Jack Thompson Movies

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

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

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....

The wife of a Malaysian planter kills an employee of her husband one night, but her motive begins to appear not entirely truthful.

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...

Recently diagnosed with a terminal illness, a man returns home to Australia to die in the wilderness. His plans become complicated when he comes...

Documentary about the life and career of Australian actor Rod Taylor.

Max Foster (Carl Betz), an American newspaper reporter, is in Hong Kong to assist a defecting Russian diplomat. In return for arranging an escape,...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

Over the five days after a military coup, army troops arrive to enforce martial law and encounter a growing resistance movement.

The harsh, competitive world of Australian sheep-shearers provides the setting for this powerful film. Foley and 'Black Arthur' do battle for the...

Comedy about a womanizing journalist on a Sydney newspaper who confronts job problems and impotence in the context of Australian media and politics...