Best 10 Films of Australia

Walkabout is one of the most

breathtaking films in history

1. Babe (Chris Noonan, 1995) 10.0, comedy, 18 awards (36 noms.) - One Oscar® (7 noms) - both my favorite childrens' film and animal film (Prod. by George Miller, see below)
2. Walkabout (Nicholas Roeg, 1971) 10.0, Nominated for Palm d'Or at Cannes - adventure
3. Baraka (Ron Frick, 1992) 9.5, documentary
4. A Town Like Alice (David Stephens, 1981, 5 hrs) 9.4, Six awards - war/romance
5. Rabbit-Proof Fence (Philip Noyce, 2002) 9.2, 21 awards - adventure/docudrama
6. The Road Warrior (aka Mad Max 2, George Miller, 1981) 9.1, 8 awards - science fiction
7. We of the Never Never (Igor Auzins, 1982) 9.0, western/romance

The Children of Huang Shi is a WW2 film about a
British jouralist's attempt to rescue orphans in Nanking
8. My Brilliant Career (Gillian Armstrong, 1979) 8.9, 11 awards - romance/biopic
9. Animal Kingdom (David Michôd, 2010) 8.8, 28 awards (64 noms.) - Supp. actress Oscar® nom. for Jacki Weaver - crime
10. The Children of Huang Shi (Roger Spottiswoode, 2008), 8.8, war/docudrama
11. Picnic at Hanging Rock (Peter Weir, 1975) 8.6, 2 awards - mystery/docudrama

Peter Weir's Picnic at Hanging Rock

More worth seeing..

Australia, with Nicole Kidman, is both a western and a war film

Australia (Baz Luhrmann, 2008) 8.2, 9 awards (35 noms.) -  adventure/romance
Samson and Delilah (Warwick Thornton, 2009) 8.2, 18 awards (23 noms.) - drama

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Peter Weir, 2003) 8.1, 20 awards (60 noms.) - war/history
The Man From Snowy River (George T. Miller, 1982) 8.0, 2 awards - western (not the Aussie George Miller of Mad Max and Babe fame, but another George Miller from Scotland)
A Good Year (Ridley Scott, 2006) 8.0, romance/comedy, with Oscar® winners Russell Crowe and Marion Cotillard
Happy Feet (George Miller, 2007) 7.8, 13 awards (29 noms.) - animated comedy - one Oscar®

Babe is a pig who wants to be a shepherd in order

to help protect the sheep and to please his owner

Produced by George Miller of Mad Max fame

[see photo below]

George Miller with Cameron Diaz

at the 79th Oscars, where he won

for animated feature Happy Feet