AUSTRALIAN FILMS
Every Australian film we have ever reviewed or have featured in any way is listed here, going back to films made even before the launch of Urban Cinefile (but reported by Andrew L. Urban), such as Strictly Ballroom, The Piano, Muriel’s Wedding, The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert and dozens more. (A film's nationality is generally determined by the nationality of the producer and/or production company; this is so in all major festivals, and we have adopted the same criterion.)
This list of Australian films, updated weekly, includes:
- all theatrically released Australian films which are reviewed on this site;
- within the reviews, details of video release, if applicable/ available;
- all Australian films on DVD which are reviewed on this site;
- location reports on several earlier films in our historic Making Of series
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$9.99 - Reviews
2:37 - Reviews ;Murali K. Thalluri
4 - Reviews
10 Conditions of Love - DVD; Director Statement; Editorial
15 Amore - Reviews ; Maurice Murphy ;
48 Shades - Reviews;
A
A Man's Gotta Do - Reviews ;
Aboriginal Rules - DVD Review
Accidents Happen - Review
Acolytes - Review
Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, The
Reviews ; DVD ; Making Of ; 10th Anniversary DVD
Alexandra's Project - Reviews; Rolf De Heer
All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane - Review; DVD
Amy - Reviews ; DVD
Angel at my Table - DVD review
Angel Baby - Making Of
Angst - Reviews
Animal Kingdom - Reviews
At World's End - Review
Australia - Reviews; Insider Briefing; DVD Reviews
Australia: Land Beyond Time - Reviews
Australian Rules - Reviews ; Paul Goldman + Mark Lazarus
B
Babe - Reviews
Babe: Pig In The City - Reviews
Bad Boy Bubby - Review; Nicholas Hope;
Bad Bush - Reviews
Bad Eggs - Reviews ; Soundtrack ; Dave Graney & Clare Moore
Balibo - Reviews ; Feature
Bank, The - Reviews ; Soundtrack
Bastardy - Review ;
Beautiful Kate - Reviews; Feature
Being Dad 2 - DVD review
Being in Heaven - Reviews
Beneath Clouds - Reviews; Ivan Sen
Beneath Hill 60 - Reviews; Making Of
Bet, The - Reviews
Better Than Sex - Reviews ; DVD ; Soundtrack
Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns - Reviews
Big Dreamers - DVD Review
Big Night Out - Reviews
Big Steal, The - Making Of
Bigger Than Tina - Reviews
Bitter & Twisted - Reviews ; DVD Reviews
Black and White - Reviews ; Craig Lahiff
Black Balloon, The - Review; Elissa Down
Black Chicks Talking - Review
Black Robe - Making Of
Black Rock - Reviews
Black Jack - DVD review
Black Water - Reviews
Blessed - Reviews; Ana Kokkinos; DVD
Blind Company - Reviews
Bliss - DVD Review
Blood Oath - Making Of ;Making Of DVD ;DVD Review
Blowin' in the Wind - Review
Blue Murder - DVD Review
Blurred - Reviews ; Feature
Bomb Harvest - Review
Bondi Tsunami - Review ; Feature ;
Book of Revelation, The - Reviews ; Ana Kokkinos ;
Bootmen - Reviews ; DVD ; Soundtrack ; Cezary Skubiesewski
Boxing Day - Review
Boys, The - Reviews ; DVD Review ; Rowan Woods
Boys Are Back, The - Reviews ; Scott Hicks
Boytown - Reviews
Bra Boys - Review
Bran Nue Dae - Reviews ;DVD
Bright Star - Reviews
Brilliant Lies - Reviews
Broken Sun - Review
Burke and Wills - Review
Burning Season, The - Review; DVD
C
Cactus - Reviews ; DVD ; Bryan Brown + Travis McMahon;
Candy - Reviews
Cappuccino - Making Of
Castle, The - Reviews ; Stephen Curry; DVD
Caterpillar Wish - Reviews
Cedar Boys - Reviews ; Serhat Caradee
Celebrity - Dominick Dunne - Reviews
Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, The - DVD Review
Charlie & Boots - Reviews
Chasing God - Review
Chifleys of Busby Street - Reviews
Children Of The Revolution - Reviews
Children of the Silk Road - Reviews
Children of Tibet - Review
Choir, The - Reviews
Chopper - Reviews ; DVD - To Own ; DVD - To Rent ; Soundtrack
Closed for Winter - Reviews ; Natalie Imbruglia
Clubland - Reviews ; Cherie Nowlan
Coffin Rock - Reviews
Cold Summer, A - Review ; Susan Prior interview:
Combination, The - Review
Comeback Kings, The - Review
Contact (2009) - Review ; Feature
Cosi - Review
Court of Lonely Royals - DVD Review
Crackerjack - Reviews ; Mick Molloy
Crackers - Reviews
Craic, The - Reviews
Crocodile Dundee In Los Angeles (officially a US film, but….)
Reviews
Crooked Business - Reviews ; Chris Nyst
Crop, The - Reviews; George Elliot
Crossing, The - Review
Crush - Review; DVD; John Soto
Cunnamulla - Reviews
Custodian, The - Making Of
Cut - Reviews ; Soundtrack
D
Dags - Reviews
Dalkeith - Feature/Review
Dance Me To My Song - Reviews
Dark City - Reviews
Dating The Enemy - Reviews ; Making Of
Daybreakers - Reviews ; Chris Brown
Dead Heart - Reviews ; DVD
Dead Letter Office - Reviews
Deadly - Making Of
Dear Claudia - Reviews
Death in Brunswick - DVD Review
Death Defying Acts - Reviews; DVD
December Boys - Review ; DVD Review
Delinquents, The - Review
Demons Among Us, The - DVD Review
Desperate Man Blues - Review
Devil's Playground, The - DVD Review
Diana And Me - Reviews
Dimboola - DVD Review
Dingo - DVD review
Dirty Deeds - Reviews ; Soundtrack ; Bryan Brown & David Caesar DVD Review
Dish, The - Reviews ; Soundtrack
Doing Time for Patsy Cline - Reviews
Don's Party - DVD review
Dr Plonk - Reviews ; Rolf de Heer
Dreams for Life - Review
Dust Off the Wings - Reviews
Dying Breed - Review
E
Em 4 Jay - Review ;
Emerald City - DVD Review
Emoh Ruo - DVD Review
Envy - Reviews
Epsilon - Reviews
Erskineville Kings - Reviews
Exile In Sarajevo - Reviews
Extra, The - Review ; Interview ;
F
F.J. Holden, The - DVD Review
Facing the Music - Reviews
Fat Pizza - Reviews ; Maria Venuti
Feeling Sexy - Reviews ; Susie Porter ; On-set feature
Final Winter, The - Reviews DVD Review
Finder, The - Reviews
Finished People, The - Reviews ; Khoa Do
Fistful Of Flies - Reviews
Fond Memories of Cuba - Reviews ; David Bradbury
Footy Legends - Reviews ; Khoa Do;
Forbidden Lies - Review; Anna Broinowski
Four of a Kind - Review
Fresh Air - Reviews
Fringe Dwellers, The - DVD Review
G
Gabriel - Reviews ; Shane Abbess
Gallipoli - DVD Review ;
Garage Days - Reviews ; Maya Stange ; Soundtrack
Gettin' Square - Reviews ; David Wenham ; Soundtrack
Getting of Wisdom, The - DVD Review
Ghosts Of The Civil Dead - Making Of ; DVD review
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in 12 Parts - Review
Global Haywire - Review
God on My Side - Review;
Goddess Of 1967 - Reviews ; Soundtrack
Gone - Review
H
Happy Feet - Reviews; George Miller; Zareh Nalbandian;
Hard Word, The - Reviews; Guy Pearce
Harvie Krumpet - Review ;
He Died With A Felafel In His Hand - Reviews ; DVD review; Soundtrack
Head On - Reviews
Heatwave - DVD Review ; Phillip Noyce
Heaven’s Burning - Reviews
Helen's War - Review
Hercules Returns - Making Of
Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger - Reviews ; DVD
Holy Smoke - Reviews
Home Song Stories - Reviews ; Tony Ayres DVD Review
Honourable Wally Norman, The - Reviews
Hope - Review
Horseman, The - Review; Steven Kastrissios
Horseplay - Reviews ; Onset feature
Howling III: The Marsupials - DVD Review
Hunt Angels - Reviews; Feature
I
I Love You Too - Reviews
Idiot Box - Reviews; DVD review
Illustrated Family Doctor, The - Reviews; Samuel Johnson interview
In A Savage Land - Reviews
In The Shadow of the Palms - Review
In The Winter Dark - Reviews
Independent, The - Review
Innocence - Reviews
Interview, The - Reviews ; DVD
Into The Shadows - Reviews
Irresistible - Review ;
J
Jammed, The - Review ; Dee McLachlan + Saskia Burmeister
Japanese Story - Reviews ; Feature;
Jewboy - Review
Jindabyne - Reviews ; Ray Lawrence:
Joey - Reviews
Josh Jarman - Review ; Marcus Graham ;
K
Kanyini - Reviw;
Keating The Musical - DVD review
Kenny - Review
Kings of Mykonos: Wog Boy 2 - Reviews ;Nick Giannopoulos
Kiss Or Kill - Reviews; DVD Review
Kokoda - Review; Feature
Kokoda Front Line - DVD Review ;
L
Lantana - Reviews
La Spagnola - Reviews
Lake Mungo - Reviews ; DVD Reviews
Lakemba - Review
Last Ride - Reviews ; Hugo Weaving & Glendyn Ivin
Last Train to Freo - Review ; Jeremy Sims
Letters to Ali - Review
Liberty in Restraint - Review ;
Little Bit of Soul, A - Reviews
Little Fish - Reviews ; Rowan Woods ; Noni Hazlehurst;
Let's Get Skase - Reviews
Like Minds - Review ; Gregory J. Read;
Lionel - Review
Liquid Bridge - Reviews ; Soundtrack
Lonely Hearts - DVD Review
Look Both Ways - Reviews ; Sarah Watt
Looking For Alibrandi - Reviews ; DVD ; Soundtrack
Lost and Found - Review
Lou - Reviews
Love And Other Catastrophes - Reviews
Love, Lust and Lies - Review; Gillian Armstrong
Love Serenade - Reviews
Love's Brother - Reviews ; Adam Garcia interview;
Love the Beast - Review
Love Tricycle - DVD Review;
Lovestruck: Wrestling's No 1 Fan - Reviews
Lucky Country - Review ; DVD Review
Lucky Miles - Reviews ; Feature
Lust and Revenge - Reviews
M
Macbeth - Reviews ; Geoffrey Wright;
Magic Pudding, The - Reviews ; DVD ; Soundtrack ; Making Of
Mad Dog Morgan - DVD Review
Mad Max - Reviews
Mad Max 2 - Reviews
Making Venus - Review
Magician, The - Review ; Scott Ryan ;
Malcolm - DVD Review
Mall Boy - Reviews
Man From Hong Kong - DVD review
Man From Snowy River, The - DVD review
Man Made - Review
Man Who Sued God, The - Reviews
Mao's Last Dancer - Reviews ; Bruce Beresford
Map of the Human Heart - Making Of
Marriage of Figaro, The - Reviews
Mary and Max - Reviews ; Adam Elliot & Melanie Coombs
Matching Jack - Reviews ; Nadia Tass & David Parker;
Me Myself I - Reviews ; Soundtrack
Men's Group - Reviews
Modern Love - Review
Moneyshot - Review ; Soundtrack
Monkey Grip - DVD Review
Monkey’s Mask, The - Reviews DVD Review
Monkey Puzzle - Reviews
Mother Fish - Reviews
Moulin Rouge - Reviews; DVD; Soundtrack
Jill Bilcock;
Mr Accident - Reviews ; Soundtrack
Mr Reliable - Reviews
Muggers - Reviews
Mullet - Reviews
Murrabinna - Reviews
Muriel's Wedding - DVD review ; 10th Anniversary DVD; P.J. Hogan ; Making Of
My Brilliant Career - DVD Review
My Mother Frank - Reviews
My Mother India - Reviews ; Safina Uberoi
My Tehran for Sale - Review
My Year Without Sex - Reviews ; Sarah Watt
Mysterious Geographic Exploration of Jasper Morello - Review ;
N
Napoleon - Reviews
Ned - Reviews ; Abe Forsythe
Ned Kelly - Reviews ; Heath Ledger ; Gregor Jordan ; Soundtrack
Never Tell Me Never - DVD Review
Newcastle - Review
Newsfront - DVD
Night The Prowler, The - DVD ;
Night We Called It A Day, The - Reviews ; Feature
Noise - Reviews ; Matthew Saville;
No Reservations - Reviews; Scott Hicks + Kerry Heysen;
Not Quite Hollywood - Reviews Interviews
Nothing Men, The - Reviews ; Mark Fitzpatrick - text & video
Nugget, The - Reviews ; On Location ; Eric Bana ; Bill Bennett ; DVD Review
O
Occasional Coarse Language - Reviews
Odd Angry Shot, The - DVD Review
Old Man Who Read Love Stories - Review ; Rolf De Heer interview;
One Night The Moon - Reviews; Rachel Perkins ; Soundtrack
One Perfect Day - Reviews ; Dan Spielman interview;
Opal Dream - Reviews ;
Oscar And Lucinda - Reviews ; Soundtrack
Oyster Farmer - Reviews; Anna Reeves;
P
Pact, The - Review ; Robert Mammone
Paperback Hero - Reviews ; Antony Bowman ; Hugh Jackman; Onset feature;
Paradise Road - Reviews ; Bruce Beresford ; Glenn Close
Passion - Reviews ; Emily Woof ; Peter Duncan ;
Patrick - Review
Paulie - Reviews ; DVD
Paws - Reviews
Peaches - Reviews ; Craig Monahan interview;
Picnic at Hanging Rock - DVD Review
Piano, The - Making Of
Playing with Charlie - Review
Powderburn - Reviews
Praise - Reviews
President Vs David Hicks - Review
Prey - Review
Prime Mover - Reviews ; Insider Briefing; DVD
Proof - Making Of
Proposition, The - Reviews ; Guy Pearce ; John Hillcoat & Nick Cave ; Feature
Punishment - Review
Pure Sh*t - DVD ; Bert Deling
Q
Quiet Room, The - Reviews ; Rolf De Heer ;
R
Rabbit Proof Fence - Reviews; Phillip Noyce
Radiance - Reviews ; Rachel Perkins ;
Rage in Placid Lake, The - Reviews ; Ben Lee; Soundtrack
Rats and Cats - Review
Real McCaw, The - Reviews ; On set feature ;
Redball - Reviews ; DVD ; Belinda McClory ;
Restraint - DVD Review
Richard - Review
Risk - Reviews
River Street - Reviews
Road to Nhill - Reviews
Rock 'n' Roll Nerd - Review
Rogue - Reviews ;Greg McLean
Romeo and Juliet - DVD
Romper Stomper - Making Of ; DVD Review
Romulus, My Father - Reviews
Rosebery 7470 - DVD Review
Roy Hollsdotter Live - Review ;
Russian Doll - Reviews
S
Sally Marshall Is Not An Alien - Reviews
Salute - Review
Salvation - Review
Sample People - Reviews ; Soundtrack
Samson & Delilah - Reviews
Scorched - Review; Feature
Selkie - Reviews ; Chelsea Bruland & Shimon Moore ;
Sensitive New Age Killer - Reviews
Serenades - Reviews ; Onset featureSoundtrack
Shine - Reviews
Siam Sunset - Reviews ; John Polson ;
Silent Partner - Reviews ; David Field ; Soundtrack
Silver Brumby, The - DVD Review;
Soft Fruit - Reviews ; Jeanie Drynan ;
Solarmax - Review
Solo - Reviews ; Morgan O'Neill ;
Somersault - Reviews; Abbie Cornish;
Son of a Lion - Reviews ; Feature
Sound Of One Hand Clapping, The - Reviews ; Richard Flanagan ; Kerry Fox ;
Spank! - Reviews
Spotswood - DVD Review
Square, The - Reviews; Feature;
Stone - DVD Review
Stone Bros - Reviews ; Richard Frankland; DVD
Storage - Reviews; Michael Craft ; DVD
Strange Bedfellows - Reviews;
Strange Fits Of Passion - Reviews ; Elise McCredie ;
Strange Planet - Reviews ; Emma-Kate Croghan ;
Strictly Ballroom - Making Of; DVD
Subdivision - Reviews
Suburban Mayhem - Reviews ;
Sugar Factory, The - Reviews
Summer City - DVD review
Sweetie - DVD review
Swimming Upstream - Reviews; Russell Mulcahey
T
Take Away - Reviews ; Nathan Phillips
Ten Canoes - Reviews ; Rolf de Heer;
Ten Empty - Review
Tender Hook, The - Reviews
Teesh and Trude - Reviews
Terra Nova - Reviews
Thank God He Met Lizzie - Reviews ; Frances O'Connor ;
They're a Weird Mob - DVD Review
Till Human Voices Wake Us - Reviews
Three Blind Mice - Reviews
Three Dollars - Reviews ; David Wenham interview ;
Tom White - Reviews; Colin Friels & Alkinos Tsilimidos; Feature;
Tomorrow, When the War Began - Reviews;
Tracker, The - Reviews; Soundtrack; Rolf De Heer ; DVD Review
Travellers and Magicians - Reviews ; Khyentse Norbu interview ;
Travelling Light - Reviews
Travelling North - DVD review
Triangle - Review
Trojan Warrior - Review
True Love And Chaos - Reviews ; Stavros Efthymiou ;
Turning April - Reviews
Two Fists, One Heart - Review ; Rai Fazio and Daniel Amalm
Two Hands - Reviews ; DVD ; Gregor Jordan ; Heath Ledger
U
Umbrella Woman - DVD Review
Undead - Reviews ; Peter & Michael Spierig
Under The Radar - Reviews ; Nathan Phillips
Unfinished Sky - Reviews ; William McInnes ; Peter Duncan
Unfolding Florence - Reviews DVD Review
V
Van Diemens Land - Review; Jonathan Auf Der Heide & Oscar Redding; DVD
View From Greenhaven, The - Reviews; MacRae Brothers
W
Waiting City, The - Review ; Claire McCarthy
Wake in Fright - Reviews ;
Walk The Talk - Reviews ; Shirley Barratt ;
Walkabout - Reviews
Walking on Water - Reviews; Vince Colosimo; Soundtrack;
Wannabes, The - Reviews ; Nick Giannopoulos ;
Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train - DVD Review
Waste - Reviews
Wedding in Ramallah, A - Reviews
Welcome To Woop Woop - Reviews ; Onset feature ; Rod Taylor ; Susie Porter ;
Well, The - Reviews ; Samantha Lang ;
West - Reviews
Whaledreamers - Reviews ; DVD
Whatever Happened To Brenda Hean - Review
Widower, The - Review;
Wiggles Movie, The - Reviews
Willfull - Reviews ; C.Thomas Howell ;
Wog Boy, The - Reviews ; The Making Of ; Soundtrack
Wolf Creek - Reviews; Feature; Greg McLean
Women of the Sun 25 Years Later - Review
X
X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Reviews
Y
Year My Voice Broke, The - DVD review
Yolngu Boy - Reviews ; Stephen Johnson ;
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Zone 39 - Reviews ; Onset feature ;
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Updated 6/9/2010
Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, The
Chopper
Australia
Rabbit Proof Fence
Mao's Last Dancer
Blessed
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Erskineville Kings
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
Beautiful Kate
Japanese Story
The View From Greenhaven
Romper Stomper
Mad Max 2
The Piano
Little Fish
Additional resources:
Tony Hughes, a teacher of English and Media, is the author of the Deconstructing Film Text series and has written a number of CD-ROM programmes to support the teaching of Australian feature films in Upper Junior and High School English classrooms. Textstudy
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