she expected.
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- Australia • 2013
- Creator Wayne Hope, Robyn Butler
- Cast Annie Maynard, Patrick Brammall, Robyn Malcolm, Michala Banas, Rhys Mitchell, Madeleine Jevic
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
The Claremont Murders
It took 25 years to catch the Claremont Killer, who murdered at least two young women in the 1990s. This the story of how he was caught.
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- Australia • 2023
- Creator
- Cast Ryan Johnson, Erik Thomson
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Acorn TV, AcornTV Amazon Channel, Spectrum On Demand, Acorn TV Apple TV
Talk to Me
An Australian teen uses the supernatural power of a mummified hand to conjure spirits, with disastrous results.
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- Australia • 2023
- Director Michael Philippou, Danny Philippou
- Cast Sophie Wilde, Miranda Otto, Joe Bird, Alexandra Jensen, Otis Dhanji, Zoe Terakes
- Genre Horror, Thriller
- Available on Showtime, Hoopla, fuboTV, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Showtime Roku Premium Channel, Showtime Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
When the page containing the Krabby Patty formula is stolen, SpongeBob Squarepants and his friends must come ashore to retrieve the secret recipe.
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- Australia, Korea, United States • 2015
- Director Mike Mitchell, Paul Tibbitt
- Cast Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Rodger Bumpass, Clancy Brown, Mr. Lawrence, Carolyn Lawrence
- Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, MGM Plus, fuboTV, Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Three Thousand Years of Longing
On a trip to Istanbul, a scholar discovers a Djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom.
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- Australia, United States • 2022
- Director George Miller
- Cast Tilda Swinton, Idris Elba, Ece Yüksel, Zerrin Tekindor, Erdil Yaşaroğlu, Kaan Guldur
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, MGM Plus, fuboTV, MGM Plus Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Love Serenade
Two sisters will do anything to hook the right man.
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- Australia • 1996
- Director Shirley Barrett
- Cast Miranda Otto, Rebecca Frith, George Shevtsov, John Alansu, Jessica Napier, Jill McWilliam
- Genre Comedy, Romance
- Available on Kanopy
The Space Between
After caring for his ailing father in Italy, Marco finds new joy in Olivia, a spirited Australian chasing her dreams.
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- Italy, Australia • 2017
- Director Ruth Borgobello
- Cast Flavio Parenti, Maeve Dermody, Lino Guanciale, Fulvio Falzarano, Giancarlo Previati
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VIX , Freevee, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Sea of Shadows
To save the world's smallest whale from extinction, activists must face poachers, cartels, and an illegal multimillion-dollar business.
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- Austria, Australia, Germany • 2019
- Director Richard Ladkani
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on fuboTV, Disney Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand, National Geographic
Breaker Morant
A military court martial exposes three officers for killing prisoners, and the generals who covered it up.
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- Australia • 1980
- Director Bruce Beresford
- Cast Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, John Waters, Bryan Brown, Charles Tingwell, Terence Donovan
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Freevee, Shout! Factory TV
Fisk
When high-end lawyer Helen Tudor-Fisk’s life falls apart, she takes a job at a small suburban firm specializing in wills.
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- Australia • 2021
- Creator Vincent Sheehan, Kitty Flanagan
- Cast Kitty Flanagan, Julia Zemiro, Marty Sheargold, Aaron Chen
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Tourist
An amnesiac stranded in Australia has to piece together his past while being hunted by mysterious figures.
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- United Kingdom, Australia, United States • 2022
- Creator Harry Williams, Jack Williams
- Cast Jamie Dornan, Danielle Macdonald, Shalom Brune-Franklin
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Foe
Junior and Hen’s quiet life is interrupted when a man shows up at their door uninvited with a strange proposal.
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- United States • 2023
- Director Garth Davis
- Cast Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal, Aaron Pierre, Goran D. Kleut, Yesse Spence, Michael M. Foster
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Apples Never Fall
When a successful retired tennis coach and family matriarch disappears, it's up to her four adult children to discover the truth of their family history.
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- Australia, United States • 2024
- Creator Melanie Marnich
- Cast Annette Bening, Sam Neill, Jake Lacy, Alison Brie, Conor Merrigan-Turner, Essie Randles
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Peacock
Moja Vesna
After her mother's sudden death, ten-year-old Moja becomes the unexpected grown-up of her fragmented family.
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- Slovenia, Australia • 2022
- Director Sara Kern
- Cast Mackenzie Mazur, Loti Kovacic, Gregor Bakovič, Flora Feldman, Claudia Karvan
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Heidi
Like a ray of sunshine, Heidi lights up and soothes the hearts of the people around her.
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- France, Australia, Germany • 2015
- Creator Christel Gonnard
- Cast Jamie Croft
- Genre Animation, Family, Kids
- Available on Apple TV
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Babe
Babe is a pig raised by sheepdogs trying to learn how to herd sheep with help from Farmer Hoggett.
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- Australia, United States • 1995
- Director Chris Noonan
- Cast Christine Cavanaugh, Miriam Margolyes, Danny Mann, Hugo Weaving, Miriam Flynn, James Cromwell
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
An Angel at My Table
Divided into three sections, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, and based on the biography of famed New Zealand author, Janet Frame.
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- New Zealand, Australia, United Kingdom • 1990
- Director Jane Campion
- Cast Kerry Fox, Alexia Keogh, Karen Fergusson, Iris Churn, Jessie Mune, Kevin J. Wilson
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Sherpa
Some live to climb. They climb to live.
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- Australia, Nepal • 2015
- Director Jennifer Peedom
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Colin from Accounts
Ashley and Gordon are two single(ish) people brought together by fate, a car accident... and an injured dog.
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- Australia • 2022
- Creator Patrick Brammall, Harriet Dyer
- Cast Patrick Brammall, Harriet Dyer, Genevieve Hegney, Emma Harvie, Michael Logo, Helen Thomson
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Follow Your Heart, Follow The Fence
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- Australia • 2002
- Director Phillip Noyce
- Cast Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Laura Monaghan, Kenneth Branagh, David Gulpilil, Jason Clarke
- Genre Adventure, Drama, Action, History
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand
The Piano
A pianist who has been sold into marriage begins a new life with her daughter by her side.
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- New Zealand, Australia, France • 1993
- Director Jane Campion
- Cast Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin, Cliff Curtis, Kerry Walker
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Apple TV, AMC on Demand, Pluto TV
Goldstone
A complex and stylish crime thriller that explores themes of racism, human trafficking, police corruption, corporate malfeasance, and the trampling of indigenous people’s rights.
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- Australia • 2016
- Director Ivan Sen
- Cast Aaron Pedersen, Alex Russell, Jacki Weaver, Cheng Pei-Pei, David Wenham, David Gulpilil
- Genre Crime, Thriller, Western
- Available on Hoopla, FlixFling, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Plex,
Lore
When your life is a lie, who can you trust?
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- Germany, Australia, United Kingdom • 2012
- Director Cate Shortland
- Cast Saskia Rosendahl, Kai-Peter Malina, Nele Trebs, Ursina Lardi, Hans-Jochen Wagner, Mika Seidel
- Genre Drama, War, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor Amazon Channel, Hoopla, OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Freevee, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy, Plex,
Relic
A daughter, mother, and grandmother are haunted by a manifestation of dementia that consumes their family's home.
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- Australia, United States • 2020
- Director Natalie Erika James
- Cast Emily Mortimer, Bella Heathcote, Robyn Nevin, Chris Bunton, Steve Rodgers, Catherine Glavicic
- Genre Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Available on Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Breaker Morant
A military court martial exposes three officers for killing prisoners, and the generals who covered it up.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Australia • 1980
- Director Bruce Beresford
- Cast Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, John Waters, Bryan Brown, Charles Tingwell, Terence Donovan
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Freevee, Shout! Factory TV
Facing the Music
A music professor at the University of Sydney struggles to keep her program afloat in the wake of sweeping budget cuts.
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- Australia • 2001
- Director Robin Anderson
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on Kanopy
Little Fish
The past is now.
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- Australia • 2005
- Director Rowan Woods
- Cast Cate Blanchett, Sam Neill, Hugo Weaving, Martin Henderson, Noni Hazlehurst, Joel Tobeck
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Sundance Now, Peacock, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, Freevee, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy
Women He's Undressed
A legendary fashionisto and the designs he immortalized Hollywood's foremost starlets in.
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- Australia • 2015
- Director Gillian Armstrong
- Cast Darren Gilshenan, Angela Lansbury, Jane Fonda, Catherine Martin, Ann Roth
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Kanopy
The Babadook
A recently widowed mother battles "The Babadook,” a dark character from a children's book who is lurking in the house.
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- Australia, Canada • 2014
- Director Jennifer Kent
- Cast Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Hayley McElhinney, Daniel Henshall, Barbara West, Benjamin Winspear
- Genre Drama, Horror
- Available on Netflix, Hulu, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Netflix basic with Ads, Shudder Apple TV Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Plex,
Walkabout
Two city-bred children are saved by an Aboriginal boy after escaping from their murderous father in the Australian outback.
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- United Kingdom, Australia • 1971
- Director Nicolas Roeg
- Cast Jenny Agutter, Luc Roeg, David Gulpilil, John Meillon, Robert McDarra, Peter Carver
- Genre Adventure, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video