Best Australian Films on Netflix 2026
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Our pick of the best Australian Films on Netflix right now, ranked by audience rating out of the 100 titles in category code 5230. Tap any title for full details and where to watch.
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1. Hot Mess (2018)
Rated 8.3/10 on IMDb, from 2018, 1h 16m. A struggling twenty-something playwright questions her career path as she tries to navigate modern dating.
2. China Love (2018)
Rated 8.3/10 on IMDb, from 2018, 1h 26m. This thought-provoking documentary explores contemporary China by delving into the imaginative billion-dollar industry of pre-wedding photography.
3. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Rated 8.1/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 2015, 2h 00m. In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, Max helps a rebellious woman and a band of female prisoners flee from tyranny, fend off threats and seek their homeland.
4. Lion (2016)
Rated 8/10 on IMDb, from 2016, 1h 58m. An Indian man who was separated from his mother at age 5 and adopted by an Australian couple returns home, determined to find his birth family.
5. Breaker Morant (1980)
Rated 7.8/10 on IMDb, from 1980, 1h 42m. The trial of three Australian soldiers for executing prisoners during the Boer War in 1901 South Africa provokes controversy in this fact-based drama.
6. Shine (1996)
Rated 7.7/10 on IMDb, from 1996, 1h 40m. Troubled virtuoso David Helfgott triumphs over a domineering father, schizophrenia and an obsession with Rachmaninoff's 'Piano Concerto No.
7. Sherpa (2015)
Rated 7.7/10 on IMDb, from 2015, 1h 35m. Filmed in 2014, this riveting documentary tells the lesser-known story of Himalayan guides who risk everything to support climbers on Mount Everest.
8. Hotel Mumbai (2019)
Rated 7.6/10 on IMDb, from 2019, 2h 02m. Based on the 2008 Mumbai attacks, this harrowing story follows the people and events inside the grand Taj Mahal Palace Hotel over four days of terror.
9. Upgrade (2018)
Rated 7.5/10 on IMDb, from 2018, 1h 39m. After a violent mugging leaves him paralyzed, a man receives a computer chip implant that allows him to control his body -- and get his revenge.
10. Holding the Man (2015)
Rated 7.4/10 on IMDb, from 2015, 2h 07m. In 1970s Australia, two teen boys fall in love with each other and defeat obstacles to their 15-year relationship, until a new crisis comes their way.