List of Australian films of 1981
Introduction
1981 TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes ''Against the Grain: More Meat Than Wheat''  Tim Burns  Michael Callaghan, Sandy Edwards, Joy Burns, Mary Burns, Letham Burns, George Sutton, Mental as Anything, Robert Burns, Helen Grace, Greedy Smith, Lindsay Smith  Drama   IMDb ''Airhawk: Star Of The North''  David Baker  Eric Oldfield, Louise Howitt, Michael Aitkens, Elli Maclure, Jonathan Oldham, Philip Ross, Richard Moss, David Robson  Action / Drama TV film  aka Air Hawk ''Alison's Birthday''  Ian Coughlan   feature film   ''Angels of War''  Gavan Daws, Hank Nelson   Documentary   IMDb ''Around the World with Dot''  Yoram Gross  Ashley Arye, Drew Forsythe, Barbara Frawley, Ron Haddrick, Keith Scott  Animation   IMDb ''Ayers Rock''  Paul Winkler   Short   IMDb ''The Best of Friends''  Michael Robertson  Angela Punch McGregor, Graeme Blundell, Ruth Cracknell, Henri Szeps, Graham Rouse, Moya O'Sullivan, Les Foxcroft, Mark Lee, Sonja Tallis, Deborah Gray, Serge Lazareff, Alan Becher, Ron Falk, Maggie Dence, Gordon McDougall  Comedy / Romance   IMDb ''Centrespread''  Tony Paterson  Paul Trahair, Kylie Foster, Ivor Louis, Jack Neate, Edson Annan, Mark Watson  Drama / Romance Feature film   ''A Dangerous Summer''  Quentin Masters Tom Skerritt, Ian Gilmour, James Mason, Wendy Hughes, Ray Barrett, Kim Deacon, Guy Doleman, Shane Porteous,  Norman Kaye  Drama / Thriller Feature film  IMDb ''Deadline''  Arch Nicholson  Barry Newman, Trisha Noble, Bill Kerr, Alwyn Kurts, Bruce Spence, Vincent Ball, John Ewart, Willie Fennell, Eric Pearce, Sean Scully, Robert Hughes, Wallas Eaton, Norman Kaye, Noel Trevarthen  Drama / Thriller Feature film US Co-production  ''Doctors & Nurses''  Maurice Murphy Rebecca Rigg, Miguel Lopez, Pamela Stephenson, Bert Newton, Richard Meikle, Andrew McFarlane, Drew Forsythe, Mary Anne Davidson, Jeremy Larson, Graeme Blundell, Terry Bader, June Salter, Joshua Samuels, Sarah Lambert  Family / Comedy Feature film  IMDb ''Double Deal''  Brian Kavanagh Louis Jourdan, Angela Punch McGregor, Warwick Comber, Diane Craig, Bruce Spence, Peter Cummins, June Jago, Joan Letch, Kerry Walker  Crime / Drama / Thriller Feature film  IMDb ''Gallipoli'' Peter Weir Mel Gibson, Mark Lee, Bill Kerr, Bill Hunter, Harold Hopkins, Robert Grubb, David Argue, Tim McKenzie, Ron Graham  Drama / War Feature film   IMDb ''Grendel Grendel Grendel''  Alexander Stitt  Peter Ustinov  Animation / Adventure  IMDb ''Homicide Squad''  Bob Meillon  John Gregg, Roger Ward, Frank Gallacher, Andrew Clarke, Ken Goodlet, Susanne Haworth, Louise Howitt, Michael Pate, Maureen Edwards, John Ley, Peter Cummins, Kerry Francis, Max Phipps, Rosie Bailey, Jeff Ashby, Jon Geros, Alan Hardy, Adrian Wright, Garry Meadows, Alwyn Kurts, Betty Lucas, Peter Kowitz  Drama / Thriller TV film / TV Pilot  aka ''The Squad'' ''Hoodwink''  Claude Whatham John Hargreaves, Judy Davis, Dennis Miller, Max Cullen, Wendy Hughes, Les Foxcroft, Colin Friels, Paul Chubb, Ralph Cotterill, Wendy Strethlow, Willie Fennell, Ray Meagher, Michael Caton, Paul Sonkkila, Lex Marinos, Geoffrey Rush, Martin Vaughan Crime / Comedy / Drama Feature film IMDb ''The Killing of Angel Street''  Donald Crombie  Elizabeth Alexander, John Hargreaves, Reg Lye, Alexander Archdale, Arkie Whiteley, Ric Herbert, Caz Lederman, Gordon McDougall, David Downer, Brendon Lunney, Allen Bickford, Norman Kaye  Drama / Thriller Feature film   IMDb, Entered into the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival ''Lady Stay Dead''  Terry Bourke Chard Hayward, Louise Howitt, Deborah Coulls, Les Foxcroft, Roger Ward, James Elliott Drama / Horror / Thriller Feature film  IMDb ''Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior''  George Miller Mel Gibson, Mike Preston, Bruce Spence, Vernon Wells, Bruce Spence, Emil Minty, Virginia Hey, Syd Heylen, Arkie Whiteley, Kjell Nilsson, William Zappa  Action / Drama Feature film   IMDb ''The Myth Makers'' Jonathan Dawson  Documentary Short IMDb ''Nightmares''  John Lamond   feature film   ''Pacific Banana''  John D. Lamond Graeme Blundell, Robin Stewart, Deborah Gray, Helen Hemingway, Luan Peters, Alan Hopgood, Alyson Best Comedy Feature film  IMDb ''Puberty Blues''  Bruce Beresford  Nell Schofield, Jad Capelja, Geoff Rhoe, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Alan Cassell, Kirrily Nolan, Rowena Wallace, Tony Hughes, Sandy Paul, Leander Brett, Jay Hackett, Ned Lander, Joanne Olsen, Julie Medana, Michael Shearman, Dean Dunstone, Kate Sheil  Comedy / Drama Feature film   IMDb ''Race for the Yankee Zephyr''  David Hemmings Ken Wahl, Lesley Ann Warren, Donald Pleasence, George Peppard, Bruno  Lawrence, Harry Rutherford-Jones, Robert Bruce, Grant Tilly  Action / Adventure Feature film shot in New Zealand  IMDb, aka " Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr" ''Road Games''  Richard Franklin  Stacy Keach, Jamie Lee Curtis, Marion Edward, Bill Stacey, Thaddeus Smith, Stephen Millichamp, Alan Hopgood, Robert Thompson, Grant Page, Angie La Bozetta  Drama / Thriller Feature film   IMDb ''Run Rebecca, Run!'' Peter Maxwell Simone Buchanan, Henri Szeps, John Stanton, John Ewart, Cornelia Frances, Mary Anne Severne, John Stanton, Adam Garnett, Ron Haddrick, Martin Vaughan, Peter Sumner Family Drama Feature film  IMDb ''Save the Lady''  Leon Thau Miranda Cartledge, Robert Clarkson, Matthew Excell, Kim Clifford, John Cobley, Desmond Tester, Barry Rugless, John Stone, Guy Marchand, Bill Kerr  Adventure Family Feature film IMDb ''Strange Behavior''  Michael Laughlin Michael Murphy, Louise Fletcher, Dan Shor,  Horror / Thriller Feature film shot in New Zealand  IMDb, AKA "Dead Kids" ''Strange Residues''  Alex Proyas Colin Freganza, Kathy Fenton Short IMDb ''The Survivor''  David Hemmings  Robert Powell, Jenny Agutter, Peter Sumner, Joseph Cotten, Angela Punch-McGregor, Lorna Lesley, Paul Sonkkila, Adrian Wright, Ralph Cotterill  Drama / Mystery / Thriller Feature film   ''Viva! San Fermin''  Ivor Bowen   Documentary   IMDb ''Winter of Our Dreams''  John Duigan  Judy Davis, Bryan Brown, Baz Luhrmann, Cathy Downes, Peter Mochrie, Mervyn Drake, Robert Hughes, Caz Lederman, Mercia Deane-Johns, Gia Carides  Drama Feature film   IMDb, Entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival ''Wrong Side of the Road''  Ned Lander  Ronnie Ansell, Peter Butler, Franco Carli, Sam Cohen, John Francis, Donald Freshwater, Leslie Graham, Ken Hampton Jr., Chris Haywood, Christian Jocumsen, Chris Jones  Documentary / Biography / Drama / Music Feature film   IMDb
See also * 1981 in Australia* 1981 in Australian television
References
External links *  Australian film at the Internet Movie Database