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| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam | Paul Bugden | Wayne van Heekeren, Bob Hughes, David Calcott, Luda Apinys, Noel Brady, Jeremy Chance | Short film | |
| Alcestis | Ken Quinnell | Angela Korvisianos, Colin James, Virginia Sewickis, Kent Sanderson, Graham Pitts, Chloe | Short film | |
| The Alternative | Paul Eddey | Wendy Hughes, Tony Bonner, Carla Hoogeveen, Peter Adams, Alwyn Kurts, Ken Goodlet, Betty Lucas, Don Reid, Anne Haddy | Drama TV film | |
| Angel | Michael Hudson | James Fitch, Peter Green, Darius Perkins, Jodi Greenwood, Ludi Kerstovitch, Mike Hudson | Short film | |
| Applause Applause | Ivan Gaal | Max Gillies, Bob Thornycroft, Joe Balza | Short film | |
| Arena | Eric Taylor | John Meillon, Ray Barrett, Chelsea Brown, John Ewart, Vincent Ball, Max Meldrum, David Nettheim, Brian Blain, Patrick Amer, Max Osbiston, Julie Hamilton | Drama ABC TV film / ABC TV pilot | |
| Barnaby and Me | Norman Panama | Sid Caesar, Juliet Mills, Sally Boyden, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Rangi Nichols, James Condon, Ivar Kants, Bruce Spence, Terry Bader, John Newcombe | Comedy / Drama ABC TV film US Co-production | |
| Barney | David S. Waddington | Brett Maxworthy, Sean Kramer, Lionel Long, Spike Milligan, Jack Allen, Robert Quilter, Mike Preston | Adventure / Family Feature film | IMDb aka Lost In The Wild |
| Betty Blokk-buster Follies | Peter Batey | Reg Livermore | Comedy / Musical | IMDb |
| Black, Red, White | Peter Friedrichs | Rod McNichol, Lisa Peers | Feature film | |
| Bluey | Graeme Arthur | Lucky Grills, Gerda Nicolson, John Diedrich, Victoria Quilter, Terry Gill, Richard Meikle, Briony Behets, Keith Eden, Paul Young, Gil Tucker, Max Bruch, Lew Luton, Judy McBurney, Leila Hayes, Bethany Lee, Billie Hammerberg, Mackie Smetana | Drama / Thriller TV film / TV Pilot to series (1976-1977) | |
| Break of Day | Kevin Hannam[1] | Sara Kestleman, Andrew McFarlane, Ingrid Mason, Tony Barry, John Bell, Maurie Fields, Eileen Chapman, Dennis Olsen, Geraldine Turner | Drama Feature film | IMDb |
| The Buck's Party | Steve Jodrell | Bevan Lee, David McDonald, Tim Hood, Chris Hoppenbrouwers, Bill McCluskey, Tom Martin, Trevor Todd, Diana Jodrell, Pauline Hood, Christine Symes, Allan Kemp, Frank Johnson, David Griffiths, Doug Thomson, Allan Lees, Steve Edwards | Short film | |
| The Bushranger | Federico Chentrens | Leonard Teale, Kate Fitzpatrick, John Hamblin, Kevin Wilson, Max Osbiston, Phillip Ross | Drama TV film | |
| Caddie | Donald Crombie | Helen Morse, Takis Emmanuel, Jack Thompson, Jacki Weaver, Melissa Jaffer, Ron Blanchard, Drew Forsythe, Kirrily Nolan, Lynette Curran, June Salter, John Ewart, John Gaden, Mary Mackay, Lucky Grills, Robyn Nevin, Pat Evison, Willie Fennell, Jack Allen, Vivienne Garrett | Drama / Romance Feature film | IMDb |
| Chopper Squad | Simon Wincer | Dennis Grosvenor, Robert Coleby, Eric Oldfield, Rebecca Gilling, Graham Rouse, Tony Hughes, Tony Bonner, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Terry Camilleri, Max Osbiston, Kevin Healey, Gordon Piper | Action / Adventure TV film / TV Pilot to series (1978-1979) | |
| City Blues | Lou Brown | Alan Pearce | Short film | |
| Confirmation | Paul Bugden | Bob Hughes, Cheryl Sciro, David Calcott, Luda Apinys, Aileen Corpus, Richard Hill, Wayne van Heekeren | Short film | |
| Contrived Mind Flashes | Russell Mulcahy | Anna Gramme, Kym Newman, Brian Anderson, Tom McConkey | Short film | |
| Daffy | David J. King | David Smith, Helen Kostiuk, Julie Rysdale, Robert Davies | Short film | |
| Deathcheaters | Brian Trenchard Smith[1] | John Hargreaves, Grant Page, Margaret Gerrard, Noel Ferrier, Wallas Eaton, Roger Ward, Ralph Cotterill, Judith Woodroofe | Action / Adventure Feature film | |
| The Devil's Party | Don Frie | Yvonne Kuvener, Daryl Hood, Trevor Scahill, Maurice Hatter, Christine Croome, Paula Samuelson | Short film | |
| The Devil's Playground | Fred Schepisi | Arthur Dignam, Nick Tate, Simon Burke, Charles McCallum, John Frawley, Jonathan Hardy, Gerry Duggan, Sheila Florance | Drama Feature film | IMDb |
| Do I Have to Kill My Child? | Donald Crombie | Jacki Weaver, Brendon Lunney, Betty Lucas, Willie Fennell, Cecily Poulson, John Orcsik, Lorna Leslie, Jeremy Letts | Short TV film | |
| Don's Party | Bruce Beresford | John Hargreaves, Jeanie Drynan, Ray Barrett, Graeme Blundell, Graham Kennedy, Pat Bishop, Clare Binney, Harold Hopkins, Veronica Lang | Comedy / Drama Feature film | IMDb, Entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Double Dealer | Allan Dickes | David Calcott, Phil Avalon, Guy Peniston-Bird, Tony Fields, Sharyn Smith, Michael Farcomini, Bob Lee, Edward Leong, Frank Love, Lorna Leslie, Judy Mathews, Michelle Napier, Harriet Whitehouse, Rick Teodo, Joe Watson, Suzanne Hunt, Mike Lyon, Rosalind Richards, John Bennet, Eric Reade, Michelle Carrol, Sue Church, Billy Dyer, Bob Burdock | TV film | |
| Dr. K | Phillip Noyce | Henri Szeps, Peter Cummins, Robyn Nevin, Martin Harris, John Gaden, Kevin Healy, Ben Gabriel | Short film documentary | |
| The Dream of Loh | Wolfgang Graesse | Brenda Sinan Leong, Pino Bosi, Geoffrey Barnes, Francis Yin, Lai-Moon Tshi, Isao Hirata, Takahashi, Jannette Lowe, Pack-Shung Shull, Simon Shung | Short film | |
| Drift Away | Richard Bradley | Robert Ellis, Terry Colliet, Pattie Dugan, Olivia Salvador, Candy Raymond, Michele Fawdon, Lynette Curran, Roslyn Richards, Katie Hudson, David Calcott, Alan Trott | TV film | |
| Eliza Fraser | Tim Burstall | Susannah York, Trevor Howard, Noel Ferrier, John Castle, John Waters, Abigail, Charles Tingwell, Gerard Kennedy, Arna-Maria Winchester | Drama Feature film | IMDb |
| End Play | Tim Burstall | George Mallaby, John Waters, Kevin Goodlet, Charles Tingwell, Belinda Giblin, Adrian Wright, Delvene Delaney, Robert Hewett, Kevin Miles | Mystery / Thriller Feature film | IMDb |
| Everyman | David G. Westray, Joe Clark | Phillip Mitchell, Nola Percival, Gayla Percival, David Carver, Russell Neal, Tony Mitchell, Keith Wiseman, Patricia Wortly, Sue Best, Helen McLachlan, Ian O'Hara, Wendy Critchley, Julie Simpson, Gary Best | Short film / Teleplay | |
| A Fair Trial | IMDb | |||
| Fantasm | Richard Bruce (alias for Richard Franklin)[1] | Erotica Documentary Feature film | IMDb | |
| Felix | Noel Purdon | Henry Salter, David Gulpilil, Sue MacDonald | Short film | |
| The Fourth Wish | Don Chaffey[1] | John Meillon, Robert Bettles, Robyn Nevin, Michael Craig, Cul Cullen, Ron Haddrick, Brian Anderson, Judy Dick, Julie Dawson, Anne Haddy, Max Wearing, Don Crosby, Julie Hamilton, Brian James, Les Foxcroft, Vivean Gray | Drama Family Feature film | IMDb |
| Goodbye, Norma Jean | IMDb | |||
| Hard Knocks | Philip Bull | Frank McKallister, Geoffrey Gibbs, Olwyn Summers, Robert Faggotter, Nicole Desmarcheller, Jon Tyrell, James Setches, Wendy Arnold, Tony Watts, Thea Calzoni | Short film | |
| Heart & Soul | Wayne Moore | Susan Spencer, Bruce Barbour, Lyn Wright | Short film | |
| The Haunting of Hewie Dowker | Simon Wincer | John Waters, Kate Fitzpatrick, Donald MacDonald, Camilla Rowntree, Cul Cullen, Tim Elliot, Tony Barry, Ron Haddrick | Thriller / Mystery TV film / TV Pilot | |
| Highway One | Steve Otton | Kim Bradley, Phillip Monteroz, Robert Steen, Josephine Grieve, Greta, Rachiel Hynd | Short film | |
| The Idyll | Paul Jansen | Val Lachlan, Robert Harrison | Short film | |
| Is There Anybody There? | Peter Maxwell | George Lazenby, Wendy Hughes, Tina Grenville, Stuart Wagstaff, Chantal Contouri, Patrick Ward, Gordon McDougall, Joan Bruce, Enid Lorimer | Mystery / Thriller TV film | |
| Illuminations | Paul Cox[1] | Gabriella Tresk, Elke Neidhardt, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Norman Kaye, Alan Money, Athol Shmith, Tibor Markus, Sheila Florance | Drama Feature film | IMDb |
| Image of Death | Kevin Dobson | Cathy Paine, Cheryl Waters, Tony Bonner, Barry Pierce, Penne Hackforth-Jones, Sheila Helpmann, Max Meldrum | Mystery / Thriller TV film | IMDb |
| Jeremy and Teapot | Briann Kearney | Patrick Thompson, Brian Syron, Jack Thompson, Bunkie, Ann McCann, Beverly Thompson, Leona King, Peter Drury, Irene Walls, Jon Darling | Short fantasy | IMDb (Cinema Papers "Women in Film – Briann Kearney" Jan.Feb. 1982 : 36–37) Winner – Best Film – Tucson Women's Film & Video Festival USA 1986 |
| Jog's Trot | John Papadopoulos | Arthur Dignam | Short film | |
| Kazzam International | Bruce Petty | Jude Kuring, John Derum, Gordon Chater, Noeline Brown, John Gaden, Martin Harris, Max Gillies, Chris Haywood, John Stephen | Short film | |
| King of the Islands | Ken Sallows | Gary McKechnie, Steven Millichamp | Short film | |
| The Last Drink | Kendal Flanagan | Susan Dobson, Nicholas Flanagan | Short film | |
| Last Drive-In Movie | Brett Southwick | Tony Mack, Georgina Beard, Richard Maine, Sarah Jane Jenkinson, Peter Green | Short film | |
| Leisure | IMDb | |||
| Let the Balloon Go | Oliver Howes[1] | Robert Bettles, Jan Kingsbury, Ben Gabriel, Bruce Spence, Ken Goodlet, Ray Barrett, Nigel Lovell, John Ewart | Family Feature film | IMDb |
| The Levi Strauss Story | David Elfick | Jenny Kee, Louise De Telega, Josh Harmon, Michael Ramsden, Tony Edwards, Don Dunstan, Peter Kingston | Short film documentary | |
| Life Dreams | David Perry | Elizabeth Mortison, David Calcott, Rob Dallas | Short film | |
| Listen to the Lions | Henri Safran | Wyn Roberts, Barry Lovett, Syd Heylen, Maiva Drummond, Les Foxcroft, John Derum, Ron Ratcliff, Joseph Dicker, Stephen Warren, Paul O'Loughlan, Kevin Leslie | Short film | |
| Mad Dog Morgan | Philippe Mora | Dennis Hopper, Jack Thompson, Bill Hunter, David Gulpilil, Frank Thring, Michael Pate, John Hargreaves, Graeme Blundell, Wallas Eaton, Liddy Clark, Peter Cummins, John Derum, Norman Kaye, Hugh Keays-Byrne | Action / Drama Feature film | IMDb |
| Mama's Gone A-Hunting | Peter Maxwell | Judy Morris, Gerard Kennedy, Vince Martin, Carmen Duncan, Peter Stratford, Queenie Ashton, Enid Lorimer, Greg Bepper | Drama / Thriller TV film | |
| The Man Eaters | Paul Martin | Short film | ||
| Master of the World | Leif Gram | John Ewart, Tim Elliot, Mathew O'Sullivan, Ron Haddrick, Judy Morris | Short film | |
| McCloud: Night of the Shark | Ron Satlof | Dennis Weaver, J. D. Cannon, Lloyd Bochner, Rowena Wallace, Gus Mercurio, Victoria Shaw, Alwyn Kurts, Max Cullen, Cul Cullen, James Condon, Tony Wager, Grigor Taylor, Bill Charlton, John Fegan, Brian Henderson, Gerry Duggan, Bruce Kerr | Action / Drama TV film Us Co-production. Originally screened as McCloud TV series. | |
| Me & Mr. Thorne | Paul Eddey | Johnny Farnham, Gordon Chater, Beverley Phillips, Kate Sheil, Roger Ward, Kevin Leslie, Wallas Eaton, Chuck Faulkner, Denise Drysdale, John Clayton, Luigi Villani, John Cobley, Frank Rich, Lenore Somerset, Nanette Goode | Comedy / Crime TV film | |
| Melanie & Me | Chris Fitchett | Michael Carman, Sally Conabere, Debbie Burke, Annie Ryall | Short film | |
| Mind | Wayne Moore | Janet Pratt, Des Mulchay, Charmaine Bird, Michael Cotter, Michael Mulchay | Short film | |
| Murcheson Creek | Terry Bourke | Mark Edwards, Sandra Lee Paterson, Abigail, Gordon McDougall, Philippa Baker, Lew Luton, Rowena Wallace, Keith Lee, Cornelia Frances, Dennis Miller, Anne Lambert, John Orcsik, Toshiro Bourke Jnr, Alan Cinis, Robert Quilter, Judith Roberts, Ben Huber, Lara Huber, Roger Cox, Susan Fox | Mystery / Thriller TV film | |
| My Name's Mick | Lou Brown | Lou Brown | Short film | |
| No Room to Run | Robert Michael Lewis | Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss, Barry Sullivan, Noel Ferrier, Ray Barrett, Anne Haddy, Cul Cullen, Roger Ward | Drama / Thriller ABC TV film US-Co-production | |
| Nuts, Bolts and Bedroom Springs | Gary Young | Steve Michaels, Val Moore, Lyn Sampson, Carol Lane, Barbara Jackson, Gary Young | Short film | |
| The Olive Tree | Edgar Metcalfe | John Adam, Alan Cassell, Faith Clayton, Jenny McNae, Leith Taylor, Robert van Mackelenburg, Richard Williams, Pat Skevington | Feature film | [1] |
| On the Ball | Gavin Wilson | Peter Kingston, Keiko Rising, Krista, Edwin Denby, Rufus Collins, Julia Sale, Buko, Jack Hannon | Short film | |
| Out of the Past | Ellery Ryan | Daryl Strachan, Ellery Ryan, Ruth Brown, Les Carter, John Marriott, John Flaus | Short film | |
| Oz | Chris Löfvén | Joy Dunstan, Bruce Spence, Graham Matters, Bruce Spence, Michael Carman, Robin Ramsay, Gary Waddell, Paula Maxwell | Musical Feature film | IMDb |
| Queensland | John Ruane | John Flaus, Bob Karl, Alison Bird, Tom Broadbridge, Jack Mobbs, Gary Metcalf, Les Carter, Patricia Condon | Short Feature film | IMDb |
| Secret Doors | Beryl Cheers, Rebecca Gilling, Gerard Maguire, Edward Ogden, John Orcsik, Max Osbiston, Norman Yemm | Mystery / Thriller TV film | ||
| Shay Gap | IMDb | |||
| Soft Soap | Ivan Gaal | Max Gillies, Bill Garner, Tony Taylor, Joe Bolza, Helen Hamilton, Bob Thornycroft, Robert Meldrum, Jackie Keren | Short film | |
| Spyda Man | Phil Avalon | Stan Kazanjian, Dan Davis, Gary Keady, Frank Kennedy, Phil Avalon, Robin Delmas, Debbie Ryan | Short film | |
| Storm Boy | Henri Safran | Greg Rowe, Peter Cummins, David Gulpilil, Judy Dick, Tony Allison, Michael Moody, Graham Dow, Paul Smith | Drama | IMDb |
| The Student | David King | Darylin Hansen, David Foster, Malcolm Ross | Short film | |
| The Stuntmen | IMDb | |||
| Stunt Rock | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Grant Page | Documentary Feature film | |
| Summer of Secrets | Jim Sharman[1] | Arthur Dignam, Rufus Collins, Nell Campbell, Andrew Sharp, Kate Fitzpatrick, Jude Kuring | IMDb | |
| Sunshine and Shadows: 70 Years of Australian Cinema | IMDb | |||
| Surrender in Paradise | Peter Cox[1] | Errol O'Neill, Ross Gilbert, Rod Wissler, Bill Reynolds, Carolyn Howard, Jeff Blow, Harry Gibbs, Gaye Poole | Comedy Feature film | IMDb |
| Taggart's Treasure | Burt Topper | Don Reid, David Gulpilil, Rowena Wallace, Michael Duffield, Frank Wilson, Sandy Gore, Peter Williamson, Brian James | TV film US-Australian co-production | |
| The Trespassers | John Duigan[1] | Judy Morris, Briony Behets, John Derum, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Peter Carmody, Chris Haywood, Max Gillies, John Orcsik, Syd Conabere, John Frawley | Drama / Romance Feature film | IMDb |
| Tubular Swells | IMDb | |||
| The Understudy | Eric Luithle | John McTernan, Jeanie Drynan, Don Barkham, Graham Pitts, Ivar Kants, Robin Bowering | Short film | |
| We Aim to Please | Robin Laurie, Margot Nash | Short | IMDb | |
| Zizzem Zam | Ron Owen | Sandra McGregor, Brian Barrie, Andrew Jacob, John Norman | Short film |
