Best Australian Romantic Comedies
Best Australian Romantic Comedy Films (see also https://ozflicks.wordpress.com/2022/02/14/the-top-30-australian-romantic-comedies-ranked-30-to-1/ )
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- DirectorP.J. HoganStarsToni ColletteRachel GriffithsBill HunterA young social outcast in Australia steals money from her parents to finance a vacation where she hopes to find happiness, and perhaps love.
- DirectorEmma-Kate CroghanStarsFrances O'ConnorAlice GarnerMatt DayA day in the life of two film-school students trying to find love and another house-mate.
- DirectorJonathan TeplitzkyStarsDavid WenhamSusie PorterKris McQuadeAfter a one-night stand a couple is faced with the terrifying possibility of what they really want.
- DirectorBaz LuhrmannStarsPaul MercurioTara MoriceBill HunterA maverick dancer risks his career by performing an unusual routine and sets out to succeed with a new partner.
- DirectorPeter FaimanStarsPaul HoganLinda KozlowskiJohn MeillonAn American reporter goes to the Australian outback to meet an eccentric crocodile poacher and invites him to New York City.
- DirectorMegan Simpson HubermanStarsClaudia KarvanGuy PearceMatt DayA couple wake up one morning to find they have now switched bodies.
- DirectorStavros KazantzidisStarsHugo WeavingNatalia NovikovaDavid WenhamHarvey, a neurotic private investigator and wannabe crime writer, gets asked to marry his best friend's mistress.
- DirectorAntony J. BowmanStarsClaudia KarvanHugh JackmanAngie MillikenAn Australian truck driver writes romance novels. His engaged, tomboyish, crop duster best friend's name, Ruby Vale, is unasked used as author. Complications arise when his novel takes off. Will they remain friends or...?
- DirectorCherie NowlanStarsRichard RoxburghCate BlanchettFrances O'ConnorThe romantic myth is exposed for Guy when he is plagued by memories of an old girlfriend on his wedding day.
- DirectorShirley BarrettStarsMiranda OttoRebecca FrithGeorge ShevtsovIn Sunray, a backwater town on Australia's Murray River, there's little to do but fish or listen to the local radio station. D.J. Ken Sherry arrives from the hustle of Brisbane to run the station; he's mid-40s, detached, thrice divorced, hatchet faced. But both sisters next door find him attractive: awkward Dimity, only 20, who works in a Chinese restaurant with few patrons, and perky Vicki-Ann, a hairdresser with a hope chest who invents a happy future with Sherry based on little but his arrival. First Dimity then Vicki-Ann spend the night with Ken, one concluding he's her boy friend, the other her fiance. Then Dimity begins to smell something fishy.
- DirectorPeter TemplemanStarsRyan KwantenSarah SnookRyan CorrA young playboy who learns he has one month until he becomes infertile sets out to procreate as much as possible.
- DirectorJeff BalsmeyerStarsRhys IfansMiranda OttoJustine ClarkeAn Aussie becomes a national sensation when he lifts off in his deck chair tied to balloons.
- DirectorKate WoodsStarsGreta ScacchiAnthony LaPagliaElena CottaAt seventeen Josie Alibrandi is about to enter her final year as a scholarship student at an exclusive Catholic College. It's the year her life is turned upside down and changed forever.
- DirectorPaul CoxStarsWendy HughesNorman KayeJon FinlaysonIn this offbeat comedy, an unlikely romance develops between a flamboyant, middle-aged piano tuner and an extremely timid office worker.
- DirectorJeffrey WalkerStarsOsamah SamiDon HanyHelana SawiresAfter telling a white lie which spirals out of control, a neurotic, naive, musically gifted Muslim cleric's eldest son must follow through with an arranged marriage, even though he's madly in love with an Australian born-Lebanese girl.
- DirectorBrad HaywardStarsSara BrowneAstrid GrantNic BishopA young woman Min loses her job, her boyfriend and her flat on the same day, throwing her life into chaos. Fortunately her best friend Jaz, comes to her rescue and finds her a new flat with a seemingly nice male student, as well as a new job. A boyfriend takes much longer though, and the two girls discuss life, love and sex throughout the film, as they try to make ends meet in inner-city Sydney in the mid-90s.
- DirectorRaymond LongfordStarsArthur TauchertLottie LyellGilbert EmeryA down-at-heal ex-convict undergoes an epiphany as he experiences the love of a good woman for the first time.
- DirectorMonica ZanettiStarsMarta DusseldorpZoe TerakesSophie Hawkshaw17 year old Ellie is struggling to find the courage to ask her classmate, Abbie, to the formal. Luckily her Aunt Tara, a lesbian who died in the 80's has shown up as a "Fairy Godmother" to dish out advice, whether Ellie wants it or not.
- DirectorGeoff BurtonKevin DowlingStarsJack ThompsonRussell CroweJohn PolsonA widowed father has to deal with two complex issues: while he is searching for "Miss Right," his son, who is in his 20s and gay, is searching for "Mr. Right."
- DirectorWayne BlairStarsBrooklyn DoomadgeeHelena JohnsonDan CollinsLauren and Ned, in love and engaged, have just ten days to find Lauren's mother who has gone AWOL somewhere in the remote far north of Australia, reunite her parents, and pull off their dream wedding.
- DirectorJohn PolsonStarsLinus RoacheDanielle CormackIan BlissA British man with a peculiar curse goes on a low-rent bus tour in Australia.
- DirectorJosh LawsonStarsRafe SpallZahra NewmanRonny ChiengTeddy wakes up the morning after his wedding to discover that every few minutes he's jumping forward to the next year of his life.
- DirectorEmma-Kate CroghanStarsClaudia KarvanNaomi WattsAlice Garner3 girls in Sydney share an apartment and friendship. The movie follows them as well as 3 guys for a year from New Year's Eve 1998. They'll meet each other before the year ends.
- DirectorNeil TriffettStarsBenson Jack AnthonyJordan HareRahart AdamsEthan, a sullen high-school student whose life is defined by what he hates, finds love with a blindly optimistic Christian girl Trinity, much to the annoyance of his angst-filled band mates and her evangelistic brethren.
- DirectorSteven VidlerStarsRadha MitchellSam ReidRJ MitteAn isolated guy with cerebral palsy is railroaded into helping an unassertive comedienne, and finds love and acceptance through stand up comedy.
- DirectorJosh LawsonStarsBojana NovakovicJosh LawsonDamon HerrimanThe secret lives of five suburban couples living in Sydney reveal both the fetishes and the repercussions that come with sharing them.
- DirectorElise McCredieStarsMichela NoonanMitchell ButelSamuel Johnson"Strange Fits of Passion" is the hilarious tale of a sexually-curious, romantically-frustrated bookstore clerk on a mission to lose her virginity. In between encounters with other people, she returns to the one person she can trust and truly relate to, her gay friend Jimmy, whose faith in love is being shaken by the revelation that his boyfriend has been unfaithful.
- DirectorDaniel NettheimStarsSam LewisJessica NapierJustin SmithAn aspiring horror movie writer searches for love in a world of heartache, desperation and fluffy toys.
- DirectorPip KarmelStarsRachel GriffithsDavid RobertsSandy WintonPamela Drury is unhappy and alone. On her birthday she stumbles across a photo of Robert Dickson and wonders what would've happened had she said yes to his proposal. A freak accident causes Pamela to live out the life she could've had, but is the grass on the other side always greener?
- DirectorJohn RuaneStarsMiranda OttoGeorge DelHoyoAlicia BanitAlice's father left when she was a child. She continued to share her life with him in letters that she sent not realising that he never received them. Eventually, they all come back with "Dead Letter Office" stamped on the front. As an adult, she becomes consumed with a desire to find him and takes a job with the Dead Letter Office, convinced that she can use them to fulfill her romantic notions of a reunion with her father. What awaits her at the DLO is far more than that ...
- DirectorPeter AndrikidisStarsRichard BrancatisanoAndrea DemetriadesHelen ChebatteAlex, a Greek Orthodox schoolteacher, falls for Lebanese Muslim lawyer, Eve. The relationship is forbidden by both families, and thus the emotional dilemma of 'Alex and Eve' is created.
- DirectorDavid ParkerStarsToni ColletteDominic WestMalcolm KennardAustralian Diana Spencer wins a competition in a women's magazine, and as a prize gets a trip for two to London, where she wants to meet her idol and namesake, Princess Diana. She goes there with her fiance, Mark, but during the garden party Princess plans to attend, things get mixed up and Aussie Diana gets arrested with Paparazzi photographer Rob. Diana really wants to meet Princess and follows Rob as he searches for Princess Di to take some photos.
- DirectorMark LamprellStarsLaura Michelle KellyRonan KeatingMagda SzubanskiElspeth Dickens dreams of finding her "voice" despite being stuck in an isolated farmhouse with her twin toddlers. A web-cam becomes her pathway to fame and fortune, but at a price.
- DirectorBen LewinStarsGia CaridesAnthony LaPagliaRebecca GibneyPutting your best foot forward has never been so sexy - or so deliciously funny - as in this entertaining, oddball comedy that proves that it's worth it to go to outrageous lengths for the one you love.
- DirectorLouise WadleyStarsMandahla RoseBrett RogersJulia BillingtonA beautiful sexy DJ is forced to run when she stumbles on a stash of cash. Can she keep the money, conquer her demons, AND get the girl?
- DirectorLeon FordStarsRyan KwantenMaeve DermodyMarshall NapierGriff, office worker by day, superhero by night, has his world turned upside down when he meets Melody, a beautiful young scientist who shares his passion for the impossible.
- DirectorLouise AlstonStarsCharlotte GreggMatt ZeremesRyan JohnsonAnthea is undergoing a crisis of confidence: overworked, no boyfriend, struggling to find goals - and all her friends are leaving Brisbane. She is tempted to leave herself, but is opposed by her long time best platonic male friend Michael. Michael thinks people who leave Brisbane are copycats who follow the crowd; he is quite happy to stay in Brisbane, he is in a stable job and a stable very low-maintenance sex-with-the-ex relationship with his ex-girlfriend, Stephanie. He is in a rut. Anthea's temptation to leave Brisbane increases with the impending departure of her flatmate Kath. However she then hears that an ex-boyfriend of hers Jake is coming back to Brisbane to live. To Michael's annoyance, she dreams of a great future with him. Michael is thrown out of his comfort zone by starting a new relationship with a girl he meets at work, Simone. Slightly "alternate" and good natured, Simone is totally different from the sorts of girls he normally deals with, and he finds himself in a relationship over which he does not have total control. On her last day in Australia, Anthea and Michael finally resolve their feelings for each other.
- DirectorRob SitchStarsJosh LawsonRachael TaylorDaniel HenshallFor Ben, life couldn't be better. A well paid job, friends, parties, girls and nothing to tie him down. But when he is invited back to his high school for a speaking engagement, he starts to reassess the direction his life is headed in.
- DirectorRomi TrowerStarsLuke FordAnna SamsonBrooke SatchwellAdrian, an irrepressibly chirpy tech nerd, has OCD. Grace, a beautiful street artist, has multiple personality disorder. It's a love story that seems impossible. But what if it works?
- DirectorKathy MuellerStarsMiranda OttoMartin KempGia CaridesNell Tiscowitz is a struggling actress with an affinity for horses. She meets a wealthy rock music promoter and stable owner Digby Olsen. After Nell uses her 'telepathy' to help Digby tame horses, they eventually fall in love.