Danny and Frank, two bumbling pest exterminators, cross paths with the enigmatic Lien, a Taoist guardian hunting an ancient Chinese jiangshi in Dublin. Together they set out deal with this menace the only way they know how: extermination.
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Told in real time and shot as a single take, BOXING DAY documents the minute by minute events across the course of an afternoon in the life of Chris Sykes - a recovering alcoholic and estranged father. Living alone on home detention, Chris is preparing Christmas lunch for his family when an old friend turns up at his doorstep and reveals a disturbing truth. When his daughter, his wife and her new boyfriend finally arrive, the situation slowly and inevitability escalates and we are drawn into the compelling story of a desperate father who finally exposes the dark and disturbing secret that has torn his family apart.
Boxing Day
4.2 2007 • Australia -
what was the last dream you had?
aquarium i
0.0 2025 • Australia -
In the middle of a French exam, 17 year old Charlie struggles to find the words to be true to himself…and his best friend.
The Language of Love
4.2 2013 • Australia -
An account of the reign of Herod the Great, king of Judea under the rule of the Roman Empire, remembered for having ordered, according to the Gospel of Matthew, the murder of all male infants born in Bethlehem at the time of the birth of Jesus, an unproven event that is not mentioned by Titus Flavius Josephus, the main historian of that period.
Herod the Great: The Child Murderer of Bethlehem
6.5 2019 • Australia -
Against the backdrop of the Australian Outback, 15-year-old Riley travels across the Outback with her father until they come across two seemingly abandoned cars at an isolated desert crossing. When an invisible force drags her father away, Riley finds herself in a life-or-death struggle against a terrifying creature only visible to its next victim.
From Below
0.0 N/A • Australia -
Inspired by the real-life mystery that captivated the nation, Underbelly: Vanishing Act tells the story of the bizarre disappearance of Melissa Caddick, the high-roller who allegedly embezzled over $40 million before vanishing into thin air. It’s a mystery that has left Caddick’s family, clients and the police questioning everything they thought they knew about her. The popular miniseries re-edited as a film.
Underbelly: Vanishing Act
0.0 N/A • Australia -
Trapped in a remote Caravan Park, little Elvis thinks up a scheme to break free, determined to make a better life for herself.
Dream Baby
0.0 2015 • Australia -
Sparked by the impending 25th anniversary of the Academy award-winning film Shine, this documentary explores the power of the musical brain. Featuring exclusive, intimate footage of superstar international musicians in their private worlds, it opens an intriguing portal into the musical mind.
The Musical Mind: A Portrait in Process
0.0 2023 • Australia -
A disturbing drama about a young mother who physically abuses her baby. Feeling overwhelmed and aware that she's not coping after the birth of her third child, she sends desperate cries for help. But her mother, husband, neighbour and clinic sister do not recognise the seriousness of the situation until the baby ends up in hospital with a fractured skull. A heart-wrenching film that illustrates the experiences of many women who suffer from post-natal depression.
Do I Have to Kill My Child?
7.0 1976 • Australia -
Butter is a film about love, obsession, and finding purpose no matter the cost. At its heart, it is a twisted, yet tender love story, between a lonely woman and the greatest food of all: butter.
Butter: A Love Story
0.0 2023 • Australia -
Features the beautiful young lady, Rose Salterne, who together with Lucy Oxman is captured by Spanish pirates, launching the nationwide cry for a high-seas chase to win the girls' return. When the British hero Leigh hears the cry, he takes an unlikely crew to search for Rose and Lucy, braving the wide seas and Spanish pirates. He chases down clues through remote jungle islands with fearsome natives and hidden gold.
Westward Ho!
7.0 1988 • Australia -
As the Compliance and Outreach Manager for The Animal Discovery Institute, a non-profit animal rights organization headquartered in San Diego, Tilly Monterey finally gets a chance to lead the charge on the company's next project: an Australian penguin sanctuary in dire need of some financial assistance.
Love and Penguins
6.3 2022 • Australia -
The Applicant
0.0 1982 • Australia -
Over two nights, a young Chinese immigrant has sexual encounters with two very different men. Consequently, he has to choose between the one he wants or the who wants him.
Two Nights
4.0 2006 • Australia -
Australia: Land Beyond Time takes viewers on a breathtaking journey back in time to witness the birth and evolution of a mysterious land that harbors remnants of Earth's earliest life and many of it's strangest creatures that exist nowhere else on the planet.
Australia: Land Beyond Time
7.6 2002 • Australia -
This caustic Australian comedy meant to burn those commercial interests who sponsor artists for tax breaks. It is also a sexually unresponsive wife's revenge against her cheating husband. Heiress Georgina Oliphant, the daughter of pharmaceutical magnate George Oliphant is on a mission to find a sculptor suitable of her father's sponsorship. Normally, George doesn't give a hoot about art, but tax time approaches and he needs a big deduction. Since large bronze statues are 100% deductible, that's what he wants. Georgina comes through with the lesbian sculptor Lily Carmichael who suggests a detailed male nude, sans fig leaf. For her model, Lily chooses unemployed hunk Karl-Heinz Applebaum who at first doesn't realize he is to model totally nude. Fortunately, coquettish Georgina is around to convince him to shed those clothes.
Lust and Revenge
3.7 1996 • Australia -
Inspired by the woman who edited "Man with a Movie Camera" (1929), "Woman with an Editing Bench" reveals the personal impact of Stalin’s censorship of cinema on a woman navigating politics, bureaucracy and the impetuous outbursts of collaborators to create something beautiful despite the odds.
Woman with an Editing Bench
7.0 2016 • Australia -
After the start of WW2, a mother takes her children from Sydney to the countryside.
Emma's War
3.6 1986 • Australia -
A woman seeks revenge after being brutally attacked by dishonest land developers.
Defenceless: A Blood Symphony
4.0 2004 • Australia -
Set in the sleepy town of Bawley Point on the NSW South Coast and brimming with laconic humour, this unforgettable tale of misguided obsession and rampant insecurity tangles with the absurdity of wanting to alter the body in defiance of things beyond our control.
5'12"
0.0 2025 • Australia -
As a young child, Frederic had been apprenticed to a pirate by mistake when he should have been apprenticed to a pilot. Now, having reached his 21st year, Frederic's indentures are at last over and he happily leaves the service of the pirates. When Frederic meets the beautiful Mabel, one of the many daughters (or wards in Chancery) of Major-General Stanley, they fall in love and decide to marry. However, complications arise when the pirates decide to marry the rest of the Major-General's daughters, themselves - and Frederic's birthdate turns out to be not all it seems. Opera Australia's 2006 rendition of the Gilbert and Sullivan opera.
The Pirates of Penzance
8.0 2006 • Australia -
Dramatisation of the 1991 perjury trial of former Queensland state Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen.
Joh's Jury
7.0 1993 • Australia -
Adam reminisces about the time he spent with his older cousin who suffered from cerebral palsy. Revisiting his eighth birthday celebrations, Adam talks about a tragedy that separated them forever.
Cousin
7.1 1999 • Australia -
Crocodile Dundee is back. Well, actually, he's missing in the Outback. And the only person who might be able to find him is the loudmouthed American son no-one knew he had. Introducing Danny McBride as Brian Dundee. This son of a legend is forced to channel his Aussie roots as he embarks on the ultimate adventure in the land down under. It's time to live up to the family name.
Tourism Australia | Dundee: The Son of a Legend Returns Home
6.4 2018 • Australia -
In the final film in the Chameleon trilogy, the genetically-engineered agent Kam must thwart the plans of her evil twin brother.
Chameleon 3: Dark Angel
7.0 2000 • Australia -
Milena travels to a remote opal mining community to see her estranged, ill father. Lost and alone, she falls into his bewildering world, where men escape society and share ideals of freedom. Soon, he doesn’t want her to leave. Stuck in time, father and daughter try to mend their fractured bond, but their connection is fragile, like the strange, colourful gems he digs up from the earth.
Strange Colours
5.6 2018 • Australia -
The Grammar Of Happiness follows the story of Daniel Everett among the extraordinary 'nonconvertible' Amazonian Pirah tribe, a group of indigenous hunter- gatherers whose culture and outlook on life has taken the world of linguistics by storm. As a young ambitious missionary three decades ago, Dan, a red-bearded towering American, decamped to the Amazon rain forest to save indigenous souls. His assignment was to translate the book of Mark into the tongue of the Pirah, a people whose puzzling speech seemed unrelated to any other on Earth. What he learned during his time with the Pirah led him to question the very foundations of his own deep beliefs. As a 'born again' atheist, Dan divorced his devout Christian wife and became estranged from his children. Having lost faith and family, his new life is dominated by the desire to leave behind his legacy. Everett's most controversial claim is that the Pirah language lacks 'recursion' - the ability to build an infinite number of sentences.
The Grammar of Happiness
8.0 2012 • Australia -
In an attempt to overcome her incessant guilt complex, a young woman goes a step too far.
How Can I Help You
0.0 2023 • Australia -
In Southern Rhodesia in the 1940s, city-dweller Mary marries farmer Dick Turner and is plucked from the comforts of her cosmopolitan life and forced to live on his unsuccessful farm. Mary slowly goes insane and has a sexual affair with her black servant, Moses. When the affair is discovered, Mary asks Moses to leave the farm, but he returns and murders her.
The Grass Is Singing
4.7 1981 • Australia -
The true story of an ordinary dog, whose good fortune and ability to connect with people catapults him to fame.
Koko: A Red Dog Story
7.2 2019 • Australia -
Inspired by the real-life mystery that captivated the nation, Underbelly: Vanishing Act tells the story of the bizarre disappearance of Melissa Caddick, the high-roller who allegedly embezzled over $40 million before vanishing into thin air. It’s a mystery that has left Caddick’s family, clients and the police questioning everything they thought they knew about her. The popular miniseries re-edited as a film.
Underbelly: Vanishing Act
0.0 N/A • Australia -
Mona and her adult daughter, Kymmy, set out from their country home to get Kymmy's young son from foster care in the city. As they travel they face and overcome many setbacks, and their past and future are explored. They argue and part ways. Kymmy gets to the foster home only to find another obstacle in her way. Mona arrives later and brings about a surprising and provocative resolution.
My Mother My Son
0.0 2000 • Australia -
A feature Documentary about Indigenous Australian figure skater Harley Windsor and his young Russian pair skating partner Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya. This unlikely duo made history, but at what cost?
Harley & Katya
7.6 2022 • Australia -
The Ripple Effect is a powerful documentary primarily centred around St Kilda legend and proud Noongar Nicky Winmar's generation-defining stand against racism at Victoria Park in 1993.
The Ripple Effect
0.0 2021 • Australia -
When famous Detective Kibbles' best friend and Co-worker Officer David "Davidson" Peterson goes missing, Kibbles and the Police Force must use their skills to find out why this is happening.
Detective Kibbles: Part 1
10.0 2023 • Australia -
George, hopelessly in love, has his heart broken by a fiery redhead named Ginge. As he stumbles home, fueled with grief, the familiar pathway turns into a nightmare. What appear to be figments of George's imagination, develop into haunting hallucinations by seductive females of the ginger persuasion. One after the other, they come at him from every angle. There is no escaping their zombie like presence. Is it a simple case of withdrawal, or something more ominous?
Gingers
0.0 2012 • Australia -
Eight strangers go into a locked room for clinical trials on a new drug that gives them superpowers.
The Subjects
5.4 2015 • Australia -
A critical documentary about the war on terror since 9-11.
Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror
7.3 2003 • Australia -
Submarines Olly and Beth join their friend Bobsie, who is convinced he is the great-grandson of the Rainbow “Pie-Rats”, to search for the legendary secret treasure that reflects the beautiful rainbows in the sky. Their exciting treasure hunt is filled with wonder, comedy, thrills and adventure. But, they are followed by the unscrupulous Snarky Sharkskin and his slippery seahorse gang. As resourceful as ever, Olly and Beth manage to overcome all the problems they encounter, survive the storms at sea, make a heroic rescue, and find the glittering rainbow treasure. However, in the end, the treasure hunt leads them to understand that the best treasure of all is family and friendship.
Dive Olly Dive and the Pirate Treasure
5.3 2014 • Australia -
A new songline for 21st century Australia - a fresh look at the Cook legend from a First Nations' perspective - the songline tells of connection to country, resistance and survival and features the cheeky, acerbic and heartfelt showman - Steven Oliver and a host of outstanding, political Indigenous singer/songwriters.
Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky
5.3 2020 • Australia -
Bony, a great-great-grandson of legendary part-Aboriginal detective Napoleon Bonaparte. Albert Harris had been a teenager when he knew Napolean; decades later, as a tribal elder, he had tracked and rescued Napoleon's descendant from the desert, after Bony's parents had tragically perished. 'Uncle' Albert taught the young white boy the ways of the desert. Now in 1990, Albert stands beside the 22-year-old Bony as he is inducted into the Northern Police Force. Bony is sent to Woongala. His first case concerns Angela Hemming, the young American wife of the district's most influential landowner. She claims that a Ned Bowen had attempted to rape her, but that she hadn't pressed charges on the condition he left town. Non of this rings true to Bony and he begins to investigate.
Bony
8.0 1990 • Australia -
Two fun-loving carnival workers take a vacation with the hope of finding plenty of sex and drugs. Their "quest" is fulfilled when they encounter a dope-peddler and two exotic nightclub dancers.
High Rolling
9.0 1977 • Australia -
After surviving a horrific assault by her husband, Helen uses the time of his incarceration to plan her revenge. She painstakingly rebuilds herself into the entity that will have the most power over him: a beautiful woman.
Blame the Rabbit
0.0 2023 • Australia -
A short dramedy that explores the absurd hell of being the middle-woman between two countries, cultures, social class and lingual politics.
Yes Sir, Sorry Ma'am
0.0 2023 • Australia -
Benjamin lives his best life alone in his parents' 1970s-style home. This all changes when an astronaut appears in his backyard, and he receives a call instructing him to kill his new guest.
Cadet
0.0 2021 • Australia -
Wayne tells the exhilarating story of 1987 World Motorcycle Grand Prix Champion Wayne Gardner's triumphant, improbable journey from a 5-dollar dirt bike to the international summit of his sport.
Wayne
6.0 2018 • Australia -
Chan is a Chinese factory worker who lives alone. Every night, she suffers from horrific nightmares involving the woman in the apartment next door, a Japanese office lady.
Asian Girls
6.0 2018 • Australia -
"Welcome to Wherever You Are" is an 18-minute documentary that follows INXS behind the scenes at a charity concert in 1992. In addition to providing an interesting look at the lead-up to a concert, this program includes performances of the songs "Heaven Sent" and "Taste It."
INXS: Welcome to Wherever You Are
0.0 2004 • Australia -
A heartwarming exploration of a community art project by photographer Tawfik Elgazzar providing free portraits for locals and passers-by in Sydney, Australia's Inner West. The film explores the nature of individuality, cultural diversity and the positive joy for the photographer of seeing his subjects smile.
Smile
0.0 2018 • Australia -
A portrait of environmental folk hero & gay icon Bob Brown, who took green politics to the center of power. His story is interwoven with the life cycle of the ancient trees he's fighting for.
The Giants
8.0 2023 • Australia -
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Barracuda
7.0 1988 • Australia -
Two people have a conversation about the practical reality of shooting a porn script written by a transgressive novelist.
Unmade Bed
0.0 N/A • Australia -
Cody’s investigation of an art theft leads him to Claudia who works at an art gallery where the certificate of the stolen painting is held. His judgement may be clouded when he discovers the federal police suspect Claudia of smuggling the paintings.
Cody: Bad Love
8.0 1994 • Australia -
Students Ali and Vanessa arrive at the mansion on the hill for a weekend of psychic competition. The competition pays well, especially for the winner. They're met by the eccentric Professor Manchester, barely four feet tall, and an assortment of colourful competitors. Every guest has story and a secret. When one guest falls ill; Ali learns he's being treated with an exorcism! As a storm takes out the power, much more than prize money is at stake. In a race against time, Ali and Vanessa must plan a way to escape, all while fighting for their lives. But whose plan are they really part of?
States of Mind
0.0 2024 • Australia -
While getting ready for a special anniversary dinner, Zoe’s boyfriend receives a suggestive text message from an unknown woman. When he suddenly leaves, Zoe turns to Google to guide her on how to confront him and/or get the revenge she believes she deserves.
Lovesick
0.0 2023 • Australia -
A young woman lies dead in a house, strangled by her boyfriend in a fit of jealous rage. Full of steroids and remorse, he waits for the law to arrive. But the law is his father, a powerful and corrupt detective who races to the murder scene first so he can tamper with the evidence and thwart the police case. When the son literally gets away with murder, the dead woman's distraught brother Jeremy arranges his own justice.
Burns Point
0.0 2016 • Australia -
In the gathering dusk of 18 August 1966, 108 young, inexperienced Australian and NZ soldiers are separated and surrounded, fighting for their lives, holding off an overwhelming force of 2,500 battle-hardened Viet Cong and North Vietnamese soldiers. And, in the pouring rain, amid the mud and shattered trees of a rubber plantation called Long Tan, with their ammunition running out and another Vietnamese battalion massing for the final assault, the digger's situation seemed hopeless. Long Tan is the true story of ordinary boys who became extraordinary men.
Battle of Long Tan
9.0 2006 • Australia -
Showgirl: Homecoming Tour was the ninth concert tour by Australian singer Kylie Minogue, in support of her second major greatest hits compilation, Ultimate Kylie.
Kylie Minogue: Showgirl - Homecoming Live
7.3 2007 • Australia -
In Japan, the passing of a loved one is marked by 'night watch': staying up all night with the deceased, incense burning throughout, to ensure their safe passage to the afterlife.
Nezunoban
0.0 2021 • Australia