Australian and New Zealand films of 1980

149 films recorded for 1980; 38 have a full page. Sorted by release date where known.

38 films9 series

Drama · 7 Adventure · 3 Action · 3 Comedy drama · 3 Crime · 3 Musical · 3

Films

Title	Director	Genre	Min	Awards
Saturn 3	Stanley Donen	Horror, Adventure	84
Harlequin	Simon Wincer	Political thriller	95	2
Goodbye Pork Pie	Geoff Murphy	Action, Adventure	105
Touch and Go	Peter Maxwell	Comedy	—
Coralie Lansdowne Says No	Michael Carson	—	—
Raise the Titanic	Jerry Jameson	Action, Adventure	114
Big Toys	Chris Thomson	Comedy drama	—
The Chain Reaction	Ian Barry	Action, Thriller	91
Blood Money	Chris Fitchett	Drama, Crime	62
Little Lord Fauntleroy	Jack Gold	Drama, Comedy drama	99
Hawk the Slayer	Terry Marcel	Fantasy, Sword and sorcery	90
AC/DC: Let There Be Rock	Eric Mistler, Eric Dionysius	Musical	95
Breaker Morant	Bruce Beresford	Trial	107	10
Dead Man's Float	Peter Sharp	Drama	—
Departmental	Keith Wilkes	Drama	—
Fatty Finn	Maurice Murphy	Comedy	87	2
Final Cut	Ross Dimsey	—	—
Hard Knocks	Don McLennan	Drama	85	1
Manganinnie	John Honey	Drama	—	1
Maybe This Time	Chris McGill	—	—	1
Neon Short film	Alex Proyas	Musical	4
Nightmares	John D. Lamond	Horror	—
Nutcase	Roger Donaldson	Crime	49
Palm Beach	Albie Thoms	Sport	86
People Like Us TV film	Ian Coughlan	—	—
Players in the Gallery	Brian Bell	—	—
Slippery Slide TV film	Donald Crombie	—	—
Stir	Stephen Wallace	Prison	—
Stunt Rock	Brian Trenchard-Smith	—	91
The Club	Bruce Beresford	Sport	—
The Comeback	Kit Laughlin	Documentary	78
The Department	Brian Bell	—	—
The Earthling	Peter Collinson	Drama	97
The Last Outlaw TV film	George T. Miller	Westerns on television	—
The Three Sea-Wolves TV film	—	—	—
The Wildcats of St Trinian's	Frank Launder	Teen	90
Wrong Side of the Road	Ned Lander	Documentary, Musical	79
The Mirror Crack'd	Guy Hamilton	Crime, Mystery	105

TV series premiered in 1980

Series	From	To	Network	Episodes
Arcade	1980	1980	Network 10	30
Kingswood Country	1980	1984	Seven Network	89
Locusts and Wild Honey Miniseries	1980	1980	ABC	3
Sale of the Century	1980	2001	Nine Network	4610
Water Under the Bridge Miniseries	1980	—	—	9
Home Sweet Home	1980	1982	ABC	26
Are You Being Served?	1980	1981	Network 10	16
Sea Urchins	1980	1984	TVNZ 1	—
The Timeless Land	1980	—	ABC	8