The following is a list of films shot wholly or partly in Queensland, Australia.
Films
YearTitle LocationsRef 1921 The Raiders 8km from Indooroopilly railway station 1921 Retribution Boggo Road Gaol, Queen Street, Brisbane Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 109 1926 Greenhide Walloon Station in the Dawson Valley, Oxford House (Ann St, Brisbane), Indooroopilly 1926 The Moth of Moonbi Franklyn Vale Cattle Station, Spicers Peak / Spicers Gap (including Governors Chair lookout), Fitzroy Vale, Mount Castle, at the foot of The Sleeping Assyrian in the Rosevale Valley, Brisbane (including Teneriffe House, Ascot Racecourse, Newmarket Saleyards and Brisbane River) Chauvel Carlsson, Susanne (1989) Charles & Elsa Chauvel: Movie Pioneers, University of Queensland Press 1927 The Kid Stakes Rockhampton 1935 Heritage Barambah, Canungra 1936 Uncivilised North Queensland (including Palm Island) 1936 White Death Great Barrier Reef (including Hayman Island) 1938 Typhoon Treasure North Queensland, Great Barrier Reef (including Green Island) 1949 Sons of Matthew Beaudesert, Natural Bridge, Numinbah Valley, Lamington Plateau, Christmas Creek, Running Creek, Rathdowney 1954 The Back of Beyond Birdsville (including Birdsville Track) 1954 King of the Coral Sea Thursday Island, Green Island 1969 Age of Consent Brisbane (including Albion Park racecourse), Dunk Island, Purtaboi Island FAQ at Powell-Pressburger.com 1972 Morning of the Earth Kirra Beach, Coolangatta 1975 Surrender in Paradise Brisbane, Gold Coast (including Surfers Paradise) 1976 Eliza Fraser Fraser Island, Mornington Island Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 308 1977 The Deep Great Barrier Reef 1977 The Mango Tree Bundaberg, Gayndah, Mount Perry, Cordalba 1978 In Search of Anna Surfers Paradise 1978 The Irishman Charters Towers 1980 Final Cut Surfers Paradise Jim Schembri, "Final Cut", Australian Film 1978–1992, Oxford University Press, 1993 p59 1980 Touch and Go Sunshine Coast (including Maroochydore & Noosa Heads) Paul Harris, "Touch and Go", Australian Film 1978-1992, Oxford University Press, p67 1981 Airhawk (Star of the North) Gold Coast (including Surfers Paradise), Queensland outback 1982 The Little Feller (The Other Woman) Brisbane (including St Lucia, Indooroopilly & Upper Mount Gravatt) 1982 Turkey Shoot (Escape 2000 or Blood Camp Thatcher) Cairns 1983 Buddies Emerald David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 pp. 88–89 1983 Bush Christmas (Prince and the Great Race) Beaudesert, Rathdowney Geoff Mayer, "Bush Christmas", Australian Film 1978–1992, Oxford University Press, 1993 p122 1983 Goodbye Paradise Surfers Paradise, Southport, Currumbin (including Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary) David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan Macmillan 1990 pp. 234-236 1984 The Coolangatta Gold Gold Coast (including Coolangatta & Surfers Paradise) 1984 The Settlement Marburg, Samford, Rosewood (St Brigid's Church), Ipswich 1985 The Naked Country Charters Towers David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p72-73 1986 Australian Dream Brisbane (including Carseldine & Space City shopping centre at Kallangur) 1986 Crocodile Dundee McKinlay 1986 The Fringe Dwellers Cherbourg, Murgon 1987 Contagion Brisbane David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p294 1987 Dark Age Cairns 1987 Frenchman's Farm Brisbane, Beaudesert 1987 Jilted Fraser Island 1987 The Odd Angry Shot Canungra (including Land Warfare Centre) David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980 p123-125 1987 Travelling North Port Douglas David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p189-191 1988 Evil Angels (A Cry in the Dark) Mount Isa 1989 Dead Calm The Whitsundays 1989 The Delinquents Brisbane (including Park Royal Hotel), Maryborough (including Customs House Hotel & Excelsior City Band Hall), Bundaberg (including Palais Theatre), Warner Brothers Studios, Oxenford 1990 Bloodmoon Brisbane, Redcliffe, Marist College Ashgrove 1990 Blood Oath (Prisoners of the Sun) Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 1992 Hurricane Smith Brisbane, Gold Coast, Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 1992 Over the Hill Glass House Mountains, Rainbow Beach, Gold Coast 1992 Redheads Brisbane 1993 Bedevil Charleville, Bribie Island 1993 Broken Highway Port of Brisbane (including Bishop Island in the Fisherman Islands), Moreton Bay 1993 Fortress Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 1993 Reckless Kelly Gold Coast 1993 Sniper Port Douglas, Paronella Park, Kuranda, Drumsara Sugar Plantation 1994 Escape from Absolom (No Escape) Cairns (including Barron Falls), Lake Tinaroo (Atherton Tableland), Port Douglas, Mossman, Innisfail, Gold Coast (including Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford), Canungra Army Base, Land Warfare Centre – Department of Defence & Warner Roadshow Movie World Studios) 1994 Muriel's Wedding Coolangatta, Elanora, Surfers Paradise Tugun, Tweed Heads, Hamilton Island 1994 Rough Diamonds Boonah, Toogoolawah 1994 Street Fighter Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 1994 Traps Far North Queensland (including Innisfail & Cassowary Coast) 1995 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 1995 Tunnel Vision Brisbane 1996 First Strike (Police Story 4) Gold Coast 1996 The Island of Dr. Moreau Cairns, Bramston Beach, Mossman Gorge 1996 The Phantom Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Brisbane (including Brisbane City Hall & Manor Apartment Hotel) 1997 Beverly Hills Family Robinson Far North Queensland Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford University Press, 1996 p13 1997 Mr. Nice Guy Fortitude Valley 1997 Paradise Road Port Douglas, Cairns (Trinity Inlet), Atherton Tableland, Raffles Hotel 1997 The Real Macaw Brisbane CBD (including King George Square, Old Customs Office, Riverside Place, ANZAC Square & Brisbane City Hall), Brisbane Airport, Mount Tamborine, Stradbroke Island 1998 Chameleon Brisbane (Tennyson Powerhouse) 1998 The Thin Red Line Daintree Rainforest, Bramston Beach, Mossman, Cairns, Port Douglas 1999 Chameleon II: Death Match Gold Coast (including Warner Roadshow Movie World Studios) 1999 City Loop (Bored Olives) Brisbane (including West End & Yeronga) 1999 The Craic Surfers Paradise 1999 Komodo Cape Moreton, Brisbane, Gold Coast (including Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford) 1999 Paperback Hero Nindigully (including Nindigully Pub), Brisbane (including Morrison Hotel, Woolloongabba) 2000 Chameleon 3: Dark Angel Gold Coast (including Warner Roadshow Movie World Studios) 2000 Pitch Black Gold Coast (including Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Surfers Paradise) 2000 Walk the Talk Gold Coast (including Broadbeach, Surfers Paradise, Mermaid Beach & Palm Beach) 2001 Crocodile Dundee In Los Angeles Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 2001 Cubbyhouse (Hellion) Gold Coast (including Rainbow Bay) 2001 Driven Gold Coast Indy 2001 He Died with a Felafel in His Hand Brisbane (including 2 Taylor St Annerley & Taringa) 2001 Hildegarde Gold Coast (including Coolangatta) 2002 Blurred Brisbane, Surfers Paradise 2002 Ghost Ship Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Newstead, Moreton Bay 2002 Scooby-Doo Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Tangalooma (Moreton Island), Tennyson Power Station 2003 Darkness Falls Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 2003 George of the Jungle 2 Gorge Falls in Tallebudgera Valley, Gold Coast Airport, Conrad Jupiters Hotel & Casino, Broadbeach 2003 Gettin' Square Southport (including Southport District Court & Australia Fair), 2 Corporate Ct, Bundall, Maryborough Correctional Centre, Fortitude Valley 2003 Inspector Gadget 2 Brisbane (including South Bank Parklands, University of Queensland, Queensland Parliament House, William Jolly Bridge, ANZAC Square & Brisbane City Hall) 2003 Paradise Found Port Douglas 2003 Peter Pan Gold Coast (including Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford) 2003 Swimming Upstream Spring Hill Baths 2003 Tempted (Returning Lily) Gold Coast (including Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford) 2003 Undead Woodford 2004 Big Reef Cooktown, Queensland 2004 Bondi Tsunami Sunshine Coast (including Aussie World, Palmview & The Big Pineapple, Woombye), Gold Coast 2004 Loop the Loop (Up and Down) Brisbane 2005 The Great Raid Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Bribie Island, Tallebudgera Valley, Tamborine Mountain, North Queensland 2005 House of Wax Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 2005 The Proposition Winton 2006 48 Shades Brisbane (including Brisbane Boys' College, Kangaroo Point, Story Bridge & Rosalie) 2006 Aquamarine Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Tallebudgera Creek, Sea World, Palm Beach, Burleigh Heads, Shorncliffe 2006 Kokoda Mount Tamborine 2006 The Marine Village Roadshow Studios, Bond University, Robina, Surfers Paradise, Brisbane (including Waterfront Place), Gladstone, Townsville 2006 See No Evil Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 2007 All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane Brisbane (including New Farm, Paddington, Kangaroo Point, Brookfield, Toowong, Story Bridge & Royal Exchange Hotel) 2007 The Condemned Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Mount Tamborine, Brisbane (including Boggo Road Gaol) 2007 Gone Longreach, Winton 2007 Heyy Babyy Brisbane (including Exchange Hotel), Dreamworld, Coomera 2007Unfinished Sky Beaudesert (including Wyambin homestead), Boonah, Fassifern Valley, Brisbane (including Story Bridge) 2008 Acolytes Glass House Mountains, Redcliffe 2008 Australia Bowen, Darling Downs 2008 Fool's Gold Hamilton Island, Port Douglas (including Central Hotel), Lizard Island, Airlie Beach, Hervey Bay, Cairns, Fraser Island, Moreton Bay, Village Roadshow Studios, Brisbane (including Queensland University of Technology, St Mary's Anglican Church, Brisbane City Botanic Gardens) 2008 The Horseman Burpengary 2008 Nim's Island Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Gorge Falls in Tallebudgera Valley, Hinchinbrook Island, Bowen, Port Douglas 2008 The Ruins Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Mount Tamborine, Natural Arch (Springbrook) 2009 Beauty and the Beast Gold Coast (including Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford) 2009 Charlie & Boots Emerald (including Emerald Botanic Gardens), Rubyvale, Cape York Peninsula 2009 Daybreakers Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Robina railway station, Brisbane (including Riparian Plaza & New Farm) 2009 In Her Skin Brisbane 2009 Subdivision Hervey Bay 2009 Triangle Queensland Maritime Museum (HMAS Diamantina), Raby Bay Marina, Southport Yacht Club, Southport Spit 2010 Beneath Hill 60 Townsville 2010 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Cleveland Point, South Stradbroke Island, The Southport School, Doug Jennings Park, Stapylton Quarry 2010 Jucy Brisbane (including West End, The Gap, Paddington, New Farm), Ephraim Island, Gold Coast 2010 The Reef Hervey Bay, Bowen, Lady Elliot Island 2010 Savages Crossing Ipswich 2010 The Tree Boonah 2010 Uninhabited Masthead Island, Capricorn Coast 2011 Come and Get Me Sunshine Coast, Brisbane, Eudlo Forest 2011 The Killage Sunshine Coast, Ewen Maddock Dam Recreation Centre 2011 Sanctum Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Muggy Beach on Dunk Island, Jacobs Well 2011 Sinbad and the Minotaur Glass House Mountains 2012 Bad Karma Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 2012 Bait 3D Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Coolangatta Beach, ALDI Coolangatta 2012 Daddy's Little Girl Sunshine Coast 2012 Iron Sky Warner Roadshow Studios, Oxenford 2012 Mabo Rosewood Hotel 2012 Return to Nim's Island Village Roadshow Studios, Oxenford, Magnetic Island 2013 The Railway Man Gold Coast hinterland,