Rachel Griffiths

Rachel Griffiths

Rachel Anne Griffiths AM (born 18 December 1968) is an Australian film and television actress. She came to prominence with the 1994 film Muriel's Wedding and her Academy Award nominated performance in Hilary and Jackie (1998). She is best known for her portrayals of Brenda Chenowith in the HBO series Six Feet Under and Sarah Walker Laurent on the ABC primetime drama Brothers & Sisters. Her work in film and television has earned her a Golden Globe Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and three Australian Film Institute Awards. Griffith attended Melbourne University, studying philosophy, before attending the drama department at Victoria School of the Art.  After college, she began working with the touring youth company Woolly Jumpers Theater Company, as well as the Melbourne Theater Company, where she appeared in numerous dramas.   Griffiths made a name for herself in 1991 when she wrote and performed in the short film "Barbie Gets Hip,” which was screened at the Melbourne International Film Festival. She landed a few TV spots before she was cast as Rhonda, Toni Collette's sidekick in P.J. Hogan's "Muriel's Wedding" (1994), winning her an Australian Film Institute Award for Best Supporting Actress. These successes jump-started her career, landing her numerous dramatic and comedic roles in overseas productions, before making her American cinema debut with her second P.J. Hogan collaboration, "My Best Friend's Wedding” (1997). In the fall of 2001, Griffiths accepted her first major television series role and came aboard Alan Ball’s HBO series "Six Feet Under."  Griffith stayed with the show during its five years of critical acclaim, while at the same time, continued to appear an lend her voice to screen and direct-to-video features before returning to telvision to star in "Brothers and Sisters" to much similar acclaim. 

  • Title: Rachel Griffiths
  • Popularity: 18.359
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1968-12-18
  • Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • Homepage: https://shanahan.com.au/client/rachel-griffiths/
  • Also Known As: Rachel Anne Griffiths
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Rachel Griffiths Movies

  • 1994
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    Muriel's Wedding

    Muriel's Wedding

    6.8 1994 HD

    A young social outcast in Australia steals money from her parents to finance a vacation where she hopes to find happiness, and perhaps love.

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  • 2003
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    Ned Kelly

    Ned Kelly

    6.1 2003 HD

    After getting threatened by Kelly's friends and family, Constable Fitzpatrick places the blame on Ned Kelly and exaggerates what happened. With the...

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  • 2001
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    Blow

    Blow

    7.4 2001 HD

    A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the...

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  • 1998
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    Amy

    Amy

    6.4 1998 HD

    Amy's father, Franco, was a popular rock musician accidentally electrocuted while performing on stage. The psychological trauma leaves Amy mute and...

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  • 1997
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    My Best Friend's Wedding

    My Best Friend's Wedding

    6.601 1997 HD

    When she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O'Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter...

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  • 2006
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    Step Up

    Step Up

    6.9 2006 HD

    Tyler Gage receives the opportunity of a lifetime after vandalizing a performing arts school, gaining him the chance to earn a scholarship and dance...

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  • 2023
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    Anyone But You

    Anyone But You

    6.9 2023 HD

    After an amazing first date, Bea and Ben’s fiery attraction turns ice cold — until they find themselves unexpectedly reunited at a...

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  • 1996
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    Children of the Revolution

    Children of the Revolution

    5.6 1996 HD

    A man (Richard Roxburgh) the Australian government blames for 1990s political woes blames his mother (Judy Davis), a communist Stalin seduced in 1951.

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  • 2009
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    Beautiful Kate

    Beautiful Kate

    6 2009 HD

    Ned Kendall is asked to return to the remote and isolated family home by his sister, to say goodbye to his father who is dying. Ned also brings his...

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  • 2002
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    The Rookie

    The Rookie

    6.8 2002 HD

    Jim Morris never made it out of the minor leagues before a shoulder injury ended his pitching career twelve years ago. Now a married-with-children...

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  • 2003
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    The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina

    The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina

    5.3 2003 HD

    Voiced by Elijah Wood, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and others, this film features Tom Thumb and Thumbelina, the tiny, famed fairy-tale favorites, who are...

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  • 1998
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    Divorcing Jack

    Divorcing Jack

    6 1998 HD

    He's Irish, he's ageing, he drinks, is a touch cynical and when he has time writes a newspaper column. On the eve of the country's first election as...

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  • 2001
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    Very Annie Mary

    Very Annie Mary

    5.7 2001 HD

    Set in the fictional village of "Ogw" in the valleys of south-east Wales. After her father Jack suffers a stroke Annie Mary Pugh is forced to take...

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  • 2002
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    The Hard Word

    The Hard Word

    5.4 2002 HD

    Three fraternal bank robbers, languishing in jail, discover a profitable (if not dodgy) way to spend their time. Crime can most certainly pay, if you...

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  • 2001
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    Blow Dry

    Blow Dry

    6 2001 HD

    The annual British Hairdressing Championship comes to Keighley, a town where Phil and son Brian run a barbershop and Phil's ex-wife Shelly and her...

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  • 1996
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    To Have and to Hold

    To Have and to Hold

    4 1996 HD

    An Australian widower living in New Guinea starts a relationship with a woman very similar to his much-beloved wife, but their life together turns...

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  • 1998
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    Hilary and Jackie

    Hilary and Jackie

    6.677 1998 HD

    The tragic story of world-renowned cellist Jacqueline du Pré, as told from the point of view of her sister, flautist Hilary du...

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  • 2023
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    Bring Him to Me

    Bring Him to Me

    5.8 2023 HD

    Under orders from a ruthless crime boss, a getaway driver must battle his conscience and drive an unsuspecting crew member to an ambush execution....

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  • 2011
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    Burning Man

    Burning Man

    6.017 2011 HD

    An English chef with a chic restaurant on Bondi Beach trying to put his life and his relationship with his son back on track while surrounded by...

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  • 1996
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    Cosi

    Cosi

    6.3 1996 HD

    Lewis, a young amateur theater director, is offered a job with a governmental program for the rehabilitation of mentally ill patients in a Sydney...

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  • 1997
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    My Son the Fanatic

    My Son the Fanatic

    5 1997 HD

    Pakistani taxi-driver Parvez and prostitute Bettina find themselves trapped in the middle when Islamic fundamentalists decide to clean up their local...

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  • 2003
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    After the Deluge

    After the Deluge

    1 2003 HD

    Follows the stories of the four men of the Kirby family. As Alex's marriage breaks apart, Toby tries desperately to start a family, and Marty tries...

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  • 1998
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    Among Giants

    Among Giants

    5 1998 HD

    A manager hires Ray, off the books, to paint all the power towers in a 15-mile stretch of high-tension wires outside Sheffield. Ray's crew of men are...

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  • 2013
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    Saving Mr. Banks

    Saving Mr. Banks

    7.349 2013 HD

    Author P.L. Travers looks back on her childhood while reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big...

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  • 2005
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    Angel Rodriguez

    Angel Rodriguez

    4.8 2005 HD

    A pregnant New York social worker tries to help a troubled teenager whose father kicked him out of his home.

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  • 2006
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    Genesis: Total Rock Review

    Genesis: Total Rock Review

    1 2006 HD

    With approximately 150 million albums sold worldwide, Genesis are one of the highest selling recording groups of all time. From being one of the...

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  • 2012
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    Underground: The Julian Assange Story

    Underground: The Julian Assange Story

    6.362 2012 HD

    In 1989, known as Mendax, Julian Assange and two friends formed a group called the International Subversives. Using early home computers and defining...

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  • 2013
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    Butterflies

    Butterflies

    10 2013 HD

    A young artist sits on the sidewalk, struggling to make a living. She makes drawings for the passersby. A businessman recognises her talents and...

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  • 2013
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    Patrick

    Patrick

    4.9 2013 HD

    Patrick lays comatose in a small private hospital, his only action being his involuntary spitting. When a pretty young nurse, just separated from her...

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  • 2023
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    A Savage Christmas

    A Savage Christmas

    3 2023 HD

    After years of estrangement, trans woman Davina Savage returns home for Christmas with her new boyfriend. Expecting her transition to be the focus,...

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  • 2022
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    The King's Daughter

    The King's Daughter

    7.1 2022 HD

    King Louis XIV's quest for immortality leads him to capture and steal a mermaid's life force, a move that is further complicated by his illegitimate...

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  • 1996
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    Jude

    Jude

    6.3 1996 HD

    In late 19th-century England, Jude aspires to be an academic, but is hobbled by his blue-collar background. Instead, he works as a stonemason and is...

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  • 1970
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    Seeing Through the Mists of Oblivion

    Seeing Through the Mists of Oblivion

    1 1970 HD

    After the end of civilization, an aged man undergoes a mysterious journey through space and time that takes him through memories, visions, and...

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  • 2003
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    Land of the Morning Star

    Land of the Morning Star

    1 2003 HD

    The western half of the island of New Guinea has been known by many names including Netherlands New Guinea, West Papua, Irian Jaya and Papua. It is...

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  • 1998
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    Welcome to Woop Woop

    Welcome to Woop Woop

    5.9 1998 HD

    A con artist escapes a deal gone wrong in New York and winds up in the Aussie outback in a strange town whose inhabitants are an oddball collection...

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  • 1998
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    Since You've Been Gone

    Since You've Been Gone

    4.7 1998 HD

    The story of a 10th anniversary High School reunion, told through the eyes of a doctor who was humiliated on graduation day by being badly beaten up...

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  • 1999
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    Me Myself I

    Me Myself I

    5.8 1999 HD

    Pamela Drury is unhappy, and alone. On her birthday she stumbles across a photo of Robert Dickson, and wonders what would've happened had she said...

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  • 2016
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    Hacksaw Ridge

    Hacksaw Ridge

    8.196 2016 HD

    WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious...

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  • 2016
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    Mammal

    Mammal

    6.5 2016 HD

    After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their...

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  • 2017
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    Don't Tell

    Don't Tell

    6.273 2017 HD

    Based on true events that changed the law. This is the story of a survivor, Lyndal, a young woman sexually abused as an 11 year old while attending a...

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  • 2016
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    Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child

    Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child

    5.578 2016 HD

    Set in the future in a time of interplanetary colonization, an unlikely pair race against an impending global crisis and are confronted by the...

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  • 2017
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    David Stratton: A Cinematic Life

    David Stratton: A Cinematic Life

    3.8 2017 HD

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

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  • 2017
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    Making Muriel

    Making Muriel

    1 2017 HD

    Making Muriel gives audiences exclusive behind the scenes access as P.J. Hogan adapts his iconic film, Muriel's Wedding into a stage musical for...

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  • 2004
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    Plainsong

    Plainsong

    6.6 2004 HD

    Tom Guthrie, a high school history teacher, is faced with raising two young sons after his wife leaves him. Maggie Jones, a fellow teacher, tries to...

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  • 2020
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    Strangers To The World

    Strangers To The World

    5 2020 HD

    A short documentary about the lives of Etty Hillesum and Franz Jaegerstaetter.

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  • 2005
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    Six Feet Under: In Memoriam

    Six Feet Under: In Memoriam

    8.5 2005 HD

    A eulogy for the groundbreaking HBO series.

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  • 2007
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    The Sounds of Aus

    The Sounds of Aus

    1 2007 HD

    The Sounds of Aus tells the story of the Australian accent: how it came about, how it has evolved over two hundred years of colonial and cultural...

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  • 1998
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    Tulip

    Tulip

    1 1998 HD

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  • 1998
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    Tulip

    Tulip

    1 1998 HD

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  • 2005
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    DeKronos - Il Demone del Tempo

    DeKronos - Il Demone del Tempo

    6 2005 HD

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  • 2002
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    Roundabout

    Roundabout

    1 2002 HD

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  • 2019
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    Ride Like a Girl

    Ride Like a Girl

    7.297 2019 HD

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  • 2001
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    Six Feet Under

    Six Feet Under

    8.1 2001 HD

    When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least...

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  • 2006
    imgS5 E22

    Brothers and Sisters

    Brothers and Sisters

    7.1 2006 HD

    The close-knit Walker family deals with struggles and triumphs.

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  • 2003
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    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    5.503 2003 HD

    Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.

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  • 2021
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    Aftertaste

    Aftertaste

    6.2 2021 HD

    The story of Easton West, an internationally-renowned yet volatile celebrity chef who has a spectacular fall from grace and returns to his hometown...

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  • 1992
    imgS21 E193

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    5.395 1992 HD

    Jay Leno hosts some of the biggest celebrities in the world.

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  • 2002
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    Kath & Kim

    Kath & Kim

    7 2002 HD

    Kath & Kim is a character-driven Australian television situation comedy series. The series was created by, and is written by Jane Turner and Gina...

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  • 1993
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    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    7.101 1993 HD

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that aired 2,725 episodes on NBC between 1993 and 2009. The...

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  • 1951
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    8.667 1951 HD

    Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...

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  • 2003
    imgS1 E2

    After the Deluge

    After the Deluge

    4.7 2003 HD

    Follows the stories of the four men of the Kirby family. As Alex's marriage breaks apart, Toby tries desperately to start a family, and Marty tries...

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  • 1996
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    Once a Thief

    Once a Thief

    5.6 1996 HD

    Once a Thief is a 1997 Canadian television show inspired by the 1996 film of the same name.

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  • 2008
    imgS1 E3

    Comanche Moon

    Comanche Moon

    7 2008 HD

    Comanche Moon is a television miniseries that is an adaptation of the novel of the same name. It aired on CBS beginning Sunday, January 13, and...

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  • 2002
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    V Graham Norton

    V Graham Norton

    5 2002 HD

    V Graham Norton was an entertainment programme shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom starring Graham Norton, broadcast every weeknight as a...

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  • 2021
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    Finding the Archibald

    Finding the Archibald

    1 2021 HD

    As the Archibald celebrates its centenary with an ambitious exhibition; art lover and acclaimed actor Rachel Griffiths embarks on a cultural romp...

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  • 1953
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    The Oscars

    The Oscars

    7 1953 HD

    An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a...

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  • 2013
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    Camp

    Camp

    6.5 2013 HD

    Off the grid and miles from civilization, Little Otter Family Camp has summer fun for everyone. Parents decompress over gin and tonics while their...

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  • 2020
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    The Sound

    The Sound

    1 2020 HD

    Celebrating the movers and shakers of the Australian music scene, showcasing some of the country's best musicians with exclusive live performances...

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  • 2016
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    Barracuda

    Barracuda

    6.8 2016 HD

    Melbourne 1996. The Golden Age of Australian swimming is beginning and a scholarship to an exclusive boys school brings 16-year-old Danny Kelly one...

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  • 1999
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    Rove

    Rove

    8 1999 HD

    Rove, formerly Rove Live, was an Australian television variety show which premiered on the Nine Network on 22 September 1999, before moving to...

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  • 2015
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    Deadline Gallipoli

    Deadline Gallipoli

    6.3 2015 HD

    Three journalists, Charles Bean, Ellis Ashmead Bartlett and Phillip Schuler, arrive at Gallipoli with the invading British and Allied troops in 1915....

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  • 2017
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    When We Rise

    When We Rise

    6.6 2017 HD

    The personal and political struggles, setbacks and triumphs of a diverse family of LGBT men and women who helped pioneer one of the last legs of the...

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  • 2013
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    Paper Giants: Magazine Wars

    Paper Giants: Magazine Wars

    1 2013 HD

    The battle between Nene King, editor of Woman's Day, and Dulcie Boling, editor of New Idea, from the rival Packer and Murdoch empires, to make their...

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  • 2018
    imgS1 E4

    Dead Lucky

    Dead Lucky

    7.1 2018 HD

    Two feuding detectives hunt down a cop-killer who leaves a trail of broken lives across Sydney.

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  • 2022
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    Great Southern Landscapes

    Great Southern Landscapes

    1 2022 HD

    Great Southern Landscapes follows art lover and actor Rachel Griffiths as she explores Australia's most iconic landscapes and the untold personal,...

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  • 1991
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    Police Rescue

    Police Rescue

    6.4 1991 HD

    Police Rescue was an Australian television series The series dealt with the New South Wales Police Rescue Squad based in Sydney and their work...

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  • 2022
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    Bali 2002

    Bali 2002

    6.857 2022 HD

    Based on the 2002 terrorist attacks on Bali's tourist hotspots, explores how everyday heroes from Bali, Australia and beyond defied the odds to bring...

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  • 2019
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    Total Control

    Total Control

    5.8 2019 HD

    A local Indigenous politician is recruited to the senate by the Australian Prime Minister after a contentious video goes viral.

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  • 1993
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    The Feds

    The Feds

    1 1993 HD

    The Feds is a series of Australian television films starring Robert Taylor, which were first broadcast on the Nine Network 1993-1996. The Feds...

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  • 2008
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    Q&A

    Q&A

    3.8 2008 HD

    Hosted by Hamish Macdonald, Q&A puts punters, pollies and pundits together in the studio to thrash out the hot issues of the week. It's about...

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  • 2024
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    Madam

    Madam

    6 2024 HD

    Mack Leigh, faced with a philandering husband and a mountain of debt starts up an ethical brothel in small town New Zealand to provide for her family...

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  • 2012
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    House Husbands

    House Husbands

    5.7 2012 HD

    House Husbands centres around four families with one thing in common, the husbands stay home to raise the children. Firass Dirani plays a fallen AFL...

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  • 2020
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    The Wilds

    The Wilds

    7.752 2020 HD

    A group of teen girls from different backgrounds must fight for survival after a plane crash strands them on a deserted island. The castaways both...

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  • 1970
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    The Wilds

    The Wilds

    6.909 1970 HD

    Four teenage boys get lost in the forest and discover, when they return home, that they are in an alternate world identical to theirs except for one...

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  • 1970
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    The Wilds

    The Wilds

    5.8 1970 HD

    A local Indigenous politician is recruited to the senate by the Australian Prime Minister after a contentious video goes viral.

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  • 1970
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    The Wilds

    The Wilds

    6.2 1970 HD

    The story of Easton West, an internationally-renowned yet volatile celebrity chef who has a spectacular fall from grace and returns to his hometown...

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  • 1970
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    The Wilds

    The Wilds

    1 1970 HD

    As the Archibald celebrates its centenary with an ambitious exhibition; art lover and acclaimed actor Rachel Griffiths embarks on a cultural romp...

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  • 1970
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    The Wilds

    The Wilds

    1 1970 HD

    Great Southern Landscapes follows art lover and actor Rachel Griffiths as she explores Australia's most iconic landscapes and the untold personal,...

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  • 1970
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    The Wilds

    The Wilds

    5.8 1970 HD

    A local Indigenous politician is recruited to the senate by the Australian Prime Minister after a contentious video goes viral.

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