List of the best Colin Friels movies: Dingo(1991), Tom White(2004), Ground Zero(1987), Kangaroo(1986), Malcolm(1986), The Illustrated Family Doctor(2005), Back of Beyond(1995), Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train(1987), The Nothing Men(2010), The Man Who Sued God(2001), The Book of Revelation(2006), Angel Baby(1995) ... ...
Drama
France|Australia
1991
109 Minutes
Colin Friels Miles Davis Helen Buday Joe Petruzzi Bernadette Lafont Bernard Fresson Brigitte Catillon Steven Shaw Helen Doig
Traces the pilgrimage of John Anderson, an average guy with a passion for jazz, from his home in outback Western Australia to the jazz clubs of Paris, to meet his idol, jazz trumpeter Billy... See full summary »
Drama
Australia
2004
106 Minutes
Tom White
Colin Friels Rachael Blake Dan Spielman Loene Carmen David Field Bill Hunter Kevin Harrington Angela Punch McGregor
An architect experiences a mental breakdown with life-changing results.
Mystery & Thriller
Australia
1987
99 Minutes
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A second generation cameraman in Australia finds evidence that his father had filmed a nuclear test that allowed aboriginies to be exposed to and killed by radiation. He begins a search for... See full summary »
Drama
Australia|Canada
1986
104 Minutes
Richard Somers
Colin Friels Judy Davis Hugh Keays-Byrne John Walton Julie Nihill
A mild-mannered English conscientious objector moves to what he feels will be the relative calm of Australia after World War I, but gets caught in the middle of violent battles between the rising trade unions and fascist groups.
Comedy, Drama
1986
90 Minutes
Colin Friels John Hargreaves Lindy Davies Chris Heywood Charles "Bud" Tingwell Beverly Phillips Judith Stratford
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An out-of-work Melbourne tramway fix-it man (Colin Friels) helps a couple (John Hargreaves, Lindy Davies) rob a bank with his mechanical genius.
Comedy
Australia
2005
100 Minutes
Ray Gill
Samuel Johnson Colin Friels Jessica Napier Sacha Horler Kestie Morassi Brian Meegan Paul Sonkkila Sarah Pierse
"The Illustrated Family Doctor" is a dark comedy, that centres on the story of Gary Kelp, a young man who condenses reference books for a company called the Info Digest.
Adventure
Australia
1995
85 Minutes
Paul Mercurio Colin Friels Dee Smart John Polson Aaron Wilson Bob Maza Rebekah Elmaloglou Terry Serio Glenda Linscott Amy Miller-Porter
A garage mechanic out in the middle of the outback gets involved with the girl friend of a jewel smuggler who is on the run.
Drama
1987
91 Minutes
A Melbourne teacher (Wendy Hughes) commutes to Sydney, changes her looks and seduces men for money on a return train.
Mystery & Thriller
2010
84 Minutes
David Field Colin Friels Martin Dingle-Wall Brendan Clearkin Mark Fitzpatrick Sonja Tallis Michael Denkha Andrew Windsor Elizabeth Thurbon
Tension mounts as some factory workers begin to suspect that a new employee (David Field) has been sent to spy on them.
Comedy, Drama
Australia
2001
102 Minutes
David Myers
Billy Connolly Judy Davis Colin Friels Bille Brown Wendy Hughes Blair Venn Emily Browning Vincent Ball Frank Whitten Peter Whitford Linal Haft
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An ex lawyer now fisherman sees his fishing boat sunk by a lightning. His insurance company claims "Act of God". Sue the insurance company or God/churches?
Mystery & Thriller, Musical, Drama, Romance
Australia
2006
119 Minutes
Olsen
Tom Long Greta Scacchi Colin Friels Deborah Mailman Zoe Coyle Nadine Garner Olivia Pigeot Ana Maria Belo
An erotic mystery about power and sex, the entanglement of victim and perpetrator, and a man's struggle to regain his lost self.
Romance
USA
1995
104 Minutes
Morris Goodman
John Lynch Jacqueline McKenzie Colin Friels Deborra-Lee Furness Robyn Nevin Daniel Daperis David Argue Geoff Brooks Humphrey Bower Jane Menelaus
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The definitive documentary on the Sleepaway Camp series.
Comedy, Drama
Australia
1987
104 Minutes
Mick
Judy Davis Jan Adele Claudia Karvan Colin Friels John Clayton Frankie J. Holden Monica Trapaga Mark Hembrow
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Story about a backup singer for an Elvis impersonator who re-enters her past when she leaves a tour in a small town and finds her daughter in a mobile home park.
Drama
Australia
2011
119 Minutes
Athol Shreve
Geoffrey Rush Charlotte Rampling Dustin Clare Judy Davis Colin Friels Helen Morse Alexandra Schepisi Elizabeth Alexander Robyn Nevin John Gaden Maria Theodorakis
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Elizabeth Hunter controls all in her life - society, her staff, her children; but the once great beauty will now determine her most defiant act as she chooses her time to die.
Musical, Comedy
Australia
2011
91 Minutes
Mayor Riddick
Sebastian Gregory Isabel Lucas William Zappa Tammy Macintosh Colin Friels Roy Billing Kerry Walker Terry Camilleri Errol O'Neill Adam Saunders Mark Furze
A young aspiring rock guitarist is forced to become the musical director of the local marching band when his father is hit by a bus just four weeks before a major competition.
Sci-Fi, Fantasy
Australia
1998
101 Minutes
Walenski
Rufus Sewell Kiefer Sutherland Jennifer Connelly William Hurt Richard O'Brien Ian Richardson Colin Friels Mitchell Butel Frank Gallacher Bruce Spence Melissa George
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A man struggles with memories of his past, which include a wife he cannot remember and a nightmarish world no one else ever seems to wake up from.
Drama
Australia
2010
98 Minutes
Professor Nelson
Jacinda Barrett Richard Roxburgh James Nesbitt Kodi Smit-McPhee Yvonne Strahovski Tom Russell Colin Friels Julia Blake
A woman struggles with her son's illness and her husband's infidelity, but, after a chance encounter with an Irish sailor and his son, her life is turned upside down in a love story that defies explanation and breaks all the rules.
Action, Adventure
Australia
2010
103 Minutes
Dr. Clements
Caitlin Stasey Rachel Hurd-Wood Lincoln Lewis Deniz Akdeniz Phoebe Tonkin Andrew Ryan Colin Friels Don Halbert Olivia Pigeot Kelly Butler Dane Carson
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When their country is invaded and their families are taken, eight unlikely teenagers band together to fight.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2012
90 Minutes
Garth Bruce
Guy Pearce Marta Dusseldorp Aaron Pedersen Roy Billing Damien Richardson Shane Jacobson Vadim Glowna Colin Friels Steve Bisley Emma Booth
A former client asks for help from Jack Irish (Guy Pearce), once a lawyer but now working as a private investigator, but he turns the client away. Then the man turns up dead, and Jack returns to his ominous past.
Drama
Australia
1993
120 Minutes
American Preacher
Noah Taylor Miranda Otto Jack Campbell Erick Mitsak Loene Carmen Alice Garner Lucy Bell Jeanette Cronin Arthur Dignam Colin Friels Peter Gwynne
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Ken Elkin is a randy young man who is told that the world is about to end. In a race against time, there's only one goal he wants to accomplish: bedding the love of his life, who just happens to be the local pastor's daughter.