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List of Australian films of 1994 contains a detailed list of films created in Australia in 1994.
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert | Stephan Elliott | Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce | Comedy / Music | Screened at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival, [1] won Academy Award for Best Costume Design [2] |
| Aeroplane Dance | Trevor Graham | Russell Fletcher, Sean Ladhams, Tamblyn Lord | Short / Drama | |
| Bernie's Magic Moment | Mark Hanlin | Chris Haywood | Short | |
| Bête noire | Victoria Hunt | Short | ||
| Book of Dreams: 'Welcome to Crateland' | Alex Proyas | Tiffany Powles, Steve Ostrow, Angela Cockburn | Short | |
| The Coffee Connection | Bill Mousoulis | Aris Gounaris, John Papp | Short | |
| Country Life | Michael Blakemore | Sam Neill, Greta Scacchi, John Hargreaves | Drama | Entered into the 19th Moscow International Film Festival [3] |
| The Crossing | Christine Olsen | Short | ||
| Dallas Doll | Ann Turner | Sandra Bernhard, Victoria Longley, Frank Gallacher | Comedy | |
| Dot in Space | Yoram Gross | Robyn Moore, Keith Scott | Animation / Family | |
| Ebbtide | Craig Lahiff | Harry Hamlin, Judy McIntosh, John Waters | Crime / Drama | |
| El Angelito | Guillermo Martín Sepúlveda | Gonzalo Vargas, Angus McGruther, Zoila Vásquez | Short | |
| EnvironMental | Clayton Jacobson | Short | ||
| Eternity | Lawrence Johnston | Les Foxcroft, Noel Jordan | Documentary | |
| Everynight ... Everynight | Alkinos Tsilimidos | David Field, Bill Hunter | Drama | |
| Exile | Paul Cox | Aden Young, Beth Champion, Claudia Karvan | Drama | Entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival [4] |
| Fuckwit | Daniel Krige | Daniel Krige, Zoe Carides, Ken Bromilow | Short | |
| Girl | Peter Thompson | Bruce Alexander, Maurie Annese, Anna Bertolli | Drama | |
| Gorgeous | Kaz Cooke | Judith Lucy, Kris McQuade, Mick Molloy | Animation Short | |
| Gran's Adventure | Jo Bell | Short | ||
| Harry: The Story of an Urban Hermit | Philip Lepherd | Keir Nuttall, Ramsey Everingham, Vincent Atkinson | Short | |
| The Intruder | Richard Wolstencroft | Tottie Goldsmith, Lachy Hulme, Paul Moder | Thriller | |
| Kevin Rampenbacker and the Electric Kettle | Murray Reece | Grant Dodwell, Rima Te Wiata, Mark Wright | Comedy | aka: "Cops and Robbers" |
| Kid in a Bin | Robert Carter | Mark Koller, Michael Butcher, Danielle Carter | Short | |
| Ladykiller | Bill Mousoulis | Rhys Muldoon, Catherine Hill, Angela Twigg | Crime / Drama | |
| A Lamb of Our Own Flock | Mark Bellamy | Fiona Corke, John Flaus, Zach Meyers | Short | |
| Lex and Rory | Dean Murphy | Angus Benfeld, Stewart Faichney | Comedy | Claimed to be the first feature film edited entirely digitally[ citation needed ] |
| Lightning Jack | Simon Wincer | Paul Hogan, Cuba Gooding Jr., Beverly D'Angelo | Comedy | |
| Lucky Break | Ben Lewin | Gia Carides, Anthony LaPaglia, Rebecca Gibney | Comedy / Romance | aka: "Paperback Romance" |
| Mary | Kay Pavlou | Lucy Bell, Linden Wilkinson, Rebecca Scully-Webster | Docu-Drama | |
| Metal Skin | Geoffrey Wright | Aden Young, Tara Morice, Nadine Garner | Action / Drama | |
| Michelle's Third Novel | Karryn de Cinque | Marguerite Lingard | Short | |
| Midday Crisis | Garry Richards | Geoffrey Rush, Gus Mercurio, Ronald Jacobson | Short | |
| Muriel's Wedding | P.J. Hogan | Toni Collette, Rachel Griffiths, Bill Hunter | Comedy / Drama | |
| Only the Brave | Ana Kokkinos | Elena Mandalis, Dora Kaskanis, Maude Davey | Drama / Romance | |
| Our Feral Friends | Daniel Krige | Roland Gallois, Daniel Krige, Ken Bromilow | Mockumentary | |
| Police Rescue | Michael Carson | Gary Sweet, Zoe Carides, Steve Bastoni | Action | |
| Prickly Heat | Ray Boseley | Short | ||
| Red Ted and the Great Depression | Pat Laughren | Documentary | ||
| The Roly Poly Man | Bill Young | Paul Chubb, Susan Lyons, Les Foxcroft, Zoe Bertram | Comedy / Crime | |
| Rough Diamonds | Donald Crombie | Jason Donovan, Angie Milliken, Peter Phelps | Comedy / Crime | |
| Secrets of the City | Cathy Linsley | Short / Animation | ||
| The Seventh Floor | Ian Barry | Brooke Shields, Masaya Katô, Craig Pearce | Action / Crime | |
| Signal One | Rob Stewart | Christopher Atkins, Mark 'Jacko' Jackson, Richard Carter | Action | aka: "Bullet Down Under" |
| Sirens | John Duigan | Hugh Grant, Tara FitzGerald, Sam Neill, Elle Macpherson | Comedy / Drama | |
| Spider & Rose | Bill Bennett | Ruth Cracknell, Simon Bossell, Max Cullen | Comedy | |
| The Sum of Us | Geoff Burton, Kevin Dowling | Jack Thompson, Russell Crowe, John Polson | Comedy / Drama | |
| Talk | Susan Lambert | Victoria Longley, Angie Milliken | Comedy / Drama | |
| That Eye, the Sky | John Ruane | Peter Coyote, Lisa Harrow, Amanda Douge | Drama / Fantasy | |
| This Marching Girl Thing | Kelli Simpson | Toni Collette, Matt Day, Jenny Apostolou | Short | |
| Total Recession | Durand Greig | Short | ||
| Traps | Pauline Chan | Saskia Reeves, Robert Reynolds, Sami Frey | Drama | |
| Undying | Andrew Connell | Nick Carrafa, Fiona Corke, James Armstrong | Crime / Drama / Action | |
| What's Going On, Frank? | John Polson | Hugo Weaving | Short | |
| Writer's Block | Leon Cmielewski | Short |
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