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1. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)

R | 148 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The origin story of renegade warrior Furiosa before her encounter and teamup with Mad Max.

Director: George Miller | Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Burke, Alyla Browne

Votes: 35,276

2. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

R | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in search for her homeland with the aid of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshiper and a drifter named Max.

Director: George Miller | Stars: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Zoë Kravitz

Votes: 1,096,800 | Gross: $154.06M

3. Upgrade (2018)

R | 100 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Set in the near-future, technology controls nearly all aspects of life. But when the world of Grey, a self-labeled technophobe, is turned upside down, his only hope for revenge is an experimental computer chip implant.

Director: Leigh Whannell | Stars: Logan Marshall-Green, Melanie Vallejo, Steve Danielsen, Abby Craden

Votes: 208,665 | Gross: $11.98M

4. Mad Max: The Wasteland

Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | Announced

Sequel to the film "Mad Max: Fury Road".

Director: George Miller | Star: Tom Hardy

5. Farscape (1999–2003)

TV-14 | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Thrown into a distant part of the universe, an Earth astronaut finds himself part of a fugitive alien starship crew.

Stars: Ben Browder, Claudia Black, Anthony Simcoe, Lani John Tupu

Votes: 40,417

6. Dark City (1998)

R | 100 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A man struggles with memories of his past, which include a wife he cannot remember and a nightmarish world no one else ever seems to wake up from.

Director: Alex Proyas | Stars: Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt

Votes: 212,854 | Gross: $14.38M

7. The Matrix Revolutions (2003)

R | 129 min | Action, Sci-Fi

The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.

Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving

Votes: 544,895 | Gross: $139.31M

8. Glitch (2015–2019)

TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Seven people return from the dead with no memory and attempt to unveil what brought them to the grave in the first place.

Stars: Patrick Brammall, Emma Booth, Sean Keenan, Hannah Monson

Votes: 21,156

9. Daybreakers (2009)

R | 98 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

In the year 2019, a plague has transformed almost every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind.

Directors: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill, Harriet Minto-Day

Votes: 135,226 | Gross: $30.10M

10. Disturbing Behavior (1998)

R | 84 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

The new kid in Cradle Bay, Washington stumbles across something sinister about the town's method of transforming its unruly teens into upstanding citizens.

Director: David Nutter | Stars: James Marsden, Katie Holmes, Nick Stahl, Tobias Mehler

Votes: 25,373 | Gross: $17.41M

11. Terra Nova (I) (2011)

TV-14 | 46 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

Centers on the Shannons, an ordinary family from 2149 when the planet is dying, who are transported back 85 million years to prehistoric Earth where they join Terra Nova, a colony of humans with a second chance to build a civilization.

Stars: Jason O'Mara, Shelley Conn, Christine Adams, Allison Miller

Votes: 86,188

12. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

After escaping execution, the last living Dragonborn must grow in strength and power to defeat the dragons that have once again begun to plague the land of Skyrim.

Director: Todd Howard | Stars: Max von Sydow, Christopher Plummer, Joan Allen, Michael Hogan

Votes: 33,805

13. Occupation: Rainfall (2020)

R | 128 min | Action, Sci-Fi

Two years after aliens land on Earth, survivors from Sydney, Australia, fight in a desperate war as the number of casualties continue to grow.

Director: Luke Sparke | Stars: Dan Ewing, Temuera Morrison, Daniel Gillies, Lawrence Makoare

Votes: 15,393

14. On the Beach (1959)

Approved | 134 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

After a global nuclear war, the residents of Australia must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months.

Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins

Votes: 14,466 | Gross: $11.00M

15. Risen (2021)

109 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Disaster unfolds when a meteor strikes a small town, turning the environment uninhabitable and killing everything in the surrounding area.

Director: Eddie Arya | Stars: Zahlee Moore, Izzy Bridger, Lily Brown Griffiths, Dominic Stone

Votes: 3,242

16. Round the Twist (1989–2001)

TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Tony Twist and his three children--14-year-old twins Pete and Linda and 7-year-old Bronson--move to an old lighthouse on the rugged Australian coast.

Stars: Mark Mitchell, Esben Storm, Rian McLean, Mathew Waters

Votes: 2,882

17. The Chain Reaction (1980)

92 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

A holidaying couple is pursued by the thugs of a nearby nuclear storage facility's boss, who is intent on covering up an accidental leak.

Director: Ian Barry | Stars: Steve Bisley, Arna-Maria Winchester, Ross Thompson, Ralph Cotterill

Votes: 1,185

18. Danger 5 (2011–2015)

TV-14 | 24 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

It's Christmas in the 1980s, Adolf Hitler is alive and has two Yuletide wishes: Danger 5 dead and the world under his Christmas tree.

Stars: David Ashby, Sean James Murphy, Natasa Ristic, Amanda Simons

Votes: 4,994

19. The Big Lez Show (2012–2019)

TV-MA | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A surreal Australian comedy web-series that follows the misadventures of humanoid alien Lezly "Big Lez" Mackerel and his mates in the humble town of Brown Town.

Stars: Jarrad Wright, Tom Hollis, Cody Paxton-Hay, Izak Whear

Votes: 2,403

20. Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead (2014)

Not Rated | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Horror

A talented mechanic prepares to battle his way through hordes of flesh-eating monsters after his sister is kidnapped on the eve of a zombie apocalypse.

Director: Kiah Roache-Turner | Stars: Jay Gallagher, Bianca Bradey, Leon Burchill, Keith Agius

Votes: 18,411

21. Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010)

R | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

When their country is invaded and their families are taken, eight unlikely teenagers band together to fight.

Director: Stuart Beattie | Stars: Caitlin Stasey, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Lincoln Lewis, Deniz Akdeniz

Votes: 32,042

22. Occupation (2018)

R | 119 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

A small group of town residents have to band together after a devastating ground invasion. As they struggle to survive, they realize they must stay one step ahead of their attackers, and work together for a chance to strike back.

Director: Luke Sparke | Stars: Dan Ewing, Temuera Morrison, Stephany Jacobsen, Rhiannon Fish

Votes: 17,339

23. 2067 (2020)

Not Rated | 114 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi

One man's journey to the future to save a dying world.

Director: Seth Larney | Stars: Aaron Glenane, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ryan Kwanten, Finn Little

Votes: 11,827

24. Monsters of Man (2020)

Not Rated | 131 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A US weapons manufacturer tests its 4 killer robots on heroin producers in the Golden Triangle in SEAsia. It goes haywire.

Director: Mark Toia | Stars: Neal McDonough, Brett Tutor, Jose Rosete, David Haverty

Votes: 8,116

25. Ocean Girl (1994–1997)

TV-Y7 | 25 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Set against the beauty of Far North Queensland, Ocean Girl is the story of Neri, a mysterious young girl from the ocean, who is discovered by the young inhabitants of an underwater research colony.

Stars: Marzena Godecki, David Hoflin, Jeffrey Walker, Alex Pinder

Votes: 2,000

26. Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King (2006)

TV-14 | 48 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A television mini-series adaptation of Nightmares and Dreamscapes, Stephen King's collection of short horror stories.

Stars: Robert Mammone, Kodi Smit-McPhee, William H. Macy, Ron Livingston

Votes: 5,539

27. The Blood of Heroes (1989)

R | 90 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Sport

In a future where most of mankind and technology is wiped out, six people travel from place to place playing a brutal form of football with a dog skull. They hope one day to play in the league in a city.

Director: David Webb Peoples | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Joan Chen, Delroy Lindo, Anna Katarina

Votes: 7,603 | Gross: $0.88M

28. Turkey Shoot (1982)

R | 80 min | Action, Drama, Horror

In a dystopian future where deviants are held in "re-education" camps, a freedom fighter and an innocent prisoner try to survive their decadent oppressors' game of kill-or-be-killed.

Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith | Stars: Steve Railsback, Olivia Hussey, Michael Craig, Carmen Duncan

Votes: 4,284

29. Dead End Drive-In (1986)

R | 92 min | Action, Drama, Horror

In a dystopian future Australia, a health nut and his tag-along girlfriend become trapped in a drive-in cinema that has become a concentration camp for delinquent youths and immigrants.

Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith | Stars: Ned Manning, Natalie McCurry, Peter Whitford, Wilbur Wilde

Votes: 3,846

30. Arctic Blast (2010)

92 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

When a solar eclipse sends a colossal blast of super chilled air towards the earth, it then sets off a catastrophic chain of events that threatens to engulf the world in ice and begin a new Ice Age.

Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith | Stars: Michael Shanks, Alexandra Davies, Saskia Hampele, Indiana Evans

Votes: 4,045

31. Cleverman (2016–2017)

TV-14 | 50 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

In the very near future, creatures from ancient mythology must live among humans and battle for survival in a world that wants to silence, exploit, and destroy them.

Stars: Hunter Page-Lochard, Rob Collins, Tasma Walton, Rarriwuy Hick

Votes: 3,555

32. OtherLife (2017)

TV-MA | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After inventing a drug that induces time-compressed virtual realities, young Ren grapples with partner Sam over how to use their powerful creation.

Director: Ben C. Lucas | Stars: Jessica De Gouw, Liam Graham, Fiona Press, Adriane Daff

Votes: 16,760

33. Nowhere Boys (2013–2018)

26 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror

Four teenage boys, after getting lost in the forest, return to a parallel reality where they were never born, compelling them to navigate this alternate world.

Stars: Darci McDonald, Nicholas Coghlan, Matt Testro, Dougie Baldwin

Votes: 2,557

34. The Kettering Incident (2016)

TV-MA | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Doctor Anna Macy finds herself inexplicably linked to the disappearance of two girls, fifteen years apart.

Stars: Elizabeth Debicki, Matthew Le Nevez, Henry Nixon, Anthony Phelan

Votes: 3,892

35. The Girl from Tomorrow (1991–1992)

23 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

In the year 3000, Alana is kidnapped by evil Silverthorn, after a time travel experiment goes wrong. He takes Alana to the year 1990. With the help of Jenny Kelly and family, Alana must find Silverthorn before the time capsule leaves.

Stars: Katharine Cullen, Melissa Marshall, James Findlay, Andrew Clarke

Votes: 1,320

36. RackaRacka (2013–2018)

TV-MA | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

The Phillipou twins star and direct in their parody universe packed with amazing action, language blood and gore.

Stars: Michael Philippou, Timani Seve, Danny Philippou, Beau Gosling

Votes: 175

37. Infini (2015)

R | 110 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

An elite 'search and rescue' team transport onto an off-world mining-facility to rescue Whit Carmichael, the lone survivor of a biological outbreak.

Director: Shane Abbess | Stars: Daniel MacPherson, Grace Huang, Luke Hemsworth, Luke Ford

Votes: 15,131

38. Young Einstein (1988)

PG | 91 min | Comedy

Albert Einstein turns the science community upside down with his discoveries including a formula to put bubbles back in beer and rock n' roll.

Director: Yahoo Serious | Stars: Yahoo Serious, Odile Le Clezio, John Howard, Peewee Wilson

Votes: 9,292 | Gross: $11.54M

39. The Beast (1996)

PG-13 | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

Mysterious things happen at the coast of Graves Point: An empty boat lies at the shore, divers vanish. The sea biologist Dr. Talley thinks he knows the solution of the mystery: In the depth there is a gigantic squid.

Stars: William Petersen, Karen Sillas, Charles Martin Smith, Ronald Guttman

Votes: 2,914

40. The Tripods (1984–1985)

TV-PG | 30 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

Earth has been conquered by an alien race known as the Masters using their giant Tripods. When humans reach the age of sixteen, they must undergo a process known as capping which places ... See full summary »

Stars: John Shackley, Ceri Seel, Jim Baker, Robin Hayter

Votes: 1,576

41. Frequencies (2013)

Not Rated | 109 min | Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi

In an alternate reality, children learn how lucky they will be (their "frequency"), knowledge which shapes their destiny. The unluckiest boy must parse the mysteries of free will in order to pursue his forbidden love of the luckiest girl.

Director: Darren Paul Fisher | Stars: Daniel Fraser, Eleanor Wyld, Owen Pugh, Dylan Llewellyn

Votes: 14,813

42. The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey (1988)

PG | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Men seeking relief from the Black Death, guided by a boy's vision, dig a tunnel from 14th century England to 20th century New Zealand.

Director: Vincent Ward | Stars: Bruce Lyons, Chris Haywood, Hamish Gough, Marshall Napier

Votes: 3,995 | Gross: $1.33M

43. Tomorrow, When the War Began (2016)

276 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A group of teenagers return from a camping trip to find themselves in the middle of an unexpected war. Among only a few Australians still free, they must learn to defend themselves against the hostile invaders.

Stars: Narek Arman, Fantine Banulski, Andrew Creer, Madeleine Clunies-Ross

Votes: 809

44. Dinosaur Island (2014)

Not Rated | 82 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi

A vacation becomes the adventure of a lifetime as a boy finds himself stranded in a world filled with ghost ships and prehistoric creatures. He embarks on a journey that will change his future forever.

Director: Matt Drummond | Stars: Darius Williams, Kate Rasmussen, Juliette Frederick, Nicole Yardley

Votes: 2,117

45. The Madness of Max (2015)

Not Rated | 157 min | Documentary

The Madnes of Max is a feature-length documentary that tells the story of how the 1979 Mad Max feature film was made.

Directors: Gary McFeat, Tim Ridge | Stars: Steve Bisley, Tim Burns, Bertrand Cadart, David Cameron

Votes: 158

46. The Time Guardian (1987)

PG | 87 min | Action, Romance, Sci-Fi

A time traveling city under attack by cyborg robots in 4039 travels back in time sending two troopers in advance to the Australian desert year 1988 to prepare for its arrival. The enemy tracks them.

Director: Brian Hannant | Stars: Tom Burlinson, Nikki Coghill, Dean Stockwell, Carrie Fisher

Votes: 1,140

47. Spellbinder (1995–1997)

TV-Y7 | 24 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

When a prank at a school camp goes drastically wrong, 15-year-old Paul Reynolds is blasted into an alternative reality and has to try to find a way home.

Stars: Zbych Trofimiuk, Gosia Piotrowska, Brian Rooney, Michela Noonan

Votes: 2,365

48. Terminus (2015)

R | 94 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

Following a near-fatal accident, David Chamberlain makes an unprecedented discovery that will not only determine the fate of his family, but of mankind.

Director: Marc Furmie | Stars: Jai Koutrae, Todd Lasance, Kendra Appleton, Katherine Hicks

Votes: 6,224

49. Sons of Steel (1988)

97 min | Comedy, Musical, Sci-Fi

In a futuristic Australia, a scheme to blow up the Sydney Opera House is discovered. The only way to stop it is to send an agent back in time to prevent the plotters from hatching it.

Director: Gary L. Keady | Stars: Rob Hartley, Roz Wason, Jeff Duff, Dagmar Bláhová

Votes: 203

50. Alien Surf Girls (2012)

Family, Sci-Fi

When Zoey and KIki, two irrepressible girls from another galaxy become castaways in the quiet, Australian seaside town of Lightning Point, they recruit local girl Amber to keep them ... See full summary »

Stars: Philippa Coulthard, Lucy Fry, Jessica Green, Paige Victoria Leigh

Votes: 788