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List of Australian films of 1995 contains a detailed list of films that were created in Australia in the year 1995.
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Adventures of Jimmy Cliche | Harlan Alston | Ashley Brun, Harlan Alston, Imron Alston | Short / Action | |
| All Men Are Liars | Gerard Lee | Toni Pearen, David Price | Comedy | |
| Angel Baby | Michael Rymer | John Lynch, Jacqueline McKenzie | Drama / Romance | |
| Audacious | Samantha Lang | Dee Smart, John Polson, Aden Young | Short | |
| Babe | Chris Noonan | James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski, Zoe Burton, Paul Goddard | Comedy | Won Academy Award for Best Visual Effects [1] |
| Back of Beyond | Michael Robertson | Paul Mercurio, Colin Friels, John Polson | Thriller | |
| Bathing Boxes | Kathy Drayton | Karin Altmann, Heather Mitchell, Frances O'Connor | Short | |
| Billy's Holiday | Richard Wherrett | Max Cullen, Kris McQuade, Tina Bursill | Musical comedy | |
| The Bounty | John Steven Lasher | Greg Matthews | Short documentary | |
| Capital V for Virtue | Roland Gallois | Teo Gebert | Short | |
| Code Blue | Moira Moss | Max Howard, Elizabeth Maywald, John O'Hare | Short | |
| Dad and Dave: On Our Selection | George Whaley | Leo McKern, Joan Sutherland, Geoffrey Rush | Comedy | |
| Despondent Divorcee | Jonathan Ogilvie | Roger Norris, Amanda Pearson | Short | |
| The Existentialist Cowboy's Last Stand | Adam Blaiklock | Michael Pate | Short | |
| Fido Jones and the Lost Treasure | Harlan Alston | Imron Alston, Ashley Brun, Robert Moody | Short | |
| The Final Stage | Frank Howson | Abigail, Tommy Dysart, Frank Howson | Comedy | |
| Flashlight | Garnet Mae | Loene Carmen, Christopher Hiraishi Mae, Garnet Mae | Drama | |
| Fly Peewee, Fly! | Sally Riley | Duane Johnston, Faye Montgomery, Stan Yarramunua | Short | |
| Frailejón | Joshua Yeldham | Stephan De Kwiatkowski, Lezanne Deliz, Carmen Duncan | Short | |
| God I Missed You Baby | Bronwyne Smith | Luke Elliot, Georgina Naidu, Valerie Druce | Short | |
| Hayride to Hell | Kimble Rendall | Kylie Minogue, Richard Roxburgh | Short | |
| Hotel Sorrento | Richard Franklin | Caroline Goodall, Caroline Gillmer, Tara Morice | Drama | aka: "Sorrento Beach" |
| The Journey | Christopher Tuckfield | Documentary | ||
| Ladies Please! | Andrew Saw | Adam Cahill, Kerrin Cahill, Sarah Chadwick | Documentary | |
| The Last Game | Tom Parrish | Joey Travolta, Sherean Neville, Mike Hamann | Drama / Sport | |
| The Last True Action Hero | Karen Borger | Documentary | ||
| Lessons in the Language of Love | Scott Patterson | Gabrielle Adkins, Marianne Bryant, Anni Finsterer | Short | Screened at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival [2] |
| The Life of Harry Dare | Aleksi Vellis | John Moore, Nicholas Hope, Tommy Lewis | Comedy | |
| Lilian's Story | Jerzy Domaradzki | Ruth Cracknell, Barry Otto, Toni Collette | Drama | |
| Lucinda, 31 | Cherie Nowlan | Joy Smithers, Bruce Hughes, Jane Turner | Short | |
| Mushrooms | Alan Madden | Julia Blake, Simon Chilvers, Lynette Curran | Comedy / Crime | |
| Napoleon | Mario Andreacchio | Jamie Croft, Philip Quast | Adventure / Family | |
| On the Dead Side | James M. Vernon | David Baldwin, Richard Carter, Gary Day | Crime | |
| Out | Samantha Lang | Short | ||
| Rainbow's End | Denny Lawrence | Rhona Rees, Ernie Dingo, Shane Connor | Family | |
| Raskols | Sally Browning | Documentary | ||
| Roses Are Red | Marcella Hayward | Michael Farley, Dina Gillespie, Mary Heard | Short | |
| Sanctuary | Robin De Crespigny | Steve Bisley, Arky Michael | Drama | |
| Sex Is a Four Letter Word | Murray Fahey | Joy Smithers, Rhett Walton, Mark Lee | Comedy / Drama | |
| Shipwreck Coast: The Gelignite Buccaneer [3] | Peter Du Cane | Docu-Drama | ||
| Shipwreck Coast: The Batavia, Wreck, Mutiny and Murder | Peter Du Cane | Duncan Bailey, Pat Baker, Emily Beardsmore | Docu-Drama | |
| Small Treasures | Sarah Watt | Rachel Griffiths, Maryrose Cuskelly, Leon Teague | Short | |
| Stitched | Gregor Jordan | David Field, John Polson | Short | |
| Swerve | Marcus Gale | Roy Billing, Steven Casey | Short | |
| Swinger | Gregor Jordan | Darren Gilshenan, Lucy Bell, Jerome Ehlers | Short | |
| Teenage Portraits | Greta Morton | Documentary Short | ||
| The Third Stroke | Daniel Nettheim | David Nettheim, Emma Toomey, Joshua Young | Short | |
| Tunnel Vision | Clive Fleury | Patsy Kensit, Robert Reynolds, Rebecca Rigg | Thriller | |
| Under the Gun | Matthew George | Richard Norton, Kathy Long, Jane Badler | Action | |
| Vacant Possession | Margot Nash | Pamela Rabe, John Stanton, Toni Scanlan | Drama | |
| Victoria in the Ashes | Emma Freeman | Susie Lindeman, Cameron McAuliffe | Short | |
| Video Fool for Love | Robert Gibson | Robert Gibson, Gianna Santone, April Ward | Autobiography | |
| Violet's Visit | Richard Turner | Caleb Packham, May Lloyd, David Franklin | Comedy / Drama |
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