Movies by Lists - Top 50 Australian and New Zealand Horror Films (51 [51]) 
| Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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| [Cargo]After an epidemic spreads all over Australia, a father searches for someone willing to protect his daughter. | 2017 | Ben Howling, Yolanda Ramke | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.3 (47.7K votes) | 105 | 20220822 |
| 100 Bloody AcresReg and Lindsay run an organic fertiliser business. They need a fresh supply of their "secret ingredient" to process through the meat grinder. Reg comes across two guys and a girl with a broken-down vehicle on their way to a music fe | 2012 | Cameron Cairnes, Colin Cairnes | Comedy, Horror | 6.0 (4.1K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| AcolytesThree teenagers blackmail a serial killer. | 2008 | Jon Hewitt | Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 5.6 (2.3K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Babadook, TheA single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book titled "Mister Babadook" manifests in their home. | 2014 | Jennifer Kent | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.8 (212.9K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Bad Boy BubbyBubby has spent thirty years trapped in the same small room, tricked by his mother. One day, he manages to escape, and, deranged and naive in equal measures, his adventure into the modern and nihilistic life begins. | 1993 | Rolf de Heer | Comedy, Crime, Drama | 7.4 (13.6K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Bad TasteThe population of a small town disappears and is replaced by aliens that chase human flesh for their intergalactic fast-food chain. | 1987 | Peter Jackson (*) | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi | 6.5 (46.2K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Better Watch OutOn a quiet suburban street, a babysitter must defend a twelve-year-old boy from intruders, only to discover it's far from a normal home invasion. | 2016 | Chris Peckover | Comedy, Horror, Thriller | 6.5 (36.8K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Black SheepAn experiment in genetic engineering turns harmless sheep into bloodthirsty killers that terrorize a sprawling New Zealand farm. | 2006 | Jonathan King | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi | 5.8 (40.3K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Black WaterA terrifying tale of survival in the mangrove swamps of Northern Australia | 2007 | David Nerlich, Andrew Traucki | Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller | 5.9 (14.6K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Body MeltResidents of peaceful Pebbles Court, Homesville, are being used unknowingly as test experiments for a new 'Body Drug' that causes rapid body decomposition (melting skin etc.) and painful death. | 1993 | Philip Brophy | Horror, Comedy, Sci-Fi | 5.2 (3.1K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| CargoAfter an epidemic spreads all over Australia, a father searches for someone willing to protect his daughter. | 2017 | Ben Howling, Yolanda Ramke | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.3 (41.8K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Cars That Ate Paris, TheThe small town of Paris, Australia deliberately causes car accidents, then sells/salvages all valuables from the wrecks as a means of economy. | 1974 | Peter Weir (*) | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi | 5.6 (3.9K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| DaybreakersIn the year 2019, a plague has transformed almost every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to | 2009 | Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.4 (126.8K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Dead Alive [aka Braindead]A young man's mother is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey. She gets sick and dies, at which time she comes back to life, killing and eating dogs, nurses, friends, and neighbors. | 1992 | Peter Jackson (*) | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller | 7.5 (95.4K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Dead CalmAfter a tragedy, John Ingram and his wife Rae are spending some time isolated at sea, when they come across a stranger who has abandoned a sinking ship. | 1989 | Phillip Noyce | Horror, Thriller | 6.8 (39.5K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| DeathgasmTwo teenage boys unwittingly summon an ancient evil entity known as The Blind One by delving into black magic while trying to escape their mundane lives. | 2015 | Jason Howden | Action, Comedy, Horror, Music | 6.3 (17.1K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| EvilspeakAn outcast military cadet taps into a way to summon demons and cast spells on his tormentors through his computer. | 1981 | Eric Weston | Horror | 5.7 (4.1K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| FeedA cybercrime investigator tracks a man suspected of force-feeding women to death. | 2005 | Brett Leonard | Crime, Horror, Thriller | 5.3 (5.8K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Fellowship of the RingA meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron. | 2001 | Peter Jackson (*) | Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | 8.8 (1.8M votes) | 178 | 20211228 |
| Frighteners, TheAfter a tragic car accident that kills his wife, a man discovers he can communicate with the dead to con people. However, when a demonic spirit appears, he may be the only one who can stop it from killing the living and the dead. | 1996 | Peter Jackson (*) | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror | 7.1 (86.6K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Heavenly CreaturesTwo teenage girls share a unique bond; their parents, concerned that the friendship is too intense, separate them, and the girls take revenge. | 1994 | Peter Jackson (*) | Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.3 (62.7K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Hounds of LoveVicki Maloney is randomly abducted from a suburban street by a disturbed couple. As she observes the dynamic between her captors she quickly realises she must drive a wedge between them if she is to survive. | 2016 | Ben Young | Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller | 6.5 (11.5K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| HouseboundA young woman is forced to return to her childhood home after being placed under house arrest, where she suspects that something evil may be lurking. | 2014 | Gerard Johnstone | Comedy, Horror, Mystery | 6.8 (33.7K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Killing GroundA couple's camping trip turns into a frightening ordeal when they stumble across the scene of a horrific crime. | 2016 | Damien Power | Horror, Thriller | 5.8 (8K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| King KongA greedy film producer assembles a team of moviemakers and sets out for the infamous Skull Island, where they find more than just cannibalistic natives. | 2005 | Peter Jackson (*) | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance | 7.2 (412.2K votes) | 187 | 20211228 |
| Lake MungoStrange things start happening after a girl is found drowned in a lake. | 2008 | Joel Anderson | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.3 (21.4K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Last Wave, TheA Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal Persons in a ritualized taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing things about himself and premonitions. | 1977 | Peter Weir (*) | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (9.6K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Long WeekendWhen a suburban couple go camping for the weekend at a remote beach, they discover that nature isn't in an accommodating mood. | 1978 | Colin Eggleston | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.6 (5.1K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Loved Ones, TheWhen Brent turns down his classmate Lola's invitation to the prom, she concocts a wildly violent plan for revenge. | 2009 | Sean Byrne | Crime, Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller | 6.6 (40K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Next of KinIn a rest home for elderly people, a daughter reads her mother's diary. Soon events that are mentioned in the mother's diary begin to happen to the daughter. | 1982 | Tony Williams | Horror, Mystery | 6.3 (2.9K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| PatrickA comatose hospital patient harasses and kills through his powers of telekinesis to claim his private nurse as his own. | 1978 | Richard Franklin | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi | 6.1 (3.4K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Picnic at Hanging RockDuring a rural summer picnic, a few students and a teacher from an Australian girls' school vanish without a trace. Their absence frustrates and haunts the people left behind. | 1975 | Peter Weir (*) | Drama, Mystery | 7.5 (36.4K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| PrimalA group of friends travel into the Australian wilds to view ancient cave paintings but soon find a horrible sickness gripping one of their own, which leaves them with nothing in their mind but a primal blood lust. | 2010 | Josh Reed | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 4.8 (6.4K votes) | 80 | 20231001 |
| Queen of The DamnedIn this loose sequel to Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994), the vampire Lestat becomes a rock star whose music wakes up the equally beautiful and monstrous queen of all vampires. | 2002 | Michael Rymer | Drama, Fantasy, Horror | 5.3 (55.1K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| RazorbackAs a vicious wild boar terrorizes the Australian outback, the husband of one of the victims is joined by a hunter and a farmer in a search for the beast. | 1984 | Russell Mulcahy | Horror, Thriller | 6.0 (7.5K votes) | 95 | 20230806 |
| Reef, TheA great white shark hunts the crew of a capsized sailboat along the Great Barrier Reef. | 2010 | Andrew Traucki | Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller | 5.8 (20.4K votes) | 94 | 20230806 |
| Road GamesA laid-back American truck driver in south Australia starts to suspect a man driving a green van of killing young women along his route, and proceeds to play a cat-and-mouse game in order to catch him red-handed. | 1981 | Richard Franklin | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.6 (6.4K votes) | 101 | 20220414 |
| RogueAn American journalist on assignment in the Australian outback encounters a man-eating crocodile while trapped on a rapidly flooding mud island. | 2007 | Greg McLean | Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller | 6.2 (29.5K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Snowtown Murders, TheBased on true events, 16 year-old Jamie falls in with his mother's new boyfriend and his crowd of self-appointed neighborhood watchmen, a relationship that leads to a spree of torture and murder. | 2011 | Justin Kurzel | Biography, Crime, Drama | 6.6 (18.4K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Storm WarningA yuppie couple lost in a thick, brush-filled marsh seek refuge at an isolated farmhouse only to discover they've jumped out of the frying pan into the fire. | 2007 | Jamie Blanks | Horror, Thriller | 5.8 (7.5K votes) | 86 | 20240329 |
| Strange BehaviorA scientist is experimenting with teenagers and turning them into murderers. | 1981 | Michael Laughlin | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 5.6 (1.9K votes) | 87 | 20220423 |
| ThirstThe descendant of Elizabeth Bathory is abducted by a cult of blood-drinking, self-proclaimed supermen who want her to join them. | 1979 | Rod Hardy | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 5.8 (1.4K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Tunnel, TheAn investigation into a government cover-up leads to a network of abandoned train tunnels deep beneath the heart of Sydney. As a journalist and her crew hunt for the story it quickly becomes clear the story is hunting them. | 2011 | Carlo Ledesma | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 5.8 (21.9K votes) | 94 | 20231001 |
| UndeadA quaint Australian fishing village is overcome by meteorites that turn its residents into the ravenous undead, leaving a small group of those unharmed to find a way out. | 2003 | Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig | Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi | 5.4 (14.2K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| UpgradeSet in the near-future, technology controls nearly all aspects of life. But when the world of Grey, a self-labeled technophobe, is turned upside down, his only hope for revenge is an experimental computer chip implant. | 2018 | Leigh Whannell | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.5 (175.6K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Van Diemen's LandThe true story of Alexander Pearce, Australia's most notorious convict. In 1822, Pearce and seven fellow convicts escaped from Macquarie Harbour, a place of ultra banishment and punishment, only to find a world less forgiving.. the A | 2009 | Jonathan auf der Heide | Biography, Thriller | 5.9 (3.3K votes) | 104 | 20220414 |
| Wake in Fright [Outback]After a bad gambling bet, a schoolteacher is marooned in a town full of crazy, drunk, violent men who threaten to make him just as crazy, drunk, and violent. | 1971 | Ted Kotcheff | Drama, Thriller | 7.6 (11.9K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| What We Do In The ShadowsViago, Deacon, and Vladislav are vampires who are struggling with the mundane aspects of modern life, like paying rent, keeping up with the chore wheel, trying to get into nightclubs, and overcoming flatmate conflicts. | 2014 | Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi | Comedy, Horror | 7.7 (174.1K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Wolf CreekThree backpackers stranded in the Australian outback are plunged inside a hellish nightmare of insufferable torture by a sadistic psychopathic local. | 2005 | Greg McLean | Horror, Thriller | 6.2 (71.2K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Wolf Creek 2The outback once more becomes a place of horror as another unwitting tourist becomes the prey for crazed, serial-killing pig-hunter Mick Taylor. | 2013 | Greg McLean | Horror, Thriller | 6.2 (19.5K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Wyrmwood Road of the DeadA talented mechanic prepares to battle his way through hordes of flesh-eating monsters after his sister is kidnapped on the eve of a zombie apocalypse. | 2014 | Kiah Roache-Turner | Action, Comedy, Horror | 6.2 (16.5K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |