List of Australian films of 1988

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## 1988

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Title  | Director  | Cast  | Genre  | Notes

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Afraid to Dance | Denny Lawrence | Nique Needles, Rosey Jones, Grigor Taylor, Tina Bursill, Annie Byron, Mervyn Drake, Tom Richards, Steve J. Spears, Bill Young, Allan Penney | Drama Feature film |
Alterations | Julian Pringle | Richard Moir, Angela Punch McGregor, Linden Wilkinson, Steven Jacobs, Gillian Jones, Alan David Lee, Karen Linley, Michelle Linley, Tim Drummond, Paul Bertram, Kim Krejus | Drama ABC TV film |
An Ordinary Woman | Sue Brooks | Denise Scott, Bruce Atkins | Short film | IMDb
As Time Goes By | Barry Peak | Bruno Lawrence, Nique Needles, Ray Barrett, Marcelle Schmitz, Mitchell Faircloth, Max Gillies, Deborah Force, Christine Keogh, Don Bridges, Ian Shrives, Jane Clifton, Mitch Harrison, Fred Peter, John Barrett, Rex Greeney, Additional Voices: Matthew King | Comedy / Sci-fi Feature film | IMDb
Backstage | Jonathan Hardy | Laura Branigan, Michael Aitkens, Noel Ferrier | Drama | IMDb
Barracuda | Pino Amenta | Andrew McFarlane, Dennis Miller, Kim Krejus, Shane Briant, Graham Rouse, Cassandra Delaney, Roger Ward, John O'Brien, David Lynch, Angela Kennedy, John Bonney, Patrick Ward, Pat Bishop, Colleen Clifford, Robert Taylor, Joe Bugner | Drama / Thriller TV film
Belinda | Pamela Gibbons | Deanna Jeffs, Mary Regan, Kaarin Fairfax | Drama | IMDb aka: "Midnight Dancer" in the US[1]
Bingo, Bridesmaids & Braces | Gillian Armstrong | Gillian Armstrong, Kerry Carlson, Diana Doman | Documentary | IMDb
Black Tulip | Franco Cristofani | Brian Anderson, Phillip Hinton, Paul Johnstone, Juliet Jordan, Keith Scott, Shane Withington | Animation / Adventure | IMDb
The Boardroom | Brian Phillis | Vincent Ball, Tony Wager, Colin McEwan, Leslie Wright, Ian Toyne, Shaunna O'Grady, Leith Taylor, Rick Hearder, Kathryn Rowe, Matthew Quartermaine | Comedy TV film |
Body Works | David Caesar | Margot Nash | Documentary | IMDb aka: "Bodywork" and "Body Work"[2]
Boulevard of Broken Dreams | Pino Amenta | John Waters, Penelope Stewart, Nicki Paull, Kim Gyngell, Kevin Miles, Ross Thompson, Andrew McFarlane | Drama Feature film | IMDb
Boundaries of the Heart | Lex Marinos | Wendy Hughes, John Hargreaves, Norman Kaye, Julie Nihill, Max Cullen, Michael Siberry, John Moore, John Clayton | Drama Feature film | IMDb
Breaking Loose | Rod Hay | Peter Phelps, Vince Martin, Abigail, Shane Connor, David Ngoombujarra, John Clayton, Sandra Lee Paterson, Angela Kennedy, Tom Richards, Gary Waddell | Action / Drama Feature film | IMDb aka: "Summer City II"[3]
Cane Toads: An Unnatural History | Mark Lewis | Tip Byrne, H. W. Kerr, Glen Ingram | Documentary | IMDb
Cannibal Tours | Dennis O'Rourke |  | Documentary | IMDb
Celia | Ann Turner | Rebecca Smart, Nicholas Eadie, Victoria Longley, Mary-Anne Fahey, William Zappa, Deborra-Lee Furness, Amelia Frid | Drama / Fantasy / Thriller Feature film | IMDb
Cherith | Shirley Barrett | Louise Cullen, Zoe Williams, Maggie Dence | Short film | IMDb
The Clean Machine | Ken Cameron | Steve Bisley, Peter Kowitz, Grigor Taylor, Sandy Gore, Tim Robertson, Regina Gaigalas, Ed Devereaux, Mervyn Drake, Frank Whitten, Robert Taylor, Marshall Napier | Drama / Thriller TV film |
Compo | Nigel Buesst | Jeremy Stanford, Bruce Kerr, Christopher Barry, Cliff Neate, Rowan Woods, Peter Hosking, Leo Regan, Darryl Emmerson, Elizabeth Crockett | Comedy Feature film | IMDb
Crocodile Dundee II | John Cornell | Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon, Ernie Dingo, John Meillon, Hector Ubarry, Juan Fernandez, Charles Dutton, Steve Rackman, Gus Mercurio | Action / Adventure / Comedy Feature film | IMDb
Custody | Ian Munro | Judith Stratford, Peter Browne, Michael Cudlin, Sheridan Murphy, Susan Leith, Mary Acres, Stuart Fowler, June Musgrave, Lillian Thompson-Austen, Eric Baker | Drama TV film |
Dadah Is Death | Jerry London | Julie Christie, Hugo Weaving, John Polson, Victor Banerjee, Sarah Jessica Parker | Drama | IMDb aka: "A Long Way From Home"[4]
Daisy and Simon | Stasch Radwanski Jr. | Jan Adele, Sean Scully, Colin McEwan, Shauna O'Grady, Tony Wager, Leith Taylor | Drama Feature film | IMDb
Day of the Panther | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Edward John Stazak, John Stanton, James Richards, Rowena Wallace | Action | IMDb
The Dreaming | Mario Andreacchio | Arthur Dignam, Penny Cook, Gary Sweet, Kristina Nehm, Patrick Frost, John Noble, Leo Taylor, Peter Merril, Deborah Little, Marcella Russo, Kathy Fisher, Laurence Clifford | Horror / Mystery / Thriller Feature film | IMDb
E'ellermani: The Story of Leo and Leva | Lorraine Mafi-Williams |  | Documentary | IMDb
Emerald City | Michael Jenkins | John Hargreaves, Robyn Nevin, Chris Haywood, Nicole Kidman, Ruth Cracknell, Nicholas Hammond, Michelle Torres, Dennis Miller | Comedy / Drama Feature film | IMDb
The Everlasting Secret Family | Michael Thornhill | Arthur Dignam, Mark Lee, Heather Mitchell, Dennis Miller, Paul Goddard, John Meillon, Allan Penney, Beth Child, Anna Volska, John Clayton | Drama / Romance Feature film | IMDb
Evil Angels | Fred Schepisi | Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, Bruce Myles, Charles Tingwell, Dorothy Alison, Brian James, Dennis Miller, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Maurie Fields, Sandy Gore, Alan Hopgood, Debra Lawrance, Deborra-Lee Furness, Kevin Miles | Biography / Drama Feature film | IMDb, Streep won Best Actress at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival[5] aka: "A Cry in the Dark"[6]
Fragments of War: The Story of Damien Parer | John Duigan | Nicholas Eadie, Anne Tenney, Huw Williams, Steve Jodrell, Jeff Truman, Liz Stuart, Melanie Salomon, Maureen O'Shaughnessy, Mary Regan, Anna Hruby, Robert Taylor, Leone Carmen | Biography / Drama / Romance TV film |
Georgia | Ben Lewin | Judy Davis, John Bach, Julia Blake, Marshall Napier, Alex Menglet, Lewis Fiander, Roy Baldwin, Colin Hay | Mystery / Thriller Feature film | IMDb
Ghosts… of the Civil Dead | John Hillcoat | David Field, Chris DeRose, Nick Cave, Mike Bishop, Chris de Rose, Vincent Gil, Bogdan Koca, Kevin Mackey, Ian Mortimer, John Flaus | Drama / Horror Feature film | IMDb
Grievous Bodily Harm | Mark Joffe | Colin Friels, John Waters, Bruno Lawrence, Joy Bell, Chris Stalker, Kim Gyngell, Shane Briant, Caz Lederman, Sandy Gore, John Flaus, Gary Waddell, Kerry Armstrong | Crime / Thriller Feature film | IMDb
Hell's Half Hectare | Scott Patterson | Johnny Barker, Alan Flower, Richard Kuipers | Short film | IMDb
In the Aftermath | Carl Colpaert | Tony Markes, Rainbow Dolan, Kenneth McCabe | Animation / Drama | IMDb
Incident at Raven's Gate | Rolf de Heer | Steven Vidler, Celine Griffin, Max Cullen, Terry Camilleri, Ritchie Singer, Vincent Gil, Saturday Rosenberg | Sci-Fi / Thriller Feature film | IMDb aka" "Encounter at Raven's Gate"[7]
Kadaicha | James Bogle | Zoe Carides, Tom Jennings, Eric Oldfield, Natalie McCurry, Fiona Gauntlett, Deborah Kennedy, Kerry McKay, Bruce Hughes, Sara Dakin, Nicholas Ryan, Sean Scully | Horror / Thriller Feature film | IMDb aka: "Stones of Death"[8] aka Stones Of Death
Lover Boy | Geoffrey Wright | Noah Taylor, Gillian Jones, Ben Mendelsohn | Drama / Romance Short Feature film | IMDb
The Man from Snowy River II | Geoff Burrowes | Tom Burlinson, Sigrid Thornton, Brian Dennehy, Nicholas Eadie, Bryan Marshall, Mark Hembrow, Peter Cummins, Rhys McConnochie, Wyn Roberts, Peter Browne, Cornelia Frances, Alan Hopgood, Tony Barry | Adventure / Drama / Western Feature film | IMDb aka: Return to Snowy River (US)
and The Untamed (UK)[9]
Minnamurra | Ian Barry | Jeff Fahey, Tushka Bergen, Steven Vidler, Richard Moir, Shane Briant, Drew Forsythe, Fred Parslow, Cornelia Frances, Michael Winchester, Owen Weingott, Sandy Gore | Drama Feature film | aka Outback (US) / The Fighting Creed
Moodeitj Yorgas | Tracey Moffatt |  | Documentary / Short | IMDb
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey | Vincent Ward | Bruce Lyons, Chris Haywood, Hamish Gough, Marshall Napier, Paul Livingston | Fantasy | IMDb
Night's High Noon: An Anti-Terrain | Peter Callas |  | Short | IMDb
Pandemonium | Haydn Keenan | David Argue, Amanda Dole, Esben Storm | Comedy / Horror | IMDb
Pleasure Domes | Maggie Fooke |  | Short | IMDb
Point of Departure | Kathryn Millard | Patrick Frost, Sue Ingleton, Tim Maddocks | Documentary / Short | IMDb
Prisoner of Zenda |  | Christine Amor, Robert Coleby, Claire Crowther | Animation | IMDb Based on book of same title
The Pursuit of Happiness | Martha Ansara | Laura Black, Peter Hardy, Anna Gare | Drama Feature film | IMDb
Raw Silk | Greg Dee | David Argue, Nicki Paull, Frank Gallacher, Frankie J. Holden, Colin Hay, Robert Morgan, Ariane Hubay, John Heywood, Suzy Cato | Comedy / Drama TV film / TV Pilot |
The Riddle of the Stinson | Chris Noonan | Jack Thompson, Helen O'Connor, Norman Kaye, Richard Roxburgh, Mark Lee, Susan Lyons, Huw Williams, Esben Storm, Len Kaserman, Frank Wilson, Dennis Miller | Biography / Drama TV film |
Rikky and Pete | Nadia Tass | Stephen Kearney, Nina Landis, Tetchie Agbayani, Bill Hunter, Dorothy Alison, Bruno Lawrence, Bruce Spence, Glenn Robbins, Alan Hopgood, Lewis Fitz-Gerald | Adventure / Comedy / Drama Feature film | IMDb
Salt, Saliva, Sperm and Sweat | Philip Brophy | Phil Dean, Jean Kittson, Lyndal Barry | Short | IMDb
Sebastian and the Sparrow | Scott Hicks | Alexander Bainbridge, Jeremy Angerson, Robert Coleby, Elizabeth Alexander, Vincent Gil, Alice Ramsay, John Clayton | Adventure / Family Feature film | IMDb
Shame | Steve Jodrell | Deborra-Lee Furness, Tony Barry, Simone Buchanan, Gillian Jones, Peter Aanensen, Margaret Ford, David Franklin, Bill McClusky, Alison Taylor, Phil Dean, Stig Wemyss, | Drama / Thriller Feature film | IMDb
Shut-In | Cam Eason | Robert Chuter, Deborah Force, Effie James | Short film | IMDb
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em | Ray Boseley | Rob Howard, Nique Needles, Polly Croke, | Comedy Feature film | IMDb
Spook | David Anthony Hall | Tim Elston, Joanne Samuel, Daniel Hill, Amanda Hill, Roger Carroll, Patricia Perry, Peter Kowitz, Ray Wiseman, Donald Walters, Tom Richards | Drama / Thriller Feature film | IMDb
Takeover | Robert Marchant | Barry Otto, Anne Tenney, Paul Chubb, Wayne Cull, Alexander Kemp, Julie du Rieu, Sean Scully, Justin Gaffney, Bruce Kerr | Comedy TV film |
To Make a Killing | Karl Zwicky | Tamblyn Lord, Craig Pearce, Tiffiny Dowe | Drama | IMDb aka: "Vicious!" and "Wild Boys"[10]
Tudawali | Steve Jodrell | Ernie Dingo, Frank Wilson, Jedda Cole, Peter Fisher, Charles Tingwell, Syd Plummer, Bill McCluskey | Biography / Drama TV film
Strike of the Panther | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Edward John Stazak, John Stanton, Rowena Wallace, Jim Richards, Zale Daniel, Paris Jefferson | Action / Drama TV film | IMDb
The Tale of Ruby Rose | Roger Scholes | Melita Jurisic, Chris Haywood, Rod Zuanic, Martyn Sanderson, Sheila Florance, Sheila Kennelly, John McKelvey, Wilkie Collins, Nell Dobson, Terry Garcia | Drama / Horror / Thriller Feature film | IMDb
The 13th Floor | Chris Roache | Lisa Hensley, Miranda Otto, Tim McKenzie, Jeff Truman, Vic Rooney, Tony Blackett, Georgie Parker, Paul Hunt, Kylie Clare, Allen Leong, Michael Caton | Horror / Thriller Feature film | IMDb
Two Brothers Running | Ted Robinson | Tom Conti, Elizabeth Alexander, Ritchie Singer, Asher Keddie, Deborra-Lee Furness, John Gregg, Martin Lewis, Rachel Levita, Mark Zandle, Dorothy Alison | Comedy Feature film | IMDb
Vicious | Karl Zwicky | Tamblyn Lord, Craig Pearce, Tiffany Dowe, Ralph Cotterill, Kelly Dingwall, Joanna Lockwood, John Godden, Gerard Maguire, Frank McNamara, John Clayton | Horror / Thriller Feature film | aka To Make A Killing
Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train | Bob Ellis | Wendy Hughes, Colin Friels, Norman Kaye, John Clayton, Rod Zuanic, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Peter Whitford, Chris Haywood, Steven J. Spears, Grant Tilly, Peter Carmody, John Flaus | Drama / Romance Feature film | IMDb
Whiteforce | Eddie Romero | Sam J. Jones, Kimberley Pistone, Tim Hughes, Raoul Aragonn, Jimmy Fabregas, Vic Diaz, Rubin Rustia, Ken Metcalfe, Mike Monty, Tsing Tong Tsai | Action / Drama Feature film | IMDb
Young Einstein | Yahoo Serious | Yahoo Serious, Odile Le Clezio, John Howard, Lulu Pinkus, Pee Wee Wilson, Su Cruickshank, Esben Storm, Roger Ward, David Ngoombujarra, Georgie Parker | Comedy Feature film | IMDb

## See also

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* 1988 in Australia
* 1988 in Australian television

## External links

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* Australian film at the Internet Movie Database

## References

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1. ^ Midnight Dancer (1987) – IMDb, retrieved 28 June 2021
2. ^ Body Work (1989) – IMDb, retrieved 28 June 2021
3. ^ Breaking Loose: Summer City II (1988) – IMDb, retrieved 28 June 2021
4. ^ Dadah Is Death (TV Movie 1988) – IMDb, retrieved 28 June 2021
5. ^ "Awards 1989 : All Awards – Festival de Cannes 2016 (International Film Festival)". 26 March 2016. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
6. ^ A Cry in the Dark (1988) – IMDb, retrieved 28 June 2021
7. ^ Encounter at Raven's Gate (1988) – IMDb, retrieved 28 June 2021
8. ^ Stones of Death (1988) – IMDb, retrieved 28 June 2021
9. ^ Return to Snowy River (1988) – IMDb, retrieved 28 June 2021
10. ^ Vicious! (1988) – IMDb, retrieved 28 June 2021

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