Australian Kangaroo Movies

List of the best Australian films about kangaroos according to viewers: Joey, Kangaroo Jack, Wake in Fright, Griff the Invisible, The Little Death, Awoken, These Final Hours, Swerve, The Dressmaker, The Turning.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 4.8
Genrecomedy, adventure, family
CountryAustralia
Duration01:36

Billy is a boy who is trying to save a baby kangaroo called Joey when it is caught and taken to Sydney. Linda, the young daughter of the U.S. Ambassador is helping Billy in his task.

Markimdb: 4.4
Genrecomedy, adventure, family, cartoon, crime
CountryUSA, Australia
Duration01:29

Two childhood friends — a New York hairstylist and a wanna-be musician — get mixed-up with the mob and are forced to deliver $50,000 to Australia, but things go all wrong when the money is lost to a wild kangaroo.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrethriller, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, Australia, USA
Duration01:54

Wake in Fright is the story of John Grant, a bonded teacher who arrives in the rough outback mining town of Bundanyabba planning to stay overnight before catching the plane to Sydney, but as one night stretches into several he plunges headlong into his own destruction.

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: 7.1
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryAustralia
Duration01:36

A comedy film that looks into the loosely connected lives of people with strange sexual fantasies. A woman with a dangerous fantasy and her partner's struggle to please her. A man who begins an affair with his own wife without her knowing anything about it. A couple struggling to keep things together after a sexual experiment spins out of control. A woman who can only find pleasure in her husband's pain. A call centre operator caught in the middle of a dirty and chaotic phone call. And the distractingly charming new neighbour who connects them all.

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: 6.7
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: 5.4
Genrethriller
CountryAustralia

Driving cross-country to a job interview, Colin takes a short cut and comes across a fatal road accident. One of the drivers, Jina, is shaken but unhurt; the other has been killed instantly. Beside the dead body is a briefcase full of money, which Colin turns in to the local police. But getting out of town proves a nightmare, as Colin's good deed causes a series of bizarre events to unfold.

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: 5.8
    Genredrama
    CountryAustralia
    Duration01:45

    Seventeen talented Australian directors from diverse artistic disciplines each create a chapter of the hauntingly beautiful novel by multi award-winning author Tim Winton. The linking and overlapping stories explore the extraordinary turning points in ordinary people’s lives in a stunning portrait of a small coastal community. As characters face second thoughts and regret, relationships irretrievably alter, resolves are made or broken, and lives change direction forever.

    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: 6.5
    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: 6.9
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryAustralia, USA, United Kingdom

    Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryAustralia, USA

    Three detectives become embroiled in a tense struggle after a tragic accident that leaves a child in critical condition. One is guilty of a crime, one will try to cover it up, and the other attempts to expose it. How far will these men go to disguise and unravel the truth?

    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: 6.2
    Genreaction, drama, adventure
    CountryAustralia
    Duration01:44

    Ellie Linton, a teen from an Australian coastal town, leads her friends on an excursion to a camp deep in the woods, dubbed "Hell." Upon their return, the youths find that their town has been overrun by an enemy army, and their friends and family have been imprisoned. When the hostile invaders become alerted to their presence, Ellie and her friends band together to escape -- and strike back against -- this mysterious enemy.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genredrama, crime, music
    CountryChina, Australia
    Duration01:37

    Dean Randall has sponsored a young Chinese orphan Mei Mei for many years, when she arrives in Sydney out of the blue to thank him, their lives are changed forever.

    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: 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: 6.7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryAustralia
    Duration02:33

    Adapted from the bestselling novel by Madeleine St John, Ladies in Black is an alluring and tender-hearted comedy drama about the lives of a group of department store employees in 1959 Sydney.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrehorror, action, comedy
    CountryAustralia
    Duration01:38

    Barry is a talented mechanic and family man whose life is torn apart on the eve of a zombie apocalypse. His sister, Brooke, is kidnapped by a sinister team of gas-mask wearing soldiers & experimented on by a psychotic doctor. While Brooke plans her escape Barry goes out on the road to find her & teams up with Benny, a fellow survivor - together they must arm themselves and prepare to battle their way through hordes of flesh-eating monsters in a harsh Australian bushland.

    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
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryAustralia
    Duration01:29

    In 1989, known as Mendax, Julian Assange and two friends formed a group called the International Subversives. Using early home computers and defining themselves as white hat hackers - those who look but don’t steal – they broke into some of the world’s most powerful and secretive organisations. In the eyes of the US Government, they were a major threat to national security.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genredrama
    CountryAustralia
    Duration02:18

    Evelyn, an ex-burlesque queen, bewitches single dad Al and his teenage son Fin with her zest for life. When father and son discover they are competing for the affections of the same woman, it reopens old wounds over the death of Fin's mother.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrefantastic, drama, crime
    CountryAustralia, USA
    Duration01:43

    10 years after a global economic collapse, a hardened loner pursues the men who stole his car through the lawless wasteland of the Australian outback, aided by the brother of one of the thieves.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genredrama
    CountryAustralia
    Duration01:39

    A woman struggles with her son's illness and her husband's infidelity, but, after a chance encounter with an Irish sailor and his son, her life is turned upside down in a love story that defies explanation and breaks all the rules.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryAustralia, United Kingdom, Canada
    Duration01:49

    Locked up for a minor crime, 19 year old JR quickly learns the harsh realities of prison life. Protection, if you can get it, is paramount. JR soon finds himself under the watchful eye of Australia's most notorious criminal, Brendan Lynch, but protection comes at a price.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryRepublic of Ireland, Australia
    Duration01:49

    Newly arrived to a remote desert town, Catherine and Matthew are tormented by a suspicion when their two teenage children mysteriously vanish.

    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: 7.2
    Genredrama
    CountryAustralia

    Blackfella Charlie is getting older, and he's out of sorts. The intervention is making life more difficult on his remote community, what with the proper policing of whitefella laws that don't generally make much sense, and Charlie's kin and ken seeming more interested in going along with things than doing anything about it. So Charlie takes off, to live the old way, but in doing so sets off a chain of events in his life that has him return to his community chastened, and somewhat the wiser.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genredrama, family
    CountryAustralia, Japan
    Duration01:36

    Dylan discovers he has a knack for making paper planes. He has a chance to compete in a world championship, but he'll have to help rally his grieving dad, Jack, and face bullies and self-doubt to do so.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genredrama, biography, sport
    CountryAustralia
    Duration01:53

    In the 70s two brothers battle killer waves, conservative society and ruthless bikers to kick-start the modern surf industry.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryAustralia

    An indigenous detective returns to the Outback to investigate the murder of a young girl.

    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: 5.8
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryAustralia

    When a high school party goes dangerously off the rails, one teenager finds that revenge is just a computer click away.

    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: 5.9
    Genredrama
    CountryAustralia, USA
    Duration01:44

    A young Aboriginal boy is torn between his unexpected love of acting and the disintegration of his family.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrethriller, fantasy, melodrama
    CountryAustralia

    Born with an energetic power to absorb fear from others, a young woman must find love to balance the fears of her own and fight an ever growing storm of negative energy.

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genrefantastic, action, drama, military
    CountryAustralia
    Duration01:39

    A small group of town residents have to band together after a devastating ground invasion. As they struggle to survive, they realize they must stay one step ahead of their attackers, and work together for a chance to strike back.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genreadventure, crime, detective
    CountryAustralia

    After freeing a young Bedouin girl from her unjust imprisonment in Jerusalem, an Australian adventuress, together with her devoted police detective friend, begins to unravel a decade-old mystery concerning priceless emeralds, an ancient curse and the disappearance of the girl's mother and massacre of her tribe.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryAustralia
    Duration01:38

    Life's gone pear-shaped for Jack Irish (Guy Pearce). He's back to takeaway Chinese for one after his girlfriend Linda (Marta Dusseldorp) abandoned him for a career in Sydney, a flashy Brisvegas type is muscling in on the racetrack action, and his cabinet-making still leaves a lot to be desired. So when an old teammate of his dad's turns up looking for help, it's a welcome distraction for Jack. Des Connors' (Ron Jacobson) son Gary (Nicholas Coghlan) has gone missing, having nicked off with all Des's money. But sometimes prodigal sons go AWOL for a reason. As Jack begins to dig he discovers Gary was a man with something to hide and a very good reason to disappear - or be disappeared. .

    Markimdb: 4
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryAustralia

    An Australian urban legend comes screaming on the Ozploitation scene. It’s said that if you drive down the creepy road of Lemon Tree Passage, and witness a sudden flash of light in the trees, you'll be forever haunted by the tormented spirit of a man killed by thrill speeding teenagers. Wanting to put this old wives’ tale to the test, a car-load of non-believers take the supposedly cursed journey and do indeed see a strange manifestation. But it’s not the one of popular myth - this sudden possession of one of their number involves another altogether more shocking crime. That of a young girl raped and murdered on the same stretch of highway. As one urban legend trumps another, the scared passengers must sort out the facts of both cases before vengeful justice from beyond the grave can be meted out with moody atmosphere, ghostly thrills and supernatural suspense.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Australia, Republic of Ireland, Finland

    Laura and Tyler are best friends and drinking buddies whose hedonistic existence falls under the creeping horror of adulthood when Laura gets engaged to Jim – an ambitious pianist who surprisingly decides to go teetotal.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family, biography
    CountryAustralia, USA

    Explores the early events leading up to Red Dog's discovery on the road to Dampier, and his ultimate rise from ordinary dog to Australian legend.

    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: 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: 8.3
    Genredrama
    CountryAustralia

    A mysterious woman is perched between the harsh legacy of World War II and the hope of a new life in Australia. A sweeping romantic drama set in 1950s rural Australia following the lives of the Blighs, a wealthy and complicated pastoralist family, who lives in Inverness, NSW.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, drama, cartoon, short
    CountryAustralia, United Kingdom
    Duration00:15

    A boy finds a strange creature on a beach, and decides to find a home for it in a world where everyone believes there are far more important things to pay attention to.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genredrama, military, history
    CountryAustralia, USA
    Duration01:51

    In 1919, Australian farmer Joshua Connor travels to Turkey to discover the fate of his three sons, reported missing in action. Holding on to hope, Joshua must travel across the war-torn landscape to find the truth and his own peace.

    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.




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