List of Australian films of 1986

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## 1986

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Title  | Director  | Cast  | Genre  | Notes

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100% Wool | Tony Mahood | Rowena Mohr, Nick Giannopoulos, James Cox | Comedy / Short | IMDb
Alice to Nowhere | John Power | John Waters, Steve Jacobs, Rosey Jones | Crime / Drama / Horror | IMDb
The Australian Image | Graham Shirley | Bill Hunter |  | IMDb
BabaKiueria | Don Featherstone | Michelle Torres, Bob Maza | Drama / Short | IMDb
Backlash | Bill Bennett | David Argue, Gia Carides, Lydia Miller, Brian Syron, Anne Smith, Gregory McMahon, Anthony Holmes, Don Smith, Jennifer Cluff | Crime / Drama Feature film | IMDb
The Blue Lightning | Lee Philips | Sam Elliott, Rebecca Gilling, Robert Culp, John Meillon, Robert Coleby, Max Phipps, Ernie Dingo, Ray Meagher, Norman Erskine | Adventure / Action / Drama / Thriller TV film US Co-production |
Cactus | Paul Cox | Isabelle Huppert, Robert Menzies, Norman Kaye, Monica Maughan, Banduk Marika, Sheila Florance, Julia Blake, Ray Marshall, Maurie Fields, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Sean Scully | Drama Feature film | IMDb
Call Me Mr. Brown | Scott Hicks | Chris Haywood, Vincent Ball, Russel Kiefel, John Polson, John Frawley, Max Cullen, Edwin Hodgeman, Patrick Frost, Brenton Whittle, Ken Goodlet, Grant Piro, Bill Hunter | Crime / Comedy Feature film |
Cassandra | Colin Eggleston | Tessa Humphries, Shane Briant, Kit Taylor, Lee James, Briony Behets, Susan Barling, Tim Burns, Natalie McCurry, Jeff Watson, Kate Carruthers, Gary Trail, Tegan Charles, Dylan O'Neill | Horror / Thriller Feature film | IMDb
Coming of Age | Brian Jones | Angela Menzies-Wills, David Evans, Mark Neal | Comedy | IMDb
Crocodile Dundee | Peter Faiman | Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon, David Gulpilil, Mark Blum, Ritchie Singer, Maggie Blinco, Michael Lombard, Steve Rackman | Adventure / Comedy / Drama Feature film | IMDb
Dead-End Drive In | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Ned Manning, Natalie McCurry, Peter Whitford, Brett Climo, Ollie Hall, Wilbur Wilde | Action / Horror / Sci-fi Feature film | IMDb
Death of a Soldier | Philippe Mora | James Coburn, Bill Hunter, Reb Brown, Maurie Fields, Belinda Davey, Max Fairchild, Michael Pate, Frank Thring, Terence Donovan | Crime / Drama / War Feature film | IMDb
Departure | Brian Kavanagh | Patricia Kennedy, Michael Duffield, June Jago, Serge Lazareff, Jon Sidney, Sally Cahill, Bettina Welch, Barry Quin, Peter Dunn, Barbara Warner, Sally Catall, Sean Scully | Drama Feature film | IMDb aka: "A Pair of Claws"[1]
Dot and Keeto | Yoram Gross | Robyn Moore, Keith Scott, Ashley Ayre | Children / Animation | IMdb
Dot and the Whale | Yoram Gross | Kim Deacon, 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
The Fish Are Safe | Noni Hazlehurst | Michele Fawdon, Peter Cummins, Grant Spiteri, Alan Fletcher, Vivean Gray, Frank Gallacher, Mickie Camilleri, Mike Bishop, Danny Nash, Penelope Shelton, Jane Menelaus | Romance ABC TV film |
For Love Alone | Stephen Wallace | Helen Buday, Sam Neill, Hugo Weaving, Huw Williams, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Odile Le Clezio, Kate Raison, Nick Opolski, John Polson, Linden Wilkinson, Judi Farr | History / Romance Feature film | IMDb Entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival[2]
Fortress | Arch Nicholson | Rachel Ward, Vernon Wells | Horror | IMDb
Frenchman's Farm | Ron Way | Tracey Tainsh, David Reyne, Ray Barrett, Norman Kaye, Andrew Blackman, Phil Brock, John Meillon, Penny Jones | Horror / Mystery / Thriller Feature film |
The Fringe Dwellers | Bruce Beresford | Justine Saunders, Kristina Nehm, Bob Maza, Kyle Benning, Dennis Walker, Kath Walker, Ernie Dingo | Drama Feature film | IMDb, entered into the 1986 Cannes Film Festival[3]
Frog Dreaming | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Henry Thomas | Drama | IMDb
Gallagher's Travels | Michael Caulfield | Ivar Kants, Joanne Samuel, Stuart Campbell, Jennifer Hagan, Frances Yin, Sylvester Iwinski, Kym Lynch, Laurence Hodge, David Clendenning, Ian Cope, Danny Underwood | Adventure / Comedy / Romance TV film |
Going Sane | Michael Robertson | John Waters, Judy Morris, Linda Cropper, Kate Raison, Frank Wilson, Jim Holt, Brett Climo, Tim Robertson | Comedy Feature film | IMDb
A Halo For Athuan | Alan Burke | Gwen Plumb, Ron Haddrick, Fiona Stewart, Tim Elliot, Danny Caretti, Tom Farley, Basil Clarke, Saviour Sammut, David Morris, Fred Steele, Denise Roberts, Dane Carson | Comedy / Drama ABC TV film | aka Athuan / The Book Of Athuan
The Hour Before My Brother Dies | James Clayden | Peter Hehir, Rhonda Wilson, Reg Evans, Margot Duell, Mark Minchinton, Victor Iacobucci, Ryan Sneddon, Rachel Pocock | Drama ABC TV film |
Hunger | Stephen Wallace | Brendan Higgins, Melita Jurisic, Ken Lawrence, Corinne Bassett, John Bell, Paul Chubb, Briony Behets, Evette Bassett, Robyn Archer, Cathy Downes | Drama ABC TV film
The Humpty Dumpty Man | P. J. Hogan | Frank Gallacher, Jim Holt, Frederick Parslow, Claire Crowther, Rod Mullinar, Alex English, John Frawley, Deborra-Lee Furness, Kim Gyngell, Sue Jones, Robin Harrison, Frankie J Holden | Drama / Thriller Feature film | IMDb
Jackson's Crew | Michael Rodger | John Bowman, Penny Jones, Cae Rees, Greg Powells, Rebecca Cogzill, Andrew Booth, Ove Altman, Jenny Hall, David Clendenning | Drama / Family TV film / TV Pilot |
Jenny Kissed Me | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Ivar Kants, Deborra-Lee Furness, Tamsin West | Drama | IMDb
Just Us | Gordon Glenn | Scott Burgess, Catherine McClements, Merfyn Owen, Gina Riley, Jay Mannering, Kim Gyngell, Marie Redshaw, Richard Moss, Dennis Moore, Judith Graham | Crime / Romance TV film | IMDb
Kangaroo | Tim Burstall | Colin Friels, Judy Davis, John Walton, Julie Nihill, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Peter Hehir, Peter Cummins, David Hutchins, Tim Robertson | Drama / Romance Feature film | IMDb, Entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival[4]
Kidnapped | Geoff Collins | Tom Burlinson, Matthew Fargher, Wallas Eaton | Animation / Adventure | IMDb
Landslides | Sarah Gibson, Susan Lambert |  | Documentary | IMDb
The Last Warhorse | Bob Meillon | Graham Dow, Robert Carlton, Olivia Martin, Kristen Vergia, Ritchie Singer, Kurt Schneider, Kenji Konda, Kazue Matsumoto | Drama / Family TV film |
Le Corps imagé | Stephen Cummins |  | 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, Beverley Phillips, Heather Mitchell, Ian McFadyen, Denise Scott, | Comedy / Crime Feature film | IMDb
Man and Boy | John Clarke | Terry Gill, Frank Magree, Cliff Ellen, John Clarke | Short | IMDb
Marauders | Mark Savage | Zero Montana, Colin Savage, Megan Spencer, Janie Fearon, Sam Davies, Sonia Berton, Richard Wolstencroft, Paul Harrington | Horror / Thriller Feature film | 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"[5]
My Life Without Steve | Gillian Leahy | Jennifer Vuletic | Drama / Short | 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, Don Barker, Su Cruickshank, Lyndel Rowe, Barbara Stephens | Drama / Historical / Romance Feature film | IMDb
Raoul Wallenberg: Between the Lines | Karin Altmann |  | Biography | AFI award
Run Chrissie Run! | Chris Langman | Carmen Duncan, Red Symons, Michael Aitkens, Shane Briant | Adventure, Crime, Drama | IMDb
Shark's Paradise | Michael Jenkins | David Reyne, Sally Taylor, Ron Becks, John Paramor, Peter Sumner, Peter Gwynne, Dennis Miller, Ralph Cotterill, Lynda Stoner, Sean Scully, Howard Mungo | Action / Drama / Thriller TV film / TV Pilot |
Short Changed | George Ogilvie | David Kennedy, Susan Leith, Jamie Agius | Drama | IMDb
A Single Life | John Power | Tina Bursill, Steven Jacobs, Jane Clifton, Pamela Rabe, Tony Rickards, Terence Donovan, John Higginson, Esben Storm | Drama / Romance ABC TV film | aka Below The Belt (Melbourne)
Sky Pirates | Colin Eggleston | John Hargreaves, Meredith Phillips, Max Phipps | Adventure / Sci-Fi | IMDb
Starview | Patrick Flanagan | Oriana Panozzo, Tony Álvarez | Sci-Fi | IMDb
The Steam-Driven Adventures of Riverboat Bill | Paul Williams | Debby Cumming, Brian Hannan, Frank Thring | Animation / Family | IMDb
The Surfer | Frank Shields | Gary Day, Gosia Dobrowolska, Rod Mullinar, Tony Barry, Gerard Maguire, Stephen Leeder, David Clendenning, Kris McQuade | Action / Drama / Thriller Feature film | IMDb
Time After Time | Bill Hays | John Gielgud, Googie Withers, Helen Cherry, Ursula Howells, Trevor Howard | Comedy | IMDb
Traps | John Hughes | Carolyn Howard, Gwenda Wiseman, Paul Davies, John Flaus, Lesley Stern, Sylvie Le Clezio, Drew Cottle, Peter Sommerfield, Michael Gill | Drama / Thriller Feature film | IMDb
Two Friends | Jane Campion | Kris Bidenko, Emma Coles, Kris McQuade, Debra May, Peter Hehir, Tony Barry, Stephen Leeder, Kim Antonios, John Sheerin, Denise Roberts, Steve Bisley | Drama ABC TV film | IMDb, Screened at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival[6]
Windrider | Vincent Monton | Tom Burlinson, Nicole Kidman, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Jill Perryman, Simon Chilvers, Kim Bullad, Stig Wemyss, Mark Williams | Action / Drama / Romance Feature film | IMDb Making Waves (Title in Perth, Western Australia)
Zombie Brigade | Carmelo Musca, Barrie Pattison | John Moore, Khym Lam, Geoffrey Gibbs, Adam Wong, Leslie Wright, Bob Faggetter, Michael Fuller, Graeme Rattigan, Brian Fitzsimmons, Maggie Wilde West | Horror Feature film | IMDb

## See also

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* 1986 in Australia
* 1986 in Australian television

## References

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1. ^ Departure (1986) - IMDb, retrieved 20 June 2021
2. ^ "Programme 1987". berlinale.de. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
3. ^ "festival-cannes.com".
4. ^ "1987 :: Moscow International Film Festival". moscowfilmfestival.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 27 June 2021.
5. ^ Mesmerized (1985) - IMDb, retrieved 20 June 2021
6. ^ "festival-cannes.com".

## External links

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* Australian film at the Internet Movie Database

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* South Australian Film Corporation
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* Village Roadshow Pictures
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* Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA)
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* Australian Costumers' Guild
* Australian Directors' Guild
* Australian Film Institute (AFI)
* Australian Classification Board
* Australian Guild of Screen Composers
* Australian Production Design Guild
* Australian Screen Editors
* Australian Writers' Guild
* Casting Guild of Australia
* Film Critics Circle of Australia
* FTI
* Screen Australia
* Screen Producers Australia
* Sydney Filmmakers Cooperative

Awards|

* AACTA Awards
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* ASE Awards
* ATOM Awards
* AWGIE Awards
* Film Critics Circle of Australia
* Inside Film Awards
* Screen Music Awards

Theatres|

* Ace Cinemas
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* Dendy Cinemas
* Event Cinemas
* Grand Cinemas
* Hoyts
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* Palace Cinemas
* Reading Cinemas
* Village Cinemas
* Wallis Cinemas

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* Academy Award winners and nominees
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* Bushranger ban
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