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1. Ocean's Eight (2018)

PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Debbie Ocean gathers an all-female crew to attempt an impossible heist at New York City's annual Met Gala.

Director: Gary Ross | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling

Votes: 242,702 | Gross: $140.22M

2. Coyote Ugly (2000)

PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Aspiring songwriter Violet Sanford, after getting a job at a women-run NYC bar that teases its male patrons, comes out of her shell.

Director: David McNally | Stars: Piper Perabo, Adam Garcia, John Goodman, Maria Bello

Votes: 121,101 | Gross: $60.79M

3. Crocodile Dundee (1986)

PG-13 | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

An American reporter goes to the Australian outback to meet an eccentric crocodile poacher and invites him to New York City.

Director: Peter Faiman | Stars: Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon, David Gulpilil

Votes: 115,728 | Gross: $174.64M

4. Wild Wild Country (2018)

TV-MA | 67 min | Documentary, Crime

When Osho, the world's most controversial guru, builds an Utopian city deep in the Oregon country, conflict with the locals escalates into a national scandal.

Stars: Ma Anand Sheela, Philip Toelkes, Jane Stork, George Meredith

Votes: 35,229

5. The Water Diviner (2014)

R | 111 min | Drama, History, War

An Australian man travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to try to locate his three missing sons.

Director: Russell Crowe | Stars: Russell Crowe, Olga Kurylenko, Jai Courtney, Isabel Lucas

Votes: 78,058 | Gross: $4.19M

6. Love (2016–2018)

TV-MA | 50 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A program that follows a couple who must navigate the exhilarations and humiliations of intimacy, commitment, and other things they were hoping to avoid.

Stars: Gillian Jacobs, Paul Rust, Claudia O'Doherty, Mike Mitchell

Votes: 46,103

7. Neighbors (I) (2014)

R | 97 min | Comedy

After they are forced to live next to a fraternity house, a couple with a newborn baby do whatever they can to take them down.

Director: Nicholas Stoller | Stars: Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Zac Efron, Lisa Kudrow

Votes: 329,864 | Gross: $150.16M

8. The Forest (I) (2016)

PG-13 | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A young woman's desperate search for her twin sister brings her to a ghost-filled stretch of wilderness known as the 'Suicide Forest.'

Director: Jason Zada | Stars: Natalie Dormer, Eoin Macken, Stephanie Vogt, Osamu Tanpopo

Votes: 45,760 | Gross: $26.58M

9. Crocodile Dundee II (1988)

PG | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Australian outback expert protects his New York love from gangsters who've followed her down under.

Director: John Cornell | Stars: Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon, Ernie Dingo

Votes: 60,933 | Gross: $109.31M

10. The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)

PG | 115 min | Drama, Romance, War

A young Australian reporter tries to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia during the rule of President Sukarno with the help of a diminutive photographer.

Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt, Bembol Roco

Votes: 22,942 | Gross: $10.28M

11. Gallipoli (1981)

PG | 110 min | Adventure, Drama, History

Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey during World War I.

Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Mel Gibson, Mark Lee, Bill Kerr, Harold Hopkins

Votes: 42,038 | Gross: $5.73M

12. The Darkest Hour (2011)

PG-13 | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

In Moscow, five young people lead the charge against an alien race who have attacked Earth via our power supply.

Director: Chris Gorak | Stars: Emile Hirsch, Olivia Thirlby, Max Minghella, Rachael Taylor

Votes: 63,934 | Gross: $21.43M

13. Berlin Syndrome (2017)

R | 116 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A passionate holiday romance leads to an obsessive relationship when an Australian photojournalist awakens in a Berlin apartment one morning and is unable to leave.

Director: Cate Shortland | Stars: Teresa Palmer, Max Riemelt, Matthias Habich, Emma Bading

Votes: 27,693 | Gross: $0.03M

14. F/X (1986)

R | 109 min | Action, Thriller

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.

Director: Robert Mandel | Stars: Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Diane Venora, Cliff De Young

Votes: 22,276 | Gross: $20.60M

15. Holy Smoke (1999)

R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama

Ruth's been brainwashed by a guru in Delhi, India. Her parents in Sydney hire a specialist in reversing this. Ruth is tricked to return to Australia and is isolated in an outback cabin with the specialist. It gets messy.

Director: Jane Campion | Stars: Kate Winslet, Harvey Keitel, Julie Hamilton, Sophie Lee

Votes: 15,663 | Gross: $1.76M

16. Good Kids (I) (2016)

R | 86 min | Comedy, Drama

Four high school students look to redefine themselves after graduation.

Director: Chris McCoy | Stars: Nicholas Braun, Zoey Deutch, Mateo Arias, Israel Broussard

Votes: 10,977

17. Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001)

PG | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Australian Outback adventurer Mick "Crocodile" Dundee travels to Los Angeles with his young son while his longtime companion suspects foul play at a movie studio.

Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, Jere Burns, Jonathan Banks

Votes: 26,262 | Gross: $25.64M

18. Breaker Morant (1980)

PG | 107 min | Drama, History, War

Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers.

Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, John Waters, Bryan Brown

Votes: 14,460 | Gross: $7.14M

19. Wish You Were Here (I) (2012)

R | 89 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Two Australian couples, two sisters, are on vacation in Southern Cambodia. Jeremy goes missing. What happened? Were drugs involved? Secrets are slowly revealed after the 3 return to Sydney.

Director: Kieran Darcy-Smith | Stars: Joel Edgerton, Teresa Palmer, Felicity Price, Antony Starr

Votes: 6,161 | Gross: $0.05M

20. F/X2 (1991)

PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Thriller

A special effects man helps his girlfriend's ex, a cop, with a sting operation, where the ex gets killed. Something's off and he investigates with help from an ex-cop PI friend.

Director: Richard Franklin | Stars: Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Rachel Ticotin, Joanna Gleason

Votes: 11,761 | Gross: $21.08M

21. The Sapphires (2012)

PG-13 | 103 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

In 1968, four talented young Australian Aboriginal girls learn about love, friendship, and war when their all-girl group The Sapphires entertains the US troops in Vietnam.

Director: Wayne Blair | Stars: Chris O'Dowd, Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Shari Sebbens

Votes: 15,191 | Gross: $2.45M

22. Fade to Black (1980)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror

A shy, lonely film buff embarks on a killing spree against those who browbeat and betray him, all the while stalking his idol, a Marilyn Monroe lookalike.

Director: Vernon Zimmerman | Stars: Dennis Christopher, Tim Thomerson, Gwynne Gilford, Norman Burton

Votes: 5,009

23. Young Einstein (1988)

PG | 91 min | Comedy

Albert Einstein turns the science community upside down with his discoveries including a formula to put bubbles back in beer and rock n' roll.

Director: Yahoo Serious | Stars: Yahoo Serious, Odile Le Clezio, John Howard, Peewee Wilson

Votes: 9,289 | Gross: $11.54M

24. Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985)

R | 100 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Prequel to the first Missing In Action, set in the early 1980s it shows the capture of Colonel Braddock during the Vietnam war in the 1970s, and his captivity with other American POWs in a brutal prison camp, and his plans to escape.

Director: Lance Hool | Stars: Chuck Norris, Soon-Tek Oh, Steven Williams, Bennett Ohta

Votes: 9,332 | Gross: $10.80M

25. A Town Like Alice (1956)

Not Rated | 117 min | Drama, Romance, War

A newly wealthy English woman returns to Malaya to build a well for the villagers who helped her during war. Thinking back, she recalls the Australian man who made a great sacrifice to aid her and her fellow prisoners of war.

Director: Jack Lee | Stars: Virginia McKenna, Peter Finch, Kenji Takaki, Tran Van Khe

Votes: 1,914

26. The Desert Rats (1953)

Approved | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Richard Burton plays a Scottish Army officer put in charge of a disparate band of ANZAC troops on the perimeter of Tobruk with the German Army doing their best to dislodge them.

Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Richard Burton, James Mason, Robert Newton, Robert Douglas

Votes: 5,312

27. Anzac Girls (2014)

60 min | Action, Drama, History

The true stories of extraordinary young women who witness the brutality and heroism of war and rise to meet the challenge.

Stars: Georgia Flood, Antonia Prebble, Laura Brent, Anna McGahan

Votes: 1,562

28. Attack Force Z (1981)

Not Rated | 84 min | Action, Drama, History

A group of Australian commandos launch a secret mission against Japanese forces in World War II.

Director: Tim Burstall | Stars: John Phillip Law, Mel Gibson, Sam Neill, Chris Haywood

Votes: 2,728

29. Combat Hospital (2011)

42 min | Drama, War

Portrays doctors and nurses from Canada, the U.S., the U.K. and other allied countries saving lives and limbs in a war zone military hospital modeled on a real facility in Afghanistan.

Stars: Michelle Borth, Luke Mably, Terry Chen, Arnold Pinnock

Votes: 2,357

30. The Running Man (1963)

Approved | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

An Englishman with a grudge against an insurance company for a disallowed claim fakes his own death, but is soon pursued by an insurance investigator.

Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick, Alan Bates, Felix Aylmer

Votes: 1,878

31. Beneath Hill 60 (2010)

R | 122 min | Drama, History, War

In 1916, the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company is tunneling beneath German fortifications and bunkers to detonate massive explosive charges.

Director: Jeremy Sims | Stars: Brendan Cowell, Harrison Gilbertson, Steve Le Marquand, Gyton Grantley

Votes: 8,823

32. Animalistic (2015)

78 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Emma is kidnapped and imprisoned by a trio of psychopaths.

Directors: Sonny Laguna, Tommy Wiklund | Stars: Hanna Oldenburg, Ralf Beck, Thorbjörn Andersson, Niki Nordenskjöld

Votes: 642

33. Australian Psycho (2016)

3 min | Short

Margot Robbie is one of the most sought after leading ladies in Hollywood, but it takes work to stay fresh.

Directors: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman | Star: Margot Robbie

Votes: 556

34. Howling: New Moon Rising (1995 Video)

R | 90 min | Horror

A number of brutal, werewolf-like slayings begin occurring in a small California town after the arrival of an unfamiliar motorcyclist.

Directors: Clive Turner, Roger Nall | Stars: John Ramsden, Ernest Kester, Clive Turner, John Huff

Votes: 2,211

35. I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! (2015– )

Reality-TV

Celebrities are dropped off in Africa and have to complete a series of challenges to earn meals for the group.

Stars: Julia Morris, Chris Brown, Tom Arnold, Jay Laga'aia

Votes: 275

36. Only the Dead (2015)

TV-MA | 77 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Australian journalist Michael Ware's experiences in Iraq during the 2003 war and after.

Directors: Bill Guttentag, Michael Ware | Stars: Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, Michael Ware

Votes: 3,481

37. Blood Oath (1990)

R | 108 min | Drama, War

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. ... See full summary »

Director: Stephen Wallace | Stars: Bryan Brown, George Takei, Terry O'Quinn, John Bach

Votes: 963

38. The Murdochs: Empire of Influence (2022)

TV-14 | Documentary

It will explore the rise of Rupert Murdoch, his influence in the world and his battle of succession

Stars: Sarah Ellison, Jonathan Mahler, Jim Rutenberg

Votes: 300

39. Angels of Terror (1971)

89 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

An Australian woman arrives in London to search for her sister, and finds her involved with a heroin-smuggling gang that is under attack from an unknown rival who is methodically assassinating them with a shot to the head.

Director: Harald Philipp | Stars: Uschi Glas, Hansjörg Felmy, Werner Peters, Harry Riebauer

Votes: 557

40. Zátopek (2021)

131 min | Biography, Drama, History

Autumn 1968, the Australian running record holder Ron Clarke is coming to Prague, hoping that his old friend and role model, Emil Zátopek, the most famous Czech athlete of all time, will help him overcome the biggest crisis of his career.

Director: David Ondricek | Stars: Václav Neuzil, Martha Issová, James Frecheville, Robert Miklus

Votes: 587

41. For Love Alone (1986)

102 min | History, Romance

A poor young woman in 1930's Australia falls in love with a dashing but arrogant teacher who preaches free love and watered down socialist precepts. She follows him to England, meeting a ... See full summary »

Director: Stephen Wallace | Stars: Helen Buday, Sam Neill, Hugo Weaving, Huw Williams

Votes: 206

42. Clive James' Postcard from... (1989–1999)

50 min | Documentary

A travel program originally broadcast on BBC, and later transferring to ITV.

Stars: Clive James, Mariana de Moraes, Françoise Sagan, Tom Shuff

Votes: 61

43. Pyongyang Diaries (1998)

71 min | Documentary

A personal record of the director's encounter with the closed society of North Korea.

Director: Solrun Hoaas | Star: Solrun Hoaas

44. CSI: NY (2004–2013)
Episode: Night, Mother (2004)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Mac and Stella investigate the murder of a woman who was stabbed in the heart with a wooden stake. The police arrest a woman who was kneeling over the body with blood on her, but Mac isn't convinced that she committed the crime.

Director: Deran Sarafian | Stars: Gary Sinise, Melina Kanakaredes, Carmine Giovinazzo, Vanessa Ferlito

Votes: 361

45. The Genie from Down Under 2 (1998)
Episode: Chase the Sun (1998)

Family, Comedy, Fantasy

After a bad wish of Penelope's, the master of the past is called to right things. But the past and future may have been changed in the attempt.

Director: Stephen Johnson | Stars: Alexandra Milman, Glenn Meldrum, Sandy Winton, Anna Galvin

46. The Genie from Down Under 2 (1998)
Episode: I Do. You Do! Who Do? (1998)

Family, Comedy, Fantasy

Bruce has to tell Diana he is a genie, it will clear his mind so he can propose. However, Diana has the opal. So when Bruce asks the question, she wishes the moment will last forever, well from there. . .

Director: Aleksi Vellis | Stars: Alexandra Milman, Glenn Meldrum, Sandy Winton, Anna Galvin

47. The Genie from Down Under 2 (1998)
Episode: Lord of the Nail Files (1998)

Family, Comedy, Fantasy

A school trip to Australia is something none of the English girls want but Penelope wishes to look her best at all times

Director: Ray Boseley | Stars: Alexandra Milman, Glenn Meldrum, Sandy Winton, Anna Galvin

48. The Genie from Down Under 2 (1998)
Episode: Otto Rules OK (1998)

22 min | Family, Comedy, Fantasy

Otto has become King of England. No, it's not a joke - he has the opal.Diana, Darlene and Mossop have been imprisoned and Bubbles has formed a Robin Hood style rebellion while Penelope becomes a secret agent.

Director: Ray Boseley | Stars: Alexandra Milman, Glenn Meldrum, Sandy Winton, Anna Galvin

49. The Genie from Down Under 2 (1998)
Episode: Peace in Our Time (1998)

Family, Comedy, Fantasy

When Pen wishes for everyone to tell the truth, surprising secrets come out. But when Bubbles gets the opal, his wish makes everyone lose their clothes and only Penelope can put things back the way they came.

Director: Ray Boseley | Stars: Alexandra Milman, Glenn Meldrum, Sandy Winton, Anna Galvin

50. The Genie from Down Under 2 (1998)
Episode: The Cold Shoulder (1998)

22 min | Family, Comedy, Fantasy

Conrad has trained a parrot to get the opal and he becomes controller. But Penelope is desperate to get her opal back and forms a pact with Bruce.

Director: Aleksi Vellis | Stars: Alexandra Milman, Glenn Meldrum, Sandy Winton, Anna Galvin