The Australian Movie Quiz - Statistics

General Stats
  • This quiz has been taken 45 times
  • The average score is 9 of 35
Answer Stats
Year Stars Synopsis Answer % Correct
1979 Mel Gibson, Steve Bisley In a lawless post-apocalyptic world. a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang. Mad Max
90%
2003 Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom Biopic of one of Australia's most infamous bushrangers. Ned Kelly
72%
1997 Michael Caton, Stephen Curry A working-class family from Melbourne, fights city hall after being told they must vacate their beloved family home to allow for infrastructural expansion. The Castle
67%
1992 Russell Crowe, Daniel Pollock A group of skinheads become alarmed at how their neighbourhood is becoming more multicultural. Romper Stomper
62%
2000 Eric Bana, Simon Lyndon Biopic of one of Australia's most infamous criminals, who writes his memoirs whilst in prison. Chopper
59%
1995 James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski An eccentric farmer teaches his pig how to herd sheep in order to try to win a local sheep herding competition. Babe
56%
1975 Rachel Roberts, Anne-Louise Lambert During a rural summer picnic, a few students and a teacher from an Australian girls' school vanish without a trace. Their absence frustrates and haunts the people left behind. Picnic at Hanging Rock
56%
1994 Toni Collette, Rachel Griffiths A young social outcast, from a dysfunctional family, steals money from her parents, and escapes in the hope of finding happiness. Muriel's Wedding
49%
2002 Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury In 1931, three half-white, half-Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their houses to be trained as domestic staff, and set off on a journey across the Outback to return home. Rabbit Proof Fence
49%
1981 Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence In the post-apocalyptic Australian Outback, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline-rich community, escape a horde of violent bandits. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
46%
1996 Geoffrey Rush, Armin Mueller-Stahl As a young man, pianist David Helfgott is driven so hard by his father and his teachers, that he eventually has a nervous breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano and rediscovers his love of playing. Shine
44%
2002 Mick Molloy, Bill Hunter An amoral, selfish young man, ends up doing all he can to help save an inner-city bowls club destined for demolition and redevelopment. Crackerjack
33%
1999 Heath Ledger, Bryan Brown A young man who works as a bouncer at a Kings Cross strip club, has his life turned upside down when he becomes indebted to a local gangster. Two Hands
23%
1980 Jack Thompson, Graham Kennedy Boardroom and dressing-room intrigues spill out onto the field at a professional Australian Rules football club. The Club
21%
1971 Jenny Agutter, David Gulpilil Two city-bred siblings are stranded in the Australian Outback, where they learn to survive with the aid of an Aboriginal boy. Walkabout
21%
1993 Nicholas Hope, Claire Benito A man is kept inside by his mother for 30 years who tells him the air is toxic and he will die if he goes outside. But eventually he has to escape and find his way in the outside world. Bad Boy Bubby
18%
1980 Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson Three Australian lieutenants during The Boer War are put on trial for war crimes, as a means of diverting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers. Breaker Morant
18%
2006 Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish A poet falls in love with an art student who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle -- and his love of heroin. Candy
18%
1986 Michael Hutchence, Saskia Post Two men who are members of a band, share a house in a Melbourne suburb with a variety of young music fans and social misfits. Dogs in Space
18%
1986 Colin Friels, John Hargreaves A chronically shy mechanical genius, who has been fired from his job, teams up with an ex-con to pull off an ingenious heist. Malcolm
13%
2005 Ray Winstone, Guy Pearce During the Australian Frontier Wars, a lawman apprehends a notorious outlaw and his younger brother, He offers the elder one a deal. He sets him free to either kill his psychopathic older outlaw brother, or his younger brother will be killed. The Proposition
10%
2009 Anthony LaPaglia, Oscar Isaac A journalist and a young Timorese political activist, travel to a small Timorese town to investigate the murder of five Australian journalists by the Indonesian military during the Indonesian invasion of Portuguese Timor in 1975. Balibo
8%
1990 Sam Neil, Zoe Carides A down on his luck cook, falls in love with a young Greek girl at the club where he works. After accidentally killing a fellow worker, he and his friend must work out how to dispose of the body. Death in Brunswick
8%
2016 Aaron Pederson, Jacki Weaver An indigenous detective travels to a small outback town in search of a missing girl, and becomes embroiled in a web of police, political and mining industry corruption. Goldstone
8%
2013 Aaron Pederson, Hugo Weaving An indigenous detective returns to his Outback home town to investigate the murder of a young girl. Mystery Road
8%
2003 Mick Molloy, Bob Franklin Two suspended undercover detectives. must expose corruption in the Victorian police force and the Victorian state government in order to clear their names. Bad Eggs
5%
2007 Brendan Cowell, Maia Thomas An unmotivated, suburban Melbourne policeman is put on the front line in the search for a psychopathic killer. Noise
5%
1998 David Wenham, Toni Collette A violent man is released on parole and returns home, where he negatively influences his two brothers. The Boys
5%
1974 Terry Camilleri, John Meillon In a small Australian town, the locals deliberately cause car accidents so they can salvage the wrecks and steal valuables from the cars as a means of survival. The Cars That Ate Paris
5%
1998 Hugo Weaving, Tony Martin A policeman interviews a suspected murderer, whose true character is hard to determine. The Interview
5%
1975 Peter Cummins, John Hargreaves A good young cop and a corrupt older cop are called to a domestic dispute, where they become embroiled in the couple's problems. The Removalists
5%
2003 Sam Worthington, Timothy Spall Barry is released from prison. But to go straight, he must use his skills as a criminal to escape his former boss and a corrupt cop. Gettin' Square
3%
1987 Judy Davis, Claudia Karvan A backing singer in a traveling Elvis tribute band is fired leaving her stranded in a the caravan park of a small coastal town. Here, she inadvertently encounters the daughter she abandoned 13 years ago without knowing it's her. High Tide
3%
1996 Ben Mendelsohn, Jeremy Sims Looking for the fast track out of suburban hell, two natural born losers scheme an impossible heist. Idiot Box
3%
2005 Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving An ex-heroin addict becomes embroiled in a drug deal to help raise money for her business plans and to help her drug addict step-father. Little Fish
3%
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