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Tai-Pan
5

Tai-Pan

Nov 07, 1986
Canton 1839: Dirk Struan, vieux pirate, s'est converti à une profession toute aussi dangereuse mais plus lucrative: la contrebande d'opium. Il est Tai-Pan, le chef suprême de la Noble Maison, la plus puissante société commerciale d'Extrême-Orient. Mais la Chine réprime sévèrement le trafic de drogue. Dirk Struan s'établit alors à Hong-Kong où quelques années plus tard arrive son plus puissant ennemi, le capitaine Brock qui s'est jure de lui ravir son titre.
Adventure
Phar Lap
7.2

Phar Lap

Aug 11, 1983
Phar Lap, the big bold chestnut reigned as the king of the turf in the depression that gripped Australia of the 1930s. From his humble beginnings the New Zealand bred horse raced on to become the hero of a nation.
Drama
Dusty
6

Dusty

Apr 21, 1983
The eponymous Dusty is an appropriately named dingo, or wild dog. Roaming the fertile fields of Australia, Dusty is captured as a puppy. Though dingoes are normally averse to human companionship, Dusty attaches himself to an old, worn-out shepherd, played by Bill Kerr. The dog gives Kerr a reason for living, and vice versa. Be sure to have plenty of Kleenex handy for some of the mistier passages of Dusty.
Drama
The Naked Country
3.5

The Naked Country

Jul 25, 1985
Far North Queensland, 1955. Deep in the untamed frontier tough rancher Lance Dillon and his sensual, but bored wife, battle inhospitable nature to eke out a living from their cattle herd. When the aborigines kill the Dillon's prize bull a chase begins that will culminate in bloody tragedy with Lance pitted against Mandaru - an aborigine struggling to maintain his cultural way of life
Anzacs: In the Face of War
5
Archive footage of Australia and New Zealand forces during WW1, WW2 and the Vietnam conflict. Plus home life between the wars, especially focusing on the homage we pay to those who so bravely sacrificed themselves on our behalf. This is all held together by a wonderful script narrated by John Stanton.
Documentary
Vacant Possession
1

Vacant Possession

May 23, 1995
Following the death of her mother Tessa (Pamela Rabe), a young woman, returns after many years to the weather-beaten family home on the shores of Sydney's Botany Bay. But the old family home begins to bring old wounds more and more to life. The story unfolds through flashbacks yet as it progresses the flashbacks merge into the present as it becomes apparent that the situation Tessa has returned to is very much the result of that which passed before.
Drama
Nuits de terreur
5.575

Nuits de terreur

Jan 24, 2003
A Darkness Falls, tout le monde connaît la légende de Matilda Dixon, une vieille femme défigurée et injustement exécutée un siècle auparavant. On raconte qu'elle se venge sur chaque enfant la nuit où il perd sa dernière dent de lait... Kyle connaît l'histoire mieux que personne. Lorsqu'il était tout jeune, il a vu l'effroyable fantôme. Lui s'en est sorti de justesse, mais pas sa mère. Depuis, il a fui la petite ville et craint l'obscurité. Quelques années plus tard, son ancienne petite amie, Caitlin, le contacte et lui demande de l'aide. Michael, son petit frère de neuf ans, fait lui aussi de terribles cauchemars. Le spectre de Matilda ressurgit. Malgré ses appréhensions, Kyle accepte de revenir à Darkness Falls pour sauver Michael...
Thriller
Commandos de l'ombre
6.8

Commandos de l'ombre

Apr 15, 2010
D'après l'extraordinaire histoire vraie de Oliver Woodward qui quitte en 1916 sa jeune femme pour rejoindre les tranchées boueuses de la Grande guerre. Loin derrière les lignes allemandes, Woodward et son peloton de mineurs australiens travaillent à maintenir un labyrinthe de tunnels bourrés d'explosifs qui pourraient bien changer le cours de la guerre.
Drama
La marque de la panthère
4.4
Jason Blade revient dans la ville de Perth où il est chargé de former une unité spéciale anti-criminelle, mais son principal adversaire Jim Baxter sera aussi au rendez vous ...
Action
Reprisal
1

Reprisal

Jan 01, 1997
Sixteen years after returning home, three disillusioned Australian Vietnam conscripts use their army skills to plan and execute the country's biggest bank robbery. And they get away with it. Seven years pass and a petty criminal convicted as the driver in the heist is released from gaol. When his body is fished out of the harbour the grim murder reignites the case.
Assistance à femme en danger
4.8
Les policiers de Chicago organisent une souricière pour coincer une bande de trafiquants de drogue. Mais un tueur masqué surgit, abat policiers et trafiquants avant de disparaître avec la drogue et l'argent. Della, une prostituée qui avait un rendez-vous à l'hôtel a aperçu le tueur. Elle n'échappe à la mort que grâce à l'intervention musclée de Frank Church, le chef de la brigade des stupéfiants. Frank, tenu responsable de l'échec de l'opération, est obligé de démissionner. Il trouve un travail de vigile déguisé en Père Noël dans un grand magasin. Mais Dancer, le tueur fou tente de poignarder Della. Elle renonce à la prostitution et tente de persuader Frank de la protéger...
Comedy
The BBQ
4.5

The BBQ

Jan 25, 2018
Dazza's passion in life is barbecuing, but unfortunately he accidentally gives his neighbours food poisoning. To make amends, he receives tutelage from a Scottish chef, and together they enter an international barbecue competition.
Comedy
Miss Fisher et le Tombeau des larmes
6.1
Telle une Indiana Jones en jupons, la plus glamour des détectives nous embarque dans un périple mouvementé de Londres au Moyen-Orient. Suspense, charme et humour toujours au rendez-vous de cette formidable reconstitution des années folles, dans des décors splendides et des costumes fastueux.
Drama
The Dismissal
1

The Dismissal

Mar 06, 1983
The drama surrounding the dismissal of Mr. Gough Whitlam as the Labor Prime Minister of Australia - on 11 November, 1975 - by the then Governor-General of Australia, Sir John Kerr - and the subsequent installation, in Parliament, of the Liberal 'caretaker government' and Mr. Malcolm Fraser as the 'caretaker' Prime Minister.
History
Big Brother of Christmas Island
1
Twenty years ago, a hard-drinking, fiery British immigrant called Gordon Bennett, came to the remote Australian territory of Christmas Island to become General Secretary of the Union of Christmas Island Workers. By the time he died in 1991, he was known as 'Tai Ko Seng' which, roughly translated, means "big brother who delivers". Every year since his death, people gather on 30 July at the Island's Chinese cemetery, to pay tribute to Bennett as they would to their honoured ancestors. Big Brother of Christmas Island tells the moving story of how the legend of the "Tai Ko Seng" was born.
Documentary
Kitty and the Bagman
2

Kitty and the Bagman

Feb 18, 1983
Notorious Australian flop set in the Roaring 20s Sydney follows Kitty O'Rourke who, after her thug husband ends up in jail, becomes a tough gangster on her own, befriends a crooked cop called The Bagman and takes on the competition.
McLeod's Daughters
7.2

McLeod's Daughters

Jan 31, 2009
Après la mort de sa femme et son fils pendant l'accouchement, le père de Claire, Jack McLeod, épouse Ruth Silverman. Tess est le produit de cette union de courte durée. Vingt ans plus tard, après la mort soudaine de Jack, ses filles héritent chacune de la moitié du lourdement hypothéqué Drover's Run. Tess, qui a récemment perdu sa mère d'un cancer du sein, revient à Drover dans l'espoir de pouvoir ouvrir un café de la ville mais est déçu de la situation financière de sa sœur ainée. Après que Claire licencie la main-d’œuvre masculine, les sœurs, avec l'aide de la ménagère Meg Fontaine et de ses filles Jodi et Becky, décident d'exécuter elles-mêmes les travaux d'entretien de la ferme et se sortir de leurs dettes.
Drama
Blue Heelers
6.6

Blue Heelers

Jun 04, 2006
Sous l'œil vigilant de Tom Croydon, les hommes et les femmes du poste de police de la ville fictive de Mount Thomas combattent le crime, résolvent les différends et s'attaquent aux problèmes sociaux de l'heure. Nous regardons leurs succès et leurs échecs et apprenons à grandir avec eux et leurs proches au fur et à mesure que le cœur de la série se développe.
Drama
The Man from Snowy River
6.6
The Man from Snowy River is an Australian television series based on Banjo Paterson's poem "The Man from Snowy River". Released in Australia as Banjo Paterson's The Man from Snowy River, the series was subsequently released in both the United States and the United Kingdom as Snowy River: The McGregor Saga. The television series has no relationship to the 1982 film The Man from Snowy River or the 1988 sequel The Man from Snowy River II. Instead, the series follows the adventures of Matt McGregor, a successful squatter, and his family. Matt is the hero immortalized in Banjo Paterson's poem "The Man from Snowy River", and the series is set 25 years after his famous ride.
Drama
The Doctor Blake Mysteries
7.8
Le Dr Lucien Blake a quitté Ballarat dans sa jeunesse. Mais maintenant, il se retrouve à reprendre non seulement la pratique médicale de son père décédé, mais aussi son rôle de garde en tant que chirurgien de la police de la ville, seulement pour découvrir que le changement est en cours, que rien n'est sacré et que personne n'est en sécurité.
Mystery
The Dismissal
6

The Dismissal

Mar 06, 1983
The sensational dismissal of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam's Labor Government by the Queens representative in Australia, the Governor General, Sir John Kerr on November 11, 1975.
Drama
Bellamy
1

Bellamy

Dec 18, 1981
Bellamy is an Australian television series made by the Reg Grundy Organisation for the Ten Network in 1981. The series focused on a maverick cop named Steve Bellamy. His partner was Detective Mitchell. Recurring characters in the series were the disapproving Daley who appeared in 21 episodes, the forensics technician Clem who was in 15 of the episodes. Adam Garnett as Ginger, a street-wise child who befriended Bellamy, appeared in six early episodes but was phased-out of the series. Later in the run Tom Richards appeared as Detective Burns over five episodes. In the story Burns was ultimately revealed to be corrupt. The series was noticeably more violent than previous Australian police series such as those made by Crawford Productions during the 1970s. Bellamy attracted only mediocre ratings and was shifted around the schedules several times. The series was not renewed beyond the initial series of 26 one-hour episodes.
Drama
The Silver Brumby
8.5

The Silver Brumby

Sep 17, 1998
The Silver Brumby is an Australian animated children's television series written by Jon Stephens and Judy Malmgren based on Elyne Mitchell's Silver Brumby books. A total of thirty-nine episodes were produced by Media World between 1994 and 1998 and these were broadcast on CBBC in the United Kingdom and RTE in Ireland. The episodes featured Thowra, a silver colt, his brothers Storm and Arrow and their friends the bush animals in their continued quest to resist the Men's efforts to capture them. The series was remade into a feature length film by Media World Features and Lions Gate Home Entertainment with Barnholtz Entertainment in 1993. The title was changed to "The Silver Stallion," and starred Russell Crowe and Caroline Goodall. The Australian based film was directed by John Tatoulis and produced by Colin J. South, and went on to win 5 Film Festivals.
Animation
Childhood's End :  Les enfants d'Icare
7
En 2016, l'espace aérien terrien est envahi de vaisseaux extraterrestres. Ces aliens, qui préfèrent rester dans l'ombre, assurent être venus en paix pour aider les humains à évoluer et atteindre leur âge d'or. Ils choisissent un modeste fermier de l'Amérique profonde pour servir d'intermédiaire entre leur peuple et les hommes. Pour prouver leur bonne foi, ils mettent fin aux guerres, aux maladies et à la famine. Cette intrusion n'est pas forcément bien vécue par l'ensemble de la population terrienne. Certains ont du mal à faire confiance et s'interrogent : quelle peut bien être la motivation de ces étrangers ? Qu'attendent-ils en retour ? Et quand révèleront-ils leur vrai visage ?
Drama
Bay of Fires
6.7

Bay of Fires

Sep 03, 2023
Trahie et en danger immédiat, Stela doit déménager avec toute sa famille à Mystery Bay. Cette ville hors des radars semble cependant détenir encore plus de secrets que sa famille et les étrangers n'y sont pas les bienvenus.
Mystery
Jack Irish
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Jack Irish

Jul 04, 2021
Adaptation en série des téléfilms centrés sur Jack Irish, ancien avocat pénal devenu détective privé et percepteur. Alors qu'il tente de se remettre du meurtre de sa femme, il résout des affaires en se trouvant, bien souvent, au mauvais endroit au mauvais moment.
Drama
The Feds
1

The Feds

Oct 23, 1996
The Feds is a series of Australian television films starring Robert Taylor, which were first broadcast on the Nine Network 1993-1996. The Feds revolves around the activities of the Australian Federal Police, who protect the national interests from crime in Australia and overseas. Nine telemovies were produced in the series.
Drama
Homicide
4.3

Homicide

Jun 25, 1976
Homicide was an Australian television police drama series The series dealt with the homicide squad of the Victorian Police force and the various crimes and cases the detectives are called upon to investigate. Many episodes were based on real life crime cases.
Drama
Homicide
4.3

Homicide

Jun 25, 1976
Homicide was an Australian television police drama series The series dealt with the homicide squad of the Victorian Police force and the various crimes and cases the detectives are called upon to investigate. Many episodes were based on real life crime cases.
Drama
Homicide
4.3

Homicide

Jun 25, 1976
Homicide was an Australian television police drama series The series dealt with the homicide squad of the Victorian Police force and the various crimes and cases the detectives are called upon to investigate. Many episodes were based on real life crime cases.
Drama
Homicide
4.3

Homicide

Jun 25, 1976
Homicide was an Australian television police drama series The series dealt with the homicide squad of the Victorian Police force and the various crimes and cases the detectives are called upon to investigate. Many episodes were based on real life crime cases.
Drama
Homicide
4.3

Homicide

Jun 25, 1976
Homicide was an Australian television police drama series The series dealt with the homicide squad of the Victorian Police force and the various crimes and cases the detectives are called upon to investigate. Many episodes were based on real life crime cases.
Drama
Homicide
4.3

Homicide

Jun 25, 1976
Homicide was an Australian television police drama series The series dealt with the homicide squad of the Victorian Police force and the various crimes and cases the detectives are called upon to investigate. Many episodes were based on real life crime cases.
Drama
Homicide
4.3

Homicide

Jun 25, 1976
Homicide was an Australian television police drama series The series dealt with the homicide squad of the Victorian Police force and the various crimes and cases the detectives are called upon to investigate. Many episodes were based on real life crime cases.
Drama
Bloom
6.9

Bloom

Apr 09, 2020
Un an après une inondation qui a causé la mort de cinq habitants d'une petite ville tranquille, une étrange plante apparaît. Cette plante permet de garder une jeunesse éternelle et pour garder cette capacité secrète, certain(e)s sont prêts à tuer.
Drama
Halifax f.p.
6.2

Halifax f.p.

Jul 07, 2002
Halifax f.p. is an Australian television crime series produced by Nine Network from 1994 to 2002. The series stars Rebecca Gibney as Doctor Jane Halifax, a forensic psychiatrist investigating cases involving the mental state of suspects or victims. The series is set in Melbourne. The producers of the film were Beyond Simpson Le Mesurier; Australian Film Finance Corporation and aired on the Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd 21 Episodes of 90 and 102 minutes each were produced, and the series has screened in more than 60 countries. The budget for each episode was an average of $1.3 million. Funding came in part from the Australian Film Finance Corporation and Film Victoria.
Drama