Drama, Thriller
A schoolteacher, stuck in a teaching post in an arid backwater, stops off in a mining town on his way home for Christmas. Discovering a local gambling craze that may grant him the money to move back to Sydney for good, he embarks on a five-day nightmarish odyssey of drinking, gambling, and hunting.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Third Company
Gump
The Dogheads
The Gray Man
Children of the Revolution
The Saint
Sny o Zambezi
Fall City
Iconic
Skinford: Chapter 2
Art of Love
The Hidden
Breakfast of Champions
Accattone
The Twilight Samurai
Pollock
Shocker
Southern Comfort
The French Lieutenant's Woman
No Vacancies
SIMILAR MOVIES
Third Company
IMDB 0 | Dec , 1931
Gump
IMDB 6.2 | Jul , 2021
A story told through the eyes of a stray dog called Gump . On a journey to find his way home to his owner, Gump encounters many challenges, meets new people, and makes a few canine friends along the way. A story about the devotion of a dog, who without hesitation will give his own life for the life of its beloved owner.The Dogheads
IMDB 0 | Sep , 1931
The Gray Man
IMDB 7 | Jul , 2022
When a shadowy CIA agent uncovers damning agency secrets, he's hunted across the globe by a sociopathic rogue operative who's put a bounty on his head.Children of the Revolution
IMDB 5.6 | Dec , 1996
A man (Richard Roxburgh) the Australian government blames for 1990s political woes blames his mother (Judy Davis), a communist Stalin seduced in 1951.The Saint
IMDB 6.1 | Apr , 1997
Simon Templar (The Saint), is a thief for hire, whose latest job to steal the secret process for cold fusion puts him at odds with a traitor bent on toppling the Russian government, as well as the woman who holds its secret.Sny o Zambezi
IMDB 0 | Dec , 1982
Drama directed by Stanislav Strnad.Fall City
IMDB 6 | Nov , 2018
Recently-paroled thief, Jon Price, is forced to return to his small, rainy hometown of Fall City, Washington at Christmastime. Jon unexpectedly begins to find joy as he meets and grows closer to a struggling single mother who shows him true kindness, and he begins filling the role of a father for her young daughter.Iconic
IMDB 0 | Feb , 2024
Makeup guru Rose faces hate mail from a rival artist, in addition to dealing with a violent stalker. After falling into a toxic love spiral with Lily, Rose slides down a dangerous rabbit hole of drugs, paranoia and jealousy until she hits an unimaginable rock bottom.Skinford: Chapter 2
IMDB 4.5 | Nov , 2018
Silver-tongued Jimmy Skinford is on the run with the only person he can trust, Zo-phia, a woman hunted by every underworld crook in town for her coveted curse of immortality. To stop the relentless onslaught of violence and get their lives back they must search through Zophia’s past to fnd a cure. But what future can you have when your survival depends on losing the one thing keeping you alive?Art of Love
IMDB 2.8 | Oct , 2021
A mysterious, erotic and haunting love story between a writer/professor at Puerto Rico's leading University and an aspiring artist from the immigrant Chinese community.The Hidden
IMDB 6.9 | Oct , 1987
When average, law-abiding citizens suddenly turn to a life of hedonistic behavior and violent crime, Detective Tom Beck is tasked with helping young FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher determine the cause.Breakfast of Champions
IMDB 5.1 | Feb , 1999
An unhappy car dealer believes that a dime-store philosopher has the answers to life's important questions.Accattone
IMDB 7.7 | Sep , 1961
A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiralling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison.The Twilight Samurai
IMDB 7.8 | Nov , 2002
Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects seem to open up when the beautiful Tomoe, a childhood friend, comes back into he and his daughters' life, but as the Japanese feudal system unravels, Seibei is still bound by the code of honor of the samurai and by his own sense of social precedence. How can he find a way to do what is best for those he loves?Pollock
IMDB 6.7 | Sep , 2000
In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?" The film is a look back into the life of an extraordinary man, a man who has fittingly been called "an artist dedicated to concealment, a celebrity who nobody knew." As he struggled with self-doubt, engaging in a lonely tug-of-war between needing to express himself and wanting to shut the world out, Pollock began a downward spiral.Shocker
IMDB 5.5 | Mar , 1989
About to be electrocuted for a catalog of heinous crimes, the unrepentant Horace Pinker transforms into a terrifying energy source. Only young athlete Jonathan Parker, with an uncanny connection to him through bizarre dreams, can fight the powerful demon.Southern Comfort
IMDB 6.9 | Sep , 1981
A squad of National Guards on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana swamp must fight for their lives when they anger local Cajuns by stealing their canoes. Without live ammunition and in a strange country, their experience begins to mirror the Vietnam experience.The French Lieutenant's Woman
IMDB 6.4 | Aug , 1981
In this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about the forbidden love between their respective characters, Sarah and Charles. Both actors are involved in serious relationships, but the passionate nature of the script leads to an off-camera love affair as well. While attempting to maintain their composure and professionalism, Anna and Mike struggle to come to terms with their infidelity.No Vacancies
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2024
James has a good job, a good home, a good wife, but it isn't enough. Ali is single, single-minded, singularly focused on James. They meet in the same room, in the same hotel. Mariella watches them - unknown, unseen, unheard. She's the hotel cleaner who deals with the debris, the aftermath of their passion. She dreams of a similar life. This has been the pattern for some time, but Ali wants more. James can't give it. He wants to keep it as it is. It starts to play with Ali's head. She schemes and dreams and fantasises. Things start to unravel, but Mariella is used to cleaning up mess. She is thorough; methodical, meticulous.