Tredje verdenskrig er overstået. Alle tabte. Den nordlige halvkugle er allerede blevet ødelagt, og en sky af atomnedfald er ved at brede sig ud over resten af kloden. Om blot nogle få måneder vil det være slut for alle. Den amerikanske ubåd USS Sawfish, anført af Cmdr. Dwight Lionel Towers, ankommer til Australien, det sidste land i verden, der vil blive ramt af skyen. Her møder han en alkoholiseret kvinde, og de to bliver forelskede, men hvad nytte er det til, når enden alligevel er nær?
En datter, mor og bedstemor hjemsøges af en manifestation af demens, der forbruger deres families hjem.
Den 17-årige Josh mister sin mor til en overdosis og må flytte ind hos sin mormor, som han ikke har set i mange år. Her går det op for ham, at hans mor rent faktisk har forsøgt at beskytte ham mod resten af familien, der ganske enkelt er røvere og narkohandlere. De bliver i øvrigt styret med hård hånd af selvsamme mormor. Ikke nok med det, men familien er under hård belejring fra en gruppe narkobetjente, der er begyndt at køre deres eget show, og de bliver efterforsket af en mere retskaffen betjent.
Martin, a young blind photographer, is divided between his friendship with restaurant worker Andy and the exclusive love that Celia—who is terribly jealous of this new friendship—has for him.
'Son of a Gun' handler om den 19-årige JR. Han bliver smidt i fængsel for en mindre forseelse, og finder hurtigt ud af at det er vigtigt at få beskyttelse. Det finder han hos Brendan Lynch. Australiens mest berygtede forbryder. Men beskyttelsen er ikke gratis, og Lynch har planer for JR. Når JR bliver løsladt skal han hjælpe Lynch med at bryde ud af fængslet og bagefter planlægge et stort kup, der, hvis det lykkes, kan give millioner til dem. Dog går ikke alt som det skal, og pludseligt er JR jaget vildt, og han må finde ud af hvem han virkelig kan stole på.
Nineteen-year-old Ari confronts both his sexuality and his Greek family. Ari despises his once-beloved parents, former radical activists, for having entombed themselves in insular tradition. Ari is obsessed with gay sex, although he does make an unenthusiastic attempt to satisfy the sister of one of his best friends. While all of this is going on, he's facing problems with his traditional Greek parents, who have no clue about his sexual activities.
Malcolm is a chronically shy mechanical genius, who has just been fired for building his own tram. He gets Frank, who has just been released from jail, to move in to help pay the bills. With Frank's help, Malcolm turns to a life of crime.
Phar Lap, the big bold chestnut reigned as the king of the turf in the depression that gripped Australia of the 1930s. From his humble beginnings the New Zealand bred horse raced on to become the hero of a nation.
Stork is a gangly young man, a virgin with an overactive imagination who thinks he’s a revolutionary. Bored with a design job at General Motors Holden in Melbourne, he drops out and moves into a share house with his mate Westy. He daydreams his way through life, bungling job interviews, upsetting ‘respectable’ people, and getting drunk. The only girl in the house, Anna resists Stork’s advances, because she’s already involved with the other two resident males, Tony and Clyde. But when she becomes pregnant and Clyde and Anna decide to marry, Stork, Tony, Clyde and Westy are shocked when they realize that either one of the foursome could be the father. Then the fun begins....
Matteo is pressured into the family business when he fails his exams. Out for his 18th birthday, he struggles to choose between his family responsibilities and his adolescent friendships, culminating in an act of violence.
Alvin is your average guy, except for the fact women find him irresistible and chase him everywhere. He tries to avoid them and get psychiatric help but gets used by the psychiatrists as a gigolo to treat other patients instead.
Mirella, a sultry middle-aged maths teacher, falls in love with a student, Alain. But her bourgeois upbringing comes in the way of this fantasy love, until she finds out that her best friend had sex with the young man.
A young lady named Hilda who works as a servant for the wealthy Clarksons, sheep farmers, and dreams of being a great singer. An upcoming visit by Sir Julian, a famous composer arriving from London, drives jealous Mrs. Clarkson (an interfering biddy who fancies she can sing - but can't) to send away Hilda, so he doesn't hear Hilda has a good voice. Meanwhile, an infamous outlaw named Stingaree has just arrived in town and kidnaps Sir Julian, then poses as him at the Clarksons, where he meets Hilda a few hours before she is to leave.
The community reels after an incident on a suburban train. A young cop, beset with doubt and afflicted with tinnitus, is pitched into the chaos that follows this tragic event. He struggles to clear the noises in his head while all around him deal with the after burn of the crime.
Jack Irish var i sin tid en strålende advokat, men en personlig tragedie fik ham til at skifte erhverv til privatedetektiv og inkassator. Da en af hans tidligere klienter dør, bliver han dog tvunget til at stå ansigt til ansigt med sin tvivlsomme fortid.
A newly married couple receive an unexpected visit from an old friend who has ulterior motives to end their relationship.
A year in the life of troubled Australian graffiti artist Justin Hughes.
Den tidligere advokat Jack Irish, som nu er privatdetektiv, bliver bedt om at finde en gammel vens søn. Jack indser hurtigt, at der skjuler sig en blodig hemmelighed bag denne forsvinden.
Tuuli grows up in an oppressively religious and abusive family in Finland. To escape from the shadow of her angelic twin sister she travels to Melbourne, Australia. Curious of sexuality, she becomes a nude model for art classes. Her innocent surface reveals sordid cracks as she sets about exerting her twisted version of righteousness.
Melbourne, 1886. Two gentlemen climb into a hansom cab late one murky night. One man climbs out, the other travels on to St Kilda. On arrival, the driver finds the second man dead; murdered. The ‘high-society’ killing sends shockwaves through the young city, still flush from its gold-rush boom.