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A young environmentalist wakes, trapped, kidnapped in the elevator of a super high-rise building at the mercy of her tormentors.
At the outbreak of World War II an English aristocrat (Nicole Kidman) inherits a Northern Territory station in Australia's outback. When cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn cattle driver (Hugh Jackman) to drive two thousand head of cattle across the country's most unforgiving landscape, only to face the bombing of Darwin by Japanese forces.
Detective Jack Kempson is drawn into the disturbing world of religious fanatics when the mother of a baby killed 10 years ago in a house fire comes to him for help. In looking for the truth Kempson will have to fight the system and his own conscience, only to uncover a tangled web of lies and deception. Kempson must decide if the truth should prevail over the interests of the innocent.
Twenty years ago a young mother was killed during an apparent kidnapping and subsequent police chase. It comes to Detective Jack Kempson's attention that dodgy police work at the time may have resulted in the wrong man doing time. Kempson runs the gauntlet of officialdom to convince the department there's value in 'unsolving' a murder, only to become a pawn in a sting operation involving drugs, stolen money and crooked cops.
A young British journalist saves a group of orphaned children during the Japanese invasion of China in 1937. Faced with advancing Japanese troops, he leads the 60 children on a thousand mile trek across China to a safe haven.
Nothing in the Sommers family horoscope warned them to be wary of a stranger from a foreign land. Even teenage Rastus, obsessed by UFOs and with her telescope nightly trained to the stars, is unable to discover what fate has in store for the family. But on first sighting Dallas Adair, she and her faithful dog Argus know turbulent times are ahead ...
Former ballet student, Tara Webster, was destined to become one of the top dancers of her generation before a devastating injury crippled her career. Over the last eighteen months she has tried to move on but cannot get over her dream of dancing professionally with the National Ballet Company. In her quest to defy the odds in a near impossible comeback, Tara leaves her life and love behind in Sydney and travels to New York, determined to prove she still has what it takes. But as the rejections pile up, and Tara tears herself apart trying to fit the unrelenting ballet mould, she must learn to find, and trust, her own voice before she loses everything that truly matters in the dogged pursuit of who she thought she was, rather than who she has become.
A modern comedy romance about relationships. She wants him to commit and he still wants to play around. She makes a wish - that he were in her shoes. When they wake up, he is. He's in her body. She's in his. Forced to live each other's lives - through work, friends, and sex - they get to know each other as they never have before.
Two white South Africans, imprisoned for working on behalf of the ANC, determine to escape from the notorious white man's 'Robben Island', Pretoria Prison.
A FEW LESS MEN is the hilarious comedy sequel to the worldwide hit A FEW BEST MEN. A destination wedding in Australia's Blue Mountains goes horribly wrong when Luke gets drunk and falls off a cliff. Our boys, David , Tom and Graham suddenly find themselves transporting their friend's corpse back to London, where his grieving Aunt is already planning the funeral. When their private jet crash lands in the bush, the boys must carry the body across the treacherous landscape, contend with some fit ravers, a machete wielding mother and a mix up with a giant gold penis, in a race against time to return Luke home. Provided they all survive… intact.
A powerful, redemptive tale charting the relationship between two men from very different backgrounds, who find a common bond through the most unusual catalyst.
The biopic depicts Flynn's roust-about early life in Australia, before he became an internationally famed celebrity. In those days he was an adventurer, opium smuggler, gambler, street fighter, womanizer, and gold prospector.
Eddie Fleming is a nobody. The sort of person you'd pass in the street without a second glance. At 5am this morning he was at home, asleep. Now he sits in a darkened and locked room. Opposite Eddie is John Steele. He's asking the questions. Eddie's confused, scared and desperately in need of some answers...any answers. Why is he here? Who are these people and what do they want with him? But unknown to Eddie or Steele, there are other forces at work in this psychological drama that explores guilt, innocence and the uncertain nature of the truth.
Sophie Hartley is convinced she is being stalked. She becomes increasingly certain that her husband's beautiful co-worker, Mara, wants her children, her husband and her life. But no-one believes Sophie. Forced to prove her sanity, Sophie grows increasingly paranoid - is she imagining things? Sophie becomes completely caught up in her obsession, turning stalker herself - and makes a discovery more shocking than her worst fear.
A Chicago criminal screws up the heist of his life and is forced to hide out in a reef town in Far North Queensland posing as the new church Reverend.
When a young Australian boy boards a train to Sydney to reunite a baby kangaroo with his abducted parents, he begins an hilarious adventure through the city's mean streets and the halls of government, finding a new best friend and justice on the way.
Harry Dare's troubles began the day he first set eyes on that kombi van. He should have thrown it back in the river, but he didn't. He should have listened to the warnings of 'bad-spirit trouble', but he didn't. It was as if that kombi had a hold on Harry and wouldn't let go. After it's stolen he treks off to find it: lucky his son Jim is around to help. Together they search and discover what they were really looking for ... each other. And without that kombi, they wouldn't have gotten into half the trouble they did!
A tender and passionate portrayal of intertwined love stories, set in two timeframes in the river-town of Swanreach. Having survived the freak accident that killed her parents, Stephanie is raised by her caring but life-worn guardian. On Steph's birthday her life is changed in two ways: she starts work in the peach cannery under the watchful eyes of Alan; and she is given her late mother's diary.
RATBAG HERO takes place around the picturesque towns of the Murray River during the 1930s. 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. We experience a young man's coming to terms with his father's expectations and his own destiny.
The inspirational true story of jockey Michelle Payne, who beat catastrophic injury and odds of a 100-1, to become the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup.
In 1978, when the push to decriminalize homosexuality has stalled, a group of activists decide they must make one final attempt to celebrate who they are. Led by former union boss, Lance Gowland, they get a police permit and spread the word. On a freezing winter's night, they cloak themselves in fancy dress, join hands and parade down Oxford Street. But they have no idea that angry police lie in wait, and the courage they find that night will finally mobilize the nation.
Summer 1927: Doctor Kate Munro arrives at the remote Gannet Island to take up a practice. The locals resist Kate's modern medicine as vigorously as they oppose her stormy romances with the two Hanlon Brothers. She must call on all her courage before she wins acceptance and finds happiness.
After succumbing to the pressure of his father's obsessive love and the fierce competition of the concert world as a child prodigy, David Helfgott makes a new beginning in London inspired by his passion for music and the woman he loves.
When a young ballroom champion defies the all-powerful Federation by dancing his own steps, his dream of winning the Pan-Pacific Grand Prix is shattered. His career seems in jeopardy until help comes from an unexpected quarter and he finds the courage to challenge the Federation.
The comic story of Danny, who thinks he's the world's best actor - but has never had a speaking part - and Marcus, who thinks he's the world's best heist man, but has never had a score.
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