List of Australian films of 1987
Introduction
1987 TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes ''Army Wives''  Denny Lawrence  Julie Nihill, Philip Quast, Lian Lunson, Shane Connor, Peter Sumner, Marilyn Allen, Russell Newman, Linda Newton, Val Lehman  Drama / Romance / War TV film  ''Around the World in Eighty Ways''  Stephen MacLean  Philip Quast, Allan Penney, Gosia Dobrowolska, Diana Davidson, Kelly Dingwall, Judith Fisher, John Howard, Kaarin Fairfax, Frank Lloyd, Richard Carter  Comedy   IMDb ''Aussified''  Ralph Lawrence Marsden  Chris Waters, Amanda McNamara, Bronwyn Gibbs Drama   IMDb ''Australian Dream''  Jackie McKimmie  Noni Hazlehurst, Graeme Blundell, John Jarratt, Barry Rugless, Jenny Mansfield, Caine O'Connel, James Ricketson  Comedy / Drama Feature film   IMDb ''Australian Made: The Movie''  Richard Lowenstein Michael Hutchence, Andrew Farriss, Tim Farriss, Kirk Pengilly, Garry Gary Beers, INXS, Zan Abeyratne, Kate Ceberano, I'm Talking, Christina Amphlett Divinyls, Chris Bailey, The Saints  Rock / Music Feature film  IMDb ''Bachelor Girl'' Rivka Hartman Lyn Pierse, Kim Gyngell, Jan Friedl, Bruce Spence, Doug Tremlett, Ruth Yaffe, Monica Maughan, Mark Little, John Flaus, Jane Turner, Tim Robertson  Comedy / Romance Feature film  IMDb aka: "Passionately Single" ''Backstage''  Jonathan Hardy  Laura Branigan, Michael Aitkens, Noel Ferrier, Rowena Wallace, Kim Gyngell, Ian Mune, Philip Holder, Len Kaserman, Simon Westaway, John Frawley  Drama Feature film   IMDb ''Belinda''  Pamela Gibbons  Deanne Jeffs, Mary Regan, John Jarratt, Hazel Phillips, Kaarin Fairfax, Alan Cassell, Caz Lederman, Nico Lathouris, Gerda Nicolson, Joy Smithers  Biography / Drama Feature film  ''The Bit Part'' Brendan Maher Chris Haywood, Nicole Kidman, Katrina Foster, John Wood, Maurie Fields, Maureen Edwards, Maggie Millar, Deborra-Lee Furness  Comedy / Drama Feature film  IMDb ''Brainblast''  Andy Neyl  Julie Mitchell, Lisa-Jane Stockwell, Cathy Jukes, Toby Jones, James Scanlon  Comedy / Sci-fi Feature film  ''Bullseye'' Carl Schultz Paul Goddard, Kathryn Walker, John Wood, Paul Chubb, Bruce Spence, Lynette Curran, John Meillon, Kerry Walker  Adventure / Western Feature film  IMDb ''Coda''  Craig Lahiff  Penny Cook, Arna-Maria Winchester, Liddy Clark, Olivia Hamnett, Patrick Frost, Bob Newman, Adrian Shirley, Hedley Cullen, Vivienne Greaves  Thriller TV film  ''Computer Ghosts''  Marcus Cole  Nicholas Ryan, Emily Symons, Peter Whitford, Robbie McGregor, Christine Jeston, Noel Ferrier, Scott Burgess, Benita Collings, George Spartels  Drama / Fantasy TV film  aka Crooksnatchers / Hold The Circus ''Contagion''  Karl Zwicky  John Doyle, Nicola Bartlett, Ray Barrett, Pamela Hawksford, Jacqueline Brennan, Chris Betts, Reginald Cameron, Michael Simpson, Allen Harvey, Nathalie Gaffney  Horror / Thriller Feature film  ''Danger Down Under''  Russ Mayberry  Lee Majors, Rebecca Gilling, Martin Vaughan, William Wallace, Bruce Hughes, Morgan Lewis, Moya O'Sullivan, Natalie McCurry, Georgie Parker, Paul Chubb, Patsy Stephen  Drama TV film / TV Pilot US Co-production  aka Harris Down Under (US) / Austral Downs / The Hawkesbury  ''Dangerous Game'' Stephen Hopkins Marcus Graham, Miles Buchanan, Sandie Lillingston, John Polson, Kathryn Walker  Drama / Horror / Thriller Feature film   IMDb ''Dark Age'' Arch Nicholson John Jarratt, Nikki Coghill, Max Phipps, Burnum Burnum, David Gulpilil, Ray Meagher, Jeff Ashby, Paul Bertram, Ken Radley, Ron Blanchard, Gerry Duggan, James Fitzgerald  Horror / Thriller Feature film  IMDb ''Day of the Panther''  Brian Trenchard-Smith  Edward John Stazak, John Stanton, Jim Richards, Michael Carman, Zale Daniel, Paris Jefferson, Matthew Quatermaine, Linda Megier, Brian Fitzsimmons, Joe Schwaiger  Action / Drama TV film   ''Dear Cardholder'' Bill Bennett Robin Ramsay, Jennifer Cluff, Marion Chirgwin, Russell Newman, John Ewart, Peter Kowitz, Patrick Cook, Arianthe Galani, Bob Ellis  Comedy Feature film IMDb ''Dogs in Space'' Richard Lowenstein Michael Hutchence, Saskia Post, Nique Needles, Deanna Bond, Tony Helou, Chris Haywood  Drama Feature film   IMDb ''Dot and the Smugglers'' Yoram Gross Barbara Frawley, Ross Higgins, Robyn Moore Animation / Family IMDB ''Dot Goes to Hollywood'' Yoram Gross Barbara Frawley, Ross Higgins, Robyn Moore Animation / Family IMDb ''Echoes of Paradise'' Phillip Noyce Wendy Hughes, John Lone, Steven Jacobs, Rod Mullinar, Peta Toppano, Claudia Karvan, Rebecca Smart, Gillian Jones, Lynda Stoner  Drama / Romance Feature film  aka Shadows Of The Peacock  IMDb ''The Edge of Power'' Henri Safran Ivar Kants, Sheree da Costa, Henri Szeps, Anna-Maria Monticelli, Warwick Moss, Peter Corbett, Ric Hutton, John Stone, Vic Rooney, John Orcsik, Katherine Thomson  Thriller TV film  IMDb ''The Facts of Life Down Under''  Stuart Margolin  Cloris Leachman, Lisa Welchel, Kim Fields, Mindy Cohn, Mackenzie Astin, Nancy McKeon, Mario van Peebles, Joss McWilliam, Noel Trevarthen, Gary Waddell, Joan Bruce, Sally Martin, Annie Byron  Drama TV film US Co-production  ''Feathers''John Ruane Rebecca Gilling, James Laurie, Julie Forsyth  Drama Short film  IMDb, Screened at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival ''Fever''  Craig Lahiff  Bill Hunter, Gary Sweet, Mary Regan, Lawrence Matt, Peter Goerecke, Rodney van der Wall, Carmel Young, Adrian Shirley, Jim Holt  Action / Thriller Feature film  ''The First Kangaroos''  Frank Cvitanovich	 Dennis Waterman, Chris Haywood, Dominic Sweeney, Philip Quast, Tony Martin, Nell Schofield, Clarissa Kaye-Mason, Jim Carter, Kelly Dingwall, Ian Gilmour, Andrew Ettingshausen, Wayne Pearce  Biography / Sports TV film  IMDb ''Frenchman's Farm'' Ron Way Tracey Tainsh, David Reyne, Norman Kaye Adventure IMDb ''Future Past''  Rob Stewart  Nicholas Ryan, Imogene Annesley, John Ley, Cornelia Frances, Paula Duncan, Paul Blackwell, Doug Scroope, Cecily Polson, Bruce Venables, Gary Down  Drama / Fantasy TV film  aka The Colonial Cavalry ''Gallagher's Travels'' Michael Caulfield Ivar Kants, Joanne Samuel, Stuart Campbell Action IMDb ''The Good Wife'' Ken Cameron Rachel Ward, Bryan Brown, Steven Vidler,  Drama / Romance Feature film  IMDb aka The Umbrella Woman ''Ground Zero'' Bruce Myles, Michael Pattinson Colin Friels, Jack Thompson, Donald Pleasence, Natalie Bate, Burnum Burnum, Simon Chilvers, Steve Dodd, Kim Gyngell, Neil Fitzpatrick, Mark Mitchell, Alan Hopgood, Brian James, Bob Maza, Peter Cummins  Action / Drama Feature film  IMDb, Entered into the 38th Berlin International Film Festival ''Hard Knuckle''  Lex Marinos  Steve Bisley, Richard Moir, Gary Day, David Jay, Esben Storm, Susan Leith, John Sheerin, Bob Baines, Paul Chubb  Drama TV film  Original title: Was There A Dream aka Knuckle ''High Tide''  Gillian Armstrong  Judy Davis, Jan Adele, Claudia Karvan, Frankie J. Holden, Colin Friels, Toni Scanlan, Monica Trapaga, Barry Rugless, Bob Purtell, Mark Hembrow  Drama Feature film   IMDb ''Howling III: The Marsupials''  Philippe Mora  Barry Otto, Imogene Annesley, Leigh Biolos, Ralph Cotterill, Dasha Blahova, Carole Skinner, Glenda Linscott, Barry Humphries, Bill Collins  Comedy / Horror / Thriller Feature film   IMDb ''Hungry Heart''  Luigi Acquisto Nick Carrafa, Kimberly Davenport, Lisa Schouw, Norman Kaye, John Flaus, Sheila Florance, Osvaldo Maione, Mark Rogers, Gaetano Scollo, Dasha Blahova  Drama Feature film  IMDb ''Initiation''  Michael Pearce  Rodney Harvey, Bruno Lawrence, Miranda Otto, Arna-Maria Winchester, Bobby Smith, Tony Barry, Luciano Catanacci, Mladen Mladenov, Vuong Nguyen, Bob Maza  Adventure / Thriller Feature film   IMDb ''I've Come About the Suicide''  Sophia Turkiewicz  Barry Otto, Gosia Dobrowolska, Ralph Cotterill, Duncan Wass, Gwen Plumb, Gary Down, Jonathan Biggins, Ron Stephenson, Louise Fox, Patrick Ward  Comedy / Fantasy TV film  Original title: Pigs Can Fly ''Jilted''  Bill Bennett  Richard Moir, Jennifer Cluff, Steven Jacobs, Helen Mutkins, Ken Radley, Tina Bursill  Drama / Romance Feature film   ''Kangaroo'' Tim Burstall  Colin Friels, Judy Davis, John Walton, Julie Nihill, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Peter Hehir, Peter Cummins, David Hutchins, Tim Robertson  Drama / Romance Feature film  IMDb, Entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival ''Les Patterson Saves the World''  George T. Miller  Barry Humphries, Pamela Stephenson, Thaao Penghlis, Andrew Clarke, Henri Szeps, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Garth Meade, Esben Storm, Joy Westmore, Christine Hill, Graham Kennedy, Gabrielle Fitzpatrick, Joan Rivers, Sally Tayler, John Clarke  Comedy / Fantasy Feature film   IMDb ''The Lighthorsemen''  Simon Wincer  Jon Blake, Peter Phelps, Tony Bonner, John Walton, Gary Sweet, Tim McKenzie, Sigrid Thornton, Anthony Andrews, Gerard Kennedy, Serge Lazareff, Ralph Cotterill, Shane Briant, Nick Waters, John Larking, Di O'Connor, Bill Kerr, Grant Piro  Action / Drama / War Feature film   IMDb ''A Matter Of Convenience''  Ben Lewin  Jean-Pierre Cassell, Deborra-Lee Furness, John Clarke, Kym Amad, Dalibor Satalic, Mark Little, Kirk Alexander, Marion Heathfield, Peter Hosking, Cliff Ellen, Peter Moon  Comedy / Drama ABC TV film  ''Nepal: Where the Legends Live''  Denise G. Cox  Short IMDb ''Nice Coloured Girls''  Tracey Moffatt Janelle Court, Fiona George, Gayle Mabo Short IMDb ''The Nights Belong to the Novelist: Elizabeth Jolley, Australian Writer''  Christina Wilcox Ruth Cracknell, Kerry Walker  Documentary / Short film  IMDb ''Olive''  Stephen Wallace Kerry McGuire, Nick Tate, Paddy Costa,  ABC TV film  IMDb ''Outback Vampires''  Colin Eggleston Richard Morgan, Angela Kennedy, Brett Climo, John Doyle, Maggie Blinco, David Gibson, Antonia Murphy, Richard Carter, Lucky Grills  Comedy / Horror TV film IMDb aka: "The Wicked" in the USA ''Palisade''  Laurie McInnes  Short IMDb ''Pandemonium''  Haydn Keenan  David Argue, Amanda Dole, Esben Storm, Arna-Maria Winchester, Kerry Mack, Mercia Deane-Johns, Gary Foley, Ignatius Jones, Lex Marinos  Comedy / Fantasy Feature film  ''The Perfectionist'' Chris Thomson Jacki Weaver, John Waters, Adam Willits Comedy IMDb ''Pieta'' Monique Schwarz Maggie Millar, Sally Cooper, Tony Rickards, David Blackman, Maud Clark  Drama ABC TV film  IMDb ''A Place To Call Home''  Russ Mayberry  Linda Lavin, Lane Smith, Maggie Fitzgibbon, Lori Loughlin, Robert MacNaughton, Paul Cronin, Patricia Patts, Richard Azzaga, Tamsin West, Mervyn Drake  Drama TV film US Co-production   ''The Place at the Coast'' George Ogilvie John Hargreaves, Heather Mitchell, Tushka Bergen, Margo Lee, Willie Fennell, Garry McDonald, Ray Meagher  Drama / Romance Feature film  IMDb ''Resan'' Peter Watkins Francine Bastien, Brian Mulroney, Mila Mulroney Documentary / War   IMDb ''The Right Hand Man'' Di Drew Rupert Everett, Hugo Weaving, Arthur Dignam, Ralph Cotterill, Adam Cockburn, Tim Elliot, Jack Allen, John Spicer, Brian Scrymgeour, Pat Bishop, Jennifer Claire  Drama / Romance Feature film IMDb ''Rock 'N' Roll Cowboys''  Rob Stewart  Peter Phelps, David Franklin, Nikki Coghill, Ben Franklin, Dee Krainz, John Doyle  Drama TV film  aka ''Uncle Sam's at the Door'' ''Running from the Guns'' John Dixon Jon Blake, Mark Hembrow, Nikki Coghill, Terence Donovan, Bill Kerr, Peter Whitford, Warwick Sims, Patrick Ward, Gerard Kennedy, Linda Megier, Simon Westaway, Toni Lamond, Delilah  Action / Crime Feature film  IMDb ''Shaka Zulu'' William C. Faure Edward Fox, Robert Powell, Trevor Howard TV Mini Series IMDb ''Slate, Wyn & Me'' Don McLennan Sigrid Thornton, Simon Burke, Martin Sacks, Tommy Lewis, Lesley Baker, Simon Westaway, Peter Cummins  Action / Crime Feature film  IMDb ''Spineless'' Alex Proyas Cathy Linsley, Andrew McPhail, Alex Proyas Short IMDb ''Terror in Sutterville'' Michael Hawes   IMDb  ''Those Dear Departed'' Ted Robinson Garry McDonald, Pamela Stephenson, Su Cruickshank, John Clarke, Graeme Blundell, Ignatius Jones, Antonia Murphy, Jonathan Biggins, Arthur Dignam  Comedy / Fantasy Feature film  IMDb aka: "Ghosts CAN Do It" in the USA ''The Time Guardian'' Brian Hannant Tom Burlinson, Nikki Coghill, Carrie Fisher, Dean Stockwell, Damon Sanders, Jim Holt, Harry Salter, Jo Flemming, Tim Robertson. Narrator Kirk Alexander  Action / Sci-fi Feature film  IMDb ''To Market to Market'' Virginia Rouse  Philip Quast, Maureen Edwards, Noel Trevarthen, Marcus Gollings, Kate Reid, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Maureen Edwards, Wayne Cull, Genevieve Picot  Drama Feature film  IMDb ''Travelling North''  Carl Schultz  Leo McKern, Julia Blake, Graham Kennedy, Henri Szeps, Michele Fawdon, Diane Craig, Drew Forsythe, Andrea Moor, Genevieve Mooy, John Gregg   Comedy / Drama / Romance Feature film   IMDb ''Twelfth Night''  Neil Armfield Gillian Jones, Ivar Kants, Jacquy Phillips, Peter Cummins, Kerry Walker, John Wood, Jim Holt, Geoffrey Rush, Tracy Harvey, Odile Le Clezio  Comedy / Drama Feature film  IMDb ''Vincent''  Paul Cox John Hurt, Marika Rivera, Gabriella Trsek Animation / Biography  IMDb ''Watch the Shadows Dance''  Mark Joffe Tom Jennings, Vince Martin, Nicole Kidman, Joanne Samuel, Jeremy Shadlow, Craig Pearce, Doug Parkinson, Alexander Broun, Laurence Clifford  Action / Drama TV film  IMDb aka: "Nightmaster" in North America ''With Love to the Person Next to Me''  Brian McKenzie Kim Gyngell, Paul Chubb, Barry Dickins, Beverley Gardiner, Phil Motherwell, Mark Mitchell, Sally McKenzie  Drama Feature film  IMDb ''With Time to Kill''  James Clayden Ian Scott, Elizabeth Huntley, Jan Friedl, James Clayden, Janet Golding, John Howard, Barry Dickins, Peter Green, Tim Robertson  Drama / Thriller Feature film  IMDb ''The Year My Voice Broke''  John Duigan  Noah Taylor, Ben Mendelsohn, Leone Carmen, Graeme Blundell, Lynette Curran, Malcolm Robertson, Judi Farr, Tim Robertson, Harold Hopkins, Nick Tate, Vincent Ball, Allan Penney, Colleen Clifford, Bruce Spence  Drama / Romance Feature film   IMDb
See also * 1987 in Australia* 1987 in Australian television
References
External links *  Australian film at the Internet Movie Database