List of Australian films of 1999

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1999

TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes
Above the Dust Level Carla Drago Jane Turner, Tobin Saunders, Melinda Dimitriades, Marsha Rosengarten, ElleShort
Agnes, Maude & Pearly Too Erica Glynn Short comedy drama
The Astonishing Ashtons ?
Bangers Andrew Upton Cate Blanchett, Lynette Curran Short
Being There Glenn Fraser Documentary/Sport
Bigger Than TinaNeil Foley
The Book KeeperMichael CusackShort animation
Break & EnterShort
Brother
Burnout
Caffeine
Change of Heart
Chrissy
The Craic Ted Emery Jimeoin, Alan McKee Comedy
The Dark Redemption
Darwin's Evolutionary Stakes
The Date Dan Spielman, Rose Byrne Short
The Day Neil Armstrong Walked on the Moon
Dear Claudia
Dogwatch
Driving Home
Drunken Rumble Story
Ed Venture
Emily's Eyes
Envy
Erskineville Kings Hugh Jackman (see Erskineville Kings)
The Etiquette of Letter-Writing
The Extra
Eye of the Beholder Stephan Elliott Ewan McGregor, Ashley Judd, Patrick Bergin, Geneviève Bujold, k.d. lang, Jason Priestley
Feeling Sexy
Flowergirl
Flux
Fresh Air
Fusion
Game Room
Glass Box
Go Before You Come
Hang Up
HeadSpace
Help Me
Hindsight
Holding On
Holy Smoke! Jane Campion Kate Winslet, Harvey Keitel Drama
Huntsman 5.1
I Promise
I'm a Luxury... But I'm Free Tonight
In a Savage Land Bill Bennett Rufus Sewell, Martin Donovan, Maya Stange Adventure
In the Red
Intermezzo
Island of the Vampire Birds
Island Style
Joseph and the Coat of Many Colors
Kick
Komodo Michael Lantieri Jill Hennessy, Billy Burke Thriller
Kung Fuji
Lionheart: The Jesse Martin Story
Little Echo Lost
Love Lies Bleeding
The Matrix The Wachowskis Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Joe Pantoliano Science fiction actionAmerican-Australian co-production
Max vs the Freeway
Me Myself I
Midas
Milk
The Missing Manuela AlbertiRebecca FirthDrama
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
The Monster
My Mother Frank
Navin Wants to Be a Superhero
Nightmare Man
Oops!
The Order
Original Schtick
Paperback Hero Antony J. Bowman Claudia Karvan, Hugh Jackman Comedy
Paradise
Paradise Bent: Boys Will Be Girls in Samoa
Passion
Pearls Before Swine Richard Wolstencroft Drama
Phörpa (a.k.a. The Cup )
Pilbara Pearl
Powderburn
Project Vlad
The Rabbits
Redball
Renzo Piano
The Reunion
Rise
Rotation
Rural Crisis
Sadness
Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien Mario Andreacchio Helen Neville, Natalie VansierDrama
Serenity
Se-tong
Siam Sunset
Slim Pickings
Smile & Wave
Soft Fruit
Spank
Sport
Stone Forever
Strange Fits of Passion Michaela NoonanDrama
Strange Planet Emma-Kate Croghan Claudia Karvan, Naomi Watts, Tom Long Comedy
Structures on Rail
Sydney: A Story of a City
Taken
Taking Care of Elvis
Theory of the Trojans
Three to Tango Damon Santostefano Matthew Perry, Neve Campbell, Dylan McDermott, Oliver Platt, Cylk Cozart, John C. McGinley, Bob Balaban, Deborah Rush, Kelly Rowan, Rick Gomez, Patrick Van Horn, David Ramsey, Robin Brule, Barbara Gordon, Roger Dunn, Meredith McGeachie, Marni Thompson, Anais Granofsky
The Tin Man
Tom's Funeral
Trinidad
Two Hands Gregor Jordan Heath Ledger, Bryan Brown
Urban ClanDocumentary
Whiteys Like Us Rachel Landers Documentary
Wind

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