Chris Haywood
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1948-07-24
Locus Natus: Billericay - Essex - England
Et ut: Chris Heywood
Muriel's Wedding
A young social outcast in Australia steals money from her parents to finance a vacation where she hopes to find happiness, and perhaps love.
release : 1994.09.29popularis : 15.471
Love You Like That
Cupids arrow has hit the coastal town of Seafront Sands. A lonely soul will discover a secret about the love we all share for the first time.
release : 2021.10.21popularis : 2.621
Jindabyne
Outside the Australian town of Jindabyne, local man Stuart Kane is on a fishing trip with friends when they discover the body of a murdered girl.
release : 2006.07.20popularis : 5.987
Shine
Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.
release : 1996.08.15popularis : 11.857
The Man from Snowy River
Jim Craig has lived his first 18 years in the mountains of Australia on his father's farm. The death of his father forces him to go to the lowlands...
release : 1982.03.25popularis : 14.307
Black and White
Australia, 1958. When a nine year old white girl is found murdered, police are quick to arrest illiterate Aborigine, Max Stuart. Under interrogation...
release : 2002.10.31popularis : 2.57
Quigley Down Under
American Matt Quigley answers Australian land baron Elliott Marston's ad for a sharpshooter to kill the dingoes on his property. But when Quigley...
release : 1990.10.17popularis : 14.607
Razorback
In the Australian outback a vicious wild boar kills and causes havoc to a small community.
release : 1984.04.19popularis : 10.558
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey
Cumberland, 1348. The plague is spreading in medieval England. The remote village of little Griffin is also threatened. But the 9-year-old boy has a...
release : 1988.12.15popularis : 4.473
Malcolm
Malcolm is a chronically shy mechanical genius, who has just been fired for building his own tram. He gets Frank, who has just been released from...
release : 1986.07.20popularis : 3.294
Breaker Morant
During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. Though they acted under orders, they are being used as...
release : 1980.06.11popularis : 8.434
Attack Force Z
Tim Burstall directs then-up-and-comers Mel Gibson and Sam Neill in this action-packed Cannes Film Festival selection about the grim realities of...
release : 1982.06.01popularis : 6.224
The Cars That Ate Paris
After the death of his brother on the road, unemployed and unstable drifter Arthur Waldo stays for a while in the rural Australian town of Paris as...
release : 1974.10.10popularis : 6.005
The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce
Eight men escape from the most isolated prison on earth. Only one man survives and the story he recounts shocks the British establishment to the...
release : 2009.01.29popularis : 2.392
Running on Empty
Mike loves his fast cars and his hot women. When he fancies the girlfriend of the local street racing king, Fox, he gets way in over his head in...
release : 1982.08.05popularis : 2.083
Heatwave
During a Christmas heatwave, a community activist attempts to stop a redevelopment project that is displacing residents in the Kings Cross section of...
release : 1982.03.08popularis : 1.594
Emerald City
A comedy of life's temptations - lust, greed and power. The city in question is Sydney and the colour green signifies greed and envy in David...
release : 1988.12.09popularis : 1.975
Sweet River
Hannah's search for her son's body leads her to sleepy Billins, where her investigations uncover more than she expected and threaten to expose towns...
release : 2021.04.23popularis : 2.731
Mountain of Gold
The story of Almayer, a Dutch trader struggling to survive in Malaysia at the turn of the 19th Century. His dream of finding a mythical gold mountain...
release : 2016.11.24popularis : 1.615
Blackrock
In New South Wales, Jared surfs with his mates and has a first girl. He hosts a beach party for his older pal, Ricko, and witnesses four of his mates...
release : 1997.05.01popularis : 2.369
A Woman's Tale
Uplifting and intimate look at the last days of an elderly cancer victim. The film is even more relevant as it was written specifically for the lead...
release : 1991.09.26popularis : 0.991
Lockout
In 1929 one of the darkest chapters in Australian industrial history was written in blood and bitterness on the Northern Coalfields of NSW, a tale...
release : 2007.08.23popularis : 0.507
Newsfront
Two brothers working as news cameramen for competing companies in '50s Australia find their lives dramatically affected by the constantly changing...
release : 1978.07.29popularis : 1.293
Subterano
Eleven souls, trapped in an underground carpark, are attacked by deadly, remote controlled toys. Only a few will survive.
release : 2003.01.03popularis : 3.468
Man of Flowers
An eccentric elderly man tries to enjoy the three things in life that he considers real beauty: collecting art, collecting flowers, and watching...
release : 1983.09.22popularis : 1.7
Palawan Fate
Punay was born with wounds on her feet so that she cannot step on the earth. Her brother, Angkarang, carries her through a hammock, as he searches...
release : 2011.07.11popularis : 0.592
The Great Gold Swindle
The true story of a half million dollar gold robbery which took place in Perth Western Australia in 1982.
release : 1984.02.01popularis : 1.277
Golden Braid
When a man discovers a golden braid hidden inside an antique he has purchased, he becomes obsessed with the fantasy of a love affair from time past...
release : 1990.09.07popularis : 1.342
Lonely Hearts
In this offbeat comedy, an unlikely romance develops between a flamboyant, middle-aged piano tuner and an extremely timid office worker
release : 1982.11.01popularis : 1.235
Strikebound
Via the New York Times: "...reconstructs the true story of a coal miners' strike in the small town of Korumburra in the mid-30's... based on the...
release : 1984.09.20popularis : 1.997
Burke & Wills
A story based on true events about two explorers on a doomed journey trying to cross Australia on foot in the 19 century.
release : 1985.10.30popularis : 3.419
Dangerous Remedy
The ABC telemovie event Dangerous Remedy tells the fascinating story of Dr Bertram Wainer. Living and working in Melbourne in the 1960s, Dr Wainer...
release : 2012.11.04popularis : 3.515
Human Touch
To try to raise money for her choir's trip to China, Anna poses nude for an ageing artist and upon seeing the finished results goes on a journey of...
release : 2005.04.14popularis : 0.476
Island
Island is Paul Cox's serene and beautiful film which explores a spectrum of emotions - ranging from extreme passion to fear, leading to murder - from...
release : 1989.09.09popularis : 1.499
The Tale of Ruby Rose
The year is 1933. Ruby Rose (Melita Jurisic) is an Australian woman living with her Welsh immigrant husband Henry (Chris Haywood) in the Tasmanian...
release : 1988.05.25popularis : 0.736
Lust and Revenge
This caustic Australian comedy is meant to burn those commercial interests who sponsor artists for tax breaks. It also a sexually unresponsive wife's...
release : 1996.05.28popularis : 0.993
Dead Man's Float
A strange warning is followed by near disaster when a speedboat slices John's surfboard in half as his friends look on in horror. His curiosity...
release : 1980.01.01popularis : 0.886
The Bit Part
Career counsellor Michael Thornton decides to change his career and become an actor. He dreams of performing Shakespeare but ends up in a television...
release : 1987.06.20popularis : 1.86
The Removalists
An adaptation of David Williamson's play; John Hargreaves and Peter Cummins star as a good and bad cop who assist a battered wife as she tries to...
release : 1975.10.15popularis : 1.215
The Great MacArthy
Macarthy is a country town football champ who is kidnapped in a neon lit helicopter by tyrant Colonel Ball-Miller, the tycoon president of the South...
release : 1975.08.04popularis : 0.99
The Clinic
A comedic, dramatic day in the lives of employees and patients at a venereal disease clinic.
release : 1983.04.21popularis : 1.751
The View from Greenhaven
A grumpy old man living in an idyllic coastal town who can't see he has the perfect life.
release : 2008.10.15popularis : 0.802
Salvation
Aging artist and scholar Barry is disenchanted with his existence - disillusioned by his sexless marriage to a televangelist, and repulsed by her...
release : 2009.03.19popularis : 2.273
Sweet Talker
When scam artist Harry Reynolds gets out of jail, he makes his way to the depressed coastal village of Beachport, where according to local myth, an...
release : 1991.05.10popularis : 2.598
The Return of Captain Invincible
In WWII, Captain Invincible used his superpowers against the Nazis and was hailed as a hero. But when he was accused of treason, he retired to...
release : 1983.01.28popularis : 4.106
Savages Crossing
When a sudden flood traps a group of strangers in an outback roadhouse it becomes clear that the threat from within the group is far greater than...
release : 2011.05.11popularis : 2.405
Alex
It is New Zealand 1959. Teen swimmer Alex Archer has to battle set backs, intense rivalry and personal tragedy in her bid to win selection for the...
release : 1993.05.07popularis : 1.584
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
Dramatization of Russian ballet star Vaclav Nijinsky's diaries which detail his madness as well as his homosexual relationship with Ballet Russe...
release : 2002.04.25popularis : 1.513
The Trespassers
In 1970, political journalist Richard lives with Penny but is having an affair with actress Dee. The two woman meet and become friends.
release : 1976.08.18popularis : 0.795
In Search of Anna
Tony is released from prison and goes in search of what once was happiness: Anna. He hits the road hoping to find her and makes a friend along the...
release : 1979.07.28popularis : 0.55
...Maybe This Time
Fran, the assistant to university professor Paddy, is about to turn 30. She is having an affair with a married minister's aide, Stephen. She returns...
release : 1981.03.19popularis : 0.46
A Street to Die
An Australian who has fought in Vietnam blames Agent Orange for his cancer, and sues for compensation.
release : 1985.10.03popularis : 0.743
Aya
Aya, a young Japanese war bride, arrives in a small Australian town during the 1950s. She and her husband, Frank, are very much in love. Yet somehow...
release : 1991.10.24popularis : 1.433
The Widower
Neville and Blake, a father and son coming to terms with the loss of their wife and mother Mary. When Neville is diagnosed as terminally ill his son...
release : 2004.06.01popularis : 0.394
Beneath Hill 60
The true story of Australia's cat-and-mouse underground mine warfare—one of the most misunderstood, misrepresented and mystifying conflicts of...
release : 2010.04.15popularis : 8.062
The Extraordinary Tale Of William Buckley
Presented by Michael Cathcart, this is one of Australia's great untold stories of escaped convict, William Buckley's amazing story of survival -...
release : 2010.04.11popularis : 0.607
Lennie Cahill Shoots Through
An unsolved crime, a retiring cop and a dying crim determined not to take his regrets to the grave.
release : 2003.11.05popularis : 0.6
Innocence
After more than forty years apart, Andreas and Claire embark on an affair as reckless and intense as when they were young lovers. Widowed musician...
release : 2000.09.08popularis : 1.898
The Coca-Cola Kid
An eccentric marketing guru visits a Coca-Cola subsidiary in Australia to try and increase market penetration. He finds zero penetration in a valley...
release : 1985.07.14popularis : 6.579
Love Is Now
Love is Now is the intriguing and mysterious drama chronicling a summer of love for experienced photographer Audrey (Van Der Boom) and aspiring...
release : 2014.12.04popularis : 1.747
The Dam
A lifelong friendship is under siege when two mature Australian men visit the monolithic dam that defined their young lives and are confronted by...
release : 2016.08.17popularis : 0.247
The Aussie Boys
Come and take a trip 'Down Under' and witness seven stories about the lives and loves of these men and boys from across Australia. From historical...
release : 2022.07.29popularis : 0.946
Skewwhiff
An elderly man insists on granting his wife’s wish of taking their car through a drive-thru car wash.
release : 2019.03.14popularis : 0.292
My Husband, My Killer
Based on the true story of an Australian woman that was murdered in bed next to her husband.
release : 2001.11.13popularis : 2.02
8
8 shorts centered around 8 themes directed by 8 famous film directors involved and sharing their opinion on progress, on the set-backs and the...
release : 2008.10.23popularis : 1.746
Paradise Found
Paradise Found is a biography about the painter Paul Gauguin. Focusing on his personal conflict between citizen life and his family life and the art...
release : 2003.01.01popularis : 5.1
Touch Me
Two women escape to the mountains where they enjoy each others company, apparently disappointed with their male partners.
release : 1993.12.16popularis : 1.616
Muggers
When two medical students find themselves dangerously indebted to a sadistic loan shark, they become embroiled in an illicit black-market organ...
release : 2000.05.25popularis : 1.033
Swerve
Driving cross-country to a job interview, Colin takes a short cut and comes across a fatal road accident. One of the drivers, Jina, is shaken but...
release : 2012.06.06popularis : 2.342
Plead Guilty, Get A Bond
A young white city lawyer arrives in a small Queensland country town to represent an Aboriginal lady in court. She faces minor charges of assault and...
release : 1990.12.01popularis : 0.639
The Way, My Way
Based on the best selling Camino memoir of the same name by Bill Bennett, the film documents one man's journey along the Camino de Santiago,...
release : 2024.04.16popularis : 0.86
The Interviewer
Thomas Howell gets more than he's bargained for in a job interview at a prestigious law firm; an insult about his tie, a rendition of Harry Potter...
release : 2012.06.30popularis : 0.238
Call Me Mr. Brown
Based on the 1971 true story known as "The Great Plane Robbery", this tele-movie tells the story of Peter Macari alias Mr. Brown. Under a grand...
release : 1985.12.31popularis : 0.266
Manifesto
In a small European country, the king is scheduled to visit a small, quiet and "safe" village. It turns out that while the village may indeed be...
release : 1988.01.27popularis : 2.763
The Boys Are Back
When the wife of sports-writer Joe Warr dies of cancer, he takes on the responsibility of raising their 6-year-old son, and his teenage son from a...
release : 2009.09.25popularis : 5.665
One Way Ticket
Based on a true story, One Way Ticket is about a criminal named Webb. He has been arrested for murder and looks like he will be spending the rest of...
release : 1997.01.01popularis : 1.601
Out of It
Larry (Glenn Mason), Warren (Chris Haywood) and Tony (George Spartels) are three friends living the industrialised western suburbs of Sydney, bored...
release : 1977.06.27popularis : 0.346
Dogs in Space
The place is Melbourne, Australia 1978. The punk phenomenon is sweeping the country and Dogs In Space, a punk group, are part of it. In a squat, in a...
release : 1986.12.18popularis : 0.838
Deathcheaters
Two best friends, Vietnam War veterans-turned-stuntmen, are sent as spies to the Philippines on a top secret mission for the Australian government.
release : 1976.12.16popularis : 0.699
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
The true story of the 19th century Belgian priest, Father Damien, who volunteered to go to the island of Molokai, to console and care for the lepers.
release : 1999.03.17popularis : 2.613
The First Kangaroos
The story of the Australian Rugby League's first visit to England.
release : 1988.04.21popularis : 1.01
Hotel Vladivostok
In a hotel overlooking the Sea of Japan, six disparate stories inter-connect giving time a shape, like a series of liquid transparencies, one laid on...
release : 2006.08.31popularis : 0.489
Don Quixote of La Mancha
Don Quixote is a middle-aged gentleman from the region of La Mancha in central Spain. Obsessed with the chivalrous ideals touted in books he has...
release : 1987.01.01popularis : 0.298
Boar
In the harsh, yet beautiful Australian outback lives a beast, an animal of staggering size, with a ruthless, driving need for blood and destruction....
release : 2018.06.17popularis : 6.054
The Spa
When retiree Don declares he no longer wants the new spa he’s just ordered, Ivan the deliveryman suspects there’s more to the story than...
release : 2015.11.22popularis : 0.799
Return to Nim's Island
Fourteen year old Nim, more determined than ever to protect her island and all the wildlife that call it home, faces off against resort developers...
release : 2013.03.15popularis : 8.919
The Media Project
A film that criticises and discussed the Australian media coverage of the first gulf war.
release : 1991.12.31popularis : 0.639
The Nun and the Bandit
Outlaws kidnap their 14-year-old cousin and hold her for ransom. The girl is being chaperoned by a visiting nun, who refuses to abandon her during...
release : 1992.01.03popularis : 1.656
Freedom
Ron, a young man in his late teens or early 20s, but emotionally younger, has no visible, employable assets, yet rails at his status in life --...
release : 1982.04.01popularis : 2.117
Waterfront
Australian dockyard workers go on strike. Immigrant Italian workers are brought in as scab labour. In the midst of all this, an Italian woman meets &...
release : 1984.01.01popularis : 1.426
Solo
Jack Barrett is the type of guy no one calls Jack. He works for a group of businessmen known as "The Gentlemen" who operate within the fertile realm...
release : 2006.07.27popularis : 1.414
Double Sculls
A man tries to rehabilitate his alcoholic friend by entering them both into the Australian national rowing championships.
release : 1986.10.09popularis : 0.842
BlackJack: Sweet Science
Jack investigates a gangland execution at a children’s football game twelve years ago.
release : 2004.11.07popularis : 0.817
Sleeping Beauty
A haunting erotic fairytale about Lucy, a young University student drawn into a mysterious hidden world of beauty and desire.
release : 2011.06.10popularis : 11.922
Wills & Burke
Parody of historical epics that focuses on real-life Australian explorers William John Wills and Robert O'Hara Burkes, who tragically tried to cross...
release : 1985.10.23popularis : 1.596
Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train
A convent teacher spreads a little happiness and makes enough money to support her crippled brother's habit by selling her favours regularly on a...
release : 1987.05.10popularis : 0.51
The Nugget
'The Nugget' looks at how instant wealth suddenly changes the lives of three working class men - not necessarily for the better, but always with...
release : 2002.10.17popularis : 2.489
Dirt Music
Georgie is slowly suffocating in a loveless marriage to fishing tycoon Jim Buckridge. Handsome poacher Lu is an irresistible symbol of the excitement...
release : 2020.10.08popularis : 6.626
Kiss or Kill
Two lovers, Nikki and Al, have a scam in which Nikki allows herself to be picked up by older men, drugs them, and, with Al's help, robs them. After...
release : 1997.07.01popularis : 2.192
Ivanhoe
A young knight returns to England to discover that King Richard the Lionheart has been replaced by the tyrannical Prince John, while Lady Rowena, his...
release : 1975.11.27popularis : 0.247
The Tank
In drought stricken outback Australia a woman fights to save the farm and her marriage.
release : 2007.01.01popularis : 0.627