What's your favorite classic Australian movie?

[onemanempire]

Here's a few of mine to get the party started..

1. The Big Steal
2. Young einstein
3. Risk - starring Bryan Brown
4. Freedom
5. Getting Square - P iss off birds -
6. Malcom
7. Kenny
8. Crocodile Dundee 1 and 2
9. The nugget
10. The Castle - Tell em their dreamin -

[HIPO]

Bad Boy Bubby.

[roKWiz]

Dead Calm - Nicole Kidman
Malcolm - Colin "Did they stick yer dads head back on" Friels.
Alvin Purple
Queen of the Tar.
Breath - Simon Baker

[smoo]

One of the 7th wonders of the word.

[jaydee]

So many Australian movies are pretty cringeworthy I hate to admit.
Remember Australia by Baz Luhrmann.
I'm a proud boomer, so a couple of mine are,
Sunday too Far Away
The Sundowners
Breaker Morant.
Puberty Blues
But a more recent one, this year my son took me to a gala premier, a WW1 movie made here in WA,
Before Dawn, about diggers living in the trenches. Highly recommended.

[roKWiz]

Roadtrain

[marty351]

Wake in fright.

And Bad boy Bubby. You need to watch them twice to understand everything that's going on.

[ford71V8]

Id forgotten about Dead Calm, was a good one

[ford71V8]

Running on Empty

And Mad Max 1 and 2 of course

[marty351]

The cars that ate Paris (directed by Peter Weir)

On the beach

[Itsme]

Red Dog
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
last cab to Darwin
On the Beach (1959 & 2000 versions)

[Rallye Sport]

Metal skin and Idiot box, both featuring Ben Mendelsohn.
Metal skin for the cars and street racing.
Idiot box for the relatability to me at the time, the cars, scraping together change for a longneck at the bottlo and the Triple J news theme playing in the background. I still say 'Get a dog up ya' to my mates

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by Rallye Sport

Metal skin and Idiot box, both featuring Ben Mendelsohn.
Metal skin for the cars and street racing.
Idiot box for the relatability to me at the time, the cars, scraping together change for a longneck at the bottlo and the Triple J news theme playing in the background. I still say 'Get a dog up ya' to my mates

Speaking of Ben Mendelsohn - "Prime Mover"

[DFB FGXR6]

Originally Posted by Itsme

Red Dog
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
last cab to Darwin
On the Beach (1959 & 2000 versions)

Surely one of the funniest lines in Australian movie history..................

[five 7]

Original Mad Max
Romper stomper
Bad boy bubby
Welcome to whoop whoop
Running on empty

[arm79]

In no particular order...

Red Dog
The Castle
Bad Boy Bubby

Malcolm is a worthy mention too.

Whenever someone comes to me and says "I want to watch some great Aussie movies, I get out copies of The Castle and Bad Boy Bubby" and watch them back to back.

It also warms my heart to see so many mentions of Bubby here.

[.:4:.]

Two hands is an ok one. I reckon it was heath ledgers best before he went all Hollywood

[onemanempire]

I am surprised that no one has mentioned Wolf Creek or Chopper... "nice shirt dad, does it come in mens? Funny stuff that.

[roKWiz]

Not so much a favourite but worth watching for the cars and trucks of the era.
Who knew an old J series Bedford could carry a full shipping container.

Running from Guns

[FTE217]

as one mentioned some of our movies have been so cringe.
As are some actress's/actors.
Sorry you Kidman fans, can't take her seriously nor care to watch.

The young un's wouldn't know of Don's Party !
Les Patterson Saves The World
They're A Weird Mob
The Odd Angry Shot
Sunday Too Far Away !
Stone
Muriel's Wedding
Many listed by others.

[Citroënbender]

Not a fan of “Our Nic”? Guess that rules out BMX Bandits then.

It’s not a truly great film but amusing in its seventies ways - Man From Hong Kong.

What makes a film Australian, anyway - Aussie actors, or an Australian location (real or implied)?

[FTE217]

hehe another woeful movie with her LOL.....

CB, aussie is aussie home grown/local thats the way I see it don't complicate it

Another not mentioned
Man From Snowy River

[ford71V8]

I saw BMX Bandits at the cinema!

[smoo]

Originally Posted by onemanempire

I am surprised that no one has mentioned Wolf Creek or Chopper... "nice shirt dad, does it come in mens? Funny stuff that.

Im no fan of thrillers and suspense, but the first Wolf Creek was pretty well done.
No unrealistic exaggerations or anything too dramatic. And everytime I hear an Astron powered Mitsubishi start up I think of that scene after he snipered the old guy in the Sigma.

I haven’t watched the second, after seeing that clip of the Jeep being chased by the truck and then hundreds of kangaroos jumping across the road, looks too dramatised for me. I read somewhere there’s a third coming out. Probably be catered to the yanks with a whole lot of BS in it like man eating snakes and spiders.

Snowtown isn’t a classic but has some solid acting.
Qantas flights are a good source for unknown Australian films, that category is my go to when I’m flying.

[danzvtil]

Originally Posted by Itsme

Red Dog
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
last cab to Darwin
On the Beach (1959 & 2000 versions)

I absolutely love Aussie movies that show off our unique landscape. Priscilla/Last Cab etc. They’ve just announced a Priscilla 2 with the original cast, can’t wait.
I rewatched Last Cab to Darwin last night, Michael Caton and the cast are amazing, although someone kept cutting onions as I reflected on my own and loved ones mortality.

[ford71V8]

Im not really a movie person but if I was asked I think I would say Eric Bana is my fav actor.

As mentioned above, whats an Aussie film? Because me and the missus made a point of getting to the cinema to see The Dry and loved it.
We did the same for the new one too, but not as good for mine.
Years back we also got front centre seats for The Beast.

(Also...Poita taking Lowndesy for a spin)