List of Australian films of 1981
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List of Australian films |
pre 1910 |
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1970s |
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1980s |
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 |
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2000s |
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 |
2010s |
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 |
2020s |
2020 2021 2022 |
1981[]
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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Against the Grain: More Meat Than Wheat | Tim Burns | Michael Callaghan, Sandy Edwards, Joy Burns, Mary Burns, Letham Burns, George Sutton, Mental as Anything, Robert Burns, Helen Grace, Greedy Smith, Lindsay Smith | Drama | IMDb |
Angels of War | Gavan Daws, Hank Nelson | Documentary | IMDb | |
Around the World with Dot | Yoram Gross | Ashley Arye, Drew Forsythe, Barbara Frawley, Ron Haddrick, Keith Scott | Animation | IMDb |
Ayers Rock | Paul Winkler | Short | IMDb | |
The Best of Friends | Michael Robertson | Angela Punch McGregor, Graeme Blundell, Ruth Cracknell, Henri Szeps, , Moya O'Sullivan, , Mark Lee, Sonja Tallis, Deborah Gray, Serge Lazareff, , , Maggie Dence, Gordon McDougall | Comedy / Romance | IMDb |
A Dangerous Summer | Tom Skerritt, Ian Gilmour, | Drama / Thriller | IMDb | |
Doctors & Nurses | Maurice Murphy | Pamela Stephenson, Bert Newton, Richard Meikle | Family / Comedy | IMDb |
Double Deal | Brian Kavanagh | Louis Jourdan, Angela Punch McGregor, Diane Craig | Crime / Drama | IMDb |
Gallipoli | Peter Weir | Mel Gibson, Mark Lee, Bill Kerr | War drama | IMDb |
Grendel Grendel Grendel | Peter Ustinov | Animation / Adventure | IMDb | |
Hoodwink | Claude Whatham | John Hargreaves, Judy Davis, Dennis Miller | Crime / Drama | IMDb |
The Killing of Angel Street | Donald Crombie | Elizabeth Alexander, John Hargreaves | Thriller | IMDb, Entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival[1] |
Lady Stay Dead | Terry Bourke | Chard Hayward, , | Drama / Horror | IMDb |
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior | George Miller | Mel Gibson, Michael Preston, Bruce Spence, Vernon Wells | Action | IMDb |
The Myth Makers | Jonathan Dawson | Documentary Short | IMDb | |
Pacific Banana | John D. Lamond | Graeme Blundell, Robin Stewart, Deborah Gray | Comedy | IMDb |
Puberty Blues | Bruce Beresford | Nell Schofield, Jad Capelja, Geoff Rhoe, Tony Hughes, Sandy Paul, Leander Brett, Jay Hackett, Ned Lander, Joanne Olsen, Julie Medana, Michael Shearman, Dean Dunstone, Rowena Wallace, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Kate Sheil | Comedy / Drama | IMDb |
Race for the Yankee Zephyr | David Hemmings | Ken Wahl, Lesley Ann Warren, Donald Pleasence | Action / Adventure | IMDb, aka " Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr"[2] |
Road Games | Richard Franklin | Stacy Keach, Jamie Lee Curtis | Drama | IMDb |
Run Rebecca, Run! | Peter Maxwell | Simone Buchanan, Henri Szeps, John Stanton | Drama | IMDb |
Save the Lady | Leon Thau | , Robert Clarkson, | Adventure | IMDb |
Strange Behavior | Michael Laughlin | Michael Murphy, Louise Fletcher, Dan Shor | Horror | IMDb, AKA "Dead Kids"[3] |
Strange Residues | Alex Proyas | , | Short | IMDb |
Viva! San Fermin | Ivor Bowen | Documentary | IMDb | |
Winter of Our Dreams | John Duigan | Judy Davis, Bryan Brown, Baz Luhrmann | Drama | IMDb, Entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival[4] |
Wrong Side of the Road | Ned Lander | Ronnie Ansell, Peter Butler, Franco Carli, Sam Cohen, John Francis, Donald Freshwater, Leslie Graham, Ken Hampton Jr., Chris Haywood, Christian Jocumsen, Chris Jones | Documentary / Biography / Drama / Music | IMDb |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "The Killing of Angel Street | Der Tod der Engelstrasse". berlinale.de. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr (1981) - IMDb, retrieved 24 May 2021
- ^ Strange Behavior (1981) - IMDb, retrieved 24 May 2021
- ^ "1983 :: Moscow International Film Festival". moscowfilmfestival.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 24 May 2021.
External links[]
- Australian film at the Internet Movie Database
Categories:
- Lists of Australian films by decade
- Lists of 1980s films
- 1980s in Australian cinema
- Lists of Australian films by year
- Lists of 1981 films by country or language
- 1981 in Australian cinema