Broken Hill, 2009, Filmed in South Australia, New South Whales, Broken Hill, and Sydney, Teenage Tommy McAlpine (Luke Arnold) spends his life helping run his family's sheep station in the Australian outback and playing soccer to make his father (Timothy Hutton) happy. But his real dream is to make it big in the music world. When he runs afoul of the law, he finds a silver lining in a community service sentence. In time, Tommy is transforming a group of inmates into a world-class choir. Alexa Vega co-stars in this family-friendly drama. Crocodile Dundee, 1986, is a Paul Hogan outback adventure. It's a wonderful comedy with a great cast and it's set in the Northern Territory.
Babe, 1995, stars one of Australia's top comedian actors – Magda Szubanski. It's a family comedy
with delicious scenery, as it's set in the southern
highlands of New South Wales.
The Man from Snowy River, 1982, is a romantic drama and the movie was made from the Banjo Patterson poem of the same name. The scenery and the soundtrack are outstanding. It was set in central Victoria.
Australia, 2008, Stars Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman; filmed in New South Whales, Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland. In the days leading up to World War II, Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) inherits a sprawling cattle ranch in northern Australia and reluctantly joins her rough-riding farmhand (Hugh Jackman) as he drives a herd of cattle across the outback. After an epic journey, they witness the Japanese bombing of Darwin, which heralds Australia's entry into the war.
Discovery Atlas: Australia Revealed, 2007, Russell Crowe narrates while Australians share historical and cultural stories, cameras capture timeless endurance in this bold land of survival like never before.
Here are other films I haven't watched yet, but look interesting:
All the Rivers Run, 1983 (mini series). Set in the port of Echuca in Victoria, this is a romantic story starring the hunky John English and also Sigrid Thornton. It gives you a great glimpse of the riverboat life from the 1890s.
The Castle, 1997, is a brilliant family comedy movie set in Melbourne, Victoria. It's about a typical Aussie "battler" family who almost lose their family home to the government. A top notch movie.
The Dish, 2000, is by the same clever people who made The Castle (see recommendation above). It's a wonderful dramatic comedy about man's first step on the moon and is set in the radio telescope town of Parkes in New South Wales.
Mad Max, 1979, starring Mel Gibson, was set in and around Melbourne in Victoria.
Sirens, 1994, is a romantic movie about my favorite Australian artist – Norman Lindsay. The music is haunting and the setting, the Blue Mountains of New South Wales is divine.
Australia, Land Beyond Time, 2004 , Documentary, Travel down under to explore the island continent of Australia, a unique place containing territories of rugged and remarkable beauty -- from red desert sand dunes to glistening tropical rain forests teeming with life. Along the way, you'll learn how Australia has evolved both historically and ecologically by examining the strange and interesting creatures that can only found in this still-wild corner of the world.
Discovering Australia, 2001, Travel Guide, Begin your trip down under in Sydney, with its famous Harbor Bridge and Opera House. Join in the raucous nightlife of King's Cross, then head to the Blue Mountains, home of the spectacular Wentworth Falls. Then go to the Outback, where monolithic Ayers Rock is painted blood-red in the heart of Aborigine country
Here is where I found most of my information:
http://www.slowtrav.com/australia/recommended_movies.htm
http://movies.netflix.com/WiSearch?oq=australia&ac_posn=-1&ac_rec=false&ac_count=-1&ac_match=false&v1=australia&search_submit=
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455824/locations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_set_in_Australia
I have now been to the Gold Coast, which is where The Strip is filmed. Another film to add is Mission Impossible 2- I've seen the sky scraper Cruise runs down in Sydney.
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