Cast: Barry Otto

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Barry Otto. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Sisters (TV Series)

2017 · Series · 60 min. · Australia

Direction Emma Freeman · Corrie Chen · Shannon Murphy

Cast Lucy Durack · Antonia Prebble · Maria Angelico · Dan Spielman

Synopsis TV Series (2017). 7 Episodes. Sisters follows the story of three women who discover that they are sisters. Julia finds out that her Nobel prize winning father secretly used his own sperm in a number of "In Vitro Fertilisation" procedures.

6.2

54 votes

6.2

54 votes

Strictly Ballroom

1992 · Movie · 94 min. · Australia

Direction Baz Luhrmann

Cast Paul Mercurio · Tara Morice · Bill Hunter · Pat Thomson

Synopsis It's the magical story of a championship ballroom dancer who's breaking all the rules, and his ugly duckling dancing partner. Together they make their dreams come true!

6.1

751 votes

6.1

751 votes

The Dressmaker

2015 · Movie · 118 min. · Australia

Direction Jocelyn Moorhouse

Cast Kate Winslet · Judy Davis · Liam Hemsworth · Hugo Weaving

Synopsis Based on Rosalie Ham's best selling novel, The Dressmaker is the story of femme fatale Tilly Dunnage who returns to her small home town in the country to right the wrongs of the past. A stylish drama with comic undertones...

5.9

5K votes

5.9

5K votes

Cosi

1995 · Movie · 100 min. · Australia

Direction Mark Joffe

Cast Ben Mendelsohn · Barry Otto · Toni Collette · Rachel Griffiths

Synopsis Lewis is a young Sydney amateur theater director at his first experience: he is offered a job with a Governmental program for the rehabilitation of mentally ill patients in a Sydney institution for mentally ill. His project is overrun by...

5.6

46 votes

5.6

46 votes

Love's Brother

2004 · Movie · 103 min. · Australia

Direction Jan Sardi

Cast Giovanni Ribisi · Adam Garcia · Joe Petruzzi · Rodney Afif

Synopsis Despairing of ever finding love, the insecure Angelo uses a photo of his handsome brother Gino to convince a beautiful Italian girl across the sea to marry him. Gino is delighted for Angelo, until he finds out what happened. To...

5.4

182 votes

5.4

182 votes

Newcastle

2008 · Movie · 107 min. · Australia

5.2

87 votes

5.2

87 votes

The Punisher

1989 · Movie · 89 min. · Australia

Direction Mark Goldblatt

Cast Dolph Lundgren · Louis Gossett Jr. · Jeroen Krabbé · Kim Miyori

Synopsis Based on the Marvel Comic, Dolph Lundgren is Frank Castle an ex-cop who lives in the sewers and acts as judge, jury, and executioner to the city's criminals in retaliation for the unpunished murders of his wife and kids. Frank's...

4.7

2K votes

4.7

2K votes

Direction Robert E. Collins

Cast Karl Malden · Lee Grant · Vera Miles · E.G. Marshall

Synopsis Based on the true story of the 1985 hijacking of the cruise ship "Achille Lauro" by Arab terrorists and the murder of wheelchair-bound passenger Leon Klinghoffer.

4.6

25 votes

4.6

25 votes

Mr. Nice Guy

1997 · Movie · 88 min. · Hong Kong

4.6

4K votes

4.6

4K votes

Howling III

1987 · Movie · 98 min. · Australia

Direction Philippe Mora

Cast Barry Otto · William Yang · Imogen Annesley · Deby Wightman

Synopsis A strange race of human-like marsupials appear suddenly in Australia, and a sociologist who studies these creatures falls in love with a female one. Is this a dangerous combination?

3.0

257 votes

3.0

257 votes

Touch Me

1993 · Movie · 28 min. · Germany

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Otto by Otto

2024 · Documentary · 94 min. · Australia

Direction Gracie Otto

Cast Neil Armfield · Gillian Armstrong · Brendan Cowell · Ray Lawrence

Synopsis Inspired to make an intimate family portrait, Gracie Otto directs this feature-length documentary about her father, Barry Otto, whose career in Australian theatre, film and television has spanned more than 50 years.

Not rated

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Three Blind Mice

2008 · Movie · 94 min. · Australia

Direction Matthew Newton

Cast Ewen Leslie · Toby Schmitz · Matthew Newton · Tina Bursill

Synopsis Three young Navy officers hit Sydney for one last night on land before being shipped over to the Gulf to fight. Sam has been mistreated at sea and is going AWOL, Dean has a fiancée and the future in-laws to...

Not rated

Not rated

The Custodian

1993 · Movie · 109 min. · Australia

Direction John Dingwall

Cast Anthony LaPaglia · Hugo Weaving · Naomi Watts · Barry Otto

Synopsis Det. Quinlan has left his alcoholic wife, sprouting a bloom of insecurity, anger and self-motivation within him to expose the corrupt police force that surrounds him. He abandons his 'straight' life to partner in crime with his co-worker, Det. Church,...

Not rated

Not rated

The Visitor

2002 · Movie · 30 min. · Australia

Direction Dan Castle

Cast Barry Otto · Nick Carpenter · Grant Dodwell · Pamela Shaw

Synopsis Michael, at his beach-home in Australia, is avoiding phone calls regarding his dear lifelong friend and former lover of two-years Chris who is dying back in Boston, America. While trying to write, he is disturbed by the noisy surfers next...

Not rated

Not rated

Lilian's Story

1996 · Movie · 94 min. · Australia

Direction Jerzy Domaradzki

Cast Ruth Cracknell · Barry Otto · Toni Collette · John Flaus

Synopsis For forty years Lilian Singer has been locked up in a 'loony bin' by her father. Her release is eventually secured by her eccentric Aunt Kitty and her brother, John. Lilian starts to carve out a place for herself. As...

Not rated

Not rated

South Solitary

2010 · Movie · Australia

Direction Shirley Barrett

Cast Miranda Otto · Barry Otto · Marton Csokas · Essie Davis

Synopsis Meredith is a 35 year-old unmarried woman who arrives at a remote lighthouse island 1928 with her uncle the new head keeper.

Not rated

Not rated

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A Cautionary Tail (S)

2012 · Movie · 15 min. · Australia

Direction Simon Rippingale

Cast Cate Blanchett · David Wenham · Barry Otto

Synopsis A little girl is born with a tail that expresses her emotions. As a child, her parents celebrate their daughter's uniqueness and her tail inspires magical make-believe adventures with her friends. As she grows up, however, the young woman faces...

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Not rated