List of films shot in Brisbane

The following is a list of films shot wholly or partly in Brisbane, Australia.

Films

Film Year Locations Ref
1921 The Raiders 8km from Indooroopilly railway station [1]
1921 Retribution Boggo Road Gaol, Queen Street [2][3][4]
1926 Greenhide Oxford House (Ann Street, Brisbane), Indooroopilly [5][6][7]
1969 Age of Consent Brisbane (including Albion Park racecourse) [8][9]
1989 The Delinquents Brisbane (including Park Royal Hotel) [10][11]
1990 Bloodmoon Brisbane, Redcliffe, Marist College Ashgrove [12]
1994 Street Fighter
1996 First Strike (Police Story 4) Chinatown, Old Museum Building (Bowen Hills) [13][14]
1996 The Phantom Brisbane City Hall, Manor Apartment Hotel [15][16]
1997 Mr Nice Guy Fortitude Valley [17]
1997 The Real Macaw Brisbane (including Brisbane Airport & King George Square), Stradbroke Island
1999 Komodo Cape Moreton, Brisbane [12]
1999 Paperback Hero Morrison Hotel, Woolloongabba
2001 He Died with a Felafel in His Hand 2 Taylor St Annerley, Taringa
2002 Blurred Brisbane, Surfers Paradise
2002 Ghost Ship Village Roadshow Studios, Newstead, Moreton Bay [18][19][20][21][22][23]
2002 Scooby-Doo Tennyson Power Station [24]
2003 Gettin' Square
2003 Inspector Gadget 2 South Bank Parklands, University of Queensland, Queensland Parliament House, William Jolly Bridge, ANZAC Square, Brisbane City Hall [15]
2003 Swimming Upstream Spring Hill Baths [25]
2004 Loop the Loop Brisbane
2006 Aquamarine Shorncliffe [26]
2006 The Marine Brisbane (including Waterfront Place)
2006 48 Shades Brisbane Boys' College, Kangaroo Point, Story Bridge, Rosalie [27]
2007 Heyy Babyy Brisbane (including Exchange Hotel)
2007 Unfinished Sky Brisbane (including Story Bridge) [28][29][30]
2007 All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane New Farm, Paddington, Kangaroo Point, Brookfield, Toowong, Story Bridge, Royal Exchange Hotel [31][32]
2007 The Condemned Boggo Road Gaol [33]
2008 Fool's Gold QUT, St Mary's Anglican Church, Brisbane City Botanic Gardens [34][35][36]
2008 The Horseman Burpengary, Brisbane [12]
2009 Daybreakers Riparian Plaza, New Farm [12]
2009 In Her Skin Brisbane [37]
2009 Savages Crossing Ipswich [12]
2009 Triangle Queensland Maritime Museum (HMAS Diamantina) [12]
2010 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Cleveland Point, Stapylton Quarry [38][39]
2010 Jucy West End, The Gap, Paddington, New Farm [40]
2011 Come and Get Me Brisbane [12]
2011 Sanctum Jacobs Well [12]
2012 Iron Sky Tribal Theatre (George Street) [41]
2012 Tender
2013 The Railway Man Fort Lytton National Park [42]
2014 Unbroken Fort Lytton [42][43]
2015 San Andreas Myer Centre carpark [42]
2017 Pacific Rim: Uprising Bulwer Island, Eagle Street [44]
2017 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Cleveland Point [45]
2017 Thor: Ragnarok Mary Street, Albert Street, Esk Lane, Margaret Street [46][47]
2019 The Brighton Miracle [42]
2019 Dora and the Lost City of Gold South Brisbane, Old Museum Building, Brisbane, Brisbane Airport [48][49]
2020 Aiyai: Wrathful Soul [42]
2020 Love and Monsters (Monster Problems) Mount Cotton, Screen Queensland Studios, Hemmant [50]
2020 Romance on the Menu Shorncliffe, Brisbane [38][42][43]
2020 Swimming for Gold South Bank Parklands, South Bank Beach, Tallebudgera Creek [38][43]
2021 Christmas on the Farm Brookfield [51][52]
2021 Godzilla vs. Kong Chinatown Mall Fortitude Valley, ULTIQA Rothbury Hotel, Masonic Temple, Brisbane [53][54][50]
2022 The Curious Case of Dolphin Bay Pullenvale [55]
2022 Thirteen Lives Yatala, Griffith University Logan Campus, Brisbane Domestic Airport [56]
2022 Ticket To Paradise Brisbane City Hall, Centenary Pool Complex, Rainforest Gardens (Mount Cotton), Queen's Wharf construction site [15][57]
2023 The Portable Door Brisbane Central Station, Queen Street Mall, Treasury Building, Old Museum Building, Brisbane’s Bank of NSW [38][58]
2025 Fear Below
2026 All My Friends Are Back in Brisbane
2026 Balls Up Brisbane City Hall, Fortitude Valley [59][60]
2026 Fing! Screen Queensland Studios, Hemmant, Thomas Dixon Centre [61]
2026 Killer Whale
2026 Posthumous Brisbane [62]
2026 Runner New Farm Park, Story Bridge [63][64][65]
2027 Godzilla x Kong: Supernova Brisbane [66][67]
TBA Allen Screen Queensland Studios, Hemmant [68]
TBA Honeymoon with Harry Teneriffe, Chelmer [69][70]

See also

References

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  4. ↑ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 109
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