# List of Australian films of 2016

This is a list of Australian films released in 2016.

## 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 | | 10 June |
| Alex & Eve | Peter Andrikidis | Andrea Demetriades, Richard Brancatisano | Comedy / Romance | | 22 October |
| Backtrack | Michael Petroni | Adrien Brody, Sam Neill, Robin McLeavy | Mystery, thriller | | 16 June |
| Boys in the Trees | Nicholas Verso | Toby Wallace, Gulliver McGrath, Mitzi Ruhlmann, Justin Holborow | Fantasy, drama | | 20 October |
| The Daughter | Simon Stone | Geoffrey Rush, Miranda Otto, Odessa Young | Drama | Based on the play The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen | 17 March |
| Down Under | Abe Forsythe | Lincoln Younes, Rahel Romahn, Michael Denkha | Comedy | | 11 August |
| Downriver | Grant Scicluna | Reef Ireland, Kerry Fox, Robert Taylor | Drama | | 16 June |
| Girl Asleep | Rosemary Myers | Bethany Whitmore, Harrison Feldman, Matthew Whittet | Drama | | |
| Emo the Musical | Neil Triffett | Benson Jack Anthony, Jordan Hare | Musical, Comedy | | 1 August |
| Goldstone | Ivan Sen | David Wenham, Aaron Pedersen, Jacki Weaver | Thriller | Sequel to Mystery Road | 8 June |
| Hacksaw Ridge | Mel Gibson | Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington | Biographical war film | | 4 September |
| Joe Cinque's Consolation | Sotiris Dounoukos | Maggie Naouri, Jerome Meyer | Drama, True Crime | | 30 July |
| The Legend of Ben Hall | Matthew Holmes | Jack Martin, Jamie Coffa, William Lee | Drama, action | Based on the true story of bushranger Ben Hall | 5 December |
| Lion | Garth Davis | Rooney Mara, Nicole Kidman, Dev Patel, David Wenham | Drama | Based on the book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley | 25 November |
| Looking for Grace | Sue Brooks | Radha Mitchell, Richard Roxburgh, Odessa Young | Drama | | 26 January |
| A Month of Sundays | Matthew Saville | Anthony LaPaglia, John Clarke, Julia Blake | Comedy | | 28 April |
| 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 | 1 January |
| Pawno | Paul Ireland | John Brumpton, Maeve Dermody, Kerry Armstrong | Drama, romance | | 21 April |
| Red Billabong | Luke Sparke | Dan Ewing, Tim Pocock, Jessica Green | Thriller | Pinnacle Films | 25 August |
| Red Dog: True Blue | Kriv Stenders | Jason Isaacs, Levi Miller | Family | Prequel to Red Dog, Woss Group Film Productions | 26 December |
| Restoration | Stuart Willis | Craig McLachlan, Grant Cartwright, Stephen Carracher, Nadia Townsend, Rosie Lourde | Sci-fi, thriller | Midnight Snack Productions | 8 September |
| Scare Campaign | Cameron & Colin Cairns | Meegan Warner, Ian Meadows, Olivia DeJonge | Horror | | 26 November |
| Servant or Slave | Steven McGregor | Rita Wenberg, Rita Wright, Violet West, Valerie Linow, Adelaide Wenberg | Documentary | No Coincidence Media | 1 August |
| Sheborg Massacre | Daniel Armstrong | Daisy Masterman, Whitney Duff, Emma-Louise Wilson | Neo-pulp | | 10 January |
| Sherpa | Jennifer Peedom | Documentary about the work done by Sherpas as mountain guides on Everest | Documentary | | 31 March |
| Spin Out | Tim Ferguson, Marc Gracie | Xavier Samuel, Morgan Griffin, Eddie Baroo | Romance, comedy | | 15 September |
| Teenage Kicks | Craig Boreham | Miles Szanto, Daniel Webber, Shari Sebbens, Charlotte Best | Drama | | 11 June |
| Top Knot Detective | Aaron McCann & Dominic Pearce | Masa Yamaguchi, Toshi Okuzaki | Mockumentary, comedy | | 28 September |