List of Australian films of 1986
Introduction
1986 TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes ''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" ''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 ''Fortress'' Arch NicholsonRachel Ward, Vernon WellsHorror  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 ''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 ''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" ''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 ''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 * 1986 in Australia* 1986 in Australian television
References
External links *  Australian film at the Internet Movie Database