List of films set in Australia

This is a list of films set in Australia (and not just only filmed or created in Australia):

0–9

 * 100 Bloody Acres (2012)
 * 2:37 (2006)
 * 48 Shades (2006)
 * 6 Festivals (2022)
 * $9.99 (2008)

A

 * Aadavari Matalaku Arthale Verule (2007)
 * ABBA: The Movie (2007)
 * Adam's Woman (1970)
 * The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
 * After the Deluge (2003)
 * Age of Consent (1969)
 * Alex & Eve (2016)
 * Alexandra's Project (2003)
 * Alvin Purple (1973)
 * Alvin Rides Again (1974)


 * Amy (1997)
 * Animal Kingdom (2010)
 * Annie's Coming Out (1984)
 * Any Questions for Ben? (2012)
 * Anyone But You (2023)
 * The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race (2023)
 * Aquamarine (2006)
 * Around the Boree Log (1925)
 * As Time Goes By (1988)
 * Australia (1989)
 * Australia (2008)
 * Australian Rules (2002)

B

 * The Babadook (2014)
 * Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008)
 * The Back of Beyond (1954)
 * Back to the Outback (2021)
 * Back of Beyond (1995)
 * Back to the Outback (2021)
 * Bad Behaviour (2010)
 * Bad Boy Bubby (1993)
 * Bad Eggs (2003)
 * The BBQ (2018)
 * Beaconsfield (2012)
 * Beautiful (2009)
 * Beneath Clouds (2002)
 * Big Ideas (1993)
 * The Big Steal (1990)
 * Bigger Than Tina (1999)
 * The Birth of White Australia (1928)
 * Black and White (2002)
 * The Black Balloon (2008)
 * Black Water (2007)
 * Blackrock (1997)
 * Blame (2011)
 * Bleeding Steel (2017)
 * Blinky Bill (1992)
 * Blinky Bill the Movie (2015)
 * Bliss (1985)
 * Blueback (2022)
 * Blue Fin (1978)
 * Blurred (2002)
 * BMX Bandits (1983)
 * Body Melt (1993)
 * Bondi Tsunami (2004)
 * Bootmen (2000)
 * The Boys (1998)
 * Bran Nue Dae (2009)
 * Break Ke Baad (2010)
 * Breath (2017)
 * Buckley's Chance (2021)
 * Burning Man (2011)
 * Butterfly Island (1985)

C

 * Cactus (1986 drama) by Paul Cox
 * Cactus (2008 road movie)
 * Caddie (1976)
 * Candy (2006)
 * Careful, He Might Hear You (1983)
 * The Cars That Ate Paris (1974)
 * The Castle (1997)
 * Chak De India (2007)
 * The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1972)
 * Charlie and Boots (2009)
 * Children of the Revolution (1996)
 * Chopper (2000)
 * City of the Damned
 * Closed for Winter (2009)
 * Clubland (2007)
 * The Coca-Cola Kid (1985)
 * The Coolangatta Gold (1984)
 * Cosi (1996)
 * The Cowra Breakout (1985)
 * Crackerjack (2002)
 * Crackers (1998)
 * The Craic (1999)
 * Crawl (2011)
 * Crimes at the Dark House (1940)
 * Crocodile Dundee (1986)
 * Crocodile Dundee II (1988)
 * Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001)


 * The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (2002)
 * Crook (2010)
 * The Crop (2004)
 * The Crossing (1990)
 * The Cup (2011)

D

 * Dad and Dave: On Our Selection (1995)
 * Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal (2020)
 * Danny Deckchair (2003)
 * Dating the Enemy (1996)
 * Dawn! (1979)
 * Daybreakers (2009)
 * Dead End Drive-In (1986)
 * Dead Letter Office (1998)
 * Death in Brunswick (1990)
 * Death of a Soldier (1986)
 * December Boys (2007)
 * Deck Dogz (2005)
 * The Delinquents (1989)
 * Dil Chahta Hai (2001)
 * Dimboola (1979)
 * Dingo (1991)
 * Dirt Music (2019)
 * Dirty Deeds (2002)
 * The Dish (2000)
 * Dogs in Space (1986)
 * Doing Time for Patsy Cline (1997)
 * Don's Party (1971)
 * Double Happiness Uranium (2013) article deleted as not notable
 * The Dressmaker (2015)
 * Drive Hard (2014)
 * The Drover's Boy (never completed)
 * The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson (2021)
 * The Dry (2020)
 * Force of Nature: The Dry 2 (2024)


 * Dying Breed (2008)

E

 * Eliza Fraser
 * Emo the Musical (2016)
 * Erskineville Kings (1999)
 * Eucalyptus
 * The Everlasting Secret Family (1988)
 * Evil Angels (aka A Cry in the Dark) (1988)
 * The Extra (2005)
 * The Eye of the Storm (2011)

F

 * The Fall Guy (2024)
 * Fat Pizza (2003)
 * Fat Pizza vs. Housos (2014)


 * Fatty Finn (1980)
 * FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)
 * FernGully 2: The Magical Rescue (1998)


 * A Few Best Men (2011)
 * Finding Nemo (2003)
 * The Finished People (2003)
 * Five Blind Dates (2024)
 * The FJ Holden (1977)
 * Flirting (1991)
 * Footy Legends (2006)
 * Fortress (1986)
 * Forty Thousand Horsemen (1940)
 * Frog Dreaming (aka The Quest, The Go-Kids) (1986)
 * The Furnace (2020)

G

 * Gallipoli (1981)
 * Garage Days (2002)
 * Geordie (1955)
 * Gettin' Square (2003)
 * The Getting of Wisdom (1977)
 * Ginger Meggs (1982)
 * A Girl in Australia (aka Bello onesto emigrato Australia sposerebbe compaesana illibata) (1971)
 * Go! (2019)
 * The Goddess of 1967 (2000)

H

 * Happy Feet (briefly) (2006)
 * The Hard Word (2002)
 * Harvie Krumpet (2003)
 * Hating Alison Ashley (2005)
 * He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (2001)
 * Head On (1998)
 * Healing (2014)
 * The Heartbreak Kid (1993)
 * Heatwave (1982)
 * Heaven's Burning (1997)
 * Heyy Babyy (2007)
 * High Ground (2020)
 * Holding the Man (2015)
 * Hollywood (2002)
 * Holy Smoke! (1999)
 * The Honourable Wally Norman (2003)
 * The Horseman (2008)
 * Housos vs. Authority (2012)
 * Howling III (1987)
 * The Hunter (2011)

I

 * I Love You Too (2010)
 * The Inbetweeners 2 (2014)
 * The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant  (TV miniseries)
 * Indian (1996 film)
 * Independence Day (1996)

J

 * Jackie Chan's First Strike (1996) (aka Police Story 4: First Strike)
 * Jaggubhai (2010)
 * Jandamarra's War (2011)
 * Japanese Story (2003)
 * Jasper Jones (2017)
 * Jedda (1955)
 * Jindabyne (2006)
 * Joffa: The Movie (2010)

K

 * Kangaroo Jack (2003)
 * Kath & Kim:
 * Da Kath & Kim Code (TV movie) (2005)
 * Kath & Kimderella (2012)


 * Keith (2008)
 * Kenny (2006)
 * The Kid Stakes (1927)

L

 * Ladies in Black (2018)
 * Lantana (2001)
 * Last Cab to Darwin (2015)
 * The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce (2009 film)
 * The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992)
 * The Last of the Knucklemen (1979)
 * The Last Trackers of the Outback (2007 documentary film)
 * Last Train to Freo (2006)
 * The Last Wave (1977)
 * The Legend of Ben Hall (2016)
 * Let's Get Skase (2001)
 * Limbo (2023)
 * Lion (2016)
 * A Little Bit of Soul (1998)
 * The Little Death (2014)
 * Little Fish (2005)
 * Lonesome (2022)
 * Long Weekend (1978)
 * Long Weekend (2008)
 * Look Both Ways (2005)
 * Looking for Alibrandi (2000)
 * Love and Other Catastrophes (1996)
 * Love Is in the Air (2023)
 * Love Me Again (2009 Filipino film)
 * Love Serenade (1996)
 * The Loved Ones (2009)
 * Love's Brother (2004)

M

 * Mad Bastards (2011)
 * Mad Max (1979)
 * Mad Max 2 (1981)
 * Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
 * Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
 * The Magic Pudding (2000)
 * Malcolm (1986)
 * The Man from Down Under (1943)
 * The Man from Hong Kong (1975)
 * The Man from Snowy River (1920)
 * The Man from Snowy River (1982)
 * The Man from Snowy River II (1988) (aka Return to Snowy River (US), and The Untamed (UK))
 * Man of Flowers (1983)
 * The Man Who Sued God (2001)
 * The Mango Tree (1977)
 * Marking Time (2003)
 * Mary and Max (2009)
 * Melodrama/Random/Melbourne (2018)
 * Mental (2012)
 * A Million (2009)
 * Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)
 * Mountains May Depart (2015)
 * Mr. Accident (2000)
 * Mr. Nice Guy (1997)
 * Mr. Perfect (2011)
 * Mr. Reliable (1996)
 * A Month of Sundays (2015)
 * Muriel's Wedding (1994)
 * My Brilliant Career (1979)
 * My Brother Jack (1964)
 * My Mother Frank (2000)
 * Mystery Road (2013)
 * Goldstone (2016)

N

 * Nala Damayanthi (2003)
 * Napoleon (1995)
 * Ned Kelly (1970)
 * Ned Kelly (2003)
 * Never Tell Me Never (1998)
 * The New Boy (2023)
 * Newcastle (2008)
 * Newsfront (1978)
 * The Night We Called It a Day (2003)
 * The Night the Prowler (1978)
 * The Nightingale (2018)
 * Noise (2007)
 * The Nostradamus Kid (1992)
 * The Nugget (2002)

O

 * The Odd Angry Shot (1979)
 * Oddball (2015)
 * Offside (2009) article deleted as not notable
 * On the Beach (1959)
 * One Night the Moon (2001)
 * One Perfect Day (2004)
 * Opal Dream (2006)
 * Orange (2010)
 * Oranges and Sunshine (2010)
 * Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
 * Our Lips Are Sealed (2000)
 * The Overlanders (1946)
 * Oyster Farmer (2004)

P

 * Palm Beach (2019)
 * Paperback Hero (1999)
 * Paper Planes (2015)
 * Patrick (1978)
 * Patrick (2013)
 * Peaches (2004)
 * Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door (2015 miniseries)
 * Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
 * The Picture Show Man (1977)
 * Playing Beatie Bow (1986)
 * The Plumber (1979)
 * Primal (2010)
 * Proof (1991)
 * The Proposition (2005)
 * Puberty Blues (1981)

Q

 * Quigley Down Under (1990)

R

 * Raajakumara (2017)
 * Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
 * Race the Sun (1996)
 * Radiance (1998)
 * The Rage in Placid Lake (2003)
 * Rams (2020)
 * Razorback (1984)
 * Reckless Kelly (1993)
 * Red Dog (2011)
 * Red Dog: True Blue (2016)
 * Koko: A Red Dog Story (2019)


 * Red Hill (2010)
 * The Reef (2010)
 * The Reef: Stalked (2022)
 * The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
 * Return Home (1990)
 * Reverse Runner (2012)
 * Ride Like a Girl (2019)
 * Rikky and Pete (1988)
 * Road to Nhill (1997)
 * Roadgames (1981)
 * Rogue (2007)
 * Romper Stomper (1992)
 * The Rover (2014)
 * Running on Empty (1982)

S

 * Sabrina, Down Under (1999 telemovie)
 * Salaam Namaste (2005)
 * Salt Bridge (2015)
 * Sankham (2009)
 * The Sapphires (2012)
 * Satellite Boy (2012)
 * Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
 * Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire (2002)
 * Secret Bridesmaids' Business (2002)
 * The Sentimental Bloke (1919)
 * Sheborg Massacre (2016)
 * Shame (1988)
 * Shine (1996)
 * The Shrimp on the Barbie (1990)
 * Siam Sunset (1999)
 * The Siege of Pinchgut (1959)
 * Silent Partner (2001)
 * The Silver Brumby (1993)
 * Singh Is Kinng (2008)
 * Sirens (1994)
 * Sister Kenny (1946)
 * Sleeping Beauty (2011)
 * Slim and I (2020)
 * Smiley (1956)
 * Smiley Gets a Gun (1958)
 * Snowtown (2011)
 * Soldier (1998)
 * Solo (2006)
 * Somersault (2004)
 * Son of a Gun (2014)
 * The Sound of One Hand Clapping (1998)
 * South Solitary (2010)
 * La Spagnola (2001)
 * Spider and Rose (1994)
 * Spin Out (2016)
 * Spotswood (1992)
 * The Square (2008)
 * Squizzy Taylor (1982)
 * Stone (1974)
 * Stork (1971)
 * Storm Boy (1976)
 * Storm Boy (2019)
 * The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906)
 * Strange Bedfellows (2004)
 * Strictly Ballroom (1992)
 * Struck by Lightning (1990)
 * Suburban Mayhem (2006)
 * Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1959)
 * The Sum of Us (1994)
 * Sunday Too Far Away (1975)
 * The Sundowners (1960)
 * Sunstruck (1972)
 * Surfer, Dude (2008)
 * Sweet As (2022)

T

 * Take Away (2003)
 * Tank Girl (1995)
 * Ten Canoes (2006)
 * Thalaivaa (2013)
 * Thank God He Met Lizzie (1997)
 * These Final Hours (2013)
 * They're a Weird Mob (1966)
 * The Thorn Birds (TV miniseries)
 * Those Dear Departed (1987)
 * Thunderstruck (2004)
 * Tim (1979)
 * Tom White (2004)
 * Tomorrow, When the War Began (2011)
 * Top End Wedding (2019)
 * Total Recall (2012)
 * A Town Like Alice (1956)
 * Tracks (2013)
 * The Tracker (2002)
 * Travelling Light (2003)
 * Travelling North (1987)
 * True History of the Kelly Gang (2019)
 * True Love and Chaos (1997)
 * Turkey Shoot (1982)
 * Turkey Shoot (2014)
 * The Turning (2013)
 * Two Hands (1999)
 * Two Fists, One Heart (2009)

U

 * Unbroken (2014)
 * Under Capricorn (1949)
 * UNindian (2015)
 * Uninhabited (2010)
 * Unnale Unnale (2007)

W

 * Wake in Fright (1971)
 * Walkabout (1971)
 * Walking on Water (2002)
 * The Wannabes (2003)
 * We Are Still Here (2022)
 * We of the Never Never (1982)
 * Welcome to Woop Woop (1997)
 * West of Sunshine
 * The Wiggles Movie (1997)
 * Where the Green Ants Dream (1984)
 * Windcatcher (2024)
 * Winter of Our Dreams (1981)
 * The Wishmas Tree (2019)
 * The Wog Boy (2000)
 * Wog Boy 2: Kings of Mykonos (2010)
 * Wog Boys Forever (2022)


 * Wolf Creek (2005)
 * Wolf Creek 2 (2013)
 * Wyrmwood (2014)
 * Wyrmwood: Apocalypse (2021)

Y

 * The Year My Voice Broke (1987)
 * Yolngu Boy (2001)
 * You and Your Stupid Mate (2005)
 * You Can't Stop the Murders (2003)
 * Young Einstein (1988)