64 Films & TV Shows Set In Oceania During The 21st Century
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Mountains May Depart
๐จ๐ณ China ๐ฆ๐บ Australia The 1990s The 2010s The 2020sThe life of Tao, and those close to her, is explored in three different time periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025.
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Deathgasm
๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand The 2010sEvil is coming... โ Two teenage boys unwittingly summon an ancient evil entity known as The Blind One by delving into black magic while trying to escape their mundane lives.
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What We Do in the Shadows
๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand The 2010sSome interviews with some vampires โ Vampire housemates try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster some of the perks of being undead.
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Housebound
๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand The 2010sTerror Gets Domesticated โ When Kylie Bucknell is sentenced to home detention, she's forced to come to terms with her unsociable behaviour, her blabbering mother and a hostile spirit who seems less than happy about the new living arrangement.
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Greedy Lying Bastards
Colorado Kansas Alaska ๐น๐ป Tuvalu The 2010sWhat happens when an industry has too much power? "Greedy Lying Bastards" presents a searing indictment of the influence, deceit and corruption that defines the fossil fuel industry.
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Throwback
Queensland The 1820s The 2010sThey went in search of a legend ... but found another โ Two modern-day treasure hunters go searching for the lost gold of a legendary 1800s outlaw in the remote jungles of Far North Queensland.
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Cloud Atlas
California Hawaii Scotland England ๐ง๐ช Belgium ๐ฐ๐ท South Korea ๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand The 1970s The 1930s The 2010s The 1840sEverything is Connected โ A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.
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Chinese Zodiac
๐ซ๐ท France ๐ท๐บ Russia Beijing ๐ฆ๐บ Australia The 1860s The 2010sTwelve heads. Five continents. One man. โ Asian Hawk (Jackie Chan) leads a mercenary team to recover several lost artifacts from the Old Summer Palace, the bronze heads of the 12 Chinese Zodiac animals which were sacked by the French and British armies from the imperial Summer Palace in Beijing in 1860. Assisted by a Chinese student & a Parisian lady, Hawk stops at nothing to accomplish the mission.
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Beaconsfield
Tasmania The 2000sWe knew one thing... we were in it together. โ On Anzac Day 2006 the Beaconsfield mine collapsed, trapping Russell, Webb and fellow miner Larry Knight one kilometre underground. When it was revealed that two of the men were alive, Australia prayed and the world waited in hope that the miners would make it out alive. But the rescue was far more complex than anyone ever imagined. Beaconsfield recounts this riveting story of mental and physical fortitude and two very different men who were trapped together for 14 days under rubble in a cramped, pitch-black metal basket no bigger than a dog kennel.
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Thirst
๐ฆ๐บ Australia The 2010sWhat do you thirst for? โ Four people, isolated in their different ways are trapped in the desert and changed forever. Against impossible odds, can they find meaning - life, laughter and love before it is too late?
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The Tunnel
New South Wales The 2000sThe light runs out โ In 2007, in the midst of the drought and water shortages, the NSW State government has unveiled plans to tap into and recycle millions of litres of water trapped in a network of abandoned train tunnels just beneath the heart of Sydney. However the government suddenly goes cold on the plan and it is not made public why. There is talk of homeless people who use the tunnel as shelter going missing, even though the government states that there are no homeless people in there. This, and the silence from the officials and ministers, leads a journalist, Natasha to begin an investigation into a government cover-up. She and her crew Pete (Producer), Steve (Cameraman) and Tangles (Sound Technichian) decide to investigate the story in the tunnel.
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My Wedding and Other Secrets
๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand The 2010sA true love story. โ A journey through a cultural minefield, navigating the divide between the traditional values of immigrant parents and the contemporary aspirations of their children in a new land.
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The Orator
๐ผ๐ธ Samoa The 2010sThe strongest voice comes from the heart. โ The Orator (O Le Tulafale) is a contemporary drama about courage, forgiveness and love. Small in stature and humble, Saili lives a simple life with his beloved wife and daughter in an isolated, traditional village in the islands of Samoa. Forced to protect his land and family, Saili must face his fears and seek the right to speak up for those he loves.
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The Cup
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland Victoria New South Wales The 2000sTwo brothers. One dream. The odds were incredible. And the story is true. โ At the heart of this true story is Damien Oliver, a young jockey who loses his only brother in a tragic racing accident, hauntingly reflecting of the way their father died 27 years earlier. After suffering through a series of discouraging defeats, Damien teams with Irish trainer Dermot Weld, and triumphs at the 2002 Melbourne Cup in one of the most thrilling finales in sporting history.
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Inception
New South Wales California ๐ซ๐ท France ๐ฏ๐ต Japan ๐ฐ๐ช Kenya The 2010sYour mind is the scene of the crime. โ Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.
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A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures
๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico California ๐ฆ๐ถ Antarctica ๐ณ๐จ New Caledonia The 1970s The 1980s The 1990s The 1960s The 2000sHe's Turtly Amazing โ A sea turtle who was hatched in 1959 spends the next 50 years traveling the world while it is being changed by global warming. Born on a Baja, California beach in 1959, new hatchling Sammy must do what his fellow newborn sea turtles are doing: race across the beach to the ocean before they are captured by a seagull or crab. Thus begins Sammy's incredible fifty-year ocean journey. Along the way he meets his best friend, a fellow turtle named Ray, and overcomes obstacles both natural and man-made while trying to fulfill his dream of travelling around the world. Throughout his voyage, Sammy never forgets about Shelly - the turtle he saved on his first day and loves passionately from afar. Based on the actual trajectory of a sea turtle's life, the film illustrates the dangers humans pose to the species' survival. The film combines entertainment with an important environmental message.
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Butterfly Crush
๐ฆ๐บ Australia The 2010sButterfly Crush is a modern love story, starring award winning Australian actress Amelia Shankley, and set against the backdrop of the Sydney music industry. The song and dance duo, Butterfly Crush are about to break big, and are up for the Australasian Song Awards, but their chance at success is jeopardized when half of the duo; Eva, gets involved with a Kings Cross cult, the โDreamguidesโ, deep into astrology and virtual dreaming. Moana must risk everything to save her, in this brand new contemporary feature about music and love.
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Our Generation
Western Australia The 2000sOur Generation is a 2010 Australian documentary film about the struggle of Aboriginal Australians in the Northern Territory to retain their land, culture and freedom.
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Two Fists, One Heart
๐ฆ๐บ Australia The 2000sAll his life it's been about two fists. Now, will he be strong enough to fight for one heart? โ This is a contemporary story set in Perth Western Australia . Anthony Argo is a young Italian/Australian boxer, being pushed to the limit by his Sicilian father-trainer, Joe,. Joe wants Anthony to achieve the success in the ring that he was denied as a young man. When Anthony meets Kate, he begins to see his life - and the role violence - in a different light.
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A Million
๐ฆ๐บ Australia The 2000s8 contestants compete for a billion wons ($1 Million USD) in a survival reality TV show. The challengers must spend 7 days in the Australian desert. On the second day, one contestant is found dead. The other contestants then find themselves in horrifying situations as they deal with each others' lies and deceits.
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Scorched
New South Wales The 2010sHow do you put out a fire, when there's no water? โ In a climate change ravaged world in 2012, after 240 days without rain Sydney has only two weeks of water left. When the city is then ringed by severe bushfires, the question becomes, how do you fight fire when you have no water?
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Contact
Western Australia The 1960s The 2000sIn 1964, Yuwali was 17 when her first contact with white men was filmed. Her group of twenty women and children were the last aboriginal mob living traditionally, without any knowledge of modern Australia, in the Great Sandy Desert. Now 62 she tells the story behind this extraordinary footage.
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Dying Breed
Tasmania The 2000sSome species are better off dead. โ In the depths of the Tasmanian wilderness a group of hikers looking for a Tasmanian Tiger. They encounter a group of cannibals descended from Alexander Pearce, who was hung for cannibalism in 1824, out to find fresh breeding stock.
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Sunshine
New South Wales The 2050sIf the sun dies, so do we. โ Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun โ but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankindโs last hope.
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December Boys
South Australia The 1960s The 2000sAfter that summer nothing would be the same. โ For many years, four teenage orphans at an Australian outback convent have watched their younger comrades find new parents, and realize that they may never be adopted. The Reverend Mother sends the four boys away on a seaside vacation, where they meet Teresa and Fearless, a couple who would make perfect parents. The youths compete with one another to be the one Teresa and Fearless decide to adopt.
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