# Australian Movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 29, 2013, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-movies/675040 "2013-11-29T01:30:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-movies/675040/41 "2013-11-29T16:49:30Z")
> [@Stealth\_Bragg](#): > > I love Australian movies, something about the close-ups of grotesque faces. How about the early Peter Jackson movies: Braindead, The Frighteners, BAd Taste? (probably NZ though, hummm) Australia? I’m afraid you’re 1,500 miles out! ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-movies/675040/42 "2013-11-29T16:55:40Z")
> [@GreedySmurf](#): > > If I can tack on a question to Sisu’s thread. > > I’ve always enjoyed _The Castle_ a great little movie. Givne that a lot of the laughs rely on what I take to be fairly heavy Australian stereotypes, I’m curious to hear how transplantable the humour is to a non-Australian? I’m from England and I got it: - the battle between a close-knit family and the might of the State - ignorance of the legal system being balanced by friendliness making an incredibly useful ally I was a bit disconcerted by the occasional rudeness, but that happens all over the World. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-movies/675040/43 "2013-11-29T17:12:22Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > For those interested, I recommend Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! > > It’s a documentary on the rise of Ozploitation movies in the 1970’s. It was interesting. I started to mention that one earlier. It’s a really good documentary. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-movies/675040/44 "2013-11-29T17:40:26Z")
In the category of Important Work of Art, _Breaker Morant._ In the category of fun entertainment, [Children of the Revolution](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115886/). ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-movies/675040/45 "2013-11-29T17:51:07Z")
As an euro, I’m fairly surprised at the exclusion of _picnic at hanging rock_, which I would consider easily the third best known Aussie movie worldwide after _Mad Max_ and _Babe_. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-movies/675040/46 "2013-11-29T17:53:32Z")
> [@Sr\_Siete](#): > > As an euro, I’m fairly surprised at the exclusion of _picnic at hanging rock_… 😕 > [@penultima\_thule](#): > > Picnic at Hanging Rock > Breaker Morant > The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) > [@Imasquare](#): > > Picnic at Hanging Rock is one of the best creepy movies I’ve seen. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-movies/675040/47 "2013-11-29T18:22:57Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > 😕 I was talking about sisu’s OP: since he’s an Aussie himself I wondered if PAHR is one of those movies better considered outside it’s country of origin. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-movies/675040/48 "2013-11-29T18:40:48Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > The riveting story of a quirky group of prospective Aussie lawyers who move to the US for the biggest exam of their life. 🙂 :smack: ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-movies/675040/49 "2013-11-29T18:45:20Z")
> [@GreedySmurf](#): > > I’ve always enjoyed _The Castle_ a great little movie. Givne that a lot of the laughs rely on what I take to be fairly heavy Australian stereotypes, I’m curious to hear how transplantable the humour is to a non-Australian? Everyone I know who’s seen The Castle (in America), had no problem relating to it and agreed with me that it was great! > [@Sr\_Siete](#): > > I was talking about sisu’s OP: since he’s an Aussie himself I wondered if PAHR is one of those movies better considered outside it’s country of origin. I’m not Australian but I never really got Picnic at Hanging Rock. To me it’s one of those “tone poem” movies that could only be made in the 1970s (like those films of Terence Malick or Michael Cimino) - it’s slow, hypnotic, beautifully filmed and makes you go “woah that was deep man … could it be aliens?” But it didn’t leave any lasting impression other than being trippy. Good film-school movie, though. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-movies/675040/50 "2013-11-29T19:04:29Z")
> [@LC\_Strawhouse](#): > > I’m not Australian but I never really got Picnic at Hanging Rock. To me it’s one of those “tone poem” movies that could only be made in the 1970s (like those films of Terence Malick or Michael Cimino) - it’s slow, hypnotic, beautifully filmed and makes you go “woah that was deep man … could it be aliens?” But it didn’t leave any lasting impression other than being trippy. Good film-school movie, though. Oh, no, I agree absolutely. What I meant is that it’s quite well known, as Australian movies go. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-movies/675040/51 "2013-11-29T19:39:14Z")
_Paperback Hero_ - Hugh Jackman starred in this romcom before he got famous from Xmen. A cross-country trucker writes a romance novel that breaks big; his editors in Sydney don’t know he’s a he because he uses a female pen name that happens to be the actual name of his best female friend. He’s scared for everyone to find out the truth so he persuades the friend to keep up the charade and pose as “him” for the scheduled interview tour. Hilarity and/or romance and/or many songs by the Traveling Wilburies ensue. I freely admit I enjoy _Young Einstein_ - its just so stupid and ridiculous it comes back around to charming. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-movies/675040/52 "2013-11-29T19:47:28Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > I was going to add these. > > Meet the Feebles That is a film from New Zealand, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-movies/675040/53 "2013-11-29T21:13:09Z")
Even though we’re locked in combat for The Greatest Prize In Sport, I’ll have to admit I’m a big fan of Aussie Films. I like plenty of the above and I’ll add: [Summerfield](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076782/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) [Harlequin](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080842/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) [Long Weekend](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079482/?ref_=nv_sr_3) I’d always thought that _Spotswood_ and _Frauds_ were Aussie films as well, but according to imdb they’re American. Add NZ to the mix, [Goodbye Pork pie](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082464/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) is an entertaining romp. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-movies/675040/54 "2013-11-29T23:13:40Z")
> [@Stealth\_Bragg](#): > > I love Australian movies, something about the close-ups of grotesque faces. How about the early Peter Jackson movies: Braindead, The Frighteners, BAd Taste? (probably NZ though, hummm) > [@glee](#): > > Australia? I’m afraid you’re 1,500 miles out! > [@Mahaloth](#): > > That is a film from New Zealand, isn’t it? What, it’s not the same place? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-movies/675040/55 "2013-11-30T02:49:54Z")
_The Hunter_ was alright. _In Her Skin_ was good, and disturbing. (true crime story) _Primal_ was a decent low-budget horror flick. Speaking of horror, let’s never forget _The Howling III: The Marsupials_. No matter how much you’d like to. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-movies/675040.md?page=2)