List of films set in Australia

This is a list of films set in Australia (and not just only filmed or created in Australia):

• 100 Bloody Acres (2012)
• 2:37 (2006)
• 48 Shades (2006)
• 6 Festivals (2022)
• $9.99 (2008)

• Aadavari Matalaku Arthale Verule (2007)
• ABBA: The Movie (2007)
• Adam's Woman (1970)
• The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
• After the Deluge (2003)
• Age of Consent (1969)
• Alex & Eve (2016)
• Alexandra's Project (2003)
• Alvin Purple (1973)

• Alvin Rides Again (1974)

• Amy (1997)
• Animal Kingdom (2010)
• Annie's Coming Out (1984)
• Any Questions for Ben? (2012)
• Anyone But You (2023)
• The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race (2023)
• Aquamarine (2006)
• Around the Boree Log (1925)
• As Time Goes By (1988)
• Australia (1989)
• Australia (2008)
• Australian Rules (2002)

• The Babadook (2014)
• Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008)
• The Back of Beyond (1954)
• Back of Beyond^[1] (1995)
• Back to the Outback (2021)
• Bad Behaviour (2010)
• Bad Boy Bubby (1993)
• Bad Eggs (2003)
• The BBQ (2018)
• Beaconsfield (2012)
• Beautiful (2009)
• Beneath Clouds (2002)
• Big Ideas (1993)
• The Big Steal (1990)
• Bigger Than Tina (1999)
• Birdeater (2023)
• The Birth of White Australia (1928)
• Black and White (2002)
• The Black Balloon (2008)
• Black Water (2007)
• Blackrock (1997)
• Blame (2011)
• Bleeding Steel (2017)
• Blinky Bill (1992)
• Blinky Bill the Movie (2015)
• Bliss (1985)
• Blueback (2022)
• Blue Fin (1978)
• Blurred (2002)
• BMX Bandits (1983)
• Body Melt (1993)
• Bondi Tsunami (2004)
• Bootmen (2000)
• The Boys (1998)
• Bran Nue Dae (2009)
• Break Ke Baad (2010)
• Breath (2017)
• Buckley's Chance (2021)
• Burning Man (2011)
• Butterfly Island (1985)

• Cactus (1986 drama) by Paul Cox
• Cactus (2008 road movie)
• Caddie (1976)
• Candy (2006)
• Careful, He Might Hear You (1983)
• The Cars That Ate Paris (1974)
• The Castle (1997)
• Chak De India (2007)
• The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1972)
• Charlie and Boots (2009)
• Children of the Revolution (1996)
• Chopper (2000)
• Christmess (2023)
• City of the Damned^[2]
• Closed for Winter (2009)
• Clubland (2007)
• The Coca-Cola Kid (1985)
• The Coolangatta Gold (1984)
• Cosi (1996)
• The Cowra Breakout (1985)
• Crackerjack (2002)
• Crackers (1998)
• The Craic (1999)
• Crawl (2011)
• Crimes at the Dark House (1940)
• Crocodile Dundee (1986)

• Crocodile Dundee II (1988)
• Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001)

• The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (2002)
• Crook (2010)
• The Crop (2004)
• The Crossing (1990)
• The Cup (2011)

• Dad and Dave: On Our Selection (1995)
• Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal (2020)
• Dangerous Animals (2025)
• Danny Deckchair (2003)
• Dating the Enemy (1996)
• Dawn! (1979)
• Daybreakers (2009)
• Dead End Drive-In (1986)
• Dead Letter Office (1998)
• Death in Brunswick (1990)
• Death of a Soldier (1986)
• December Boys (2007)
• Deck Dogz (2005)
• The Delinquents (1989)
• Dil Chahta Hai (2001)
• Dimboola (1979)
• Dingo (1991)
• Dirt Music (2019)
• Dirty Deeds (2002)
• The Dish (2000)
• Dogs in Space (1986)
• Doing Time for Patsy Cline (1997)
• Don's Party (1971)
• Double Happiness Uranium (2013)
• The Dressmaker (2015)
• Drive Hard (2014)
• The Drover's Boy (never completed)
• The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson (2021)
• The Dry (2020)

• Force of Nature: The Dry 2 (2024)

• Dying Breed (2008)

• Eliza Fraser
• Emo the Musical (2016)
• Emotion Is Dead (2023)
• Erskineville Kings (1999)
• Eucalyptus
• The Everlasting Secret Family (1988)
• Evil Angels (aka A Cry in the Dark)^[3] (1988)
• The Extra (2005)
• The Eye of the Storm (2011)

• The Fall Guy (2024)
• Fat Pizza (2003)

• Fat Pizza vs. Housos (2014)

• Fatty Finn (1980)
• Fear Below (2025)
• FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)

• FernGully 2: The Magical Rescue (1998)

• A Few Best Men (2011)
• Finding Nemo (2003)
• The Finished People (2003)
• Five Blind Dates (2024)
• The FJ Holden (1977)
• Flirting (1991)
• Footy Legends (2006)
• Fortress (1986)
• Forty Thousand Horsemen (1940)
• Frog Dreaming (aka The Quest, The Go-Kids) (1986)
• The Furnace (2020)

• Gallipoli (1981)
• Garage Days (2002)
• Geordie (1955)
• Gettin' Square (2003)
• The Getting of Wisdom (1977)
• Ginger Meggs^[4] (1982)
• A Girl in Australia (aka Bello onesto emigrato Australia sposerebbe compaesana illibata) (1971)
• Go! (2019)
• The Goddess of 1967 (2000)

• Happy Feet (briefly) (2006)
• The Hard Word (2002)
• Harvie Krumpet (2003)
• Hating Alison Ashley (2005)
• He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (2001)
• Head On (1998)
• Healing (2014)
• The Heartbreak Kid (1993)
• Heatwave (1982)
• Heaven's Burning (1997)
• Heyy Babyy (2007)
• High Ground (2020)
• Holding the Man (2015)
• Hollywood (2002)
• Holy Smoke! (1999)
• The Honourable Wally Norman (2003)
• The Horseman (2008)
• Housos vs. Authority (2012)
• Howling III (1987)
• How to Make Gravy (2024)
• The Hunter (2011)

• I Love You Too (2010)
• The Inbetweeners 2 (2014)
• The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant (TV miniseries)
• Indian (1996 film)
• Independence Day (1996)

• Jackie Chan's First Strike (1996) (aka Police Story 4: First Strike)
• Jaggubhai (2010)
• Jandamarra's War (2011)
• Japanese Story (2003)
• Jasper Jones (2017)
• Jedda (1955)
• Jindabyne (2006)
• Joffa: The Movie (2010)

• Kangaroo (1952)
• Kangaroo (1986)
• Kangaroo (2025)
• Kangaroo Island (2024)
• Kangaroo Jack (2003)
• Kath & Kim:

• Da Kath & Kim Code (TV movie) (2005)
• Kath & Kimderella (2012)

• Keith (2008)
• Kenny (2006)
• Kid Snow (2024)
• The Kid Stakes (1927)

• Ladies in Black (2018)
• Lantana (2001)
• Last Cab to Darwin^[5] (2015)
• The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce (2009 film)
• The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992)
• The Last of the Knucklemen (1979)
• The Last Trackers of the Outback (2007 documentary film)
• Last Train to Freo (2006)
• The Last Wave (1977)
• The Legend of Ben Hall (2016)
• Let's Get Skase (2001)
• Limbo (2023)
• Lion (2016)
• A Little Bit of Soul (1998)
• The Little Death (2014)
• Little Fish (2005)
• Lonesome (2022)
• Long Weekend (1978)
• Long Weekend (2008)
• Look Both Ways (2005)
• Looking for Alibrandi (2000)
• Love and Other Catastrophes (1996)
• Love Is in the Air (2023)
• Love Me Again (2009 Filipino film)
• Love Serenade (1996)
• The Loved Ones (2009)
• Love's Brother (2004)

• Mad Bastards (2011)
• Mad Max (1979)
• Mad Max 2 (1981)
• Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
• Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
• The Magic Pudding (2000)
• Malcolm (1986)
• The Man from Down Under (1943)
• The Man from Hong Kong (1975)
• The Man from Snowy River (1920)
• The Man from Snowy River (1982)
• The Man from Snowy River II (1988) (aka Return to Snowy River (US), and The Untamed (UK))
• Man of Flowers (1983)
• The Man Who Sued God (2001)
• The Mango Tree (1977)
• Marking Time (2003)
• Mary and Max (2009)
• Melodrama/Random/Melbourne (2018)
• Memoir of a Snail (2024)
• Mental (2012)
• A Million (2009)
• Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)
• The Moogai (2024)
• Mountains May Depart (2015)
• Mr. Accident (2000)
• Mr. Nice Guy (1997)
• Mr. Perfect (2011)
• Mr. Reliable (1996)
• A Month of Sundays (2015)
• Muriel's Wedding (1994)
• My Brilliant Career (1979)
• My Brother Jack (1964)
• My Mother Frank (2000)
• Mystery Road (2013)
• Goldstone (2016)

• Nala Damayanthi (2003)
• Napoleon (1995)
• Ned Kelly (1970)
• Ned Kelly (2003)
• Never Tell Me Never (1998)
• The New Boy (2023)
• Newcastle (2008)
• Newsfront (1978)
• The Night We Called It a Day (2003)
• The Night the Prowler (1978)
• The Nightingale (2018)
• Noise (2007)
• The Nostradamus Kid (1992)
• The Nugget (2002)
• Nugget Is Dead?: A Christmas Story (2024)

• The Odd Angry Shot (1979)
• Oddball (2015)
• Offside (2009)
• On the Beach (1959)
• One Night the Moon (2001)
• One Perfect Day (2004)
• Opal Dream (2006)
• Orange (2010)
• Oranges and Sunshine (2010)
• Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
• Our Lips Are Sealed (2000)
• The Overlanders (1946)
• Oyster Farmer (2004)

• Palm Beach (2019)
• Paperback Hero (1999)
• Paper Planes (2015)
• Patrick (1978)
• Patrick (2013)
• Peaches (2004)
• Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door (2015 miniseries)
• Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
• The Picture Show Man (1977)
• Playing Beatie Bow (1986)
• The Plumber (1979)
• Primal (2010)
• Proof (1991)
• The Proposition (2005)
• Puberty Blues (1981)

• Quigley Down Under (1990)

• Raajakumara (2017)
• Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
• Race the Sun (1996)
• Radiance (1998)
• The Rage in Placid Lake (2003)
• Rams (2020)
• Razorback (1984)
• Reckless Kelly (1993)
• Red Dog (2011)

• Red Dog: True Blue (2016)
• Koko: A Red Dog Story (2019)

• Red Hill (2010)
• The Reef (2010)
• The Reef: Stalked (2022)
• The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
• Return Home (1990)
• Reverse Runner (2012)
• Ride Like a Girl (2019)
• Rikky and Pete (1988)
• Road to Nhill (1997)
• Roadgames (1981)
• Rogue (2007)
• Romper Stomper (1992)
• The Rover (2014)
• Running on Empty (1982)
• Runt (2024)

• Sabrina, Down Under (1999 telemovie)
• Salaam Namaste (2005)
• Salt Bridge (2015)
• Sankham (2009)
• The Sapphires (2012)
• Satellite Boy (2012)
• Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
• Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire (2002)
• Secret Bridesmaids' Business (2002)
• The Sentimental Bloke (1919)
• Sheborg Massacre (2016)
• Shame (1988)
• Shine (1996)
• The Shrimp on the Barbie (1990)
• Siam Sunset (1999)
• The Siege of Pinchgut (1959)
• Silent Partner (2001)
• The Silver Brumby (1993)
• Singh Is Kinng (2008)
• Sirens (1994)
• Sister Kenny (1946)
• Sleeping Beauty (2011)
• Slim and I (2020)
• Smiley (1956)
• Smiley Gets a Gun (1958)
• Snowtown (2011)
• Soldier (1998)
• Solo (2006)
• Somersault (2004)
• Son of a Gun (2014)
• The Sound of One Hand Clapping (1998)
• South Solitary (2010)
• La Spagnola (2001)
• Spider and Rose (1994)
• Spin Out (2016)
• Spotswood (1992)
• The Square (2008)
• Squizzy Taylor (1982)
• Stone (1974)
• Stork (1971)
• Storm Boy (1976)
• Storm Boy (2019)
• The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906)
• Strange Bedfellows (2004)
• Strictly Ballroom (1992)
• Struck by Lightning (1990)
• Suburban Mayhem (2006)
• Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1959)
• The Sum of Us (1994)
• Sunday Too Far Away (1975)
• The Sundowners (1960)
• Sunstruck (1972)
• The Surfer (2024)
• Surfer, Dude (2008)
• Sweet As (2022)

• Take Away (2003)
• Tank Girl (1995)
• Ten Canoes (2006)
• Thalaivaa (2013)
• Thank God He Met Lizzie (1997)
• These Final Hours (2013)
• They're a Weird Mob (1966)
• The Thorn Birds (TV miniseries)
• Those Dear Departed (1987)
• Thunderstruck (2004)
• Tim (1979)
• Tom White (2004)
• Tomorrow, When the War Began (2011)
• Top End Wedding (2019)
• Total Recall (2012)
• A Town Like Alice (1956)
• Tracks (2013)
• The Tracker (2002)
• Travelling Light (2003)
• Travelling North (1987)
• True History of the Kelly Gang (2019)
• True Love and Chaos (1997)
• Turkey Shoot (1982)
• Turkey Shoot (2014)
• The Turning (2013)
• Two Hands (1999)
• Two Fists, One Heart (2009)

• Unbroken (2014)
• Under Capricorn (1949)
• UNindian (2015)
• Uninhabited (2010)
• Unnale Unnale (2007)

• Wake in Fright (1971)
• Walkabout (1971)
• Walking on Water (2002)
• The Wannabes (2003)
• We Are Still Here (2022)
• We of the Never Never (1982)
• Welcome to Woop Woop (1997)
• West of Sunshine
• The Wiggles Movie (1997)
• Where the Green Ants Dream (1984)
• Windcatcher (2024)
• Winter of Our Dreams (1981)
• The Wishmas Tree (2019)
• The Wog Boy (2000)

• Wog Boy 2: Kings of Mykonos (2010)
• Wog Boys Forever (2022)

• Wolf Creek (2005)
• Wolf Creek 2 (2013)
• Wyrmwood (2014)

• Wyrmwood: Apocalypse (2021)

• The Year My Voice Broke (1987)
• Yolngu Boy (2001)
• You and Your Stupid Mate (2005)
• You Can't Stop the Murders (2003)
• Young Einstein (1988)

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