Genre: Australia/ New Zealand
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Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure (2011)
Cast: Eddie Lee Sausage, Mitch Deprey, Raymond Huffman …
Directed by: Matthew Bate
In 1987, Eddie Lee Sausage and Mitch Deprey recorded the nightly squabbles of their over-the-top neighbors, homophobic Raymond Huffman and proudly gay Peter Haskett, and the chronicle of the…
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Animal Kingdom (2010)
Cast: Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce …
Directed by: David Michôd
When his mother dies suddenly, a 17-year-old boy (James Frecheville) finds himself drawn into the clutches of a diabolical criminal family, until a good-hearted detective (Guy Pearce) makes a…
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The Warrior's Way (2010)
Cast: Jang Dong-kun, Kate Bosworth, Geoffrey Rush …
Directed by: Sngmoo Lee
Fugitive Asian assassin Yang journeys from the Far East to the Wild West, where he holes up in a tiny town in the American badlands. There, he meets local drunk and ex-fighter Ron, as well as…
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Boy (2010)
Cast: James Rolleston, Te Aho Eketone-Whitu, Taika Cohen …
Directed by: Taika Cohen
Filmed in his native New Zealand, this comedy from writer-director Taika Waititi (Eagle vs. Shark) follows 11-year-old Boy and his younger brother, Rocky, whose rich fantasy lives are stopped…
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Griff the Invisible (2010)
Cast: Ryan Kwanten, Maeve Dermody, Marshall Napier …
Directed by: Leon Ford
Office drone Griff is mocked by his co-workers, yet at night his superhero alter ego takes to the air, defending Melbourne against menaces to society. Griff trusts no one with his secret --…
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Road Kill (2010)
Cast: Bob Morley, Sophie Lowe, Georgina Haig …
Directed by: Dean Francis
Australia's barren Outback provides the setting for this hair-raising thriller about a massive driverless truck that runs four teenagers off the road and then becomes their personal…
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Tracker (2010)
Cast: Ray Winstone, Temuera Morrison, Gareth Reeves …
Directed by: Ian Sharp
Arjan (Ray Winstone), a hard-bitten guerilla fresh from the Boer War, takes a job tracking down Kereama (Temuera Morrison), a Maori warrior accused of killing a British soldier. Kereama, who…
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Mother of Rock: Lillian Roxon (2010)
Cast: Lillian Roxon
Directed by: Paul Clarke
Influential journalist Lillian Roxon is the subject of this illuminating documentary about her life and the revolutionary times she chronicled in Lillian Roxon's Rock Encyclopedia, one…
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Machete Maidens Unleashed! (2010)
Cast: Carmen Argenziano, Allan Arkush, John Ashley …
Directed by: Mark Hartley
In the 1970s and '80s, makers of exploitation films loved to shoot in the Philippines, which offered gorgeous scenery, beautiful extras and cheap fun in the sun for the crew. This…
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Red Hill (2010)
Cast: Ryan Kwanten, Steve Bisley, Tommy Lewis …
Directed by: Patrick Hughes
After being shot on duty, cop Shane Cooper moves to the quiet Outback town of Red Hill, where he finds himself up against an escaped convict. Shane's first day on the job turns into the…
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Jucy (2010)
Cast: Francesca Gasteen, Cindy Nelson, Ryan Johnson …
Directed by: Louise Alston
Inseparable best friends and video store clerks Jackie and Lucy, aka Jucy, are determined to prove they're more than just two twenty-something slackers. But when Lucy gets a "real" job…
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Mad Bastards (2010)
Cast: Dean Daley-Jones, Karla Hart, Douglas Macale …
Directed by: Brendan Fletcher
In this resonant father-son drama set in Australia, a barroom brawler with a penchant for liquor sets off to track down his estranged 13-year-old son -- a young hooligan who's on his way…
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Primal (2010)
Cast: Zoe Tuckwell-Smith, Krew Boylan, Ch'aska Cuba de Reed …
Directed by: Josh Reed
A wholesome outback adventure turns gruesome when one member (Krew Boylan) of a group of friends on a camping trip takes an ill-advised dip that transforms a quiet night under the stars into…
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Blame (2010)
Cast: Sophie Lowe, Kestie Morassi, Ashley Zukerman …
Directed by: Michael Henry
Five students seeking revenge and justice attack one of their teachers (Damian de Montemas) in his remote home in the Australian outback and attempt to commit the perfect murder. But when…
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Matariki (2010)
Cast: Jason Wu, Susana Tang, Michael Whalley …
Directed by: Michael Bennett
After stepping into a brawl among strangers on Maori New Year's Eve, star rugby player Tama (Mark Ruka) ends up gravely injured, and his wife and family are thrown into conflict with one…
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Mary and Max (2009)
Cast: Toni Collette, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Eric Bana …
Directed by: Adam Elliot
Mary Dinkle, a chubby 8-year-old Australian girl, and Max Horovitz, an obese, middle-aged New Yorker with Asperger's syndrome, are a pair of unlikely pen pals in this quirky clay…
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The Lovely Bones (2009)
Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz …
Directed by: Peter Jackson
When 14-year-old Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan) is murdered, she watches from above as her family deals with her tragic death -- and as her killer prepares to strike again. Torn between…
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Daybreakers (2009)
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill …
Directed by: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Earth's population is up against a vicious plague that's transforming everyone into vampires and draining the world of an increasingly precious resource: blood. As the human race…
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Triangle (2009)
Cast: Melissa George, Liam Hemsworth, Rachael Carpani …
Directed by: Christopher Smith
Murder strikes the Bermuda Triangle in this gripping high-seas horror starring Melissa George, Liam Hemsworth and Rachael Carpani. Jess encounters the first of many bad omens when her car…
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The Boys Are Back (2009)
Cast: Clive Owen, Emma Booth, Laura Fraser …
Directed by: Scott Hicks
Following the sudden death of his wife, Australian sportswriter Joe Warr (Clive Owen) struggles to cope with his grief and comfort his young son (Nicholas McAnulty). Being a single father…
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Accidents Happen (2009)
Cast: Geena Davis, Harrison Gilbertson, Harry Cook …
Directed by: Andrew Lancaster
Gloria Conway is a sharp-tongued mom in this darkly comic story of a family cursed with a streak of bad luck. But as life takes unexpected detours, Gloria manages to tear apart her pain to…
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Van Diemen's Land (2009)
Cast: Oscar Redding, Arthur Angel, Paul Ashcroft …
Directed by: Jonathan Auf Der Heide
Based on true events as relayed by notorious Australian convict Alexander Pearce (Oscar Redding), this thriller follows eight prisoners after their 1822 escape from remote penal colony…
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Under the Mountain (2009)
Cast: Tom Cameron, Sophie McBride, Oliver Driver …
Directed by: Jonathan King
Teenage twins Rachel (Sophie McBride) and Theo (Tom Cameron) discover the Wilberforces, ancient shape-shifting fiends that live under a ring of extinct volcanoes in Auckland, New Zealand. Now…
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Beautiful (2009)
Cast: Deborra-Lee Furness, Peta Wilson, Aaron Jeffery …
Directed by: Dean O'Flaherty
Following the disappearance of three teenage girls, life in the Australian suburb of Sunshine Hills takes a decidedly dark turn in this moody, arty thriller from writer-director Dean…
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Malibu Shark Attack (2009)
Cast: Peta Wilson, Evert McQueen, Chelan Simmons …
Directed by: David Lister
Stuck in a flooded building after a tsunami strikes Malibu, a team of lifeguards -- including the lovely Peta Wilson as Heather -- and construction workers must fend off a pack of deadly…