Australian and New Zealand films of 1985

170 films recorded for 1985; 78 have a full page. Sorted by release date where known.

78 films10 series

Drama · 19 Comedy · 8 Documentary · 7 Science fiction · 5 Thriller · 5 Romantic comedy · 4

Films

Title	Director	Genre	Min	Awards
Brazil	Terry Gilliam	Fantasy, Comedy	140
Hell Fire Jack: The John Curtin Story	—	Documentary	—
The Quiet Earth	Geoff Murphy	Drama, Science fiction	91
The Secret Country: The First Australians Fight Back	Alan Lowery	Documentary	—
The Shooting Party	Alan Bridges	Drama	96	1
Lifeforce	Tobe Hooper	Drama, Horror	100
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome	George Miller, George Ogilvie	Action, Adventure	107
Better Off Dead	Savage Steve Holland	Black comedy, Romantic comedy	93
Plenty	Fred Schepisi	Drama	121
The Holcroft Covenant	John Frankenheimer	Crime, Spy	112
A Street to Die	Bill Bennett	Drama	91	2
Insignificance	Nicolas Roeg	Drama, Comedy drama	108
Anzacs	George T. Miller	Drama	165
Archer	Denny Lawrence	Drama	93
My Beautiful Laundrette	Stephen Frears	Drama, Comedy drama	93	1
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea TV film	Warwick Gilbert	Science fiction	50
A Single Life	John Power	—	—
An Indecent Obsession	Lex Marinos	—	101
Bergen-Belsen zum Beispiel	Jürgen Corleis	Documentary	45
Bliss	Ray Lawrence	Drama, Comedy	111	3
Bootleg	John Prescott	—	—
Burke & Wills	Graeme Clifford	—	140
Came a Hot Friday	Ian Mune	Comedy	—
Channel Chaos	Barry Peak	—	—
Defence of the Realm	David Drury	Political thriller	94
Displaced Persons	Geoffrey Nottage	—	—
Dot and Keeto Animated film	Yoram Gross	—	—
Double Sculls	Ian Gilmour	Adventure	—
Emerging	—	Drama	—
Emmett Stone	Elizabeth Alexander	—	—
Emoh Ruo	Denny Lawrence	Comedy	93
Flight into Hell	Gordon Flemyng	—	—
Fran	Glenda Hambly	Drama	—	3
Glass Babies	Brendan Maher	—	—
Half Life: A Parable for the Nuclear Age	Dennis O'Rourke	Documentary	85
Handle with Care TV film	Paul Cox	—	—
Hot Target	Dennis Lewiston	Crime, Thriller	93
I Can't Get Started	Rodney Fisher	—	—
I Own the Racecourse	Stephen Ramsey	—	—
Just Australian Trains	Dick Collingridge	Documentary	—
Kingpin	Mike Walker	Drama	—
Leave All Fair	John Reid	Drama	88
Miss Marple: The Moving Finger TV film	Roy Boulting	—	102
Natural Causes	Michael Carson	—	—
Niel Lynne	David Baker	—	—
One Summer Again	Mark Callen	—	—
Palace of Dreams	Denny Lawrence	—	—
Rebel	Michael Jenkins	Musical	93	5
Relatives	Antony J. Bowman	Drama	—
Remember Me TV film	Lex Marinos	—	—
Restless Natives	Michael Hoffman	Comedy	86
Robbery TV film	Michael Thornhill	—	—
Robbery Under Arms	Ken Hannam, Donald Crombie	Western, Bushranging	141
Rooted TV film	—	—	—
Shaker Run	Bruce Morrison	Action	91
Steam Trains of Australia	—	Documentary	—
Sylvia	Michael Firth	Biographical	96
The Adventures of Robin Hood Animated film	Geoff Collins, Warwick Gilbert	Drama	50
The Assam Garden	Mary McMurray	Drama	89
The Big Hurt	Barry Peak	Thriller	93
The Dunera Boys TV film	Ben Lewin	—	—
The Empty Beach	Chris Thomson	—	—
The Lancaster Miller Affair Miniseries	Henri Safran	—	—
The Long Way Home	Catherine Millar	—	—
The Lost Tribe	John Laing	Horror	114
The Man in the Iron Mask TV film	—	—	53
The Naked Country	Tim Burstall	—	91
The Occult Experience	Frank Heimans	Documentary	90
The Perfectionist	Chris Thomson	—	—
Time's Raging TV film	Sophia Turkiewicz	—	—
Unfinished Business	Bob Ellis	Comedy	—
Volunteers	Nicholas Meyer	Comedy	103
Wills & Burke	Bob Weis	Comedy	100
Working Together Short film	Chris O'Rourke	—	21
Wrong World	Ian Pringle	Drama	95
The Coca-Cola Kid	Dušan Makavejev	Romantic comedy	98
Wild Geese II	Peter R. Hunt	Action, Thriller	114
Turtle Diary	John Irvin	Drama, Horror	97

TV series premiered in 1985

Series	From	To	Network	Episodes
Time Machine	1985	1985	NBC	80
Possession	1985	1985	Nine Network	52
Midday	1985	1998	Nine Network	42
Neighbours	1985	2025	Network 10, Seven Network	9363
Friday Night Football	1985	—	Seven Network	—
Colour in the Creek	1985	1985	TCN	10
The Henderson Kids	1985	1987	Network 10	48
Now You See It	1985	2000	Seven Network	780
A Thousand Skies Miniseries	1985	—	Seven Network	3
The Adventures of Terry Teo	1985	—	—	6