List of Australian films of 1982
1982[]
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attack Force Z | Tim Burstall | John Phillip Law, Mel Gibson, Sam Neill, Chris Haywood, John Waters, , Sylvia Chang, , | Action / Drama / War | IMDb |
| Breakfast in Paris | John D. Lamond | Barbara Parkins, Rod Mullinar, Jack Lenoir | Comedy / Romance | IMDb |
| , | Short | IMDb | ||
| Centrespread | , , Mark Watson | Drama | IMDb | |
| The Clinic | David Stevens | Chris Haywood, Simon Burke, Gerda Nicolson, Rona McLeod | Comedy | IMDb |
| James Clayden | , Christopher Knowles | Avant-Garde | IMDb | |
| Crosstalk | , | Gary Day, Penny Downie, John Ewart | Science fiction | IMDb |
| The Dark Room | Paul Harmon | Alan Cassell, Anna Maria Monticelli, | Drama / Thriller | IMDb |
| Dead Easy | Bert Deling | Scott Burgess, , Tim McKenzie | Action | IMDb |
| Desolation Angels | Kim Trengove, , | Drama / Horror | IMDb | |
| Duet for Four | Tim Burstall | Michael Preston, Wendy Hughes, Michael Pate | Drama | IMDb |
| Early Frost | Terry O'Connor | Diana McLean, Jon Blake, | Drama / Horror | IMDb |
| An Exercise in Discipline: Peel | Jane Campion | , | Short | IMDb |
| Far East | John Duigan | Bryan Brown, Helen Morse, John Bell | Drama | IMDb |
| Fighting Back | Michael Caulfield | Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Paul Smith, Kris McQuade | Drama | IMDb |
| Fluteman | Peter Maxwell | John Jarratt, Emil Minty, Aileen Britton | Drama | IMDb |
| Freedom | Scott Hicks | Jon Blake, Candy Raymond, Jad Capelja | Action / Adventure | IMDb |
| Ginger Meggs | Jonathan Dawson | Garry McDonald, Ross Higgins, Gwen Plumb, Harold Hopkins, Paul Daniels | Comedy | IMDb |
| Greetings from Wollongong | , , Syd Long | Short | IMDb | |
| Heatwave | Phillip Noyce | Judy Davis, Richard Moir, Chris Haywood, Bill Hunter, John Meillon | Drama | IMDb |
| The Highest Honor | Peter Maxwell, | John Howard, Atsuo Nakamura, Stuart Wilson | War / Drama | IMDb |
| Journey to the End of Night | Documentary | IMDb | ||
| Kitty and the Bagman | Donald Crombie | Liddy Clark, John Stanton, Val Lehman | Crime / Drama | IMDb |
| The Little Feller | Colin Eggleston | Steve Bisley, , Lorna Lesley | Drama | IMDb |
| Lonely Hearts | Paul Cox | Wendy Hughes, Norman Kaye, Julia Blake, Jonathan Hardy | Drama | IMDb |
| Lousy Little Sixpence | Gerald Bostock, Alec Morgan | , , Chicka Dixon | Documentary | IMDb |
| The Man from Snowy River | George T. Miller | Tom Burlinson, Terence Donovan, Kirk Douglas, Tommy Dysart, David Bradshaw, Sigrid Thornton, Jack Thompson, Tony Bonner | Drama / Adventure | IMDb |
| Monkey Grip | Ken Cameron | Noni Hazlehurst, Colin Friels, Alice Garner, Candy Raymond | Drama | IMDB, Screened at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival[1] |
| The Mystery at Castle House | Peter Maxwell | Simone Buchanan, , | Crime / Mystery | IMDB |
| Next of Kin | Tony Williams | , John Jarratt, Alex Scott, Gerda Nicolson, Charles McCallum, , , Tommy Dysart | Horror | IMDb |
| Norman Loves Rose | Henri Safran | Carol Kane, Tony Owen, Warren Mitchell, Myra De Groot, , Barry Otto, Sandy Gore | Comedy | IMDb |
| The Pirate Movie | Kristy McNichol, Christopher Atkins, Ted Hamilton, Bill Kerr, Maggie Kirkpatrick, Garry McDonald | Adventure / Musical | IMDb | |
| The Plains of Heaven | Ian Pringle | Richard Moir, Reg Evans | Drama | IMDb |
| Running on Empty | John Clark | Deborah Conway, Max Cullen | Action | IMDb aka "Fast Lane Fever"[2] |
| Shadows | Short | IMDb | ||
| The Sharkcallers of Kontu | Dennis O'Rourke | Documentary | IMDb | |
| Snow: The Movie | Robert Gibson | David Argue, Lance Curtis, Peter Moon | Comedy | IMDb |
| Squizzy Taylor | Kevin James Dobson | David Atkins, Jacki Weaver, Alan Cassell | Biography | IMDb |
| Starstruck | Gillian Armstrong | Jo Kennedy, Ross O'Donovan, Margo Lee | Comedy drama | IMDb |
| Storm Riders | , | Documentary | IMDb | |
| Sweet Dreamers | Tom Cowan | Richard Moir, , Adam Bowen | Drama | IMDb |
| Tennis Elbow | John Thomson | David Swann, Mark Neal, Lance Curtis | Short | IMDb |
| Turkey Shoot | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Steve Railsback, Olivia Hussey, Michael Craig, Carmen Duncan, Noel Ferrier, Lynda Stoner, Roger Ward, Gus Mercurio, John Ley, Steve Rackman, Oriana Panozzo | Drama / Horror | IMDb |
| Warriors of the Deep | Tony Wheeler | Documentary drama | IMDb | |
| We of the Never Never | Igor Auzins | Angela Punch McGregor | Historical drama | IMDb, Based on popular Australian autobiographical novel by Jeannie Gunn, first published in 1908[3] |
| With Prejudice | Esben Storm | Max Cullen, , Scott Burgess | Drama | IMDb |
| The Year of Living Dangerously | Peter Weir | Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt, Michael Murphy, Bill Kerr, Noel Ferrier, Bembol Roco, Paul Sonkkila, , , , , Kuh Ledesma, Cecily Polson | Drama / Romance | IMDb, Entered into the 1983 Cannes Film Festival,[4] Won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress[5] |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Official Selection 1982 : Un Certain Regard - Festival de Cannes 2014 (International Film Festival)". 2 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ Running on Empty (1982) - IMDb, retrieved 25 May 2021
- ^ "Curator's notes We of the Never Never (1982) on ASO - Australia's audio and visual heritage online". aso.gov.au. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ "Official Selection 1983 : In Competition - Festival de Cannes 2016 (International Film Festival)". 16 March 2016. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ "The 56th Academy Awards | 1984". Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
External links[]
- Australian film at the Internet Movie Database
Categories:
- Lists of Australian films by year
- Lists of 1982 films by country or language
- 1982 in Australian cinema