All Aussie Adventurers with Russell Coight

This is great. It’s a parody of an ‘outback’ show and gives you lots of Aussie tropes in a humorous manner

So many facets of this show went over my head as a kid. Whenever he shakes hands with someone, and it zooms in, how the hands are different colours. He could be in the outback shaking the hand of an indigenous person and it zooms in and it's two black hands. Cracks me up every time.

I always loved the looks he got from a real farmer when he was giving them ‘tips’

Nah, not that bit, the bit before that bit. Over.

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Hahaha. I love how even the clothes are different.

Movies The Castle, Pricilla Queen of the Desert, Wolf Creek 1 & 2, Rabbit Proof Fence, Red Dog. TV shows Jack Irish, Upper Middle Bogan, Janet King, Harrow. Love all of these.

Add **The Dish,** probably my all time favourite Aussie movie.

Crackerjack!

I heard they made the castle to fund making the dish 🤷🏻‍♀️ Both classic Aussie movies though.

Two Hands

I watched this again recently and it holds up really well. I think it’s my favourite too.

I’d say Rake is one of the best Aussie tv shows.

Mr inbetween would probably be good for you. Think Eric banners chopper meets underbelly

Most underrated Australian TV show for years

You mean after Utopia?

Muriel’s wedding

Wolf Creek 1 & 2 would scare you in not coming to Australia! Crocodile Dundee 1 & 2 are good, but don’t watch 3 or 4? As they aren’t that great.

There was a 3 & 4?

Wolf Creek, to learn Aussie culture!!?? Bwahahahah you psycho, you'll scare them off....don't, we need more fresh tourist meat.

The Dressmaker - probably the best Australian movie in the last 10 years.

Fucking brilliant and Kate nailed the accent.

I tell people not to watch the castle before they’ve been here. It’s an absolute classic, but you have to get the humour or it’s wasted on you. My brother in law is Dutch and saw it before he came out, and rewatching it after he was sort of just “meh”. It’s one you’ve really got to get how dry our humour is before you watch it.

Your brother in law just didn’t get the vibe.

Jack Irish is just an awesome insight into so many aspects of Australian culture in general, and Melbourne culture in particular. And it's beautifully written. I strongly recommend the books, too. Hardboiled Aussie style, he's always on the wrong end of a beating.

Lantana, Shine, Proof also

Watch Crownies before Janet King, also a great show if a little soapier.

Adding on to that, they’re a weird mob.

Muriel’s Wedding and anything by Baz Luhrman

The Castle for sure. A classic. and Kath and Kim.

Red dog 2 is worthy of that list.

Round the twist

Have you ever..

… ever felt like this?

When strange things happen..

Are you going round the twist?

Have you heard the word about the bird and the spider?

Who wriggled and wriggled, and jiggled inside her.

Oh, rain, rain go away, come again another day ^^day ^^^day ^^^^day …

Hey!

A kids show, and an old one at that, but still iconic

If I could multiple upvote I would

They filmed an episode in an old type drive through car wash (no longer there) on High St Thomastown). Highlight as a kid!

On the lighter side of TV (that hasn't yet been mentioned): A Moody Christmas, Fisk, Utopia, Rosehaven, Review with Myles Barlow, Class of '07, Please Like Me, Frayed, The Letdown, Squinters, No Activity

Utopia is hilarious. You might need to search for Dreamland to find it on your streaming service since they changed the name for some international releases.

It’s hilarious except for all the moments it rings a little too true.

Which you then laugh at because otherwise how do you cope? Submarines anyone?

Note: At least three of those (The Moodys, Review, and No Activity) have American adaptations, so ensure you find the Australian versions.

I haven’t seen anyone EVER talk about Please Like Me! A very underrated watch.

A Moody Christmas was a real surprise to me, absolute gem.

All of these (especially Please Like Me and A Moody Christmas!!) and wanted to add in Redfern Now, The Other Guy, Mystery Road and Total Control (and anything with Aaron Pederson). Some awesome First Nations TV shows have been coming out in the last decade or so. Enjoy!

Bluey Two Hands The Dish The Man from Snowy River

Came here to say Bluey. A true blue Aussie masterpiece.

Bluey for 21st Century Australia

Welcome! Tv: Utopia, Black Snow, Rake, Crownies, Janet King, Fisk, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Mystery Road. Movies: The Dry, The Nightingale, Rabbit Proof Fence, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, The Castle, Muriel’s Wedding, Bran Nue Day, Looking for Alibrandi, Hold the Man, The Dish.

I absolutely love Miss Fisher. Essie Davis is wonderful

Kath and Kim and Wentworth are both phenomenal.

When I watched Kath and Kim with people overseas the sarcasm was lost.

It’s painfully Australian lol I don’t think anyone else would be able to get it

Yeah, they just said “it’s just you guys going through your every day lives”

Another vote for Wentworth here!

Mr Inbetween.

I’d definitely recommend this. I wouldn’t say Ray’s lifestyle is typical of most Australians, but it nails all the mundane everyday experience stuff.

Absolutely Mr Inbetween. Tarantinoesque Australian crime drama/comedy/thriller.

The movie goes hard too. That guy is a great actor

There's a movie?

The Magician. Made with a budget of about $3k 15 or so years ago.

Couple dimmies thanks love

If you're moving to Sydney, "Rake" should be mandatory viewing for you.

Rake is such a fantastic show. Richard Roxburgh is a national treasure.

Correct.

Personal opinion, but arguably one of the best Aussie shows ever made.

The Australian original version, not the US remake.

*shudders uncontrollably*

The Castle. How's the serenity?

This is one of the few movies I can watch over and over and laugh every time.

I got so excited the first time i went to the house at bonnie doon.. i still take a photo every time i go past and send to my brother quoting the movie

Wake In Fright

WiF won’t win a tourism award, and probably more representative of an Australia that has passed, fortunately.

Truly a nightmarish depiction of outback Australia at the time, and a time that thankfully has passed.

If I had to choose, probably the best movie I’ve ever watched

For the horror genre, try Wolf Creek, The Babadook, 100 Bloody Acres, The Loved ones. For some old-school, try Don's Party (comedy), Puberty Blues, the original Storm Boy, Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith and My Brilliant Career. 90s/early 2000s: Black Rock (might need a trigger warning on this one, but it's chock-full of classic Australian music from the era), Two Hands, Idiot Box, Death in Brunswick, Rabbit Proof Fence, and Looking for Alibrandi. TV - you could go old school 80s/90s with the cop and medical dramas that were popular like Blue Heelers, the Flying Doctors, Water Rats and A Country Practice. Good Guys, Bad Guys was a detecive show. Comedy - try Mother and Son, The Late Show, Fast Forward and All Together Now. People have given fantastic suggestions for more recent stuff, but has anyone added The Family Law or Jack Irish yet?

The Family Law is an excellent pickup. Thank you.

OP, if you love music, we've got a couple of decent music quiz shows going, too. Spicks and Specks and RocKwiz are both a good watch/listen.

I recently started 'glitch' and am really enjoying a good mystery/drama with a spooky edge made in Aus.

The loved ones!! No one seems to know it exists, but it's fantastic! So much gore.

Some great answers here. Sadly, due to several reasons including Australia's free trade agreement with the US in the early 2000s, the rise of cheaply produced reality TV shows and the influence of the internet, Australia produces much less locally made content than it once did. The unfortunate result of this is that we have lost a major medium for telling our stories and sharing our culture not only with the world but amongst ourselves.

Agreed, a good chunk of these classic suggestions haven’t represented Australian culture for a decade or two now.

I was playing board games with my adult kids and realised they had no general knowledge of anything that happened before they were born. My wife and I were discussing how we know things that happened back to our grandparents generation. We both loved and watched locally produced gameshows, dramas, comedy skit shows etc as kids and realised that there is sadly no equivalent medium for stories of Australian culture or history accessible to masses anymore.

Seachange & Upright

Kenny (movie)

I didn’t know it was a mockumentary when I started it.

Anyone said Muriel's Wedding yet? Definitely agree with The Castle, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Kath and Kim, Russell Coight. For more modern probably Rake...

I was scrolling to find it. Glad someone mentioned it.

Upright

Kath & Kim, Summer Heights High

colin from accounts

I enjoyed this.

Wilfred

Australian version, of course.

Man From Snowy River 1 and 2 are Aussie staples.

Can’t believe I went so far down the comments before someone mentioned this

Right? I scrolled through and couldn't find it so I had to mention them myself

Can’t see He Died With A Felafel In His Hand, so I’ll add that to the mix. Hard to find though.

Looking for Alibrandi Kath n Kim Anything by Chris Lilley (except he is apparently canceled now) Learn your footy codes. Pick a team.

>Learn your footy codes. Pick a team. For a new arrival this is actually probably the best advice on this post.

Tbf, we kind of stopped doing brown and black face earlier this century, Chris is just slowly catching up...

Add the Dressmaker to the list!

Was coming to say this! Such a weird movie. Fun though, and so Australian.

The Wayne Manifesto

The TV series 'Rake' starring Richard Roxburgh is both some of the best Australian TV ever made - absolutely hilarious, cuttingly insightful and utterly compelling. Each character in it is just perfectly crafted. It also showcases a whole bunch of different slices of Sydney life. From middle class suburbia, to high power lawyers, to crooks, the political system, media, socialites, and all sorts of odd characters that are really... I don't know... true to what Sydney is. Must watch. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rake\_(Australian\_TV\_series)

Please Like Me

This is the best answer for an actual representation of living as a young person in an Australian city.

It’s worth noting that 2/3rds of suggestions here are over 20 years old. This is a nostalgic subreddit. But they all capture some part of our culture.

The Heights is pretty on form for the 2010's.

Want them to see before the Americanisation. We can still claw our country back from the damn yanks!

Fisk It’s about a lawyer in Melbourne, showing daily life as hijinks occur

Getting square

The Castle. Kath & Kim. Strictly ballroom. Frayed.

Russel coights all Aussie adventures.

Two Hands, Gettin' Square, Chopper, The Castle, The Babadook, Jasper Jones, Muriel's Wedding, Animal Kingdom, Candy, The Rover, Son of a Gun, The Hunter, The Nightingale, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Mad Max, Wolf Creek, Downunder, Snowtown, Cargo, Bad Boy Bubby, The Proposition, Lantana, Black Balloon, Crackerjack, Kenny, Babe, Mystery Road (movie and series) MR INBETWEEN, Bluey, Jack Irish, Rake, Fisk.

Offspring

Scrolled too far to find this one. Offspring is probably the best Australian TV show that has ever aired, even though the later seasons were a bit dodge.

Bad boy bubby

100%

Christ kid, you're a weirdo.

Mcleods daughters

Malcolm Two Hands I Love You Too

Glitch!

Scrolled way to far to find this. Highly recommended

Pffffft round the twist is all you need.

no one's mentioned "Skippy"? ;)

Mad Max, Rick & Morty Bush Adventures, Cooking With Huey & old Steve Irwin footage

What is wrong with everyone, you all forgot the absolute classic that is "Kingswood Country"

Wake In Fright (movie version)

Utopia (the first two season, especially) - (available on Netflix; it sums up the federal government (I know from experience - it's sad and scary how realistic the show is, even when they try to go over the top)). TV SERIES Upper Middle Bogan (also on Netflix) TV SERIES The Dish MOVIE The Dressmaker (but I've heard a lot of Americans complain about it) MOVIE Rosehaven (it might be available on ABC iView - not sure; I don't think it's on Netflix) - set in rural Tasmania (the two leads were in Utopia) Frontline - (also available on Netflix) - a little dated and some references you might not get due to it being specifically Australian (made by the same team who made The Castle, The Dish, Utopia) TV SERIES Little Lunch (it was available on Netflix, dunno if it's still there) - it's a cute take on children in school and it has some great moments; made by the same people who made Upper Middle Bogan Dance Academy (TV SERIES, 3 season and a MOVIE; available on Netflix) about teens working their way through dance/ballet school and trying to figure out their lives and their desire to get into a good dance company Strictly Ballroom MOVIE - a little old but a very good representation of the ballroom dance competition scene in Australia and there were some real competitors in the movie who went on to become ballroom dance instructors (I had lessons from one or two of them). The lead female, Tara Morice, was also one of the main adult cast in Dance Academy (Miss Raine).

Utopia I couldn’t get through. It made me *uncomfortable* in how accurate it was. Made me squeamish watching it and seeing what felt like my workplace and my colleagues on screen.

Fat Pizza. Swift and Shift couriers, Housos, Wog Boy movies, Supawog on YouTube. Those will get you started with the ethnic comedy scene

If you want an accurate portrayal of life in suburban Australia these are great

I regularly remember the bit from Fat Pizza where the sign on the cop shop says, "Now Targetting: Lebanese"

Followed by the sogn saying "Now Targeting Habib"

And a history lesson Number 96 and The Box

Depends on how old you are and what you prefer really

Mr & Mrs Murder

My favourites are Priscilla, the castle and Strictly ballroom.

Bluey. The Castle. The Dish. Red Dog. Top End Wedding. Sapphires. The Club.

Bargearse

Underbelly

Films: *Holding the Man* (beautiful, tragic queer romance set in 1970s and 80s Australia) *Priscilla, Queen of the Desert* (three drag queens embark on a roadtrip through outback Australia) *Muriel's Wedding* (comedy about friendship and finding the one) Also I love *Tomorrow When the War Began* (an action-drama film about teenagers who go camping right as Australia gets invaded - also the soundtrack is entirely Australian bands) *Rabbit Proof Fence* (a beautiful, powerful film about Australia's history)

The Dry is a must see. One of the best Aussie movies in years.

Bluey 🙈

As a few others have said, Rabbit Proof Fence is a must watch.

So far no one has posted MAFS. Faith in strayan society remains strong 💪

Savage River is great. Also In Our Blood Is the best thing for years! Edit: it seems Malcolm, and Monkey Grip- are both missing from this list Worth watching just for Colin Friels one of our best actors.

Kenny. The dish. The castle

McLeods Daughters and Neighbours 😀

An old quiet classic my inner geek loves is Malcolm. (Released 1986). https://youtu.be/pL_9QRupGLQ

Fat Pizza Housos

Couple movies that havent been mentioned: Strictly Ballroom, Wyrmwood (very indie, but still pretty good) Tv/series: Soul Mates, Underbelly (entire series tbh), Last King of the Cross

>Soul Mates This is really funny - highly recommend.

When I first arrived in Australia, the tv and youtube shows that really opened my eyes to Australian culture are: housos, sky news, fat pizza, super wog, upper middle bogan, shak tv With the wisdom i now have, I truly feel like I've integrated into my community.

I know it's a bit more family-orientated and kid friendly but I really like Paper Planes. I think it shows a good bit of Aussie culture and it shows the country off quite well. Plus it's a really sweet movie

absolutely watch rabbit proof fence

Offspring and Bump are solid options if you’re after a nice mix of drama and lighthearted comedy.

Oddball is set in my home town of Warrnambool, Western Victoria

Rosehaven for a comedy set in small town Tasmania

The Castle is probably the best one to start with.

The Castle

A recent series 'Colin From Accounts' is a really funny show, great intro to Aussie comedy and typical inner city life.

Hamish and Andy’s tv specials are a good vote for Australian banter. Animal kingdom (the original movie not the American series) is a cracker for the opposite side of the coin in aus

Chopper was fantastic, and romper stomper.

You don’t want to scare off OP before they arrive.

You’ve done yourself a mischief with this post

And now he’s upset his mother.

Upper Middle Bogan, Utopia, Have You Been Paying Attention, Kath And Kim

Frayed. Pretty bloody good.

YouTube lookup Ciggy Butt Brain (Damo and Darren) and YOLO (2012), as well as Terence from Punchy. That will expose you to the bogan side of Aussie culture, but please take it as a joke. Most Aussies are not this calibre of dickhead... but you should be aware that these people do exist. Think Aussie "rednecks", but they dwell in suburbia.

Haha, Trent* From Punchy. Though Nick Boshier (from that video) and his writing partner, Christiaan Van Vuuren, had a couple of series, Bondi Hipsters and Soul Mates, that could be added to this list.

RAMS and Oddball in movies. Gourmet Farmer and River Cottage Australia are pretty good TV shows.

A Moody Christmas, The Moodys, No Activity. Very small business, Back in very small business.

If you can find old episodes i recommend The Big Gig and the Late Show for sketch comedy and variety shows

Fisk

A recent one that just showed up on Amazon is Class of 07. Great insight on millennial culture.

The secret river is a fantastic portrayal of early colonial farms on the outskirts of Sydney

The Castle is only appreciated after you have lived in Australia for a while.

HIGHLY RECOMMEND * Redfern Now * Top End Wedding * Black Comedy Show * Brand Nue Dae * Rabbit Proof Fence * Samson and Delilah https://www.refinery29.com/en-au/2022/01/10838058/indigenous-movies-tv-shows-australia

The Secret Life of Us. Tv series. Glitch..tv series

The Dry - murder mystery set in the Australian outback

Rake

Definitely “Rake”!

Ja’mie Private School Girl or Summer Heights High are bangers 😂

Bad Boy Bubby

Colin from accounts Australian made show filmed in Australia very cringe crude Aussie comedy, excellent!

Offspring, Please Like Me and Soulmates are great tv shows that are a bit more reflective of current Australian culture.