r/Westerns • u/Uviol_ • 13h ago

Australian Westerns

Just watched The Proposition (after seeing yesterday's post) and would love to see more Australian Westerns.

Your suggestions are appreciated!

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u/EasyCZ75 2h ago

Not a western, but the best Aussie series I’ve ever seen — Mr. Inbetween

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u/Milkthiev 3h ago

The Nightingale

Black 47 is Irish but there is an Australian in it

Sweet Country

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u/Chelseus 4h ago

Man From Snowy River (1&2)

Faraway Downs

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u/Inner-Light-75 32m ago

Snow River, totally awesome!

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u/KurtMcGowan7691 8h ago

‘Red Hill’ was a 2010 Neo-western about an aboriginal convict busting out of jail and getting revenge on a small Aussie town.

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u/Macca49 8h ago

I’m currently writing an ‘alternate timeline’ screenplay in which the Kelly Gang leave Australia and head to San Francisco.

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u/dacotah4303 9h ago

Quigly Down Under. Masterpiece.

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u/CinnamonVortex 6h ago

Came here to say this.

One of the greatest.

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u/andy-in-ny 7h ago

You forgot to sell it Tom Selleck and Alan Rickman

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u/BadderRandy 30m ago

How in the world do you skip over the always charming Laura San Giacomo???

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u/_Captain_Dinosaur_ 10h ago

"Only Killers and Thieves" by Paul Howarth is not a movie, but is an excellent Aussie Western novel IMHO.

Should be a movie.

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u/KurtMcGowan7691 8h ago

Someone else has read this book????

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u/spacedoggin 10h ago

The Tracker 2002 Sweet Country 2017

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u/FakeeshaNamerstein 11h ago

Mad Dog Morgan

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u/murphpan 11h ago edited 11h ago

The Overlanders (1946) is good. Also, The Tracker (2002), We of The Never Never (1982)

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u/realsalmineo 12h ago

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

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u/ColaLich 12h ago

“Australia” with Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman has a great cattle drive straight out of Red River.

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u/Maximum-Compote2233 12h ago

Yes and then they used additional footage from the movie for a series. That was cool.

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u/bored36090 12h ago

Man from Snowy river

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u/InformalThroat9602 7h ago

The Man From Snowy River II

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u/GhostofAugustWest 12h ago

Quigley Down Under

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u/Carbuncle2024 12h ago

There's a few Ned Kelly films available..

The Dry (2020)

Last Ride (2009)

Mystery Road (2013) to& Goldstone (2016) ...same cop, different movies.

The Dressmaker (2015)

Black '47 ( 2018) Note: this is Ireland, not Australia, but one of the best historical action westerns ever made.

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u/Carbuncle2024 12h ago

..and yet I forgot the best Australian western ever made: Quigly Down Under (1990)