Movies by Country: Australia − Letter M

Poster for the movie "Miss Congeniality"

Miss Congeniality (2000)

PG-13 111 min - Comedy, Crime, Action - 14 December 2000
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Gracie Hart is a tough-as-nails FBI officer. When her office receives a letter from a terrorist going by the alias "The Citizen", they figure out that he's planning his next act at the Miss America beauty pageant. Because Hart is the only female officer at her office, she's chosen to go undercover as the contestant from New Jersey.

Director:  Donald Petrie
Writers:  Marc Lawrence, Katie Ford, Caryn Lucas

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Gracie Hart is a tough-as-nails FBI officer. When her office receives a letter from a terrorist going by the alias "The Citizen", they figure out that he's planning his next act at the Miss America beauty pageant. Because Hart is the only female officer at her office, she's chosen to go undercover as the contestant from New Jersey.


Collections: Donald Petrie

Tagline: Never Mess With An Agent In A Dress.

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Action

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Country:   Australia,   United States of America
Language:  English, Spanish, French, Russian
Release Date:  14 December 2000

Box Office

Budget:  $45,000,000
Revenue:  $212,000,000

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Village Roadshow Pictures, Castle Rock Entertainment, NPV Entertainment, Fortis Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 51 min
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Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

R 120 min - Science Fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure - 13 May 2015
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An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order. There's Max, a man of action and a man of few words, who seeks peace of mind following the loss of his wife and child in the aftermath of the chaos. And Furiosa, a woman of action and a woman who believes her path to survival may be achieved if she can make it across the desert back to her childhood homeland.

Director:  George Miller
Writers:  Nick Lathouris, George Miller, Brendan McCarthy

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An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order. There's Max, a man of action and a man of few words, who seeks peace of mind following the loss of his wife and child in the aftermath of the chaos. And Furiosa, a woman of action and a woman who believes her path to survival may be achieved if she can make it across the desert back to her childhood homeland.


Collections: George Miller

Tagline: What a Lovely Day.

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Official Website:  http://www.madmaxmovie.com/
Country:   Australia,   United States of America
Language:  English
Release Date:  13 May 2015

Box Office

Budget:  $150,000,000
Revenue:  $374,736,354

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Village Roadshow Pictures, Kennedy Miller Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:  2 h 00 min
Poster for the movie "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome"

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

PG-13 107 min - Action, Adventure, Science Fiction - 29 June 1985
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Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.

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Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.



Tagline: Two men enter. One man leaves.

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Country:   Australia
Language:  English
Release Date:  29 June 1985

Box Office

Budget:  $10,000,000
Revenue:  $36,230,219

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Kennedy Miller Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 47 min
Poster for the movie "Mad Max 2"

Mad Max 2 (1981)

R 96 min - Adventure, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction - 24 December 1981
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Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre warriors commanded by the charismatic Lord Humungus, a violent leader whose scruples are as barren as the surrounding landscape.

Director:  George Miller
Writers:  Brian Hannant

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Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre warriors commanded by the charismatic Lord Humungus, a violent leader whose scruples are as barren as the surrounding landscape.


Collections: George Miller

Tagline: When all that's left is one last chance, pray that he's still out there ... somewhere!

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Country:   Australia
Language:  English
Release Date:  24 December 1981

Box Office

Budget:  $2,000,000
Revenue:  $24,600,832

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Kennedy Miller Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 36 min
Poster for the movie "Mad Max"

Mad Max (1979)

R 91 min - Adventure, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction - 12 April 1979
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Taking place in a dystopian Australia in the near future, Mad Max tells the story of a highway patrolman cruising the squalid back roads that have become the breeding ground of criminals foraging for gasoline and scraps. After some grisly events at the hands of a motorcycle gang, Max sets out across the barren wastelands in search of revenge.

Director:  George Miller

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Taking place in a dystopian Australia in the near future, Mad Max tells the story of a highway patrolman cruising the squalid back roads that have become the breeding ground of criminals foraging for gasoline and scraps. After some grisly events at the hands of a motorcycle gang, Max sets out across the barren wastelands in search of revenge.


Collections: George Miller

Tagline: The Maximum Force Of The Future

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Country:   Australia
Language:  English
Release Date:  12 April 1979

Box Office

Budget:  $400,000
Revenue:  $100,000,000

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Kennedy Miller Productions, Crossroads, Mad Max Films, American International Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 31 min