19 on the list of top films at the Australian box office from any country, not just Australia; no. FATAL SKY (1990) A barely seen Australian/Yugoslavian co-production starring Michael Nouri, Charles Durning, and Maxwell Caulfield. The rivalry between two friends over Lucinda is further complicated when they find themselves on different sides during World War I. The fact that Quentin Tarantino listed this as one of his favourite films of 1995 shows just what an impact a cute, orphaned piglet can have on even the most cynical moviegoer. Crocodile Dundee is also no. Now, it seems Richard is not only alive and well, he is even more dangerous than ever. Writer: Ian David Actual bacon producers weren’t impressed, though, as the movie reportedly led to a huge fall in demand when fans realised that their tasty rashers were made from actual animals who appeared to be able to talk. Producer: Paul F Davies The ultimate feel-good, ABBA-infused outback LGBTQI+ celebration became that rare beast: a global phenomenon that’s also a cult classic. Set against the backdrop of the Australian Outback, and the white man's grab for mineral wealth, Jackaroo is a story of love, jealousy, greed and revenge. A young blind boy Martin takes a snap of the garden from his bedroom window and his mum tells him a man is out there raking leaves. Come in Spinner is the story of one week in their lives, as they play the game of chance for the highest stakes... survival, security and the opportunity for happiness and love. If Crocodile Dundee had unlocked the door to international markets in 1986, then quintessentially ocker blockbusters like Babe, Priscilla…, Strictly Ballroom and Shine kicked down the walls with their R. M. Williams steel-caps. The 1990s saw the release of the cult classics Muriel's Wedding and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert in 1994 and The Castle in 1997. Indeed, it forced director Fred Schepisi to jump ship to Hollywood. A real hidden Aussie gem. It also gave Sonia Kruger her big break as the manipulative Tina Sparkle. ZONE 39 (1996) Peter Phelps stars in this meditative post-apocalyptic sci-fi drama about a grief-stricken soldier stationed at an isolated desert outpost. Executive Producer: Roger Mirams Simon Templar, 'The Saint', arrives in Sydney in search of a missing Asian girl. Pictures and stories of the glory days of Rallying in Australia up to and including 1990 . James Healey as Chris Drake, Crowe is genuinely terrifying as the fictional Hando, a psychopath terrorising Vietnamese-Australians who turns on a member of his gang, Davey (played by Daniel Pollock, who took his own life before the movie’s release), after the latter reveals he wants out. Another quirksome, intimate production that somehow became an awards juggernaut and unexpected international hit, winning an Oscar for Geoffrey Rush (beating odds-on favourite Tom Cruise for his turn as Jerry Maguire). About this list: A list of every Australian film made between 1990 and 1999. International awards for Australian projects and people; Australian screenings at international festivals; Academy Awards® nominations and awards. And in truth, it doesn’t get any less odd as he grows up into a beekeeping photographer, portrayed by Hugo Weaving, who has a deranged housekeeper plotting to drive him insane because he won’t have sex with her. Sadly, producer George Miller and director Chris Noonan ended up bickering over who deserved the most credit. Cast: Jack Scalia, Catherine Oxenberg, Caroline Goodall, Linda Cropper, Zaki Alto, David Attrill, Badger Bates, Pat Bishop, Adrian Carbajal, Basil Clarke, Richard Colman, Michael Cook, Lillian Crombie, Damian Cudmore, Year: 1990 July 31, 2006 / An evolving list of Australian cinema since the ... i dont see one of the best mock doc comedys of late 1990s ‘BIGGER THAN TINA’. But the lad can’t hear a thing, so decides she is lying and vows never to trust a sighted person again. The scintillating piano playing and Rush’s tour-de-force performance charmed audiences worldwide. Writer/director Geoffrey Wright's controversial, confrontational, and violent movie about a group of Neo-Nazi skinheads led by the dangerous Hando (Russell Crowe) is an unflinching Melbourne based urban story with a hard edge, that separated itself from the fantasy inspired cinema which dominated the Australian Film Industry in the early to mid 1990's. We experience a young man's coming to terms with his father's expectations and his own destiny. Till There Was You (1990) Directed by John Seale starring Mark Harmon. (100 min), Cast: Beth Buchanan, Brian Rooney, Michele Fawdon, Andrew Shephard, Bruno Lawrence, Peter McAllum, Jodie Rimmer, John Walton, Dean O'Gorman, Jose Maria Caffarel, Year: 1990 Danny wants two things in life more than anything else, one is a Jaguar and the other is Joanna Johnson. Imogen Annesley as Sally Clarke, Low Tide Turning; Mabo; Maralinga Pieces; Outback United; Queen of the Desert; Redfern Now (Series 1) Satellite Boy; The Sapphires; The Straits; The Tombstone Opening; Yagan Some music critics have questioned just how masterful his playing really was, and his sister trashed the movie for making their dad out to be a monster, but its iconic status has remained unscathed. Executive Producer: Ian Bradley Inherent racism, Catholic school cruelty and entrenched conservatism all conspire against the lovesick rebels as it gradually dawns on them that some rules really need to be broken. If not legally, then certainly by blood and Aboriginal law, he is part of the Logan family. Rissole-loving tow truck driver Darryl Kerrigan (Michael Caton) is certainly the nation’s greatest cinematic champion (Mad Max? © 2021 NME is a member of the media division of BandLab Technologies. These are the best movies set in Australia, ranked from best to worst by user votes. The prizes are rich but the risks are high. So if you haven’t experienced every one of these true blue trailblazers at least a dozen times, then, nah mate, you’re not a full-blooded, hard-baked, sun-damaged, drongo Aussie bludger. A mysterious masked horseman is the only defence the colonists have against corrupt officials and marauding soldiery at the time of the rum rebellion. Best Australian films since 1991. Director: Kevin Costner | Stars: Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Where Martin Scorsese imbued his suited wise guys with polish and glitz, writer and director Gregor Jordan’s landscape is pokey flats infested with moustachioed standover men in singlets and baggy shorts. Produced by Crawford Productions A wild brumby terrorises the mean-minded landholder, Garrett, and despite all his attempts to kill the horse, it continually outsmarts him. Producer: Errol Sullivan, A gripping story of secrets within secrets, of disloyalty and deception, of passion, murder and revenge. Login Not registered? It sounds more like a Monty Python acid trip than an emotional character study, but the Australian Film Institute Awards liked it enough to name it the year’s best flick, and bestow prizes on both leading men as well as writer/director Jocelyn Waterhouse, who produced Muriel’s Wedding three years later. A list of 371 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Father (1990), The Big Steal (1990), Weekend with Kate (1990), Death in Brunswick (1990) and Green Card (1990). Only Colnect automatically matches collectibles you want with collectables collectors offer for sale or swap. Elaine Smith as Megan, (120min), Cast: Frankie J. Holden, Luciano Catenacci, Terry Gill, Gerard Kennedy, Tim Robertson, Year: 1990 Producer: Jan Chapman The no. Guy Pearce’s transitioning, meanwhile, was from dull Neighbours hunk into bona fide movie star, with a string of Hollywood roles following on. The mother is a cleaning lady in luxury apartments. Click here (2 x 120min), Cast: Josephine Byrnes, Marcus Graham, Jerome Ehlers, Jason Donovan, Robyn Nevin, Barry Otto, Harold Hopkins. Executive Producer: Chris Oliver An action masterpiece and possible new franchise kick-starter, Mad Max: Fury Road was further proof (not that any was needed) of both George Miller’s genius, and the right-to-the-edge abilities of Australian creatives. These 10 films – from romances to comedies to a colourful LGBTQ+ flick – the 1990s was the greatest ever decade for Australian cinema Year: 1990 (ABC) Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played. Fate brings Jack to Glen Ayre, a huge cattle station run by the wealthy and powerful Logan Family. (4 x 55 min), Cast: Lisa Harrow as Claire, Kerry Armstrong as Deb, Rebecca Gibney as Guinea, Aired: August 01 & 08, 1990 (Seven) Anna dreams of owning a horse but her mother is afraid to let her as it was a horse that killed her father. a fevered rendition of ‘Flight Of The Bumblebee’. This is a collection of materials held at the AFI Research Collection (AFIRC) that relate directly to Australian films screened from 1990 to 1999. Presented in collaboration with the Australian Film Commission, Le Cinéma Australien showcased a comprehensive collection of works produced between 1900 and 1990. Miller insisted on directing the sequel (which flopped) while Noonan has only helmed one picture since. A young, mulleted punk (played by a 19-year-old Heath Ledger) is lured into Sydney’s glamorous organised crime scene by a gentleman mafia boss (Bryan Brown), but when he loses $10,000 of his boss’ cash, he plots a shambolic bank robbery to pay it back. It garnered an impressive seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director, and took home the statuette for special effects. He bumps into an ex-girlfriend at the airport and becomes involved in an attempt to kill the ex-girlfriend's father in order to own a prime piece of real estate. Director: Michael Carson, Jack Simmonds is a Jackaroo. Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 1990. Whereas Kevin Bacon shocked the yokels by gyrating his hips, Paul Mercurio’s character subversively unleashes Armageddon with a risqué Spanish pasodoble which horrifies his folks and enrages the crusty organiser of a prestigious dance contest. And so begins Jack's struggle to claim his inheritance, the woman he loves and the child he has never seen. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 1990. (4 x 60min), Cast: David McCubbin, Annie Jones, Warren Mitchell, Tina Bursill, Dot Collard, Year: 1990 Producers: Philip East, Roger Mirams Like Strictly Ballroom, it’s a kick in the nuts for the flannelette-shirted ’Strayan bigots out of Woop Woop as three drag artists groove their glittery way from Sydney to Alice Springs in a bus called Priscilla to put on a show for the locals. Briony Behets as Samantha Harmon, Year: 1990 Oscar soon wishes he’d heeded the edict that people who transport glass churches shouldn’t throw stones. (4 x 50min), Cast: Gary Day, Gosia Dobrowolska, Jonathan Hyde, Caroline Goodall, Helen Slater, Barry Bostwick, Tim Hughes, Burt Cooper, Tony Hawkins, Josephine Byrnes, Year: 1991 (4 x 1hr). Like Priscilla… and Strictly Ballroom, it’s all about getting one over on the dogmatic jobsworths, here in the shape of sneering sheepdog trial judges. (100 min), Year: 1990 Set against the colourful background of loggers and bargees, the mini-series revolves around the Kelsall family and a generation not only coming to grips with their environment but of the ties that bind a family. Viewed today, the film has lost none of its raw emotive powerful. Australia's Lost Generation: Aboriginal Youth Suicide; Big Boss: The Last Leader of the Crocodile Islands; Coniston; Croker Island Exodus; Dance Free; Gamarada; Karrabing! Australian success Celebrating stories and talent. His character’s obsession with delivering a full-sized glass chapel to an outback vicar to win a bet with Blanchett’s Lucinda is equally funny and heartbreaking as tensions flare and violence erupts. Cast: Beth Buchanan, Brian Rooney, Bryan Marshall, James Coate, Year: 1990 Her success leads to bitter jealousy amongst her rivals and problems when a one-time employee manages to win a court case claiming back her designs. 2. Writer: Rick Maier, A group of children are swept away in a hot air balloon and land on an island out of time—an island where a group of Spanish pirates have been marooned for a hundred years or more. Joseph Bottoms as Matt Lee, Flirting (1990) Directed by John Duigan starring Nicole Kidman. Toni Collette is an Academy Award-nominated Director: Donald Crombie The plot sees our plucky CGI hero escape a Christmas butchering by Farmer Hoggett (an Oscar-nominated James Cromwell) to become a skilled herder of sheep. The script was written in two weeks, filming took 11 days and the budget was a mere $750,000. Some of the top films set in Australia are full of action and adventure, while other great Australian movies are love stories. Screenplay: John Cundill It’s a bog-standard heist premise, but Ledger’s electrifying performance makes it sexy Written by Ysabelle Dean & Rick Maier, Young Anna and her mother arrive in New Zealand after her father is killed in a tragic accident in Australia. Then Russell Crowe enters, befriends Martin and sleeps with the housekeeper before storming off in a huff (something he’s repeated a few times since). Executive Producer: Sandra Levy For a complete alphabetical list, see Category:Australian films. Or browse instead. Producers: Geoffrey Daniels, Ray Alchin Actress | The Sixth Sense. Based on the life and times of disillusioned and mistreated Aboriginal worker Jimmy Governor, who turned mass murderer, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith was a difficult pill to swallow in 1978. Teleplay: Deborah Cox, Dr. Kate Munro arrives on the remote Gannet Island to take up a medical practice, keen to introduce the marvels of modern medicine to an island untouched by the twentieth century. Toni Collette. Golden Braid (1990) Drama directed by Paul Cox. Here’s why it was the greatest ever decade for homegrown cinema. Executive Producer: Terry Ohlsson Hugo Weaving brings poignancy to the scenes with his secret son, while Terence Stamp’s career-best turn as a bereaved trans woman is heartbreaking and ultimately touching. Millions of products at discount prices - It's shopping made easy. Grant. Director: Marcus Cole A guide to Australian film and television. (4 x 60 min), Cast: Cameron Nugent, Marcus Graham, Peter Fisher, Elaine Smith, Marion Edward, Matthew Ketteringham, Reg Evans, George Mallaby, Kate Whitbread, Robert Morgan, Year: 1990 Perhaps the most cherished Aussie movie of all time, The Castle follows a larrikin battler from the suburbs who takes on faceless bureaucracy to live the Aussie dream and prove his home really is his castle. It’s a brutal and ultra-violent indictment of the far-right extremism that was rife in the city at the time and has since become a cult classic, with a sequel TV series released on Stan in 2018. There were also a clutch of Hollywood studio productions written or directed by Aussies including Green Card, Romeo + Juliet, Patriot Games, The Truman Show and, er, Free Willy. Helen Simmons cannot believe her eyes. This gloriously camp ‘Footloose Down Under’ celebrated snapping the parental ties through that classic medium of rebellion and counter-culture: ballroom dancing. Director: Rob Marchand Cast: Kerry Walker, Noah Taylor, Sarah Hooper, John Pangelis, Year: 1990 Rowena Wallace as Pamela Winter-Smith, The Big Steal (1990) Australian comedy directed by Nadia Tass. Australia : Stamps [Year: 1990] [1/9]. Screenplay by: Sonia Borg, Ratbag Hero takes place around the picturesque towns of the Murray River during the 1930s. Charles 'Bud' Tingwell as Bert Clarke, 9. Kate is instantly swept off her feet by Vic Hanlon, a strapping young grazier whose family represents the island''s wealth, but she is continually in confrontation with the island's priest who represents the dogmatic reactionary forces she despises. This list shows all films released in 1990, including films that went direct-to-video, or only got an international theatrical release. Notable Australian films of the 1990s: Death in Brunswick (1990) Flirting (1990) – AFI winner for Best Film Executive Producers: Ross Dimsey, Penny Chapman, Jill Robb Slowly adding features, documentaries, short films and miniseries that are not on Letterboxd to the database. Shop for Movies, TV on Blu-ray and DVD online from Fishpond.com.au, Australia's biggest online store. 1 Australian film at the Australian box office is Crocodile Dundee (1986), with earnings of $47,707,598.