778 Films & TV Shows Set In Oceania
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Black Sheep
๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand The 2000sThere are over 40 million sheep in New Zealand, and they're pissed off! โ A genetic engineering experiment gone horribly awry turns a large flock of docile sheep into unrelenting killing machines.
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Candy
New South WalesA poet falls in love with an art student, who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle -- and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationship alternates between states of oblivion, self-destruction, and despair.
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Jindabyne
New South WalesUnder the surface of every life lies a mystery โ Stewart Kane, an Irishman living in the Australian town of Jindabyne, is on a fishing trip in isolated hill country with three other men when they discover the body of a murdered girl in the river. Rather than return to the town immediately, they continue fishing and report their gruesome find days later. The story of a murder and a marriage - a film about the things that haunt us.
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Eight Below
British Columbia ๐ณ๐ด Norway ๐ฌ๐ฑ Greenland ๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand ๐ฆ๐ถ Antarctica The 1990sThe Most Amazing Story Of Survival, Friendship, And Adventure Ever Told. โ In the Antarctic, after an expedition with Dr. Davis McClaren, the sled dog trainer Jerry Shepherd has to leave the polar base with his colleagues due to the proximity of a heavy snow storm. He ties his dogs to be rescued after, but the mission is called-off and the dogs are left alone at their own fortune. For six months, Jerry tries to find a sponsor for a rescue mission.
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Kokoda
๐ต๐ฌ Papua New Guinea The 1940sA bitter battle is fought between Australian and Japanese soldiers along the Kokoda trail in New Guinea during World War II.
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Gone
New South Wales The 2000sThe trip of a lifetime. โ A contemporary psychological thriller in which a young British couple travelling through the Australian outback become involved with a mysterious and charismatic American whose motive for imposing his friendship upon them becomes increasingly suspect and sinister.
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No. 2
๐ณ๐ฟ New ZealandOne place. One night. โ A matriarch organizes a feast with her family, in which she will name her successor. The heart has gone out of Nanna Maria's family. There are no parties โ they don't even fight anymore...
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Kenny
Tennessee VictoriaA Knight in Shining Overalls. โ From the biggest festival to the smallest church social, Kenny Smyth delivers porta-loos to them all. Kenny tackles every septic challenge that comes his way, culminating in a visit to the International Pumper and Cleaner Expo in Nashville Tennessee - or as Kenny affectionately calls it, "Poo HQ".
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Sione's Wedding
๐ณ๐ฟ New ZealandMeet best friends Michael, Albert, Stanley and Sefa; the ladies' man, the good boy, the weird one and the party boy. They're staring down the barrel of their thirtieth birthdays, but still act as if they're sixteen; they get drunk, they chase the wrong women and they have a remarkable record of misbehaving and causing chaos at every wedding they attend. But now Michael's younger brother Sione is getting married, and everything is about to change. Sione is their boy, the kid they used to look after, who grew up while they were still partying. And to ensure his big day isn't spoiled by his boys and their idiot antics, Sione has issued an ultimatum; the guys all have to bring dates to the wedding. And not just any dates; real girlfriends, someone they've made a commitment to. They have one month. So just how hard can it be to get a date for your best boy's wedding?
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Children of Glory
๐ญ๐บ Hungary Victoria The 1950sChildren of Glory will commemorate Hungary's heroic Revolution of 1956, and takes place in Budapest and at the Melbourne Olympic Games in October and November of that year. While Soviet tanks were destroying Hungary, the Hungarian water polo team was winning over the Soviets in the Olympic pool in Melbourne, in what has been described as the bloodiest water polo match in history.
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Macbeth
VictoriaSomething wicked this way comes. โ Macbeth, loyal to his crime boss, Duncan, is told by witches that he will one day take over. Driven by their prophecy, he and his wife plot to kill Duncan, and takes the leadership of the gang for himself. Maintaining his power will require more murder and violence, finally driving his surviving enemies to unite and destroy him. A sexy, high octane retelling of this classic story.
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Last Train to Freo
Western AustraliaTwo thugs from the Perth suburb of Midland catch the last train to Fremantle. When a young woman boards the train a few stops later, they begin talking and find out not everyone on the train is not who they seem to be.
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Suburban Mayhem
๐ฆ๐บ AustraliaThere are some things in life you can't control. Fame, Lust, Murder, ... And Katrina. โ Can you really get away with murder? Welcome to the world of Katrina, a 19-year-old single mum who's planning to do just that. Katrina lives in a world of petty crime, fast cars, manicures and blow-jobs. A master manipulator of men living at home with her father in suburban Golden Grove, Katrina will stop at nothing to get what she wants - even murder.
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Ten Canoes
Northern TerritoryTen canoes, three wives, one hundred and fifty spears...trouble โ A story within a story within a story. In Australia's Northern Territory, an Aboriginal narrator tells a story about his ancestors on a goose hunt. A youngster on the hunt is being tempted to adultery with his elder brother's wife, so an elder tells him a story from the mythical past about how evil can slip in and cause havoc unless prevented by virtue according to customary tribal law.
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Opal Dream
South AustraliaSome things have to be believed to be seen โ Pobby & Dingan are invisible. They live in an opal town in Australia and are friends with Kellyanne, the 9 year-old daughter of an opal miner. The film tells the story of the bizarre and inexplicable disappearance of Pobby & Dingan, Kellyanne's imaginary friends, and the impact this has on her family and the whole town. The story is told through the eyes of Kellyanne's 11 years old brother Ashmol.
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Big Dreams Little Tokyo
๐ฆ๐บ AustraliaBecause a fish out of water is best served with ginger and wasabi. โ Big Dreams Little Tokyo is the story of Boyd, an American with an uncanny ability to speak Japanese. Boyd aspires to succeed in the world of Japanese business but finds himself mostly on the outside looking in. Meanwhile, his roommate Jerome, is a Japanese American who has always felt too American to be Japanese but too Japanese to be American. He aspires to be a sumo wrestler but finds his weight and blood pressure are thwarting his dreams. Together they struggle to find their place in a world where cultural identity is seldom what it seems.
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Solar Attack
Michigan New York District of Columbia California ๐ฎ๐ธ Iceland ๐ท๐บ Russia Shanghai ๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand Atlantic OceanPrepare for the Apocalypse... โ When the sun's increasing expulsions of plasma threaten to ignite methane in our atmosphere, international tensions rise while scientists race for a solution to avoid natural disaster.
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The Caterpillar Wish
South AustraliaThis winter, one wish will change everything โ A young girl's view on belonging and loss.
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Modern Love
๐ฆ๐บ AustraliaHappy happy, joy, joy, until someone gets hurt.... โ JOHN, his wife EMILY, and their small son EDWARD leave the city for what they believe will be a brief foray to the countryside to claim John's inheritance - a small shack. They find themselves in a strange back-woods rural setting. Nothing is what it seems, and JOHN's behavior becomes increasingly bizarre as he crosses paths with the unusual inhabitants of the area, some of whom he knows from a distant past. As his connections to the area are gradually revealed, we are shown a puzzle and a tapestry of our hero and his life before he moved away. To his wife's horror we witness a man who belongs to a long lineage of disaster and mishap and rural weirdness. As the realization sets in of what has happened, the specter of the next-in-line, his son EDWARD, becomes spookily evident.
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Freedom's Fury
Victoria The 1950sA documentary on the 1956 Olympic semifinal water polo match between Hungary and Russia. Held in Australia, the match occurred as Russian forces were in Budapest, stomping out a popular revolt.
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Kanyini
Northern TerritoryAustralian Aborigine Bob Randall presents his spiritual philosophy.
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Ezra White, LL.B.
๐ฆ๐บ AustraliaEzra White is a lawyer whose business and family, on paper, look perfect. But today is the worst day of his life.
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The Protector
๐น๐ญ Thailand New South WalesVengeance Knows No Mercy โ In Bangkok, the young Kham was raised by his father in the jungle with elephants as members of their family. When his old elephant and the baby Kern are stolen by criminals, Kham finds that the animals were sent to Sidney. He travels to Australia, where he locates the baby elephant in a restaurant owned by the evil Madame Rose, the leader of an international Thai mafia. With the support of the efficient Thai sergeant Mark, who was involved in a conspiracy, Kham fights to rescue the animal from the mobsters.
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Wolf Creek
Western Australia The 1990sThe thrill is in the hunt. โ Stranded backpackers in remote Australia fall prey to a murderous bushman, who offers to fix their car, then takes them captive.
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The World's Fastest Indian
Utah California ๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand The 1960sThe life story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycleโa bike which helped him set the land-speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.
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