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Title |
Year |
Director |
Your thoughts |
Votes |
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Kiss or Kill |
1997 |
Bill Bennett |
Stylish, funny Australian film noire. |
0 |
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Go Big |
2004 |
Tony Tilse |
Very Australian made with a small budget but written with classic Australian humour. |
0 |
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The Black Balloon |
2008 |
Elissa Down |
Crystal Bear award in Berlin Film Festival, 11 nominations in the AFI awards. This film is gigantic. It deals with autism in a way which is confronting, yet not cloying and pathetic. It shows the magnificent strength and courage behind closed doors of people who might just live next door or down the street. |
7 |
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Last Train to Freo |
2006 |
Jeremy Sims |
The acting was good and the psychopathic characters were very convincing. |
3 |
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The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith |
1978 |
Fred Schepisi |
One of the best movies made here. |
9 |
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Long Weekend |
1978 |
Colin Eggleston |
If you like John Hargreaves' knock-around-aussie-bloke routine, this is a must. B grade but strangely unnerving in a Hanging Rock kind of way. |
0 |
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Somersault |
2004 |
Cate Shortland |
A great film about two young people discovering who they are & how their lives will change. A beautiful Snowy Mountains setting & solid soundtrack make this a winner. |
4 |
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Alisons Birthday |
1979 |
Ian Coughlan |
Australia's scariest film.... |
0 |
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Lucky Miles |
2007 |
Michael James Rowland |
Great outback adventure of three hapless migrants making their way across the desert. |
1 |
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Love Serenade |
1996 |
Shirley Barrett |
Highly original film. |
1 |
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Gabriel |
2007 |
Shane Abbess |
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1 |
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Head On |
1998 |
Ana Kokkinos |
A driving drama centered around the stresses of multiculturalism. Alex Dimitriades is superb as the lost but caring lead. The despair and confusion felt by (his) parents is palpable. Paul Capsis vibrant. A Melbourne film for a complex world. |
7 |
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Blood Oath |
1990 |
Stephen Wallace |
Not only historically fascinating but more relevant now than when it was made. |
2 |
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Razorback |
1984 |
Russell Mulcahy |
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1 |
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The Club |
1980 |
Bruce Beresford |
Unpretenscious film with great script and cast. Unmistakably Australian. |
9 |
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Sons of Matthew |
1949 |
Charles Chauvel |
Typified early Australians struggling on the land. |
0 |
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The Sum of Us |
1994 |
Geoff Burton, Kevin Dowling |
One of the finest, most positive films about gay people ever made |
10 |
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Rash |
2005 |
Nicholas Hansen |
RASH is a contemporary story of
modern urban Australia and the artists who are making it a living host for illegal artwork called "street art". |
0 |
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Look Both Ways |
2005 |
Sarah Watt |
Look both Ways explored a parallel between a crossing and life in a very unique way, I enjoyed the animation sequences, as well as the music. All up it was a fantastic movie that explored how much or how little love is in a relationship whilst someone is ill. |
13 |
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Hercules Returns |
1993 |
David Parker |
Australian comedy cult classic. How is it not on the list already??? |
5 |
