| |
Title |
Year |
Director |
Your thoughts |
Votes |
| |
The Sentimental Bloke |
1919 |
Raymond Longford |
C.J. Dennis is in the movie. The best Australian silent film ever, and arguably the best Aussie film ever, but this generation wouldn't know it even existed. |
2 |
| |
40,000 Horsemen |
1940 |
Charles Chauvel |
|
7 |
| |
The Overlanders |
1946 |
Harry Watt |
|
3 |
| |
Bush Christmas |
1947 |
Ralph Smart |
Great kids film |
3 |
|
Sons of Matthew |
1949 |
Charles Chauvel |
Typified early Australians struggling on the land. |
0 |
| |
The Back of Beyond |
1954 |
John Heyer |
Best of any outback film |
1 |
| |
Jedda |
1955 |
Charles Chauvel |
Set in the NT, the first film to star Aboriginal actors, given top billing over white players. Intense and beautiful, it raises issues just as relevant today. A groundbreaking film. |
2 |
| |
Smiley |
1956 |
Anthony Kimmins |
Probably corny by today's standards but it is the only Australian movie that I remember fondly. I would like to see it again. |
4 |
| |
On the Beach |
1959 |
Stanley Kramer |
Set in Melbourne, On The Beach is a story about civilisation coming to grips with the end of the world after nuclear war. |
2 |
| |
They're a Weird Mob |
1966 |
Michael Powell |
The Film that showed Australians what we looked like to the World. A brilliant angle to our culture despite many cringing it was and in some ways still is current. |
5 |
| |
Ned Kelly |
1970 |
Tony Richardson |
Mick Jagger took time in the prime years of The Rolling Stones to give a credible performance as Ned Kelly. |
0 |
| |
Don's Party |
1971 |
Bruce Beresford |
|
5 |
| |
Walkabout |
1971 |
Nicolas Roeg |
|
20 |
| |
Wake In Fright |
1971 |
Ted Kotcheff |
Wake In Fright is a cutting edge film depicting real Australian characters in the isolated outback. It has great acting and amazing scenes and is somewhat of an educative social study of it's time. Absolutely brilliant. |
32 |
| |
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie |
1972 |
Bruce Beresford |
A staple of the Oz boy in search of his 'roots'. |
9 |
| |
Alvin Purple |
1973 |
Tim Burstall |
|
5 |
|
Dalmas |
1973 |
Bert Deling |
By far the most interesting Australian film I have seen. |
0 |
| |
Stone |
1974 |
Sandy Harbutt |
|
5 |
| |
The Cars That Ate Paris |
1974 |
Peter Weir |
Great debut feature from a fine director. Without Cars there would be no Mad Max. |
9 |
| |
Alvin Rides Again |
1974 |
David Bilcock, Robin Copping |
I actually enjoyed this movie more than Alvin Purple. I would have love to drop into that Road House Abigail was serving in. Well she was married to Mauri Fields who can blame her. |
0 |
