Movies like Australia
If Australia's mix of australia, missionary and world war ii stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Australia's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Rabbit-Proof Fence
2002 · Directed by Phillip Noyce · 94 min7.0
Why you'll like itWith David Gulpilil · Shares: australia, australian outback, 1930s · Also adventure and drama · From the same decade (2000s)
In 1931, three Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff, and set off on a trek across the Outback.
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Summerland
2020 · Directed by Jessica Swale · 99 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: world war ii, 1940s · Also drama and romance
A woman during the Second World War opens her heart to an evacuee after initially resolving to be rid of him.
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Walkabout
1971 · Directed by Nicolas Roeg · 95 min7.3
Why you'll like itWith David Gulpilil · Shares: australia · Also adventure and drama
Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them.
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The Cowboys
1972 · Directed by Mark Rydell · 134 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: ranch, cattle drive · Also adventure and drama
When his cattlemen abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his cowboys in order to get his herd to market in time to avoid financial disaster.
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The Light Between Oceans
2016 · Directed by Derek Cianfrance · 133 min7.1
Why you'll like itWith Bryan Brown · Shares: australia · Also drama and romance
A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from an adrift rowboat.
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Their Finest
2017 · Directed by Lone Scherfig · 117 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: world war ii, 1940s · Also romance and drama
During the Blitz of World War II, a female screenwriter works on a film celebrating England's resilience as a way to buoy a weary populace's spirits.
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A Matter of Life and Death
1946 · Directed by Michael Powell · 104 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: world war ii · Also romance and drama
A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.
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Legends of the Fall
1994 · Directed by Edward Zwick · 133 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: ranch · Also drama and romance
In early 20th-century Montana, Col. William Ludlow lives on a ranch in the wilderness with his sons, Alfred, Tristan, and Samuel. Eventually, the unconventional but close-knit family are bound by loyalty, tested by…
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Saving Private Ryan
1998 · Directed by Steven Spielberg · 169 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: world war ii, 1940s
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held…
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The Horse Whisperer
1998 · Directed by Robert Redford · 169 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: ranch · Also adventure and drama
The mother of a severely traumatized daughter enlists the aid of a unique horse trainer to help the girl's equally injured horse.
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Far and Away
1992 · Directed by Ron Howard · 140 min6.8
Why you'll like itWith Nicole Kidman · Also adventure and drama
A young free-spirited Irish woman from an affluent Protestant family spontaneously befriends a street-smart commoner cheated by her family’s hostile land takeovers.
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Fury
2014 · Directed by David Ayer · 135 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: world war ii, 1940s
April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theater, a battle-hardened army sergeant commands a Sherman tank with a five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines.