List of Australian films of 1982
Introduction
1982 TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes ''Attack Force Z''  Tim Burstall  John Phillip Law, Mel Gibson, Sam Neill, Chris Haywood, John Waters, Chun Ku, Sylvia Chang, O Ti, Lung Shuan  Action / Drama / War   IMDb ''The Battle of Broken Hill''  Robin Levinson   feature film   ''The Best of Friends''  Michael Robertson  Angela Punch-McGregor, Graeme Blundell, Ruth Cracknell, Serge Lazareff, Sonja Tallis, Mark Lee, Maggie Dence, Les Foxcroft, Graham Rouse, Moya O'Sullivan, Henri Szeps, Deborah Gray  Drama / Romance Feature film   ''The Black Forest''  Paul Williams   feature film   ''Breakfast in Paris''  John D. Lamond Barbara Parkins, Rod Mullinar, Jack Lenoir, Elspeth Ballantyne, Graham Stanley, Chris Milne, Jennie Lamond, Jeremy Higgins  Drama / Romance Feature film  IMDb ''Brothers''  Terry Bourke  Chard Hayward, Ivar Kants, Margaret Lawrence, Chris Haywood, Alyson Best, Jennifer Cluff, Joan Bruce, Les Foxcroft, James Elliott, Ken Wayne, Moira Walker, Roger Ward, Ricky May  Drama / Thriller / War Feature film shot in New Zealand   ''Café of Love''  Jinks Dulhunty Craig Ashley, Mary Lou Stewart Short IMDb ''The Clinic''  David Stevens  Chris Haywood, Simon Burke, Gerda Nicolson, Rona McLeod, Suzanne Roylance, Veronica Lang, Pat Evison, Max Bruch, Gabrielle Hartley, Jane Cifton, Ned Lander, Martin Sharman, Tom Travers, Tony Rickards, Mark Little, Betty Bobbitt, Marilyn O'Donnell, Geoff Parry, Lawrence Mah, Paul Keek, Danny Nash, Alan Pentland, Jesse Mogensen, Terrie Sinclair, Evelyn Krape, Simon Thorpe, Alex Menglet, Tracy Harvey, Richard Healy   Comedy Feature film   IMDb ''Corpse''  James Clayden Ann Eckersley, Christopher Knowles Avant-Garde IMDb ''Crosstalk''  Mark Egerton, Keith Salvat  Gary Day, Penny Downie, John Ewart, Brian McDermott, Peter Collingwood, Kim Deacon, Judith Woodroofe, Jill Forster  Sci-Fi / Thriller Feature film  IMDb ''A Dangerous Summer''  Quentin Masters  Tom Skerritt, James Mason, Ian Gilmour, Wendy Hughes, Kim Deacon, Ray Barrett, Guy Doleman, Shane Porteous, Norman Kaye  Drama / Thriller Feature film   ''The Dark Room''  Paul Harmon Alan Cassell, Anna Maria Monticelli, Svet Kovich, Diana Davidson, Rowena Wallace, Ric Hutton, Oriana Panozzo, Sean Myers, Sally Cooper, Jon Darling, Kate Parker, Hayes Gordon  Drama / Thriller Feature film  IMDb ''Dead Easy''  Bert Deling Scott Burgess, Rosemary Paul, Tim McKenzie, Joe Martin, Max Phipps, Jack O'Leary, Sandy Gore, Barney Combes, Bobby Noble, Carlotta, Tony Barry  Action / Thriller Feature film  IMDb ''Dead Kids''  Michael Laughlin   feature film   ''Desolation Angels''  Christopher Fitchett Kim Trengove, Kerry Mack, Marie O'Loughlin, Monica Maughan, Jay Mannering, Paul Alexander, Nield Schneider, Nico Lathouris, Nick Forster, Louise Howitt, Karen West  Drama / Horror / Thriller Feature film IMDb aka Fair Game ''Dot and Santa Claus''  Yoram Gross      ''Double Deal''  Brian Kavanagh  Louis Jourdan, Angela Punch McGregor, Diane Craig, Warwick Comber, Peter Cummins, Bruce Spence, June Jago, Kerry Walker, Joan Letch, Danee Lindsay, Sean Myers, Robin Cuming, Harold Baigent, Kerry Daniel, Brenda Beddison, Don Bridges Drama / Thriller Feature film   ''Duet for Four''  Tim Burstall Michael Preston, Wendy Hughes, Michael Pate, Diane Cilento, Rod Mullinar, Sigrid Thornton, Vanessa Leigh, Warwick Comber, Clare Binney, Arthur Dignam  Drama / Romance Feature film  IMDb ''Dusty''  John Richardson  Bill Kerr, Noel Trevarthen, John Stanton, Carol Burns, Nick Holland, Dan Lynch, Maurie Fields, Reg Gorman, Katie Edwards  Adventure Family Feature film   ''Early Frost''  Terry O'Connor  Diana McLean, Jon Blake, Janet Kingsbury, David Franklin, Joanne Samuel, Danny Adcock, Daniel Cumerford, Kit Taylor, Guy Doleman  Drama / Horror / Thriller Feature film Drama / Horror / Thriller Feature film  IMDb ''An Exercise in Discipline: Peel'' Jane Campion Tim Pye, Katie Pye Short   IMDb ''Far East''  John Duigan  Bryan Brown, Helen Morse, John Bell, Sinan Leong, Raina McKeon, Bill Hunter, Henry Duval, John Gaden, John Clayton  Drama / Thriller / War Feature film   IMDb ''Fighting Back''  Michael Caulfield Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Paul Smith, Kris McQuade, Robyn Nevin, Wyn Roberts, Ben Gabriel, Anne Haddy, Maurie Fields, Caroline Gillmer  Drama Feature film  IMDb ''Fluteman''  Peter Maxwell John Jarratt, Emil Minty, Aileen Britton, Debra Lawrance, Michael Caton, Patrick Dickson, Peter Gwynne, Sheila Kennelly, Ron Graham, John Ewart  Drama Feature film  IMDb ''Freedom''  Scott Hicks Jon Blake, Candy Raymond, Jad Capelja, Charles Tingwell, Chris Haywood, Max Cullen, Reg Lye, Paul Sonkkila, Katie Edwards, John Clayton  Action / Adventure / Drama Feature film  IMDb ''Ginger Meggs''  Jonathan Dawson  Garry McDonald, Ross Higgins, Gwen Plumb, Harold Hopkins, Paul Daniel, Coral Kelly, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Harold Hopkins, John Wood, Willie Fennell, Terry Camilleri, Drew Forsythe  Comedy Family Feature film   IMDb ''Going Down''  Haydn Keenan  Tracy Mann, David Argue, Vera Plevnik, Moira MacLaine-Cross, Julie Barry, Richard Moir, Ian Gilmour, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Claudia Karvan, Mercia Deane-Johns, Ralph Cotterill  Drama Feature film   ''Goodbye Paradise''  Carl Schultz  Ray Barrett, Robyn Nevin, Janet Scrivener, Lex Marinos, Paul Chubb, Kate Fitzpatrick, Robert 'Tex' Morton, Guy Doleman, John Clayton, Don Pascoe, Kris McQuade, Frank Gallacher, Ray Marshall, Wallas Eaton, Mark Hembrow, Grant Dodwell  Drama / Thriller / War Feature film   ''Greetings from Wollongong''  Mary Callaghan Kevin Budgen, Shirley Faulkner, Syd Long             Short IMDb ''Heatwave''  Phillip Noyce  Judy Davis, Richard Moir, Chris Haywood, Bill Hunter, John Meillon, Anna Jemison, Dennis Miller, John Gregg, Sarah de Teliga, Lynette Curran, Carole Skinner, Frank Gallacher, Gary Waddell, Martin Sacks, Paul Chubb, Mercia Deane-Johns, Joy Smithers  Drama / Mystery / T%hriller Feature film   IMDb ''The Highest Honor''  Peter Maxwell, Seiji Maruyama John Howard, Atsuo Nakamura, Stuart Wilson,  War / Drama Feature film  IMDb aka Southern Cross ''Journey to the End of Night''  Bill Tammer  Documentary IMDb ''Kitty and the Bagman''  Donald Crombie Liddy Clark, John Stanton, Val Lehman, David Bradshaw, Gerard Maguire, John Ewart, Colette Mann, Paul Chubb, Kylie Foster, Ted Hepple, Danny Adcock, Reg Evans  Crime / Drama Feature film  IMDb ''Lady Stay Dead''  Terry Bourke   feature film   ''The Little Feller''  Colin Eggleston Steve Bisley, Sally Conabere, Lorna Lesley, Steven McLean, Leo Wockner  Drama / Thriller TV film  IMDb ''Lonely Hearts''  Paul Cox  Wendy Hughes, Norman Kaye, Julia Blake, Jonathan Hardy  Drama   IMDb ''Lousy Little Sixpence''  Gerald Bostock, Alec Morgan Geraldine Briggs, Flo Caldwell, 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, Chris Haywood, Gus Mercurio, Lorraine Bayly, June Jago  Drama / Adventure / Romance Feature film   IMDb ''Midnite Spares''  Quentin Masters  James Laurie, Gia Carides, Max Cullen, Bruce Spence, David Argue, Graeme Blundell, Tony Barry, Jonathan Coleman, John Godden, John Clayton  Action / Drama Feature film   ''Monkey Grip''  Ken Cameron  Noni Hazlehurst, Colin Friels, Alice Garner, Candy Raymond, Christina Amphlett, Harold Hopkins, Michael Caton, Esben Storm, Lisa Peers, Gary Waddell, Tim Burns, Don Miller-Robinson, Rebecca Rigg  Drama / Musical Feature film   IMDB, Screened at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival ''A Most Attractive Man''  Rivka Hartman  Cathy Downes, Morgan Lew, Julie McGregor, Bradley Miller, Dennis Miller, Carole Skinner, John Stone, Grigor Taylor, Anna Volska, Jane Weir  Comedy / Drama ABC TV film  ''Moving Out''  Michael Pattinson  Vince Colosimo, Kate Jason, Peter Sardi, Sylvie Fonti, Nicole Miranda, Ivar Kants, Sally Cooper, Desiree Smith, Tibor Gyajas, Maurice de Vincentis, Brian James, Sandy Gore  Drama Feature film   ''The Mystery at Castle House''  Peter Maxwell Simone Buchanan, Jeremy Shadlow, Scott Nicholas, Aileen Britton, Henri Szeps, John Cobley, Ray Meagher, Carole Skinner, Ronald Mee Lee. Robin Bowering, Robert Geammel, Tony Lee Crime / Family / Mystery Feature film  IMDB aka Mystery At Castle House ''Next of Kin''  Tony Williams  Jacki Kern, John Jarratt, Alex Scott, Gerda Nicolson, Charles McCallum, Bernadette Gibson, Robert Ratti, Tommy Dysart, Debra Lawrance  Horror / Thriller Feature film  IMDb ''Norman Loves Rose'' Henri Safran  Carol Kane, Tony Owen, Warren Mitchell, Myra De Groot, David Downer, Barry Otto, Sandy Gore, Barry Otto, Virginia Hey, Johnny Lockwood, Susan Stenmark  Comedy / Romance Feature film  IMDb ''Now and Forever''  Adrian Carr  Cheryl Ladd, Robert Coleby, Carmen Duncan, Christine Amor, Kris McQuade, Rod Mullinar, Henri Szeps, Alex Scott, Tim Burns, Aileen Britton  Drama / Romance Feature film   ''On the Run''  Mende Brown  Rod Taylor, Paul Winfield, Beau Cox, Shirley Cameron, Ray Meagher, Brian McDermott, Danny Adcock, Barry Lovett, Lola Nixon, Allan Penney, Reg Midway  Drama / Thriller Feature film   ''Outbreak of Hostilities''  David Copping  George Mallaby, Cornelia Frances, Scott Burgess, Colleen Fitzpatrick, Moya O'Sullivan, Judy Nunn, Max Cullen, Earle Cross, Charles Moody  Drama / War TV film ''The Pirate Movie''  Kevin Annakin  Kristy McNichol, Christopher Atkins, Ted Hamilton, Bill Kerr, Maggie Kirkpatrick, Garry McDonald, Roger Ward, Bill Kerr,  Kjell Nilsson, Vernon Wells, Rhonda Burchmore  Adventure / Musical Feature film   IMDb ''The Plains of Heaven''  Ian Pringle  Richard Moir, Reg Evans, Gerard Kennedy, John Flaus, Jenny Cartwright  Drama Feature film   IMDb ''The Return of Captain Invincible''  Philippe Mora  Alan Arkin, Christopher Lee, Kate Fitzpatrick, Michael Pate, Graham Kennedy, Max Phipps, Bill Hunter, Hayes Gordon, John Bluthal, Arthur Dignam, Max Cullen, Noel Ferrier, Bruce Spence, Gus Mercurio, Chris Haywood, Chelsea Brown  Comedy / Fantasy / Musical Feature film   ''Running on Empty''  John Clark  Terry Serio, Deborah Conway, Max Cullen, Vangelis Mourikis, Richard Moir, Chris Haywood, Grahame Bond, Gerry Sont, Penne Hackforth-Jones  Action / Drama Feature film  IMDb aka "Fast Lane Fever" ''Shadows''  Royden Irvine  Short IMDb ''The Sharkcallers of Kontu''  Dennis O'Rourke  Documentary IMDb ''A Slice of Life''  John Lamond  Robin Nedwell, Juliet Jordan, John Ewart, Jane Clifton, Caz Lederman, Dina Mann, Amanda Muggleton, Julie Nihill, Lulu Pinkus, Gwen Soares, Louise Siversen, Alan Hopgood  Comedy / Romance Feature film   ''Southern Cross''  Peter Maxwell  John Howard, Atsuo Nakamura, George Mallaby, Michael Aitkens, Stuart Wilson, Steve Bisley, Tony Bonner, John Ley, Gary Waddell, Baz Luhrmann, Mark Hembrow, Harold Hopkins  Action / Adventure / War Feature film  aka The Highest Honour ''Snow: The Movie''  Robert Gibson David Argue, Lance Curtis, Geoff Kelso, Tom Coltraine, Jeanine O'Donnell, Eddie Zandberg, David Argue, Peter Moon, Ian MacFadyen, Peppie Angliss  Comedy Feature film IMDb ''Squizzy Taylor''  Kevin James Dobson David Atkins, Jacki Weaver, Alan Cassell, Michael Long, Kim Lewis, Steve Bisley, Cul Cullen, Peter Paulson, John Larking, Peter Hosking, Kerry Mack, Robert Hughes  Biography / Drama Feature film  IMDb ''Starstruck''  Gillian Armstrong  Jo Kennedy, Ross O'Donovan, Margo Lee, Ned Lander, Max Cullen, Pat Evison, Dennis Miller, Melissa Jaffer, Norman Erskine, Phil Judd, John O'May, Mark Little, Lucky Grills, Syd Heylen, Carol Burns, Greg Fleet, Geoffrey Rush  Comedy / Drama / Musical Feature film  IMDb ''Storm Riders''  Dick Hoole, David Lourie  Documentary IMDb ''Sweet Dreamers''  Tom Cowan Richard Moir, Sue Smithers, Adam Bowen, Frankie Raymond  Drama / Romance Feature film  IMDb ''Taurus Rising''  Pino Amenta  Annette Andre, Diane Craig, Alan Cassell, Maurie Fields, Linda Newton, Damon Herriman, Gordon Glenwright, Georgie Sterling, Marina Finlay, Jessica Noad, Andrew Clarke  Drama TV film / TV Pilot to series (1982) ''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, John Godden  Action / Drama / Thriller / Horror Feature film  IMDb ''Warriors of the Deep''  Tony Wheeler   Documentary drama   IMDb ''We of the Never Never''  Igor Auzins Angela Punch McGregor, Arthur Dignam, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, John Jarratt, Tommy Lewis, Tony Barry, Tex Morton, Mawuyul Yanthalawuy, Martin Vaughan  Historical / Drama Feature film  IMDb, Based on popular Australian autobiographical novel by Jeannie Gunn, first published in 1908 ''Wilde's Domain''  Charles Tingwell  Kit Taylor, June Salter, Lenore Smith, Steven Grives, Jeanie Drynan, Ivar Kants, Henri Szeps, Alan Lee, Tim Elliot, Martin Vaughan  Drama ABC TV film   ''With Prejudice''  Esben Storm Max Cullen, David Slingsby, Scott Burgess, John Ley, Max Cullen, Richard Moir, Chris Haywood, Terry Serio, Paul Sonkkila, Peter Whitford, Tony Barry, John Clayton, Tim McKenzie, John Clayton Drama Feature film  IMDb ''The Year of Living Dangerously''  Peter Weir  Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt, Michael Murphy, Bill Kerr, Noel Ferrier, Bembol Roco, Paul Sonkkila, Ali Nur, Dominador Robridillo, Joel Agona, Mike Emperio, Kuh Ledesma, Cecily Polson,   Drama / Romance / Thriller / War Feature film IMDb, Entered into the 1983 Cannes Film Festival, Won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
See also *1982 in Australia*1982 in Australian television
References
External links *  Australian film at the Internet Movie Database