# List of Australian films of 1985
## 1985

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Tim Brooke-Hunt | Tom Burlinson | Animation / Adventure | IMDb |
| After Marcuse | Ted Robinson | Diane Craig, Penne Hackforth-Jones, Grigor Taylor, David Whitney, Paul Mason, Jim Kemp, Muriel Hopkins, Carmen Warrington, Anna Phillips, Margaret Maddock | Drama TV film | First aired during 1988 |
| An Indecent Obsession | Lex Marinos | Wendy Hughes, Gary Sweet, Richard Moir, Jonathan Hyde, Bruno Lawrence, Mark Little, Tony Sheldon, Bill Hunter, Julia Blake, Caroline Gillmer, Marina Finlay, John Sheerin, Andrew Martin, Mark Davis | Drama / War Feature film | IMDb |
| Archer | Denny Lawrence | Brett Climo, Nicole Kidman, Robert Coleby, Anna-Maria Monticelli, Tony Barry, Paul Bertram, Ernie Gray, John Flaus, Ernie Dingo | Adventure / Drama / Family TV film | aka Archer's Adventure |
| Banduk | Di Drew | Bayulma Marika, Garry McDonald, Joan Winchester, Yalumul Marika, Roy Marika, Gurumin Marika, Marika Munyurran, Tommy Munyurran | Drama / Family TV film | |
| The Big Hurt | Barry Peak | David Bradshaw, Lian Lunson, Simon Chilvers, John Ewart, Alan Cassell, Abbe Holmes, Alethea McGrath, Nick Waters | Thriller Feature film | IMDb |
| Bliss | Ray Lawrence | Barry Otto, Lynette Curran, Helen Jones, Miles Buchanan, Tim Robertson, Gia Carides, Bryan Marshall, Jon Ewing, Jeff Truman, Kerry Walker, Paul Chubb, Robert Menzies, Saskia Post, Les Foxcroft, Nique Needles | Comedy / Fantasy Feature film | IMDb, Entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival |
| Bootleg | John Prescott | Ray Meagher, Carmen Duncan, John Gregg, John Flaus, Ian Nimmo, Shelley Friend, Louise Siversen, Max Meldrum | Crime / Drama Feature film | IMDb |
| Breaking Up | Kathy Mueller | Candy Raymond, Nick Enright, Matt Stevenson, Bradley Kilpatrick | Drama ABC TV film | |
| Burke & Wills | Graeme Clifford | Jack Thompson, Nigel Havers, Greta Scacchi, Matthew Fargher, Chris Haywood, Ralph Cotterill, Drew Forsythe, Hugh keays-Byrne, Les Foxcroft, Arthur Dignam | Adventure / Drama Feature film | IMDb, screened at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival |
| The Coca-Cola Kid | Dusan Makavejev | Eric Roberts, Greta Scacchi, Bill Kerr, Chris Haywood, Kris McQuade, Tony Barry, Max Gillies, Paul Chubb, Tim Finn, Rebecca Smart, Ian Gilmour, David Argue, Colleen Clifford, Esben Storm | Comedy / Romance Feature film | IMDb, Entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival |
| Cool Change | George Miller | Jon Blake, Lisa Armytage, Deborra-Lee Furness, Alec Wilson, James Wright, Robert Bruning, David Bradshaw, Mark Hembrow | Action / Adventure / Romance Feature film | IMDb |
| Death Warmed Up | David Blyth | Michael Hurst, Margaret Umbers, William Upjohn, | Horror / Sci-Fi Feature film | IMDb |
| Don't Call Me Girlie | Andree Wright, Stewart Young | Aileen Britton, Charlotte Francis, Nancy Gurr | Documentary | IMDb |
| Dot and the Koala | Yoram Gross | Robyn Moore, Keith Scott | Animation / Family | IMDb |
| Double Sculls | Ian Gilmour | John Hargreaves, Chris Haywood, Angela Punch-McGregor, Bill Kerr, Judi Farr, Mercia Deane-Johns, Cecily Polson, Colleen Clifford, Jenny Vuletic, Vincent Ball, Vanessa Downing | Drama TV film | |
| Emerging | Kathy Mueller | Shane Connor, Sue Jones, Robyn Gibbes, Tibor Gyapjas, Monica Maughan, Alan Hopgood | Drama / Romance ABC TV film | |
| Emma's War | Clytie Jessop | Lee Remick, Miranda Otto, Mark Lee, Terence Donovan, Donal Gibson, Pat Evison, Grigor Taylor, Bridey Lee, Noeline Brown | Drama Feature film | IMDb |
| Emoh Ruo | Denny Lawrence | Joy Smithers, Martin Sacks, Philip Quast, Genevieve Mooy, Max Phipps Bill Young, Louise Le Nay, Jack Ellis, Mervyn Drake, Helen McDonald, Richard Carter, Diane Smith | Comedy Feature film | IMDb |
| The Empty Beach | Chris Thomson | Bryan Brown, Anna Maria Monticelli, Nick Tate, Ray Barrett, Belinda Giblin, Peter Collingwood, Kerry Mack, Joss McWilliam, John Wood, Sally Cooper, Rebecca Smart | Drama / Mystery / Thriller Feature film | IMDb |
| Epic | Yoram Gross | Voices: Benita Collings, John Huston, Ross Higgins | Animation / Family Feature film | IMDb |
| Fair Game | Mario Andreacchio | Cassandra Delaney, Peter Ford, David Sandford, Don Barker, Carmel Young, Adrian Shirley, Wayne Anthony, Gary Who | Action / Drama / Horror / Thriller Feature film | |
| Flight into Hell | Gordon Flemyng | Helmut Zierl, Werner Stocker, Anne Tenney, Vincent Ball | ABC TV Mini Series | IMDb |
| Fortress | Arch Nicholson | Rachel Ward, Terence Donovan, David Bradshaw, Peter Hehir, Vernon Welles, Roger Stephen, Nick Waters, Sean Garlick, Marc Gray, Rebecca Rigg, Beth Buchanan, Asher Keddie, Anna Crawford, Wendy Playfair, Paul Chubb, Elaine Cusick, Laurie Moran | Drama / Thriller TV film | |
| Fran | Glenda Hambly | Noni Hazlehurst, Annie Byron, Alan Fletcher, Narelle Simpson, Travis Ward, Rosie Logie, Danny Adcock, Colin McEwan | Drama Feature film | IMDb |
| Frog Dreaming | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Henry Thomas, Tony Barry, Rachel Friend, Tamsin West, John Ewart, Dennis Miller, Katy Manning, Dempsey Knight, Peter Cummins | Drama / Family / Mystery Feature film | IMDb |
| Half Life: A Parable for the Nuclear Age | Dennis O'Rourke | | Documentary | IMDb |
| Handle With Care | Paul Cox | Anna-Maria Monticelli, Monica Maughan, Nina Landis, Lucinda Cowden, Alex Taifer, Norman Kaye, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Peter Adams, Sheila Florance, Bettina Arndt, Charles Tingwell | Drama / Documentary TV film | |
| I Can't Get Started | Rodney Fisher | Wendy Hughes, John Waters, Ben Gabriel, Donald MacDonald, Heather Mitchell, Sandy Gore, Lyndel Rowe, Jenny Lovell, Todd Boyce, Andrew McFarlane, Deborah Kennedy, Noel Ferrier, Margo Lee, Maureen Green, Mark Owen-Taylor, Victoria Longley, John Hannan, Helmut Bakaitis, Barry Quin, Les Dayman, Craig Pearce, Vanessa Downing, Andrew Tighe, Marilyn Allen, Milorad Mihajlovic | Drama / Romance TV film | IMDb |
| I Live with Me Dad | Paul Moloney | Peter Hehir, Haydon Samuels, Dennis Miller, Rebecca Gibney, Robyn Gibbes, Anthony Hawkins, Esben Storm, Val Lehman, Edward Hepple, Peter Cummins, Anne Charleston, Gus Mercurio | Comedy / Drama TV film | IMDb |
| I Own the Racecourse | Stephen Ramsey | Gully Coote, Tony Barry, Norman Kaye, Rodney Burke, Gillian Jones, Paul Bertram, Brett Climo, Safier Redzepaski, Anthony Mangan, Tim Elston, Bob Ellis | Drama / Family Feature film | |
| Jenny Kissed Me | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Ivar Kants, Deborra-Lee Furness, Tamsin West, Paula Duncan, Mary Ward, Tim Robertson, Nicholas Eadie, Steven Grives | Drama Feature film | IMDb |
| The Long Way Home | Catherine Millar | Richard Moir, Genevieve Picot, Peter Kowitz, Alan David Lee, Joanne Samuel | Drama / Thriller / War ABC TV film |
| Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome | George Miller, George Ogilvie | Mel Gibson, Tina Turner, Bruce Spence, Frank Thring, Angry Anderson, Robert Grubb, George Spartels, Helen Buday, Justine Clarke, Adam Cockburn, Rebekah Elmaloglou | Action / Sci-Fi / Adventure Feature film | IMDb |
| The More Things Change... | Robyn Nevin | Judy Morris, Barry Otto, Victoria Longley, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Peter Carroll, Louise Le Nay, Bill Bennett | Drama Feature film | IMDb |
| Natural Causes | Michael Carson | Geraldine Turner, Robyn Gurney, Gary Day, Bill Young | Drama ABC TV Film |
| Niel Lynne | David Baker | Sigrid Thornton, Paul Williams, Judy Morris, Brandon Burke, David Argue, Tony Rickards, Nicki Paull, Alan Cinis, George Mallaby, Tim Robertson, John Howard | Drama Feature film | IMDb aka: "Best Enemies" in the UK |
| No Dance | Philip Brophy | Kim Beissel, Jillian Burt, Lino Caputo | Short | IMDb |
| The Occult Experience | Frank Heimans | Margot Adler, Michael Aquino, Lilith Sinclair | Documentary | IMDb |
| The Perfectionist | | John Waters, Jacki Weaver, Steven Vidler, Kate Fitzpatrick, Noel Ferrier, Jennifer Claire, Vic Hawkins,Maggie Dence, Linda Cropper, Adam Willits, Steven Jacobs | Comedy / Drama / Romance TV film | |
| Rebel | Michael Jenkins | Matt Dillon, Debbie Byrne, Bryan Brown, Ray Barrett, Bill Hunter, Julie Nihill, Nikki Coghill, John O'May, Kim Deacon, Sheree Da Costa, Isabelle Anderson, Joy Smithers | Drama / Musical / War Feature film | IMDb |
| Relatives | Antony J. Bowman | Bill Kerr, Rowena Wallace, Carol Raye, Ray Barrett, Alyson Best, Jeanie Drynan, Norman Kaye, Brett Climo, Marian Dworakowski, Michael Atkin, Rebecca Elmaloglou, Ray Meager | Comedy / Drama Feature film | IMDb |
| Remember Me | Lex Marinos | Wendy Hughes, Richard Moir, Robert Grubb, Peter Gwynne, Carol Raye, Sandy Gore, Celia de Burgh, Kris McQuade, John Doyle, Bob Ellis, Charlotte Haywood | Horror / Thriller TV film | |
| Robbery | Michael Thornhill | John Sheerin, Tony Rickards, Duncan Wass, Tim Hughes, Rhys McConnochie, Regina Gaigalas, Joe Spano, Richard Meikle, Simon Chilvers, John Doyle, Tina Bursill | Action / Drama TV film | |
| Rooted | Ron Way | James Laurie, Genevieve Mooy, Peter Mochrie, Shane Connor, Kathleen Allen, Ian Spence, Terry Serio, Patricia Amphlett aka Little Pattie | Drama ABC TV film | |
| Short Changed | George Ogilvie | David Kennedy, Susan Leith, Jamie Agius, Ray Meagher, Mark Little, Jim Holt, Mac Silva, Lyndel Rowe, Ron Haddrick | Drama Feature film | IMDb |
| Sky Pirates | Colin Eggleston | John Hargreaves, Meredith Phillips, Max Phipps, Bill Hunter, Simon Chilvers, Alex Scott, David Parker, Adrian Wright, Wayne Cull, Peter Cummins, Narrator: Hayes Gordon | Adventure / Sci-Fi Feature film | IMDb |
| Spytrap: The True Story of Petrov and Philby | William Bemister | Keith Scott | Documentary | IMDb |
| Starship | Roger Christian | John Tarrant, Donogh Rees, Deep Roy, Joy Smithers | Sci-Fi Feature film | IMDb aka: "2084" and "Lorca and the Outlaws" |
| The Still Point | Barbara Boyd-Anderson | Nadine Garner, Lyn Semmler, Robin Cuming, Alex Menglet, Steve Bastoni, Kirsty Grant, Ben Mendelsohn | Drama Feature film | IMDb |
| Stock Squad | Howard Rubie | Martin Sacks, Gerard Kennedy, Kris McQuade, Richard Meikle, Michael O'Neill, Jay Hackett, Carmen Duncan, Tony Blackett, Philip Ross, Brendon Lunney, Su Cruickshank, Jim Holt | Action / Crime / Drama TV film |
| A Street to Die | Bill Bennett | Chris Haywood, Jennifer Cluff, Peter Hehir, Peter Kowitz, Andrew Chirgwin, Susaanah Fowle, Ariathe Galani, Robin Ramsay, Brett Climo, Pat Evison | Drama Feature film | IMDb |
| Time After Time | Bill Hays | John Gielgud, Googie Withers | Drama | IMDb, Based on a novel by Molly Keane |
| Time's Raging | Sophia Turkiewicz | Judy Morris, Michael Aitkens, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Vicki Luke, David Downer, Doug Bowles, Penne Hackforth-Jones | Drama ABC TV film |
| Unfinished Business | Bob Ellis | John Clayton, Michele Fawdon, Norman Kaye, Bob Ellis, Andrew Lesnie | Comedy / Drama Feature film | IMDb |
| Warming Up | Bruce Best | Barbara Stephens, Henri Szeps, Queenie Ashton | Comedy / Family | IMDb |
| Wills & Burke | Bob Weis | Garry McDonald, Kim Gyngell, Peter Collingwood, Jonathan Hardy, Nicole Kidman, Chris Haywood, Rod Williams, Roy Baldwin, Simon Thorpe, Alex Menglet, Tony Rickards, Mark Mitchell, Mark Little | Comedy Feature film | IMDb |
| Wrong World | Ian Pringle | Richard Moir, Jo Kennedy, Nico Lathouris, Robbie McGregor, Cliff Ellen, Elise McLeod, Esben Storm | Drama Feature film | IMDb, Entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival |