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Mary and Max

Mary and Max

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Film Age rating: 10 Year: 2009 IMDB Rating: 8.1

A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York.

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The Castle

The Castle

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Film Age rating: 10 Year: 1997 IMDB Rating: 7.6

A Melbourne family is very happy living near the Melbourne airport. However, they are forced to leave their beloved home (by the Government and airport authorities) to make way for more runways. 'The...

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Red Dog

Red Dog

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Film Age rating: 7 Year: 2011 IMDB Rating: 7.3

The legendary true story of the Red Dog who united a disparate local community while roaming the Australian outback in search of his long lost master.

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Last Cab to Darwin

Last Cab to Darwin

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Film Age rating: 13 Year: 2015 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Rex is a loner, and when he's told he doesn't have long to live, he embarks on an epic drive through the Australian outback from Broken Hill to Darwin to die on his own terms; but his journey reveals...

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Three Kings

Three Kings

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Film Age rating: 15 Year: 1999 IMDB Rating: 7.1

A group of American soldiers stationed in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War find a map they believe will take them to a huge cache of stolen Kuwaiti gold hidden near their base, and they embark on a sec...

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The Sapphires

The Sapphires

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Film Age rating: 9 Year: 2012 IMDB Rating: 7

It's 1968, and four young, talented Australian Aboriginal girls learn about love, friendship and war when they entertain the US troops in Vietnam as singing group The Sapphires.

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The Dressmaker

The Dressmaker

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Film Age rating: 13 Year: 2015 IMDB Rating: 7

In 1950s Australia, beautiful, talented dressmaker Tilly returns to her tiny hometown to right wrongs from her past. As she tries to reconcile with her mother, she starts to fall in love while transfo...

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Babe

Babe

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Film Age rating: 2 Year: 1995 IMDB Rating: 6.9

Babe is a little pig who doesn't quite know his place in the world. With a bunch of odd friends, like Ferdinand the duck who thinks he is a rooster and Fly the dog he calls mum, Babe realises that he...

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Don's Party

Don's Party

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Film Age rating: 18 Year: 1976 IMDB Rating: 6.8

On the night of the 1969 federal election, Don Henderson invites a group of friends to celebrate a predicted Labor Party victory, much to the dismay of his wife, Kath. The Hendersons and their nine gu...

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Ladies in Black

Ladies in Black

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Film Age rating: 5 Year: 2018 IMDB Rating: 6.7

Adapted from the bestselling novel by Madeleine St John, Ladies in Black is an alluring and tender-hearted comedy drama about the lives of a group of department store employees in 1959 Sydney.

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