List of Australian films of the 1950s

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This is a chronological list of Australian films of the 1950s. For a complete alphabetical list, see Category:Australian films.

1950s

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1950
Bitter Springs Ralph Smart Tommy Trinder, Chips Rafferty, Gordon Jackson, Jean Blue, Michael Pate, Bud Tingwell, Nonnie Piper, Nicky Yardley IMDb
The Kangaroo Kid
1951
The Glenrowan Affair
1952
Mike and Stefani R. Maslyn Williams Documentary NFSA
Night Club
1953
Captain Thunderbolt
King of the Coral Sea
The Phantom Stockman Lee Robinson Chips Rafferty, Victoria Shaw, Guy Doleman
Wherever She Goes Michael Gordon Eileen Joyce, Suzanne Parrett, Muriel Steinbeck, Nigel Lovell, John Wiltshire, George Wallace, Tim Drysdale, Syd Chambers, Rex Dawe, Sefton Daly, Jacqueline Cat Drama IMDb
1954
The Back of Beyond John Heyer Tom Kruse Documentary IMDb
Long John Silver Byron Haskin Robert Newton, Rod Taylor Adventure IMDb
1955
Jedda Charles Chauvel Ngarla Kunoth, Robert Tudawali, Betty Suttor, Paul Reynall, George Simpson-Lyttle, Tas Fitzer, Wason Byers, Willie Farrar, Margaret Dingle, Nosepeg
1956
Olympic Games 1956
Walk into Paradise Marcello Pagliero, Lee Robinson Chips Rafferty, Francoise Christophe, Reg Lye, Pierre Cressoy, Sergeant Major Somu, District Officer Fred Kaad, Captain Richard Davis Adventure Entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival
Smiley IMDb
1957
Robbery Under Arms IMDb
Three in One
1958
Conquest of the Rivers AFI winner for Best Film
Dust in the Sun
Hard to Windward AFI winner for Best Film
Smiley Gets a Gun
The Stowaway
1959
L' Ambitieuse (The Restless and the Damned) Yves Allégret Edmond O'Brien, Richard Basehart, Andrea Parisy, Nicole Berger, Nigel Lovell, Reg Lye, Jean Marchat, Denise Vernac Drama IMDb
Edge of the Deep AFI winner for Best Film
The Power Makers AFI winner for Best Film
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Leslie Norman Ernest Borgnine, Anne Baxter Comedy IMDb

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