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The Back of Beyond

Australia, 1954
film

This 1954 classic follows an outback mailman as he travels along the Birdsville Track.

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Algorithmically related works from our collection by image:

Backroads

Australia, 1977
Similarity: 54%

The Devil's backbone = El Espinazo del diablo

Spain, 2001
Similarity: 47%

Backroads

Australia, 1977
Similarity: 44%

Backbeat

United Kingdom, 1994
Similarity: 43%

Beyond Rangoon

United States, 1995
Similarity: 41%

Until the end of the world

Australia, France and Germany (West), 1991
Similarity: 40%

Razorback

Australia, 1984
Similarity: 40%

The Bedford incident

United States, 1965
Similarity: 39%

The Spirit of the beehive = El Espiritu de la colmena

Spain, 1973
Similarity: 38%

Beyond therapy

United States, 1986
Similarity: 37%

Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back

United States, 1967
Similarity: 36%

River of no return

United States, 1954
Similarity: 36%

The Babadook

Australia and Canada, 2014
Similarity: 36%

In the wake of the Bounty

Australia, 1933
Similarity: 36%

The Babadook

Australia and Canada, 2014
Similarity: 35%

The Black Stallion Returns

United States, 1983
Similarity: 35%

Between a Frock and a Hard Place

Australia, 2015
Similarity: 35%

The Best of Everything

United States of America, 1959
Similarity: 34%
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