List of films shot in Melbourne

The following is a list of films shot wholly or partly in Melbourne, Australia.

Films

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Film Year References
Ali's Wedding 2017
Alvin Purple 1973
Amy 1997
Angel Baby 1995
Animal Kingdom 2010
Annie's Coming Out 1984
Any Questions for Ben? 2012
Backstage 1988
Bad Eggs 2003
The Bank 2001
The Big Steal 1990
Blacklight 2022
Blessed 2009
Body Melt 1993
Boulevard of Broken Dreams 1988
BoyTown 2006
Brilliant Lies 1996
Burke & Wills 1985
The Castle 1997
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith 1978
Charlotte's Web 2006
Children of the Silk Road 2008
Chopper 2000
The Clinic 1982
The Club 1980
Coming of Age 1984
The Cost 2022
Crackerjack 2002
Crackers 1998
The Craic 1999
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles 2001
Darkness Falls 2003
Death in Brunswick 1991
Death of a Soldier 1986
Dimboola 1979
The Dish 2000
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark 2011
Dogs in Space 1986
Double Vision 2002
The Dressmaker 2015 [1]
Emo the Musical 2016
The Extra 2005
Father 1990
Felicity 1979
Flynn 1997
Frog Dreaming 1986
Funny Things Happen Down Under 1965
Foe (film) 2023 [2]
The Getting of Wisdom 1978
Ghost Rider 2007
Ghosts... of the Civil Dead 1988
Georgia 1988
Gross Misconduct 1993
The Hard Word 2002
Hating Alison Ashley 2005
Head On 1998
Hercules Returns 1993
Holding the Man (film) 2015 [3]
The Home Song Stories 2007
The Honourable Wally Norman 2003
Horseplay 2003
Hotel de Love 1996
Hotel Sorrento 1995
I Love You Too 2010
In Her Skin 2009
The Independent 2007
The Interview 1998
I, Frankenstein 2014 [1]
Irresistible 2006
Jackie Chan's First Strike 1996
The Jammed 2007
Joffa: The Movie 2010 [4]
Kangaroo 1987
Kangaroo Palace 1997
Kenny 2006
Killer Elite 2011
Kitty and the Bagman 1983
Knowing 2009
Lake Mungo 2008
The Last of the Knucklemen 1979
The Legend of Ben Hall 2016
Let's Get Skase 2001
The Lighthorsemen 1987
Lion (2016 film) 2016 [5]
Lonely Hearts 1982
Long Weekend 1978
The Lost City of Melbourne 2022 [6]
Love and Other Catastrophes 1996
The Loved Ones 2009
Love's Brother 2004
Love Serenade 1996
Lucky Break 1994
Mad Max 1979
The Magician 2005
Main Aurr Mrs Khanna 2009
Malcolm 1986
Mallboy 2001
The Man from Snowy River 1982
The Man from Snowy River II 1988
Man of Flowers 1983
Mary and Max 2009
Metal Skin 1994
Monkey Grip 1982
Mountains May Depart 2015
Mr. Nice Guy 1997
Muggers 2000
The Mule 2014
My First Wife 1984
My Year Without Sex 2009
Ned Kelly 1970
Ned Kelly 2003
The Neon Spectrum 2017
Never Say Die 1988
Next of Kin 1982
Nightmares 1980
Nirvana Street Murder 1990
Noise 2007
Oddball (film) 2015 [7]
Of an Age 2022 [8]
On the Beach 1959
One Perfect Day 2004
Patrick 1978
Petersen 1974
Petrol 2022 [9]
Phar Lap 1983
Picnic at Hanging Rock 1975
The Pirate Movie 1982
Predestination 2014
Prey 2009
Proof 1991
Pure Shit 1975
QUANTA 2019 [10]
Queen of the Damned 2002
Quigley 1990
Return Home 1990
Ride a Wild Pony 1975
Rikky and Pete 1988
Roadgames 1981
Rogue 2007
Romper Stomper 1992
Romulus, My Father 2007
Salaam Namaste 2005
The Silver Brumby 1993
Sky Pirates 1986
Soldiers of the Cross 1900
South Solitary 2010
Spotswood 1992
Squizzy Taylor 1982
The Story of the Kelly Gang 1906
Strictly Ballroom 1992
Summerfield 1977
Take Away 2003
The Tender Hook 2008
Thirst 1979
Three Dollars 2005
Till Human Voices Wake Us 2002
Tomboys 2009
Tom White 2004
Travelling North 1987
The True Story of Eskimo Nell 1975
Under the Gun 1995
Visitors 2003
The Wannabes 2003
Upgrade 2018
Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train 1988
The Whistleblower 2019
The Wog Boy 2000
Crook 2010
Wog Boy 2: Kings of Mykonos 2010
You and Your Stupid Mate 2005
Wanda and Sully 2023
When Evil Reigns 2006
Where the Wild Things Are 2009

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "6 Hollywood movies that were shot in Melbourne". Meld. 26 September 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  2. ^ "CAMERAS ROLLING ON AMAZON STUDIOS' STAR-STUDDED FOE IN MELBOURNE". Ausfilm. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Holding the Man (2015) - Filming & production - IMDb, retrieved 28 December 2023
  4. ^ "Joffa: The Movie". YouTube. 5 August 2010. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021.
  5. ^ "LION'S TALE: THE ROARING SUCCESS OF A HOMEGROWN STORY". Ausfilm. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  6. ^ Quinn, Karl (30 July 2022). "New film is a love song to a Melbourne almost lost to the wrecking ball". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  7. ^ Oddball (2015) - Filming & production - IMDb, retrieved 28 December 2023
  8. ^ Keast, Jackie (23 March 2023). "Goran Stolevski on 'Of An Age', working with Causeway Films and finding the cinematic in suburban Melbourne". IF Magazine. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  9. ^ "This powerful film captures how some friendships can change you and others will nearly destroy you". ABC News. 21 May 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  10. ^ Govoni, Nick (15 August 2019). "New Australian Sci Fi Film Quanta Shot on URSA Mini Pro and Graded with DaVinci Resolve". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved 2 October 2019.

Further reading

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  • Adamson, Judith. A Film Australia Miscellany. Lindfield, N.S.W. : Film Australia, 1991.
  • Collins, Felicity, and Theresa Davis. Australian Cinema After Mabo. Sydney: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
  • Dawson, Jonathan, and Bruce Molloy, eds. Queensland Images in Film and Television. Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 1990.
  • Dermody, Susan and Elizabeth Jacka, eds. The Screening of Australia, Volume 1: Anatomy of a Film Industry. Sydney: Currency Press, 1987.
  • — — — . The Screening of Australia, Volume 2: Anatomy of a National Cinema. Sydney: Currency Press, 1988.
  • Moran, Albert and Tom O’Regan, eds. An Australian Film Reader (Australian Screen Series). Sydney: Currency Press, 1985.
  • Moran, Albert and Errol Vieth. Film in Australia: An Introduction Sydney: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
  • Murray, Scott, ed. Australian Film: 1978 – 1994. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1995. ISBN 0-19-553777-7
  • Pike, Andrew and Ross Cooper. Australian Film: 1900 – 1977. revised ed. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-19-550784-3
  • McFarland, Brian, Geoff Mayer and Ina Bertrand, eds. The Oxford Companion to Australian Film. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN 0-19-553797-1
  • Moran, Albert. Projecting Australia : government film since 1945. Sydney : Currency Press, 1991. ISBN 0-86819-292-9.
  • Moran, Albert and Errol Vieth. Historical Dictionary of Australian and New Zealand Cinema. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press, 2005. ISBN 0-8108-5459-7
  • O'Regan, Tom. Australian National Cinema. London: Routledge, 1996.
  • Reade, Eric. Australian Silent Films: A Pictorial History of Silent Films from 1896 to 1926. Melbourne: Lansdowne Press, 1970.
  • — — — . History and Heartburn : The Saga of Australian Film 1896-1978. New Jersey: Associated University Presses, 1981.
  • Ryan, Mark, David (2009),'Whither Culture? Australian Horror Films and the Limitations of Cultural Policy', Media International Australia: Incorporating Culture and Policy, no. 133, pp. 43–55.
  • Stratton, David. The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry. Sydney : Pan Macmillan, 1990. 465p. ISBN 0-7329-0250-9
  • Verhoeven, Deb. Sheep and the Australian Cinema. Melbourne : MUP, 2006. ISBN 0-522-85239-4
  • — — — ed. Twin Peeks: Australian and New Zealand Feature Films. Melbourne: Damned Publishing, 1999. ISBN 1-876310-00-6
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