| The Piano | Jane Campion | romance film, drama film |
| Flirting | John Duigan | coming-of-age film, romance film, drama film |
| Green Card | Peter Weir | romantic comedy film |
| The Punisher | Mark Goldblatt | action film, thriller film, vigilante film, crime film |
| Crocodile Dundee II | John Cornell | comedy film, action film, adventure film |
| Maurice | James Ivory | drama film, historical film, LGBTQ-related film |
| Mona Lisa | Neil Jordan | romance film, drama film, LGBTQ-related film, crime film |
 Insignificance | Nicolas Roeg | drama film, comedy drama |
| Brazil | Terry Gilliam | arthouse science fiction film, fantasy film, comedy film, dystopian film, neo-noir, Christmas film, science fiction film, science fiction comedy, retrofuturism |
 The Slim Dusty Movie | Rob Stewart | biographical film, musical film |
| The Dresser | Peter Yates | drama film, LGBTQ-related film, comedy drama |
| Never Say Never Again | Irvin Kershner | action film, spy film |
| Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear | — | animated film |
| An American Werewolf in London | John Landis | comedy film, comedy horror, ghost film, werewolf film, black comedy film |
| Chariots of Fire | Hugh Hudson | drama film, sport film, historical film, biographical film |
| Patrick | Richard Franklin | horror film |
| The Shout | Jerzy Skolimowski | drama film, horror film |
| The Squeeze | Michael Apted | crime film |
| Cross of Iron | Sam Peckinpah | drama film, war film |
| Barney | David Waddington | — |
| To the Devil a Daughter | Peter Sykes | satanic film, horror film |
| Ride a Wild Pony | Don Chaffey | — |
| Rollerball | Norman Jewison | action film, dystopian film, science fiction film |
| Hennessy | Don Sharp | thriller film |
| Macbeth | Roman Polanski | drama film |
| The Abominable Dr. Phibes | Robert Fuest | fantasy film, horror film, comedy horror, zombie film |
| The Siege of Pinchgut | Harry Watt | thriller film |
| The Portable Door | Jeffrey Walker | fantasy film, comedy film, adventure film |
| The Reef: Stalked | Andrew Traucki | horror film |
 Dominion | Chris Delforce | independent film, documentary film |
| Red Dog: True Blue | Kriv Stenders | family film, comedy film |
| Holding the Man | Neil Armfield | drama film, LGBTQ-related film |
| Wyrmwood | Kiah Roache-Turner | post-apocalyptic film, zombie film |
| Not Suitable for Children | Peter Templeman | romantic comedy |
| The Sapphires | Wayne Blair | comedy film, biographical film, musical film, comedy drama |
| Beneath Hill 60 | Jeremy Sims | drama film, war film |
| Bloodspit | Duke Hendrix | exploitation film, vampire film, comedy horror |
| The Square | Nash Edgerton | neo-noir, thriller film |
| Dr. Plonk | Rolf de Heer | comedy film, silent film |
| Gone | Ringan Ledwidge | horror film |
| Firewall | Richard Loncraine | drama film, action film, crime thriller film, crime film |
| Kangaroo Jack: G'Day U.S.A.! | Ron Myrick | fantasy film |
| Under the Radar | Evan Clarry | comedy film |
| Gettin' Square | Jonathan Teplitzky | drama film, heist film, crime film |
| Saw | James Wan | horror film |
| Paperback Hero | Antony J. Bowman | romantic comedy film, comedy film, melodrama |
| Dark City | Alex Proyas | arthouse science fiction film, film noir, horror film, dystopian film, neo-noir, thriller film, science fiction film |
| Exile in Sarajevo | Alma Sahbaz, Tahir Cambis | documentary film |