Australian Exile Films

List of the best Australian films about exile according to viewers: The Dressmaker, Swinging Safari, Arrowhead, Goldstone, Tracks, X, John Doe: Vigilante, Monster Pies, Cane Toads: The Conquest, Bad Karma.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 7.1
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryAustralia
Duration02:23

    In 1950s Australia, beautiful, talented dressmaker Tilly returns to her tiny hometown to right wrongs from her past. As she tries to reconcile with her mother, she starts to fall in love while transforming the fashion of the town.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryAustralia
    Duration02:01

    1975: A 200-ton blue whale gets washed up on a local beach and the kids think it’s the biggest thing that’s ever happened in Australia. Behind closed doors, the Mums and Dads of a quiet suburban street are going to celebrate in their own special way, by joining the sexual revolution and throwing a wife-swapping key party. And like the rotting whale, it’s all about to go spectacularly wrong.

    Markimdb: 4.4
    Genrefantastic, action, adventure, short
    CountryAustralia
    Duration01:57

    Kye is a prisoner of war caught between two armies that he doesn't believe in. When offered an opportunity for freedom, Kye sets out on one last rescue mission only to become stranded when his ship crash lands. Kye soon realises that the deadliest creature on the desert moon is himself.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryAustralia
    Duration01:59

    GOLDSTONE, the award-winning new feature from Australian auteur Ivan Sen (Mystery Road), is a complex and stylish crime thriller that explores themes of racism, human trafficking, police corruption, corporate malfeasance, and the trampling of indigenous people’s rights. On the trail of a missing person, troubled indigenous detective Jay Swan (Aaron Pedersen, Mystery Road) finds himself in the small mining town of Goldstone, where he is arrested for drunk driving by local cop Josh (Alex Russell, CBS’s “S.W.A.T.”). When Jay’s motel room is blasted with gun fire, it becomes clear that something larger is at play. While struggling to overcome their mutual distrust, Jay and Josh uncover a web of crime and corruption, which leads directly to the town’s cold-blooded Mayor (two-time Oscar nominee Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook) and its smarmy gold mine director (David Wenham, Lord of the Rings).

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryAustralia
    Duration01:53

    Accompanied only by her faithful dog and four camels, an Australian satisfies her craving for solitude by embarking on a solo trip across the desert from Alice Springs to the Indian Ocean.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryAustralia
    Duration01:30

    Holly Rowe's retiring, kissing her callgirl life goodbye. She just has to get through her last night on the job. Shay Ryan's a teenage runaway, broke and alone. She just has to get through her first night as a hooker. Then fate throws them together on a job that goes horribly wrong and they're trapped on an out-of-control roller coaster ride, through the twilight zone of sex-for-sale. X is a sizzling adults-only thriller about love, chance, escape and the oldest profession experienced by two women, on a night that will change their lives forever.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrethriller, crime
    CountryAustralia
    Duration01:33

    When John Doe is convicted of being a vigilante serial killer, a vigilante group named 'Speak for the Dead' emerges in support of John's cause—elevating the debate about justice versus vengeance.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryAustralia

    Mike has felt alienated and alone for as long as he can remember, until a new boy arrives at his school - awakening feelings and a world of possibilities he'd never before dared to dream of.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrecomedy, documentary
    CountryAustralia, USA

    Cane Toads: The Conquest is a comic yet provocative account of Australia’s most notorious environmental blunder from filmmaker Mark Lewis.Shot against the harsh and beautiful landscape of northern Australia, Cane Toads: The Conquest tracks the unstoppable journey of the toad across the continent. Director Mark Lewis (Cane Toads: An Unnatural History, The Natural History of the Chicken) injects his trademark irreverence and humor into the story as he follows a trail of human conflict, bizarre culture and extraordinary close encounters.Filmed with high-resolution 3D technology, Cane Toads is the first Australian digital 3D feature film.  Custom designed equipment allows viewers to get up close and personal with these curious creatures like never before. The unique viewing experience is like being immersed in the world of the toad.

    Markimdb: 4.5
    Genrethriller
    CountryUSA, Australia
    Duration01:27

    Ray Liotta stars as Jack Malloy, a hardcore career criminal until a near-death experience causes him to turn his world around. But when his former partner Drake is released from prison, he tracks Jack down to blackmail him into one last job. Jack is a new man determined to lead an honest life. Drake is a charming psycho intent on vengeance. Sometimes, old friends can carry some extreme baggage. And for one of them, coming to terms with the past is going to be murder. Vanessa Gray and Andy McPhee co-star in this taut action/drama about good intentions, dark secrets and the harsh consequences of BAD KARMA.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrethriller, drama, western, crime
    CountryAustralia
    Duration01:37

    Young police officer Shane Cooper's first day on duty, after relocating to the small town of Red Hill, rapidly turns into a nightmare. News of a prison break, involving convicted murderer Jimmy Conway, sends the local law enforcement officers - led by the town's ruling presence, Old Bill - into a panic and leads to a terrifying and bloody confrontation.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
    CountryAustralia

    A terminally ill teen upsets her parents when she falls in love with a small-time drug dealer.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, adventure
    CountryAustralia
    Duration01:28

    A great white shark hunts the crew of a capsized sailboat along the Great Barrier Reef.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
    CountryAustralia
    Duration01:47

    Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genreadventure, family
    CountryAustralia

    The story of Allan "Swampy" Marsh and his Maremma dog Oddball. Swampy convinced local authorities to allow Oddball to protect a colony of Little Penguins on Middle Island from wild cats and dogs. Oddball succeeds in his campaign and becomes a front runner for Maremma dogs being used to protect other endangered Australian wildlife.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genreaction, drama, military, history
    CountryAustralia

    Vietnam War, 1966. Australia and New Zealand send troops to support the United States and South Vietnamese in their fight against the communist North. Soldiers are very young men, recruits and volunteers who have never been involved in a combat. On August 18th, members of Delta Company will face the true horror of a ruthless battle among the trees of a rubber plantation called Long Tân. They are barely a hundred. The enemy is a human wave ready to destroy them.

    Markimdb: 4.3
    Genreaction, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA, Australia, Canada
    Duration01:32

    A widowed reporter recruits the help of a federal agent to investigate her late husband's secrets, but the two become the target of unknown attackers. When FBI Agent John Nelson’s key informant, Miles, is abducted and shot, all that’s left is a severed finger. In order to find a new lead, Nelson travels to New York City to inform widowed magazine reporter Rebecca Scott that her long dead husband, Miles, had only recently been murdered to see if she had heard from him in recent years. Perplexed, Scott joins Agent Nelson in the wealthy enclave of Australia’s Gold Coast to find out what really happened. The two soon discover Miles may have been part of an elaborate “Ponzi scheme” to bilk investors, and a vengeful billionaire, out of millions of dollars. As more layers of Miles’ secret life are exposed, can the two stay ahead of the mysterious attackers who will stop at nothing to halt their investigation?

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryAustralia
    Duration01:36

    A young playboy who learns he has one month until he becomes infertile sets out to procreate as much as possible.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryAustralia, USA
    Duration01:37

    A woman grieving over the death of her daughter loses grip of reality when she begins to think her girl may still be alive.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrehorror
    CountryAustralia

    Karla, a young medical student, is trying to cure her brother, Blake, from a terminal sleep illness called Fatal Familial Insomnia, where you are unable to sleep until you die. On her quest to treat him, a more sinister reason for his condition is revealed.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genredrama
    CountryAustralia
    Duration01:54

    Sixteen-year-old Billie’s reluctant path to independence is accelerated when her mother reveals plans for gender transition, and their time together becomes limited to Tuesdays. This emotionally charged story of desire, responsibility, and transformation was filmed over the course of a year—once a week, every week, only on Tuesdays.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryAustralia
    Duration01:00

    Jack Irish is a man getting his life back together again. A former criminal lawyer whose world imploded, he now spends his days as a part-time investigator, debt collector, apprentice cabinet maker, punter and sometime lover – the complete man really. An expert in finding those who don’t want to be found – dead or alive, Jack helps out his mates while avoiding the past. That is until the past finds him.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrehorror, drama
    CountryAustralia
    Duration02:19

    After being infected in the wake of a violent pandemic and with only 48 hours to live, a father struggles to find a new home for his baby daughter.

    Markimdb: 2.7
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryAustralia
    Duration01:26

    A remake of 'Reservoir Dogs' by Quentin Tarantino, with the noticeable difference that all the male characters have been replaced with female ones.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genredrama, detective
    CountryAustralia
    Duration01:33

    Four friends lose themselves in a carefree South-East Asian holiday. Only three come back. Dave and Alice return home to their young family desperate for answers about Jeremy's mysterious disappearance. When Alice's sister Steph returns not long after, a nasty secret is revealed about the night her boyfriend went missing. But it is only the first of many. Who amongst them knows what happened on that fateful night when they were dancing under a full moon in Cambodia?

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryAustralia, USA

    A charismatic, crazy hothead transforms a family's life when she becomes the nanny of five girls.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genreadventure, documentary
    CountryAustralia
    Duration01:35

    This pulse-racing real-life adventure follows two of Australia's greatest surf legends on their quest to hunt down and ride the Pacific's biggest and most dangerous waves. With 3D cameras installed on their boards, Ross Clarke-Jones and Tom Carroll defy middle age by pushing the limits of what they — and cinema technology — can do. (TIFF)

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrehorror, drama
    CountryAustralia, Canada
    Duration01:33

    A single mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the house, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genremelodrama, drama, family, music
    CountryAustralia, Germany
    Duration01:45

    This 2017 movie follows the original dance academy TV show and tracks where the characters are in their lives now.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryAustralia
    Duration01:37

    A heartbroken young man decides to walk 4000km up the coast of Western Australia naked, for charity, with the secret goal of making his ex-girlfriend jealous.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genreaction, drama, western, biography, history
    CountryAustralia
    Duration02:23

    Ben Hall is drawn back into bushranging by the reappearance of his old friend John Gilbert. Reforming the gang, they soon become the most wanted men in Australian history.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrethriller, detective
    CountryAustralia
    Duration01:00

    Beneath the placid facade of Canberra, amidst rising tension between China and America, senior political journalist Harriet Dunkley uncovers a secret city of interlocked conspiracies, putting innocent lives in danger including her own.

    Markimdb: 4
    Genrehorror, action, thriller, comedy
    CountryAustralia

    In the Australian Outback, two brothers discover old secrets and family lies. As their friends start to go missing they fear they are being stalked by someone or something from their worst nightmares - But is it just - A story? A legend? A hoax? Or is it real?

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrethriller, comedy, crime
    CountryAustralia, USA
    Duration01:30

    While on a seemingly routine job, a jaded hit man discovers that he's not the only one with his target in the crosshairs.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrethriller, drama, adventure, western, crime, history
    CountryAustralia
    Duration01:51

    It’s 1929 on the vast, desert-like, Eastern Arrernte Nation lands that are now known as the Central Australian outback. Sam Kelly, a middle-aged Aboriginal man, works the land of a kind preacher, Fred Smith. After an ill-tempered bully arrives in town and Kelly kills him in self-defence, he and his wife go on the run as a posse gathers to hunt him down.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family, biography
    CountryAustralia, USA
    Duration01:32

    Based on the legendary true story of the Red Dog who united a disparate local community while roaming the Australian outback in search of his long lost master.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryAustralia
    Duration01:46

      Lured by the promise of an Australian holiday, backpackers Rutger, Katarina, and Paul visit the notorious Wolf Creek Crater. Their dream Outback adventure soon becomes a horrific reality when they encounter the site’s most infamous local, the last man any traveler to the region ever wants to meet; Mick Taylor (John Jarratt). As the backpackers flee, Mick pursues them on an epic white knuckled rampage across hostile wasteland. Only one will remain to be dragged back to his lair to witness the true magnitude of his monstrosity. And if the last man standing is to have any hope of surviving where no one else has survived before, he’ll have to use every ounce of cunning to outwit the man behind the monster and become every bit as ruthless as the monster inside the man.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genredrama
      CountryAustralia

      In the last days of a dying logging town, Christian returns to his family home for his father Henry’s wedding. While home, Christian reconnects with his childhood friend Oliver, who has stayed in town working at Henry’s timber mill and is now out of a job. As Christian gets to know Oliver’s wife Charlotte, daughter Hedvig, and father Walter, he discovers a secret that could tear Oliver’s family apart.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrethriller
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Australia, USA, South Africa, Germany

      South Africa, 1978. Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee, two white political activists from the African National Congress imprisoned by the apartheid regime, put a plan in motion to escape from the infamous Pretoria Prison.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryAustralia
      Duration01:21

      Anja and five friends join anthroplogy student, Dace, on a journey to study a remote, ancient rock painting. Their excitement vanishes when Mel becomes delirious after skinny-dipping in the waterhole. Feverish, bleeding, confused, she physically and mentally regresses to a vicious predatory state. Mel has gone primal. Mel’s lover and friends realise they are the prey as she savagely hunts them down. Before they can escape another one of them starts to regress, posing a hideous choice; kill their friends or be killed by them. Their only hope of survival is through a cave, where Anja learns too late the meaning of the ancient rock art they came to study.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genredrama, military, history
      CountryAustralia
      Duration02:02

      The true story of Australia's cat-and-mouse underground mine warfare—one of the most misunderstood, misrepresented and mystifying conflicts of WW I. It was secret struggle BENEATH the Western Front that combined daring engineering, technology and science. Few on the surface knew of the brave, claustrophobic and sometimes barbaric work of these tunnellers.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
      CountryAustralia
      Duration01:27

      What would you do on the last day on Earth? With the end of the world only hours away, the self-absorbed James heads to the ultimate party-to-end-all-parties. On his way there, he saves the life of a young girl named Rose who is searching desperately for her missing father. This simple act sets James on a path to redemption.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genremelodrama, drama, adventure, sport
      CountryAustralia
      Duration02:03

      A pair of teenagers in Western Australia looking to escape the monotony of life in a small town take up surfing lessons from a guy named Sando.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrethriller, crime
      CountryAustralia
      Duration01:43

      In 1983, a naive man is detained by Australian Federal Police with lethal narcotics hidden in his stomach. After being apprehended, ‘The Mule’ makes a desperate choice... to defy his bodily functions and withhold the evidence – literally.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryAustralia
      Duration01:41

      Vicki Maloney is randomly abducted from a suburban street by a disturbed couple. As she observes the dynamic between her captors she quickly realises she must drive a wedge between them if she is to survive.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genredrama, western, crime, biography
      CountryAustralia, United Kingdom, France

      Set against the badlands of colonial Australia where the English rule with a bloody fist and the Irish endure, Ned Kelly discovers he comes from a line of Irish rebels—an uncompromising army of cross dressing bandits immortalised for terrorising their oppressors back in Ireland. Nurtured by the notorious bushranger, Harry Power and fuelled by the unfair arrest of his mother, Kelly recruits a wild bunch of warriors to plot one of the most audacious attacks of anarchy and rebellion the country has ever seen.

      Markimdb: 4.7
      Genrecomedy
      CountryAustralia
      Duration01:34

      Big Mamma's Boy follows the story of Rocco as he struggles to choose between the love of his life, Katie and his doting, over-protective Italian mother. Fun, heart-wrenching and poignant, this spirited romantic comedy explores Australia's multicultural nuances with hilarious results and goes to show that being a big mamma's boy is a lot tougher than it sounds.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, history
      CountryUSA, Australia
      Duration01:51

      Mumbai, India, November 26, 2008. While several terrorists spread hatred and death through the city, others attack the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. Both hotel staff and guests risk their lives, making unthinkable sacrifices to protect themselves and keep everyone safe while help arrives.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryAustralia
      Duration01:30

      Griff, office worker by day, superhero by night, has his world turned upside down when he meets Melody, a beautiful young scientist who shares his passion for the impossible.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrefamily, sport
      CountryAustralia

      Jack is a charismatic larrikin who has just discovered the one thing he's really good at — go-kart racing. With the support of his mentor, Patrick, an old race car driver with a secret past, and his best mates Colin and Mandy, Jack must learn to control his recklessness if he is to defeat the best drivers in Australia, including the ruthless champion Dean, and win the National title.




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