Movies and TvShows featuring "country-town" theme.
Over two years, International Designer Sibella Court, follows the trials and tribulations of 7 groups of Australians committed to the daunting task of restoring heritage ruins into living homes. From Georgian mansions to colonial pug and pine huts, these Aussie battlers attempt to restore the buildings to their former glory.
A rebellious teenager moves to a small town where dancing and rock music are banned, and he leads a group of young people to fight for their right to express themselves.
In Mystery Road, an Australian TV show set in the outback, a detective investigates a murder while facing racism and betrayal. The show explores themes of family relationships, friendship, and the clash of cultures. As the detective uncovers the truth, he must navigate the challenges of a harsh landscape and a town filled with secrets.
Backpackers Hanna and Liv take a job at a remote Australian pub where they encounter unruly locals and a situation that escalates quickly, leading to chaos and danger.
A small country town in Australia becomes the battleground for an extraterrestrial invasion. As the residents fight for their lives, they must also confront themes of resistance, heroism, and betrayal.
The Dish is a heartwarming film about the teamwork and determination of a group of Australian scientists and engineers who faced multiple challenges to successfully transmit the historic moonwalk of Apollo 11 to a global audience.
Street of Shame tells the story of women working in a brothel in post-war Japan, highlighting the desperate conditions they face, their struggles with poverty, and their hopes for a better life. The film explores themes of shame, despair, and survival in a society recovering from the ravages of war.
In the Australian outback, a German geologist becomes embroiled in a legal and environmental dispute when a mining company threatens to destroy a sacred Aboriginal site. As tensions rise, the geologist must navigate the complexities of indigenous rights, tribal customs, and the destruction of wildlife habitat. The trial becomes a symbolic battle between progress and the preservation of ancient cultures.
A woman's vacation in Australia turns into a nightmare when her boyfriend disappears. As she searches for him, she realizes that she is being deceived and must confront a psychopath who is stalking her.
When a group of Australian teenagers go on a camping trip, they return to find their town occupied by an enemy military force. Now they must learn to fight and survive in order to save their friends and family.
The Cars That Ate Paris (1974) is a dark comedy horror film set in a small Australian town called Paris. The town survives by causing fatal car accidents and salvaging the wreckage. When a young man named Arthur arrives in Paris, he discovers the town's sinister secret and becomes a target. As the townspeople try to possess his body, Arthur must fight to survive and escape the clutches of the killer cars and redneck residents.
The series tells about how police officers, investigating the case of robberies and murders in hotels, managed not only to neutralize, but also to expose major plunderers of socialist property.
'Limbo' is about a jaded detective named Travis Hurley who arrives in a small Australian outback city to investigate a twenty-year-old unsolved homicide of a local Aboriginal woman. As he forms connections with the victim's broken family, Travis uncovers a series of difficult truths that shed light on the complexities of loss and injustice faced by First Nations Australians.
Set in the 1960s in a rural town in New South Wales, the movie follows a young boy's journey of self-discovery while dealing with love, friendship, tragedy, and the challenges of growing up in a countryside community.
In a rural town, a music teacher takes a talented student under his wing and trains him rigorously for a singing competition. As they face hardships and obstacles, including a tragic event, they develop a strong bond and aim to win the competition against their villainous competitors.
Ramiro is a 40-year-old lawyer and university professor who returns to Brazil after eight years of exile in France as a result of the military dictatorship. Recently separated from Dora, he meets Elisa, the youngest daughter of a couple of friends of his parents, who will turn his life upside down.
In an Australian country town struggling with financial hardship and xenophobia, a struggling football team decides to recruit refugees to save their club and bring the community together.
A group of friends on a road trip become stranded in a remote village called Emeryville when their car breaks down. They soon discover that the village is inhabited by a cult of crazies, and must try to escape before nightfall.
Based on the children's novel by celebrated South Australian author 'Colin Thiele' , this is an emotional father and son story about tuna fishing of Southern Blue Fin tuna in South Australia's Port Lincoln fishing district. Accident prone son Snook is forever making mistakes much to the chagrin of his father Pascoe. But when tragedy strikes the fishing boat during a deep sea fishing trek in the Southern Ocean, the boy is called on to become a man in a rites of sea passage to reconcile is past mishaps and save both his father and the ship from certain disaster.
A vast wheat field, a straight road that has no end, a sky without a single building in sight – this is a town in the country where time comfortably passes by. But this former paradise is now being stirred up by a fight amongst its people over constructing an airport. This is a tale of three young people exploring youth and friendship as they reach out into the sky.