Screenplay: Louis Nowra

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Louis Nowra. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Map of the Human Heart

1993 · Movie · 109 min. · New Zealand

Direction Vincent Ward

Cast Jason Scott Lee · Anne Parillaud · Patrick Bergin · John Cusack

Synopsis In 1931, a chartist lands a plane in the Arctic to map unrecorded regions. He takes an Eskimo boy with tuberculosis back to civilisation where he is healed and indoctrinated in a Catholic foster home. The Eskimo meets a "half-breed"...

6.6

281 votes

6.6

281 votes

K-19: The Widowmaker

2002 · Movie · 138 min. · United States

Direction Kathryn Bigelow

Cast Harrison Ford · Liam Neeson · Peter Sarsgaard · Joss Ackland

Synopsis K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) is a gripping historical drama based on true events. Set during the Cold War, it follows the crew of the Soviet nuclear submarine K-19 as they embark on a perilous mission. When a critical reactor malfunction...

6.0

11K votes

6.0

11K 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

The Matchmaker

1997 · Movie · 100 min. · Ireland

Direction Mark Joffe

Cast Janeane Garofalo · David O'Hara · Denis Leary · Jay O. Sanders

Synopsis Marcy is an assistant to Senator John McGlory, who is having problems with a re-election campaign. Desperate for Irish votes, McGlory's chief of staff Nick sends Marcy to Ireland to trace McGlory's relatives or ancestors. Marcy arrives at the village...

5.5

365 votes

5.5

365 votes

Heaven's Burning

1997 · Movie · 96 min. · Australia

Direction Craig Lahiff

Cast Russell Crowe · Youki Kudoh · Kenji Isomura · Ray Barrett

Synopsis "Heaven's Burning" tells the story of a man and a woman who are inexplicably thrown together, amid violence and chaos. They quickly find themselves on the run from many adversaries, but find time to fall in love along the way.

4.3

330 votes

4.3

330 votes

The Straits (TV Miniseries)

2012 · Series · 60 min. · Australia

Direction Peter Andrikidis · Rachel Ward · Rowan Woods

Cast Brian Cox · Rena Owen · Aaron Fa'aoso · Jimi Bani

Synopsis Set among the turquoise waters of Australia's Torres Strait, The Straits follows the life of a criminal family as they smuggle drugs into Australia and exotic wildlife out through blood ties in the Torres Strait Islands.

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Black and White

2002 · Movie · 99 min. · Australia

Direction Craig Lahiff

Cast Robert Carlyle · Charles Dance · Kerry Fox · David Ngoombujarra

Synopsis Recreation of the landmark 1958 South Australian Court trial of young aboriginal Max Stuart.

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The Last Resort (TV Series)

1988 · Series · 50 min. · Australia

Direction Louis Nowra · Ron Elliott · Colin Englert · Peter Fisk

Cast Kate Fitzpatrick · Kris McQuade · Juliet Jordan · Nell Schofield

Synopsis The show told the story of three sisters who lived together in a run-down hotel.

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Radiance

1998 · Movie · 83 min. · Australia

Direction Rachel Perkins

Cast Deborah Mailman · Trisha Morton-Thomas · Rachael Maza · Russell Kiefel

Synopsis With the death of their mother, two sisters (Nona and Cressy) return to their childhood home in Northern Australia where their third sister, Mae, lived looking after their mother. The funeral happens and the three find themselves together in the...

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