List of Australian films of 2016

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Title	Director	Cast (subject of documentary)	Genre	Notes	Release date
Arrowhead	Jesse O'Brien	Dan Mor, Aleisha Rose Groth	Sci-fi		{{dts|format=dmy	6|10}}
Alex & Eve |Peter Andrikidis |Andrea Demetriades, Richard Brancatisano |Comedy / Romance | |22 October
Backtrack	Michael Petroni	Adrien Brody, Sam Neill, Robin McLeavy	Mystery, thriller		{{dts|format=dmy	6|16}}
Boys in the Trees	Nicholas Verso	Toby Wallace, Gulliver McGrath, Mitzi Ruhlmann, Justin Holborow	Fantasy, drama		{{dts|format=dmy	10|20}}
The Daughter	Simon Stone	Geoffrey Rush, Miranda Otto, Odessa Young	Drama	Based on the play The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen	{{dts|format=dmy	3|17}}
Down Under	Abe Forsythe	Lincoln Younes, Rahel Romahn, Michael Denkha	Comedy		{{dts|format=dmy	8|11}}
Downriver	Grant Scicluna	Reef Ireland, Kerry Fox, Robert Taylor	Drama		{{dts|format=dmy	6|16}}
Girl Asleep	Rosemary Myers	Bethany Whitmore, Harrison Feldman, Matthew Whittet	Drama		{{dts|format=dmy

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| Emo the Musical || Neil Triffett || Benson Jack Anthony, Jordan Hare || Musical, Comedy|| || {{dts|format=dmy||8|1}}

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| Goldstone || Ivan Sen || David Wenham, Aaron Pedersen, Jacki Weaver || Thriller || Sequel to Mystery Road || {{dts|format=dmy||6|8}}

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| Hacksaw Ridge || Mel Gibson || Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington || Biographical war film || || {{dts|format=dmy||9|4}}

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| Joe Cinque's Consolation || Sotiris Dounoukos || Maggie Naouri, Jerome Meyer || Drama, True Crime || || {{dts|format=dmy||7|30}}

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| The Legend of Ben Hall || Matthew Holmes || Jack Martin, Jamie Coffa, William Lee || Drama, action || Based on the true story of bushranger Ben Hall || {{dts|format=dmy||12|05}}

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| Lion || Garth Davis || Rooney Mara, Nicole Kidman, Dev Patel, David Wenham || Drama || Based on the book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley || {{dts|format=dmy||11|25}}

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| Looking for Grace || Sue Brooks || Radha Mitchell, Richard Roxburgh, Odessa Young || Drama || || {{dts|format=dmy||1|26}}

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| A Month of Sundays || Matthew Saville || Anthony LaPaglia, John Clarke, Julia Blake || Comedy || || {{dts|format=dmy||4|28}}

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| Nowhere Boys: The Book of Shadows || David Caesar || Rahart Adams, Dougie Baldwin, Joel Lok, Matt Testro || Sci-fi, fantasy || Based on the television series Nowhere Boys by Tony Ayers || {{dts|format=dmy||1|1}}

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| Pawno || Paul Ireland || John Brumpton, Maeve Dermody, Kerry Armstrong || Drama, romance || || {{dts|format=dmy||4|21}}

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| Red Billabong || Luke Sparke || Dan Ewing, Tim Pocock, Jessica Green || Thriller || Pinnacle Films || {{dts|format=dmy||8|25}}

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| Red Dog: True Blue || Kriv Stenders || Jason Isaacs, Levi Miller || Family || Prequel to Red Dog, Woss Group Film Productions || {{dts|format=dmy||12|26}}

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| Restoration || Stuart Willis || Craig McLachlan, Grant Cartwright, Stephen Carracher, Nadia Townsend, Rosie Lourde || Sci-fi, thriller || Midnight Snack Productions|| {{dts|format=dmy||9|8}}

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| Scare Campaign || Cameron & Colin Cairns || Meegan Warner, Ian Meadows, Olivia DeJonge || Horror || || {{dts|format=dmy||11|26}}

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|Servant or Slave

|Steven McGregor

|Rita Wenberg, Rita Wright, Violet West, Valerie Linow, Adelaide Wenberg

|Documentary

|No Coincidence Media

|1 August

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| Sheborg Massacre || Daniel Armstrong || Daisy Masterman, Whitney Duff, Emma-Louise Wilson || Neo-pulp || || {{dts|format=dmy||1|10}}

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| Sherpa || Jennifer Peedom || Documentary about the work done by Sherpas as mountain guides on Everest || Documentary || || {{dts|format=dmy||3|31}}

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| Spin Out || Tim Ferguson, Marc Gracie || Xavier Samuel, Morgan Griffin, Eddie Baroo || Romance, comedy || || {{dts|format=dmy||9|15}}

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| Teenage Kicks || Craig Boreham || Miles Szanto, Daniel Webber, Shari Sebbens, Charlotte Best || Drama || || {{dts|format=dmy||6|11}}

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| Top Knot Detective || Aaron McCann & Dominic Pearce || Masa Yamaguchi, Toshi Okuzaki || Mockumentary, comedy || || {{dts|format=dmy||09|28}}

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{{reflist}}

• 2016 in Australia
• 2016 in Australian television
• List of 2016 box office number-one films in Australia

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