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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, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , 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,
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 Premium, 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,
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
New from Australia
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
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
The Royal Hotel
Backpackers Hanna and Liv resort to a working holiday at The Royal Hotel, a bar deep in the Australian outback.
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- Australia, United Kingdom • 2023
- Director Kitty Green
- Cast Jessica Henwick, Julia Garner, Hugo Weaving
- Genre Thriller
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
You'll Never Find Me
On a dark and stormy night, a woman seeks refuge from the weather in the mobile home of Patrick, a mysterious and lonely man who might not be as hospitable as he seems.
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- Australia • 2024
- Director Indianna Bell, Josiah Allen
- Cast Brendan Rock, Jordan Cowan, Elena Carapetis, Angela Korng, Finn Watson, Luca Trimboli
- Genre Horror, Thriller
- Available on Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , Shudder Apple TV Channel
The Hard Word
Three brothers-turned-armed robbers band together to pull off the biggest heist in Australian history.
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- Australia, United Kingdom • 2002
- Director Scott Roberts
- Cast Guy Pearce, Robert Taylor, Rachel Griffiths, Joel Edgerton, Damien Richardson, Rhondda Findleton
- Genre Action, Comedy, Crime
- Available on Vudu
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, Peacock Premium
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
Wentworth
Wentworth prison has it all: murderers, drug-dealers, rapists, and guards who are just as lawless as the prisoners.
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- Australia • 2013
- Creator Reg Watson, Lara Radulovich
- Cast Kate Atkinson
- Genre Drama, Crime
- Available on Google Play Movies, Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
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
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
Carmen
An independent woman flees her desert home after her mother's brutal murder. Surviving an illegal border crossing, she encounters a lawless volunteer border guard and they escape together.
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- Australia, France • 2023
- Director Benjamin Millepied
- Cast Melissa Barrera, Paul Mescal, Rossy de Palma, Elsa Pataky, Nicole da Silva, Tara Morice
- Genre Drama, Music
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
The Surgeon
The world of medicine is dominated by men, but that has never deterred Dr. Eve Agius.
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- Australia • 2005
- Creator
- Cast Nicholas Bell, Sam Worthington, Matthew Newton, Justine Clarke, Katie Wall
- Genre Drama
- Available on Freevee
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
The Suicide Theory
Percival believes he is cursed after miraculously surviving multiple suicide attempts and decides to hire Steven, a contract killer, to help.
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- Australia • 2015
- Director Dru Brown
- Cast Leon Cain, Steve Mazoukis
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Plex,
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
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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
Threads
The closest you'll ever want to come to a nuclear winter.
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- United Kingdom, Australia, United States • 1984
- Director Mick Jackson
- Cast Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierly, Rita May, Nicholas Lane, Jane Hazlegrove
- Genre War, Drama, TV Movie, Horror
- Available on MUBI, Shudder, MUBI Amazon Channel, Shudder Amazon Channel, Hoopla, Criterion Channel, Night Flight Plus, Midnight Pulp, Shudder Apple TV Channel, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Kino Now, Tubi TV, Cineverse, Kanopy
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
Babyteeth
Milla, a terminally ill teen, falls for a drug dealer named Moses.
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- Australia • 2020
- Director Shannon Murphy
- Cast Eliza Scanlen, Ben Mendelsohn, Essie Davis, Toby Wallace, Andrea Demetriades, Emily Barclay
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube
Not Quite Hollywood
A documentary about the low-budget Australian New Wave films of the 1970s and 80s, lovingly referred to as ‘Ozploitation’.
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- Australia, United States • 2008
- Director Mark Hartley
- Cast Phillip Adams, Glory Annen, Christine Amor, Victoria Anoux, Briony Behets
- Genre Comedy, Documentary
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Freevee, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy, Plex,
Mad Max 2
Max finds himself a community’s only hope as they try and protect their oil refinery from the evil Lord Humungus.
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- Australia • 1981
- Director George Miller
- Cast Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Michael Preston, Max Phipps, Vernon Wells, Kjell Nilsson
- Genre Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Tubi TV
Picnic at Hanging Rock
On St. Valentine's Day in 1900 a party of schoolgirls set out to picnic at Hanging Rock ... Some were never to return.
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- Australia • 1975
- Director Peter Weir
- Cast Rachel Roberts, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse, Kirsty Child, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Jacki Weaver
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Criterion Channel, TCM, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
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,
Tracks
Leave everything behind.
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- Australia • 2013
- Director John Curran
- Cast Mia Wasikowska, Adam Driver, Emma Booth, Jessica Tovey, Lily Pearl, Robert Coleby
- Genre Adventure, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Freevee, The CW
Mountain
Explore Nature's Highest Peaks.
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- Australia • 2017
- Director Jennifer Peedom
- Cast Willem Dafoe
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy
Wake in Fright
Brutality and degradation await one man in the Australian outback.
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- Australia, United States, United Kingdom • 1971
- Director Ted Kotcheff
- Cast Gary Bond, Donald Pleasence, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay, Jack Thompson, Peter Whittle
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Fandor, Google Play Movies, YouTube, 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
Buoyancy
A teenage Cambodian rice farmer finds himself enslaved on a fish trawling boat after attempting to find work in Thailand.
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- Australia • 2019
- Director Rodd Rathjen
- Cast Sarm Heng, Thanawut Kasro, Mony Rous, Saichia Wongwirot, Yothin Udomsanti
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
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
Bright Star
First love burns brightest.
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- United Kingdom, Australia, France • 2009
- Director Jane Campion
- Cast Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw, Paul Schneider, Kerry Fox, Edie Martin, Thomas Brodie-Sangster
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube