List of films shot in Adelaide
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The following is a list of films shot wholly or partly in Adelaide
or the state of South Australia
. There are around 150 movies listed in the IMDb as having been shot in South Australia. This is a list of the more prominent, commercial or notable films.
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
or the state of South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
. There are around 150 movies listed in the IMDb as having been shot in South Australia. This is a list of the more prominent, commercial or notable films.
Films
Film | Year | Locations | References |
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2:37 2:37 2:37 is a 2006 Australian drama film, written, produced, and directed by filmmaker Murali K. Thalluri and starring an ensemble cast including Teresa Palmer, Joel Mackenzie, Frank Sweet, Charles Baird, Sam Harris, Marni Spillane and Clementine Mellor. 2:37 was filmed in Adelaide, Australia on... |
2006 | Adelaide, Athelstone, South Australia - Australia | |
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is a 1994 Australian comedy-drama film written and directed by Stephan Elliott. The plot is based on the journey of three drag queens who travel across the Australian Outback from Sydney to Alice Springs in a tour bus that they have named... |
1994 | Coober Pedy, Moon Plain, South Australia; Broken Hill, Darling Harbour, Erskineville, Newtown, Silverton, Stephen's Creek, Sydney, New South Wales; Alice Springs, Watarrka National Park, Northern Territory - Australia | |
Alexandra's Project Alexandra's Project Alexandra's Project is a 2003 drama/thriller Australian movie.-Plot:It depicts a family where the protagonist, Steve, comes to find the life that he has been living is a lie. After years of what he believed to be marital bliss, his wife Alexandra confronts him with her dissatisfaction in a most... |
2003 | Adelaide, Hendon, Brompton, South Australia - Australia | |
Algie's Romance | 1918 | Adelaide, South Australia - Australia | |
Almost Alien | 1997 | Adelaide, Flinders Ranges, Hawker, South Australia; Tasmania - Australia | |
Australian Rules Australian Rules (film) Australian Rules, is a 2002 Australian film directed by Paul Goldman. The film was adapted from the novel Deadly, Unna? by Phillip Gwynne. It stars Nathan Phillips, Luke Carroll, Tom Budge, Brian Torry and Lisa Flanagan... |
2002 | Adelaide, Dublin, Port Wakefield, Exeter, Grange, Largs Bay, Middle Beach, Thompson's Beach, South Australia - Australia | |
Backsliding | 1992 | Adelaide, Hendon, Flinders Ranges, Peterborough, Semaphore, South Australia - Australia | |
Bad Boy Bubby Bad Boy Bubby Bad Boy Bubby is an Australian black comedy/drama film written and directed by Rolf de Heer. It stars Nicholas Hope and Carmel Johnson. It was released in 1993.... |
2002 | Adelaide, Port Adelaide, North Adelaide, Thebarton, Outer Harbor, Semaphore, Torrens Island, South Australia - Australia | |
Beautiful Beautiful (2009 film) Beautiful is a 2009 Australian independent film, written and directed by Dean O'Flaherty, which was released by Adelaide-based Kojo Pictures on 5 March 2009. The film marked the feature filmmaking debut of both O'Flaherty and Kojo Pictures... |
2009 | Adelaide, South Australia - Australia | |
Beautiful Kate Beautiful Kate Beautiful Kate is a 2009 Australian film directed by Rachel Ward and starring Rachel Griffiths, Bryan Brown, Sophie Lowe and Ben Mendelsohn. Rachel Ward adapted the script from a 1982 novel of the same name by Newton Thornburg; this was the first novel by Thornburg used for a movie since Cutter's Way... |
2009 | Adelaide, Flinders Ranges, Hendon, Wilpena Pound, South Australia - Australia | |
Bitter Springs Bitter Springs (film) Bitter Springs is a 1950 Australian-British film directed by Ralph Smart. An Australian pioneer family buy a piece of land from the government in the Australian outback and hire two inexperienced British men as drovers... |
1950 | Flinders Ranges, Quorn, Warren Gorge, Yarrah Vale, South Australia; Sydney, New South Wales - Australia | |
Black and White Black and White (2002 film) Black and White is a 2002 Australian film, directed by Craig Lahiff and starring Robert Carlyle, Charles Dance, Kerry Fox, David Ngoombujarra, and Colin Friels.Louis Nowra wrote the screenplay and Helen Leake and Nik Powell produced the film... |
2002 | Adelaide, Ardrossan, Carrick Hill, Springfield, Port Adelaide, Thebarton, Port Wakefield, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia - Australia | |
Blue Fin Blue Fin Blue Fin is a 1978 family movie that stars Hardy Krüger, Greg Rowe and Elspeth Ballantyne. It is based on an Australian novel written by Colin Thiele and published in 1969.-Plot:... |
1978 | Adelaide, Dulwich, Eyre Peninsula, Great Australian Bight, Nullabor Plain, Port Lincoln, Norwood, Streaky Bay, Wanna Beach, Wanna, South Australia - Australia | |
The Boys are Back The Boys Are Back (film) The Boys Are Back is a 2009 Australian/British drama film directed by Scott Hicks, produced by Greg Brenman and starring Clive Owen. Based on the book The Boys Are Back In Town by Simon Carr, the film features a score composed by Hal Lindes and a soundtrack by Sigur Rós.-Plot:Joe Warr is a British... |
2009 | Adelaide, McLaren Vale, Fleurieu Peninsula, Bedford Park, Glenelg South, Hendon, Kangarilla, South Australia - Australia; Forty Green, Buckinghamshire; Hammersmith, London - England | |
Breaker Morant Breaker Morant (film) Breaker Morant is a 1980 Australian film about the court martial of Breaker Morant, directed by Bruce Beresford and starring British actor Edward Woodward as Harry "Breaker" Morant... |
1980 | Adelaide, Burra, Clare Valley, Flinders Ranges, Marryatville, Rostrevor, Somerton Park, Norwood, South Australia - Australia | |
Broken Hill Broken Hill (film) Broken Hill is a 2009 drama film directed and written by Dagen Merrill and starring Alexa Vega and Timothy Hutton.-Plot:A gifted teenage composer , dreams of being accepted into the famous Sydney Conservatorium of Music... |
2009 | Adelaide, Athelstone, Two Wells, Norwood, Thebarton, Port Adelaide, Kent Town, South Australia; Mundi Mundi Plains, Broken Hill, Sydney, New South Wales - Australia | |
Call Me Mr. Brown | 1990 | Adelaide, South Australia; Bondi, Glebe, Sydney, Long Bay Gaol, Sydney, New South Wales - Australia | |
Centrespread | 1981 | Adelaide, Maslin Beach, Montefiore Hill, North Adelaide, Norwood - South Australia; Gold Coast, Surfers Paradise, Queensland - Australia | |
Closed for Winter Closed for Winter Closed for Winter is a 2009 Australian drama film starring Natalie Imbruglia.It is based on Georgia Blain's critically acclaimed novel of the same title... |
2009 | Adelaide, Semaphore, Woodville, South Australia - Australia | |
Coffin Rock | 2009 | Adelaide, Cape Jaffa, Hendon, Thompson's Beach, South Australia - Australia | |
Cut Cut (film) Cut is a 2000 Australian comedy horror film, which was directed by Kimble Rendall and stars Kylie Minogue, Molly Ringwald and Tiriel Mora.-Synopsis:... |
2000 | Adelaide, Adelaide Hills, Bridgewater, Port Adelaide, South Australia - Australia | |
Dance Me to My Song Dance Me to My Song Dance Me to My Song is a 1998 Australian drama film directed by Rolf de Heer. It was entered into the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. The film grossed $175,138 at the box office in Australia.-Cast:* John Brumpton - Eddie* Danny Cowles - Joe... |
1998 | Adelaide, Port Adelaide, Welland, South Australia - Australia | |
Dawn! Dawn! Dawn! is a 1979 Australian sports biopic about the three-time Olympic gold medallist swimmer Dawn Fraser, starring Bronwyn Mackay-Payne, written by Joy Cavill and directed by Ken Hannam.- Plot :... |
1979 | Adelaide, Norwood, South Australia; Townsville, Queensland; Balmain, Leichhardt, Sydney, New South Wales; Melbourne, Victoria - Australia; Toho Studios, Tokyo, Odawara Castle, Odawara - Japan | |
December Boys December Boys December Boys is a 2007 Australian film directed by Rod Hardy and written by Marc Rosenberg and adapted from the 1963 novel of the same name by Michael Noonan. It was released on 14 September 2007 in the UK and US and 20 September 2007 in Australia... |
2007 | Adelaide, Kangaroo Island, Clayton, Fleurieu Peninsula, Hendon, Port Adelaide, Second Valley, South Australia; Geelong, Victoria - Australia | |
Deck Dogz Deck Dogz Deck Dogz is a 2005 Australian skater film, written and directed by Steve Pasvolsky and starring Sean Kennedy, Ho Thi Lu and Richard Wilson with a guest appearance by Tony Hawk. It was filmed in and around Adelaide and Sydney, Australia... |
2005 | Adelaide, Hendon, Oaklands Park, Flinders University, Henley Beach, Marion, Taperoo, Port Adelaide, South Australia; Anzac Bridge, Maroubra, Mascot, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales - Australia | |
Down the Wind | 1975 | Adelaide, Crafers, Morialta Gorge, Mount Bold, Stirling, South Australia; Mount Kosciuszko, Mount Perisher, Snowy Mountains, New South Wales - Australia | |
The Dreaming | 1988 | Birkenhead, Fleurieu Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, Semaphore, Second Valley, South Australia - Australia | |
Dr Plonk Dr Plonk Dr Plonk is a 2007 Australian film directed by Adelaide-based Australian director Rolf de Heer. It premiered in Australia in March 2007 at the Adelaide Film Festival. It is a silent film and at the premiere had live accompaniment by the Stiletto Sisters. The film was also screened at the launch of... |
2007 | Adelaide, Clovelly Park, Mount Barker, Hendon, South Australia - Australia | |
Ebbtide | 1994 | Adelaide, Carrick Hill, Springfield, Largs Bay, Port Adelaide, South Australia; Sydney, New South Wales - Australia | |
Fair Game Fair Game (1986 film) Fair Game is a 1986 Australian action thriller film directed by Mario Andreacchio from a screenplay by Rob George.A young woman who runs a wildlife sanctuary in the Outback is menaced by three kangaroo hunters who have entered the sanctuary looking for new game.... |
1986 | Adelaide, Clare Valley, South Australia - Australia | |
Family Demons Family Demons Family Demons is a 2009 Australian psychological thriller film, written and directed by Ursula Dabrowsky and starring Cassandra Kane, Kerry Reid and Alex Rafalowicz.- Plot :... |
2009 | Adelaide, South Australia - Australia | |
Fever Fever (1989 film) Fever is a 1989 Australian erotic thrillerfilm about an Australian policeman who finds a suitcase full of money, and the course of events which unfold when he decides to keep it. The film was directed by Craig Lahiff, and stars Bill Hunter, Gary Sweet, and Mary Regan.... |
1988 | Adelaide, Callington, Gilman, Murraylands, Osborne, Port Adelaide, Riverland, South Australia; Broken Hill, Silverton, New South Wales - Australia; Hollywood, Los Angeles, California - USA | |
The Fire in the Stone | 1984 | Adelaide, Coober Pedy, Hendon, South Australia - Australia | |
The Fourth Wish The Fourth Wish The Fourth Wish is a 1976 Australian family film directed by Don Chaffey.-Cast:*John Meillon ... Casey*Robert Bettles ... Sean*Michael Craig ... Dr. Richardson*Anne Haddy ... Dr. Kirk*Ron Haddrick ... Harbord*Robyn Nevin ... Connie... |
1976 | Adelaide, Adelaide Hills, Glenelg, Hackney, Hindmarsh, Lake Torrens, North Adelaide, Norwood, West Beach, South Australia - Australia | |
Freedom | 1982 | Adelaide, Adelaide Hills, Birdwood, Callington, Fleurieu Peninsula, Sedan, Hahndorf, Harrogate, Stirling, Second Valley, Sellicks Hill, Murray Bridge, Norwood, Springton, Port Adelaide, Woodville, South Australia - Australia | |
Gallipoli Gallipoli (1981 film) Gallipoli is a 1981 Australian film, directed by Peter Weir and starring Mel Gibson and Mark Lee, about several young men from rural Western Australia who enlist in the Australian Army during the First World War. They are sent to Turkey, where they take part in the Gallipoli Campaign. During the... |
1981 | Adelaide, Beltana, Coffin Bay, Dutton Bay, Eyre Peninsula, Flinders Ranges, Lake Torrens, Pichi Richi Pass, Port Adelaide, Port Lincoln, Quorn, South Australia - Australia | |
Hammers Over the Anvil Hammers Over the Anvil Hammers Over the Anvil is a 1991 Australian drama film starring Russell Crowe and Charlotte Rampling, directed by Ann Turner. The screenplay by Peter Hepworth and Ann Turner is based on the novel by Alan Marshall... |
1993 | Adelaide, Adelaide Hills, Mintaro, Clare Valley, Clare, South Australia - Australia | |
Heaven's Burning Heaven's Burning Heaven's Burning is a 1997 Australian film directed by Craig Lahiff and written by Louis Nowra.-Plot:Midori Takada arrives in Sydney with her new husband Yukio . She believes her marriage is a mistake and uses the honeymoon as a means to escape by walking out of their hotel room... |
1997 | Adelaide, Balaklava, Port Adelaide, Ottoway, Port Wakefield, Rapid Bay, South Australia; Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney, New South Wales - Australia | |
Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger is a 2008 Australian independent teen film written and directed by Cathy Randall. It stars Danielle Catanzariti, Keisha Castle-Hughes and Toni Collette. The film follows Jewish 13-year-old Esther , an outcast at her posh school, where she has no friends... |
2008 | Adelaide, Hendon, South Australia; Sydney, New South Wales - Australia | |
Holy Smoke! Holy Smoke! Holy Smoke! is a 1999 Australian drama film directed by Jane Campion, who co-wrote the screenplay with her sister Anna. It premiered at the Venice Film Festival and was shown at the New York Film Festival and the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival before being released theatrically.-Plot... |
1999 | Flinders Ranges, Hawker, South Australia; Moore Park, Sans Souci, Sydney, New South Wales - Australia; New Delhi, Delhi; Pushkar, Rajasthan - India | |
The Honourable Wally Norman The Honourable Wally Norman The Honourable Wally Norman is a 2003 Australian comedy film directed by Ted Emery. It stars Kevin Harrington, Shaun Micallef, and Greig Pickhaver.It was filmed primarily in South Australia and was nominated for two AFI awards.-Plot:... |
2003 | Adelaide, Adelaide Hills, Collinswood, Enfield, Glenelg, Littlehampton, Lobethal, Mount Barker, Nairne, Norwood, South Australia; Melbourne, Victoria; Canberra, Australian Capital Territory; Sydney, New South Wales - Australia | |
Human Touch Human Touch (film) Human Touch is a 2004 film directed by Paul Cox and starring Jacqueline McKenzie and Chris Haywood. The plot follows the story of Anna who is a singer trying to raise money for her choir's trip to China. She does this by posing nude for an ageing artist and upon seeing the finished results goes on... |
2004 | Adelaide, Hendon, Port Adelaide, South Australia - Australia; Rivieres de Theyrargues, Gard - France | |
In a Savage Land | 1999 | Adelaide, Port Adelaide, South Australia - Australia; Kiriwina Island, Trobriand Islands - Papua New Guinea | |
Incident at Raven's Gate Incident at Raven's Gate Incident at Raven's Gate is a 1988 science fiction arthouse feature film directed by prominent Australian director Rolf de Heer.... |
1988 | Adelaide, Hendon, Callington, Murraylands, Riverland, South Australia - Australia | |
Innocence | 2000 | Adelaide Hills, Adelaide Parklands, Adelaide, Ashford, North Adelaide, Rymill Park, Adelaide, South Australia; Melbourne, Victoria - Australia; Belgium | |
Jaws Jaws (film) Jaws is a 1975 American horror-thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Peter Benchley's novel of the same name. In the story, the police chief of Amity Island, a fictional summer resort town, tries to protect beachgoers from a giant man-eating great white shark by closing the beach,... |
1975 | Southern Ocean, South Australia - Australia; Martha's Vineyard, Falmouth, Massachusetts; Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, California - USA | |
Kangaroo Kangaroo (1952 film) Kangaroo is a 1952 American film directed by Lewis Milestone.The film is also known as The Australian Story .- Plot summary :... |
1952 | Buckaringa Gorge, Catninga, Flinders Ranges, Quorn, Sandy Creek, Port Augusta, Woolundunga Station, South Australia; Pagewood Studios, Sydney, The Rocks,New South Wales, Australia | |
Kiss or Kill | 1997 | Adelaide, Cactus Beach, Ceduna, Edwardstown, Eyre Peninsula, Great Australian Bight, Penong, Port Augusta, Streaky Bay, Woomera Highway, South Australia - Australia | |
Last Ride Last Ride (film) Last Ride is a 2009 Australian drama film directed by Glendyn Ivin. It is based on the novel The Last Ride by Denise Young. The film follows a young boy accompanying his father , who is wanted by the police, across Australia.The film was given a limited release across Australia on 2 July... |
2009 | Flinders Ranges, South Australia - Australia | |
The Last Wave The Last Wave The Last Wave is a 1977 Australian film directed by Peter Weir. It is about a white Australian lawyer whose seemingly normal life is disrupted after he takes on a murder case for Aborigine defendants... |
1977 | Adelaide, Flinders Ranges, Hammond, Mitcham, South Australia; Avalon Beach, Bondi, The Rocks, Sydney, New South Wales - Australia | |
La belle verte | 1996 | Flinders Ranges, Parachilna, South Australia, Australia; Paris, Saint-Andéol, Lozère - France | |
The Life of Harry Dare | 1995 | Adelaide, Birkenhead, Gawler Reach, Glanville, North Adelaide, Port Adelaide Lighthouse, Rosewater, Virginia, South Australia - Australia | |
Like Minds Like Minds Like Minds is a feature film, written and directed by Gregory J. Read. The film was produced by the South Australian Film Corporation. It debuted in Australia on 9 November 2006. The psychological thriller is the first Australian/UK co-production to be set in the UK in over a decade. Like Minds... |
2006 | Adelaide, Hendon, Port Adelaide, South Australia; Cessnock, New South Wales - Australia; Giggleswick, North Yorkshire; Leeds, West Yorkshire - England | |
Look Both Ways Look Both Ways Look Both Ways is a 2005 Australian independent film, written and directed by Sarah Watt, starring an ensemble cast, which was released on 18 August 2005. The film was supported by the Adelaide Film Festival fund and opened the 2005 festival. It won four AFI Awards, including Best Film and Best... |
2005 | Adelaide, Kewsick, Modbury, Grange, Kensington, Kilkenny, Largs Bay, Port Adelaide, Lockleys, Manningham, Port Adelaide, Norwood, Peterhead, Semaphore, West Beach, West Lakes, South Australia - Australia |
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Lucky Miles Lucky Miles Lucky Miles is an Australian comedy/drama feature film based on several true stories involving people entering Australia illegally along the continent's coastline... |
2007 | Adelaide, Hendon, South Australia - Australia; Cambodia | |
Lust and Revenge | 1996 | Adelaide, Carrick Hill, Springfield, Port Adelaide, South Australia - Australia | |
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome is a 1985 Australian post-apocalyptic film directed by George Miller and George Ogilvie, written by Miller, Doug Mitchell and Terry Hayes, and starring Mel Gibson and Tina Turner. It is the third installment in the action movie Mad Max franchise... |
1985 | Breakaways Reserve, Lunar Plains, Moon Plain, Coober Pedy, South Australia; Blackheath, Blue Mountains, Botany Bay, Glebe, Homebush Bay, Sydney, Kurnell, New South Wales - Australia; Tabernas, Almería, Andalucía - Spain | |
Money Movers Money Movers Money Movers is a 1978 crime action drama film directed by Bruce Beresford. The film was based on the book Money Movers by Devon Minchin, founder of Metropolitan Security Services... |
1978 | Adelaide, Norwood, South Australia; Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales - Australia | |
Offside Offside (2009 film) Offside is a 2009 Australian romantic comedy written and directed by Gian Carlo Petraccaro , and produced by Matthew Salleh at Urtext Film Productions.-Plot:... |
2009 | Adelaide, Henley Beach, Klemzig, Montefiore Hill, North Adelaide, West Beach, Woodville, South Australia - Australia | |
One Night the Moon One Night the Moon One Night the Moon is a 2001 Australian musical non-feature film starring husband and wife team Paul Kelly, a singer-songwriter, and Kaarin Fairfax, a film and television actress, and their daughter Memphis Kelly. Directed by Rachel Perkins and written by Perkins with John Romeril, it was filmed on... |
2001 | Flinders Ranges, Hawker, Leigh Creek, Yappala, South Australia - Australia | |
Opal Dream Opal Dream Opal Dream is a 2006 Australian drama film, based on the Ben Rice novella Pobby and Dingan, directed by Peter Cattaneo and starring an ensemble cast including Vince Colosimo, Jacqueline McKenzie, Christian Byers and Sapphire Boyce. It was filmed on location around South Australia, in Adelaide,... |
2005 | Adelaide, Coober Pedy, Semaphore, Hendon, Woomera, South Australia - Australia | |
Oranges and Sunshine | 2010 | Adelaide, South Australia - Australia; Nottingham, Nottinghamshire; Wirksworth, Derbyshire - England | |
Our Friends the Hayseeds | 1917 | Adelaide, South Australia - Australia | |
Pacific Banana | 1981 | Adelaide, Hendon, South Australia; Melbourne, Victoria - Australia; Huahine, Tahiti - French Polynesia | |
Parklands Parklands (film) Parklands is a 1996 Australian drama film written and directed by Kathryn Millard. The 51-minute-long movie includes Chamber of Commerce-style promotional material about Adelaide that was made in the 1950s and '60s.-Plot synopsis:... |
1996 | Adelaide, Ethelton, Largs Bay, Port Adelaide, Semaphore, Taperoo, South Australia - Australia | |
Peaches Peaches (film) Peaches is a 2004 Australian film, written by Sue Smith and directed by Craig Monahan. The music was by David Hirschfelder, cinematography by Ernie Clark A.C.S., editing by Suresh Ayyar and art direction by Paula Smith.-Plot:... |
2004 | Adelaide, Adelaide Hills, Berri, Hendon, Murraylands, Riverland, Swan Reach, South Australia - Australia | |
Picnic at Hanging Rock Picnic at Hanging Rock Picnic at Hanging Rock is a 1967 drama and mystery novel by Australian author Joan Lindsay. She wrote it over a four-week period at her home Mulberry Hill in Baxter, on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula. It was first published in 1967 in Australia by Cheshire Publishing and was released in... |
1975 | Adelaide, Adelaide Hills, Strathalbyn, Aldgate, Clare Valley, Clare, Stirling, Mintaro, Norwood, South Australia; Mount Macedon, Woodend, Victoria - Australia | |
Pitch Black | 2000 | Breakaways Reserve, Lunar Plains, Moon Plain, South Australia; Oxenford, Surfers Paradise, Queensland - Australia; Los Angeles, California - USA | |
Playing Beatie Bow Playing Beatie Bow (film) Playing Beatie Bow is a 1986 Australian drama film directed by Donald Crombie. The screenplay by Peter Gawler and Irwin Lane is based on the novel by Ruth Park.-Plot summary:... |
1986 | Adelaide, Hendon, Port Adelaide, South Australia; Brooklyn, The Rocks, Lavender Bay, Sydney, New South Wales - Australia | |
The Quiet Room The Quiet Room The Quiet Room is a 1996 Australian drama film directed by Rolf de Heer. It was entered into the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Celine O'Leary - Mother* Paul Blackwell - Father* Chloe Ferguson - Girl Age 7* Phoebe Ferguson - Girl Age 3... |
1996 | Adelaide, Hendon, South Australia - Australia | |
Rabbit-Proof Fence Rabbit-Proof Fence (film) Rabbit-Proof Fence is a 2002 Australian drama film directed by Phillip Noyce based on the book Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington Garimara... |
2002 | Adelaide, Flinders Ranges, Lake Torrens, McLaren Vale, Nilpena Station, Onkaparinga River National Park & Recreation Park, Parachilna, South Australia; Sydney, New South Wales; Perth, Gibson Desert, The Pilbara, Western Australia - Australia | |
Race the Sun Race the Sun Race the Sun is a 1996 comedy-drama movie starring Halle Berry and James Belushi. The plot is loosely based on the true story of the Konawaena High School Solar Car Team, which finished 18th in the 1990 World Solar Challenge and first place among high school entries.-Plot:A new science teacher at... |
1996 | Adelaide, South Australia; Broken Hill, Maroubra, Sydney, New South Wales - Australia; Hawaii - USA | |
Remorse, a Story of the Red Plague | 1917 | Adelaide, Buckland Park, South Australia - Australia | |
Return Home Return Home Return Home is a 1990 Australian drama film directed by Ray Argall. Argall won the AFI Award for Best Director in 1990 and Frankie J. Holden was nominated for Best Actor in a Lead Role.-Cast:*Dennis Coard as Noel*Frankie J... |
1990 | Adelaide, Adelaide Hills, Glenelg, Brighton, Henley Beach, South Australia; Melbourne, Victoria - Australia | |
Roadgames Roadgames Roadgames is a 1981 Australian film directed by Richard Franklin. The film stars Stacy Keach as a truck driver, and Jamie Lee Curtis as a hitchhiker.-Synopsis:... |
1981 | Great Australian Bight, South Australia; Eucla, Madura, Nullabor Plain, Perth, Western Australia; Diggers Rest, Melbourne, Port Melbourne, Victoria - Australia | |
Road Train Road Train (film) Road Train is an Australian horror film, known as Road Kill in the U.S., directed by Dean Francis and written by Clive Hopkins. It stars Xavier Samuel, Bob Morley, Georgina Haig and Sophie Lowe.- Plot :... |
2010 | Adelaide, Flinders Ranges, South Australia - Australia | |
Robbery Under Arms Robbery Under Arms (1985 film) Robbery Under Arms Acclaimed actor Sam Neill stars as the suave and enigmatic bushranger Captain Starlight in this lavish action adventure tale set in the rugged Australian outback... |
1985 | Adelaide, Brachina Gorge, Flinders Ranges, Glenside, Hackney, Hahndorf, Hendon, Hackney, Hahndorf, Hendon, Wilpena Pound, South Australia - Australia | |
Run Chrissie Run! Run Chrissie Run! Run Chrissie Run! is a 1986 Australian film, directed by Chris Langman. Graham Hartley adapted the script from the novel When We Ran by Keith Leopold... |
1986 | Adelaide, Barossa Valley, Hendon, Second Valley, South Australia; Sydney, New South Wales - Australia | |
Sally Marshall is Not an Alien | 1999 | Adelaide, Semaphore, South Australia - Australia | |
The Salute of the Jugger The Blood of Heroes The Blood of Heroes is a 1989 Australian post-apocalyptic film directed by David Webb Peoples and starring Rutger Hauer and Joan Chen. The film is also known by the names The Salute of the Jugger and Salute to the Jugger... |
1989 | Coober Pedy, South Australia - Australia | |
Sample People | 2000 | Adelaide, South Australia; Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney, New South Wales - Australia | |
Scratch | 2000 | Adelaide, Hendon, Adelaide, South Australia - Australia | |
Selkie | 2000 | Adelaide, Fleurieu Peninsula, Port Noarlunga, Southern Vales, Victor Harbour, South Australia; Southport, Queensland - Australia | |
The Sentimental Bloke The Sentimental Bloke The Sentimental Bloke is an Australian silent film based on the 1915 poem The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke by C.J. Dennis.The film, from the Southern Cross Feature Film Company of Adelaide, was made by Raymond Longford and Lottie Lyell, at that time the best known partnership in Australian cinema... |
1919 | Adelaide, South Australia; Bondi, Hornsby Valley, Manly Beach, Manly, Sydney, Woolloomooloo, New South Wales - Australia | |
Serenades | 2001 | Flinders Ranges, Leigh Creek, Nilpena Station, South Australia - Australia | |
Shine Shine (film) Shine is a 1996 Australian film based on the life of pianist David Helfgott, who suffered a mental breakdown and spent years in institutions. It stars Geoffrey Rush, Lynn Redgrave, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Noah Taylor, John Gielgud, Googie Withers, Justin Braine, Sonia Todd, Nicholas Bell, Chris... |
1996 | Adelaide, North Adelaide, Springfield, Glenside, Henley Beach, South Australia; Sydney, New South Wales - Australia; Royal Albert Hall, Royal College of Music, South Kensington, Trafalgar Square, St James's, London - England | |
Siam Sunset Siam Sunset Siam Sunset is an Australian comedy film released in 1999. It was directed by John Polson and stars Linus Roache and Danielle Cormack.-Plot:... |
1999 | Adelaide, Coober Pedy, Hendon, South Australia - Australia | |
Spank | 1999 | Adelaide, Hyde Park, Modbury, North Adelaide, South Australia - Australia | |
Stealth Stealth (film) Stealth is a 2005 American science fiction action film starring Jessica Biel, Josh Lucas, Jamie Foxx, and Sam Shepard. The film was directed by Rob Cohen, director of The Fast and the Furious and xXx.... |
2005 | Flinders Ranges, South Australia; Blue Mountains, Kurnell, Moore Park, Sydney, Zetland, New South Wales - Australia; Phi Phi Leh Island, Bangkok - Thailand; China; San Diego, Coronado, California - USA; Southern Alps, New Zealand; Myanmar | |
Stir Stir (film) Stir is a 1984 Australian film directed by Stephen Wallace in his feature directorial debut. The prison film was written by Bob Jewson, based upon his own experience while incarcerated as the actual prison riot at Bathurst Correctional Complex in 1974 and its subsequent Royal Commission into New... |
1980 | Clare Valley, Flinders Ranges, Gladstone, South Australia - Australia | |
Storm Boy Storm Boy (film) Storm Boy is a 1976 Australian film based on a children's book, by Colin Thiele, about a boy and his pelican.Storm Boy likes to wander alone along the fierce deserted coast of South Australia's Coorong. He and his father live a reclusive life among the dunes that face out into the Southern Ocean... |
1976 | Adelaide, Coorong National Park, Fleurieu Peninsula, Goolwa, Limestone Coast, Maslin Beach, Meningie Lakes, Murray River, Noarlunga, Port Noarlunga, Norwood, Southern Ocean, Younghusband Peninsula, South Australia - Australia | |
Struck by Lightning Struck by Lightning Struck by Lightning is a 1990 Australian film directed by Jerzy Domaradzki. The film was nominated in 4 AFI Award categories, including Best Director and Best Film. It won the film award at the Human Rights Medal and Awards in 1990.-Plot Summary:... |
1990 | Adelaide, Burnside, Tennyson, North Adelaide, South Australia - Australia | |
The Sundowners The Sundowners The Sundowners is a 1960 film that tells the story of an Australian outback family torn between the father's desires to continue his nomadic sheep-herding ways and the wife's and son's desire to settle down in one place... |
1960 | Carriewerloo Station, Cooma, Corrabera Station, Corunna Station, Flinders Ranges, Hawker, Iron Knob, Port Augusta, Quorn, Saltia Creek, Whyalla, South Australia; Nimmitabel, Snowy Mountains, New South Wales - Australia; Borehamwood, Hertfordshire - England; | |
The Survivor The Survivor (film) The Survivor is a 1981 movie starring Robert Powell and Jenny Agutter, based on a novel of the same name by James Herbert.The film was notable for being the first Australian film to cost more than A$1,000,000 to make... |
1981 | Adelaide Hills, Adelaide, Edinburgh, Panorama, Norwood, Edinburgh, South Australia - Australia | |
Sweet Talker | 1991 | Beachport, Limestone Coast, Rivoli Bay, South Australia; Sydney, New South Wales - Australia | |
Tempe Tip | 2002 | Adelaide, Ferryden Park, South Australia - Australia | |
Thunderstruck Thunderstruck (film) Thunderstruck is a 2004 movie starring Stephen Curry , Damon Gameau , Ryan Johnson , Callan Mulvey , and Sam Worthington . The title of the movie was taken from the AC/DC song of the same name.-Plot:... |
2004 | Adelaide, Burra, Callington, Murray Bridge, Port Adelaide, Strathalbyn, South Australia; Fremantle, Perth, Western Australia; Sydney, New South Wales - Australia | |
The Tracker The Tracker The Tracker is an Australian drama film produced in 2002. It was directed and written by Rolf de Heer. It is a set in 1922 in outback Australia where a racist white colonial policeman used the tracking ability of an Indigenous Australian tracker to find the murderer of a white woman... |
2002 | Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary, Dulwich, Flinders Ranges, Gammon Ranges, South Australia - Australia | |
Travelling Light | 2003 | Adelaide, Hove, Wild Horse Plains, South Australia - Australia | |
Until the End of the World Until the End of the World Until the End of the World is a 1991 film by the German film director Wim Wenders; the screenplay was written by Wenders and Peter Carey, from a story by Wenders and Solveig Dommartin. An initial draft of the screenplay was written by American filmmaker Michael Almereyda... |
1991 | Coober Pedy, South Australia; Utopia Station, Northern Territory - Australia; Geiselgasteig, Grünwald, Bavaria, Berlin - Germany; Hauts-de-Seine, Paris - France; Lisbon - Portugal; Moscow - Russia; San Francisco, California - USA; Tokyo - Japan; Venice, Veneto - Italy | |
Walkabout Walkabout (film) Walkabout is a 1971 film set in Australia, directed by Nicolas Roeg and starring Jenny Agutter, Luc Roeg and David Gulpilil. Edward Bond wrote the screenplay, which is loosely based on the novel Walkabout by James Vance Marshall... |
1971 | Flinders Ranges, Iron Knob, Lake Eyre, South Australia; Sydney, New South Wales; Arnhem Land, Central Australia, Darwin, Northern Territory - Australia | |
Weekend of Shadows | 1978 | Adelaide, Adelaide Hills, Blakiston, Littlehampton, Macclesfield, Norwood, South Australia - Australia | |
The Woman Suffers | 1918 | Adelaide, Bridgewater, Buckland Park, Mannum, Morialta, Morphettville, Murraylands, Richmond Park, Riverland, Waterfall Gully, South Australia - Australia |
See also
- Australian Film CommissionAustralian Film CommissionThe Australian Film Commission was an Australian government agency with a mandate to promote the creation and distribution of films in Australia as well as to preserve the country's film history. It also had a production arm responsible for production and commissioning of films for government...
- Cinema of AustraliaCinema of AustraliaCinema of Australia, more commonly referred to as the Australian film industry, refers to the system of production, distribution, and exhibition of films in Australia. Film production commenced in Australia in 1906 with the production of The Story of the Kelly Gang, the earliest feature film made...
- Film AustraliaFilm AustraliaFilm Australia was a company established by the Government of Australia to produce films about Australia. Its mission was to create an audio-visual record of Australian culture, through the commissioning, distribution and management of programs that deal with matters of national interest or...
- Screen AustraliaScreen AustraliaScreen Australia is the Federal Government’s key funding body for the Australian screen production industry. Its functions are to support and promote the development of a highly creative, innovative and commercially sustainable industry....
- South Australian Film CorporationSouth Australian Film CorporationSouth Australian Film Corporation is a South Australian Government statutory corporation established in 1972. Former State Premier Don Dunstan played an instrumental role in the foundation of the Corporation and its early film production activities....
- World cinemaWorld cinemaWorld cinema is a term used primarily in English language speaking countries to refer to the films and film industries of non-English speaking countries. It is therefore often used interchangeably with the term foreign film...
- List of Australian films
- List of films set in Australia
- List of films shot in Darwin
- List of films shot in Melbourne
- List of films shot in Queensland
- List of films shot in Sydney
- List of films shot in Tasmania
- List of films shot in Western Australia
Further reading
- Adamson, Judith. A Film Australia miscellany. Lindfield, N.S.W. : Film Australia, 1991.
- Collins, Felicity, and Theresa Davis. Australian Cinema After Mabo. Sydney: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
- Dawson, Jonathan, and Bruce Molloy, eds. Queensland Images in Film and Television. Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 1990.
- Dermody, Susan and Elizabeth Jacka, eds. The Screening of Australia, Volume 1: Anatomy of a Film Industry. Sydney: Currency Press, 1987.
- — — — . The Screening of Australia, Volume 2: Anatomy of a National Cinema. Sydney: Currency Press, 1988.
- Moran, Albert and Tom O’Regan, eds. An Australian Film Reader (Australian Screen Series). Sydney: Currency Press, 1985.
- Moran, Albert and Errol Vieth. Film in Australia: An Introduction Sydney: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
- Murray, Scott, ed. Australian Film: 1978 – 1994. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1995. ISBN 0-19-553777-7
- Pike, Andrew and Ross Cooper. Australian Film: 1900 – 1977. revised ed. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-19-550784-3
- McFarland, Brian, Geoff Mayer and Ina Bertrand, eds. The Oxford Companion to Australian Film. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN 0-19-553797-1
- Moran, Albert. Projecting Australia : government film since 1945. Sydney : Currency Press, 1991. ISBN 0-86-819292-9.
- Moran, Albert and Errol Vieth. Historical Dictionary of Australian and New Zealand Cinema. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press, 2005. ISBN 0-8108-5459-7
- O'Regan, Tom. Australian National Cinema. London: Routledge, 1996.
- Reade, Eric. Australian Silent Films: A Pictorial History of Silent Films from 1896 to 1926. Melbourne: Lansdowne Press, 1970.
- — — — . History and Heartburn : The Saga of Australian Film 1896-1978. New Jersey: Associated University Presses, 1981.
- Ryan, Mark, David (2009),'Whither Culture? Australian Horror Films and the Limitations of Cultural Policy', Media International Australia: Incorporating Culture and Policy, no. 133, pp. 43-55.
- Stratton, David. The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry. Sydney : Pan Macmillan, 1990. 465p. ISBN 0-7329-0250-9
- Verhoeven, DebDeb VerhoevenDeb Verhoeven is currently Professor and Chair of Media and Communication at Deakin University. Until recently she held the role of Director of the AFI Research Collection at RMIT. A writer, broadcaster, film critic and commentator, Verhoeven is the author of more than 30 journal articles and book...
. Sheep and the Australian Cinema. Melbourne : MUP, 2006. ISBN 0-522-85239-4 - — — — ed. Twin Peeks: Australian and New Zealand Feature Films. Melbourne: Damned Publishing, 1999. ISBN 1-876310-00-6