favorite australian films?

Holy smoke :2thumbsup:

 

I like that one with Nicole Kidman where she's got curly hair and she and a bunch of other kids are in like a bicycle gang I dunno what it's called

 

Holy smoke.

first saw it in my film class a year or two ago. Its awesome!

 

The Hunter ... watch it

 

Breaker Morant

I also want to say The Quiet Earth but that might be New Zealand

 

Gallipoli (1981)

 

BLISS. There''s an american film called Bliss, but the Aussie one was very good and it's not every day you get to see an elephant sit on a Volkswagon! Tracks was another good one. I've seen a lot of Aussie films mentioned , but thanks for the ones I haven't ---I'll check them out.

(daughter just married an Aussie--his gramma is full aborigine.)

 

I remember seeing the 1971 film "WALKABOUT" with ex-Railway child
Jenny Agutter - Girl / Luc Roeg/Lucien John - Boy / David Gulpilil - Aborigine = ( Walkabout (film) - Wikipedia )
I remember it, a harsh/coming to terms and a rather sad (ending) film - but one which has stayed in the memory since

 

Lantana's OK - worth a watch

 

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert was a real hoot. A girl in Adelaide sent me the Blu Ray - a bit maudlin, a bit funny, a bit tawdry, a bit slapstick, interesting and whacky characters

 

Those two are absolute classics of the first order - including George Zamfir's haunting Andean pipes soundtrack (although it can be a tad cloying at times). Both movies are superior and haunting

 

Aussie comedies are THE BEST. Especially the ones about rock bands, music or dance
Strictly Ballroom
Razzle Dazzle
Garage Days
The Wannabes
Thunderstruck
Moulin Rouge

Scifi:
Dark City
Until the End of the World (German director, but most of it was filmed in Australia)

Drama:
The Proposition
Heavenly Creatures (if NZ counts)

 

I liked "Crocodile Dundee"!

The OP mentioned it. There are some things that are timeless and irreplaceable, like "Crocodile Dundee". That was from 1986, but I probably didn't see it then (I would have been six). Those were the coolest movies! but everyone probably thinks that about the movies when they were a kid.

 

By Peter Weir .....PAHR is a real cool OZ film and it's a true story despite what some ignorant critics and "experts" believe

 

Another one of my fav OZ movies is Alvin Purple.....Graeme Blundell is great Aussie actor
Check it out on YT

 

Aussie sci fi horror par eccellenza from 1978 PATRICK
.....check it out on YT