Mystery Road If you're a fan of the award-winning TV series Mystery Road, you owe it to yourself to watch the chilling crime caper that started it all. In the 2013 film, director Ivan Sen introduces hard-boiled Detective Jay Swan (Aaron Pedersen), fresh from a promotion and sent to rural outback Queensland to investigate the suspicious death of a local teenager. Mystery Road unravels as a sizzling slow burn that mixes cowboy Western vibes with an undeniable Australianness. And if by the end you're hungry for more Detective Swan, you can then tuck into the 2016 sequel, Goldstone, as well as three seasons of TV. Where to Watch: iview Samson & Delilah Samson & Delilah is one of just seven films ever bestowed with a coveted five-star review in 10 years of At The Movies with Margaret and David. Equally heartbreaking and beautiful, Warwick Thornton's 2009 feature debut follows two Indigenous 14-year-olds living on Country near Alice Springs. The two leads, Rowan McNamara and Marissa Gibson (both first-time-actors), give sparkling performances as they pull themselves through the triumphs and tragedies of being young Indigenous people. Competing in the 2009 Cannes festival, Thornton became just one of three Australians to take home the Caméra d'Or for best first feature. More than 15 years on, Samson & Delilah remains essential watching for any Australian. Where to Watch: SBSonDemand Rabbit-Proof Fence Rabbit-Proof Fence is the epic story of three young Indigenous girls' fierce, 1,600-kilometre journey to get back home after being taken as a part of the Australian government's forced assimilation program of the 20th century. Based on Doris Pilkington Garimara's 1996 book, which chronicled her mother Molly Craig's escape from the Moore River Native Settlement near Perth, Rabbit Proof Fence was released in 2002 to international praise and local controversy. Then-Tasmanian senator Eric Abetz demanded an apology from the filmmakers for the tagline used on posters in the US: "What if the government kidnapped your daughter? It happened every week in Australia from 1905 to 1971". Director Phillip Noyce's response? "Maybe they could apologise to our Indigenous citizens." It would be another six years until then-prime minister Kevin Rudd issued an official apology to the victims of the Stolen Generations, in 2008. Where to Watch: SBSonDemand