List of the best Essie Davis movies: The Babadook(2014), Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears(2020), Mindhorn(2016), Isolation(2005), Babyteeth(2019), South Solitary(2010), Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger(2008), True History of the Kelly Gang(2019), Girl With a Pearl Earring(2003), Dad and Dave: On Our Selection(1995), The Wedding Party(2010), Australia(2008) ... ...
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Australia|Canada
2014
93 Minutes
Amelia
Essie Davis Daniel Henshall Noah Wiseman Hayley McElhinney Barbara West Cathy Adamek Benjamin Winspear Craig Behenna
widow son monster intense somber thrilling shocking suspenseful brutal house child's room bedroom depression children's book monsters mother/son relationship fear horror films transformation mystery
A single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book titled "Mister Babadook" manifests in their home.
Mystery & Thriller, Adventure
Australia
2020
101 Minutes
Phryne Fisher
Essie Davis Miriam Margolyes Ashleigh Cummings Rupert Penry-Jones Jacqueline McKenzie Daniel Lapaine Nathan Page Hugo Johnstone-Burt John Waters Ian Bliss Anthony J. Sharpe
detective bedouin aristocrat tribesman confident engaging gripping gutsy sultry jerusalem desert tomb london israel mystery archaeology jewelry curse disappearance adventure
After freeing a young girl from her unjust imprisonment in Jerusalem, Phryne Fisher begins to unravel a mystery concerning priceless emeralds, ancient curses and the truth behind the suspicious disappearance of Shirin's forgotten tribe.
Comedy
UK
2016
89 Minutes
Patricia Deville
Julian Barratt Essie Davis Andrea Riseborough Harriet Walter Russell Tovey David Schofield Richard McCabe Alannah Olivia
A has-been actor best known for playing the title character in the 1980s detective series "Mindhorn" must work with the police when a serial killer says that he will only speak with Detective Mindhorn, whom he believes to be a real person.
Horror
UK|Ireland|USA
2005
95 Minutes
John Lynch Essie Davis Ruth Negga Sean Harris Marcel Iures Crispin Letts Stanley Townsend
On a remote Irish farm, five people become unwilling participants in an experiment that goes nightmarishly wrong.
Comedy, Drama
Australia
2019
117 Minutes
Anna
Eliza Scanlen Toby Wallace Essie Davis Ben Mendelsohn Emily Barclay Eugene Gilfedder Andrea Demetriades Charles Grounds Arka Das Georgina Symes Priscilla Doueihy
Milla, a seriously ill teenager, falls in love with a drug dealer, Moses, her parents worst nightmare.
Drama, Romance
Australia
2010
121 Minutes
Alma Stanley
Miranda Otto Marton Csokas Essie Davis Rohan Nichol Barry Otto Annie Martin
Set in 1928, Meredith is a 35 year-old unmarried woman who arrives at a remote lighthouse island with her uncle, the new head keeper.
Comedy, Drama
2008
103 Minutes
Grace Blueburger
Keisha Castle-Hughes Danielle Catanzariti Essie Davis Russell Dykstra Nikita Adams Christian Byers Toni Collette Bridget Walters Poh Ling Yeow
With help from a new friend (Keisha Castle-Hughes), a misfit (Danielle Catanzariti) at a fancy private school secretly enrolls at a public school as a foreign exchange student.
Crime, Biography, Drama
Australia|UK|France
2019
124 Minutes
Ellen Kelly
George MacKay Russell Crowe Nicholas Hoult Essie Davis Charlie Hunnam Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie Sean Keenan Earl Cave Marlon Williams Louis Hewison Orlando Schwerdt
Based on Peter Carey's novel. The story of Australian bushranger Ned Kelly and his gang as they flee from authorities during the 1870s.
Biography, Drama
UK|Luxembourg|France|Belgium|USA
2003
99 Minutes
Catharina
Colin Firth Scarlett Johansson Tom Wilkinson Judy Parfitt Cillian Murphy Essie Davis Joanna Scanlan Alakina Mann
painter maid patron jealous woman butcher melodramatic passionate intricate netherlands artist's studio shop street painting obsession vulnerability art class distinctions forbidden love rivalry temptation
A young peasant maid working in the house of painter Johannes Vermeer becomes his talented assistant and the model for one of his most famous works.
Comedy, Drama
Australia
1995
110 Minutes
Kate
Leo McKern Joan Sutherland Geoffrey Rush David Field Noah Taylor Essie Davis Celia Ireland Ray Barrett Barry Otto Nicholas Eadie Murray Bartlett
farmer wife son politician neighbor amusing charming australia farm small town family farming politics father/son relationship growing up transformation 19th century
Tired of local corruption and the harshness of his life a bushman demonstrates the true Aussie spirit and decides to run for parliament.
Comedy, Drama
2010
98 Minutes
Jane
Josh Lawson Isabel Lucas Steve Bisley Adam Zwar Nadine Garner Essie Davis Geoff Paine Kestie Morassi Heather Mitchell Nikolai Nikolaeff Lincoln Younes
Romance, Adventure, Drama, War, Western
UK|Australia|USA
2008
165 Minutes
Cath Carney
Nicole Kidman Hugh Jackman David Wenham Bryan Brown Jack Thompson David Gulpilil Brandon Walters Essie Davis David Ngoombujarra Ben Mendelsohn Barry Otto
wife cowboy elderly person boy aboriginal owner engaging passionate england australia ranch desert journey romance family cattle world war ii pursuit rivalry transformation
Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by Japanese forces firsthand.
Mystery & Thriller
1993
110 Minutes
Jilly
Anthony LaPaglia Hugo Weaving Barry Otto Kelly Dingwall Bill Hunter Gosia Dobrowolska Naomi Watts Essie Davis
An honest policeman goes on the take and tips off a TV newswoman as part of a plan to expose corruption on the force.
Action, Adventure
USA|France|UK|Hong Kong|Taiwan|Malta|Spain|Canada
2016
116 Minutes
Cal's Mother
Michael Fassbender Marion Cotillard Jeremy Irons Brendan Gleeson Charlotte Rampling Michael Kenneth Williams Denis Menochet Ariane Labed Khalid Abdalla Essie Davis Matias Varela
assassin doctor mercenary soldier archer swordsman priest brutal cool engaging gory powerful spectacular spain church laboratory video game dungeon castle assassination
Callum Lynch explores the memories of his ancestor Aguilar de Nerha and gains the skills of a Master Assassin, before taking on the secret Templar society.
Crime, Drama
Australia
1997
100 Minutes
Laurence Breuls Linda Cropper Simon Lyndon Rebecca Smart David Field Boyana Novakovitch Chris Heywood Jeanette Cronin Jessica Napier Justine Clark Essie Davis
When a young schoolgirl is raped and murdered, the mateship between a group of surfers is tested as the truth is slowly revealed.
Kids & Family, Drama
USA|Germany|Australia
2006
98 Minutes
Dakota Fanning Kevin Anderson Gary Basaraba Beau Bridges Essie Davis Siobhan Fallon Hogan
young girl pig farmer spider uncle rat charming tender endearing emotional touching amusing farm amusement park barn farmhouse barnyard friendship meaning of life death
Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.
Sci-Fi, Action
USA
2003
130 Minutes
Keanu Reeves Andy Wachowski Laurence Fishburne Carrie-Anne Moss Hugo Weaving Jada Pinkett Smith Mary Alice Harold Perrineau Monica Bellucci Harry Lennix Lambert Wilson
chosen one oracle android lover friend computer dark cool thrilling intricate dystopia train station virtual world underground prophecy man vs. machine uncontrollable technology war virtual reality philosophy
The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.