Before the Rain is a 2010 Australian drama film. The film is an anthology of four short films taking place on a hot day in Sydney just before a rainstorm.

Each of the four stories was written by a different screenwriter, and directed by a different filmmaker. The directors were Craig Boreham, Nick Clifford, Stephen de Villiers and CJ Johnson, and the writers were Shirley Barrett, Judy Morris, Christopher Lee and Alice Bell.