Movies Like Last Cab to Darwin (2015)

Last Cab to Darwin is a 2015 adventure, comedy, drama, romance film from Jeremy Sims with a MovieMagicScore of 6.8/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Rabbit-Proof Fence and Wake in Fright.

Adventure Comedy Drama Romance

Rabbit-Proof Fence

2002

In 1931, three Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff, and set off on a trek across the Outback.

7.0

MagicScore

Wake in Fright

1971

A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.

7.3

MagicScore

Fortress

1985

After being kidnapped by four masked men, a teacher and her students rebel by plotting against the criminals.

6.8

MagicScore

The Tracker

2002

Somewhere in Australia in the early 20th century outback, an Aboriginal man is accused of murdering a white woman. Three white men are on a mission to capture him with the help of an experienced Indigenous man.

6.8

MagicScore

Strangerland

2015

Newly arrived to a remote desert town, Catherine and Matthew are tormented by a suspicion when their two teenage children mysteriously vanish.

5.3

MagicScore

Carnifex

2022

An aspiring documentarian and two conservationists who venture into the Outback to record the animals displaced by bushfires where they discover a terrifying new species.

5.2

MagicScore

Walkabout

1971

Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them. When he fails, he turns the gun on himself, and the two city-bred children must contend with harsh wilderness alone. They are saved by a chance encounter with an Aboriginal boy who shows them how to survive, and in the process underscores the disharmony between nature and modern life.

7.3

MagicScore

The Room Next Door

2024

Ingrid and Martha were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. Ingrid went on to become an autofiction novelist while Martha became a war reporter, and they were separated by the circumstances of life. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation.

6.8

MagicScore

Red Dog

2011

The legendary true story of the Red Dog who united a disparate local community while roaming the Australian outback in search of his long lost master.

7.3

MagicScore

#10

Red Dog: True Blue

2016

When eleven-year-old Mick is shipped off to his grandfather's cattle station in Western Australia, he befriends a scrappy, one-of-a-kind dog that will change his life forever.

6.5

MagicScore

#11

Simon

2004

A mild-mannered gay dentist and a womanizing bar owner rekindle their unlikely friendship when, upon meeting by chance after a decade apart, the latter turns out to be severely ill.

7.2

MagicScore

#12

Would You Rather

2013

Desperate to help her ailing brother, a young woman agrees to compete in a deadly game of "Would You Rather" hosted by a sadistic aristocrat.

6.0

MagicScore

#13

Long Weekend

1979

When a suburban couple goes camping for the weekend at a remote beach, they discover that nature isn't in an accommodating mood.

6.1

MagicScore

#14

Emma's Bliss

2006

Upon being informed that he is fatally ill with cancer, Max, who works at a used car store, steals money which his boss has gained through illegal means. When fleeing from the scene of the crime Max crashes his car. He is pulled unconscious from the destroyed vehicle by a homely young woman, Emma, who lives alone on a farm where Max decides to stay in order to hide from the police and his boss.

6.5

MagicScore

#15

Tracks

2013

Accompanied only by her faithful dog and four camels, an Australian satisfies her craving for solitude by embarking on a solo trip across the desert from Alice Springs to the Indian Ocean.

6.9

MagicScore

#16

The Cassandra Crossing

1976

Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease, and nobody will let them off the train.

6.2

MagicScore

#17

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.

6.6

MagicScore

#18

Mystery Road

2013

A murdered girl is found under a bridge on a remote road and indigenous detective Jay Swan gets the case. Jay finds that no-one is that interested in solving the murder of an indigenous teenager and he is forced to work alone.

6.2

MagicScore

#19

You Don't Know Jack

2010

Controversy and legal problems follow Dr. Jack Kevorkian as he advocates assisted suicide.

7.0

MagicScore

#20

The Show

2017

An unsettling look at reality television, where a disturbing game show has its contestants ending their lives for the public's enjoyment.

5.7

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Last Cab to Darwin?

The top films similar to Last Cab to Darwin by MovieMagicScore are Rabbit-Proof Fence (7.0), Wake in Fright (7.3), Fortress (6.8). Each shares adventure/comedy/drama/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Last Cab to Darwin worth watching?

Last Cab to Darwin holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.8/10 from 75 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Last Cab to Darwin?

Last Cab to Darwin (2015) is a adventure, comedy, drama, romance film directed by Jeremy Sims, starring Michael Caton, Jacki Weaver, Emma Hamilton.

Where can I find more recommendations like Last Cab to Darwin?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more adventure recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Last Cab to Darwin

This ranked list pairs Last Cab to Darwin (2015), a adventure and comedy and drama and romance film from Jeremy Sims, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Michael Caton take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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