List of films shot in Melbourne explained

The following is a list of films shot wholly or partly in Melbourne, Australia.

Films

Film	Year	References
Ali's Wedding	2017
Alvin Purple	1973
Amy	1997
Angel Baby	1995
Animal Kingdom	2010
Annie's Coming Out	1984
Any Questions for Ben?	2012
Backstage	1988
Bad Eggs	2003
The Bank	2001
The Big Steal	1990
Blacklight	2022
Blessed	2009
Body Melt	1993
Boulevard of Broken Dreams	1988
BoyTown	2006
Brilliant Lies	1996
Burke & Wills	1985
The Castle	1997
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith	1978
Charlotte's Web	2006
Children of the Silk Road	2008
Chopper	2000
The Clinic	1982
The Club	1980
Coming of Age	1984
The Cost	2022
Crackerjack	2002
Crackers	1998
The Craic	1999
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles	2001
Darkness Falls	2003
Death in Brunswick	1991
Death of a Soldier	1986
Dimboola	1979
The Dish	2000
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark	2011
Dogs in Space	1986
Double Vision	2002
The Dressmaker	2015	^[1]
Emo the Musical	2016
The Extra	2005
Father	1990
Felicity	1979
Flynn	1997
Frog Dreaming	1986
Funny Things Happen Down Under	1965
Foe (film)	2023	^[2]
The Getting of Wisdom	1978
Ghost Rider	2007
Ghosts... of the Civil Dead	1988
Georgia	1988
Gross Misconduct	1993
The Hard Word	2002
Hating Alison Ashley	2005
Head On	1998
Hercules Returns	1993
Holding the Man (film)	2015
The Home Song Stories	2007
The Honourable Wally Norman	2003
Horseplay	2003
Hotel de Love	1996
Hotel Sorrento	1995
I Love You Too	2010
In Her Skin	2009
The Independent	2007
The Interview	1998
I, Frankenstein	2014
Irresistible	2006
Jackie Chan's First Strike	1996
The Jammed	2007
	2010	^[3]
Kangaroo	1987
Kangaroo Palace	1997
Kenny	2006
Killer Elite	2011
Kitty and the Bagman	1983
Knowing	2009
Lake Mungo	2008
The Last of the Knucklemen	1979
The Legend of Ben Hall	2016
Let's Get Skase	2001
The Lighthorsemen	1987
Lion (2016 film)	2016	^[4]
Lonely Hearts	1982
Long Weekend	1978
The Lost City of Melbourne	2022	^[5]
Love and Other Catastrophes	1996
The Loved Ones	2009
Love's Brother	2004
Love Serenade	1996
Lucky Break	1994
Mad Max	1979
The Magician	2005
Main Aurr Mrs Khanna	2009
Malcolm	1986
Mallboy	2001
The Man from Snowy River	1982
The Man from Snowy River II	1988
Man of Flowers	1983
Mary and Max	2009
Metal Skin	1994
Monkey Grip	1982
Mountains May Depart	2015
Mr. Nice Guy	1997
Muggers	2000
The Mule	2014
My First Wife	1984
My Year Without Sex	2009
Ned Kelly	1970
Ned Kelly	2003
The Neon Spectrum	2017
Never Say Die	1988
Next of Kin	1982
Nightmares	1980
Nirvana Street Murder	1990
Noise	2007
Oddball (film)	2015
Of an Age	2022	^[6]
On the Beach	1959
One Perfect Day	2004
Patrick	1978
Petersen	1974
Petrol	2022	^[7]
Phar Lap	1983
Picnic at Hanging Rock	1975
The Pirate Movie	1982
Predestination	2014
Prey	2009
Proof	1991
Pure Shit	1975
QUANTA	2019	^[8]
Queen of the Damned	2002
Quigley	1990
Return Home	1990
Ride a Wild Pony	1975
Rikky and Pete	1988
Roadgames	1981
Rogue	2007
Romper Stomper	1992
Romulus, My Father	2007
Salaam Namaste	2005
The Silver Brumby	1993
Sky Pirates	1986
Soldiers of the Cross	1900
South Solitary	2010
Spotswood	1992
Squizzy Taylor	1982
The Story of the Kelly Gang	1906
Strictly Ballroom	1992
Summerfield	1977
Take Away	2003
The Tender Hook	2008
Thirst	1979
Three Dollars	2005
Till Human Voices Wake Us	2002
Tomboys	2009
Tom White	2004
Travelling North	1987
The True Story of Eskimo Nell	1975
Under the Gun	1995
Visitors	2003
The Wannabes	2003
Upgrade	2018
Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train	1988
The Whistleblower	2019
The Wog Boy	2000
Crook	2010
	2010
You and Your Stupid Mate	2005
Wanda and Sully	2023
When Evil Reigns	2006
Where the Wild Things Are	2009

See also

• Australian Film Commission
• Cinema of Australia
• Film Australia
• Screen Australia
• South Australian Film Corporation
• World cinema
• List of Australian films
• List of films set in Australia
• List of films shot in Brisbane
• List of films shot in Adelaide
• List of films shot in Darwin
• List of films shot in Queensland
• List of films shot in Sydney
• List of films shot in Tasmania
• List of films shot in Western Australia

Further reading

• Adamson, Judith. A Film Australia Miscellany. Lindfield, N.S.W. : Film Australia, 1991.
• Collins, Felicity, and Theresa Davis. Australian Cinema After Mabo. Sydney: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
• Dawson, Jonathan, and Bruce Molloy, eds. Queensland Images in Film and Television. Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 1990.
• Dermody, Susan and Elizabeth Jacka, eds. The Screening of Australia, Volume 1: Anatomy of a Film Industry. Sydney: Currency Press, 1987.
• — — — . The Screening of Australia, Volume 2: Anatomy of a National Cinema. Sydney: Currency Press, 1988.
• Moran, Albert and Tom O’Regan, eds. An Australian Film Reader (Australian Screen Series). Sydney: Currency Press, 1985.
• Moran, Albert and Errol Vieth. Film in Australia: An Introduction Sydney: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
• Murray, Scott, ed. Australian Film: 1978  - 1994. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1995.
• Pike, Andrew and Ross Cooper. Australian Film: 1900  - 1977. revised ed. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998.
• McFarland, Brian, Geoff Mayer and Ina Bertrand, eds. The Oxford Companion to Australian Film. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1999.
• Moran, Albert. Projecting Australia : government film since 1945. Sydney : Currency Press, 1991. .
• Moran, Albert and Errol Vieth. Historical Dictionary of Australian and New Zealand Cinema. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press, 2005.
• O'Regan, Tom. Australian National Cinema. London: Routledge, 1996.
• Reade, Eric. Australian Silent Films: A Pictorial History of Silent Films from 1896 to 1926. Melbourne: Lansdowne Press, 1970.
• — — — . History and Heartburn : The Saga of Australian Film 1896-1978. New Jersey: Associated University Presses, 1981.
• Ryan, Mark, David (2009),'Whither Culture? Australian Horror Films and the Limitations of Cultural Policy', Media International Australia: Incorporating Culture and Policy, no. 133, pp. 43–55.
• Stratton, David. The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry. Sydney : Pan Macmillan, 1990. 465p.
• Verhoeven, Deb. Sheep and the Australian Cinema. Melbourne : MUP, 2006.
• — — — ed. Twin Peeks: Australian and New Zealand Feature Films. Melbourne: Damned Publishing, 1999.

External links

• australianscreen
• Australian Film, Television and Radio School
• Australian Government site on Film in Australia
• Australian Centre for the Moving Image (Victoria)
• Screen Australia
• South Australia Film Corporation
• Filmwest (Western Australia)

Notes and References

1. 6 Hollywood movies that were shot in Melbourne. Meld. 26 September 2018. 2019-10-03.
2. Web site: CAMERAS ROLLING ON AMAZON STUDIOS’ STAR-STUDDED FOE IN MELBOURNE . 2023-12-28 . Ausfilm . en-US.
3. Web site: Joffa: The Movie. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/Nw4Vtza1Ex0. 2021-12-13. live. YouTube.
4. Web site: LION’S TALE: THE ROARING SUCCESS OF A HOMEGROWN STORY . 2023-12-28 . Ausfilm . en-US.
5. Web site: Quinn . Karl . 2022-07-30 . New film is a love song to a Melbourne almost lost to the wrecking ball . 2023-12-28 . The Sydney Morning Herald . en.
6. Web site: Keast . Jackie . 2023-03-23 . Goran Stolevski on 'Of An Age', working with Causeway Films and finding the cinematic in suburban Melbourne . 2023-12-28 . IF Magazine . en-AU.
7. News: 2023-05-21 . This powerful film captures how some friendships can change you and others will nearly destroy you . en-AU . ABC News . 2023-12-28.
8. New Australian Sci Fi Film Quanta Shot on URSA Mini Pro and Graded with DaVinci Resolve. Govoni. Nick. Broadcasting & Cable. en-us. 15 August 2019. 2019-10-02.