# List of Australian films of 1997
## 1997

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 40,000 Years of Dreaming | | | | |
| The Alive Tribe | Stephen Amis | Peter Daicos, Barry Dickins | Action / Comedy / Romance | |
| At Sea | | | Documentary | |
| Barn of the Blood Llama | Kevin L. West | | Comedy / Horror | |
| The Beneficiary | Graeme Burfoot | Barry Otto, Helene Joy | Crime / Thriller Short | |
| Blackrock | Steven Vidler | Laurence Breuls, Simon Lyndon, Linda Cropper | Drama | |
| Blow | Craig Boreham | | Short animation | |
| Boy | | | Short | |
| Brief Fiction | | | Short | |
| Bum Magnet | | | Short | |
| The Castle | Rob Sitch | Michael Caton, Anne Tenney, Stephen Curry, Eric Bana | Comedy | |
| Chastity Truth and Kinopanorama | | | Short | |
| China Dolls | | | Documentary Short | |
| Cracks in the Mask | | | Documentary Short | |
| Critical Care | | | Comedy / Drama | |
| A Cut in the Rates | | | Short | |
| Deadline | | | Short | |
| Devil in the Detail | | | Short | |
| Diana & Me | | | Comedy | |
| Doing Time for Patsy Cline | Chris Kennedy | Richard Roxburgh, Miranda Otto | Comedy / Drama | |
| Doom Runners | Brendan Maher | Tim Curry, Dean O'Gorman, Lea Moreno | Sci-Fi | |
| Domesticated Animals | | | Short | |
| Doppelganger | | | Short | |
| Dust Off the Wings | | | Action / Drama | |
| Epsilon | | | Drama / Sci-Fi | aka: "Alien Visitor" and "Almost Alien" |
| Exile in Sarajevo | | | Documentary / Romance | |
| Exposed | | | Short | |
| Five Hundred Acres | | | Short | |
| Franz & Kafka | | | Short | |
| Friends are Forever: Tales of the Little Princess | | | Animation | |
| Go to Hell!! | | | Animation / Comedy | |
| Going Once Going Twice | Martyn Park | | Crime | |
| Guided by the Light of the Lord | | | Short | |
| Heaven | | | Short | |
| Heaven's Burning | Craig Lahiff | Russell Crowe, Youki Koduh | Action / Crime / Drama | |
| His Mother's Voice | | | Short | |
| House Taken Over | | | Short | |
| Justice | | | Drama | |
| Joey | Ian Barry | Jamie Croft, Ed Begley Jr. | Family | |
| Kiss or Kill | Bill Bennett | Frances O'Connor, Matt Day | Crime / Drama / Thriller | |
| Little Desert | | | Short | |
| Look, Listen, Speak | | | Short | |
| Low Job | | | Short | |
| Maslin Beach | | | Comedy / Drama | |
| Mrs Craddock's Complaint | | | Short | |
| Nightride | | | Short | |
| One That Got Away | | | Short | |
| Oscar and Lucinda | Gillian Armstrong | Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett | Drama / Romance | |
| Paradise Road | Bruce Beresford | Glenn Close, Frances McDormand, Pauline Collins, Cate Blanchett, Jennifer Ehle, Julianna Margulies | Drama | |
| Paws | | | Family | |
| Road to Nhill | Sue Brooks | Tony Barry | Comedy | |
| The Sapphire Room | | | Short | |
| Seamen | | | Short | |
| Sweet & Sour | | | Short | |
| Thank God He Met Lizzie | Cherie Nowlan | Richard Roxburgh, Cate Blanchett, Frances O'Connor | Drama / Comedy / Romance | |
| Titsiana Booberini | Robert Luketic | Tania Lacy, Sophie Lee, Roz Hammond | Short | |
| True Love and Chaos | | | Drama | |
| The Two-Wheeled Time Machine | | | Short | |
| Under the Lighthouse Dancing | Graeme Rattigan | Jack Thompson, Jacqueline McKenzie, Naomi Watts | Drama | |
| Wang: Street Cop | Shannon Marinko | | Short comedy | |
| Welcome to Woop Woop | Stephan Elliott | Johnathon Schaech | Comedy | Screened at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival |
| The Well | Samantha Lang | Pamela Rabe, Miranda Otto | Drama | Entered into the 1997 Cannes Film Festival |
| The Wiggles Movie | Dean Covell | The Wiggles | Family | |
| Year of the Dogs | Michael Cordill | Alan Joyce, Tony Liberatore | Documentary / Sport | |