mpgrewal

What are the best Australian movies that
1. Portray australian lifesytle, landscape, outback, etc
2. Are famous
3. Are not sadistic (as wolf creek) and crime related

I have seen Apocalypto, Holy Smoke, Crocodile Dundee, Wolf Creek, etc

Any other must see Oz film?

Leedelta

Have you seen The Castle or Strange Bedfellows? Both are comedies.

Grayling

Beats me

The mad Max series?.....but they were awful.

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mpgrewal

I heard of "The Castle", will see it.

Hebe

The Castle (as mentioned before)
Kenny
Strictly Ballroom
Pricilla Queen of the Desert
Muriels Wedding

All comedies and all very funny films (IMO)

ABCDiamond

The best Australian movies that portray Australian lifestyle ?

Hmmm... not sure just how close to real life those ones are...

Grayling

'Priscilla, Queen of the desert' comes close though.....so does Mad Max.

Hutch

The Castle and The Dish are both excellent movies.

Grayling

So is 'crackerjack'.

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blackcountrygirl

We of the Never Never, I thought this was really good film

MartinLuther

But Blackball is better.


Sorry OP. To avoid confusion Blackball is a Brit film. It's just that Blackball and Crackerjack are about bowls.

Grayling

Not seen Blackball but liked Crackerjack......I assume they are similar??

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MartinLuther

Only really that they are based on bowls. The hero of crackerjack didn't know he was good at bowls whereas the hero of Blackball can play but comes from the wrong side of the tracks. The stories have some similarities but it's really only the bowls.

I can fully recommend Blackball and I think you might want to get your England flag out when you watch it

Crackerjack is funny but Blackball is funnier.

Grayling

Sounds good to me.

I will look out for it.

G

Broad Shoulders

don't they all contradict each other?

The only one I can think of outside that list is Rabbit Proof Fence