# List of Australian films of 1979
## 1979

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Alison's Birthday | Ian Coughlan | Joanne Samuel, Lou Brown, Martin Vaughan, Margie McCrae, John Bluthal, Bunney Brooke, Lisa Peers, Robyn Gibbes, Vincent Ball, Eric Oldfield, Ralph Cotterill, Marion Johns, Belinda Giblin, Ros Speirs, Ian Coughlan | Horror / Thriller Feature film | IMDb |
| All in the Same Boat | | | Short | IMDb |
| Apostasy | Zbigniew Friedrich | Rod McNicol, Juliet Bacskai, Phil Motherwell, Irene Baberis, Ian Money | Drama Feature film | IMDb |
| As a Matter of Fact | | | Short / Documentary | IMDb |
| Banana Bender | | Caz Adams, Maurie Fields, John Hargreaves, Lyndel Rowe | Drama Short film |
| Born to Run | Don Chaffey | Robert Bettles, Tom Farley, Mary Ward, Andrew McFarlane, Julieanne Newbould, Alexander Archdale, John Meillon, Wyn Roberts, Kit Taylor, Les Foxcroft, Aileen Britton, Nigel Lovett | Family Feature film originally screened on 'The Wonderful World of Disney' series 1979 | |
| Buckeye and Pinto | Phil Pinder | Mitchell Faircloth, Simon Thorpe, Gary Adams | Short | IMDb |
| Burn The Butterflies | Oscar Whitbread | Ray Barrett, Fred Parslow, Gerard Maguire, George Mallaby, Alan Hopgood, Monica Maughan, John Wood, John Bowman, Burt Cooper, Rowena Wallace | Drama ABC TV film | aka ABC Teleplay |
| Cathy's Child | Donald Crombie | Michele Fawdon, Alan Cassell, Bryan Brown, Arthur Dignam, Harry Michaels, Robert Hughes, Flavia Arena, Anna Hruby, Sophia Haskas, Frankie J Holden, Sally McKenzie, Willie Fennell | Drama Feature film Drama based on a true story | IMDb |
| Dawn! | Ken Hannam | Bronwyn Mackay-Payne, Ron Haddrick, Bunny Brooke, Tom Richards, Ron Haddrick, John Diedrich, Ivar Kants, Gabrielle Hartley, Judi Farr, John Clayton | Sports / Biography Feature film | IMDb, entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival |
| Dimboola | John Duigan | Max Gillies, Bruce Spence, Natalie Bate, Alan Rowe, Bill Garner, Evelyn Krape, Tim Robertson, Irene Hewitt, Terry McDermott, Val Jellay, Max Cullen | Comedy Feature film | IMDb |
| Evictions | Richard Lowenstein | David Scott, Marion Edward, Cathy Hurley | Short | IMDb |
| Exits | Paul Davies | Robert Antoniades, Kim Bannikoff, Monica Bannikoff | Drama | IMDb |
| Felicity | John D. Lamond | Glory Annen, Marilyn Rodgers, Christopher Milne, Joni Flynn, Jody Hansen | Drama / Erotica / Romance Feature film | IMDb |
| The Franky Doyle Story | Graeme Arthur | Carol Burns, Peita Toppano, Val Lehman, Colette Mann, Patsy King, Sheila Florance, Fiona Spence, Patricia Kennedy, Barry Quin, Elspeth Ballantyne | Drama TV film | Based on Prisoner TV series. |
| Ileksen | Dennis O'Rourke | | Documentary | IMDb, aka: "Ileksen: Politics for Papua New Guinea" |
| In search of Anna | Esben Storm | Richard Moir, Judy Morris, Chris Haywood, Bill Hunter, Gary Waddell, Ian Nimmo, Alex Taifer, Maurie Fields | Mystery Drama Feature film | |
| The John Sullivan Story | David Stevens | Andrew McFarlane, Olivia Hamnett, Frank Gallacher, Ronald Lewis, Jonathan Hardy, Roger Oakley, Carol Burns, Ronald Falk, Alan Jervis, Vera Plevnik | Drama / War TV film | Based on The Sullivans TV series. |
| The Journalist | Michael Thornhill | Jack Thompson, Elizabeth Alexander, Sam Neill, Charles Tingwell, Carol Raye, Jane Harders, Penne Hackforth-Jones, Michelle Jarman, Stuart Wagstaff, Slim de Grey, Frankie J Holden, Ray Meagher, Martyn Sanderson, Frank Wilson, Anna Hruby | Comedy / Romance Feature film | IMDb |
| Just Out of Reach | Linda Blagg | Lorna Lesley, Sam Neill, Martin Vaughan, Judi Farr, Ian Gilmour, Jackie Dalton, Lou Brown | Drama Feature film | IMDb |
| The King of the Two Day Wonder | Kevin Anderson | Walter Dobrowolski, Sigrid Thornton, Allen Bickford, James Robertson, Peter Sumner, Maureen O'Loughlin | Drama Feature film | IMDb |
| Kostas | Paul Cox | Takis Emmanuel, Wendy Hughes, John Waters, Kris McQuade, Chris Haywood, Dawn Klingberg, Graeme Blundell, Maurie Fields, Norman Kaye, Tony Llewellyn-Jones | Drama / Romance Feature film | IMDb |
| The Last of the Knucklemen | Tim Burstall | Gerard Kennedy, Michael Preston, Steve Bisley, Michael Caton, Peter Hehir, Michael Duffield, Dennis Miller, Stewart Faichney, Steve Rackman, Denise Drysdale, Saviour Sammut, Tim Robertson | Drama Feature film | IMDb |
| The Little Convict | Yoram Gross | Voice: Rolf Harris | Animation, Live Action / Drama / Comedy Feature film | IMDb |
| Mad Max | George Miller | Mel Gibson, Steve Bisley, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Tim Burns, Vincent Gil, Roger Ward, Reg Evans, Sheila Florance, Amanda Muggleton (uncredited) | Action / Adventure Feature film | IMDb |
| Mallacoota Stampede | Peter Tammer | Donny Mason, Deborah Conway, Michael Bladen | | IMDb |
| Money Movers | Bruce Beresford | | feature film | |
| Morris Loves Jack | Sonia Hofmann | John Hargreaves, Bill Hunter, Kris McQuade | Short | IMDb |
| Mutiny on the Western Front | Richard Dennison | F. Birdwood, Bill Gammage, Kaiser Wilhelm II | Documentary / War | IMDb |
| My Brilliant Career | Gillian Armstrong | Judy Davis, Sam Neill, Wendy Hughes, Robert Grubb, Max Cullen, Patricia Kennedy, Peter Whitford, Aileen Britton, Carole Skinner, Alan Hopgood, Ray Meagher, Julia Blake, Simone Buchanan | Biography / Drama / Romance Feature film | IMDb |
| Now and Then | Mark Turnbull | Tony Barry, Ian Gilmour, Lisa Peers | Short / Drama | IMDb |
| Now You're Talking | Keith Gow | Don Bradman, Leo McKern | Documentary Short | IMDb |
| The Odd Angry Shot | Tom Jeffrey | Graham Kennedy, John Hargreaves, Graeme Blundell, Bryan Brown, Richard Moir, Ian Gilmour, Tony Barry, Ray Meagher, Frankie J Holden, Brandon Burke, Graham Rouse, Max Cullen, Joy Westmore | Action/ Comedy / War Feature film | IMDb |
| Palm Beach | Albie Thoms | Bryan Brown, Nat Young, Ken Brown, Julie McGregor, John Flaus, John Clayton, David Elfick, Amanda Berry | Drama Feature film | |
| The Plumber | Peter Weir | Judy Morris, Ivar Kants, Robert Coleby, Candy Raymond, Paul Sonkkila, Henri Szeps | Thriller TV film | IMDb |
| Prophecies of Nostradamus | Paul Drane | John Waters, Kirk Alexander, Richard Butler | Documentary / History | IMDb |
| Pussy Pumps Up | Antoinette Starkiewicz | | Short | IMDb |
| Puttin' on the Ritz | Antoinette Starkiewicz | | Short | IMDb |
| Snapshot | Simon Wincer | Chantal Contouri, Robert Bruning, Sigrid Thornton, Robert Bruning, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Vincent Gil, Julia Blake, Denise Drysdale, Jon Sidney, Jacqui Gordon, Lisa Crittenden | Drama / Thriller Feature film | IMDb, aka: "One More Minute" |
| Thirst | Rod Hardy | Chantal Contouri, David Hemmings, Henry Silva, Max Phipps, Shirley Cameron, Max Phipps, Rod Mullinar, Rosie Sturgess, Robert Thompson, Walter Pym, Amanda Muggleton | Horror / Thriller Feature film | IMDb |
| This Woman Is Not a Car | Margaret Dodd | Phil Colson, Richard Morecroft, Daniel Sedgwick | Short | IMDb |
| Tim | Michael Pate | Piper Laurie, Mel Gibson, Alwyn Kurts, Pat Evison, Peter Gwynne, Deborah Kennedy, David Foster, James Condon, Allan Penney, Margo Lee, Louise Pajo | Drama / Romance Feature film | IMDb |
| Witches, Faggots, Dykes and Poofters | Digby Duncan | Jude Kuring | Documentary | IMDb |
| Yesterday's Hero | Neil Leifer | Ian McShane, Suzanne Somers | Drama | IMDb |