List of Australian films of the 1960s
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:This is a list of Australian films of the 1960s. For a complete alphabetical list, see :Category:Australian films.
1960s
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| {{Year header}} | 1960 | ||||
| Shadow of the Boomerang | ||||
| The Sundowners | Fred Zinnemann | Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Peter Ustinov, Glynis Johns, Dina Merrill, Michael Anderson Jnr, Lola Brooks, John Meillon, Jack Fegan, Gwen Plumb, Leonard Teale, Chips Rafferty | Drama Feature film | Australian/British/American co-production |
| Three in a Million | AFI winner for Best Film | |||
| {{Year header}} | 1961 | ||||
| Bungala Boys | ||||
| {{Year header}} | 1962 | ||||
| Adam and Eve | Dusan Marek | Short/Animation | ||
| Bypass to Life | AFI winner for Best Film | |||
| Night Freighter | AFI winner for Best Film | |||
| They Found a Cave | Andrew Steane | Beryl Meekin, Mervyn Wiss, Anne Davis, Christopher Horner, Peter Conrad, Michael Nation, Michael Woolford, Michael Brady, Cecily McKinley, Joseph Smith, Barbara Manning | Adventure / Family Short Feature film | |
| {{Year header}} | 1963 | ||||
| House with a Secret | ||||
| The Land That Waited | AFI winner for Best Film | |||
| {{Year header}} | 1964 | ||||
| The Dancing Class | AFI winner for Best Film | |||
| Forgotten Loneliness | ||||
| I The Aboriginal | Cecil Holmes | AFI winner for Best Film | ||
| {{Year header}} | 1965 | ||||
| Clay | Giorgio Mangiamele | Janine Lebedew, George Dixon, Chris Tsalikis, Claude Thomas, Robert Clarke, Lola Russell, Cole Turnley, Sheila Florance | Drama Feature film | Entered into the 1965 Cannes Film Festival |
| Funny Things Happen Down Under | Joe McCormick | Bruce Barry, Susanne Haworth, Ian Turpie, Olivia Newton-John, Gary Gray, David Morgan, Howard Morrison, Rodney Perlman | Drama / Family TV film | Olivia Newton-John's first film, based on a TV show called The Terrific Adventures of the Terrible Ten |
| The Legend of Damien Parer | AFI winner for Best Film | |||
| Stronger Since The War | AFI winner for Best Film | |||
| The Warning | Chris Löfvén | Short | ||
| {{Year header}} | 1966 | ||||
| Blunderball, or from Dr. Nofinger with Hate | Albie Thoms | George Brandt, Richard Brennan, Louis Davis, Clive Graham, Christine Hill, Arthur King, Terence McMullen, Brian Mills, Richard Neville | Short/Comedy | |
| Concerto for Orchestra | AFI winner for Best Film | |||
| Nightwait | ||||
| The Story of Making the Film They're a Weird Mob | ||||
| They're a Weird Mob | Michael Powell | Ed Devereaux, Walter Chiari, Clare Dunne, Chips Rafferty, Alida Chelli, Judith Arthy, Slim de Grey, Jeanie Drynan, Anne Haddy, Gita Revira, Tony Bonner, Graham Kennedy, Muriel Steinbeck, John Meillon, Jacki Weaver | Comedy / Drama Feature film | Based on a novel of the same title |
| {{Year header}} | 1967 | ||||
| Cardin in Australia | AFI winner for Best Film | |||
| Journey Out of Darkness | James Trainor | Konrad Matthaei, Ed Devereaux, Kamahl, Marie Clarke, Betty Campbell, Ronald Morse | Drama / Thriller Feature film US Co-production | |
| Shades of Puffing Billy | Antonio Colacino | Short/Documentary | ||
| The Pudding Thieves | ||||
| Wheels Across a Wilderness | Malcolm Leyland, Mike Leyland | Documentary | ||
| {{Year header}} | 1968 | ||||
| The Change at Groote | AFI winner for Best Film | |||
| The Pictures That Moved: Australian Cinema | ||||
| Ride a White Horse | ||||
| Skindeep | ||||
| The Talgai Skull | AFI winner for Best Film | |||
| Time in Summer | ||||
| {{Year header}} | 1969 | ||||
| 2000 Weeks | Tim Burstall | Mark McManus, Jeanie Drynan, Eileen Chapman, David Turnbull, Graeme Blundell, Bruce Anderson, Anne Charleston, Nicholas McCallum, John Frawley, Michael Duffield | Drama Feature film | Entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival |
| Age of Consent | Michael Powell | James Mason, Helen Mirren, Jack MacGowran, Slim DeGrey, Harold Hopkins, Michael Boddy, Frank Thring, Andonia Katsaros, Clarissa Kaye, Slim de Grey, Tommy Hanlon Jnr, Neva Carr-Glynn, Judy McGrath | Drama / Romance Feature film | |
| Color Me Dead | Eddie Davis | Tom Tryon, Carolyn Jones, Rick Jason, Penny Sugg, Sandy Harbutt, Suzy Kendall, Lyndall Moor, Tom Oliver, Barrie Chase, Margot Reid, Patricia Conolly, Reg Gillam, Michael Laurence, Peter Sumner, Tony Ward | Mystery / Thriller Feature film | |
| Headland 69 | Kevin Kearney | Tully | Musical/Documentary | UBU News No. 14 April |
| The Intruders | Lee Robinson | Ed Devereaux, Tony Bonner, Ken James, Gary Pankhurst, Jack Hume, John Unicombe, Ron Graham, Jeanie Drynan, Kevin Miles, Jeff Ashby, Robert Bruning, Liza Goddard | Adventure / Drama / Family Feature film(Based on the 'Skippy' TV series | aka Skippy And The Intruders / Mallacoota (Original working title) |
| It Takes All Kinds | Eddie Davis | Robert Lansing, Vera Miles, Barry Sullivan, Penny Sugg, Sid Melton, Dennis Miller, Allen Bickford, Ted Hepple, Chris Christensen, Rod Mullinar, Roger Ward, Tommy Dysart, Alister Smart, Reg Gorman | Drama / Thriller Feature film US Co-production | |
| Jack and Jill: A Postscript | Phillip Adams (also wrote, produced, cinematographer) | Anthony Ward, Judy Leach, Stanley Randall, Jean Higgs, Phyllis Freeman, Gerry Humphries, Bob Cornish, Gordon Rumph, Sylvia Thredfall, Ray Watts, Claire Humphries-Hunt, Lindsay Howatt | Drama Short Feature film | AFI winner for Best Film |
| Little Jungle Boy | Mende Brown | Rahman Rahmann, Mike Dorsey, Michael Pate, Lesley Berryman, Niki Huen, Noel Ferrier, Willie Fennell | Adventure / Family Feature film | |
| Sampan | ||||
| Savage Shadows | ||||
| Stockman Joe | ||||
| Strange Holiday | Mende Brown | Jaeme Hamilton, Mark Healey, Jamie Massang, Mark Lee, Van Alexander, Ross Williams, Carmen Duncan, Ben Gabriel, Larry Crane, Reg Gorman, Nigel Lovell | Adventure / Family Feature film | |
| Thunderbolt | ||||
| Will Ye No' Come Back Again? | ||||
| You Can't See 'Round Corners | David Cahill | Ken Shorter, Rowena Wallace, Carmen Duncan, Judith Fisher, Lyndall Barbour, Slim de Grey, Max Cullen, Max Phipps, Vincent Gil, Henri Szeps, The Atlantics, Kevin Leslie, Goff Vockler, Lou Vernon | Drama Feature film | Based on 'You Can't See Round Corners' TV series (1967-1969) |
See also
External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/Sections/Countries/Australia/ Australian film] at the Internet Movie Database
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