Just watched Lantana for the first time, and found this thread.
Brings back some good movie memories and the good times
I had in Australia back in '86.
Also gives me some titles to check out.
Hope the admins don't get rid of this one when they are "purging".
P.S. YMV Broke one of the best dramatic movies ever IMHO.
I liked Man From Snowy River when it hit theatres here in 'merica.
Honorable mentions:
Rabbitt Proof Fence (True Story) cried on that one.
Fringe Dwellers
Sweetie
Angel Baby
I'm sorry baby, I had to crash that Honda. ( Movie quote, not a movie)

Lantana
The Castle
Snowtown
The Dish
Chopper
Two Hands
Romper Stomper
Animal Kingdom
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Walkabout (?) technically not Aussie?

No one has mentioned 'Wake in fright produced in 1970'. It should be at the top of everyone's list

Wow Auatralian cinema what a veritble feast of amazing cinematography! Love Love LOVE my Antipodean film bug,
some have listed some damn fine examples of oz cinema, many which I have to aggree,
some not mentioned
Malcom such a zany well made comey drama with the Late Great John Hargreaves.
again love love love Pricilla Queen of the Desert
but i like a lot of the 70's/ 80s movies
walkabout
galipoli
year my voice broke
careful he might hear you
storm boy
Dons party
first crocodile dundee
The Devil's Playground
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
Sunday Too Far Away
Angel Baby
The Club
My Brilliant Career
sum of us
The Fringe Dwellers,
sweetie
muriels wedding
the cars that ate paris
green ant dreaming
long weekend
wake in fright
fran
up to things like red dog & oranges & sunshine
with such iconic stars as jack thompson colin friels wendy hughes john hargreaves Judy Davis david gulpilil racheal griffiths russel crowe ( pre holywood) bill kerr, bill hunter noni hazelhurst angela punch mcgreggor angie milkien hugh jackman Arkie Whiteley Arthur Dignam bryan brown Charles Tingwell chris heyward David Argue David Wenham Ernie Dingo Esme Melville Genevieve Lemon Graham Kennedy Guy Pearce John Jarratt Judy Morris Kris McQuade Marshall Napier Max Cullen Max Gillies Norman Kaye Ray Barrett reg evans Rachel Ward Sandy Gore Tom Burlinson to name but a few
And of course two icons who were ground breaking
Rosalie Kunoth-Monks & Robert Tudawali first indigenous actors in a starring role JEDDA

Wow Auatralian cinema what a veritble feast of amazing cinematography! Love Love LOVE my Antipodean film bug,
some have listed some damn fine examples of oz cinema, many which I have to aggree,
some not mentioned
Malcom such a zany well made comey drama with the Late Great John Hargreaves.
again love love love Pricilla Queen of the Desert
but i like a lot of the 70's/ 80s movies
walkabout
galipoli
year my voice broke
careful he might hear you
storm boy
Dons party
first crocodile dundee
The Devil's Playground
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
Sunday Too Far Away
Angel Baby
The Club
My Brilliant Career
sum of us
The Fringe Dwellers,
sweetie
muriels wedding
the cars that ate paris
green ant dreaming
long weekend
wake in fright
fran
up to things like red dog & oranges & sunshine
with such iconic stars as jack thompson colin friels wendy hughes john hargreaves Judy Davis david gulpilil racheal griffiths russel crowe ( pre holywood) bill kerr, bill hunter noni hazelhurst angela punch mcgreggor angie milkien hugh jackman Arkie Whiteley Arthur Dignam bryan brown Charles Tingwell chris heyward David Argue David Wenham Ernie Dingo Esme Melville Genevieve Lemon Graham Kennedy Guy Pearce John Jarratt Judy Morris Kris McQuade Marshall Napier Max Cullen Max Gillies Norman Kaye Ray Barrett reg evans Rachel Ward Sandy Gore Tom Burlinson to name but a few
And of course two icons who were ground breaking
Rosalie Kunoth-Monks & Robert Tudawali first indigenous actors in a starring role JEDDA

Tough to come up with a top ten list. Movies kind of fade in and out of my memory but this thread has been a good refresher of a lot of good movies I'd forgotten.
So heres a list of (in my opinion) the better ones - no particular order.
Babe fun and clever
Shine just awesome
The Proposition gut wrenching and brilliantly filmed.
Sunday Too far Away my father was a shearer and he tells me it was a good reflection of the life and lifestyle.
Angel Baby I cannot believe this didnt get a mention - truly powerful and moving
The Big Steal just watched it again right now and loved it, yet again.
Crocodile Dundee come on, every loved this one
Breaker Morant
Dead Calm
Chopper a little over the top but riveting just the same
Romper Stomper powerful, loved the films hyperactive atmosphere and better than American History X
Gallipoli while maybe a narrow vision of the campaign, it does show the reality of the effect WW1 had on the young man populations of small towns all across Australia, an effect that took generations to correct.
Lantana excellent acting with a complicated script
The Castle & The Dish great fun movies
There are (of course) many more, but thats enough for now. Enjoy them all.

I would want to add a couple of recent films which I thought were superb (if you like dark, brooding menace)
Animal Kingdom
Snowtown

My fav 3
Lantana
The Castle
Romper Stomper
Great twisty type film is Lantana so I bought it.
The Castleonly film I have ever watched and immediately rewound and watched again!! (extremely funnie but you have to know Aussie humor(Im a Kiwi))
I just liked skinhead movies back then but I also like the back story of the guy who played Davy (Daniel Pollock) and how he committed suicide by heroin overdose just after the movie came out or was it beforewho knows??
Stay Classy
Hi I'm Twice Nightly! Tonight's news
Is a severed foot an alternate stocking filler?

You can now add Animal Kingdom to the list.
Winter's Bone: Best film of 2010. Jennifer Lawrence is the next big thing.

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Picnic at Hanging Rock, The last wave and walkaboutdoes any one else love Jenny Agutter?
I'm not that proud of everything I've done, but I'm not that ashamed, either.

I dont usually like Aussie films for some reason. They make damn sure everyone knows its an Aussie movie cos they put on ridiculous accents that most Australians don't even sound like. Chopper might be an exception because the real Chopper sounded like that. Anyway these are the only Aussie films I liked
Candy
Wolf Creek
Chopper
Lantana
Crocodile Dundee 1 & 2
havent seen Australia yet
If you piss in your pants you can only stay warm for so long

Havent Seen much Aussie films but I know 2 damn good ones
CHOPPER
and
MAD MAX 2: The Road Warrior ( Dont care much about 1 and thunderdome)
The Narrator is Tyler

Why has no-one mentioned "The Adventures Of Barry McKenzie"? Oh, yeah, now I remember

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My favourites (in alphabetical order):
Candy
Gallipoli
Japanese Story
Kenny
Lantana
Little Fish
Looking for Alibrandi
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Somersault
The Year My Voice Broke
I haven't seen The Castle yet, hope to soon!

I can't believe only a handful of people mentioned Gallliopoli. That is for me the best Australian film ever made. How many people here cried during at the end?
Other fantastic Aussie films:
Picnic at Hanging Rock (2nd best Aussie film ever)
The Last Wave
The Castle
Dark City (I know Alex Proyas is Australian but not quite sure about the rest of the production)
Breaker Morant
In truth I'm not a huge fan of Priscilla. The stage musical recently played in Melbourne and I know there are die-hard fans out there. Sorry people!

No one has mentioned
Where the Green Ants Dream,
a favorite of mine.
Bliss
is one of my favorite films, period. My LD died of laser rot, so I ordered a DVD from Australia.
Picnic At Hanging Rock
Rabbit-Proof Fence
The Cars That Ate Paris
Walkabout
Mad Max
A Cry In The Dark
The Chant Of Jimmy Blacksmith
I haven't seen
Jindabyne,
or
The Proposition
yet, but I just borrowed one on DVD, and have the other on my DVR, so I'll see them very soon!

No particular order:
Picnic At Hanging Rock
Shine
Babe
Wolf Creek
Looking For Alibrandi
The Adventures Of Priscilla: Queen Of The Desert
Jindabyne
Rabbit Proof Fence
Swimming Upstream
The Black Balloon
But that's only because the automated teller machineyolatrolamaton isn't working.

Recent ones I've enjoyed were Noise & The Black Balloon.
Though the best Priscilla, Muriels Wedding and Swimming Upstream are my top 3!

the proposition

Didn't see the excellent Prisoners of the Sun listed.

Shine
Mad Max
Cosi
Strictly Ballroom
Moulin Rouge
Gallipoli
Flirting
Romper Stomper
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Proof

the BEST aussie film, without a doubt! is Alvin Purple.
hahhahahahhahahahaaa