Acute Misfortune is a 2018 Australian drama film co-written, directed and produced by Thomas M. Wright.

[4] Wright co-produced the film with Virginia Kay, Jamie Houge and Liz Kearney.

Luca Capelli edited the film, Germain McMicking and Stefan Duscio were the directors of photography, Leah Popple production designer and Robert Connolly executive producer.

[7] Acute Misfortune received a five-star review and was named the best Australian film of 2019 by The Guardian.

[1][10] It was later named one of The Guardian's "10 Best Australian Films of the decade 2010–2020"[11] The Hollywood Reporter called Acute Misfortune "one of the year's most striking and accomplished directorial debuts".