(Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Strictly Oz Film Festival)
1996
South Korea
(Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival)
1997
Czech Republic
(Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
Jul 1997
USA
(Seattle International Film Festival)
May 2000
Australia
(DVD premiere)
Nov 23, 2001
USA
(Atlanta Film and Video Festival)
May 2002
Spain
(Sitges Film Festival)
Oct 2002
Greece
(Ecocinema Festival)
Jun 2004
Greece
(Panorama of European Cinema)
Jun 23, 2006
Poland
(ERA New Horizons Film Festival)
Jul 20, 2007
Hungary
(TV release)
Aug 1, 2007
Australia
(Adelaide Film Festival)
Mar 1, 2011
Greece
(re-release)
Jun 19, 2012
Greece
(Greek Film Archive)
Aug 30, 2012
Australia
(Melbourne International Film Festival)
Aug 13, 2015
Netherlands
(Imagine Film Festival)
Apr 2020
France
(Cinémathèque française)
Jul 16, 2021
Taiwan
(Kaohsiung Film Festival)
Oct 17, 2021
Poland
(Timeless Film Festival Warsaw)
Apr 18, 2026
The Last Wave
(Original title)
The Last Wave
Australia
Peter Weir's The Last Wave
Australia (dvd box title)
A Última Onda
Brazil
Последната вълна
Bulgaria (Bulgarian title)
The Last Wave
Canada (English title)
La dernière vague
Canada (French title)
Poslední vlna
Czech Republic
Den sidste bølge
Denmark
Viimeinen aalto
Finland
The Last Wave
Finland (dvd title)
La dernière vague
France
Die letzte Flut
Germany
To τελευταίο κύμα
Greece
Utánam a vízözön
Hungary
The Last Wave
India (English title)
The Last Wave
Ireland (English title)
L'ultima onda
Italy
ザ・ラスト・ウェーブ
Japan
La última ola
Mexico
The Last Wave
New Zealand (English title)
Den siste bølgen
Norway
Ostatnia fala
Poland
A Última Vaga
Portugal
Ultimul val
Romania
Последњи талас
Serbia
Posledná vlna
Slovakia
The Last Wave
South Africa (English title)
Последняя волна
Soviet Union (Russian title)
La última ola
Spain
Den sista vågen
Sweden
終浪
Taiwan
最後大浪
Taiwan (festival title)
Esrarengiz Dava
Turkey (Turkish title)
The Last Wave
UK
The Last Wave
USA
La última ola
USA (Spanish title)
Peter Weir's The Last Wave
USA (dvd box title)
Остання хвиля
Ukraine
Die letzte Flut
West Germany
Sex & Nudity
Mild
In the beginning of the film, a schoolteacher's shirt gets wet a and her nipples show clearly through her shirt.
Brief male full rear nudity and glimpse of genitals and pubic hair related to a tribal ritual. A bare-breasted Aboriginal woman and bare-chested Aboriginal man are seen in book photographs.
Violence & Gore
Mild
In a dream sequence numerous people are seen submerged in water, it is implied that they drowned.
A man is murdered off camera. The killer is then seen with a small amount of blood on his hand.
The main plot line follows a murder. The murder is shown, but with very little actual violence, but it is discussed how he died and such later.
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
Mild
Some characters smoke.
Frightening & Intense Scenes
Moderate
The entire film is very unsettling and eerie with very menacing undertones. While there are no jump scenes, it is disturbing and at times could even be considered scary.