Best Australian mystery movies
Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch mystery films from Australia, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!
Ava (0)
Ava (0)
Ava is hoping her 15th birthday will be a less bitter affair than her last few. Unfortunately for Ava, the universe has something else in mind.
Dark City (1998)
Dark City (1998)
A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.
Frequencies (2013)
Frequencies (2013)
The story of the forbidden relationship between a 'low born' boy and a 'high born' girl in an alternate reality where every person's relationships and life worth are determined by their innate 'frequencies'.
Dust in the Sun (1958)
Dust in the Sun (1958)
A Northern Territory policeman, is given the job of taking an Aboriginal prisoner Emu Foot, to Alice Springs to be tried for a tribal killing. Bayard is wounded during a revenge attack by tribesmen, and Emu Foot helps him get to a remote cattle station. But there Bayard gets involved in a domestic crisis involving Julie Kirkbride, the neurotic, bored wife of the station owner, and is tempted by the head stockman's daughter Chris Palady.
They (1998)
They (1998)
"They say..." phrases are prescribed by the 'They' secret planning committee rather than developing organically from hearsay.
Force of Nature: The Dry 2 (2024)
Force of Nature: The Dry 2 (2024)
When five women take part in a corporate hiking retreat and only four come out on the other side, Federal Agents Aaron Falk and Carmen Cooper head deep into the Victorian mountain ranges to investigate in the hopes of finding their whistle-blowing informant, Alice Russell, alive.
The Rooster (2024)
The Rooster (2024)
When the body of his oldest friend is found buried in a shallow grave, Dan, a small-town cop, seeks answers from a volatile hermit who was the last person to see his friend alive. As Dan gets closer to the truth, he must confront his own personal demons and he discovers that hope can be found in unlikely places.
Beautiful (2009)
Beautiful (2009)
After another teenager disappears from the idyllic suburb of Sunshine Hills, Suzy, the girl-next-door of every boy's dreams, persuades Daniel, a fourteen-year-old with an obsessive crush, to help her uncover the truth.
Mercy Road (2023)
Mercy Road (2023)
Racing against time to save his kidnapped daughter, a driver receives chilling phone calls from a man claiming to know her location. As he follows the increasingly unhinged instructions, he learns exactly how far he's willing to go to save his child.
Panic at Rock Island (2011)
Panic at Rock Island (2011)
An island in spectacular Sydney Harbour. Summer sun, top international artists, and tens of thousands of music fans from across the world! Idyllic...until unimaginable disaster strikes.
Crushed (2015)
Crushed (2015)
After her father dies in an eerie accident at the family's winery, Ellia returns home from the big city to tend to the remaining members of her disaffected family. The death is eventually ruled a homicide, with Ellia’s mother emerging as the prime suspect. Ellia takes matters into her own hands, compelled to discover the true story behind her father’s death. But the family and small-town secrets that emerge are more than she bargained for. Australia’s stunning wine country is the backdrop for this thrilling murder mystery from Director Megan Riakos.
Following (2011)
Following (2011)
Who is he? Where does he come from? What does he want? An experimental short film created for the most part with a mobile phone. The filmmaker shot on the first day, animated on the second, and tried to make sense of it all on the third.
Dive (2024)
Miracle Fish (2010)
Miracle Fish (2010)
8 year old Joe has a Birthday he will never forget. After friends bully him, he sneaks off to the sick bay, wishing everyone in the world would go away. He wakes up to find his dream may have become a reality.
Reaching Distance (2018)
Reaching Distance (2018)
Logan, a cynic with a photographic memory, follows his sister's killer onto a night-rider bus. As the line between past and present begins to blur on the journey, Logan uncovers he has a complex past with much more than one passenger.
Slant (2022)
Summerfield (1977)
Summerfield (1977)
When teacher Simon arrives in a small, secluded village to take over the local school, he is surprised to discover that his predecessor has disappeared without a trace - and that nobody seems too concerned about it. As Simon probes deeper into the disappearance, the inhabitants of a forbidding estate called "Summerfield" take on more and more significance.
Highway (2016)
Highway (2016)
A teenage hitchhiker traverses a lonely mountain highway and begins to pick a mysterious radio broadcast rife with ominous reports of the near future.
The Book of Revelation (2006)
Seance (2011)
Seance (2011)
Based on a true story. After William Trigger’s finance dies in a car accident, his life begins to spiral downwards into loneliness and seclusion. Taking a friend’s advice, he attends a gathering, unaware that a seance is waiting for him on his arrival to try and contact the deceased. When he returns home things are not what they seem. Something or someone begins to haunt him. A frightening tale of one man’s decent into madness, the supernatural and the doors to the other side.
Water Horse (2024)
Water Horse (2024)
A paranormal investigator links a bizarre string of seemingly unrelated events to the disappearance of her mother.
The Household (2025)
Thorn (2021)
Thorn (2021)
A visually experimental explanation aiming to assess and analyse the limits of both growth and decay.
The Moogai (2024)
The Moogai (2024)
A young Aboriginal couple brings home their second baby. What should be a joyous time takes a sinister turn, as the baby's mother starts seeing a malevolent spirit she is convinced is trying to take her baby.
Magellan (2017)
Magellan (2017)
After NASA picks up a trio of mysterious signals from within our own solar system, astronaut Roger Nelson is dispatched on a multi-year solo mission aboard the Magellan spacecraft to investigate the sources.
Wrath (2012)
Wrath (2012)
Traveling south to the coast through the remote Boanyoo Ranges, a group of friends encounter a stranger. Stopping to help they endure a shocking and unrelenting game of cat-and-mouse. They discover that nothing will ever be the same again.