| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Amore | ||||
| After Mabo | John Hughes | Documentary | ||
| Alienation | Wilma Schinella | Short | ||
| All the Way | Marque Owen | Derek Armistead, Matt Boesenberg | Comedy | |
| Amy | Nadia Tass | Alana De Roma, Rachel Griffiths, Ben Mendelsohn | Comedy drama | |
| Babe: Pig in the City | George Miller | Magda Szubanski, James Cromwell | Comedy drama | |
| Banjo Frogs | Nick Hilligos | Animation / Family | ||
| The Big Night Out | Tim Boyle | Gerald Boyle, Matt Doran, Angus King, Telen Rodwell, Damen Stephenson | Comedy | |
| Bloodlock | Short | |||
| Bougainville: Our Island, Our Fight | Documentary | |||
| Box | Won AFI for Best Editing (Catherine Chase) | |||
| The Boys | Rowan Woods | David Wenham, Toni Collette | Drama | Entered into the 48th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Bubble Numb | Short | |||
| Cherish | Short | |||
| Chlorine Dreams | Short | |||
| Cold Comfort | Short | |||
| The Collector | Short | |||
| Cousin | Short | |||
| Crackers | David Swann (Writer, and Director) | Peter Rowsthorn, Susan Lyons, Warren Mitchell | Dark Comedy | |
| Crimes of Fashion | Short | |||
| Dags | Comedy / Romance | |||
| Dance Me to My Song | Rolf de Heer | John Brumpton, Catherine Fitzgerald | Drama | Entered into the 1998 Cannes Film Festival |
| Dark City | Alex Proyas | Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt | Science fiction | |
| Dead Letter Office | John Ruane | Miranda Otto, | Comedy / Drama | |
| Deathbed of an Undertaker | Short | |||
| Derwent Envy | Short | |||
| Disturbing Behavior | David Nutter | James Marsden, Katie Holmes | Thriller | |
| Entertaining Angels | Short | |||
| Fetch | Short | |||
| Forbidden Love | Short | |||
| Freedom Deep | Fantasy | |||
| Game Room | Drama / Thriller | |||
| Gorilla Girls | Short | |||
| Gristle | Short | |||
| Half Mongrel | Short | |||
| Has Beans | Short | |||
| Head On | Ana Kokkinos | Alex Dimitriades, Paul Capsis | Drama | |
| Heaven on the 4th Floor | Short | |||
| Hephzibah | Documentary | |||
| Hurrah | Drama | |||
| I Want You | Short | |||
| In the Winter Dark | Drama / Horror | |||
| The Interview | Craig Monahan | Hugo Weaving | Thriller | |
| The Jim Conway Blues | Documentary | |||
| Justice | ||||
| Kick | Drama | |||
| The Kiss | Short | |||
| Let's Wait | Short | |||
| A Little Bit of Soul | Comedy | |||
| Little Brother, Little Sister | ||||
| Liu Awaiting Spring | Short | |||
| The Loop | Short | |||
| Lost Marbles | Short | |||
| Love Stinks | Short | |||
| Magnum Opus | Short | |||
| Mama Tina | Documentary Short | |||
| Menswear | Short | |||
| Mind's Eye | Short | |||
| Ms Kieran Katt | Short | |||
| My Bed Your Bed | Short | |||
| Occasional Coarse Language | Comedy / Drama | |||
| Otherzone | Short | |||
| Our Park | ||||
| Pentuphouse | Short | |||
| The Picture Woman | Short | |||
| Pigeon | ||||
| The Pitch | Documentary | |||
| Possum's Rest | Short | |||
| Praise | Drama | |||
| Radiance | Drama | |||
| The Real Macaw | Family / Adventure | Made on location in the Brisbane suburb of Shorncliffe | ||
| Reflections | ||||
| Relative Strangers | Documentary Short | |||
| Revenge, Inc. | Comedy | |||
| Revisionism | Short | |||
| Rita Storm viharos élete | ||||
| Shinsyu Symphony | Documentary | |||
| Sick Puppy | Short | |||
| The Silent Scream | ||||
| Sojourn | Short | |||
| Somewhere in the Darkness | Drama | |||
| The Sound of One Hand Clapping | Richard Flanagan | Drama | Entered into the 48th Berlin International Film Festival | |
| Static | Short | |||
| Sticky Date | Short | |||
| The Sugar Factory | Comedy / Drama | |||
| Tears | Short | |||
| Terra Nova | Drama | |||
| They | Short | |||
| Three Chords and a Wardrobe | Short | |||
| Thump | Short | |||
| Tulip | Short | |||
| Two Girls and a Baby | Short | |||
| Two/Out | Short | |||
| Vanish | Ivan Sen | Short | ||
| Vengeance | Short animation | |||
| The Venus Factory | Glenn Fraser | Comedy | ||
| Weird Ones | John Meagher | SciFi/Comedy | pub. Flashback Entertainment DVD |
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