Top Aussie Movies

One of Australia's most iconic films is a small action flick made on a low budget but has some great car chases and is obviously influenced by Kubrick (A Clockwork Orange) and Scorsese (Taxi Driver). It shot Mel Gibson into the stratosphere.

This cult-horror was written and directed by two Australians with a minimum budget. Its plot development was very creative. I liked how most of the film was set in the one room with a few flashbacks. I thought the idea for this movie was clever, but the violence was pretty awful (but not as bad as in the sequels) but it doesn't dominate the film. The twist was brilliant.

One of Australia's most cherished classics.

An Australian film about an Aboriginal boy and an Irish/Aboriginal girl who are on a journey to Sydney. The film deals with racism, friendship, hardship, and the issue of troubled Indigenous youths.

Intense Aussie film starring Nicole Kidman in her earlier acting years. A good thriller set on an isolated boat with an insane hitcher (Billy Zane giving an excellent villainous turn.) Creepy movie.

Hard-hitting Aussie film about skinhead culture in Melbourne during the early 1990s. Russell Crowe and Daniel Pollock give strong performances and Geoffrey Wright's directing is excellent especially considering it's his debut film. It is obviously influenced by Stanley Kubrick, in particularly 'A Clockwork Orange'.

I'm an idiot. Well, I'm careless anyway. I bought a ticket for Burn After Reading and walked into the wrong theatre and saw Australia by accident. Anyway, the film was made in Baz Lurhmann's surreal high-energetic style. The film's great strengths lies in its visuals; great landscapes of the Aussie outback. The cast were good. Much has been said about Nicole Kidman's portrayal as Lady Ashley. Her performance was over-the-top, yes, but that was needed in a film like this, with this style. She did what Lurhmann wanted her to do. David Wenham was excellent as the villain. I never thought of him in a villainous role before because he is always a hero, but he suited it. Hugh Jackman fit his role like a glove, and that little Aboriginal boy could have easily been annoying but he managed to be cute thanks to some natural acting. The movie takes a while to find action, but the thrills really clicks into gear during the war scenes. The bombing of Darwin really struck an emotional chord, that's like the Holocaust to us.

I've only seen parts of it, but from what I've seen it's pretty good.

This movie was made all wrong. This does not deserve an oscar....good music though.

Disgusting, an inferior sequel. There was a good twist however.

crap and boring