The Australian - Best Australian Films Competition

Title	Year	Director	Your thoughts	Votes
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert	1994	Stephan Elliott	AFI nomination	134
The Castle	1997	Rob Sitch	AFI nomination	474
Muriel's Wedding	1994	P.J. Hogan	AFI nomination	47
Lantana	2001	Ray Lawrence	AFI nomination	113
Gallipoli	1981	Peter Weir	AFI nomination	668
Crocodile Dundee	1986	Peter Faiman	Showed the rest of the world the Aussie culture and landscape.	69
The Big Steal	1990	Nadia Tass	Cool Australian film, Ben Mendelsohn, Claudia Karvan and Steve Bizley at his finest as a shinky car salesman ... and the Jag. It has some of Australia's best young (at the time) talent. It's hilarious, a lot of fun and very entertaining. It has Australia's quirky sense of humour written all over it.	21
The Odd Angry Shot	1979	Tom Jeffrey	It is one of the great films depicting what many young men went through.	73
Bliss	1985	Ray Lawrence	unique love story very cleverly done with a gret australian cast	18
Shine	1996	Scott Hicks	Astonishing acting and story.	64
Kenny	2006	Clayton Jacobson		24
Picnic At Hanging Rock	1975	Peter Weir		101
The Dish	2000	Rob Sitch		86
Mad Max	1979	George Miller	Mad Max will probably go down in history as the film that made Mel Gibson a star, but that would gloss over the film's many other virtues. A post-apocalyptic tale of good vs. evil, Mad Max features the title character, Max Rockatansky, in his job as an "Interceptor," a kind of cop struggling to maintain order in a world where the government has all but collapsed and ruthless biker thugs and warlords have made normal.	129
Romper Stomper	1992	Geoffrey Wright	A very different view of life in Australia that I believe changed the way many people looked at themselves.	40
The Man From Snowy River	1982	George Miller	Iconic, scenic, appeals to all ages, and set to a majestic musical score	104
Two Hands	1999	Gregor Jordan		41
Cosi	1996	Mark Joffe		21
A Town Like Alice	1981	David Stevens		25
The Year My Voice Broke	1987	John Duigan	A moving portrayal of adolescent life in a small town in rural NSW in the 1960s.	33

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Adapted by Chris Griffith, The Australian Online