Paradise Road
(1997) [M]

In a time of war, an extraordinary group of women turned a song of hope into a symphony of triumph. From the director of "Driving Miss Daisy" comes a true story of courage, triumph, friendship and strength. This compelling drama reveals the heroic actions of a group of women held prisoner by the...  More

Mabo: Life Of An Island Man
(1997) [G]

The world knows little of the life of Eddie Mabo. This film tells the story of a man so passionate that he fought an entire nation and its legal system, giving his name and much of his life to a legal judgement that continues to reverberate throughout Australia.  More

True Love And Chaos
(1997) [M]

Hanif and Dean steal a cache of drugs from Dean's psychotic brother Jerry, and at the last minute get a lift with Mimi as she decides to drive to Perth. They pick up a drunken singer, Morris, as they cross the country, chased by Jerry.  More

The Castle
(1997) [M]

The Kerrigan family are a typical aussie "battler" family and living right next to the airport never seemed to be a problem for them until the airport wants to expand - on to their land. Their initial reaction is "f**k the airport" but it soon becomes obvious that airport is going to get its way...  More

Oz - A Rock And Roll Road Movie
(1976) [M]

It's 1976 Dorothy is a groupie... The Scarecrow is a surfie... The Tin Man is a mechanic... The Cowardly Lion is a bikie... The Wicked Witch drives a semi... The Good Fairy is gay... The Wizard is a rock superstar in OZ! Take a trip down the highway with country runaway Dorothy (Joy Dunstan), as...  More

Molokai : The Story Of Father Damien
(1999) [M]

Molokai is the immensely moving and true story of Father Damien (David Wenham, The Bank, The Boys, Better Than Sex) a young, devout Belgian priest. Set in the late nineteenth century, Damien sees his ultimate calling as living amongst the exiled lepers of the island of Molokai. By embracing them...  More

Blackrock
(1997) [MA]

In New South Wales, Jared surfs with his mates and has a first girl. He hosts a beach party for his older pal, Ricko, and witnesses four of his mates gang-rape a 15 year old. He does nothing, and the next day, she's found murdered. At school, the boys and the girls react: the girls with anger at...  More

The Thorn Birds (2 disc set)
(1983) [PG]

This mini series covers 60 years in the lives of the Cleary family, brought from New Zealand to Australia to run their aunt Mary Carson's ranch. The story centres on their daughter, Meggie, and her love for the family's priest, Father Ralph de Bricassart. Meggie tries to forget Ralph by marrying...  More

The Removalists
(1975) [M]

The story of a young Australian police constable, new to the force and tongue-tied with inhibitions. Circumstances inexorably move him to murder, not only of a man, but also of his own morality. Despite the grimness and brutality of the story, 'The Removalists' is very funny. The dialogue...  More

The Dismissal (2 Disc Set)
(1983) [PG]

The mini-series about the drama surrounding the dismissal of Mr. Gough Whitlam as the Labour Prime Minister of Australia - on 11 November, 1975 - by the then Governor-General of Australia, Sir John Kerr - and the subsequent installation, in Parliament, of the Liberal 'caretaker government' and...  More

Monkey Grip
(1982) [M]

Monkey Grip is a film about the complication of love, desire and freedom. Nora (Noni Hazlehurst), single with a young child (Alice Garner), still wants to live the life of a young artist, as do her friends, a group of writers, singers and actors (including Christina Amphlett from The Divinyls)....  More

Ned Kelly
(1970) [PG]

True story of a frontier cowboy in Australia who is convicted as a horse thief. He insists he is innocent and takes to the hills to live as an outlaw. Rock superstar Mick Jagger makes his dynamic screen debut in this explosive frontier crime saga from Academy Award winner director Tony...  More

The Adventures Of Barry McKenzie
(1972) [M]

Directed by Bruce Beresford, back in 1972 The Adventures of Barry McKenzie shocked the Australian Government with its portrayal of Aussies as drinking, shagging, vomiting, urinating vulgarians. The Pommies meanwhile were equally horrified with being depicted as upper-class perverts, lezzas,...  More

Epsilon (Alien Visitor)
(1997) [PG]

From the director of Bad Boy Buddy comes a provocative, exciting and unforgettable journey. Only through foreign eyes can we see what we truly are.  More

Idiot Box
(1996) [MA]

Kev’s hobby is being angry. His motto is maximum fear, minimum time. He hasn’t got a job, but he has got attitude. His best mate is Mick and together they kill time drinking beer, watching the idiot box and looking for action on the street. Then one day Kev tells Mick they’ve drawn their...  More

Mr. Reliable
(1996) [M]

All Wally Mellish, an ex-convict in 1960s Australia, wants to do is live a quiet life with his girlfriend Beryl. Unfortunately when two police officers come around to disturb this, a misunderstanding quickly becomes out of control, resulting Wally, Beryl and her child being trapped in their...  More

Napoleon (1995)
(1995) [G]

Napoleon is a little dog that lives in Sydney. He and his mother live with a family, but Napoleon loves to dream about meeting the wild dogs that live far away, and eventually becoming one himself. One day he gets into a basket hung from some balloons and flies away into the sky. The wind carries...  More

Shine
(1996) [PG]

Universal critical acclaim and numerous film awards, including a Best Actor Academy Award for Geoffrey Rush, make Shine a “must-see” motion picture. Inspired by the true story of Australian child prodigy David Helfgott, Shine examines his journey from a childhood dominated by an overbearing...  More

Brilliant Lies
(1996) [MA]

Susy Conner accuses former employer, Gary Fitzgerald, of harassment and unfair dismissal for failing to comply with his sexual demands. Relating the incident to conciliation lawyer, Marion Lee, Susy comments that the trauma experienced should entitle her to a compensation payment of $40,000.00.  More

Cosi
(1996) [M]

Louis is a young Sydney amateur theater director at his first experience: he is offered a job with a Governmental program for the rehabilitation of mentally ill patients in a Sydney institution for mentally ill. His project is overrun by one of the patients Roy who wants to put on stage Cosi Fan...  More

Angel Baby
(1995) [MA]

Beautiful Kate lives in a fantasy world... witty Harry is affected by bouts of schizophrenia. The two fall in love, set up home and live out a fantasy of domestic bliss which is enhanced when Kate becomes pregnant. The fairytale ends when they decide to quit their medication and struggle to...  More

Petersen
(1974) [R]

In the first full-length screenplay by Australia's most successful living playwright David Williamson, Thompson is Jock Petersen, a married electrician and ex-footballer who sees himself as something better. Enrolling in an Arts course at University he throws himself headlong into his new life...  More

Thunderstruck
(2004) [M]

The time is 1991. The location is Sydney. The event is AC/DC's Razor Edge Tour. And in the thick of the mosh pit are five boys: Sonny, Ben, Lloyd, Sam and Ronnie, having a pearler of a time. When the concert concludes, the boys head on up to the VIP room...and are promptly thrown out. They then...  More

Bootmen
(2000) [M]

Dein Perry's film directional debut is a story inspired by the story of his own rise from steelworking in industrial Newcastle, Australia to become a renowned dancer, director and choreographer of the show Tap Dogs and Steel City.  More

The Boys
(1998) [MA]

Brett 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.  More

Babe
(1995) [G]

Nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and winner for Best Visual Effects, Babe is the timeless tale of the young, orphaned piglet. Through his own innocence, sheer will and remarkable way with words, he overcomes the odds to become a "pig of destiny". Babe's enchanting...  More

Mad Max
(1979) [R]

"Who are they?" asks the burly leader of a pack of motorcycle savages. Before the dust settles and the last piston throbs, he'll especially know who one of them is. So will movie fans. Mel Gibson gave notice that he was a name to reckon with in the revved-up, trend-setting first of Gibson's Mad...  More

Jedda (The Chauvel Collection)
(1955) [G]

On a lonely cattle station in the Northern territory, Sara McMann (Betty Suttor) adopts an orphaned aboriginal baby in place of her own baby who has died the day before. Sara names the baby Jedda (Ngarla Kunoth) after a wild bird, and raises her as a white child, forbidding her to have contact...  More

Sweetie
(1989) [M]

Oscar®-winning director Jane Campion's stunning debut feature is a feast of colourful photography and captivating, idiosyncratic characters. Tough and tender, Sweetie heralded the emergence of this gifted director as well as the breakthrough of antipodean cinema, which would take the...  More

All Men Are Liars
(1995) [PG]

Mick's father, Barry, sells the family piano, causing Mick's mother, Irene to leave. In order to raise enough money to buy the piano back, Mick dresses in his mother's clothes and becomes Michelle to join an all-girl band that has come into town for the annual harvest festival. Angela, the leader...  More