Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "australia"

51. Home (II) (2015)

PG | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

An alien on the run from his own people makes friends with a girl. He tries to help her on her quest, but can be an interference.

Director: Tim Johnson | Stars: Jim Parsons, Rihanna, Steve Martin, Jennifer Lopez

Votes: 111,818 | Gross: $177.40M

52. H2O: Just Add Water (2006–2010)

TV-PG | 23 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Three girls become mermaids after a mysterious island transforms them and gives them special powers.

Stars: Cariba Heine, Phoebe Tonkin, Angus McLaren, Burgess Abernethy

Votes: 18,379

53. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)

R | 152 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A journalist is aided by a young female hacker in his search for the killer of a woman who has been dead for forty years.

Director: Niels Arden Oplev | Stars: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Ewa Fröling, Lena Endre

Votes: 223,555 | Gross: $10.10M

54. Wolf Creek (2005)

R | 99 min | Horror, Thriller

Three backpackers stranded in the Australian outback are plunged inside a hellish nightmare of insufferable torture by a sadistic psychopathic local.

Director: Greg McLean | Stars: Nathan Phillips, Cassandra Magrath, Kestie Morassi, John Jarratt

Votes: 78,607 | Gross: $16.19M

55. The Dressmaker (I) (2015)

R | 119 min | Comedy, Drama, Western

A glamorous woman returns to her small town in rural Australia. With her sewing machine and haute couture style, she transforms the women and exacts sweet revenge on those who did her wrong.

Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse | Stars: Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth, Hugo Weaving

Votes: 65,773 | Gross: $2.02M

56. Dead Calm (1989)

R | 96 min | Horror, Thriller

After a tragedy, John Ingram and his wife Rae are spending some time isolated at sea, when they come across a stranger who has abandoned a sinking ship.

Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill, Billy Zane, Rod Mullinar

Votes: 43,831 | Gross: $7.83M

57. Black Snow (2022– )

TV-MA | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In 1994, seventeen-year-old Isabel Baker was murdered. The crime shocked the small town of Ashford and devastated the Australian South Sea Islander community of Elizabeth.

Stars: Travis Fimmel, Jemmason Power, Talijah Blackman-Corowa, Seini Willett

Votes: 7,124

58. Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012–2015)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, History

A female sleuth sashays through the back lanes and jazz clubs of Melbourne in the late 1920s, fighting injustice with her pearl-handled pistol and her dagger-sharp wit.

Stars: Essie Davis, Nathan Page, Hugo Johnstone-Burt, Ashleigh Cummings

Votes: 17,763

59. Lake Mungo (2008)

R | 87 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Strange things start happening after a girl is found drowned in a lake.

Director: Joel Anderson | Stars: Rosie Traynor, David Pledger, Martin Sharpe, Talia Zucker

Votes: 29,303

60. The Wonder (I) (2022)

R | 108 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A tale of two strangers who transform each other's lives, a psychological thriller, and a story of love pitted against evil.

Director: Sebastián Lelio | Stars: Florence Pugh, Tom Burke, Kíla Lord Cassidy, Niamh Algar

Votes: 44,505

61. Age of Consent (1969)

R | 98 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

A grizzled Australian painter decides to jolt his stale creativity by moving to a remote island on the Great Barrier Reef, where he takes on an alluring, uninhibited young woman as his muse.

Director: Michael Powell | Stars: James Mason, Helen Mirren, Jack MacGowran, Neva Carr-Glynn

Votes: 3,737

62. FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)

G | 76 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

The magical inhabitants of a rainforest fight to save their home, which is threatened by logging and a polluting force of destruction called Hexxus.

Director: Bill Kroyer | Stars: Samantha Mathis, Christian Slater, Robin Williams, Tim Curry

Votes: 34,051 | Gross: $24.65M

63. A Place to Call Home (2013–2018)

Not Rated | 60 min | Drama

Sarah Adams returns to Australia post World War II to start anew. She begins working in a hospital, much to the dismay of Elizabeth Bligh, a wealthy matriarch.

Stars: Marta Dusseldorp, Noni Hazlehurst, Brett Climo, Craig Hall

Votes: 6,314

64. Walkabout (1971)

GP | 100 min | Adventure, Drama

Two city-bred siblings are stranded in the Australian Outback, where they learn to survive with the aid of an Aboriginal boy on his "walkabout": a ritual separation from his tribe.

Director: Nicolas Roeg | Stars: Jenny Agutter, David Gulpilil, Luc Roeg, John Meillon

Votes: 27,424 | Gross: $0.02M

65. Wolf Like Me (2022– )

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Gary is an emotional wreck and struggles to provide for his daughter since the death of his wife. Mary has a secret she can't bring herself to share with anyone. The universe brought these two together for a reason.

Stars: Isla Fisher, Josh Gad, Ariel Donoghue, Anthony Taufa

Votes: 10,740

66. Animal Kingdom (2010)

R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A seventeen-year-old navigates his survival amongst an explosive criminal family and the detective who thinks he can save him.

Director: David Michôd | Stars: James Frecheville, Guy Pearce, Joel Edgerton, Bryce Lindemann

Votes: 60,624 | Gross: $1.04M

67. How to Please a Woman (2022)

111 min | Drama

When her all-male house-cleaning business gets out of control, a mature woman must embrace her own sexuality, if she is to make a new life for herself.

Director: Renée Webster | Stars: Sally Phillips, Hayley McElhinney, Caroline Brazier, Tasma Walton

Votes: 1,791

68. Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

PG | 115 min | Drama, Mystery

During a rural summer picnic, a few students and a teacher from an Australian girls' school vanish without a trace. Their absence frustrates and haunts the people left behind.

Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Rachel Roberts, Anne-Louise Lambert, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse

Votes: 41,212 | Gross: $0.23M

69. The Right Stuff (1983)

PG | 193 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

The U.S. space program's development from the breaking of the sound barrier to selection of the Mercury 7 astronauts, from a group of test pilots with a more seat-of-the-pants approach than the program's more cautious engineers preferred.

Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid

Votes: 65,488 | Gross: $21.50M

70. Killing Ground (2016)

Not Rated | 88 min | Horror, Thriller

A couple's camping trip turns into a frightening ordeal when they stumble across the scene of a horrific crime.

Director: Damien Power | Stars: Aaron Pedersen, Ian Meadows, Harriet Dyer, Aaron Glenane

Votes: 9,372

71. Australia (2008)

PG-13 | 165 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

In 1939, an Englishwoman inherits a sprawling ranch in northern Australia and reluctantly makes a pact with a stockman to drive 2000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape.

Director: Baz Luhrmann | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Shea Adams, Eddie Baroo

Votes: 129,903 | Gross: $49.55M

72. Bait (III) (2012)

R | 93 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror

A freak tsunami traps shoppers at a coastal Australian supermarket inside the building - along with 12-foot Great White Sharks.

Director: Kimble Rendall | Stars: Xavier Samuel, Sharni Vinson, Adrian Pang, Yuwu Qi

Votes: 19,500

73. Black Butler (2008–2011)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

Ciel Phantomhive takes care of the many unsettling events in Victorian England. Aided by Sebastian Michaelis, his loyal butler with seemingly inhuman abilities. But is there more to this black-clad butler than meets the eye?

Stars: J. Michael Tatum, Brina Palencia, Michael C. Pizzuto, Monica Rial

Votes: 9,371

74. The Snowtown Murders (2011)

Not Rated | 119 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Based on true events, 16 year-old Jamie falls in with his mother's new boyfriend and his crowd of self-appointed neighborhood watchmen, a relationship that leads to a spree of torture and murder.

Director: Justin Kurzel | Stars: Lucas Pittaway, Daniel Henshall, Louise Harris, Bob Adriaens

Votes: 20,685 | Gross: $0.01M

75. Quigley Down Under (1990)

PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Sharpshooter Matt Quigley is hired from Wyoming by an Australian rancher paying a very high price. But when Quigley arrives Down Under, all is not as it seems.

Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo, Alan Rickman, Chris Haywood

Votes: 24,652 | Gross: $21.41M

76. The Rescuers Down Under (1990)

G | 77 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

R.A.S. agents Miss Bianca and Bernard race to Australia to save a little boy and a rare golden eagle from a murderous poacher.

Directors: Hendel Butoy, Mike Gabriel | Stars: Bob Newhart, Eva Gabor, John Candy, Tristan Rogers

Votes: 47,409 | Gross: $27.93M

77. The Osiris Child (2016)

Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Set in the future in a time of interplanetary colonization, an unlikely pair race against an impending global crisis and are confronted by the monsters that live inside us all.

Director: Shane Abbess | Stars: Kellan Lutz, Daniel MacPherson, Isabel Lucas, Luke Ford

Votes: 9,256

78. Love on the Spectrum (2019–2021)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, Reality-TV, Romance

A documentary series following young adults on the autism spectrum as they explore the unpredictable world of love, dating and relationships.

Stars: Brooke Satchwell, Michael Theo, Mark Radburn, Ronan Soussa

Votes: 7,607

79. The Loved Ones (2009)

R | 84 min | Crime, Horror

When Brent turns down his classmate Lola's invitation to the prom, she concocts a wildly violent plan for revenge.

Director: Sean Byrne | Stars: Xavier Samuel, Robin McLeavy, John Brumpton, Richard Wilson

Votes: 44,188

80. ABBA: Against the Odds (2024)

90 min | Documentary, History, Music

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the iconic Swedish group winning the Eurovision Song Contest.

Director: James Rogan | Stars: ABBA, Björn Ulvaeus, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Benny Andersson

Votes: 193

81. Muriel's Wedding (1994)

R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama

A young social outcast in Australia steals money from her parents to finance a vacation where she hopes to find happiness, and perhaps love.

Director: P.J. Hogan | Stars: Toni Collette, Rachel Griffiths, Bill Hunter, Sophie Lee

Votes: 41,816 | Gross: $15.19M

82. Frankenhooker (1990)

R | 85 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

A medical student sets out to recreate his decapitated fiancée by building her a new body made of Manhattan street prostitutes.

Director: Frank Henenlotter | Stars: James Lorinz, Joanne Ritchie, Patty Mullen, J.J. Clark

Votes: 13,603 | Gross: $0.21M

83. Lady Vengeance (2005)

R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

After being wrongfully imprisoned for thirteen years and having her child taken away from her, a woman seeks revenge through increasingly brutal means.

Director: Park Chan-wook | Stars: Nam-mi Kang, Jeong-nam Choi, Hye-Sook Go, Bok-hwa Baek

Votes: 86,333 | Gross: $0.21M

84. The Office Australia (2024– )

Comedy | Active

Hannah Howard, the managing director of a packaging company, gets news that her branch is shutting down and making everyone work from home.

Stars: Zoe Terakes, Chris Bunton, Jack Dutson, Kieran Egan

85. Secrets of the Octopus (2024– )

Documentary, Adventure

Octopuses are like aliens on Earth: three hearts, blue blood and the ability to squeeze through a space the size of their eyeballs, but the secrets of the octopus are more extraordinary than we ever imagined.

Stars: Alex Schnell, Paul Rudd

Votes: 368

86. Driven (2001)

PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Drama, Sport

A young hot shot driver is in the middle of a championship season and is coming apart at the seams. A former CART champion is called in to give him guidance.

Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Kip Pardue, Til Schweiger, Burt Reynolds

Votes: 43,179 | Gross: $32.72M

87. Saving Mr. Banks (2013)

PG-13 | 125 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

Author P.L. Travers reflects on her childhood after reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen.

Director: John Lee Hancock | Stars: Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Annie Rose Buckley, Colin Farrell

Votes: 170,256 | Gross: $83.30M

88. Underbelly (2008–2013)

TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Each season of this multi-award-winning television series takes you through a 13-episode run in the rise and fall of real-life Australian underworld figures as told from both sides of the law.

Stars: Caroline Craig, Paul Tassone, Dieter Brummer, Daniel Roberts

Votes: 5,305

89. Escape from Pretoria (2020)

PG-13 | 106 min | Biography, Crime, Mystery

Based on the real-life prison break of two political captives, Escape From Pretoria is a race-against-time thriller set in the tumultuous apartheid days of South Africa.

Director: Francis Annan | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Daniel Webber, Ian Hart, Mark Leonard Winter

Votes: 43,813

90. Crocodile Dundee II (1988)

PG | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Australian outback expert protects his New York love from gangsters who've followed her down under.

Director: John Cornell | Stars: Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon, Ernie Dingo

Votes: 60,947 | Gross: $109.31M

91. Kangaroo Jack (2003)

PG | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Two childhood friends, a New York hairstylist and a would-be musician, get caught up with the mob and are forced to deliver $50,000 to Australia, but things go haywire when the money is lost to a wild kangaroo.

Director: David McNally | Stars: Anthony Anderson, Jerry O'Connell, Estella Warren, Christopher Walken

Votes: 33,815 | Gross: $66.93M

92. Back to the Outback (2021)

PG | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Tired of being locked in a reptile house where humans gawk at them like they're monsters, a group of Australia's deadliest creatures plot a daring escape from their zoo to the Outback.

Directors: Harry Cripps, Clare Knight | Stars: Eric Bana, Tim Minchin, Miranda Tapsell, Angus Imrie

Votes: 10,555

93. Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries (2019–2021)

TV-G | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In swinging 60's Melbourne, gorgeously reckless Peregrine Fisher inherits a windfall when the famous aunt she never knew goes missing over the highlands of New Guinea.

Stars: Geraldine Hakewill, Joel Jackson, Catherine McClements, Louisa Mignone

Votes: 3,014

94. Rogue (2007)

R | 99 min | Action, Drama, Horror

An American journalist on assignment in the Australian outback encounters a man-eating crocodile while trapped on a rapidly flooding mud island.

Director: Greg McLean | Stars: Michael Vartan, Radha Mitchell, Sam Worthington, Caroline Brazier

Votes: 33,511 | Gross: $0.01M

95. Killer Elite (2011)

R | 116 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

When his mentor is taken captive by a disgraced Arab sheik, a killer-for-hire is forced into action. His mission: kill three members of Britain's elite Special Air Service responsible for his sons' deaths.

Director: Gary McKendry | Stars: Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Robert De Niro, Dominic Purcell

Votes: 135,627 | Gross: $25.12M

96. The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)

PG | 115 min | Drama, Romance, War

A young Australian reporter tries to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia during the rule of President Sukarno with the help of a diminutive photographer.

Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt, Bembol Roco

Votes: 22,953 | Gross: $10.28M

97. Mary and Max (2009)

Not Rated | 92 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

In 1976 Melbourne, a lonely 8-year-old girl strikes up a correspondence with an unlikely pen pal: a severely obese 44-year-old New Yorker with Asperger's syndrome.

Director: Adam Elliot | Stars: Toni Collette, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Eric Bana, Barry Humphries

Votes: 187,119

98. The Man from Snowy River (1982)

PG | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

In 1880s Australia, after young Jim Craig's father dies, he takes a job at the Harrison cattle ranch, where he is forced to become a man.

Director: George Miller | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Tom Burlinson, Terence Donovan, Tommy Dysart

Votes: 10,063 | Gross: $20.66M

99. Candy (2006)

R | 108 min | Drama, Romance

A poet falls in love with an art student who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle -- and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationship alternates between states of oblivion, self-destruction, and despair.

Director: Neil Armfield | Stars: Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish, Geoffrey Rush, Tom Budge

Votes: 47,833 | Gross: $0.04M

100. Chopper (2000)

R | 94 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Chopper tells the intense story of Mark "Chopper" Read, a legendary criminal who wrote his autobiography while serving a jail sentence in prison. His book, "From the Inside", upon which the film is based, was a best-seller.

Director: Andrew Dominik | Stars: Eric Bana, Simon Lyndon, Vince Colosimo, Renée Brack

Votes: 41,603 | Gross: $0.23M