List of Australian films of 1986
1986[]
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| , Nick Giannopoulos, James Cox | Comedy / Short | IMDb | ||
| Alice to Nowhere | John Power | John Waters, Steve Jacobs, Rosey Jones | Crime / Drama / Horror | IMDb |
| Graham Shirley | Bill Hunter | IMDb | ||
| BabaKiueria | Don Featherstone | Michelle Torres, Bob Maza | Drama / Short | IMDb |
| Backlash | Bill Bennett | David Argue, Gia Carides, , Brian Syron, Anne Smith, Gregory McMahon, | Crime / Drama | IMDb |
| Cactus | Paul Cox | Isabelle Huppert, Robert Menzies, Norman Kaye | Drama | IMDb |
| Cassandra | Colin Eggleston | , Tessa Humphries, | Horror / Thriller | IMDb |
| Coming of Age | Brian Jones | , David Evans, Mark Neal | Comedy | IMDb |
| Cool Change | George Miller | Jon Blake, , Deborra-Lee Furness | Action / Adventure | IMDb |
| Crocodile Dundee | Peter Faiman | Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon, David Gulpilil | Adventure / Comedy | IMDb |
| Dead-End Drive In | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Ned Manning, , Peter Whitford | Science Fiction / Action | IMDb |
| Death of a Soldier | Philippe Mora | James Coburn, Bill Hunter, Reb Brown | Crime / Drama / War | IMDb |
| Departure | Brian Kavanagh | Patricia Kennedy, Michael Duffield, June Jago | Drama | IMDb aka: "A Pair of Claws"[1] |
| Dot and Keeto | Yoram Gross | Robyn Moore, Keith Scott, | Children / Animation | IMdb |
| Dot and the Whale | Yoram Gross | , Robyn Moore, Keith Scott | Children / Animation | IMDb |
| Double Sculls | Ian Gilmour | John Hargreaves, Chris Haywood, Bill Kerr | Adventure | IMDb |
| Emma's War | Clytie Jessop | Lee Remick, Miranda Otto, Mark Lee | Drama | IMDb |
| For Love Alone | Stephen Wallace | Helen Buday, Sam Neill, Hugo Weaving | History Romance | IMDb Entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival[2] |
| Fortress | Arch Nicholson | Rachel Ward, Vernon Wells | Horror | IMDb |
| The Fringe Dwellers | Bruce Beresford | Justine Saunders, | Drama | IMDb, entered into the 1986 Cannes Film Festival[3] |
| Frog Dreaming | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Henry Thomas | Drama | IMDb |
| Going Sane | Michael Robertson | John Waters, Judy Morris, Linda Cropper | Comedy | IMDb |
| The Humpty Dumpty Man | P.J. Hogan | Frank Gallacher, Jim Holt, Frederick Parslow | Drama / Thriller | IMDb |
| Jenny Kissed Me | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Ivar Kants, Deborra-Lee Furness, Tamsin West | Drama | IMDb |
| Just Us | Scott Burgess, Catherine McClements, | Crime / Romance | IMDb | |
| Kidnapped | Tom Burlinson, , Wallas Eaton | Animation / Adventure | IMDb | |
| Landslides | Sarah Gibson, Susan Lambert | Documentary | IMDb | |
| Le Corps imagé | Short | IMDb | ||
| The Local Rag | Keith Wilkes | Maggie Millar, Peter Cummins | Drama | IMDb |
| Malcolm | Nadia Tass | Colin Friels, Lindy Davies, Chris Haywood, John Hargreaves, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Heather Mitchell, Ian McFadyen, Denise Scott | Comedy / Crime | IMDb |
| Man and Boy | John Clarke | Terry Gill, Frank Magree, Cliff Ellen | Short | IMDb |
| Marauders | Mark Savage | Zero Montana, , Megan Spencer | Horror | IMDb |
| The More Things Change... | Robyn Nevin | Judy Morris, Barry Otto, Victoria Longley | Drama | IMDb |
| My Letter to George | Michael Laughlin | Jodie Foster, John Lithgow, Michael Murphy, Dan Shor, Harry Andrews | Drama | IMDb Aka: "Mesmerized"[4] |
| Drama / Short | IMDb | |||
| Platypus Cove | Peter Maxwell | Tony Barry, Carmen Duncan, Simone Buchanan | Adventure | IMDb |
| Played in Australia | Margreta Elkins, Thomas Edmonds | Documentary | IMDb | |
| Playing Beatie Bow | Donald Crombie | Peter Phelps, Imogen Annesley, Mouche Phillips, Nikki Coghill, Moya O'Sullivan | Historical romance | IMDb |
| Biography | IMDb | |||
| Run Chrissie Run! | Carmen Duncan, Red Symons, Michael Aitkens, Shane Briant | Adventure, Crime, Drama | IMDb | |
| Short Changed | George Ogilvie | David Kennedy, , | Drama | IMDb |
| Sky Pirates | Colin Eggleston | John Hargreaves, Meredith Phillips, Max Phipps | Adventure / Sci-Fi | IMDb |
| Starview | Patrick Flanagan | Oriana Panozzo, Tony Álvarez | Sci-Fi | IMDb |
| Paul Williams | , , Frank Thring | Animation / Family | IMDb | |
| The Surfer | Frank Shields | Gary Day, Gosia Dobrowolska, Rod Mullinar | Action / Drama | IMDb |
| Time After Time | Bill Hays | John Gielgud, Googie Withers, Helen Cherry, Ursula Howells, Trevor Howard | Comedy | IMDb |
| Traps | John Hughes | , , | IMDb | |
| Two Friends | Jane Campion | , | Drama | IMDb, Screened at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival[5] |
| Windrider | Tom Burlinson, Nicole Kidman, Bud Tingwell | Comedy / Drama | IMDb | |
| Zombie Brigade | , | , Khym Lam, | Horror | IMDb |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Departure (1986) - IMDb, retrieved 20 June 2021
- ^ "Programme 1987". berlinale.de. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ "festival-cannes.com".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Mesmerized (1985) - IMDb, retrieved 20 June 2021
- ^ "festival-cannes.com".
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External links[]
- Australian film at the Internet Movie Database
Categories:
- Lists of Australian films by year
- Lists of 1986 films by country or language
- 1986 in Australian cinema