Search results for "Bruce Beresford"
Mister Johnson

Mister Johnson

Mister Johnson
IMDb: 6.4
101

In 1923 British Colonial Nigeria, Mister Johnson is an oddity — an educated black man who doesn’t really fit in with the natives or the British. He works for the…

Genre: Drama
Black Robe

Black Robe

Black Robe
IMDb: 7.1
101

Missionary Father LaForgue travels to the New World in hopes of converting Algonquin Indians to Catholicism. Accepted, though warily, by the Indians, LaForgue travels with the Indians using his strict…

Her Alibi

Her Alibi

Her Alibi
IMDb: 5.8
94

A writer of BAD detective novels is in full writers’ block. He pretends to be the alibi of a beautiful woman who was arrested for murder at first thinking her…

Genre: Comedy, Crime
Driving Miss Daisy

Driving Miss Daisy

Driving Miss Daisy
IMDb: 7.3
99

The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong…

Genre: Drama
Aria

Aria

Aria
IMDb: 5.7
97

Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, and Nicolas Roeg. Each short uses an aria as soundtrack/sound, and is an…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
The Fringe Dwellers

The Fringe Dwellers

The Fringe Dwellers
IMDb: 6.6
98

The story of an Aboriginal family’s attempts to forge a new life for themselves within the segregated society. At the urging of headstrong teenager Trilby, the Comeaways relocate from their…

Genre: Drama
Crimes of the Heart

Crimes of the Heart

Crimes of the Heart
IMDb: 6.3
105

Three sisters try to come to grips with the meaning of their mother’s suicide.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
King David

King David

King David
IMDb: 5.3
114

This is a movie about the life of Israel’s king David.

Tender Mercies

Tender Mercies

Tender Mercies
IMDb: 7.3
92

Alcoholic former country singer Mac Sledge makes friends with a young widow and her son. The friendship enables him to find inspiration to resume his career.

Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Puberty Blues

Puberty Blues

Puberty Blues
IMDb: 5.9
87

Two teenage surf chicks from the southern suburbs of Sydney ingratiate themselves with a new group of boys.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Breaker Morant

Breaker Morant

Breaker Morant
IMDb: 7.8
107

During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. Though they acted under orders, they are being used as scapegoats by the General Staff, who…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Money Movers

Money Movers

Money Movers
IMDb: 6.5
92

A group of crooks plan a heist to steal twenty million dollars from a Security Firm counting house.

The Getting of Wisdom

The Getting of Wisdom

The Getting of Wisdom
IMDb: 6.5
101

Based on the 1910 novel by Henry Handel Richardson, thought to be an account of her own schooldays at the Presbyterian Ladies College in Melbourne. A young girl, Laura Tweedle-Rambotham…

Genre: Drama
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
IMDb: 5.5
93

Barry McKenzie’s Aunt Edna is kidnapped by Count Von Plasma, the vampire head of an isolated Eastern European dictatorship who mistakes her for the Queen of England and thinks that…

Genre: Comedy
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie

The Adventures of Barry McKenzie

The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
IMDb: 5.6
114

Barry McKenzie sets off for England with his aunt, Edna Everage, to advance his cultural education. Bazza is an innocent abroad, fond of beer, Bondi and beautiful sheilas, but he…

Genre: Comedy
HDThe Travellers

The Travellers

The Travellers
HD
IMDb: N/A
97

Stephen Seary, a stage designer, returns to Australia to visit his dying mother, but a quick trip descends into family tensions, past conflicts, and romantic complications, jeopardizing his return to…

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Genre: Drama