Australian Secrets Movies

List of the best Australian movies about secrets selected by visitors to our site: Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears, Jack Irish: Dead Point, Snowtown, The Doctor Blake Mysteries, Angel of Mine, The Dressmaker, The Boy, The Great Gatsby, Lantana, A Place to Call Home.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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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: 6.9
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryAustralia, Germany
Duration01:23

Jack Irish is thrown into a world of club owners, drug dealers and killers when he is hired by a judge to find a mysterious red book.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography
CountryAustralia
Duration02:00

Based on true events, 16 year-old Jamie falls in with his mother's new boyfriend and his crowd of self-appointed neighborhood watchmen, a relationship that leads to a spree of torture and murder.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genredetective
CountryAustralia

Dr Lucien Blake left Ballarat as a young man. But now he finds himself returning to take over not only his dead father's medical practice, but also his on-call role as the town's police surgeon, only to find change is afoot, nothing is sacred, and no one is safe.

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: 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: 6
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, China, Canada, Australia
    Duration02:29

    A nanny, working for a family whose son has just passed away, finds herself put in charge of caring for a lifelike doll that the couple treat as a real child.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryAustralia, USA
    Duration02:23

    An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche existence, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genremelodrama, drama, detective
    CountryAustralia, Germany
    Duration02:22

    Plagued with grief over the murder of her daughter, Valerie Somers suspects that her husband John is cheating on her. When Valerie disappears, Detective Leon Zat attempts to solve the mystery of her absence. A complex web of love, sex and deceit emerges -- drawing in four related couples whose various partners are distrustful and suspicious about each other's involvement.

    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: 6.7
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryAustralia
    Duration02:14

    A teenage girl is raised underground by a robot "Mother", designed to repopulate the earth following an extinction event. But their unique bond is threatened when an inexplicable stranger arrives with alarming news.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrehorror, fantastic, fantasy, comedy, short
    CountryAustralia

    A man discovers that he is part of a secret sect of magical beings who hunt down and destroy demons in the internet.

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    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryAustralia

    Three friends find themselves fighting for their lives when their urban exploration goes horribly wrong

    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
    Genrehorror, comedy
    CountryAustralia

    Reg and Lindsay run an organic fertiliser business. They need a fresh supply of their "secret ingredient" to process through the meat grinder. Reg comes across two guys and a girl with a broken-down vehicle on their way to a music festival.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryAustralia

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

    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: 4.9
    Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
    CountryUSA, Australia

    Fourteen year old Nim, more determined than ever to protect her island and all the wildlife that call it home, faces off against resort developers and animal poachers. Soon she realizes she can’t depend on her animal cohorts alone and must make her first human friend – Edmund, who’s run away to the island from the mainland – to save her home.

    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: 7.6
    Genreaction, drama, crime
    CountryAustralia

    The series follows two complete strangers, Lola and Chelsea, who intervene in a fatal carjacking while waiting at a suburban bus stop, and are subsequently thrust into a chase from authorities across Australia with a vehicle filled with cash. The strangers must rely solely on each other while they are on the run.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genredrama
    CountryAustralia

    The uncensored story of one of Australia's most successful bands, INXS. A story of mateship, a story of success and excess, talent and sheer bloody will, set to a pulsating soundtrack including all of INXSs greatest hits.

    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: 8.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryAustralia

    After breaking up with his girlfriend, Josh comes to the realization that he is homosexual. With the support of his now ex girlfriend Claire, and his best friend and house mate Tom, Josh must help his mother with her battle with depression and the rest of his family embrace his new found lifestyle.

    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: 7.2
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, New Zealand, USA, India, Australia
    Duration02:40

    A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from an adrift rowboat.

    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: 6.4
    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: 8.1
    Genrecomedy
    CountryAustralia

    The Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby is taking an anti-comedy stance in her newest special.

    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: 6.5
    Genremelodrama, drama, music, biography
    CountryAustralia

    The story of Helen Reddy, who, in 1966, landed in New York with her three-year-old daughter, a suitcase, and $230 in her pocket. Within weeks, she was broke. Within months, she was in love. Within five years, she was one of the biggest superstars of her time and an icon of the 1970s feminist movement who wrote a song which galvanized a generation of women to fight for change.

    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: 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: 4.6
    Genrehorror, action
    CountryAustralia

    Everything seems uneventful for Dean and Claire, as they head out into beautiful rural Australia for a weekend away. Their biggest problem is what to do about Claire being accepted into an interstate University. The couple come across Knuck and things start to spiral out of control. Heath and Jarred only stoke the fire and both Claire and Dean's greatest fears are made reality.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrehorror, fantastic, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, detective
    CountryUSA, Australia, Canada
    Duration01:33

    When Mystery, Inc. are guests of honor at the grand opening of the Coolsville Museum of Criminology, a masked villain shows up and creates havoc before stealing the costumes of the gang's most notorious villains...Could it be that their nemesis, mad scientist Jonathan Jacobo has returned and is trying to recreate their deadliest foes?

    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: 6.4
    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: 6.6
    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: 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: 6.1
    Genreaction, drama, adventure, family, military
    CountryAustralia

    This dramatic adventure series tells the story of a group of teenagers who are separated from their families following an invasion of their country, a conflict they never saw coming.

    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: 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: 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: 7
    Genredrama, biography, sport
    CountryAustralia

    The story of Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup.

    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
    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: 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: 4.9
    Genrethriller
    CountryAustralia

    American high school sweethearts, Wade and Lisa, travel to Australia to experience nature at its finest. As their relationship strains, they head inland to Uluru, navigating remote dirt roads with an unreliable GPS. Soon, they find themselves stranded and ill- prepared and, with only each other to rely on, the two are driven to extremes in order to stay alive in the harsh and unforgiving Outback.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrehorror, action, thriller
    CountryAustralia
    Duration01:39

    Stranded backpackers in remote Australia fall prey to a murderous bushman who offers to fix their car, then takes them captive

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, Australia, China
    Duration02:34

    A husband and wife try to reinvigorate their relationship but their lives are threatened by a "friend" from the husband's past who holds a horrifying secret about him, sending their world into a tailspin.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genreaction, adventure
    CountryAustralia, Canada

    A mostly true account of future Hollywood star Errol Flynn's sea adventures in the early thirties, sailing from Australia to Papua in search of gold, along with his best friend Rex, a former Canadian smuggler; Dook, a handy English gentleman; and Charlie, a grumpy old sailor.




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