Ben Mendelsohn

Mullet (2000)

Tags: Rural Drama Domestic Comedy Comedy 

Length: 89min

A prodigal son returns home to a decidedly unenthusiastic reception in this dryly witty comedy-drama. Eddie (Ben Mendelsohn) grew up in Coollawarra, a small fishing community along Australia's southern coast. In his teens, Eddie gained the nickname...

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Beautiful Kate (2009)

Cast: Rachel Ward Bryan Brown   

Tags: Drama Family Drama 

Length: min

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Hunt Angels (2006)

Length: 85min

Director Alec Morgan fuses elements of documentary and dramatic biography in this tribute to a wily pioneer of the Australian cinema. In the 1930's, as Australia was locked in an economic depression, the nation's film industry was on the verge of...

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Amy (1998)

Cast: Rachel Griffiths   

Tags: Comedy Drama Family Drama Coming-of-Age 

Length: 103min

Nadia Tass directed this Australian comedy-drama about deaf-mute Amy (nine-year-old singer-recording artist Alana De Roma), traumatized by seeing her rock-star father Will (Nick Barker) killed in an electrical accident at an outdoor concert during a...

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Black and White (2002)

Cast: Charles Dance Robert Carlyle Kerry Fox Colin Friels   

Tags: Tragedy Drama Social Problem Film 

Length: 99min

Directed by Craig Lahiff, Black and White is a story about bigotry, social injustice, and a real-life murder trial that made Australian headlines in the late '50s. On a December afternoon in 1958, the body of a nine-year-old white girl is discovered...

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Cosi (1996)

Cast: Greta Scacchi Harvey Weinstein Bob Weinstein   

Tags: Showbiz Comedy Ensemble Film Comedy 

Length: 100min

In this Australian comedy, adapted by Louis Nowra from his own play and updated from a '70s to a '90s setting, a Sydney slacker gets the chance to stage an opera, but his cast is assembled from the ranks of the mentally ill. After a long stretch...

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The Efficiency Expert (1991)

Cast: Anthony Hopkins Toni Collette Russell Crowe   

Tags: Comedy Drama Workplace Comedy Ensemble Film 

Length: 97min

Also released as Spotswood, The Efficiency Expert stars Anthony Hopkins as Wallace, a cold-blooded management consultant, infamous for radically "downsizing" every firm he comes in contact with. Wallace's latest assignment is to streamline a small,...

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Metal Skin (1994)

Tags: Drama Juvenile Delinquency Film 

Length: 112min

The one-upmanship of middle-aged men, bragging to one another that "when I was a kid, I was so poor that..." will never happen to Joe, even though the stories he could tell would put them to shame. In this melodramatic youth story, Joe lives with his...

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The Big Steal (1990)

Length: 99min

The husband and wife team of Nadia Tass and David Parker concocted this charming teen comedy concerning a disappointing birthday present. Ben Mendelsohn plays Danny Clark, a shy 18-year old who only wants two things out of life: to go out with Joanna...

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