List of Australian films

:"This is a chronological list of Australian films by decade and year. For an alphabetical A-Z list, see "This is a list of notable and influential Australian films that have achieved this status by awards they have won, notable box office gross, or have been exceptionally received by the Australian audience or have International acclaim.

1890s-1930s

Australian filmmakers were at the forefront of cinema and film, having created what is considered the first feature length narrative film with the release of "The Story of the Kelly Gang" and other early films by directors John Gavin, W. J. Lincoln and Alfred Rolfe.

Notable Australian films of the early 1900s:
*"The Story of the Kelly Gang" (1906) - The earliest known feature length narrative film, the first film based on the iconic Australian, Ned Kelly.
*"The Sentimental Bloke" (1919) - Based on an Australian poem, made by the best known partnership at that time.
*"The Kelly Gang" (1920)
*"In the Wake of the Bounty" (1933) - The first film to introduce Errol Flynn, an iconic Australian "swashbuckler" character.
*"For the term of his natural life" (1927) - Widely considered to be the first Australian feature film.

1940s-1970s

The mid 1900s had a slow start for Australian film, although saw the first Academy Award won for an Australian film, "Kokoda Front Line". The industry picked back up during the 1970s with one of the first internationally released films "Picnic at Hanging Rock" and there was also the success of the series of "Mad Max" franchise films.

Notable Australian films of the 1940s-1950s:
*"Kokoda Front Line" (1942) - First Australian film to win an Oscar, for Best Documentary Feature in 1942
*"Conquest of The Rivers" (1958) - AFI winner for Best Film
*"Hard to Windward" (1958) - AFI winner for Best Film
*"Edge of The Deep" (1959) - AFI winner for Best Film
*"The Power Makers" (1959) - AFI winner for Best Film

Notable Australian films of the 1960s:
*"Three in a Million" (1960) - AFI winner for Best Film
*"Bypass to Life" (1962) - AFI winner for Best Film
*"Night Freighter" (1962) - AFI winner for Best Film
*"The Land That Waited" (1963) - AFI winner for Best Film
*"The Dancing Class" (1964) - AFI winner for Best Film
*"I The Aboriginal" (1964) - AFI winner for Best Film
*"The Legend of Damien Parer" (1965) - AFI winner for Best Film
*"Stronger Since The War" (1965) - AFI winner for Best Film
*"They're a Weird Mob" (1966) - Said to have been one factor leading to the founding of the Australian Film Industry. Based on a novel of the same title
*"Concerto for Orchestra" (1966) - AFI winner for Best Film
*"Cardin in Australia" (1967) - AFI winner for Best Film
*"The Change at Groote" (1968) - AFI winner for Best Film
*"The Talgai Skull" (1968) - AFI winner for Best Film
*"" (1969) - AFI winner for Best Film

Notable Australian films of the 1970s:
*"" (1970) - AFI winner for Best Film
*"Homesdale" (1971) - AFI winner for Best Film
*"Walkabout" (1971) - First film appearance of David Gumpilil
*"Stork" (1972) - AFI winner for Best Film
*"Marco Polo Jr. Versus the Red Dragon" (1972) - Australia's first animated feature film.
*"" (1973) - AFI winner for Best Film
*"27A" (1973) - AFI winner for Best Film
*"Sunday Too Far Away" (1975) - AFI winner for Best Film, acclaimed for its realism in character portrayal
*"Picnic at Hanging Rock" (1975) - One of the first Australian films to reach an International audience, based on a book of the same title
*"The Devil's Playground" (1976) - AFI winner for Best Film
*"The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith" (1976) - A multi-award winning film
*"Storm Boy" (1977) - AFI winner for Best Film
*"Newsfront" (1978) - Winner of 8 AFI awards including Best Film and Best Actor: Bill Hunter.
*"Mad Max" (1979) - Held world record as the highest profit-to-cost ratio of a motion picture and introduced Mel Gibson to an international audience.
*"My Brilliant Career" (1979) - AFI winner for Best Film

1980s

"The Man from Snowy River" was a highly acclaimed Australian film released in the 1980s, along with "Crocodile Dundee" which boosted the nation's economy and tourism industry. "The Year My Voice Broke" is also held in high regard, also having been released in this decade.

Notable Australian films of the 1980s:
*"'Breaker' Morant" (1980) - Nominated for an Oscar (for Best Screenplay), AFI winner for Best Film
*"Gallipoli" (1981) - AFI winner for Best Film. Gallipoli is an important historical Australian event
*"Lonely Hearts" (1982) - AFI winner for Best Film
*"The Man from Snowy River" (1982) - Award winning iconic film
*"BMX Bandits" (1983) - The earliest film appearance of Nicole Kidman
*"Careful, He Might Hear You" (1983) - AFI winner for Best Film
*"" (1983) - Based on the successful Australian racehorse
*"Annie's Coming Out" (1984) - AFI winner for Best Film
*"Bliss" (1985) - AFI winner for Best Film
*"Crocodile Dundee" (1986) - Received International acclaim, Nominated for an Oscar, for Best Screenplay
*"Malcolm" (1986) - AFI winner for Best Film. One of the first films starring Colin Friels.
*"The Year My Voice Broke" (1987) - Often cited by film critics as the best Australian film in the past 25 years., AFI winner for Best Film
*"Dogs in Space" (1987) - A cult film set in the post-punk "little band scene" in Melbourne in 1979.
*"Evil Angels" (1989) - AFI winner for Best Film and Meryl Streep Best Actress Oscar Nominee

1990s

The 1990s saw the release of the cult classics "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" in 1994 and "The Castle" in 1997. "Strictly Ballroom" was also a successful and influential release.

Notable Australian films of the 1990s:
*"Flirting" (1990) - AFI winner for Best Film
*"Proof" (1991) - AFI winner for Best Film, one of the first major films starring Russell Crowe and Hugo Weaving.
*"Romper Stomper" (1992) - A multi-award winning film, one of the first major films starring Russell Crowe.
*"Strictly Ballroom" (1992) - Nominated for Golden Globe, with additional 16 wins and 11 further nominations. AFI winner for Best Film
*"The Piano" (1993) - Won 3 Oscars and received a further 5 nominations. AFI winner for Best Film
*"Muriel's Wedding" (1994) - AFI winner for Best Film with worldwide success, one of the first films introducing Toni Collette and Rachel Griffiths
*"The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" (1994) - A cult classic, now a performing . The first large-scale appearance of Guy Pearce and Hugo Weaving.
*"Angel Baby" (1995) - AFI winner for Best Film
*"Babe" (1995) - Won an Oscar, for Best Achievement in Visual Effects and nominated a further six
*"Shine" (1996) - AFI winner for Best Film, Geoffrey Rush won Best Actor Oscar
*"Idiot Box" (1996) - Ben Mendelsohn & Jeremy Sims star
*"Love and Other Catastrophes" (1996) - nominated for 5 AFI awards
*"Kiss Or Kill" (1997) - AFI winner for Best Film
*"Doing Time for Patsy Cline" (1997) - 10 AFI nominations winner of 4 (inc. Best Actor)
*"The Castle" (1997) - Low budget, box office success, received national acclaim
*"The Interview" (1998) - AFI winner for Best Film
*"Two Hands" (1999) - AFI winner for Best Film

2000s

2000s in the history of Australian film has had some mixed successful films from "Moulin Rouge!" revitalizing the musical film genre, award winning short film "Harvie Krumpet", and box office success "Happy Feet". The release of "Australia" has also been highly anticipated.

Notable Australian films of the 2000s:
*"The Dish" (2000) - An internationally successful film which presents a somewhat fictionalised account of the Parkes Observatory's role in the Apollo 11 moon landing.
*"Bootmen" (2000) - A multi-award winning film, one of the first films starring Sam Worthington and Adam Garcia
*"Chopper" (2000) - A multi-award winning influential film based on the character of Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read
*"Looking for Alibrandi" (2000) - AFI winner for Best Film
*"Lantana" (2001) - AFI winner for Best Film
*"Moulin Rouge!" (2001) - Widely credited with revitalizing the musical genre and has won 7 major awards and a further 10 nominations.
*"One Night the Moon" (2001) - AFI winner and New York International Independent Film & Video Festival Genre award winner. A musical (winner, Screen Music Awards, Australia) based on the true story of a young girl who went missing in the Australian outback in 1932.
*"The Tracker" (2002) - AFI winner for Best Actor: David Gulpilil
*"Rabbit-Proof Fence" (2002) - AFI winner for Best Film. Based on the book "Follow The Rabbit Proof Fence" and stirred debate over its historical accuracy.
*"Dirty Deeds" (2002) - 3 wins and 9 nominations.
*"The Hard Word" (2002) - 5 wins and 8 nominations.
*"Harvie Krumpet" (2003) - Won Oscar, for Best Short Film (Animated)
*"Gettin' Square" (2003) - AFI winner for Best Film AFI winner for Best Actor: David Wenham
*"Japanese Story" (2003) - AFI winner for Best Film
*"Somersault" (2004) - AFI winner for Best Film
*"Look Both Ways" (2005) - AFI winner for Best Film
*"The Proposition" (2005)
*"Three Dollars" (2005) - Based on the novel by Elliot Perlman and stares David Wenham and Frances O'Connor.
*"Little Fish" (2005) - Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving and Noni Hazlehurst all won AFI awards for this Film set in a film set in Sydney.
*"Kenny" (2006) - AFI winner for Best Actor
*"Ten Canoes" (2006) - First film made with entirely native Australian Aboriginal spoken languages. AFI winner for Best Film.
*"Candy" (2006) - Abbie Cornish, Heath Ledger and Geoffrey Rush in a film about love and how drugs affect your life.
*"Jindabyne" (2006) - Laura Linney & Gabriel Byrne in a film set in Jindabyne.
*"Happy Feet" (2006) - The most expensive Australian film made, won Oscar, for Best animated feature film
*"Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler?" (2006) - Answer to Australia's largest murder mystery and winner of Most Outstanding Documentary in the 2007 Logies.
*"Last Train to Freo" (2006)
*"Romulus, My Father" (2007) - Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film winner starring Eric Bana.
*"Lucky Miles" (2007)
*"Noise" (2007)
*"December Boys" (2007) - Based on the book starring Daniel Radcliffe.
*"Australia" (2008)

External links and Resources

National bodies
* [http://www.afc.gov.au/ Australian Film Commission (AFC)]
* [http://www.aftrs.edu.au Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS)]
* [http://www.filmaust.com.au Film Australia]
* [http://www.ffc.gov.au/ Australian Film Finance Corporation (FFC)]
* [http://www.ozco.gov.au/ Australia Council]
* [http://www.oflc.gov.au/ Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC)]
* [http://www.afi.org.au/ Australian Film Institute (AFI)]
* [http://www.asdafilm.org.au/ Australian Screen Directors Association (ASDA)]
* [http://imago.com.au/FTI/ Film & and Television Institute, Perth (FTI)]

State bodies
* [http://www.pftc.com.au Pacific Film & Television Commission]
* [http://www.film.vic.gov.au Film Victoria]
* [http://www.safilm.com.au/ South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC)]
* [http://www.fto.nsw.gov.au/ New South Wales Film and Television Office (NSWFTO)]
* [http://www.deckchaircinema.com Darwin Film Society]
* [http://www.acmi.net.au/super8/ Melbourne Super 8 Film Group]
* [http://www.ntfadarwin.co NT Filmmakers Association]
* [http://www.actfilmnet.org.au ACT Filmmakers' Network]

Directories
* [http://www.film.org.au Film Org Au]

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Festivals
* [http://www.flickerfest.com.au/ Flickerfest Short Film Festival]
* [http://www.melbournequeerfilm.com.au/ Melbourne Queer Film & Video Festival]
* [http://www.tropfest.com.au/ Tropicana/Tropfest Short Film Festival]
* [http://www.ifawards.com/ IF (Inside Film magazine) Awards]
* [http://www.biff.com.au/ Brisbane International Film Festival]
* [http://www.perthfestival.com.au/ Festival of Perth Film Season]
* [http://www.melbournefilmfestival.com.au/ Melbourne International Film Festival]
* [http://www.sydneyfilmfestival.org/ Sydney Film Festival]
* [http://www.newtownflicks.com.au/ Newtown Flicks Short Film Festival]

Collections and Resources
* [http://www.filmtvbiz.com.au filmtvbiz]
* [http://www.acmi.net.au/ ACMI Collections]
* [http://www.afiresearch.rmit.edu.au AFI Library]
* [http://www.cinephilia.net.au Cinephilia]
* [http://www.australiansatwarfilmarchive.gov.au/aawfa/ Australian War Film Archive]
* [http://www.filmtv.com.au Australian WWW Film & Television Production Service]

Other various
* [http://www.amfd.com.au/ Australian Media Facilities Directory (AMFD)]
* [http://www.acmi.net.au Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI)]
* [http://wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au/ReadingRoom/film/links.html Reading Room resources]