Jack Thompson Movies

Baseball cards and a food-aid worker help a woman follow her shady husband's money trail around the world.

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...

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...

The singular life of Beryl Markham - renowned aviatrix, author and adventurer

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

The true story of Irish outlaw Daniel Morgan, who is wanted, dead or alive, in Australia during the 1850s.

After a period of separation, Sarah visits her research scientist mother on a remote New Zealand island. Before long Sarah becomes inextricably...

Diagnosed with lung cancer, legendary Australian actor David Gulpilil boldly explains the journey that is his extraordinary, culture-clashing life.

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...

A true story. In 1937, a routine passenger and mail flight crashes during bad weather on a flight between Brisbane and Sydney. A local bushman begins...

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

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

As Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art house films like Peter Weir's "Picnic At Hanging...

When the bodies of two young boys are discovered in the Harlem River, their mother is the obvious suspect, particularly with her scandalous past. But...

A young Aboriginal boy is torn between his unexpected love of acting and the disintegration of his family.

Reporter Judith Wilkes leaves her husband and two sons in Sydney and goes to Malaysia to cover the story of the Vietnamese boat people. She becomes...

A story based on true events about two explorers on a doomed journey trying to cross Australia on foot in the 19 century.

A compelling personal journey with David Stratton, as he relates the fascinating development of our cinema history. David guides us from his boyhood...

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