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The mid-1900s had a slow start for Australian film, although the first Academy Award was won for an Australian film, Kokoda Front Line!.The industry picked back up during the 1970s with one of the first internationally released films, Picnic at Hanging Rock, and with the success of the series of Mad Max franchise films.
The following is a list of the highest-grossing films in Australia. The list is topped by James Cameron 's Avatar (2009) which surpassed his Titanic (1997) to take the local record. Crocodile Dundee (1986) is the highest-grossing Australian film with a gross of A$47.7 million.
0–9. List of Australian films of 1970; List of Australian films of 1971; List of Australian films of 1972; List of Australian films of 1973; List of Australian films of 1974
However the Cinematograph Films Act 1938 mollified the British film industry by including only films made by and shot in Great Britain in the quota - this removed Australian films from the film quota in the UK, and saw the loss of a guaranteed market for Australian films. [29] Kokoda Front Line!
Australian films based on stage musicals (4 P) Lost Australian films (3 C, 83 P) B. Australian films based on plays (151 P) Australian black-and-white films (436 P) C.
This is a list of films set in Australia (and not just only filmed or created in Australia): ... A Few Best Men (2011) Finding Nemo (2003) The Finished People (2003)
Australia's 2006, 2009 and 2014 submissions were Aboriginal Australian stories. Ten Canoes was the first feature film made primarily in one of Australia's Aboriginal languages . [ 18 ] The film, set before the arrival of white Australian settlers, tells a story within a story , about what happens when a young man falls for one of the brides of ...
Listed below are films with 100% ratings that have a critics' consensus or have been reviewed by at least twenty film critics. Many of these films, particularly those with a high number of positive reviews, have achieved wide critical acclaim and are often considered among the best films ever made.