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| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Bank | Robert Connolly | David Wenham, Anthony LaPaglia, Sibylla Budd | ||
| Big Shots | Steven Mayas | Comedy | ||
| Bird in the Wire | Phillip Donnellon | Kate Jane Norris, Christine Wilson, Valerie Bean | Comedy Short Film | |
| Black Chicks Talking | Leah Purcell | Deborah Mailman | Documentary | |
| Blue Neon | Matt Bird | John van Rooyen, Boyd Britton, Petra Lane, Nadia Townsend, John Marsh | Thriller | |
| Cats & Dogs | Lawrence Guterman | Jeff Goldblum, Elizabeth Perkins, Alexander Pollock | Spy | |
| Charlotte Gray | Gillian Armstrong | Cate Blanchett, James Fleet, Abigail Cruttenden | ||
| Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles | Simon Wincer | Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, Jere Burns | ||
| Cubbyhouse | ||||
| Dalkeith | ||||
| Den | Greg Arce | Greg Arce, Stephanie Rettig, Lee Schall, Dana J. Ryan, Sabrina O'Neil | Thriller | |
| The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky | ||||
| Different Shades of Pink | ||||
| Don't Say a Word | USA/AUS co-production | |||
| Elixir | ||||
| Facing the Music | ||||
| He Died with a Felafel in His Hand | Richard Lowenstein | Noah Taylor, Emily Hamilton, Sophie Lee | Comedy | |
| Hildegarde | ||||
| Instant Karma | Martyn Park | Amos Szeps, Emily Stewart, David Gambin | Crime / Drama | |
| La Spagnola | Steve Jacobs | Lola Marceli, Alice Ansara, Lourdes Bartolomé | Drama | |
| Lantana | Ray Lawrence | Anthony LaPaglia, Kerry Armstrong, Geoffrey Rush | Drama | AACTA Award for Best Film |
| Last Mail from Birdsville | ||||
| The Last Secret | ||||
| Let's Get Skase | Matthew George | Lachy Hulme, Alex Dimitriades, Craig McLachlan | Comedy | |
| Like It Is | ||||
| Living with Happiness | ||||
| Local Dive | ||||
| Looking for Horses | ||||
| Losing Layla | ||||
| Lotto | ||||
| Low Fat Elephants | ||||
| Mamadrama: The Jewish Mother in Cinema | ||||
| Mallboy | Vincent Giarrusso | Kane McNay, Nell Feeney-Connor, Brett Swain, Maxie Rickard, Sarah Naumoff, Ryan Paine, Brett Tucker, Sheryl Munks, Vincent Gil, Jo Kennedy, Damien Richardson | ||
| Man Down | ||||
| The Man Who Sued God | Mark Joffe | Billy Connolly Judy Davis Emily Browning | Comedy | |
| Martin Four | ||||
| Matter of Life | ||||
| Melancholy | ||||
| Moloch | ||||
| Moulin Rouge! | Baz Luhrmann | Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, Jim Broadbent | Entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Mr. Wasinski's Song | ||||
| Much Ado About Something | ||||
| Mullet | David Caesar | Ben Mendelsohn, Susie Porter | ||
| Murder Landscapes | ||||
| My Mother India | ||||
| My Old China | ||||
| Neophytes and Neon Lights | Shane T. Hall | Matt Doran | Science Fiction | |
| The New Crusaders | ||||
| Night Trade | ||||
| The Old Man Who Read Love Stories | ||||
| One Night the Moon | Rachel Perkins | Paul Kelly, Kaarin Fairfax, Memphis Kelly, Kelton Pell, Ruby Hunter, Chris Haywood, David Field | ||
| One Step Closer | ||||
| The Other Son | ||||
| Una Passione adatta | ||||
| Picture Perfect | ||||
| Pink Pyjamas | ||||
| The Pitch | ||||
| Remembering Country | ||||
| Rogue | ||||
| Rooms for Rent | ||||
| Rubber Gloves | ||||
| Rushing to Sunshine: Seoul Diaries | ||||
| Russian Doll | ||||
| Saving Silverman | ||||
| S-Crash | ||||
| The Secret Safari | ||||
| Seek & Ye' Shall Find | ||||
| Serenades | ||||
| Show Me Your Pic | ||||
| Silent Partner | ||||
| Slipper | ||||
| The Smell That Killed Him | ||||
| Southern Cross | ||||
| Speed City | ||||
| Spudmonkey | ||||
| Staying Out | ||||
| Stories & Songs of the People | ||||
| Stud | ||||
| Sucker | ||||
| Sweet Thing | ||||
| Tanaka | ||||
| Taste | ||||
| Teardrops | ||||
| Tempted | ||||
| Tickler | ||||
| Tree | ||||
| Turn Me On: The History of the Vibrator | ||||
| The Upsell | Nathan Hill | Short comedy | ||
| Vitalogy | Short | |||
| The Walk | Carlotta Moye | |||
| Walnut & Honeysuckle | Lucinda Clutterbuck | Short animation | ||
| When Strangers Appear | Scott Reynolds | Action drama | ||
| WillFull | ||||
| Wonderboy | ||||
| Woodstock for Capitalists | ||||
| Yarrabah Teenagers | Judi Levine | Documentary | ||
| Yolngu Boy | Stephen Johnson | Drama | ||
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