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List of Australian films of 1992 contains a detailed list of films created in Australia in 1992.
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amelia Rose Towers | Jackie Farkas | Short | ||
| Backsliding | Simon Target | Tim Roth, Jim Holt, Odile Le Clezio | Drama / Thriller | |
| Big Ideas | Mike Smith | Justin Rosniak, Gosia Dobrowolska | Drama | |
| Black Harvest | Robin Anderson, Bob Connolly | Joe Leahy | Documentary | |
| Blinky Bill | Yoram Gross | Robyn Moore, Keith Scott | Animation | aka: "Blinky Bill: The Mischievous Koala" |
| Bloodlust | Jon Hewitt, Richard Wolstencroft | Jane Stuart Wallace, Kelly Chapman, Robert James O'Neill | Action / Horror | |
| Brain | Sarah Watt | Swaylee Loughnane | Short | |
| The Candle | Sarah Watt | J Bizel | Animation / Short | |
| Clowning Around | George Whaley | Clayton Williamson, Ernie Dingo, Rebecca Smart | Adventure / Comedy | |
| Come by Chance | Lara Dunston | Annabel Stokes, Simon Hann, Kathryn Collins | Documentary / Drama | |
| Come Rain or Shine | Frank Howson | Joan Brockenshire, Kole Dysart, Tommy Dysart | Drama | |
| Double Trouble | Tony Ayres | Short / Documentary | ||
| Fatal Bond | Vince Monton | Linda Blair, Jerome Ehlers | Drama / Thriller | |
| FernGully: The Last Rainforest | Bill Kroyer | Samantha Mathis, Christian Slater, Robin Williams | Animation | |
| Fortress | Stuart Gordon | Christopher Lambert, Kurtwood Smith, Loryn Locklin | Action / Science-fiction | |
| Garbo | Ron Cobb | Stephen Kearney, Neill Gladwin, Max Cullen | Comedy | |
| Girl of Refugee from Vietnam | Tetsuo Kurata | |||
| The Girl Who Came Late | Kathy Mueller | Miranda Otto, Martin Kemp, Gia Carides | Romance | aka: "Daydream Believer" |
| Greenkeeping | David Caesar | Mark Little, Lisa Hensley, Max Cullen | Comedy | |
| Hidden Injuries | Kaya Finlayson | Jason Clarke, Jeremy Cumpston, Michael Gwynne | Short | |
| Hurricane Smith | Colin Budds | Carl Weathers, Jürgen Prochnow | Action | |
| Illusion Is All | Sarah Watt | Animation / Short | ||
| Jindalee Lady | Brian Syron | Lydia Miller, Patrick Ward, Michael Leslie | Romance | |
| Judy in a Land Called Oz | Ian Stahlhut | Judy Garland | Documentary | |
| The Last Days of Chez Nous | Gillian Armstrong | Lisa Harrow, Bruno Ganz, Kerry Fox | Comedy / Drama | Entered into the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival [1] |
| Mad Bomber in Love | James Bogle | Craig Pearce, Marcus Graham, Zoe Carides | Comedy / Thriller | |
| Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media | Mark Achbar, Peter Wintonick | Mark Achbar, Noam Chomsky | Documentary / War | |
| The Medium | Arthur Smith | Brenda Bakke | Thriller | |
| Modern Times | Graham Chase | Documentary | ||
| North of Chiang Mai | John D. Lamond | Sam Bottoms | Action | |
| Numbering Bad Fruit | Dean Kendrick | Short | ||
| The Nun and the Bandit | Paul Cox | Gosia Dobrowolska, Chris Haywood | Drama | |
| On the Border of Hopetown | Wayne Coles-Janess | Short | ||
| Over the Hill | George T. Miller | Olympia Dukakis, Sigrid Thornton, Derek Fowlds | Drama / Romance | |
| A Passion Play | Tony Twigg | Short | ||
| The Power of One | John G. Avildsen | Stephen Dorff, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Morgan Freeman | Drama | Based on book of same title |
| Redheads | Danny Vendramini | Claudia Karvan, Catherine McClements | Thriller | |
| Resistance | Hugh Keays-Byrne | Lorna Lesley, Jennifer Claire, Bob Noble | Action | |
| Road to Alice | Stavros Kazantzidis | Noah Taylor, Hugo Weaving, Helen Buday | Short | |
| Romper Stomper | Geoffrey Wright | Russell Crowe, Daniel Pollock, Jacqueline McKenzie | Action / Drama | |
| Secrets | Michael Pattinson | Beth Campion, Malcolm Kennard, Dannii Minogue, Willa O'Neill, Noah Taylor | Drama / Music | |
| Seeing Red | Virginia Rouse | Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Anne-Louise Lambert, Peta Toppano | Comedy / Thriller | |
| Serendipity | Karen Borger | Short | ||
| Skippy | Bill Hughes | Danielle Mulholland | ||
| A Slow Night at the Kuwaiti Cafe | Marc Gracie | Mike Bishop, Tiriel Mora | ||
| Something Wicked | Bruce Redman | Veronica Neave, Josh McWilliam | Short | |
| Spotswood | Mark Joffe | Anthony Hopkins, Ben Mendelsohn | Comedy / Drama | aka: "The Efficiency Expert" |
| Stan and George's New Life | Brian McKenzie | Paul Chubb, John Bluthal, Julie Forsyth | Drama | |
| Strictly Ballroom | Baz Luhrmann | Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice, Bill Hunter, Barry Otto | Romantic comedy | Nominated for Golden Globe for best picture musical/comedy, [2] AFI best picture winner [3] and screened at Cannes in 1992 [4] |
| The Surrogate | Brent Houghton | Greg Stone | Short | |
| Turtle Beach | Stephen Wallace | Greta Scacchi, Joan Chen, Jack Thompson | Drama / Thriller | |
| Wet and Wild Summer! | Maurice Murphy | Christopher Atkins, Julian McMahon, Rebekah Carlton | Comedy | aka: "Exchange Lifeguards" |
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