Jack Thompson Movies

Diagnosed with lung cancer, legendary Australian actor David Gulpilil boldly explains the journey that is his extraordinary, culture-clashing life.

A story based on true events about two explorers on a doomed journey trying to cross Australia on foot in the 19 century.

Tess returns home to Drovers Run, a family-run ranch in Australia’s outback, to reunite with her estranged father Jack and half sister Claire....

A disillusioned son's trip home is complicated when ten years of family secrets explode over one weekend.

"Whaledreamers" - the title alone evokes hypnotic visions of these most magnificent and ancient creatures. This visually stunning film offers an...

An American military man moves his family to Australia to undergo training in submarine warfare, providing new challenges for his wife and their...

A love story about a young man who runs away up an isolated Australian river and gets a job with eighth generation oyster famers.

Reporter Judith Wilkes leaves her husband and two sons in Sydney and goes to Malaysia to cover the story of the Vietnamese boat people. She becomes...

The wife of a Malaysian planter kills an employee of her husband one night, but her motive begins to appear not entirely truthful.

An ex footballer, embroiled in a scandal, returns to his hometown to clear his name and reignite an old flame.

During World War 2, a farmer in New Zealand murders seven people. The police, along with local Maori trackers, hunt him in the bush country.

Sydney homicide detective Sergeant Scobie Malone and his offsider investigate the murder of Helga, whose corpse is found in the basement of the...

After a period of separation, Sarah visits her research scientist mother on a remote New Zealand island. Before long Sarah becomes inextricably...

An hour-long documentary on the life and career of actor David Gulpilil.

The club buys a talented young player, Geoff, for a record sum of money. The team members do not like their new star and friction develops...

After committing a crime for which he is likely to be jailed, a Yolngu teenager convinces two of his childhood friends to join him on a journey from...

Tormented by the news that they bear, two men from town watch over a family whose lives are about to change forever.

The Telegram Man explores the impact of World War II on a close-knit Australian farming community.

Tony Petersen, a married electrician and ex-footballer, goes to university to study English. Petersen is odd man out at the uni. He receives...

Where Dead Men Lie is a short drama based on a "script" written by Henry Lawson in 1896 in the earliest days of moving pictures. Anticipating the...