List of Australian films of 1978
Introduction
1978 TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes ''The ABC of Love and Sex: Australia Style''  John Lamond  Narrators: Sandy Gore, Michael Cole, Katie Morgan, Robyn Bartly, Leon Cossack, John Michael Howson,  Erotica / Documentary Feature film  ''A Good Thing Going''  Arch Nicholson  John Hargreaves, Veronica Lang, Chris Haywood, Tina Bursill, Sandra Lee Paterson, Lynne Porteous, Miles Buchanan, Simone Buchanan  Drama / Romance TV film ''And / Or = One''   Briann Kearney   Kris McQuade, Vincent Gil, Anna West, Bridget Murphy  Drama   IMDb  ''At Uluru''  Corinne Cantrill   Avant-Garde  IMDb ''Because He's My Friend''  Ralph Nelson  Keir Dullea, Karen Black, Jack Thompson, Don Reid, Tom Oliver, Barbara Stephens, Warwick Poulsen, Adam Gibson, Matthew O'Sullivan, Tony Wager, June Salter, Ray Meagher, Michael Long, Tom McCarthy, Kevin Howard, Barry Donnelly, Alan Faulkner, Ian Dyson, Hugh Logan, Will Barker  Drama TV film US Co-production  aka Love Under Pressure ''Bit Part''  Eric Taylor  John Meillon, Vincent Ball, Noni Hazlehurst, Noel Trevarthen, Judy Nunn, Max Cullen, Stuart Wagstaff  Drama ABC TV film  aka ABC Teleplay ''Blue Fin''  Carl Schultz  Hardy Krüger, Greg Rowe, John Jarratt, Liddy Clark, Elspeth Ballantyne, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Ralph Cotterill, John Frawley, Max Cullen  Adventure / Family / Drama Feature film   IMDb ''The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith''  Fred Schepisi  Tommy Lewis, Angela Punch McGregor, Ray Barrett, Freddy Reynolds, Elizabeth Alexander, Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson, Ruth Cracknell  Drama Feature film   IMDb, 3 wins & 10 nominations. Entered into the 1978 Cannes Film Festival ''Demolition''  Kevin Dobson  John Waters, Fred Steele, Keith Lee, Vincent Ball, Belinda Giblin, Donald MacDonald, Wallas Eaton, Alexander Archdale, Tracey Lee, Mercia Deane-Johns  Drama / Thriller TV film  ''Felicity''  John Lamond  Glory Annen, Chris Milne, Joni Flynn, Jody Hanson, Marilyn Rodgers, John Michael Howson, Vernon Wells (uncredited)  Erotica / Adventure / Romance Feature film  ''Hospitals Don't Burn Down''  Brian Trenchard-Smith Jeanie Drynan, Mark Edwards, Ray Marshall  Short Film  IMDb ''In Search of Anna''  Esben Storm Richard Moir, Judy Morris, Chris Haywood, Bill Hunter, Gary Waddell, Ian Nimmo, Alex Taifer, Maurie Fields  Mystery / Drama Feature film  IMDb ''The Irishman''  Donald Crombie  Michael Craig, Robyn Nevin, Simon Burke, Gerard Kennedy, Lou Brown, Tony Barry, Vincent Ball, Tui Lorraine Bow, Andrew Maguire, Roger Ward, Bryan Brown  Drama / Romance Feature film  IMDb ''The Island of Nevawuz''Paul WilliamsCarole-Ann Aylett, Brian Hannan, Hardy StowAnimation / Family IMDb ''Jenny''  Jan Sharp   IMDb ''The Last Tasmanian''  Tom Haydon Leo McKern, Jim Allen, Rhys Jones Documentary / Drama / History IMDb ''Letter to a Friend''  Sonia Hofmann  Short IMDb ''Letters from Poland''  Sophia Turkiewicz Basia Bonkowski, Martin Vaughan, Jessica O'Donnell Short IMDb ''Little Boy Lost''  Terry Bourke Lorna Lesley, John Jarratt, John Hargreaves, Tony Elliot, David Gulpilil, Tony Barry, Nathan Dawes, Les Foxcroft, Brian Anderson Drama Feature film   IMDb ''Long Weekend''  Colin Eggleston  John Hargreaves, Briony Behets, Mike McEwen, Michael Aitkens, Roy Day, Sue Kiss von Soly  Horror / Mystery / Thriller Feature film   IMDb ''Money Movers''  Bruce Beresford  Terence Donovan, Tony Bonner, Ed Devereaux, Bryan Brown, Frank Wilson, Lucky Grills, Charles Tingwell, Alan Cassell, Allan Penney, Candy Raymond, Jeanie Drynan  Crime / Action / Thriller Feature film  IMDb ''Mouth to Mouth''  John Duigan Kim Krejus, Sonia Peat, Ian Gilmour, Sergio Frazzetto, Michael Carman, Janice Hayes, Shona Stephens, Walter Pym  Drama Feature film  IMDb ''Newsfront''  Phillip Noyce  Bill Hunter, Wendy Hughes, Gerard Kennedy, Chris Haywood, Angela Punch, Bryan Brown, Drew Forsythe, John Ewart, John Clayton, Don Crosby, John Dease, Tony Barry, Lorna Lesley, Steve Bisley, Kit Taylor, Les Foxcroft, Bruce Spence, Mark Holden, Anne Haddy  Drama / History Feature film   IMDb ''The Night, the Prowler''  Jim Sharman Ruth Cracknell, John Frawley, Kerry Walker, John Derum, Terry Camilleri, Paul Chubb, Alexander Archdale, Maggie Kirkpatrick  Drama / Thriller Feature film   IMDb''The Night Nurse''Igor AuzinsDavina Whitehouse, Kay Taylor, Gary Day, Kate Fitzpatrick, Max Meldrum, Ted Howell, Reg Gillam,  Horror / Thriller TV film IMDb ''Patrick''  Richard Franklin  Susan Penhaligon, Robert Helpmann, Robert Thompson, Rod Mullinar, Bruce Barry, Julia Blake, Helen Hemingway, Frank Wilson, Maria Mercedes  Horror / Thriller Feature film   IMDb ''Ripkin''  Frank Arnold  Belinda Giblin, Olivia Hamnett, Robert Hughes, Keith Lee, Vince Martin, Garick Mather, David Nettheim  Thriller ABC TV film / Teleplay  Screened as 'Stuart Wagstaff's World Playhouse' series  ''The Scalp Merchant''  Howard Rubie  John Waters, Elizabeth Alexander, Ron Haddrick, Cameron Mitchell, Ric Hutton, Margaret Nelson, Joan Sydney, Helen Hough  Drama / Thriller TV film ''Size 10''  Sarah Gibson, Susan Lambert Robyn Archer, Anny Bremner, Laurie Denton Documentary / Short IMDb ''Solo''  Tony Williams  Vincent Gil, Lisa Peers, Tony Williams, Martyn Sanderson, Perry Armstrong, Max Fernie, Jock Spence, Frances Edmond, Davina Whitehouse  Drama / Romance Feature Film, First Australia-New Zealand Co-production IMDb ''The Sound of Love''  John Power  John Jarratt, Celia de Burgh, George Ogilvie, John Beynham, Maree D'Arcy, Rob George, Pamela George, Don Barker, Graham Duckett  Drama / Romance TV film ''Stunt Rock''  Brian Trenchard-Smith Grant Page, Monique van de Ven, Margaret Gerard Action / Drama / Music IMDb ''Taxi''  Russell Hagg  Steve Bisley, Barbara Llewellyn, Don Barker, Rod Mullinar, Sean Myers, Terry Gill, William Nagle, Bethany Lee, Matthew King, Di Turner, Maurie Fields, Peter Aanensen, Joy Westmore, Frank Hamilton  Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller TV film ''Temperament Unsuited''  Ken Cameron Steve J. Spears, Robyn Nevin, Deborah Kennedy, Tony Sheldon, Victoria Nicholls Short Film  IMDb ''Third Person Plural''  James Ricketson Bryan Brown, Linden Wilkinson, Margaret Cameron, George Shevtsov, Elaine Hudson, Alex Kovacs  Drama Feature film  IMDb ''Weekend of Shadows''  Tom Jeffrey  John Waters, Wyn Roberts, Melissa Jaffer, Barbara West, Graeme Blundell, Bill Hunter, Graham Rouse, Keith Lee, Kit Taylor, Tony Barry, Les Foxcroft, Bryan Brown  Crime / Mystery Feature film   IMDb
See also * 1978 in Australia* 1978 in Australian television
References
External links *  Australian film at the Internet Movie Database