Oceania · Mad Max, Picnic at Hanging Rock and the outback
Cinema of Australia
341 films · 98 directors · 1951 to 2026
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Picnic at Hanging Rock
In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine's Day, the school's typically strict headmistress treats the girls to a picnic field trip to an unusual but scenic volcanic formation called Hanging Rock.
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Picnic at Hanging Rock
Mad Max: Fury Road
Dead Poets Society
Moulin Rouge!
Mad Max 2
Wake in Fright
Mad Max
Animal Kingdom
The Truman Show
Max
Hacksaw Ridge
Lion
Mary and Max
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Predestination
Dark City
The Road Warrior
Upgrade
Elvis
Saving Mr. Banks
The Invisible Man
The King
Talk to Me
The Way Back
Directors
Films by decade
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Elvis
The Invisible Man
Talk to Me
Bring Her Back
Late Night with the Devil
Better Man
One Life
Memoir of a Snail
Together
Leo
Escape from Pretoria
War Machine
Ricky Stanicky
Dangerous Animals
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
My First Summer
Puff: Wonders of the Reef
We Bury the Dead
Run Rabbit Run
One Perfect Match
Life After Fighting
Occupation: Rainfall
A Prince in Paradise
Primitive War
This Little Love of Mine
Bring Him to Me
When Love Springs
Leviticus
Swimming for Gold
Saccharine
Designing Christmas with You
Killer Whale
Love and Penguins
Joey and Ella
The Curious Case of Dolphin Bay
Scurry
The Wheel
Beauty from Pain
Devil Beneath
Space/Time
A Journey
Badland Rising
Insidious: Out of the Further
Kangaroo
Seven Snipers
The Pout-Pout Fish
Lesbian Space Princess
The Travellers
Mad Max: Fury Road
Animal Kingdom
Max
Hacksaw Ridge
Lion
Predestination
Upgrade
Saving Mr. Banks
The King
The Way Back
Hotel Mumbai
Salt
Mr. Church
The Dressmaker
The Nightingale
The Giver
Dominion
The Shallows
Red Dog
Peter Rabbit
The Loved Ones
Holding the Man
The House I Live In
These Final Hours
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
All This Mayhem
Gods of Egypt
Happy Feet Two
Only the Dead
Ladies in Black
Stop at Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Story
Ride Like a Girl
The Devil’s Brigade
The Devil’s Brigade
Winchester
Charlie's Country
Mystify: Michael Hutchence
Storm Boy
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
Red Hill
Penguins
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Buoyancy
Above Suspicion
Dance Academy: The Movie
Walking with Dinosaurs
Rebooted
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
Occupation
Time Trap
Women He’s Undressed
In Like Flynn
Flint
A Second Chance
Love, Lust & Lies
Red Billabong
Ecco Homo
Killer 10
Graduation
Moulin Rouge!
Mary and Max
Triangle
The Proposition
Happy Feet
Australia
Candy
Orpheus
The Quiet American
Mao’s Last Dancer
The War on Democracy
Catch a Fire
Evelyn
Charlotte Gray
He Died With a Felafel In His Hand
On the Beach
Swimming Upstream
The Contract
License to Wed
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
Death Defying Acts
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
Undead
S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine
Lucky Miles
Garage Days
Bride of the Wind
Visitors
Advantage Satan
We’re Livin’ on Dog Food
Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst
Not Quite Hollywood (Mark Hartley, ), self
Not Quite Hollywood (Mark Hartley, ), self
“Brotherhood” (pilot)
“Brotherhood” (pilot)
“Tru Calling” (pilot)
“Tru Calling” (pilot)
“Pilot” or “The Mists of Time”
“Pilot” or “The Mists of Time”
The Truman Show
Dark City
Romeo + Juliet
Shine
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
The Bone Collector
Little Women
Clear and Present Danger
Patriot Games
A Goofy Movie
Double Jeopardy
Strictly Ballroom
Lorenzo’s Oil
Fearless
Deep Blue Sea
The Saint
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
Black Robe
Babe: Pig In the City
Paradise Road
Oscar and Lucinda
F/X 2
Sliver
Silent Fall
Last Dance
Mister Johnson
Last Days of Chez Nous
Love Town
Love Town
Rich in Love
A Good Man in Africa
Hotel Sorrento
“Rescue”
“Rescue”
Brilliant Lies
Say a Little Prayer
One Way Ticket
Fires Within
Running Delilah
Not Fourteen Again
Not Fourteen Again
“Pilot”
“Pilot”
Sydney: A Story of a City
Harry’s War (Richard Frankland, ) Co-Producer only
Harry’s War (Richard Frankland, ) Co-Producer only
“The Repair Shop” (pilot)
“The Repair Shop” (pilot)
Audio Commentary, Interviews, Brilliant Lies
Audio Commentary, Interviews, Brilliant Lies
“Nightmare Café” (pilot)
“Nightmare Café” (pilot)
Dead Poets Society
Mad Max 2
The Road Warrior
Driving Miss Daisy
Witness
Threads
Gallipoli
Breaker Morant
The Witches of Eastwick
Dead Calm
Psycho II
Tender Mercies
The Mosquito Coast
The Man from Snowy River
Blind Fury
Roadgames
Cloak & Dagger
The Year My Voice Broke
Phar Lap
Razorback
Crimes of the Heart
Her Alibi
The Club
Mrs Soffel
Link
High Tide
Starstruck
Dogs In Space
Aria
Puberty Blues
Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds
King David
The Fringe Dwellers
Heatwave
Hard to Handle
White City
Dangerous Game
Shadows of the Peacock
Strikebound
Australian Made
Cassandra
Sky Pirates
A Street to Die
14’s Good, 18’s Better
Mad Max: Beyond the Thunderdome
Mad Max: Beyond the Thunderdome
Crocodile Dundee II
Bingo, Bridesmaids and Braces
Bingo, Bridesmaids and Braces
A Decade of Women
A Decade of Women
Having a Go
Having a Go
Not Just a Pretty Face
Not Just a Pretty Face
More Smokes, Less Lollies
More Smokes, Less Lollies
A Busy Kind of Bloke
A Busy Kind of Bloke
Touch Wood
Touch Wood
Diet Coke commercial
Diet Coke commercial
Into The Night (John Landis, ) cameo only
Into The Night (John Landis, ) cameo only
“The Dismissal” (episode 2)
“The Dismissal” (episode 2)
Richard Lowenstein and Peter Thompson, Australian Film Makers Series – Peter Thompson interviews Richard Lowenstein on the production of his feature film “Strikebound” , (Videorecording: sd; col; 33 min.), Australian Film, Television and Radio School, Sydney
Richard Lowenstein and Peter Thompson, Australian Film Makers Series – Peter Thompson interviews Richard Lowenstein on the production of his feature film “Strikebound” , (Videorecording: sd; col; 33 min.), Australian Film, Television and Radio School, Sydney
Survival
Country Special Beer commercial
Country Special Beer commercial
Findus Frozen Food commercial
Findus Frozen Food commercial
Over 40 television commercials
Over 40 television commercials
Crown Corning Ware commercial
Crown Corning Ware commercial
Radio Station 25M commercial
Radio Station 25M commercial
Superstition – Fact and Fiction
Superstition – Fact and Fiction
The Blue Lagoon (Randal Kleiser, ) Co-Producer only
The Blue Lagoon (Randal Kleiser, ) Co-Producer only
Vietnamese Stories
Vietnamese Stories
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Wake in Fright
Mad Max
Decision
Decision
My Brilliant Career
Long Weekend
ABBA: The Movie
Patrick
Don's Party
Sun
Sun
Newsfront
Money Movers
The Getting of Wisdom
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
Backroads
Disco
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
Side by Side
Brad
Brad
Fugue
Fugue
Fantasm Comes Again
Incredible Floridas
Whatever Happened to Green Valley
Australian Colour Diary #43: Three Directions in Australian Pop Music
The True Story of Eskimo Nell
Smokes and Lollies
Smokes and Lollies
Castor and Pollux
The Singer and the Dancer
And His Ghost May Be Heard
Heart, Head and Hand
Heart, Head and Hand
A Time and a Place
A Time and a Place
Three Workshop Films
Three Workshop Films
100 a Day
100 a Day
Gretel
Gretel
Satdee Night
Satdee Night
The Fifth Façade
The Fifth Façade
The Billiard Room ; The Computer Centre ; Boat Builders ; The Country Couldn’t Do Without You ; Field Day
The Billiard Room ; The Computer Centre ; Boat Builders ; The Country Couldn’t Do Without You ; Field Day
Shit Commercial
Shit Commercial
Tempo: Australia in the ’70s
Tempo: Australia in the ’70s
Stirring the Pool
Stirring the Pool
The Roof Needs Mowing
Evictions
Evictions
Sue and Mario – The Australian Italians
Sue and Mario – The Australian Italians
Tapak Dewata – Path of the Gods
Tapak Dewata – Path of the Gods
Audio commentary (also with Everett De Roche), Patrick
Audio commentary (also with Everett De Roche), Patrick
Amy
Amy
Greg
Greg
Let the Balloon Go (Oliver Howes, ) second assistant director
Let the Balloon Go (Oliver Howes, ) second assistant director
Let the Balloon Go – Support Program
Let the Balloon Go – Support Program
Zizzem Zam (Ron Owen, ) production assistant
Zizzem Zam (Ron Owen, ) production assistant
A Calendar of Dreamings: Aboriginal Artists of Central Australia (Geoff Bardon, ) editor
A Calendar of Dreamings: Aboriginal Artists of Central Australia (Geoff Bardon, ) editor
The Golden Cage (Ayten Kuyululu, ) first assistant director
The Golden Cage (Ayten Kuyululu, ) first assistant director
Convention Checkout
Convention Checkout
I Happen to be a Girl (Jan Chapman, ) camera, editor
I Happen to be a Girl (Jan Chapman, ) camera, editor
Labor Party election commercials
Labor Party election commercials
Matchless (John Papadopoulos, ) production assistant
Matchless (John Papadopoulos, ) production assistant
Cinemusic (David Ahearn, ) editor, first assistant director
Cinemusic (David Ahearn, ) editor, first assistant director
One Hundred a Day (Gillian Armstrong, ) production assistant
One Hundred a Day (Gillian Armstrong, ) production assistant
Springboks Protest
Springboks Protest
That’s Showbiz
That’s Showbiz
various newsreels
various newsreels
The Old Man’s Eyes
The Old Man’s Eyes
Camera Class
Camera Class
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
The Jumping Jeweler of Lavender Bay
The Jumping Jeweler of Lavender Bay
Just a Little Not (Jan Chapman, ) camera, editor
Just a Little Not (Jan Chapman, ) camera, editor
… or Forever Hold Your Peace (collective, ) camera, cameo
… or Forever Hold Your Peace (collective, ) camera, cameo
Style of Champions: The Australian Crawl (Cecil Holmes, ) production assistant
Style of Champions: The Australian Crawl (Cecil Holmes, ) production assistant
Age of Consent
Storytime
Storytime
They're a Weird Mob
Four Walls
Four Walls
Exit
Exit
Barbara Hepworth at the Tate
Barbara Hepworth at the Tate
Old Man and a Dog
Old Man and a Dog
The Life and Flight of the Rev Buck Shotte
The Life and Flight of the Rev Buck Shotte
Count Vim’s Last Exercise
Film For Guitar
Film For Guitar
King-Size Woman
It Droppeth as the Gentle Rain
It Droppeth as the Gentle Rain
Better to Reign in Hell
Better to Reign in Hell
Megan
Megan
The Angel’s Plight
The Angel’s Plight
Within Us All
Within Us All
R.I.P.
R.I.P.
A Breast of Freshette
A Breast of Freshette