Movies Similar to Australian History

Not Even Nothing Can Be Free of Ghosts(2021)

Rainer Kohlberger’s abstract film was created entirely without a camera. Through digital algorithms, he precisely arranged a rhythm of light and shadow that pulsates off the screen into our physical space with blinding intensity. The presence of light is almost felt as we are sucked into the image to become its ghostly accomplice. As we leave the theatre, the optical vibrations continue to haunt us.

It's a Date(2017)

It’s a Date is a culmination of his preoccupations, a weird but humanistic look at a couple on a first date. It seems to be going well until the man decides to really open up and get (sur)real.

A Grand Day Out(1990)

Wallace and Gromit have run out of cheese, and this provides an excellent excuse for the duo to take their holiday to the moon, where, as everyone knows, there is ample cheese. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

The Wrong Trousers(1993)

Wallace rents out Gromit's former bedroom to a penguin, who takes up an interest in the techno pants created by Wallace. However, Gromit later learns that the penguin is a wanted criminal. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

A Close Shave(1996)

Wallace's whirlwind romance with the proprietor of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin, and Gromit is framed for sheep-rustling in a fiendish criminal plot.

BИD - SGEG Short Film(2019)

During the filming of the Russian VID (ВИD) logo, a group of red squares attempt to rebel against being used for the logo and kill ВИD with a single spear.

The Hole(1966)

A man falls in a hole on his walk, he sees another person walking on the same path and makes sure he's not the only one to get injured.

Mira(2023)

A struggling accordionist busker gets more than she bargained for when her desire to get noticed attracts the attention of a mysterious and enticing competitor.

Good Old Cuttlas(1990)

Stick-figure animation makes for a witty genre send-up of the Western.

William Wilson(1999)

Edgar Allan Poe’s ill-fated hero meets his double.

Dear Diary: World's First Pranks(2021)

Eep reveals how a comical accident led her and Dawn to discover the joys of tricking their families and set about performing "the world's first pranks."

Morte Nera(2021)

Florence, 1631. The black plague rages, the streets are deserted, healthy citizens are confined. Alvise, a plague doctor, discreetly paces the city in search of infected bodies to conduct his experiments, in the hope of finding a cure. One day, during an autopsy, a strange creature springs from one of the corpses...

Goose Mountain(2023)

A peddler meets a Fox scholar on Goose Mountain who invites him to a drink. The Fox's sweetheart Rabbit emerges from his mouth, followed by other nested sweethearts, Boar and Goose.

Family Movie Night: Little Red Bronana Bread(2021)

Join the Croods as they settle down for a very prehistoric family movie night experience. With shadowy figures around every corner, Eep must keep Gran and her delicious Bronana Bread safe from punch monkeys.

Keep on Turning(1972)

In Wiertz and Verbeek's kinetic, kaleidoscopic opus Keep on Turning (1974, 3 min, 16mm, sound) cubes convey, rotate and shift in tandem.

The Béarnaise Girl(1911)

Blade Runner: Black Out 2022(2017)

This animated short revolves around the events causing an electrical systems failure on the west coast of the US. According to Blade Runner 2049’s official timeline, this failure leads to cities shutting down, financial and trade markets being thrown into chaos, and food supplies dwindling. There’s no proof as to what caused the blackouts, but Replicants — the bio-engineered robots featured in the original Blade Runner, are blamed.

Puss Gets the Boot(1940)

Jasper is given an ultimatum by his master: break one more thing and you're out. Rodent Jerry does his best to make sure that his tormentor "gets the boot".

The Zoot Cat(1944)

Tom's advances on a young jive-talking girl cat get nowhere; nowhere, that is, until Tom gets a zoot suit. Armed with his miles of fabric and a new cool lingo, Tom still has to deal with the tricks of his nemesis, Jerry.

Sufferin' Cats!(1943)

Tom fights with another cat over Jerry.