Jack Thompson Movies

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

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

Dramatisation of the sinking of the Greenpeace ship 'The Rainbow Warrior' by French agents in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1985.

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

A second generation cameraman in Australia finds evidence that his father had filmed a nuclear test that allowed aboriginal people to be exposed to...

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

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

Following her husband Arthur's mysterious death, Rachel Baxley packs up her life as a State Department wife in Hong Kong and boards a freighter along...

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

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...

The story of one man not only battling the bottle, but the city that won’t let him put it down.

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

Oakie, a young blue heeler pup, is supposed to be delivered to Texas, USA, but through a courier bungle he ends up in Texas, Queensland, in Outback...

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

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

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...

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...

Scripted by four of Australia’s greatest authors (David Williamson, Thomas Keneally, Hal Porter and Craig McGregor), this quartet of carnal...