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Mad Max 2
1981· 1h 36m· Action, Thriller, Science Fiction· en
7.44.3K
Best Australian Movies of the 1980s
This collection ranks 482 movies from Australia released in the 1980s. The list is ranked using a weighted combination of audience ratings, vote volume and popularity data, so movies with only a handful of votes never outrank widely acclaimed films. At the top sits Mad Max 2.
482 qualifying moviesRanked using a weighted combination of ratings, vote volume and popularity data
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Threads
1984· 1h 57m· War, Drama, Science Fiction· en
7.6432 - 3
Gallipoli
1981· 1h 52m· War, History, Drama· en
7.1558 - 4
Crocodile Dundee
1986· 1h 37m· Adventure, Comedy· en
6.42.2K - 5
Breaker Morant
1980· 1h 47m· Drama, History, War· en
7.1158 - 6
Dead Calm
1989· 1h 36m· Horror, Thriller, Drama· en
6.6848 - 7
The Year of Living Dangerously
1982· 1h 54m· Romance, Drama· en
6.7369 - 8
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
1985· 1h 47m· Action, Adventure, Science Fiction· en
6.23.3K - 9
Dead Easy
1982· 1h 32m· Action, Crime, Drama· en
6.52 - 10
Evil Angels
1988· 2h 0m· Drama· en
6.8228 - 11
The Man from Snowy River
1982· 1h 44m· Drama, Romance, Adventure· en
7.0162 - 12
Where the Green Ants Dream
1984· 1h 40m· Drama· de
6.957 - 13
Fortress
1985· 1h 28m· Drama, Horror, Thriller· en
6.996 - 14
High Tide
1987· 1h 41m· Drama· en
6.421 - 15
Roadgames
1981· 1h 41m· Mystery, Thriller, Horror· en
6.5217 - 16
Kidnapped
1986· 55m· Animation, Action, Adventure· en
8.01 - 17
Silver City
1984· 1h 41m· Drama, History, Romance· en
4.33 - 18
Bullseye
1987· 1h 33m· Adventure, Western· en
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Ground Zero
1987· 1h 49m· Thriller, Drama, Mystery· en
6.37 - 20
Sweetie
1989· 1h 40m· Drama, Comedy· en
6.1120 - 21
Vietnam
1987· 7h 17m· Drama, War· en
9.04 - 22
Pacific Banana
1981· 1h 22m· Comedy· en
6.06 - 23
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
1986· 1h 42m· Mystery, Drama, Crime· en
6.657 - 24
The Saint in Manhattan
1987· 1h 0m· Action, Adventure, TV Movie· en
—0 - 25
Phar Lap
1983· 1h 47m· Drama, Family, History· en
7.031 - 26
The Black Planet
1982· 1h 18m· Animation, Adventure, Family· en
—0 - 27
We of the Never Never
1982· 2h 14m· Drama, Western· en
5.912 - 28
The Man From Snowy River II
1988· 1h 50m· Adventure, Western· en
6.848 - 29
The Tale of Ruby Rose
1988· 1h 40m· Horror, Drama, Thriller· en
4.85 - 30
The Punisher
1989· 1h 29m· Action, Crime, Drama· en
5.8693 - 31
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1986· 51m· Animation· en
8.01 - 32
Blood Money
1980· 1h 2m· Crime, Drama· en
4.01 - 33
Dead Man's Float
1980· 1h 15m· Drama, Crime· en
—0 - 34
Nice Coloured Girls
1987· 17m· Drama, Romance· en
7.01 - 35
Peter Pan
1988· 48m· Action, Adventure, Animation· en
6.382 - 36
Skin Deep
1983· 1h 31m· Drama, TV Movie· en
10.02 - 37
Street Hero
1984· 1h 42m· Drama· en
7.64 - 38
Celia
1989· 1h 43m· Drama, Fantasy, Horror· en
6.347 - 39
Cherith
1988· 19m· en
8.01 - 40
Doctors & Nurses
1981· 1h 26m· Family, Comedy· en
—0 - 41
Fantasy Man
1985· 1h 19m· Drama· en
—0 - 42
Blowing Hot and Cold
1989· 1h 25m· en
—0 - 43
The City's Edge
1983· 1h 25m· Drama· en
—0 - 44
Bush Christmas
1983· 1h 31m· Family, Adventure, Drama· en
5.88 - 45
Crime of the Decade
1984· 1h 15m· TV Movie, Drama· en
—0 - 46
Dusty
1983· 1h 28m· Drama, Family· en
6.03 - 47
Malcolm
1986· 1h 26m· Action, Comedy, Crime· en
6.646 - 48
Cassandra
1987· 1h 34m· Horror, Fantasy· en
6.79 - 49
The Blood of Heroes
1989· 1h 40m· Action, Adventure, Science Fiction· en
5.9160 - 50
The Great Gold Swindle
1984· 1h 35m· Crime, Drama, TV Movie· en
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Frequently asked questions
How many australian movies were made in the 1980s?
482 Australia productions from the 1980s have real rating data.
How are these australian films ranked?
By a weighted score combining audience ratings, vote volume and popularity. Movies with very few votes are statistically shrunk toward the global average, so they cannot dominate the top of the list.
What is the best australian movie of the 1980s?
Mad Max 2 currently holds the #1 position.