
Excellent. Must see.
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The Boys
(1997)
Starring: John Polson, Toni Collette, David Wenham
Director: Rowan Woods
Certificate: 
Harrowing drama about three Australian brothers, Brett, Stevie, and Glenn, one of whom, Brett (Wenham), has just returned home from prison. Angry that neither his family nor his girlfriend bothered to write or visit him in prison, Brett soon starts to assert his old control over his family. ..read more »
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54%
from 143 members
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Disturbing, disgusting, funny, sad, heartwarming, lovely, tender film. The bad reviews this film got seem to be from people who never got past the beginning, it is bleak and awful and the cat scenes are very upsetting, but it is all necessary for the rest of the film to make sense. Great film.
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Bad Boy Bubby
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Nicholas Hope, Ralph Cotterill, Claire Benito
Director: Rolf De Heer, Rolf de Heer
Certificate: 
Australian director Rolf de Heer's bizarre parable of innocence and corruption, belief and redemption, paints a decidedly grim picture while allowing hints of optimistic humanism to filter through. Bubby (Nicholas Hope) is a 35-year-old manchild, confined his whole life by his domineering mother--..read more »
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68%
from 1,137 member

Unusual, but interesting
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The Quiet Earth
(1984)
Starring: Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge, Peter Smith
Director: Geoff Murphy
Certificate: 
A scientist, Zac, wakes up one morning, finding himself alone in the world. He appears to have wiped out humanity with his top-secret project, Operation Flashlight. A search begins for other survivors of the wipeout, and Zac turns to a more nomadic lifestyle as he realises that wealth and excess ..read more »
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59%
from 1,490 member
Not currently released

Good, entertaining film
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Cosi
(1996)
Starring: Ben Mendelsohn, Barry Otto, Toni Collette
Director: Mark Joffe
Certificate: 
A first-time director is thrilled to land a job with a small show ... until he meets the outrageous "performers" he'll be working with! An offbeat group with big-time ambitions that far outweigh their talents, these nutty friends are nonetheless determined to overcome the odds!
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64%
from 15 members

Nice enjoyable film
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Spotswood
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Russell Crowe, Ben Mendelsohn
Director: Mark Joffe
Certificate: 
Wallace is an efficiency expert, managing the high profile downsizing of a major auto parts factory. But when he is hired to evaluate a small moccasin factory which seems from another era, Wallace has to reconsider the rapid modernisation he advocates, as he is confronted by the human faces such ..read more »
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56%
from 320 members

Russel Crowe is actually really good in this. Great film.
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Romper Stomper
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Russell Crowe, Daniel Pollock, Jacqueline McKenzie
Director: Geoffrey Wright
Certificate: 
In this brutal film, a gang of hard-luck Australian skinheads takes its frustrations out on Vietnamese immigrants. Hatred pulled the skinheads together, but the love of a woman pulls them apart just as the foreigners they have been terrorizing decide to fight back. Actor Russell Crowe shines in one ..read more »
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60%
from 3,496 members

Great, funny, entertaining.
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Chopper
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Eric Bana, Simon Lyndon, David Field
Director: Andrew Dominik
Certificate: 
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Australian comedian Eric Bana is Mark Chopper Read, a legendary criminal who wrote his best-selling autobiography, FROM THE INSIDE, while serving a murder sentence in prison. Beginning in the blue-washed light of a maximum security Melbourne prison, Chopper establishes his dominance with the ..read more »
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68%
from 6,444 members

This is great. It has the funniest bank hold up ever, and the getaway is good too
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Two Hands
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Bryan Brown, Heath Ledger, Rose Byrne
Director: Gregor Jordan
Certificate: 
In his wonderfully inventive and decidedly Australian debut feature, Gregor Jordan returns to Sundance (his short, Swinger, played in 1996) with a film that is fresh, funny, and an unqualified delight. With its sophisticated meshing of gangster, horror, and deadpan comedy genres (in the director's ..read more »
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68%
from 1,123 member

Great film, entertaining no matter how many times you watch it
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Strictly Ballroom
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice, Bill Hunter
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Certificate: 
A top ballroom dancer pairs with a plain, left-footed local girl when his maverick style earns him the disdain of his more conventionally-minded colleagues. Together, the team gives it their all and makes dreams of the National Championship title come true. Directed in a delicious high-key style by ..read more »
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from 5,865 members
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