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Car films in Australasia

Inclusive list of Australian films having anything at all to do with cars, petrol-heads, rev-heads ...
See also: road movies.

Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, The (Stephan Elliott, 1994) bus called Priscilla

Big Steal, The (Nadia Tass, 1990) Jaguars and a Nissan Cedric

Blood Money (Chris Fitchett, 1980) crime film; but at least one scene features cars

Cars That Ate Paris, The (Peter Weir, 1974) spiky VW beetle inter alia

Crossing, The (George Ogilvie, 1990)

Dead-End Drive In (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 1986)

FJ Holden, The (Michael Thornhill, 1977)

Freedom (Scott Hicks, 1982) Porsche

Goddess Of 1967, The (Clara Law, 2000) Citroën DS

Goodbye Pork Pie (Geoff Murphy, 1980) NZ; BMC mini minor

In the Red (Glenn Ruehland, 1999) aka Red Lined

Lizzi (Stephen Huthnance, 2007) aka Lizzi and Johnny; 1968 Mustang GT called Lizzi

Mad Max (Dr George Miller, 1979)

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (Dr George Miller, 1981)

Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome (Dr George Miller & George Ogilvie, 1985)

Mad Max: Fury Road (Dr George Miller, 2015)

Mark II (John Anderson, 1986) NZ; Mark II Ford Zephyr, unemployed teenagers on the run from drug dealers

Metal Skin (Geoffrey Wright, 1995) car-racing

Midnite Spares (Quentin Masters, 1983)

Pork Pie (Matt Murphy, 2017) remake of Goodbye Pork Pie; road movie; NZ

Running from the Guns (John Dixon, 1987)

Running on Empty (John Clark, 1982)

Shaker Run (Bruce Morrison, 1985) NZ; road race

And bike films ...

1% (Stephen MacCallum, 2017) wr. Matt Nable; bikies; WA

Shame (Steve Jodrell, 1988) Japanese motorbike

Stone (Sandy Harbutt, 1974) bikies

What Becomes of the Broken Hearted (Ian Mune, 1999) NZ


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