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51. The Naked Country (1985)
90 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A rancher comes in conflict with a gang of renegade Aborigines on the run from their tribe's posse. They try to kill him, but he gets away and hides in the woods. His posh wife and her lover, a local alcoholic cop, go to rescue him.
Director: Tim Burstall | Stars: John Stanton, Rebecca Gilling, Ivar Kants, Tommy Lewis
Votes: 121
52. In My Blood It Runs (2019)
84 min | Documentary, Biography, History
An intimate and compassionate observational documentary from the perspective of a 10-year-old Aboriginal boy in Alice Springs, Australia, struggling to balance his traditional Arrernte/Garrwa upbringing with a state education.
Director: Maya Newell | Stars: Carol Turner, Dujuan Turner, Megan Turner
Votes: 462
53. The Ninth Day (2004)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Thriller, War
A drama loosely based on Jean Bernard's Nazi-era prison diary.
Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Ulrich Matthes, August Diehl, Hilmar Thate, Bibiana Beglau
Votes: 1,949 | Gross: $0.07M
54. Burke & Wills (1985)
PG-13 | 140 min | Adventure, Drama, History
A story based on true events about two explorers on a doomed journey trying to cross Australia on foot in the 19 century.
Director: Graeme Clifford | Stars: Jack Thompson, Nigel Havers, Greta Scacchi, Matthew Fargher
Votes: 286
55. Journey Among Women (1977)
93 min | Drama, History, Western
In colonial Australia, daughter of a judge helps a group of female convicts living in inhuman conditions escape. Aboriginal girl teaches them how to survive in the forest. One of them gets raped and killed. The group seeks revenge.
Director: Tom Cowan | Stars: Jeune Pritchard, Martin Phelan, Nell Campbell, Lillian Crombie
Votes: 150
56. The Dreaming (1988)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A doctor treats a sick aboriginal person, who had defied a tribal taboo and visited a sacred cave. The doctor soon finds herself having disturbing dreams and finds herself involved in a 200-year-old mystery.
Director: Mario Andreacchio | Stars: Arthur Dignam, Penny Cook, Gary Sweet, Laurence Clifford
Votes: 388
57. The Overlanders (1946)
Approved | 91 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
It's the start of WWII in Northern Australia. The Japanese are getting close. People are evacuating and burning everything in a "scorched earth" policy. Rather than kill all their cattle, a... See full summary »
Director: Harry Watt | Stars: Chips Rafferty, John Nugent Hayward, Daphne Campbell, Jean Blue
Votes: 521
58. The Nullarbor Nymph (2012)
66 min | Comedy, Horror
Following two Water Australia employees who travel out along the Nullarbor Plain only to discover they are being hunted by the mythological creature, the Nullarbor Nymph.
Director: Mathew J. Wilkinson | Stars: Douglas Feary, Paul Hayman, Jessica Sterling, Scott Whitecross
Votes: 110
59. Kangaroo (1952)
Not Rated | 84 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
In turn-of-the-century Australia, two criminals ingratiate themselves with a rancher in order to swindle him. However, the two partners become rivals for the affection of the rancher's beautiful daughter.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Maureen O'Hara, Peter Lawford, Finlay Currie, Richard Boone
Votes: 392
60. Backroads (1977)
60 min | Crime, Drama
A black and white lowlife duo drives around Australia's Outback in a stolen vehicle and finds trouble after trouble.
Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Bill Hunter, Gary Foley, Zac Martin, Terry Camilleri
Votes: 254
61. Stones of Death (1988)
R | 88 min | Horror
The residents of a housing development find themselves in trouble after they discover that their development was built on top of a sacred aboriginal graveyard, on which a curse was placed upon anyone who disturbed it.
Director: James Bogle | Stars: Zoe Carides, Tom Jennings, Eric Oldfield, Kerry McKay
Votes: 356
62. Marungka tjalatjunu (2022)
23 min | Documentary, Short
An Anangu Yankunytjatjara man escapes the city life to return to country for spiritual healing.
Directors: Derik Lynch, Matthew Thorne | Stars: Derik Lynch, Dale Baker, Dominic Roberts, Christopher Stewart
Votes: 54
63. On the Nose (2001)
104 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A luckless gambler finally finds the secret to picking winners at the track - a head in a jar.
Director: David Caffrey | Stars: Dan Aykroyd, Robbie Coltrane, Brenda Blethyn, Tony Briggs
Votes: 556
64. Luku Ngarra: The Law of the Land (2022)
75 min | Documentary, History
Luku Ngarra is an unflinching, indigenous Australian Aboriginal funded documentary on the history and culture of Arnhem Land leading up to the present day, seen through the eyes of one of ... See full summary »
Director: Sinem Saban | Stars: Djiniyini Gondarra, Baykali Ganambarr, Lowurrpa Yunupingu, Biritjalawuy Gondarra
Votes: 9
65. Backlash (1986)
R | 89 min | Crime, Drama
Two policemen track down and arrest a woman who has been accused of murder, and begin the trek back across the desert with her.
Director: Bill Bennett | Stars: David Argue, Gia Carides, Lydia Miller, Brian Syron
Votes: 181
66. Short Changed (1986)
104 min | Drama
In Australia, an aborigine and a white woman battle for custody of the child they had together.
Director: George Ogilvie | Stars: David Kennedy, Susan Leith, Jamie Agius, Ray Meagher
Votes: 56
67. The Protectors (I) (2017)
6 min | Short, Horror, Thriller
An Aboriginal prisoner is taken back to a crime scene to help him try and remember the horrific events which occurred prior to his arrest.
Director: Thibul Nettle | Stars: Thibul Nettle, Nick Buckland, Tess O'Flaherty, Matthew Hein
Votes: 7
68. Radiance (1998)
83 min | Drama
Three sisters reunite after some years apart, for their mother's funeral. Cressy (Maza), the eldest of the three, is a diva - an opera singer who is reluctant to visit the past and ... See full summary »
Director: Rachel Perkins | Stars: Deborah Mailman, Trisha Morton-Thomas, Rachael Maza, Russell Kiefel
Votes: 353
69. BabaKiueria (1986 TV Movie)
29 min | Comedy, Drama
Role reversal study of the historically inaccurate "plight" of Australian Aborigines in modern Anglo-Saxon society. Indigenous "whities" [sic] are being persecuted by racist black people ... See full summary »
Director: Don Featherstone | Stars: Michelle Torres, Bob Maza, Kevin Smith, Cecily Polson
Votes: 239
70. Zombie Brigade (1989)
92 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
When an amusement park is built on the grounds of an old cemetery, the dead rise to take revenge.
Directors: Carmelo Musca, Barrie Pattison | Stars: John Moore, Khym Lam, Geoffrey Gibbs, Leslie Wright
Votes: 240
71. Bitter Springs (1950)
Approved | 89 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Tommy (Tommy Trinder) is called in to smooth things out after Wally King (Chips Rafferty) encroaches upon Aboriginal tribal ground.
Director: Ralph Smart | Stars: Tommy Trinder, Chips Rafferty, Gordon Jackson, Jean Blue
Votes: 202
72. Back of Beyond (1995)
R | 85 min | Thriller
A garage mechanic out in the middle of the outback gets involved with the girl friend of a jewel smuggler who is on the run.
Director: Michael Robertson | Stars: Paul Mercurio, Colin Friels, John Polson, Dee Smart
Votes: 162
73. Wandjina! (1966)
30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Wandjina. was about three young people who come across a mysterious valley. They find a cave which has wall paintings of the Wandjina spirit people. From then on they start to see some strange things.
Stars: David Yorston, Mark McManus, Anne Haddy, Brian James
Votes: 14
74. Another Country (2015)
75 min | Documentary
David Gulpilil tells the tale of 'Another Country', a story of what happened when his people's way of life was interrupted by ours. A companion film to Rolf De Heer's 2014 film Charlie's Country.
Director: Molly Reynolds | Star: David Gulpilil
Votes: 145
75. Winhanganha (2023)
64 min | Documentary, History
WINHANGANHA (Wiradjuri language: Remember, know, think) - is a lyrical journey of archival footage and sound, poetry and original composition. It is an examination of how archives and the ... See full summary »
Director: Jazz Money | Star: Jazz Money
76. Journey Out of Darkness (1967)
92 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Set in 1901, the film follows the progress of Constable Peterson (Matthaei) on his quest to bring an Aboriginal man (Kamahl) to justice under the White Man's law. Having heard of a killing ... See full summary »
Director: James Trainor | Stars: Konrad Matthaei, Ed Devereaux, Kamahl, Ronald Morse
Votes: 22
77. Whaledreamers (2006)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, History
Whaledreamers is the heartfelt story of the return of an aboriginal whale dreaming tribe from the edge of extinction and the equally, long journey of the whales, not only to survive the ... See full summary »
Director: Kim Kindersley | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Terence Unity Freitas, John Hurt, Kim Kindersley
Votes: 141 | Gross: $0.01M
78. Bushy Hare (1950)
7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Bugs confronts marsupials and aborigines in Australia's outback.
Director: Robert McKimson | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 443
79. The Little Convict (1979)
77 min | Animation, Drama, Family
After failing to sell any of his paintings at a funfair, an artist begins to tell his granddaughter about the origins of his paintings. We are then transported on board a British convict ... See full summary »
Director: Yoram Gross | Stars: Rolf Harris, Paul Bertram, Ronald Falk, Gary Files
Votes: 99
80. Nice Coloured Girls (1987)
16 min | Short, Drama, Romance
Nice Coloured Girls is a short film classic by Tracey Moffatt, one of Australia's foremost visual artists. Three Aboriginal women cruise through Kings Cross and pick up a 'captain' (a ... See full synopsis »
Director: Tracey Moffatt | Stars: Gayle Mabo, Cheryl Pitt, Janelle Court, Fiona George
Votes: 85
81. Maralinga Tjarutja (2020 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary, History
When the dust settles, culture remains...The Maralinga people survive aggressive colonisation, including dispossession to enable atomic testing, and through their tenacious spirit and cultural strength fight to retain their country.
Director: Larissa Behrendt | Stars: Jeremy Lebois, Mima Smart, Hilary Williams, Tommy Baker
Votes: 31
82. Wrong Side of the Road (1981)
Not Rated | 79 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A dramatised documentary showing 48 hours in the lives of members of the Aboriginal bands, No Fixed Address and Us Mob, including the racism, hostility and harassment they receive.
Director: Ned Lander | Stars: Leslie Graham, Chris Jones, Veronica Rankine, Bart Willoughby
Votes: 39
83. Mrs McCutcheon (2017)
Not Rated | 17 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Having always felt he was born in the wrong body, 10-year-old Tom chooses the name Mrs McCutcheon rather than the name he was given at birth; he also prefers the flow of a dress rather than... See full summary »
Director: John Sheedy | Stars: Alec Golinger, Wesley Patten, Nadine Garner, Virginia Gay
Votes: 241
84. Cold Turkey (I) (2003)
45 min | Drama
Director: Steven McGregor | Stars: John Moore, Wayne Munro, Kelton Pell, Christine Palmer
Votes: 10
85. Shadow of the Boomerang (1960)
95 min | Drama, Western
"Shadow of the Boomerang" is the story of American brother and sister Bob and Kathy Prince, who move to Australia to manage a cattle station owned by their father. Bob has a racist attitude... See full summary »
Director: Dick Ross | Stars: Georgia Lee, Dickie Jones, Jimmy Little, Marcia Hathaway
Votes: 17
86. Lousy Little Sixpence (1983)
52 min | Documentary, Drama
Tells of Aborigines' removal from their families to be sent to work as servants for white people and the rise of the first Aboriginal organisations in the 1930's, in particular the Aborigines Progressive Association.
Directors: Gerald Bostock, Alec Morgan | Stars: Geraldine Briggs, Flo Caldwell, Chicka Dixon, Bill Reid
Votes: 29
87. Stories from the Stone Age (2003– )
Documentary
A three-part series that explains why and how humans abandoned the nomadic hunting and gathering and take up a completely new way of life - the decisive move to farming.
Votes: 96
88. Audrey Napanangka (2022)
84 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Penelope McDonald | Stars: Santo Giardina, Jungarrayi Johnson, Tyrese Johnson, Audrey Martin
Votes: 14
89. Her Name Is Nanny Nellie (2023)
78 min | Documentary, History
A trio of nameless statues buried in the archives of the Australian Museum trigger a granddaughter's journey to rewrite how Aboriginal people are represented in Australia's public history.
Director: Daniel King | Stars: Daniel King, Irene Ridgeway
90. The Last Tasmanian (1978)
105 min | Documentary, Drama, History
The Tasmanians were a distinct people, isolated from Australia and the rest of the world for 12,000 years, until in 1803, British colonisation began.
Director: Tom Haydon | Stars: Leo McKern, Jim Allen, Rhys Jones, D.A. Lowe
Votes: 21
91. The Missing (1999)
92 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When her child is missing an Australian mother calls for an priest from Italy she has not seen in years.
Director: Manuela Alberti | Stars: Fabrizio Bentivoglio, David Ngoombujarra, John Moore, Rebecca Frith
Votes: 52
92. Crossing the Line (2005 Video)
56 min | Documentary
'Crossing the Line' follows the journeys of two young medical students, Amy and Paul, who leave their safe middle class homes and university behind to be thrust into the harsh reality of ... See full summary »
Director: Kaye Harrison | Stars: Paul Joffe, Amy McCormack, Nigel Brown, Amador Ibanez-Almarchis
93. Exile and the Kingdom (1993)
111 min | Documentary
In the beginning Creation beings lifted the sky and soft world out of the sea. Then the earth became hard - British colonisation in 1863, slavery during the subsequent Pearling boom, the ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Rijavec | Star: Mick Innes
94. Ningla A-Na (1972)
75 min | Documentary
The Aboriginal Tent Embassy was the single most important action in the struggle for land rights in Australia. This rare historical record is the only film shot from inside the heart of the protest.
Director: Alessandro Cavadini | Stars: Michael Anderson, Gordon Briscoe, Isabelle Coe, Paul Coe
Votes: 22
95. Jedda: Screen Tests (1953)
21 min | Short, Drama
Unedited screen test footage for the feature film "Jedda". Close up and medium shots of Aboriginal actors trying out for parts.
Director: Charles Chauvel | Star: Rosalie Kunoth-Monks
96. Welcome to Australia (1999 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary, Sport
How native Aborigines were and still are excluded in many ways from Australian society.
Director: Alan Lowery | Stars: Robert Cavanagh, John Howard, Jacqui Katona, Wally McArthur
Votes: 53
97. Walkabout with Malcolm Douglas (1969–2001)
47 min | Documentary
Walkabout With Malcolm Douglas (also known as In The Bush With Malcolm Douglas) is a 44 part television series where Malcolm explores Australia with his kelpie dog Boondie.
Star: Malcolm Douglas
Votes: 13
98. Our Generation (2010)
73 min | Documentary, History, News
A documentary on the Australian Aboriginal struggle for their land, culture and freedom - a story that has been silenced by the Government and mainstream media. Featuring the stories of the... See full summary »
Directors: Sinem Saban, Damien Curtis | Stars: Jonny Burrmula, Judy Djanunbe, Djiniyini Gondarra, Marcus Lacey
Votes: 54
99. Two Laws (1982)
Not Rated | 130 min | Documentary, History
Docu-drama outlining the culture clash in law between indigenous Australians and white European settled Australia.
Directors: Alessandro Cavadini, Carolyn Strachan
Votes: 42
100. A Dying Shame (1997 Video)
53 min | Documentary
'A Dying Shame' examines the plight of Aboriginal health in Australia. Through the personal stories of families and individuals within the Aboriginal community in Borroloola in the Northern... See full summary »
Director: Paul Roy | Stars: Barbara McCarthy, Paul Roy