Amy 1998  PG-13, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Nadia Tass
Cast: Rachel Griffiths, Alana De Roma, Ben Mendelsohn, Nick Barker, Kerry Armstrong, Jeremy Trigatti, William Zappa, Torquil Neilson, Sullivan Stapleton, Mary Ward, Susie Porter, Frank Gallacher
Four-year-old Amy (Alana De Roma) witnessed her father's accidental death by electrocution and has appeared to be deaf and mute ever since. Her mother (Rachel Griffiths) has refused child-welfare workers' advice of sending Amy to a special school and is hiding out with Amy in Melbourne where one of the neighbors (Ben Mendelsohn) realizes that Amy is NOT deaf and can communicate through music.
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Dark City 1998  R, 102 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Alex Proyas
Cast: Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt, Richard O'Brien, Ian Richardson, Colin Friels, Bruce Spence, John Bluthal, Mitchell Butel, Melissa George, Frank Gallacher, Ritchie Singer, Justin Monjo, Nicholas Bell
When an extraterrestrial force, the Strangers, invades his town and creates murder and mayhem by controlling residents' minds, John Murdoch (Rufus Sewell) awakens in a bathroom filled with the blood of a dead girl. He has no memory of who he is or how he got there. Now, Murdoch fights desperately for his very existence as he tries to stop the diabolical actions of the Strangers.
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December Boys 2007  PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Rod Hardy
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Lee Cormie, Christian Byers, James Fraser, Jack Thompson, Teresa Palmer, Sullivan Stapleton, Victoria Hill, Max Cullen, Kris McQuade, Ralph Cotterill, Frank Gallacher, Paul Blackwell, Judi Farr, Carmel Johnson
Australian orphans Spit (James Fraser), Sparks (Christian Byers), Misty (Lee Cormie), and Maps (Daniel Radcliffe) were all born in the same month of December. This year they spend the Christmas holidays with retired naval officer Bandy McAnsh (Jack Thompson) and his wife Skipper (Kris McQuade) at their seaside home. While there, they meet a younger couple, Fearless and Teresa (Sullivan Stapleton and Victoria Hill), who the boys believe are planning to adopt one of them. Now–amidst swimming, sneaking cigarettes, motorcycle riding, and playing on the beach–tensions and competition rise among the December Boys.
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Hammers Over the Anvil 1991 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ann Turner
Cast: Russell Crowe, Charlotte Rampling, Alexander Outhred, John Rafter Lee, Frank Gallacher, Amanda Douge, Daphne Grey, Frankie J. Holden, Alethea McGrath
Set in 1910 Australia, this story revolves around young Alan Marshall (Alexander Outhred), a polio survivor who is not able to live an active life. Alan idolizes local horse trainer East Driscoll (Russell Crowe) and also has a crush on the beautiful, but married, Grace McAlister (Charlotte Rampling). When Driscoll and Grace enter into a romantic affair, Alan watches and lives vicariously through their actions.
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 Proof 1991 R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse
Cast: Hugo Weaving, Genevieve Picot, Russell Crowe, Heather Mitchell, Jeffrey Walker, Daniel Pollock, Frankie J. Holden, Frank Gallacher, Saskia Post, Belinda Davey
A reclusive, blind man (Hugo Weaving) photographs his surroundings as proof of what is described to him. His housekeeper (Genevieve Picot), also a photographer, torments him as often as he torments her. But, their relationship changes after a restaurant worker (Russell Crowe) steps into the picture.
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 Till Human Voices Wake Us 2002  R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Petroni
Cast: Guy Pearce, Helena Bonham Carter, Frank Gallacher, Brooke Harman, Lindley Joyner, Peter Curtin, Margot Knight, Anthony Martin, Dawn Klingberg, David Ravenswood
After returning to the small, Australian town where he grew up, Melbourne psychiatrist Sam Franks (Guy Pearce) meets the ghost (Helena Bonham Carter) of a young friend (Brooke Harman) who died when they were in their teens.
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| 1. Amy (1998)
2. Dark City (1998)
3. December Boys (2007)
4. Hammers Over the Anvil (1991)
5. Proof (1991)
6. Till Human Voices Wake Us (2002)
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