Australia (2008)

Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin by Japanese forces firsthand.

Director:

Baz Luhrmann

Stars:

Nicole Kidman (Lady Sarah Ashley), Hugh Jackman (The Drover), Essie Davis (Katherine), David Wenham (Neil Fletcher), Bryan Brown (King Carney), David Gulpilil (King George)