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Recent Films

Recent significant films roughly by date order of Australian general release, from 2003


You Can't Stop the Murders (Anthony Mir, 2003) Australian release 13 March 2003

Undead (Spierig Brothers, 2003) Australian release 4 September 2003

Travelling Light (Kathryn Millard, 2003) Australian release 11 September 2003

Wannabes, The (Nick Giannopoulos, 2003) Australian release 25 September 2003

Finished People, The (Khoa Do, 2003) Australian release 23 October 2003


Love's Brother (Jan Sardi, 2004) Australian release 1 April 2004; melodrama

Under the Radar (Evan Clarry, 2004) Australian release 29 July 2004; comedy

Tom White (Alkinos Tsilimidos, 2004) Australian release 19 August 2004; melodrama

Crop, The (Scott Patterson, 2004) Australian release 19 August 2004; comedy

Somersault (Cate Shortland, 2004) Australian release 9 Sept 2004; melodrama

In My Father's Den (Brad McGann, 2004) Australian release 28 October 2004; melodrama

A Man's Gotta Do (Chris Kennedy, 2004) Australian release 4 November 2004; comedy

Lost Things (Martin Murphy, 2004) Australian release (NSW) 11 November 2004; horror

Deck Dogz (Steve Pasvolsky, 2004) Australian release 6 January 2005; teenpic

Illustrated Family Doctor, The (Kriv Stenders, 2004) Australian release 3 March 2005; comedy

Dreams for Life (Anna Kannava, 2005) Australian release 10 March 2005; melodrama

Hating Alison Ashley (Geoff Bennett, 2005) Australian release 17 March 2005; comedy

Human Touch (Paul Cox, 2004) Australian release 14 April 2005; art film

Three Dollars (Robert Connolly, 2004) Australian release 21 April 2005; melodrama

Extra, The (Kevin Carlin, 2005) Australian release 21 April 2005; comedy

You and Your Stupid Mate (Marc Gracie, 2005) Australian release 5 May 2005

Peaches (Craig Monahan, 2004) Australian release 9 June 2005

Oyster Farmer (Anna Reeves, 2004) Australian release 30 June 2005; melodrama

Look Both Ways (Sarah Watt, 2005) Australian release 18 August 2005; melodrama

Little Fish (Rowan Woods, 2005) Australian release 8 September 2005; melodrama

Magician, The (Scott Ryan, 2005) Australian release 29 September 2005; mockumentary

Proposition, The (John Hillcoat, 2005) Australian release 6 October 2005; western

Wolf Creek (Greg McLean, 2005) Australian release 3 November 2005; horror

Josh Jarman (Pip Mushin, 2004) Australian release 10 November 2005; comedy

Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst (Gillian Armstrong, 2006) Australian release 28 January 2006; art

Ten Canoes (Rolf de Heer, Peter Djigirr, 2006) Australian release 19 March 2006; DVD available 24 January 2007; art film

Candy (Neil Armfield, 2006) Australian release 25 May 2006; DVD available 8 November 2006; crime

World's Fastest Indian, The (Roger Donaldson, 2006) Australian release 6 April 2006; DVD available 8 November 2006; action

Kokoda (Alister Grierson, 2006) Australian release Anzac Day 25 April 2006; DVD available 8 November 2006; war

Lost and Found (David Blake, 2006) limited release Melbourne and Brisbane 27 April 2006; DVD available 2007 from official site

Caterpillar Wish, The (Sandra Sciberras, 2006) Australian release [8/]15 June 2006, DVD available 28 February 2007; melodrama

Solo (Morgan O'Neill, 2006) Australian release 27 July 2006; DVD available 16 April 2007

Jindabyne (Ray Lawrence, 2006) Australian release 20 July 2006, DVD available 29 November 2006; social problem/crime

Footy Legends (Khoa Do, 2006) wr. Anh Do, Khoa Do; Australian release 3 August 2006

Global Haywire (Bruce Petty, 2006) doco; Australian release 6 August 2006

Hunt Angels (Alec Morgan, 2006) Australian release 10 August 2006; biopic

Kenny (Clayton Jacobson, 2006) Australian release 17 August 2006, DVD available 4 December 2006; comedy

2:37 (Murali Thalluri, 2006) Australian release 17 August 2006; DVD available; social problem/coming-of-age

48 Shades (Daniel Lapaine, 2006) Australian release 31 August 2006, DVD available 7 February 2007; social problem/coming-of-age

The Book of Revelation (Ana Kokkinos, 2006) Australian release 7 September 2006; DVD available 5 December 2007; crime/art

Last Train to Freo (Jeremy Sims, 2006) Australian release 14 September 2006; DVD available 7 June 2007; crime

Macbeth (Geoffrey Wright, 2006) Australian release 21 September 2006; crime; DVD available 28 March 2007

Opal Dream (Peter Cattaneo, 2006) Australian release 28 September 2006; DVD available; children's

Irresistible (Ann Turner, 2006) Australian release 12 October 2006; DVD available 13 June 2007

Women of the Sun: 25 Years Later (Bob Weis, 2006)

BoyTown (Kevin Carlin, 2006) Australian release 19 October 2006; comedy; DVD available 21 Feb 2007

Suburban Mayhem (Paul Goldman, 2006) Australian release 26 October 2006; DVD available 13 June 2007; crime

God On My Side (Andrew Denton, 2006) doco; DVD available; Australian release 2 November 2006

Like Minds (Gregory J. Read, 2006) Australian release 9 November 2006; DVD available 8 August 2007

Happy Feet (Dr George Miller, 2006) Australian release 26 December 2006; DVD available 26 April 2007; animated

Boxing Day (Kriv Stenders, 2007) Australian release 23 February 2007 (Adelaide Film Festival) drama

Forbidden Lie$ (Anna Broinowski, 2007) 25 February 2007 (Adelaide Film Festival) doco

Dr Plonk (Rolf de Heer, 2007) Australian release 4 March 2007 (Adelaide Film Festival) general Australian release 27 June 2007; Toronto October 2007; art/comedy; DVD available 12 March 2008

Razzle Dazzle: A Journey Into Dance (Darren Ashton, 2007) Australian release 15 March 2007; DVD available 17 July 2007; comedy

Bra Boys (Sunny Abberton, 2007) Australian release 15 March 2007; DVD available 16 August 2007; doco

Burke and Wills (Oliver Torr, 2006) (Sydney Film Festival 2006) Australian release 12 April 2007; DVD available 6 September 2007; drama

Noise (Matthew Saville, 2007) Australian release 3 May 2007; DVD available 17 October 2007; drama

Clubland (Cherie Nowlan, 2007) Australian release 17 May 2007; DVD available 28 November 2007; coming-of-age

Romulus My Father (Richard Roxburgh, 2007) Australian release 13 May 2007; DVD available 7 November 2007

Night (Lawrence Johnston, 2007) doco; Australian release 5 July 2007

West (Daniel Krige, 2007) Australian release 5 July 2007; DVD available 19 December 2007

Home Song Stories, The (Tony Ayres, 2007) Australian release 16 July 2007; DVD available 14 February 2008

Gone (Ringan Ledwidge, 2007) Australian release 19 July 2007; DVD available 31 December 2007

Lucky Miles (Michael James Rowland, 2007) Australian release 19 July 2007; DVD available 5 December 2007

Rogue (Greg McLean, 2007) Australian release 30 August 2007; horror; DVD available 22 May 2008

Bet, The (Mark Lee, 2006) 16 June 2006 (Sydney Film Festival) 19 August 2007 (AFI screening, Sydney); DVD available

Final Winter, The (Brian Andrews, Jane Forrest, 2007) Australian release 30 August 2007; DVD available 14 February 2008

All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane (Louise Alston, 2007) Brisbane Festival 2 August 2007; Australian release October 2007

December Boys (Rod Hardy, 2007) Australian release 20 September 2007; DVD available February 2008

4 (Tim Slade, 2007) musical documentary; Australian release September 2007 (one screen only)

Jammed, The (Dee McLachlan, 2007) Australia 22 June 2007 (Sydney International Film Festival); Australian release September 2007 (one screen only); DVD available 5 March 2008

Corroboree (Ben Hackworth, 2007) Rebecca Frith; Toronto October 2007

Death Defying Acts (Gillian Armstrong, 2007) Toronto October 2007

Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts (Scott Hicks, 2007) documentary; Toronto October 2007

Unfinished Sky (Peter Duncan, 2007) William McInnes, Monic Hendrickx; farmer and illegal Afghani immigrant fall in love; Toronto October 2007

September (Peter Carstairs, 2007) Australian release 25 October 2007; Toronto October 2007; DVD available 19 March 2008

Tan Lines (Ed Aldridge, 2007) gay coming-of-age teen romance; surfing; no theatrical release; DVD available July 2007

Black Water (David Nerlich, Andrew Traucki, 2007) horror; November 2007

Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger (Cathy Randall, 2008) coming-of-age; Australian release 20 March 2008

Children of Huang Shi, The (Roger Spottiswoode, 2008)

Cactus (Jasmine Yuen Carrucan, 2008) Australian release 1 May 2008

Horseman, The (Steven Kastrissios, 2008)

Kissing Paris (Anna Kannava, 2008)

Tender Hook, The (Jonathan Ogilvie, 2007) boxing, crime noir; Cannes 2008

Newcastle (Dan Castle, 2008) wr. Dan Castle; youth drama; surfing, coming-of-age; Tribeca 2008

Netball (Leah Purcell, 2008) not yet released

My Year Without Sex (Sarah Watt, 2009) Sacha Horler, Matt Day

Samson and Delilah (Warwick Thornton, 2009) Australian release 20 February 2009 (Adelaide Film Festival)

Bran Nue Dae (Rachel Perkins, 2009) musical; Australian release 14 January 2010

Stone Bros. (Richard Frankland, 2009) comedy

Dreamland (Ivan Sen, 2009) not Australian; Australian release August 2009

Accidents Happen (Andrew Lancaster, 2009) Australian release 22 April 2010

Balibo (Robert Connolly, 2009)

Beautiful Kate (Rachel Ward, 2009) Australian release 6 August 2009

Blessed (Ana Kokkinos, 2009)

Boys Are Back, The (Scott Hicks, 2009)

Bright Star (Jane Campion, 2009)

Cedar Boys (Serhat Caradee, 2009)

Charlie & Boots (Dean Murphy, 2009) released 3 Sept 2009

Coffin Rock (Rupert Glasson, 2009)

Combination, The (David Field, 2009)

Crush (John V. Soto & Jeff Gerritsen, 2009)

Lake Mungo (Joel Anderson, 2009)

Last Confession of Alexander Pearce, The (Michael James Rowland, 2008) released 25 Jan 2009

Last Ride (Glendyn Ivin, 2009)

Love the Beast (Eric Bana, 2009)

Loved Ones, The (Sean Byrne, 2009)

Mao's Last Dancer (Bruce Beresford, 2009)

My Year Without Sex (Sarah Watt, 2009)

Prime Mover (David Caesar, 2009) Australian release November 2009

Subdivision (Sue Brooks, 2009) comedy

Van Diemen's Land (Jonathan auf der Heide, 2009) released 24 Sept 2009

Waiting City, The (Claire McCarthy, 2009) Radha Mitchell, Joel Edgerton


Animal Kingdom (David Michôd, 2010) Guy Pearce, Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Luke Ford, Jacki Weaver; crime; Cannes

Bait (Russel Mulcahy, 2010) aka Bait 3D; sharks: horror

Beneath Hill 60 (Jeremy Sims, 2010) wr. David Roach; Brendan Cowell, Harrison Gilbertson, Steve Le Marquand, Gyton Grantley; Dungog, Cannes

Backpacker, The (Dion Boland, 2010)

Blame (Michael Henry, 2010) Kestie Morassi, Sophie Lowe; WA

Butterfly Crush (Alan Clay, 2010)

Cane Toads: The Conquest (Mark Lewis, 1987) documentary

Clinic, The (James Rabbitts, 2010) thriller

Damned by Dawn (Brett Anstey, 2010)

Day in the Life, A (Colin O'Murchu, 2010)

Daybreakers (Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig, 2009) Australian release 4 February 2010

Dream Children, The (Robert Chuter, 2010)

Griff the Invisible (Leon Ford, 2010) Ryan Kwanten, Maeve Dermody

I Am You (Simone North, 2010) Guy Pearce, Miranda Otto; drama; Cannes

Juicy (Louise Alston, 2010)

Kings of Mykonos: Wog Boy 2 (Peter Andrikidis, 2010) Nick Giannopoulos, Vince Colosimo, Alex Dimitriades

Little Sparrows (Yu-Hsiu Camille Chen, 2010) Arielle Gray, Nick Gray, Simon Lockwood; drama

Lou (Belinda Chayko, 2010) John Hurt, Emily Barclay; melodrama

Mad Bastards (Brendan Fletcher, 2010) drama

Matching Jack (Nadia Tass, 2010) Richard Roxburgh, Kodi Smit-McPhee

Mother Fish (Khoa Do, 2010)

Needle (John V. Soto, 2010) Ben Mendelsohn, John Jarratt, Khan Chittenden, Luke Carroll, Michael Loney, James Hagan; horror

Next Door to the Velinskys (Darren K. Hawkins, 2010)

Oranges and Sunshine (Jim Loach, 2010) Emily Watson, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham

Red Hill (Patrick Hughes, 2010) western; Ryan Kwanten, Steve Bisley, Tommy Lewis

Reef, The (Andrew Traucki, 2010) thriller

Road Train (Dean Francis, 2010) horror; Xavier Samuel, Sophie Lowe

Second-Hand Wedding (Paul Murphy, 2010) wr. Nick Ward, Linda Niccol; Holly Shanahan, Geraldine Brophy; NZ

South Solitary (Shirley Barrett, 2010) Marton Csokas, Miranda Otto, Barry Otto

Swerve (Craig Lahiff, 2010)

Tree, The (Julie Bertucelli, 2010) wr. Judy Pascoe; Charlotte Gainsbourg, Marton Csokas, Arthur Dignam, Penne Hackforth-Jones; Cannes

Tomorrow when the War Began (Stuart Beattie, 2010)

Uninhabited (Bill Bennett, 2010) supernatural thriller

X (Jon Hewitt, 2010)

Waiting City, The (Claire McCarthy, 2010) Radha Mitchell, Joel Edgerton

Wasted on the Young (Ben C. Lucas, 2010)

Wedding Party, The (Amanda Jane, 2010) aka Kin; Josh Lawson, Isabel Lucas, Steve Bisley; comedy drama


Burning Man (Jonathan Teplitzky, 2011)

Cup, The (Simon Wincer, 2011) Melbourne Cup 2002

Few Good Men, A (Stephan Elliott, 2011)

Heartbeat Away, A (Gale Edwards, 2001)

Jandamarra's War (Mitch Torres, 2011) dramatised documentary, 55 min.

Sleeping Beauty (Julie Leigh, 2011) Cannes 2011


2:22 (Paul Currie, 2017) wr. Todd Stein, Nathan Parker, prod. Bill Mechanic, Steve Hutensky; Teresa Palmer, Michiel Huisman, Sam Reid, Simone Kessell; thriller; general release 22 February 18

BBQ, The (Stephen Amis, 2018) Shane Jacobson, Magda Szubanski, John Stanton, Julia Zemiro; comedy; general release 22 February

Winchester (Michael & Peter Spierig, 2018) Helen Mirren, Sarah Snook, Jason Clarke, Angus Sampson; thriller; general release 22 February


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