List of Australian films of 1989

1989

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
Action Replay	Sara Hourez	Shane Feeney-Connor, Rhondda Findleton, Anna Hruby, Stuart Robinson, Nell Schofield, George Spartels	Comedy Feature film	IMDb
Afraid to Dance	Denny Lawrence	Nique Needles, Rosey Jones, Grigor Taylor, Tina Bursill, Annie Byron, Tom Richards, Marina Finlay	Crime / Romance	IMDb
Against the Innocent	Daryl Dellora	Margaret Cameron, Nick Lathouris, Alex Menglet	Short film	IMDb
The Audition	Anna Campion	Edith Campion, Jane Campion	Short film	IMDb
Bangkok Hilton	Ken Cameron	Nicole Kidman, Denholm Elliott, Hugo Weaving, Joy Smithers, Norman Kaye, Jerome Ehlers	TV Mini Series	IMDb
Becca	Paul Turner	Beth Robert, Dafydd Hywel, Dafydd Emyr, Robin Griffith, Lynette Curran, Jeff Phillips, Gary Sweet, Sheila Florance, Chris Hallam, Jacinta Stapleton, Polly Croke	Drama ABC TV film
Bloodmoon	Alex Mills	Leon Lissek, Christine Amor, Ian Williams, Helen Thomson, Raymond Turner, Hazel Howson, Craig Cronin, Suzie MacKenzie, Chris Uhlmann	Horror / Thriller Feature film	IMDb
Blowing Hot and Cold	Marc Gracie	Joe Dolce, Peter Adams, Kate Gorman, Bruce Kane, Mary Coustas, Denise Drysdale, Dennis Coard, John Raaen, Elspeth Ballantyne	Drama Feature film	IMDb
Bonza	David Swann	Peter Green, Maureen Edwards, Suzie Dee, Peter Rowsthorn	Short / Comedy film	IMDb
The Boys in the Island	Geoff Bennett	Yves Stening, Jane Stephens, James Fox, Steve Jacobs, Daniel Pollock, Ben Oxenbould	Adventure / Crime	IMDb
Candy Regentag	James Ricketson	Patsy Stephen, Warwick Moss, Gary Aron Cook	Drama Feature film	IMDb aka Kiss The Night
Cappuccino	Antony J. Bowman	John Clayton, Rowena Wallace, Jeanie Drynan, Barry Quin, Cristina Parker, Ritchie Singer, Simon Matthews, Ernie Dingo	Comedy Feature film	IMDb
Chances	Mike Smith	Diane Craig, Marcus Graham, Sandy Gore, Peter Phelps, John Sheerin, Mercia Deane-Johns, Anne Grigg, Mark Kounnas, Natalie McCurry, Leverne McDonnell, Warwick Moss, Christopher Stollery, Michael Caton, Kim Deacon, Caz Lederman, Patrick Ward, Patsy Stephen, Rob Steele, Margaret Umbers, Mouche Phillips	Drama TV film / TV Pilot
Closer and Closer Apart	Steve Middleton	Steve Bastoni, George Harlem, Marie-Louise Walker, Kate Jason, Yvette Bentana, George Kapiniaris, Linda Hartley	Drama Feature film
The Corsican Brothers			Animation	IMDb
Dangerfreaks	Brian Trenchard-Smith	Nick Tate, Grant Page, Max Aspin	Documentary	IMDb
Dead Calm	Phillip Noyce	Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill, Billy Zane, Rod Mullinar, Joshua Tilden, Michael Long, George Shevtsov	Drama / Thriller Feature film	IMDb
The Delinquents	Chris Thomson	Kylie Minogue, Charlie Schlatter, Bruno Lawrence, Todd Boyce, Angela Punch McGregor, Desiree Smith, Lynette Curran, Melissa Jaffer	Drama / Romance Feature film	IMDb
Devil in the Flesh	Scott Murray	Katia Caballero, Keith Smith, John Morris, Jill Forster, Odile Le Clezio, Colin Duckworth, Reine Lavoie, Peter Cummins	Drama Feature film	IMDb aka: "Beyond Innocence"^[1]
Echoes of Paradise	Phillip Noyce	Wendy Hughes, John Lone	Drama	IMDb
Elevation	Stephen Cummins		Short	IMDb
Fever	Craig Lahiff	Bill Hunter, Gary Sweet, Mary Regan	Crime / Romance	IMDb
Glass	Chris Kennedy	Alan Lovell, Lisa Peers, Adam Stone, Julie Herbert, Bernard Clisby, Richard Gilbert, Marilyn Thomas, Rowan Jackson, Lucinda Walker-Powell, Felicity Copeland, Natalie McCurry	Thriller Feature film	IMDb
Houseboat Horror	Kendal Flanagan	Alan Dale, Christine Jeston, Craig Alexander, Des McKenna, Gavin Wood, Louise Siversen, Peppie D'Or, Steven Whittacker, Julie Thompson, Mark Muggeridge, John Michael Howson	Horror Feature film	IMDb
Island	Paul Cox	Irene Papas, Eva Sitteová, Anoja Weerasinghe, Norman Kaye, Rousso Petrinolis, Francois Bernard, Michael Psaris, Rene Frangrodakis, Chris Haywood	Drama Feature film	IMDb
Its a Business Doing Pleasure	Sharon Connelly		Documentary	IMDb
Joe Leahy's Neighbours	Robin Anderson, Bob Connolly		Documentary	IMDb
Kokoda Crescent	Ted Robinson	Warren Mitchell, Ruth Cracknell, Bill Kerr, Madge Ryan, Martin Vaughan, Penne Hackforth-Jones, Steven Jacobs, Lisa Rhodes, John Orcsik, Slim de Grey, Patrick Thompson	Drama / War Feature film	IMDb
Luigi's Ladies	Judy Morris	Wendy Hughes, Sandy Gore, Anne Tenney, David Rappaport, John Walton, Serge Lazareff, Ray Meagher, Max Cullen, Joe Spano, Maggie Dence, Genevieve Lemon, Robert Mammone	Comedy Feature film	IMDb
Malpractice	Bill Bennett	Caz Lederman, Bob Baines, Ian Gilmour, Pat Thomson, Charles Little, Janet Stanley, Dorothy Alison	Docu-drama TV film	IMDb, Screened at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival^[2]
Minnamurra	Ian Barry	Jeff Fahey, Tushka Bergen	Drama	IMDb aka: "Wrangler", "Outback" or "The Fighting Creed"^[3]
Mortgage	Bill Bennett	Brian Vriends, Doris Younane, Bruce Venables, Andrew S. Gilbert, Paul Coolahan, Ken Radley, Elizabeth Maywald, Ben Oxenbould, Bob Ellis	Docu-drama TV film
Mull	Don McLennan	Nadine Garner, Bill Hunter, Sue Jones, Craig Morrison, Bradley Kilpatrick, Kymara Stowers, June Roxas, Dominic Sweeney, Nick Giannopoulos, Mary Coustas	Drama Feature film	IMDb
Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy	Tracey Moffatt	Marcia Langton, Agnes Hardwick, Jimmy Little	Short	IMDb
Night Out	Lawrence Johnston	Colin Batrouney, David Bonney	Drama	IMDb, Screened at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival^[4]
Nullarbor Dreaming		Nick Tate, Ernie Dingo, Ron Allum	Documentary	IMDb
Out of the Body	Brian Trenchard-Smith	Mark Hembrow, Tessa Humphries, Shane Briant, Linda Newton, Margi Gerard, Tim Campbell, John Clayton, Helen O'Connor, Mary Regan, Carrie Zivetz, John Ley	Horror / Thriller Feature film	IMDb
Phone Sex Girls: Australia	John T. Bone	Deidre Holland, Kelly Blue, Alice Springs	Adult	IMDb
The Prisoner of St. Petersburg	Ian Pringle	Noah Taylor, Solveig Dommartin, Rene Schonenberger, Dennis Staunton, Olivier Picot, Katja Teichmann	Drama Feature film	IMDb, Screened at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival^[2]
The Punisher	Mark Goldblatt	Dolph Lundgren, Louis Gossett Jr., Jeroen Krabbé, Kim Miyori, Bryan Marshall, Nancy Everhard, Barry Otto, Brian Rooney, Zoshka Mizak, Kenji Yamaki, Brooke 'Mikey' Anderson, Todd Boyce	Action / Crime / Thriller Feature film	IMDb
Return Home	Ray Argall	Frankie J Holden, Dennis Coard, Mickie Camilleri, Ben Mendelsohn, Rachel Rains, Gypsy Lockwood, Ryan Rawlings, Alan Fletcher	Drama Feature film
Rescue	Peter Fisk	Gary Sweet, Sonia Todd, Kerry Armstrong, Tim McKenzie, Doug Scroope, John Clayton, Marshall Napier	Action / Drama ABC TV film	ABC TV film / ABC TV Pilot
Salute of the Jugger	David Webb Peoples	Rutger Hauer, Joan Chen, Vincent D'Onofrio, Max Fairchild	Action / Sci-Fi	IMDb aka: "The Blood of Heroes"^[5]
Sex Rules	Pip Karmel	Kirsty McGregor, Angelica Klages, Brendan Duhigg	Short	IMDb
The Siege of Firebase Gloria	Brian Trenchard-Smith	Wings Hauser, R. Lee Ermey, Robert Arevalo, Mark Neely, Albert Popwell, Gary Hershberger, Clyde R Jones, Margi Gerard, Richard Kuhlman, John Calvin	Action / War Feature film	IMDb
Sons of Steel	Gary L. Keady	Rob Hartley, Roz Wason, Jeff Duff, Dasha Bláhová, Mark Hembrow, Elizabeth Richmond, Ralph Cotterill, Wayne Snell	Comedy / Musical Feature film	IMDb
The Space Between the Door and the Floor	Pauline Chan	John Allen	Short film	IMDb
Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds	Alex Proyas	Michael Lake, Melissa Davis, Norman Boyd	Adventure / Sci-Fi Feature film	IMDb
A Sting in the Tale	Eugene Schlusser	Diane Craig, Gary Day, Don Barker, John Noble, Lynne Williams, Tony Mack, Bob Newman, Patrick Edgeworth, Lyn Semmler, Edwin Hodgeman	Comedy Feature film	IMDb
Sweetie	Jane Campion	Genevieve Lemon, Karen Colston, Tom Lycos, Jon Darling, Dorothy Barry, Michael Lake, Andre Pataczek, Jean Hadgraft, Paul Livingston	Drama Feature film	IMDb, Entered into the 1989 Cannes Film Festival^[6]
Teenage Babylon	Graeme Wood	Juliette Armstrong, Caryn Clark, Brigette Gale	Short film	IMDb
Tender Hooks	Mary Callaghan	Jo Kennedy, Nique Needles, Anna Phillips, Robert Menzies, Ian Mortimer, Toni Scanlan, Gary Aron Cook, Simon Westaway, Kim Deacon, John Polson	Drama Feature film	IMDb
Tripe	Greg Woodland	Steven Houston, Sally McKenzie, John Meillon	Short film	IMDb
What the Moon Saw	Pino Amenta	Andrew Sheperd, Pat Evison, Mark Hennessy, Max Phipps, Danielle Spencer, Kim Gyngell, Jan Friedl, Kurt Ludescher, Adrian Wright, Ross Thompson, Gary Sweet	Adventure / Family Feature film