Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Studio/Notes |
1980 |
Das eine Glück und das andere | Axel Corti | Suzanne von Borsody, Peter Simonischek, Hans Brenner | Drama | |
Egon Schiele – Exzess und Bestrafung | Herbert Vesely | Mathieu Carrière, Jane Birkin, Christine Kaufmann | | |
Exit... nur keine Panik (Exit - Just Don't Panic) | Franz Novotny | Paulus Manker, Hanno Pöschl, Isolde Barth, Eddie Constantine | Action comedy | Günther Köpf Film / Terra-Film |
Fleischwolf (Meat grinder) | Houchang Allahyari [de] | Hanno Pöschl, Barbara Demmer [de], Thomas Morris [de] | Drama | |
1981 |
Anima – Symphonie phantastique | Titus Leber | Mathieu Carrière, Charo López | | Screened at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival |
Der Bockerer | Franz Antel | Karl Merkatz | | Entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival |
Mephisto | István Szabó | Klaus Maria Brandauer, Krystyna Janda, Rolf Hoppe, Karin Boyd | Drama | Hungarian-West German-East German-Austrian co-production |
Der Schüler Gerber [de] (The Schoolboy Gerber) | Wolfgang Glück | Gabriel Barylli, Werner Kreindl | Drama | |
Der Traum des Sandino (Sandino's Dream) | Margareta Heinrich [de] | | Documentary | filmed in Nicaragua |
Den Tüchtigen gehört die Welt (The World Belongs to the Thorough) | Peter Patzak | Franz Buchrieser [de] | Crime film | Beginning of the Kottan series |
Ein wenig sterben (Die a Little) | Mansur Madavi [de] | Alfred Solm | Drama | |
1982 |
Die Ausgesperrten (The Excluded) | Franz Novotny | Rudolf Wessely, Paulus Manker, Christine Kaufmann | TV Drama | Based on Wonderful, Wonderful Times by Elfriede Jelinek |
Café Malaria [de] | Niki List [de] | Andreas Vitásek [de] | Comedy | Max-Ophüls-Preis 1983 |
Die Erben [de] (The Inheritors) | Walter Bannert [de] | Nikolas Vogel, Robert Schauer | Drama | Bannert-Film |
God Does Not Believe in Us Anymore [fr] | Axel Corti | Johannes Silberschneider, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Barbara Petritsch [de] | Drama | |
Sei zärtlich, Pinguin [de] (Be Gentle, Penguin) | Peter Hajek [de] | Marie Colbin [de], Heinz Hoenig | Romantic comedy | Dieter Geissler Film u. a. |
1983 |
Angst (Fear) | Gerald Kargl | Erwin Leder, Silvia Ryder [de], Karin Springer [de], Edith Rosset [de], Rudolf Götz | Horror | |
Herrenjahre | Axel Corti | Peter Simonischek | Drama | |
Hirnbrennen (Brain Burning) | Leopold Huber [de] | Heidi Baratta [de], Gerhard Dorfer [de], Enzi Fuchs [de], Eva Kerbler | Drama | |
Karambolage | Kitty Kino [de] | Marie Colbin [de], Wilfried Baasner [de] | Satire | |
Der Stille Ozean (The Silent Ocean) | Xaver Schwarzenberger | Hanno Pöschl, Marie-France Pisier | | Entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival |
Tramps | Peter Patzak | Elliott Gould | | |
Der Weg ins Freie (The Road into the Open) | Karin Brandauer | Klaus Maria Brandauer, Hans Clarin | Drama | |
1984 |
Eine blassblaue Frauenschrift [de] (Pale Blue Ink in a Lady's Hand) | Axel Corti | Krystyna Janda, Friedrich von Thun, Gabriel Barylli | Drama | |
Dear Karl | Maria Knilli [de] | | | |
Dicht hinter der Tür (Just Behind the Door) | Mansur Madavi [de] | | | |
Malambo | Milan Dor [de] | Klaus Rohrmoser [de] | | |
Tiger: Springtime in Vienna [de] | Peter Patzak | Art Metrano, William Berger, Eddie Constantine | Comedy | |
Time Troopers (Morgengrauen) | Peter Sämann [de] | Albert Fortell [de], Hannelore Elsner, Barbara Rudnik, Hans-Georg Panczak | Science fiction | |
1985 |
Coconuts [de] | Franz Novotny | Hanno Pöschl, Olivia Pascal, Rainhard Fendrich, Mario Adorf | Comedy | |
Oberst Redl (Colonel Redl) | István Szabó | Klaus Maria Brandauer, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Gudrun Landgrebe | Drama | nominated for an Oscar and other awards |
Die Praxis der Liebe (The Practice of Love) | Valie Export | Adelheid Arndt, Rüdiger Vogler | | Entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival |
Raffl | Christian Berger | Lois Weinberger, Dietmar Schönherr | | Entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival |
Das zweite Schraube-Fragment | Walter Andreas Christen | | Short | Screened at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival |
1986 |
Der Aufstand | Peter Patzak | Joachim Bißmeier, Monica Bleibtreu | Drama | |
Echo Park | Robert Dornhelm | Susan Dey, Tom Hulce, Heinrich Schweiger | comedy | American-Austrian co-production |
Heidenlöcher (Hideouts) | Wolfram Paulus | Matthias Aichhorn, Albert Paulus | Drama / new Heimatfilm | Marwo-Film u. a. Entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival |
Müllers Büro [de] (Müller's Office) (Müller's Bureau) | Niki List [de] | Christian Schmidt, Barbara Rudnik, Andreas Vitásek [de] | Musical comedy / detective film | Wega Film |
Santa Fe [fr] | Axel Corti | Gabriel Barylli | Drama | Thalia |
Welcome in Vienna | Axel Corti | Gabriel Barylli | Drama | Thalia |
1987 |
38 – Auch das war Wien ('38 – Vienna Before the Fall) | Wolfgang Glück | Tobias Engel, Sunnyi Melles | Literary film after Friedrich Torberg | Nominated for an Oscar |
Einstweilen wird es Mittag [de] (Marienthal: The Sociography of an Unemployed Community) | Karin Brandauer | Franziska Walser, August Schmölzer, Inge Maux | Drama | |
Gewitter im Mai (Storms in May) | Xaver Schwarzenberger | Gabriel Barylli, Claudia Messner [de] | Drama | Austrian-West German co-production |
Johann Strauß – Der König ohne Krone [de] (Johann Strauss: The King Without a Crown) | Franz Antel | Oliver Tobias, Mary Crosby, Audrey Landers, John Phillip Law, Karin Dor, Mathieu Carrière, Rolf Hoppe, Zsa Zsa Gabor | Musical / Biographical film | Austrian-East German co-production |
Schmutz | Paulus Manker | | Drama | Entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival |
Das weite Land (The Distant Land) | Luc Bondy | Michel Piccoli, Bulle Ogier | Drama | Austrian-West German co-production. Screened at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival |
1989 |
Der siebente Kontinent (The Seventh Continent) | Michael Haneke | Dieter Berner [de], Birgit Doll, Leni Tanzer, Udo Samel | Drama | Michael Haneke's cinefilm debut. Wega Film |
Ein Sohn aus gutem Hause | Karin Brandauer | Alexander Lutz [de], Angelica Ladurner [de], Georg Friedrich, Felix von Manteuffel, Ewa Błaszczyk, Rolf Boysen [de], Walter Schmidinger | Drama | |
Sterben und Leben im Schloß (Death and Life in the Castle) | Egon Humer [de] | | Documentary | Documentary film about Hartheim Euthanasia Centre |
Die toten Fische (The Dead Fishes) | Michael Synek | Joe Berger, Erwin Leder | Drama | |