# List of Austrian films of the 1980s

A list of films produced in the Cinema of Austria in the 1980s ordered by year of release. For an alphabetical list of articles on Austrian films see Category:Austrian films.

## 1980s

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Studio/Notes |
| 1980 |||||
| Das eine Glück und das andere | Axel Corti | Suzanne von Borsody, Peter Simonischek, Hans Brenner | Drama | |
| Egon Schiele – Exzess und Bestrafung | Herbert Vesely | Mathieu Carrière, Jane Birkin, Christine Kaufmann | | |
| Exit... nur keine Panik (Exit - Just Don't Panic) | Franz Novotny | Paulus Manker, Hanno Pöschl, Isolde Barth, Eddie Constantine | Action comedy | Günther Köpf Film / Terra-Film |
| Fleischwolf (Meat grinder) | Houchang Allahyari [de] | Hanno Pöschl, Barbara Demmer [de], Thomas Morris [de] | Drama | |
| 1981 |||||
| Anima – Symphonie phantastique | Titus Leber | Mathieu Carrière, Charo López | | Screened at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival |
| Der Bockerer | Franz Antel | Karl Merkatz | | Entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival |
| Mephisto | István Szabó | Klaus Maria Brandauer, Krystyna Janda, Rolf Hoppe, Karin Boyd | Drama | Hungarian-West German-East German-Austrian co-production |
| Der Schüler Gerber [de] (Student Gerber) | Wolfgang Glück | Gabriel Barylli, Werner Kreindl | Drama | |
| Der Traum des Sandino (Sandino's Dream) | Margareta Heinrich [de] | | Documentary | filmed in Nicaragua |
| Den Tüchtigen gehört die Welt (The World Belongs to the Thorough) | Peter Patzak | Franz Buchrieser [de] | Crime film | Beginning of the Kottan series |
| Ein wenig sterben (Die a Little) | Mansur Madavi [de] | Alfred Solm | Drama | |
| 1982 |||||
| Die Ausgesperrten (The Excluded) | Franz Novotny | Rudolf Wessely, Paulus Manker, Christine Kaufmann | TV Drama | Based on Wonderful, Wonderful Times by Elfriede Jelinek |
| Café Malaria [de] | Niki List [de] | Andreas Vitásek [de] | Comedy | Max-Ophüls-Preis 1983 |
| Die Erben [de] (The Inheritors) | Walter Bannert [de] | Nikolas Vogel, Robert Schauer | Drama | Bannert-Film |
| God Does Not Believe in Us Anymore [fr] | Axel Corti | Johannes Silberschneider, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Barbara Petritsch [de] | Drama | |
| Sei zärtlich, Pinguin [de] (Be Gentle, Penguin) | Peter Hajek [de] | Marie Colbin [de], Heinz Hoenig | Romantic comedy | Dieter Geissler Film u. a. |
| 1983 |||||
| Angst (Fear) | Gerald Kargl | Erwin Leder, Silvia Ryder [de], Karin Springer [de], Edith Rosset [de], Rudolf Götz | Horror | |
| Herrenjahre | Axel Corti | Peter Simonischek | Drama | |
| Hirnbrennen (Brain Burning) | Leopold Huber [de] | Heidi Baratta [de], Gerhard Dorfer [de], Enzi Fuchs [de], Eva Kerbler | Drama | |
| Karambolage | Kitty Kino [de] | Marie Colbin [de], Wilfried Baasner [de] | Satire | |
| Der Stille Ozean (The Silent Ocean) | Xaver Schwarzenberger | Hanno Pöschl, Marie-France Pisier | | Entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival |
| Tramps | Peter Patzak | Elliott Gould | | |
| Der Weg ins Freie (The Road into the Open) | Karin Brandauer | Klaus Maria Brandauer, Hans Clarin | Drama | |
| 1984 |||||
| Eine blassblaue Frauenschrift [de] (Pale Blue Ink in a Lady's Hand) | Axel Corti | Krystyna Janda, Friedrich von Thun, Gabriel Barylli | Drama | |
| Dear Karl | Maria Knilli [de] | | | |
| Dicht hinter der Tür (Just Behind the Door) | Mansur Madavi [de] | | | |
| Malambo | Milan Dor [de] | Klaus Rohrmoser [de] | | |
| Tiger: Springtime in Vienna [de] | Peter Patzak | Art Metrano, William Berger, Eddie Constantine | Comedy | |
| Time Troopers (Morgengrauen) | Peter Sämann [de] | Albert Fortell [de], Hannelore Elsner, Barbara Rudnik, Hans-Georg Panczak | Science fiction | |
| 1985 |||||
| Coconuts [de] | Franz Novotny | Hanno Pöschl, Olivia Pascal, Rainhard Fendrich, Mario Adorf | Comedy | |
| Oberst Redl (Colonel Redl) | István Szabó | Klaus Maria Brandauer, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Gudrun Landgrebe | Drama | nominated for an Oscar and other awards |
| Die Praxis der Liebe (The Practice of Love) | Valie Export | Adelheid Arndt, Rüdiger Vogler | | Entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Raffl | Christian Berger | Lois Weinberger, Dietmar Schönherr | | Entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival |
| Das zweite Schraube-Fragment | Walter Andreas Christen | | Short | Screened at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival |
| 1986 |||||
| Der Aufstand | Peter Patzak | Joachim Bißmeier, Monica Bleibtreu | Drama | |
| Echo Park | Robert Dornhelm | Susan Dey, Tom Hulce, Heinrich Schweiger | comedy | American-Austrian co-production |
| Heidenlöcher (Hideouts) | Wolfram Paulus | Matthias Aichhorn, Albert Paulus | Drama / new Heimatfilm | Marwo-Film u. a. Entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Müllers Büro [de] (Müller's Office) (Müller's Bureau) | Niki List [de] | Christian Schmidt, Barbara Rudnik, Andreas Vitásek [de] | Musical comedy / detective film | Wega Film |
| Santa Fe [fr] | Axel Corti | Gabriel Barylli | Drama | Thalia |
| Welcome in Vienna | Axel Corti | Gabriel Barylli | Drama | Thalia |
| 1987 |||||
| 38 – Auch das war Wien ('38 – Vienna Before the Fall) | Wolfgang Glück | Tobias Engel, Sunnyi Melles | Literary film after Friedrich Torberg | Nominated for an Oscar |
| Einstweilen wird es Mittag [de] (Marienthal: The Sociography of an Unemployed Community) | Karin Brandauer | Franziska Walser, August Schmölzer, Inge Maux | Drama | |
| Gewitter im Mai (Storms in May) | Xaver Schwarzenberger | Gabriel Barylli, Claudia Messner [de] | Drama | Austrian-West German co-production |
| Johann Strauß – Der König ohne Krone [de] (Johann Strauss: The King Without a Crown) | Franz Antel | Oliver Tobias, Mary Crosby, Audrey Landers, John Phillip Law, Karin Dor, Mathieu Carrière, Rolf Hoppe, Zsa Zsa Gabor | Musical / Biographical film | Austrian-East German co-production |
| Schmutz | Paulus Manker | | Drama | Entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival |
| Das weite Land (The Distant Land) | Luc Bondy | Michel Piccoli, Bulle Ogier | Drama | Austrian-West German co-production. Screened at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival |
| 1989 |||||
| Der siebente Kontinent (The Seventh Continent) | Michael Haneke | Dieter Berner [de], Birgit Doll, Leni Tanzer, Udo Samel | Drama | Michael Haneke's cinefilm debut. Wega Film |
| Ein Sohn aus gutem Hause | Karin Brandauer | Alexander Lutz [de], Angelica Ladurner [de], Georg Friedrich, Felix von Manteuffel, Ewa Błaszczyk, Rolf Boysen [de], Walter Schmidinger | Drama | |
| Sterben und Leben im Schloß (Death and Life in the Castle) | Egon Humer [de] | | Documentary | Documentary film about Hartheim Euthanasia Centre |
| Die toten Fische (The Dead Fishes) | Michael Synek | Joe Berger, Erwin Leder | Drama | |