Australian Superhero Movies

List of the best Australian superhero movies selected by site visitors: Griff the Invisible, Thor: Ragnarok, The Lego Movie, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, The Lego Batman Movie, A Place to Call Home, Son of the Mask, Red Dog, Wasted on the Young, Danger Close.

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: 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: 7.9
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:53

    Thor is on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok, the prophecy of destruction to his homeworld and the end of Asgardian civilization, at the hands of an all-powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, musical, adventure, family, cartoon
    CountryDenmark, Norway, Australia, USA
    Duration01:40

    An ordinary Lego mini-figure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil Lego tyrant from gluing the universe together.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure
    CountryUSA, Australia

    Shang-Chi must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
    CountryUSA, Denmark, Australia
    Duration01:51

    In the irreverent spirit of fun that made “The Lego Movie” a worldwide phenomenon, the self-described leading man of that ensemble—Lego Batman—stars in his own big-screen adventure. But there are big changes brewing in Gotham, and if he wants to save the city from The Joker’s hostile takeover, Batman may have to drop the lone vigilante thing, try to work with others and maybe, just maybe, learn to lighten up.

    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: 2.2
    Genrefantasy, comedy, family, crime
    CountryUSA, Germany, Australia
    Duration01:34

    Tim Avery, an aspiring cartoonist, finds himself in a predicament when his dog stumbles upon the mask of Loki. Then after conceiving an infant son "born of the mask", he discovers just how looney child raising can be.

    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: 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: 6.8
    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: 4.1
    Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure, family, crime
    CountryUSA, Australia
    Duration01:18

    John Brown is a bumbling but well-intentioned security guard who is badly injured in an explosion planned by an evil mastermind. He is taken to a laboratory, where Brenda, a leading robotics surgeon, replaces his damaged limbs with state-of-the-art gadgets and tools. Named "Inspector Gadget" by the press, John -- along with his niece, Penny, and her trusty dog, Brain -- uses his new powers to discover who was behind the explosion.

    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: 5.7
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountryAustralia, USA
    Duration01:29

    The avenging angel of Marvel Comics fame comes brilliantly to life in this searing action-adventure thriller! Dolph Lundgren stars as Frank Castle, a veteran cop who loses his entire family to a mafia car bomb. Only his ex-partner believes Castle survived the blast to become THE PUNISHER ... a shadowy, invincible fighter against evil who lives for total revenge on his mob enemies.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
    CountryAustralia, South Africa
    Duration02:30

    An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order. There's Max, a man of action and a man of few words, who seeks peace of mind following the loss of his wife and child in the aftermath of the chaos. And Furiosa, a woman of action and a woman who believes her path to survival may be achieved if she can make it across the desert back to her childhood homeland.

    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: 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: 4.9
    Genrethriller, crime
    CountryAustralia

    Over the course of one night, Sarah meets the handsome, captivating and smooth talking Lewis, who aims to be the bait in a sick sexual trap set up by himself and his low-life, rich kid housemate Kenneth. When their ruse backfires, Lewis and Sarah are forced into an unlikely alliance with deadly consequences.

    Markimdb: 4.9
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, detective
    CountryAustralia
    Duration01:40

    A year after the boys crossed dimensions, discovered magic and battled the restoring demon, they are back home in Bremin and are struggling with everyday teenage life. Felix has high hopes for the four heroes. He wants them to push the limits of their magical ability, working as a team to become masters of the arcane. But although he's unwilling to admit it, the boys have grown apart. The boys, once in perfect magical and elemental alignment, are a tangle of rivalry and distrust. On the verge of separating, the Nowhere Boys are drawn together for one last spell when Felix discovers a magically sealed 'Book of Shadows'. Unwittingly this releases a powerful force of chaos, and the gang is reluctantly drawn into a showdown that threatens their world and all they love...

    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: 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: 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: 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: 4.8
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryAustralia
    Duration01:30

    In this cunning mystery-horror hybrid, college student Ben inherits a curious old mechanical box that churns out voodoo dolls. When a shadowy figure starts using the box to murder Ben's friends, Ben must find the killer.

    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
    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: 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: 6.1
    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: 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
    Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
    CountryUSA, Spain, South Korea, Australia
    Duration02:36

    Burger Beard is a pirate who is in search of the final page of a magical book that makes any evil plan he writes in it come true, which happens to be the Krabby Patty secret formula. When the entire city of Bikini Bottom is put in danger, SpongeBob, Patrick, Mr. Krabs, Squidward, Sandy, and Plankton need to go on a quest that takes them to the surface. In order to get back the recipe and save their city, the gang must retrieve the book and transform themselves into superheroes.

    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: 6.6
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryAustralia

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

    Markimdb: 4.3
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryAustralia

    Harry and Beth wanted a different kind of holiday so they chartered a boat to drop them off on a remote coral island on the Great Barrier Reef. The island was idyllic, surrounded by a wide reef, covered in palms and full of birds and other wildlife. It was small and totally deserted or so they thought. But when things go missing from their camp site and they discover someone else's footprints in the sand this quickly becomes disturbing as they realize the island has a ghost! Inspired by actual events.

    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: 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: 5.8
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryAustralia
    Duration01:30

    In 2007, in the midst of the drought and water shortages, the NSW State government has unveiled plans to tap into and recycle millions of litres of water trapped in a network of abandoned train tunnels just beneath the heart of Sydney. However the government suddenly goes cold on the plan and it is not made public why. There is talk of homeless people who use the tunnel as shelter going missing, even though the government states that there are no homeless people in there. This, and the silence from the officials and ministers, leads a journalist, Natasha to begin an investigation into a government cover-up. She and her crew Pete (Producer), Steve (Cameraman) and Tangles (Sound Technichian) decide to investigate the story in the tunnel.

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

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

    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: 4.6
    Genreaction, fantasy, adventure
    CountryAustralia, USA, Hong Kong, China, Canada
    Duration01:41

    A young man, Ryan, suffering from a disability, wishes to join the other kids from his schools football team. During an initiation rite, Ryan is swept away through a whirlpool to the land of Tao. There he is hunted by the evil Lord Komodo, who desires the boy as a key to enter the real world. Ryan is rescued by the protectors of Tao, five humanoid kangaroos, each embued with the five elements and virtues. Ryan learns his valuable lesson while saving the land of Tao.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrehorror, action, thriller, drama, adventure
    CountryAustralia, Singapore
    Duration01:33

    A freak tsunami traps shoppers at a coastal Australian supermarket inside the building ... along with a 12-foot great white shark.

    Markimdb: 3.3
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
    CountryAustralia
    Duration01:25

    In 1943, five US soldiers are recruited by the OSS for a time travel mission to save the world from the tyranny of Hitler's 25th Reich.

    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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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.




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