The Best Australian Films Of 2014

Director: Jennifer Kent.

Starring: Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall, Hayley McElhinney, Barbara West and Ben Winspear.

Kids love making up stories about the monster under their bed, but what if for once they were telling the truth?

Director: David Michôd.

Starring: Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson.

Guy Peace kicking ass for two hours. That's all you need.

Director: Greg McLean.

Starring: John Jarratt and Ryan Corr.

Remember that movie that almost crippled Australia's tourism industry? Well they made another.

Director: Zak Hilditch.

Starring: Jessica De Gouw, Daniel Henshall, David Field, Sarah Snook and Nathan Phillips.

As planet Earth is in its final hours a man finds a little girl and helps her get to her father.

Director: John Curran.

Starring: Mia Wasikowska and Adam Driver.

Follow Robyn as she travels from Alice Springs to the Indian Ocean on a journey of self-discovery.

Director: Julius Avery.

Starring: Brenton Thwaites, Ewan McGregor and Nash Edgerton.

After committing a minor crime, JR finds himself in something much deeper, and something that can cost him his life.

Directors: Tony Mahony and Angus Sampson.

Starring: Hugo Weaving, Angus Sampson and Leigh Whannell.

A first-time drug mule is taken into custody with Hugo Weaving playing a bad-ass cop.

Director: Hugh Sullivan.

Starring: Josh McConville, Hannah Marshall and Alex Dimitriades.

A man's quest to create the perfect relationship backfires dramatically.

Director: Tony Ayres.

Starring: Jessica De Gouw, Sullivan Stapleton and Alex Russell.

Two ex-cons plan to burn down a Brisbane nightclub, how is that not appealing?

Director: Kriv Stenders.

Starring: Sullivan Stapelton, Alice Braga, Teresa Palmer, Callan Mulvey, Luke Hemsworth, Bryan Brown and Simon Pegg.

Simon. Fucking. Pegg. That is all.

Director: Rolf de Heer.

Starring: David Gulpilil.

This film from award-winning director Rolf de Heer (Ten Canoes) once again focuses on cultural issues the Indigenous people in Australia face. Truly Australian cinema at its best.

Director: Jon Leahy.

Starring: Zara Zoe, Monica Zanetti and Elizabeth Blackmore.

This film explores a young girl's life after she is diagnosed with terminal melanoma.

Director: Josh Lawson.

Starring: Josh Lawson and Bojana Novakovic.

Josh Lawson makes his directorial debut in a movie about sex. Sold.

Director: Matthew Saville.

Starring: Tom Wilkinson, Joel Edgerton, Jai Courtney and Melissa George.

After being involved in an accident that leaves a young boy in a coma, a police officer must cover it up for the sake of his career.

Director: Sarah Spillane.

Starring: Christina Ricci, Jack Thompson and Damian Walshe-Howling.

An American teacher helps at-risk teens by getting them involved in a production of the play, Hamlet.