List of the best Tony Barry movies: Home by Christmas(2010), Road to Nhill(1997), Shame(1988), We of the Never Never(1983), Never Say Die(1988), Dead Easy(1982), Doing Time for Patsy Cline(1997), Mystery Road(2013), Hard Knocks(1980), Midnite Spares(1983), The Irishman(1978), Paperback Hero(1999) ... ...
Drama
New Zealand
2010
92 Minutes
Ed
A film memoir based on NZ filmmaker Gaylene Preston's interviews with her father about his World War II experiences.
Comedy, Drama
Australia
1997
95 Minutes
Jim
Phillip Adams Tony Barry Vikki Blanche Don Bridges Paul Chubb Lynette Curran Matthew Dyktynski Bill Hunter Patricia Kennedy Alwyn Kurts Monica Maughan
One of three cars carrying lady bowls players is overdue. Unsure about which car, who the occupants might have been, or what might have happened to them, the locals embark on a chaotic ... See full summary »
Drama
1988
92 Minutes
Deborra-Lee Furness Tony Barry Simone Buchanan Gillian Jones Peter Aanensen Margaret Ford
lawyer mechanic teenager wealthy man rapist police officer suspenseful shocking powerful melodramatic australia outback police station family home small town bar road trip date rape controversy corruption
An Australian lawyer (Deborra-Lee Furness) stops to fix her motorcycle and meets a mechanic's (Tony Barry) daughter (Simone Buchanan) who has been raped.
Western
Australia
1983
132 Minutes
Mac
Angela Punch McGregor Arthur Dignam Tony Barry Martin Vaughan Lewis Fitz-Gerald John Jarratt Tom E. Lewis Mawuyul Yanthalawuy
Jeannie Gunn faced being the only civilised woman in an uncivilised land. A story of personal triumph about one woman who reached out in a hard, hostile, prejudiced world and managed to find love.
Action
New Zealand
1988
98 Minutes
Insp. Evans
A young couple are mysteriously pursued by people with increasingly elaborate attempts to kill them; they narrowly escape death repeatedly via a series of car chases and shoot-outs.
Crime, Drama, Action
1982
92 Minutes
Ozzie
Scott Burgess Tim McKenzie Tony Barry Max Phipps Sandy Gore Jack O'Leary Rosemary Paul Joe Martin Barney Combes
Three friends who are trying to make a name for themselves in the entertainment industry find themselves in the middle of an underworld power struggle.
Comedy, Drama
Australia
1997
93 Minutes
Dwayne
Richard Roxburgh Miranda Otto Matt Day Tony Barry Kiri Paramore Laurence Coy Annie Byron Roy Billing Gus Mercurio Betty Bobbitt Frank Whitten
Following a passion for country music, Ralph leaves his father's sheep farm in a remote Australian town, armed with a guitar and a plane ticket to Nashville, Tennessee. He hopes to ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Australia
2013
122 Minutes
Sergeant
Aaron Pedersen Hugo Weaving Jack Thompson Ryan Kwanten Tony Barry David Field Damian Walshe-Howling Tasma Walton
An indigenous detective returns to the Outback to investigate the murder of a young girl.
Drama
Australia
1980
85 Minutes
Barry
Tracy Mann Hilton Bonner Max Cullen Bill Hunter Tony Barry Kristy Grant John Arnold
A young woman from a poor, crime-ridden background tries to forge a new life as a model.
Action
Australia
1983
98 Minutes
James Laurie Gia Carides Bruce Spence Max Cullen David Argue Tony Barry
After discovering that a group of car thieves may have something to do with his father's untimely death, Steve pursues the criminals and attempts to capture them as well as prove his prowess as a racecar driver.
Drama
Australia
1978
108 Minutes
Rob Dalgliesh
Michael Craig Simon Burke Robin Nevin Lou Brown Tui Bow Andrew Maguire Tony Barry Marcella Burgoyne Vincent Ball Roberta Grant
The Doolan family are trying to make a go in the freight hauling business in Queensland, Australia. The problem is it's the 1920's, the Doolans use horses and motorized vehicles can do it ... See full summary »
Romance
Australia
1999
96 Minutes
Mack
Claudia Karvan Hugh Jackman Angie Milliken Andrew Gilbert Jeanie Drynan Bruce Venables Tony Barry Ritchie Singer Charlie Little
An 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...?
Comedy
Australia
1985
94 Minutes
Bushman
Eric Roberts Greta Scacchi Bill Kerr Chris Heywood Kris McQuade Max Gilles Tony Barry Paul Chubb David Slingsby Tim Finn
marketing executive entrepreneur secretary single mother waiter ex-husband confident moving charming australia small town office house restaurant factory americans abroad big business small business father/daughter relationship soda pop
Ex-marine turned Coca-Cola marketing guru Becker is on a mission to boost sales in Australia when he discovers a dry spot in the Outback, where everyone is guzzling homegrown brew - and not a drop of his company's cola.
Drama
1986
76 Minutes
Charlie
Emma Coles Kris Bidenko Kris McQuade Stephen Leeder Debra May Peter Hehir Tony Barry Kerry Dwyer Arthur Faynes Kim Antonios Denise Roberts
teen girl friend mother boyfriend father sad profound sydney beach school house friendship mother/daughter relationship adolescence family coming of age divorce growing up transformation 1980s
Two Australian teenage girls (Emma Coles, Kris Bidenko) go from best friends to ex-friends in a year.
War
Australia
1979
92 Minutes
Black Ronnie
Graham Kennedy John Hargreaves Bryan Brown John Jarratt Graeme Blundell Richard Moir Ian Gilmour Graham Rouse John Allen Tony Barry Brandon Burke
In between drinking cans of Fosters beer, Australian soldiers tread on a few landmines, and generally experience the war in Vietnam.
Western
Australia
1988
99 Minutes
Jacko
Tom Burlinson Sigrid Thornton Brian Dennehy Nicholas Eadie Bryan Marshall Rhys McConnochie Mark Hembrow Peter Cummins Cornelia Frances Tony Barry
cattleman love interest father banker son romantic rival tender spirited mountain cabin australia range snowy river love triangle father/daughter relationship jealousy horses love reunion forbidden love
Young Jim Craig returns to his home in the Australian high country. He finds that things are not as he left them - his girlfriend is being pursued by another man, and her father doesn't want Jim back into her life.
Comedy, Drama
Australia
2001
90 Minutes
Lola Marceli Alice Ansara Lourdes Bartolomé Alex Dimitriades Simon Palomares Silvio Ofria Gabriella Maselli Helen Thomson Armida Croccolo Nino La Giudice Tony Barry
Lola, a hot-blooded Spaniard, is deserted by her husband for a cool and calculating Aussie blonde. Lola is pregnant again but she and their daughter Lucia are left to starve while Ricardo ... See full summary »
Action
UK|USA
1994
109 Minutes
Desmond Kelly Katie Wolfe John Bach Kerry Fox Jacqui McPherson Elizabeth Hawthorne Emily Perkins Donna Akersten Tony Goldwyn Peter Hambleton Eddie Campbell
nurse prostitute soldier navy chef murderer brooding disturbing gory profound raw new zealand wellington, new zealand base camp sexually transmitted diseases war murder prostitution corruption adventure discovery
A devious sexpot steals her husband's drug money and hides out in a small town where she meets the perfect dupe for her next scheme.
Romance, Adventure, Drama, War, Western
UK|Australia|USA
2008
165 Minutes
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.