Australian Stories
Movies that tell the story of Australian people.
Most of these movies I never would have hired but after watching them on free to air I have come to realise how amazing they are.
Most of these movies I never would have hired but after watching them on free to air I have come to realise how amazing they are.
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- DirectorPeter AndrikidisStarsCraig McLachlanTom LongAnthony HayesThe story of Stuart Diver, the only person to survive the 1997 Thredbo tragedy that came about when a landslide engulfed a ski lodge situated in the Snowy Mountains.
- DirectorRob SitchStarsSam NeillBilly MitchellRoz HammondA remote Australian community, populated by quirky characters, plays a key role in the first Apollo moon landing.
- DirectorDavid CaesarStarsBryan BrownToni ColletteJohn Goodman1973 Sydney: An Australian gangster sees booming business, due to U.S. soldiers being in town for relaxing between their tours to the Vietnam war, attracts the attention of first the Chicago mafia, and then their East Coast competitors.
- DirectorGregor JordanStarsHeath LedgerOrlando BloomGeoffrey RushAn innocent man becomes one of the most wanted criminals the world has ever known.
- DirectorPeter AndrikidisStarsColin FrielsMartin SacksGeoff MorrellNew South Wales detective sergeant Bob 'Snake' Inkster almost immediately suspects highly respected ethnic Croation businessman Andrew Kalajzich of the murder of his wife, shot in bed with him while he just rolled out of bed unharmed. Professional criminal George Cannellis makes a deal to prove his admission to have been hired anonymously for the job, but fled rather then kill adolescent son Butch too. The hit was carried out, after more failed attempts, by clumsy amateurs Kerry Orrock and/or Bill Vandenberg. Snake suspects Andrew's motive is an affair with younger secretary Marlene Watson.
- DirectorScott HicksStarsGeoffrey RushArmin Mueller-StahlJustin BrainePianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.
- DirectorAndrew DominikStarsEric BanaSimon LyndonVince ColosimoChopper tells the intense story of Mark "Chopper" Read, a legendary criminal who wrote his autobiography while serving a jail sentence in prison. His book, "From the Inside", upon which the film is based, was a best-seller.
- DirectorTony TilseStarsTom LongBrett StillerMatthew Le NevezThe story of notorious Australian bank robber Brendan Abbott, who according to the myth, sent postcards to authorities hot on his trail while on the run across the country.
- CreatorTony CavanaughSimone NorthStarsMiranda OttoCraig McLachlanPeter O'BrienThe true life story of Lindy Chamberlain and her recount of a dingo taking her baby.
- DirectorJohn DuiganStarsHugh GrantTara FitzgeraldSam NeillWhen a painting is termed blasphemous, a young minister and his wife visit the artist... and the three sexually playful models living with him.
- DirectorDavid ElfickStarsClaudia KarvanMichael CatonDiane CraigThis is the story of Janine Shepard, a world class skier faced with tragedy, being hit by a car and being told she will never walk again.
- DirectorFrank HowsonStarsGuy PearceSteven BerkoffClaudia KarvanA biographical movie on the film star's early life before Hollywood fame.
- DirectorSimon WincerStarsBryan MartinStephen CurryJodi GordonThe 2002 Melbourne Cup horse race, brotherly love and the triumph of the human spirit. A true story.
- DirectorMatthew SavilleStarsStephen CurryShaun MicallefGarry McDonaldThe King is the story of Graham Kennedy, Australia's first and greatest home grown TV superstar. It traces his rise and rise, from working class Balaclava kid, through radio, TV, film, and back to TV again. But against this backdrop of professional success it also tracks Kennedy's personal tragedies - the loneliness, the unrealised ambitions and the terrible pressures of being Australia's first homegrown superstar in the 1950s and 60s. But The King is not just about a man - it's also the story of the birth of television, a cultural phenomenon that has helped define a nation, and make us who we are today.
- DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsEdward WoodwardJack ThompsonJohn WatersThree Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers.