Starring: Damien Parer, Peter FitzSimons

This ground-breaking documentary released in 1942 became Australia's first Oscar-winning film - the first and only Oscar given for news footage. Reno... Read more

6.2/10

Director: Steve Jacobs

Starring: Lola Marcell, Alice Ansara, Lourdes Ansara

Quirky and energetic, "La Spagnola" is a fresh, funny, observant look at a family's inability to communicate. Using language as the key, Anna-Maria Mo... Read more

7.4/10

Director: Bruce Beresford

Starring: Julia Ormond, Noni Hazlehurst, Susie Porter, Vincent Perez, Nicholas Hammond, Sh...

In the summer of 1959, Lisa, a shy schoolgirl, takes a job in Sydney's prestigious department store Goode's. There, her life is changed forever when s... Read more

7.4/10

Director: Bruce Beresford

Starring: Julia Ormond, Noni Hazlehurst, Susie Porter, Vincent Perez, Nicholas Hammond, Sh...

In the summer of 1959, Lisa, a shy schoolgirl, takes a job in Sydney's prestigious department store Goode's. There, her life is changed forever when s... Read more

6.1/10

Director: Joel Anderson

Starring: David Pledger, Martin Sharpe, Talia Zucker, Rosie Traynor, Steve Jodrell

A faux-documentary shot in the style of "The Blair Witch Project" in which sixteen-year-old Alice Palmer drowns while swimming in the local dam. When... Read more

5/10

Director: Dennis O'Rourke

Controversial filmmaker Dennis O'Rourke ('Cunnamulla', 'The Good Woman of Bangkok') presents another narrative documentary that finds the heart and hu... Read more

Starring: Colin Lane, Frank Woodley

This classic Aussie sit-com with comedy duo Colin Lane and Frank Woodley was produced by the UK's Working Title production company and two of the epis... Read more

7.3/10

Director: Ray Lawrence

Starring: Anthony LaPaglia, Geoffrey Rush, Barbara Hershey, Kerry Armstrong, Rachael Blake

This extraodinary psychological offering intricately meshes the elements of a murder mystery and a searing domestic drama. At the centre of this multi... Read more

7.2/10

Director: Jeremy Sims

Starring: Jacki Weaver, John Howard, Emma Hamilton, Michael Caton, David Field

Rex is a loner, and when he's told he doesn't have long to live, he embarks on an epic drive through the Australian outback from Broken Hill to Darwin... Read more

6.7/10

Director: Glendyn Ivin

Starring: Hugo Weaving, Tom Russell, Anita Hegh, John Brumpton, Sonya Suares, Kelton Pell

Australian director Glendyn Ivin's feature debut is a beautifully drawn, mood-filled drama describing the troubled relationship between a father and s... Read more