List of Australian films of 1985 explained

1985

TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Tim Brooke-HuntAnimation / Adventure IMDb
After Marcuse Ted Robinson Drama TV film First aired during 1988
An Indecent Obsession Lex MarinosDrama / War Feature film IMDb
Archer Adventure / Drama / Family TV film aka Archer's Adventure
Banduk Drama / Family TV film
The Big Hurt Thriller Feature film IMDb
Bliss Comedy / Fantasy Feature film IMDb, Entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival[1]
Bootleg John Prescott Crime / Drama Feature film IMDb
Breaking Up Kathy Mueller Drama ABC TV film
Burke & Wills Adventure / Drama Feature film IMDb, screened at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival[2]
The Coca-Cola Kid Comedy / Romance Feature film IMDb, Entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival
Cool Change Action / Adventure / Romance Feature film IMDb
Death Warmed Up David BlythMichael Hurst, Margaret Umbers, William Upjohn, Horror / Sci-Fi Feature film IMDb
Don't Call Me Girlie Andree Wright, Stewart YoungAileen Britton, Charlotte Francis, Nancy GurrDocumentaryIMDb
Dot and the Koala Yoram GrossRobyn Moore, Keith ScottAnimation / FamilyIMDb
Double Sculls Drama TV film
Emerging Kathy Mueller Drama / Romance ABC TV film
Emma's War Drama Feature film IMDb
Emoh Ruo 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 Drama / Mystery / Thriller Feature film IMDb
Epic Yoram GrossAnimation / Family Feature film IMDb
Fair Game Action / Drama / Horror / Thriller Feature film
Flight into Hell Helmut Zierl, Werner Stocker, Anne Tenney, Vincent BallABC TV Mini Series IMDb
Drama / Thriller TV film
Fran Glenda Hambly Drama Feature film IMDb
Frog Dreaming Drama / Family / Mystery Feature film IMDb
Documentary IMDb
Handle With Care Drama / Documentary TV film
I Can't Get Started 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 MoloneyComedy / Drama TV film IMDb
I Own the Racecourse Stephen Ramsey Drama / Family Feature film
Jenny Kissed Me Brian Trenchard-SmithDrama Feature film IMDb
The Long Way Home Drama / Thriller / War ABC TV film
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome George Miller, George OgilvieAction / Sci-Fi / Adventure Feature film IMDb
The More Things Change...Drama Feature film IMDb
Natural Causes Michael Carson Geraldine Turner, Robyn Gurney, Gary Day, Bill Young Drama ABC TV Film
Niel Lynne David Baker Drama Feature film IMDb aka: "Best Enemies" in the UK
No Dance Philip BrophyKim Beissel, Jillian Burt, Lino CaputoShortIMDb
The Occult Experience Frank HeimansMargot Adler, Michael Aquino, Lilith SinclairDocumentary 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 JenkinsDrama / Musical / War Feature film IMDb
Relatives Antony J. BowmanComedy / Drama Feature film IMDb
Remember Me Horror / Thriller TV film
Robbery Action / Drama TV film
Rooted Drama ABC TV film
Short Changed Drama Feature film IMDb
Sky Pirates Colin EgglestonAdventure / Sci-Fi Feature film IMDb
William BemisterKeith ScottDocumentaryIMDb
Starship Roger ChristianSci-Fi Feature film IMDb aka: "2084" and "Lorca and the Outlaws"
The Still Point Barbara Boyd-AndersonDrama Feature film IMDb
Stock Squad Action / Crime / Drama TV film
A Street to Die Drama Feature film IMDb
Time After Time Bill HaysDramaIMDb, Based on a novel by Molly Keane[3]
Time's Raging Drama ABC TV film
Unfinished Business Comedy / Drama Feature film IMDb
Warming Up Barbara Stephens, Henri Szeps, Queenie AshtonComedy / Family IMDb
Wills & Burke Bob WeisGarry 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 Drama Feature film IMDb, Entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2016-03-16. Official Selection 1985 : In Competition - Festival de Cannes 2016 (International Film Festival). 2021-06-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20160316141109/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/1985/inCompetition.html. 16 March 2016.
  2. Web site: 2016-03-15. Official Selection 1986 : Un Certain Regard - Festival de Cannes 2016 (International Film Festival). 2021-06-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20160315071212/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/1986/unCertainRegard.html. 15 March 2016.
  3. Web site: Time after Time (1986). https://web.archive.org/web/20160826091003/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b780eb06f. dead. 26 August 2016. 2021-06-27. BFI. en.
  4. Web site: Programme 1985. 2021-06-27. berlinale.de. en.