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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)

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

Shame (Steve Jodrell, 1988) Japanese motorbike

Stone (Sandy Harbutt, 1974) bikies


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