List of Australian films of 1980
Introduction
1980 TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes ''Arcade''    Lorrae Desmond, Garth Meade, Syd Heylen, Coral Kelly, Peggy Toppano, Anne Semler, Patrick Ward, Olga Tamara, Aileen Britton, Allan Penney, Bill Charlton, Jeremy Kewley, Christine Harris  Drama TV film / TV pilot to 1980 series ''Bedfellows''  Julian Pringle  John Waters, Carol Burns  Drama ABC TV film  Screened as ''Australian Theatre Festival'' ''Bellamy: The Massage Girl Murders''  Gary Conway  John Stanton, Tim Elston, James Condon, Sally Conabere, Brian Young, John Krummel, Arna-Maria Winchester, Sean Scully, Adam Garnett, Jeremy Higgins, Tina Darby, Martin Harris, Brian Hinzelwood, Gordon Lishman, Phillip Hinton, Peter Meredith, Kevin Healy, Mandi Climpson, Donald Carter, Charlotte Calder, Lyn Collingwood, Steve Rackman, Faye Donaldson  Crime / Drama / Thriller TV film / TV Pilot to series (1980-1981) ''Big Toys''  Chris Thomson  Diane Cilento, Colin Friels, Kate Fitzpatrick, John Gaden, Max Cullen  Comedy ABC TV film  Screened as ''Australian Theatre Festival'' ''Blood Money''  Christopher Fitchett  John Flaus, Chrissie James, Bryan Brown, Sophie Murphy, Peter Curtin, Sue Jones, John Proper, Michael Carman, Peter Stratford  Crime / Drama Short Feature film   IMDb '' Breaker Morant''  Bruce Beresford Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, John Waters, Bryan Brown, Charles "Bud" Tingwell, Terence Donovan, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Rod Mullinar  Drama Feature film   IMDb, Won ten awards at the AFI awards and won an award at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival ''The Chain Reaction''  Ian Barry Steve Bisley, Arna-Maria Winchester, Ross Thompson, Richard Moir, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Patrick Ward, Ralph Cotterill, Lorna Lesley, Frankie J Holden, Kym Gyngell,  Action / Thriller Feature film  IMDb ''The Club''  Bruce Beresford  Jack Thompson, Graham Kennedy, Frank Wilson, John Howard, Harold Hopkins, Alan Cassell, Maurie Fields, Maggie Doyle  Comedy / Drama Feature film   IMDb ''The Coast Town Kids''  Peter Maxwell  John Wood, Frank Gallacher, Alan Hopgood, Peter Felmingham, Robert Korosy, Sally Wilde, Justin Stanford  Drama / Family TV film / TV Pilot  ''The Comeback''  Kit Laughlin Arnold Schwarzenegger  Action Documentary   IMDb ''Coralie Lansdowne Says No''  Michael Carson  Wendy Hughes, David Waters, Brian Blain, Elaine Mangan, Mary Lou Stewart, Basil Clarke, Robert Coleby  Drama ABC TV film  Screened as ''Australian Theatre Festival'' ''Cornflakes for Tea''  John Colquhoun  Howard Kloester, Linda Hartley, Beverley Dunn, Tamblyn Lord, Bunney Brooke, Bruce Kerr, Kerry Armstrong, Candy Raymond, Vince D'Amico, Peggy Nichols, Max Cullen  Family TV film  ''Dead Man's Float''  Peter Sharp  Sally Boyden, Greg Rowe, Jacqui Gordon, Rick Ireland, Gus Mercurio, Bill Hunter, Sue Jones, John Heywood, Chris Haywood, Bunney Brooke, Ernie Sigley, Brian Hannan  Crime / Drama / Family TV film   IMDb ''Departmental''  Keith Wilkes  Ray Barrett, Martin Vaughan, Gary Day, Rod Williams  Drama ABC TV film  Screened as ''Australian Theatre Festival'' ''The Department''  Brian Bell  Richard Moir, Peter Sumner, Barbara Stephens, John Ewart, Anne Tenney  Drama ABC TV film  Screened as ''Australian Theatre Festival'' ''The Earthling''  Peter Collinson  William Holden, Rick Schroder, Jack Thompson, Olivia Hamnett, Alwyn Kurts, Pat Evison, Ray Barrett, Jane Harders, Allan Penney, Tony Barry, Willie Fennell, Ray Meagher  Adventure IMDb ''Fatty Finn''  Maurice Murphy  Bert Newton, Noni Hazlehurst, Ben Oxenbould, Rebecca Rigg, Lorraine Bayly, Gerard Kennedy, Henri Szeps, Greg Kelly, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Frank Wilson, Ross Higgins, Tony Alvarez, Jeremy Larsson Comedy / Family Feature film   IMDb ''Final Cut''  Ross Dimsey  Lou Brown, Jennifer Cluff, David Clendenning, Thaddeus Smith, Narrelle Johnson, Carmen J McCall  Drama / Thriller Feature film   IMDb aka: "Death Games" aka Death Games ''Fourteen's Good, Eighteen's Better''  Gillian Armstrong  Kerry Carlson, Diana Doman, Josie Petersen Documentary   IMDb ''The Girl Who Met Simone de Beauvoir in Paris''  Richard Wherrett  Peter Carroll, John Clayton, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Judy Morris  Short Film   IMDb ''Groping''  Alex Proyas, Salik Silverstein Tracey Wadey Short IMDb ''Hard Knocks''  Don McLennan Tracy Mann, John Arnold, Kirsty Grant, Bill Hunter, Kim Rushworth, Max Cullen, Penelope Stewart, Hilton Bonner, Tony Bonner, Tony Barry  Drama Feature film  IMDb ''Harlequin''  Simon Wincer  Robert Powell, David Hemmings, Carmen Duncan, Broderick Crawford, Gus Mercurio, Alan Cassell, Mark Spain, John Frawley, Alyson Best  Drama / Fantasy / Mystery / Thriller Feature film   IMDb ''The Kingdom of Nek Chand''  Paul Cox  Documentary Short IMDb ''Lucinda Brayford''  John Gauci  Wendy Hughes, Sam Neill, Barry Quin Drama IMDb ''Manganinnie''  John Honey  Mawuyul Yanthalawuy, Anna Ralph, Phillip Hinton Drama Feature film  IMDb aka "Darkening Flame" ''...Maybe This Time''  Chris McGill  Judy Morris, Bill Hunter, Michael Preston, Michele Fawdon, Leonard Teale, Chris Haywood, Rod Mullinar, Ken Shorter, Jill Perryman, Leonard Teale, Lorna Lesley, Celia de Burgh  Drama Feature film  IMDb ''Mystery Island''  Gene W. Scott Jayson Duncan, Niklas Juhlin, Michael McGlinchey, Melissa Woodhams, Bill Charlton, Ray Marshall, Ray Meagher, Allan Penney, Tom Richards  Drama / Family TV film  IMDb ''Nightmares''  John D. Lamond Jenny Neumann, Gary Sweet, Nina Landis, Max Phipps, Edmund Pegge, Sue Jones, Briony Behets, John Michael Howson, Gary Day, Terry Besanko  Horror / Thriller Feature film  IMDb, aka "Stage Fright" ''Palm Beach''  Albie Thoms  Kenneth Brown, Nat Young, Bryan Brown  Drama   IMDb, shot in 1978 ''Pianoforte''  Antoinette Starkiewicz  Short IMDb ''Psychic Visions of the Future''  William Bemister  Documentary Short IMDb ''Raccolta d'inverno''  Brian McKenzie  Short IMDb ''Rush''     ''Slippery Slide''  Donald Crombie  Simon Burke, Arkie Whiteley, Jon Blake, Gerry Duggan, Martin Harris, Barry Pierce, Craig Doyle, Tim Franklin, Brian Young, Ken Short, Maureen Gay, Noreen Le Mottee, Allen Harvey, Hazel Alger, John Denham, Bernard Pidd  Drama TV film ''Stepping Out''  Chris Noonan Chris Dobbin, Aldo Gennaro, Romayne Grace Documentary Short IMDb ''Stir''  Stephen Wallace  Bryan Brown, Max Phipps, Dennis Miller, Michael Gow, Gary Waddell, Phil Motherwell, Paul Sonkkila, Peter Kowitz, Ray Meagher, Syd Heylen  Prison drama Feature film  IMDb ''Touch and Go''  Peter Maxwell Wendy Hughes, Chantal Contouri, Carmen Duncan, Jon English, Brian Blain, Jeanie Drynan, Christine Amor, Liddy Clark, John Bluthal, Barbara Stephens, Vince Martin, Beryl Cheers, Roger Ward, Les Foxcroft  Crime /Comedy / Drama Feature film  IMDb ''Wronsky''  Ian Pringle  Ross Thompson, Miranda Brown, Doug Ling, Phil Dagg, John Flaus  Short Feature film  ''Yap: How Did You Know We'd Like TV?'' Dennis O'Rourke  Gabriel Avin, Mike Bermin, Mike Branch Documentary Short  IMDb
See also * 1980 in Australia* 1980 in Australian television
References
External links *  Australian film at the Internet Movie Database