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Stir 1980 Filmed in the Clare Valley, Gladstone and the Flinders Ranges in South Australia, this prison movie was inspired by the true life prison riot at Bathurst Jail in 1974 and its subsequent Royal Commission into New South Wales Prisons

Cactus 2008 A man is kidnapped from his city home in the quiet hours of the night and, the kidnapper, John Kelly, embarks on a journey into the Australian Outback towards the place where his hostage is due for delivery As time and distance roll by, the strength and endurance of both men will be test

Old School 2014 Ted McCabe, a retired cop, and Lennie Cahill, a recently released crim, reluctantly join forces to trackdown the mastermind behind the heist gone wrong that ruined both their careers Although determinedly on opposite sides of the law, they find themselves growing to appreciate each o

Devlin 1992 When a mayoral candidate is assassinated in New York, Frank Devlin has more than a professional interest in the case Devlin and the candidates father are bitter enemies The investigation quickly takes a deadly turn when Devlin finds hes the fall guy in an elaborate setup, and is now the

The Darkside 2013 Warwick Thorntons The Darkside was developed from a national callout for Indigenous ghost stories Submitted by black and white Australians, Thornton narrowed down more than 150 stories into 13 to make this film The filmmakers recorded these stories, told firsthand, and the document

Styx 2001 After establishing himself as one of the worlds best safe crackers, Nelson decides to retire from his life of crime and walk the straight and narrow However, when his brother is targeted after going into debt with an organized crime ring, Nelson finds himself pulled back into the life he l

Blood Oath (1990) The island of Ambon in Indonesia, 1945. During the War, the number of Australian POWs on the island had dropped from 1100 to less than 300 due to abuses by their Japanese captors. Capt. Cooper is the chief prosecutor. In a mass grave, the bodies of 300 executed servicemen have been

Full Body Massage (1995) Nina, a successful but world-weary art dealer, is surprised to find that her usual masseur, Douglas, has sent a substitute - Fitch - to provide her with her regular weekly massage at her home. Nina and Fitch find that they are both mutually attracted, and annoy one another a

Footsteps (2003) Daisy Lowendahl (Bergen) is a best-selling suspense novelist who finds herself at her isolated beach house with a local young fan (Hall) who knows almost everything about her, and two men - one of whom may be trying to kill her, the other of whom could save her life, causing Daisy t

Sweet Talker (1991) A sweet-talking con man starts to turn his life around when he falls in love in this family oriented comedy.

Dogboys (1998) Corrupt officers track men for sport with dogs.

Winter of Our Dreams (1981) When a womanizing bookshop owner hears about the suicide of his former girlfriend, he tries to find out more and meets her friend, a prostitute. They hook up, but when she finds her friends...

On the Border (1998) Jake Barnes is a security guard in a Texas border town bank. His boss asks him to spy on his sexy wife, that Jake is having an affair with. When he meets Danish girl Kristen, he gets caught up in a plot to steal millions of dollars of laundry money. Jake is caught between two wo

Rebel (1985) This drama is set in World War II Australia, where an American Marine, Rebel is recuperating from wounds suffered in battle. He is weary of war and is intent on going AWOL and escaping from Australia. He becomes infatuated with a local singer, Kathy and pursues her. Kathy is married and

TaiPan (1986) Tai-Pan is Chinese for "supreme leader". This is the man with real power to his hands. And such a Tai-Pan is Dirk Struan who is obsessed by his plan to make Hong Kong the "jewel in the crown of her British Majesty". In 1841 he achieves his goal but he has many enemi

Palm Beach (2019) Lifelong friends reunite for a party at Sydney's Palm Beach.

An Accidental Soldier (2013) Based on the novel, Silent Parts, by John Charalambous, An Accidental Soldier is about an Australian soldier who flees the carnage of the Western Front and finds refuge with a French woman in a remote farmhouse. Harry Lambert is a shy, thirty five year old Australian sol

Dead in the Water (1991) Prominent lawyer Charlie Deegan has almost everything he has ever wanted. He has an important, prosperous law practice, a beautiful secretary as his lover, and the chance to be appointed to the high court. The only thing wrong with this is that his shrewish wife Olivia, whos

Bloom (2019 ) A year after a devastating flood has killed five locals in an idyllic country town, a mysterious new plant appears. The plant's phenomenal ability to restore youth is so formidable that attempting to harness it means re-evaluating values.

The Poseidon Adventure (2005) A cruise ship succumbs to a terrorist act and capsizes on New Year's eve. A rag-tag group of survivors, spearheaded by a priest and a homeland security agent, must journey through the upside down vessel and attempt an escape.

Two Hands (1999) A 19 year old (Heath Ledger) finds himself in debt to a local gangster (Bryan Brown) when some gang loot disappears and sets him on the run from thugs. Meanwhile two street kids start a shopping spree when they find the missing money. Rose Byrne co-stars as a country girl, who Ledge

With dreams of becoming a successful businessman and even a millionaire, the ex-military man, Brian Flanagan, waits for his big break while serving drinks at a New York City tavern and studying for his degree. However, when the charismatic cynic and veteran bartender, Doug Coughlin, becomes the ambi

On the Beach (2000) Well, the world has finally managed to blow itself up. Only Australia has been spared from nuclear destruction and a gigantic wave of radiation is floating in on the breezes. Only two months are left. One American sub located in the Pacific has survived and is met with disdain by

Age of Treason (1993) It's 69AD in Rome and streetwise hustler Marcus Didius Falco gets caught up in the death of the son of a man close to the new emperor, Vespasian. Hired by the victim's sister to discover the truth, Falco and his newly acquired slave, the gladiator Justus, uncover plots involvin

My Talks with Dean Spanley (2008) Each Thursday, a man approaching middle age calls upon his father, aged, caustic, nihilistic, and emotionally distant, perhaps from the loss of a son in the Boer War and his wife soon after. On this day, the son suggests they attend a visiting guru's lecture on the

Gorillas in the Mist (1988) Sigourney Weaver stars as Dian Fossey, in this true story about Fossey's study of gorillas, and her efforts to stop the decimation of the endangered apes.

Red Dog: True Blue (2016) An iconic Australian story of family, friendship and adventure, between a young boy and a scrappy one-of-a-kind dog that would grow up to become an Australian legend.

F/X2 (1991) F/X man Rollie Tyler (Bryan Brown) is now a toy maker. Mike Brandon (Tom Mason), the ex-husband of Rolly's girlfriend Kim(Rachel Ticotin), is a cop. He asks Rollie to help catch a killer. The operation goes well until some unknown man kills both the killer and Mike.Mike's boss, Ray Silak

A movie special effects man is hired to fake a real-life mob killing for a witness protection plan, but finds his own life in danger.