List of Australian films of 2009

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Title | Director | Cast (subject of documentary) | Genre | Notes | Release date

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$9.99 | Tatia Rosenthal | Geoffrey Rush
Joel Edgerton
Anthony LaPaglia
Claudia Karvan | Animation
Drama | Regent Releasing | 17 September
Bad Bush | Samuel Genocchio | Chris Sadrinna
Jeremy Lindsay Taylor
Viva Bianca
Malcolm Kennard | Thriller | Veni Vidi Vici Films | 7 May
Balibo | Robert Connolly | Anthony LaPaglia
Oscar Isaac
Gyton Grantley
Damon Gameau | War | Transmission Films
Based on the novel Cover Up by Jill Jolliffe | 14 August
Beautiful | Dean O'Flaherty | Deborra-Lee Furness
Erik Thomson
Peta Wilson
Tahyna Tozzi | Drama | Jump Street Films | 5 March
Beautiful Kate | Rachel Ward | Ben Mendelsohn
Bryan Brown
Maeve Dermody
Rachel Griffiths | Drama | Roadshow Entertainment
Based on the novel of the same name by Newton Thornburg | 6 August
Blessed | Ana Kokkinos | Miranda Otto
Deborra-Lee Furness
William McInnes
Tasma Walton | Drama | Icon Film Distribution | 10 September
The Boys Are Back | Scott Hicks | Clive Owen
Laura Fraser
Emma Lung
Erik Thomson
Julia Blake | Drama | Miramax Films
Based on the novel The Boys Are Back in Town by Simon Carr | 12 November
Bright Star | Jane Campion | Ben Whishaw
Abbie Cornish
Kerry Fox
Thomas Sangster | Biography
Drama | Apparition Films | 26 December
Broken Hill | Dagen Merill | Luke Arnold
Alexa Vega
Timothy Hutton
Rhys Wakefield | Drama | Umbrella Entertainment | 11 September
Cedar Boys | Sehat Caradee | Rachael Taylor
Martin Henderson
Les Chantery
Daniel Amalm
Buddy Dannoun | Drama | Mushroom Pictures | 30 July
Charlie & Boots | Dean Murphy | Paul Hogan
Shane Jacobson
Roy Billing
Morgan Griffin | Comedy | Paramount Pictures | 3 September
Closed for Winter | James Bogle | Natalie Imbruglia
Danielle Catanzariti
Deborah Kennedy
Daniel Frederiksen | Drama | Omnilab Media
Based on the novel of the same name by Georgia Blain | 23 April
Coffin Rock | Rupert Glasson | Lisa Chappell
Robert Taylor
Sam Parsonson
Joseph Del Re | Thriller | Ultra Films | 22 October
The Combination | David Field | George Basha
Firass Dirani
Clare Bowen
Vaughn White | Drama | Australian Film Syndicate | 26 February
Crush | John V. Soto | Chris Egan
Emma Lung
Brooke Harman
Christian Clark | Thriller | Phase 4 Films | 10 April
Disgrace | Steve Jacobs | Eriq Ebouaney
John Malkovich
Jessica Haines
Antoinette Engel | Drama | Dendy Films
Based on the novel of the same name by J. M. Coetzee | 8 June
Eraser Children | Nathan Christoffel | Rob Alec
Simon Barbaro
Justin Bechtold
Andrew Baker | Comedy | Colour Pictures | 29 August
Family Demons | Ursula Dabrowsky | Cassandra Kane
Kerry Reid
Alex Rafalowicz
Tommy Darwin | Horror | Peacock Films | 25 March
Home of Strangers | Doan Nguyen | Jimmy Huynh
Nicole Pritchard
Karen Truong
Laurent Boiteux | Action | Passage Entertainment | 1 August
I.C.U. | Aash Aaron | Margot Robbie
Aash Aaron
Ozzie Devrish
Christian Radford | Thriller | Osiris Entertainment | 11 November
In Her Skin | Simone North | Miranda Otto
Guy Pearce
Ruth Bradley
Sam Neill | Thriller | Goldcrest Films
Based on the novel Perfect Victim by Elizabeth Southall | 14 March
Last Ride | Glendyn Ivin | Hugo Weaving
Tom Russell
Kelton Pell
Anita Hegh | Drama | Madman Entertainment
Based on the novel of the same name by Denise Young | 2 July
The Loved Ones | Sean Byrne | Xavier Samuel
Robin McLeavy
John Brumpton | Horror | Madman Entertainment | 13 September
Lucky Country | Kriv Stenders | Aden Young
Toby Wallace
Hanna Mangan-Lawrence
Eamon Farren | Drama | Transmission Films | 16 July
Mao's Last Dancer | Bruce Beresford | Bruce Greenwood
Chi Cao
Kyle MacLachlan
Joan Chen | Biography | Roadshow Entertainment
Based on the novel of the same name by Li Cunxin | 1 October
Mary and Max | Adam Elliot | Toni Collette
Eric Bana
Barry Humphries
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Bethany Whitmore | Animation
Comedy | Icon Films | 9 April
My Year Without Sex | Sarah Watt | Matt Day
Sacha Horler
Portia Bradley
Jonathan Segat | Drama | Hibiscus Films | 28 May
Offside | Gian Carlo Petraccaro | Terry Rogers
Saxon Cordeaux
Ben Darsow
Natascha Dowsett | Romance | Urtext Film Productions | 25 February
Prey | George T. Miller | Natalie Bassingthwaighte
Jesse Johnson
Natalie Walker
Ben Kermode | Horror | Top Cat Films | 12 May
Prime Mover | David Caesar | Michael Dorman
Emily Barclay
Ben Mendelsohn
William McInnes | Drama | Transmission Films | 8 June
Samson and Delilah | Warwick Thornton | Rowan McNamara
Marissa Gibson
Scott Thornton
Matthew Gibson | Drama | Madman Entertainment | 7 May
Stone Bros. | Richard Frankland | Luke Carroll
Peter Phelps
Jai Courtney
Leon Burchill | Comedy | Warner Bros. | 12 September
Storage | Michael Craft | Saskia Burmeister
Robert Mammone
Matthew Scully
Robert Price | Horror | Rich Vein Productions | 16 August
Subdivision | Sue Brooks | Ashley Bradnam
Gary Sweet
Brooke Satchwell
Aaron Fa'aoso | Comedy | Buena Vista International | 20 August
Tomboys | Nathan Hill | Candice Day
Naomi Davis
Sash Milne
Allie Hall | Horror | Alliance Motion Pictures | 16 October
Two Fists, One Heart | Shawn Seet | Daniel Amalm
Ennio Fantastichini
Jessica Marais
Tim Minchin | Drama | Walt Disney | 19 March
Van Diemen's Land | Jonathan auf der Heide | Oscar Redding
Torquil Neilson
Tom Wright | Thriller | Madman Entertainment | 24 September
Where the Wild Things Are | Spike Jonze | Max Records
Catherine Keener
Mark Ruffalo
James Gandolfini | Fantasy | Warner Bros.
Based on the novel of the same name by Maurice Sendak | 3 December

## See also

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* 2009 in Australia
* 2009 in Australian television
* List of 2009 box office number-one films in Australia

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Films

| By decade|

* pre-1910
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* 2000s
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* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Production companies
and studios|

* Cinesound Productions
* Commonwealth Film Laboratories
* Disney Studios Australia
* Film Australia
* Kennedy Miller Mitchell
* Limelight Department
* Pagewood Studios
* Palace
* Screen NSW
* Screen Queensland
* Screen Tasmania
* Screenwest
* South Australian Film Corporation
* VicScreen
* Village Roadshow Pictures
* Village Roadshow Studios

Organisations|

* Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA)
* Australian Cinematographers Society
* 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
* ACS Awards
* ADG Awards
* APDG Awards
* ASE Awards
* ATOM Awards
* AWGIE Awards
* Film Critics Circle of Australia
* Inside Film Awards
* Screen Music Awards

Theatres|

* Ace Cinemas
* Australian Multiplex Cinemas
* Australian Theatres
* Dendy Cinemas
* Event Cinemas
* Grand Cinemas
* Hoyts
* Ozone Theatres
* Palace Cinemas
* Reading Cinemas
* Village Cinemas
* Wallis Cinemas

Topics|

* Academy Award winners and nominees
* Highest-grossing film
* Film and television financing in Australia
* Film industry in Western Australia
* Bushranger ban
* Ozploitation
* Australian New Wave
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