The Library has a collection of Australian movies to assist students to understand the Australian language and culture. Many are available online through our subscription.
Online Australian Movies available through our Subscription Databases
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On the brink of World War II, an English aristocrat (Nicole Kidman) travels to the faraway continent, where she meets a rough-hewn local (Hugh Jackman) and reluctantly agrees to join forces with him to save the land she inherited.
Bran Nue Dae
Accompanied by the joyous sounds of country gospel with Broome-style Broadway dancing, comes a road musical that celebrates the adventure of finding your way back home.
Crocodile Dundee
An American reporter goes to the Australian outback to meet an eccentric crocodile poacher, and invite him to New York City.
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Mick 'Crocodile' Dundee returns to Australia, where his girlfriend, journalist Sue Charlton, is kidnapped by drug dealers.
The Dish
A group of eccentric scientists are responsible for manning a satellite dish inauspiciously located on a remote Australian farm. Much to NASA's alarm, they are the world's only hope for receiving the images of man's first steps on the moon.
Fringe Dwellers
Story of an Aboriginal family who tries to move out of the fringe into the main white community.
Ladies in Black
Ladies in Black is a comedy drama about the lives of a group of department store employees in 1959 Sydney.
Looking for Alibrandi
A story about a high school growing up in a broken but loving home with Italian traditions who finds love and heartbreak in one of the most difficult years of her life.
Muriel's Wedding
In her hunt for Mr Right in all the wrong places, Muriel buys a one-way ticket to freedom and embarks on a madcap journey of self-discovery where success isn't the best revenge but being yourself is.
Ned Kelly
After a brutal childhood at the hands of the police & the subsequent death of his father, Ned Kelly is imprisoned on the trumped up charge of horse stealing. Then when a police officer assaults Ned's sister Kate, it is Ned & his mother who are charged.
Paper Planes
After he wins his school's paper plane making contest, 11-year-old Dylan and his father bond as Dylan prepares for the World Paper Plane Championships in Tokyo.
Phar Lap
The true story of an Australian racehorse that became a champion, with the help of a local stable boy.
Picnic at Hanging Rock Rock
Set in 1900, it is about a group of female students at an Australian girls' boarding school who vanish at Hanging Rock while on a Valentine's Day picnic, and the effects the disappearances have on the school and local community.
Red Dog: True Blue
It is a prequel to the 2011 film Red Dog, detailing the early days of the Red Dog, the Pilbara Wanderer. An 11-year-old boy strikes up a friendship with a scrappy dog which will one day become an Australian legend.
Ride like a Girl
The true story of Australian jockey, Michelle Payne. Against impossible odds, Michelle never gives up on her childhood dream of winning the Melbourne Cup.
Tracks
Accompanied only by her faithful dog and four camels, an Australian woman satisfies her craving for solitude by embarking on a solo trip across the desert from Alice Springs to the Indian Ocean.
Walkabout
Set in the Australian outback, it centres on two white schoolchildren who are left to fend for themselves in the Australian outback and who come across a teenage Aboriginal boy who helps them to survive.
Water Diviner
Soon after the end of WWI, an Australian father arrives in Turkey in search of the fate of his three sons, supposedly lost in the battle of Gallipoli.
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A young boy rescues and raises three orphaned pelicans. But when he forms a close bond with them, he finds himself at odds with his fisherman father.
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Based on the true story of three young Aboriginal girls, Molly, Daisy and their cousin, Gracie, who, in 1931, were forcibly removed from their mothers and their home in Jigalong and moved over 2414km away, as a part of official 'White Australia' government policy.
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Samson and Delilah's world is small - an isolated community in the central Australian desert. When tragedy strikes they turn their backs on home and embark on a journey of survival. Lost, unwanted and alone they discover that life isn't always fair, but love never judges.
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After the death of his father, proud young Jim Craig sets out to become his own man. Taking a job with horse rancher Harrison, Craig is treated poorly by the more experienced cowboys, but wins the heart of the rancher's daughter, Jessica.
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A young boy living in an Australian country town sets out on a dangerous journey with Jasper, the local outcast, to solve a mystery that is consuming the entire community.
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A young Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, miles from home. He is eventually adopted by an Australian couple, but years later he sets out to find his lost family.
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This dramatic comedy is based on the amazing true story of a loyal Australian Kelpie who searches the outback for his master and inspires those who cross his path.
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In 1968, four young, talented Australian Aboriginal girls learn about love, friendship and war as their all-girl group The Sapphires travels to Vietnam to entertain the US troops.
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The happy existence of a man and his loving family is disrupted when they are told they must leave their home to make way for an airport expansion. Determined to stay, they take their case to the High Court.
