Holy Smoke (1999)

The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992)

Summary: Vicki returns to her elder sister Beth's house in Australia after an affair in Italy. Beth, with a teenage daughter, has become involved in something of a marriage of convenience with Frenchman J.P., and her rather prickly housepr...

Release Date: February 26, 1993

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Gillian Armstrong

Writer: Helen Garner

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: R

Production: Jan Chapman Productions, The Australian Film Commission, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

Distributor: Umbrella Entertainment

Country: Australia

Language: English

Domestic: $ 831,578

The Barbarian Invasions (2003)

Summary: During his final days, a dying man is reunited with old friends, former lovers, his ex-wife, and his estranged son.

Release Date: March 05, 2004

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Crime

Director: Denys Arcand

Writer: Denys Arcand

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

MPAA: R

Production: Pyramide Productions, Cinémaginaire Inc., Astral Films, Production Barbares Inc., Société Radio-Canada, Société de Développement des Entreprises Culturelles (SODEC), The Harold Greenberg Fund, Téléfilm Canada

Distributor: Miramax, TV5MONDE

Countries: Canada, France

Language: French

Movie budget: $ 6,000,000

Domestic: $ 8,544,975

International: $ 26,338,035

Little Fish (2005)

Summary: A woman trying to escape her past becomes embroiled in a drug deal.

Release Date: September 08, 2005

Genres: Drama, Romance, Crime

Director: Rowan Woods

Writer: Jacquelin Perske

Runtime: 1 h 54 min

MPAA: R

Production: Porchlight Films, Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC), Mullis Capital Independent, New South Wales Film & Television Office, Dirty Films

Country: Australia

Language: English

Domestic: $ 8,148

International: $ 3,240,358

Inception (2010)

Summary: A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.

Release Date: July 16, 2010

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director: Christopher Nolan

Writer: Christopher Nolan

Runtime: 2 h 28 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Warner Bros., Legendary Entertainment, Syncopy

Distributor: Warner Bros., Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Home Box Office (HBO), Turner Broadcasting System (TBS)

Countries: United States, United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 160,000,000

Domestic: $ 292,587,330

International: $ 546,443,300

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)

Summary: A successful fashion designer abandons a sado-masochistic relationship with her female assistant in favor of a love affair with a beautiful young woman.

Release Date: October 05, 1972

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writer: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Runtime: 2 h 04 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Filmverlag der Autoren, Tango Film

Distributor: New Yorker Films, HBO Max, The Criterion Collection

Country: West Germany

Language: German

Movie budget: $ 325,000

Domestic: $ 8,144

International: $ 1,834

A Cry in the Dark (1988)

Summary: A mother whose child was killed in a dingo attack in the Australian Outback fights to prove her innocence when she is accused of murder.

Release Date: November 11, 1988

Genres: Drama, Biography

Director: Fred Schepisi

Writers: John Bryson

, Robert Caswell

, Fred Schepisi

Runtime: 2 h 00 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Cannon Entertainment, Golan-Globus Productions, Cinema Verity, Golan-Globus Productions, Evil Angels Films, Warner Bros.

Distributor: Warner Bros., The Criterion Channel, Warner Home Video

Countries: Australia, United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 6,908,797

Japanese Story (2003)

Summary: Against the background of an Australian desert, Sandy, a geologist, and Hiromitsu, a Japanese businessman, play out a story of human inconsequence in the face of the blistering universe. The end of the journey leaves no one capabl...

Release Date: September 25, 2003

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Sue Brooks

Writer: Alison Tilson

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

MPAA: R

Production: Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC), Fortissimo Films, Gecko Films Pty. Ltd., Lotteries Commission of Western Australia, Film Victoria, Film Australia, The Australian Film Commission, The South Australian Film Corporation, Associatione éQuinoxe, Footprint Films, Premium Movie Partnership

Distributor: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment

Country: Australia

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 5,740,000

Domestic: $ 647,054

International: $ 3,451,559

Drown (2015)

Summary: Three surf lifesavers on a big night out. Jealousy, homophobic fears and unrequited lust culminate in a tragic booze-fueled episode of near-fatal bullying.

Genres: Drama, Thriller, Sport

Director: Dean Francis

Writers: Stephen Davis

, Dean Francis

Runtime: 1 h 33 min

MPAA: Unrated

Production: JJ Splice films, Cut 10 Pictures, High Concept Media Group

Country: Australia

Language: English

Domestic: $ 1,631

Mechanic: Resurrection (2016)

Summary: Bishop's most formidable foe kidnaps the love of his life in order to make him complete three impossible assassinations and make them look like accidents.

Release Date: August 26, 2016

Genres: Action, Adventure, Crime

Director: Dennis Gansel

Writers: Lewis John Carlino

, Philip Shelby

, Tony Mosher

Runtime: 1 h 38 min

MPAA: R

Production: Summit Entertainment, Chartoff-Winkler Productions, Millennium Films, Blue Eyes Entertainment, Davis-Films, ME2 Productions, Nu Boyana Film Studios, Nu Image Entertainment GmbH

Distributor: Lionsgate

Countries: United States, France, Bulgaria, Germany

Language: English

Franchise: Mechanic

Movie budget: $ 40,000,000

Domestic: $ 21,218,403

International: $ 104,511,232

The Black Balloon (2008)

Summary: All Thomas wants is a normal adolescence but his autistic brother, Charlie, thwarts his every opportunity. Will Thomas, with the help of his girlfriend, Jackie, accept his brother?

Release Date: March 06, 2008

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Elissa Down

Writers: Elissa Down

, Jimmy The Exploder

Runtime: 1 h 37 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC), Black Balloon Productions, Icon Entertainment International, The Australian Film Commission, The New South Wales Film and Television Office

Distributor: Icon Entertainment International, NeoClassics Films

Country: Australia

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 5,000,000

Muriel's Wedding (1994)

Summary: A young social outcast in Australia steals money from her parents to finance a vacation where she hopes to find happiness, and perhaps love.

Release Date: March 31, 1995

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: P.J. Hogan

Writer: P.J. Hogan

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

MPAA: R

Production: CiBy 2000, Film Victoria, House & Moorhouse Films

Distributor: HBO Max

Countries: Australia, France

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 9,000,000

Domestic: $ 15,119,639

International: $ 365,959

Oscar and Lucinda (1997)

Summary: In mid-1800s England, Oscar is a young Anglican priest, a misfit and an outcast, but with the soul of an angel. As a boy, even though from a strict Pentecostal family, he felt God told him through a sign to leave his father and hi...

Release Date: December 31, 1997

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Gillian Armstrong

Writers: Laura Jones

, Peter Carey

Runtime: 2 h 12 min

MPAA: R

Production: Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC), Dalton Films, Meridian Films

Countries: United States, Australia, United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 16,000,000

Domestic: $ 1,897,404

Children of the Revolution (1996)

Summary: Few knew that Stalin spent his last night in the arms of a young Australian woman. Few still knew that their "love-child" brought Australia to the brink of civil war. Until now.

Release Date: April 30, 1997

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Peter Duncan

Writer: Peter Duncan

Runtime: 1 h 41 min

MPAA: R

Production: Australian Asset Securities Limited, Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC), Miramar Films, Rev Kids

Distributor: Beyond Films, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Miramax, Lionsgate

Country: Australia

Language: English

Domestic: $ 838,368

Oyster Farmer (2004)

Summary: A love story about a young man who runs away up an isolated Australian river and gets a job with eighth generation oyster famers.

Release Date: June 30, 2005

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Crime

Director: Anna Reeves

Writer: Anna Reeves

Runtime: 1 h 31 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Anthony Buckley Films, Tempo Productions Limited

Countries: Australia, United Kingdom

Language: English

Domestic: $ 15,456

International: $ 1,785,743

Soft Fruit (1999)

Summary: Three sisters and their ex-con brother return home to nurse their mother, who is dying of cancer.

Release Date: October 28, 1999

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Christina Andreef

Writer: Christina Andreef

Runtime: 1 h 41 min

MPAA: R

Production: New South Wales Film & Television Office, Soft Fruit

Countries: Australia, United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 13,654

Lantana (2001)

Summary: The relationships of four couples unravel after the discovery of a young woman's body in Lantana bush in suburban Sydney.

Release Date: March 08, 2002

Genres: Drama, Romance, Mystery

Director: Ray Lawrence

Writer: Andrew Bovell

Runtime: 2 h 01 min

MPAA: R

Production: MBP (Germany), Jan Chapman Productions, Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC), The New South Wales Film and Television Office

Distributor: Lions Gate Films, Lionsgate Home Entertainment

Countries: Australia, Germany

Language: English

Domestic: $ 4,623,189

International: $ 11,124,261