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- DirectorKate WoodsStarsGreta ScacchiAnthony LaPagliaElena CottaAt seventeen Josie Alibrandi is about to enter her final year as a scholarship student at an exclusive Catholic College. It's the year her life is turned upside down and changed forever.Shot in: Bellevue Hill, Bondi Beach, Camperdown, Cremorne, Dee Why, Five Dock, Glebe, Leichhardt, Manly, Marrickville, Rose Bay
- DirectorJohn WooStarsTom CruiseDougray ScottThandiwe NewtonIMF agent Ethan Hunt is sent to Sydney to find and destroy a genetically modified disease called "Chimera".Shot in: Darling Harbour, Elizabeth Bay, La Perouse, Malabar, Moore Park, Mosman, Randwick, The Rocks. NSW - Broken Hill,
- DirectorP.J. HoganStarsToni ColletteRachel GriffithsBill HunterA young social outcast in Australia steals money from her parents to finance a vacation where she hopes to find happiness, and perhaps love.Shot in: Darling Harbour, Darling Point, Darlinghurst, Eastwood, Kensington, Narrabeen, Parramatta
- DirectorBaz LuhrmannStarsPaul MercurioTara MoriceBill HunterA maverick dancer risks his career by performing an unusual routine and sets out to succeed with a new partner.Shot in: Marrickville & Pyrmont
- DirectorStephan ElliottStarsHugo WeavingGuy PearceTerence StampTwo drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.Shot in: Darling Harbour, Erskineville, Newtown. NSW - Broken Hill, Silverton, Stephen's Creek
- DirectorRay LawrenceStarsAnthony LaPagliaGeoffrey RushRachael BlakeThe relationships of four couples unravel after the discovery of a young woman's body in Lantana bush in suburban Sydney.Shot in: Balmain, Pittwater, Narrabeen. NSW - Broken Bay
- DirectorGeoff BurtonKevin DowlingStarsJack ThompsonRussell CroweJohn PolsonA widowed father has to deal with two complex issues: while he is searching for "Miss Right," his son, who is in his 20s and gay, is searching for "Mr. Right."Shot in: Balmain & Darling Harbour
- DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsNell SchofieldJad CapeljaJeffrey RhoeThe mating rituals of two teenage surf chicks from the southern suburbs of Sydney.Shot in: Bankstown & Cronulla (based in Sutherland Shire)
- DirectorFred SchepisiStarsCharlotte RamplingMaria TheodorakisGeoffrey RushElizabeth Hunter controls all in her life - society, her staff, her children; but the once great beauty will now determine her most defiant act as she chooses her time to die.
- DirectorAlex ProyasStarsKick GurryMaya StangePia MirandaThe story of a young garage band in Sydney, Australia trying to make it big.Shot in: Camperdown, Enmore, Newtown
- DirectorRowan WoodsStarsCate BlanchettSam NeillHugo WeavingA woman trying to escape her past becomes embroiled in a drug deal.Shot in: Bankstown, Bexley North, Cabramatta, Fairfield, Sans Souci. NSW - Sylvania Waters
- DirectorAlan WhiteStarsMarty DennissHugh JackmanAndrew WholleyBarky, 25, lost soul, left home two years ago to escape his abusive father leaving behind everything in the world that was important to him; now that his father's dead, he thinks it's safe to come home.Shot in: Enmore, Erskineville, Newtown
- DirectorDavid FieldStarsGeorge BashaClare BowenFirass DiraniSet in the multi-racial suburbs of Sydney, Lebanese-Australian John is released from goal to find his younger brother Charlie caught in the very same world of crime that put him behind bars.Shot in: Bankstown, Granville, Guildford, Sydney Olympic Park, Parramatta (based in Western Sydney)
- DirectorKhoa DoStarsAnh DoAngus SampsonLisa SaggersAn unemployed sports fan enters an amateur rugby league tournament where losing just isn't an option if he's to keep his family together.
- 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.Shot in: Kings Cross, Potts Point. NSW - Broken Hill & Silverton
- DirectorCraig ShapiroStarsAshley OlsenMary-Kate OlsenJim MeskimenA family is relocated by FBI after the twin sisters stop a diamond thief with ketchup. They are blabbermouths so, as last chance, they end up in in Sydney, Australia. 2 mobsters are sent there for them and the hidden diamond.
- DirectorGregor JordanStarsHeath LedgerBryan BrownDavid FieldA 19 year old finds himself in debt to a local gangster 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.Shot in: Bondi Beach, Chinatown, Haymarket, Kings Cross, Revesby, Waterloo
- DirectorRowan WoodsStarsDavid WenhamToni ColletteLynette CurranBrett Sprague is a violent and psychopathic man, who is released on parole after serving a sentence for assault. As he returns to his family house and we watch him and his brothers, Stevie and Glenn, for the next 24 hours, it becomes clear this day will not end well.
- DirectorMegan Simpson HubermanStarsClaudia KarvanGuy PearceMatt DayA couple wake up one morning to find they have now switched bodies.Shot in: Hyde Park, Paddington, Potts Point
- DirectorGillian ArmstrongStarsJoey KennedyRoss O'DonovanMargo LeeA teenage girl, with dreams of becoming a famous singer, tries to secure a spot on a local televised talent show.Shot in: Camperdown
- DirectorBert DelingStarsScott BurgessRosemary PaulTim McKenzieThree young friends trying to break into the entertainment business inadvertently anger a mob boss, setting in motion a chain of events that results in their being hunted by every thug and killer in town.
- DirectorMichael ThornhillStarsPaul CouzensEva DickinsonCarl SteverBankstown, NSW, Australia, 1970s. Kevin and his mate Bob spend their time drinking and cruising around the western suburbs of Sydney in Kevin's yellow FJ Holden, looking for girls. One day Kevin meets Anne. Anne works in a large shopping center. Anne and Kevin spend some time together until one day Kevin gets drunk and tries to make love to Anne with Bob watching. Anne throws them out of her house. When Anne later refuses to be pacified, Kevin becomes aggressive and causes a scene at a party. The police are called. Kevin escapes but later returns home to find the police waiting there for him.
- DirectorDonald CrombieStarsHelen MorseTakis EmmanuelJack ThompsonSydney, Australia in the mid-1920's. Proud and classy Caddie Marsh is forced to get a job as a barmaid and raise two children on her own after her rich cad husband walks out on her. Despite numerous hardships such as the Great Depression, Caddie still manages to catch the eye of smooth dandy Ted and strikes up a romantic relationship with dashing Greek gentleman Peter.Shot in: The Rocks
- DirectorSandy HarbuttStarsDeryck BarnesSandy HarbuttHugh Keays-ByrneAfter one of its members witnesses a political assassination, a motorbike gang becomes the target of a string of murders, prompting a cop to join their ranks to determine who is responsible.Shot in: Middle Head
- DirectorMichael PowellStarsWalter ChiariClaire DunneChips RaffertyAn Italian sports journalist arrives in Australia but finds no work. The only employment he can find is as a builder's labourer. At first, he cannot comprehend the culture, but eventually he finds mateship and romance.Shot in: Bondi Beach, Circular Quay, Clark Island, Greenacre, Manly, Neutral Bay, Punchbowl, The Rocks
- DirectorTal OrdellStarsRobin 'Pop' OrdellCharles RobertsRay SalmonYoung "Fatty" Finn and his friends enter their pet goat in a race, but his rival "Bruiser" Murphy lets the goat loose, right before the race.
- DirectorRaymond LongfordStarsArthur TauchertLottie LyellGilbert EmeryA down-at-heal ex-convict undergoes an epiphany as he experiences the love of a good woman for the first time.Shot in: Bondi, Hornsby Valley, Manly Beach, Manly, Woolloomooloo
- DirectorJonathan OgilvieStarsRose ByrneTyler CoppinJohn BatchelorThe story is about Iris' rise to the apex of a love/power triangle that includes her roguish English lover McHeath and Art, an earnest young boxer. Within the flawed moral landscape, each character struggles to establish their sovereignty.