List of Australian films of 1985
Introduction
1985 TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea''  Tim Brooke-Hunt Tom Burlinson Animation / Adventure   IMDb ''After Marcuse''  Ted Robinson  Diane Craig, Penne Hackforth-Jones, Grigor Taylor, David Whitney, Paul Mason, Jim Kemp, Muriel Hopkins, Carmen Warrington, Anna Phillips, Margaret Maddock  Drama TV film  First aired during 1988 ''An Indecent Obsession''  Lex Marinos Wendy Hughes, Gary Sweet, Richard Moir, Jonathan Hyde, Bruno Lawrence, Mark Little, Tony Sheldon, Bill Hunter, Julia Blake, Caroline Gillmer, Marina Finlay, John Sheerin, Andrew Martin, Mark Davis  Drama / War Feature film  IMDb ''Archer''  Denny Lawrence  Brett Climo, Nicole Kidman, Robert Coleby, Anna-Maria Monticelli, Tony Barry, Paul Bertram, Ernie Gray, John Flaus, Ernie Dingo  Adventure / Drama / Family TV film  aka Archer's Adventure  ''Banduk''  Di Drew  Bayulma Marika, Garry McDonald, Joan Winchester, Yalumul Marika, Roy Marika, Gurumin Marika, Marika Munyurran, Tommy Munyurran  Drama / Family TV film  ''The Big Hurt''  Barry Peak  David Bradshaw, Lian Lunson, Simon Chilvers, John Ewart, Alan Cassell, Abbe Holmes, Alethea McGrath, Nick Waters  Thriller Feature film   IMDb ''Bliss''  Ray Lawrence  Barry Otto, Lynette Curran, Helen Jones, Miles Buchanan, Tim Robertson, Gia Carides, Bryan Marshall, Jon Ewing, Jeff Truman, Kerry Walker, Paul Chubb, Robert Menzies, Saskia Post, Les Foxcroft, Nique Needles  Comedy / Fantasy Feature film  IMDb, Entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival ''Bootleg''  John Prescott  Ray Meagher, Carmen Duncan, John Gregg, John Flaus, Ian Nimmo, Shelley Friend, Louise Siversen, Max Meldrum  Crime / Drama Feature film   IMDb ''Breaking Up''  Kathy Mueller  Candy Raymond, Nick Enright, Matt Stevenson, Bradley Kilpatrick  Drama ABC TV film  ''Burke & Wills''  Graeme Clifford  Jack Thompson, Nigel Havers, Greta Scacchi, Matthew Fargher, Chris Haywood, Ralph Cotterill, Drew Forsythe, Hugh keays-Byrne, Les Foxcroft, Arthur Dignam  Adventure / Drama Feature film   IMDb, screened at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival ''The Coca-Cola Kid''  Dusan Makavejev  Eric Roberts, Greta Scacchi, Bill Kerr, Chris Haywood, Kris McQuade, Tony Barry, Max Gillies, Paul Chubb, Tim Finn, Rebecca Smart, Ian Gilmour, David Argue, Colleen Clifford, Esben Storm  Comedy / Romance Feature film  IMDb, Entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival ''Cool Change''  George Miller  Jon Blake, Lisa Armytage, Deborra-Lee Furness, Alec Wilson, James Wright, Robert Bruning, David Bradshaw, Mark Hembrow  Action / Adventure / Romance Feature film  IMDb ''Death Warmed Up''  David Blyth Michael Hurst, Margaret Umbers, William Upjohn,   Horror / Sci-Fi Feature film  IMDb ''Don't Call Me Girlie''  Andree Wright, Stewart Young Aileen Britton, Charlotte Francis, Nancy Gurr Documentary IMDb ''Dot and the Koala''  Yoram Gross Robyn Moore, Keith Scott Animation / Family IMDb ''Double Sculls''  Ian Gilmour  John Hargreaves, Chris Haywood, Angela Punch-McGregor, Bill Kerr, Judi Farr, Mercia Deane-Johns, Cecily Polson, Colleen Clifford, Jenny Vuletic, Vincent Ball, Vanessa Downing  Drama TV film  ''Emerging''  Kathy Mueller  Shane Connor, Sue Jones, Robyn Gibbes, Tibor Gyapjas, Monica Maughan, Alan Hopgood  Drama / Romance ABC TV film  ''Emma's War''  Clytie Jessop  Lee Remick, Miranda Otto, Mark Lee, Terence Donovan, Donal Gibson, Pat Evison, Grigor Taylor, Bridey Lee, Noeline Brown  Drama Feature film  IMDb ''Emoh Ruo''  Denny Lawrence  Joy Smithers, Martin Sacks, Philip Quast, Genevieve Mooy, Max Phipps Bill Young, Louise Le Nay, Jack Ellis, Mervyn Drake, Helen McDonald, Richard Carter, Diane Smith  Comedy Feature film  IMDb ''The Empty Beach''  Chris Thomson  Bryan Brown, Anna Maria Monticelli, Nick Tate, Ray Barrett, Belinda Giblin, Peter Collingwood, Kerry Mack, Joss McWilliam, John Wood, Sally Cooper, Rebecca Smart  Drama / Mystery / Thriller Feature film  IMDb ''Epic''  Yoram Gross Voices: Benita Collings, John Huston, Ross Higgins  Animation / Family Feature film  IMDb ''Fair Game''  Mario Andreacchio  Cassandra Delaney, Peter Ford, David Sandford, Don Barker, Carmel Young, Adrian Shirley, Wayne Anthony, Gary Who  Action / Drama / Horror / Thriller Feature film   ''Flight into Hell''  Gordon Flemyng  Helmut Zierl, Werner Stocker, Anne Tenney, Vincent Ball ABC TV Mini Series  IMDb Fortress  Arch Nicholson  Rachel Ward, Terence Donovan, David Bradshaw, Peter Hehir, Vernon Welles, Roger Stephen, Nick Waters, Sean Garlick, Marc Gray, Rebecca Rigg, Beth Buchanan, Asher Keddie, Anna Crawford, Wendy Playfair, Paul Chubb, Elaine Cusick, Laurie Moran  Drama / Thriller TV film   ''Fran''  Glenda Hambly  Noni Hazlehurst, Annie Byron, Alan Fletcher, Narelle Simpson, Travis Ward, Rosie Logie, Danny Adcock, Colin McEwan  Drama Feature film   IMDb ''Frog Dreaming''  Brian Trenchard-Smith  Henry Thomas, Tony Barry, Rachel Friend, Tamsin West, John Ewart, Dennis Miller, Katy Manning, Dempsey Knight, Peter Cummins  Drama / Family / Mystery Feature film   IMDb ''Half Life: A Parable for the Nuclear Age''  Dennis O'Rourke   Documentary   IMDb ''Handle With Care''  Paul Cox  Anna-Maria Monticelli, Monica Maughan, Nina Landis, Lucinda Cowden, Alex Taifer, Norman Kaye, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Peter Adams, Sheila Florance, Bettina Arndt, Charles Tingwell  Drama / Documentary TV film   ''I Can't Get Started''  Rodney Fisher  Wendy Hughes, John Waters, Ben Gabriel, Donald MacDonald, Heather Mitchell, Sandy Gore, Lyndel Rowe, Jenny Lovell, Todd Boyce, Andrew McFarlane, Deborah Kennedy, Noel Ferrier, Margo Lee, Maureen Green, Mark Owen-Taylor, Victoria Longley, John Hannan, Helmut Bakaitis, Barry Quin, Les Dayman, Craig Pearce, Vanessa Downing, Andrew Tighe, Marilyn Allen, Milorad Mihajlovic  Drama / Romance TV film  IMDb ''I Live with Me Dad''  Paul Moloney Peter Hehir, Haydon Samuels, Dennis Miller, Rebecca Gibney, Robyn Gibbes, Anthony Hawkins, Esben Storm, Val Lehman, Edward Hepple, Peter Cummins, Anne Charleston, Gus Mercurio  Comedy / Drama TV film  IMDb ''I Own the Racecourse''  Stephen Ramsey  Gully Coote, Tony Barry, Norman Kaye, Rodney Burke, Gillian Jones, Paul Bertram, Brett Climo, Safier Redzepaski, Anthony Mangan, Tim Elston, Bob Ellis  Drama / Family Feature film   ''Jenny Kissed Me''  Brian Trenchard-Smith Ivar Kants, Deborra-Lee Furness, Tamsin West, Paula Duncan, Mary Ward, Tim Robertson, Nicholas Eadie, Steven Grives  Drama Feature film  IMDb ''The Long Way Home''  Catherine Millar  Richard Moir, Genevieve Picot, Peter Kowitz, Alan David Lee, Joanne Samuel  Drama / Thriller / War ABC TV film ''Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome''  George Miller, George Ogilvie Mel Gibson, Tina Turner, Bruce Spence, Frank Thring, Angry Anderson, Robert Grubb, George Spartels, Helen Buday, Justine Clarke, Adam Cockburn, Rebekah Elmaloglou  Action / Sci-Fi / Adventure Feature film   IMDb ''The More Things Change...'' Robyn Nevin  Judy Morris, Barry Otto, Victoria Longley, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Peter Carroll, Louise Le Nay, Bill Bennett  Drama Feature film  IMDb ''Natural Causes''  Michael Carson  Geraldine Turner, Robyn Gurney, Gary Day, Bill Young  Drama ABC TV Film ''Niel Lynne''  David Baker  Sigrid Thornton, Paul Williams, Judy Morris, Brandon Burke, David Argue, Tony Rickards, Nicki Paull, Alan Cinis, George Mallaby, Tim Robertson, John Howard  Drama Feature film  IMDb aka: "Best Enemies" in the UK ''No Dance''  Philip Brophy Kim Beissel, Jillian Burt, Lino Caputo Short IMDb ''The Occult Experience''  Frank Heimans Margot Adler, Michael Aquino, Lilith Sinclair Documentary   IMDb The Perfectionist     John Waters, Jacki Weaver, Steven Vidler, Kate Fitzpatrick, Noel Ferrier, Jennifer Claire, Vic Hawkins,Maggie Dence, Linda Cropper, Adam Willits, Steven Jacobs  Comedy / Drama / Romance TV film  ''Rebel''  Michael Jenkins Matt Dillon, Debbie Byrne, Bryan Brown, Ray Barrett, Bill Hunter, Julie Nihill, Nikki Coghill, John O'May, Kim Deacon, Sheree Da Costa, Isabelle Anderson, Joy Smithers  Drama / Musical / War Feature film  IMDb ''Relatives''  Antony J. Bowman Bill Kerr, Rowena Wallace, Carol Raye, Ray Barrett, Alyson Best, Jeanie Drynan, Norman Kaye, Brett Climo, Marian Dworakowski, Michael Atkin, Rebecca Elmaloglou, Ray Meager  Comedy / Drama Feature film  IMDb ''Remember Me''  Lex Marinos  Wendy Hughes, Richard Moir, Robert Grubb, Peter Gwynne, Carol Raye, Sandy Gore, Celia de Burgh, Kris McQuade, John Doyle, Bob Ellis, Charlotte Haywood  Horror / Thriller TV film  ''Robbery''  Michael Thornhill  John Sheerin, Tony Rickards, Duncan Wass, Tim Hughes, Rhys McConnochie, Regina Gaigalas, Joe Spano, Richard Meikle, Simon Chilvers, John Doyle, Tina Bursill  Action / Drama TV film   ''Rooted''  Ron Way  James Laurie, Genevieve Mooy, Peter Mochrie, Shane Connor, Kathleen Allen, Ian Spence, Terry Serio, Patricia Amphlett aka Little Pattie  Drama ABC TV film  ''Short Changed''  George Ogilvie  David Kennedy, Susan Leith, Jamie Agius, Ray Meagher, Mark Little, Jim Holt, Mac Silva, Lyndel Rowe, Ron Haddrick  Drama Feature film  IMDb ''Sky Pirates''  Colin Eggleston John Hargreaves, Meredith Phillips, Max Phipps, Bill Hunter, Simon Chilvers, Alex Scott, David Parker, Adrian Wright, Wayne Cull, Peter Cummins, Narrator: Hayes Gordon  Adventure / Sci-Fi Feature film  IMDb ''Spytrap: The True Story of Petrov and Philby''  William Bemister Keith Scott Documentary IMDb ''Starship''  Roger Christian John Tarrant, Donogh Rees, Deep Roy, Joy Smithers  Sci-Fi Feature film  IMDb aka: "2084" and "Lorca and the Outlaws" ''The Still Point''  Barbara Boyd-Anderson Nadine Garner, Lyn Semmler, Robin Cuming, Alex Menglet, Steve Bastoni, Kirsty Grant, Ben Mendelsohn  Drama Feature film  IMDb ''Stock Squad''  Howard Rubie  Martin Sacks, Gerard Kennedy, Kris McQuade, Richard Meikle, Michael O'Neill, Jay Hackett, Carmen Duncan, Tony Blackett, Philip Ross, Brendon Lunney, Su Cruickshank, Jim Holt  Action / Crime / Drama TV film ''A Street to Die''  Bill Bennett  Chris Haywood, Jennifer Cluff, Peter Hehir, Peter Kowitz, Andrew Chirgwin, Susaanah Fowle, Ariathe Galani, Robin Ramsay, Brett Climo, Pat Evison  Drama Feature film   IMDb ''Time After Time''  Bill Hays John Gielgud, Googie Withers  Drama IMDb, Based on a novel by Molly Keane ''Time's Raging''  Sophia Turkiewicz  Judy Morris, Michael Aitkens, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Vicki Luke, David Downer, Doug Bowles, Penne Hackforth-Jones  Drama ABC TV film ''Unfinished Business''  Bob Ellis  John Clayton, Michele Fawdon, Norman Kaye, Bob Ellis, Andrew Lesnie  Comedy / Drama Feature film   IMDb ''Warming Up''  Bruce Best  Barbara Stephens, Henri Szeps, Queenie Ashton Comedy / Family   IMDb ''Wills & Burke''  Bob Weis Garry McDonald, Kim Gyngell, Peter Collingwood, Jonathan Hardy, Nicole Kidman, Chris Haywood, Rod Williams, Roy Baldwin, Simon Thorpe, Alex Menglet, Tony Rickards, Mark Mitchell, Mark Little  Comedy Feature film  IMDb ''Wrong World''  Ian Pringle  Richard Moir, Jo Kennedy, Nico Lathouris, Robbie McGregor, Cliff Ellen, Elise McLeod, Esben Storm  Drama Feature film   IMDb, Entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival
See also * 1985 in Australia* 1985 in Australian television
References
External links *  Australian film at the Internet Movie Database