Hacksaw Ridge
- Starcast: Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Vince Vaughn, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer, Hugo Weaving,
Rachel Griffiths, Vince Vaughn - Director: Mel Gibson
- Producer: Bill Mechanic, David Permut, Terry Benedict, Paul Currie, Bruce Davey, Brian Oliver
- Music: Rupert Gregson-Williams
- Tracks: I Could Have Killed Him, Pretty Corny, Dorothy Pleads, Okinawa Battlefield, A Calling
- Release Date: 3 November, 2016
- Verdict & Awards: This movie won the Academy Awards for Best Sound Mixing and Best Film Editing. The film is the winner of Best Film award at the 6th AACTA Awards.
The Daughter
- Starcast: Paul Schneider, Miranda Otto, Geoffrey Rush, Ewen Leslie, Anna Torv, Odessa Young, Sam Neill, Nicholas Hope
- Director: Simon Stone
- Producer: Jan Chapman, Nicole O’Donohue
- Music: Mark Bradshaw
- Release Date: 17 March, 2016
- Verdict & Awards: Odessa Young won the Best Actress award at the 6th AACTA Awards.
Girl Asleep
- Starcast: Bethany Whitmore, Harrison Feldman, Imogen Archer, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Matthew Whittet, Eamon Farren, Amber McMahon, Lucy Cowan, Fiona Dawson
- Director: Rosemary Myers
- Producer: Jo Dyer
- Music: Luke Smiles, Harry Covill
- Release Date: 8 September, 2016
- Verdict & Awards: The film won the Best Film award at the AFCA Awards.
Goldstone
- Starcast: Aaron Pedersen, Alex Russell, David Wenham, David Gulpilil, Jacki Weaver
- Director: Ivan Sen
- Producer: David Jowsey, Greer Simpkin
- Music: Ivan Sen
- Release Date: 8 June, 2016
- Verdict & Awards: The film won the Best Director, Actor and Supporting Actress awards at the AFCA Awards.
Lion
- Starcast: Dev Patel, Rooney Mara, Nicole Kidman, David Wenham, Sunny Pawar, Divian Ladwa
- Director: Garth Davis
- Producer: Iain Canning, Angie Fielder, Emile Sherman
- Music: Hauschka, Dustin O’Halloran
- Tracks: The Sun The Sand And The Sea, Never Give Up, State of the Heart, The Rivers of Belief, Blind
- Release Date: 10 September 2016
- Verdict & Awards: It was the sixth highest-grossing Australian film in the list of Australian Movies 2016.
Tanna
- Starcast: Marie Wawa, Mungau Dain,
- Director: Martin Butler, Bentley Dean.
- Producer: Carolyn Johnson, Bentley Dean, Martin Butler
- Music: Antony Partos
- Release Date: 2016
- Verdict & Awards: This film was selected as the official Australian entry in Best Foreign Language Film category at the 89th Academy Awards.
Down Under
- Starcast: Damon Herriman, Lincoln Younes, Alexander England, David Field, Justin Rosniak, Christiaan Van Vuuren
- Director: Abe Forsythe
- Producer: Jodi Matterson
- Music: Piers Burbrook de Vere
- Release Date: 11 August 2016
- Verdict & Awards: The movie received 2 nominations at AACTA Awards.
Pawno
- Starcast: John Brumpton, Damian Hill, Daniel Frederiksen, Maeve Dermody, Malcolm Kennard, Kerry Armstrong, Mark Coles Smith
- Director: Paul Ireland
- Producer: Damian Hill, Paul Ireland
- Music: Tristan Dewey, Tai Jordan
- Release Date: 21 April 2016
- Verdict & Awards: The movie received 5 nominations at 6th AACTA Awards.
Boys in the Trees
- Starcast: Gulliver McGrath, Toby Wallace, Justin Holborow, Mitzi Ruhlmann
- Director: Nicholas Verso
- Producer: John Molloy
- Music: Shinjuku Thief
- Release Date: 20 October 2016
- Verdict & Awards: The movie was screened at 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.
Red Billabong
- Starcast: Dan Ewing, Tim Pocock, Sophie Don, Ben Chisholm, Jessica Green
- Director: Luke Sparke
- Producer: Carly Imrie
- Music: Jason Fernandez
- Release Date: 25 August 2016
- Verdict & Awards: The perfect horror film in the list of Australian Movies 2016.
Spin Out
- Starcast: Xavier Samuel, Morgan Griffin, Lincoln Lewis, Melissa Bergland, Eddie Baroo, Tessa James
- Director: Tim Ferguson, Marc Gracie
- Producer: Marc Gracie, David Redman
- Music: Jon Hume
- Release Date: 15 September 2016
Joe Cinque’s Consolation
- Starcast: Maggie Naouri, Jerome Meyer, Gia Carides, Tony Nikolakopoulos, Sacha Joseph, Josh McConville
- Director: Sotiris Dounoukos
- Producer: Sotiris Dounoukos, Matt Reeder, Sue Murray
- Music: Antonio Gambale
- Release Date: 30 July 2016
- Verdict & Awards: Maggie Naouri received nominations for Best Actress at the 6th AACTA Awards.
Gods of Egypt
- Starcast: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Brenton Thwaites, Chadwick Boseman, Élodie Yung, Courtney Eaton, Gerard Butler, Geoffrey Rush
- Director: Alex Proyas
- Producer: Marco Beltrami
- Music: Antonio Gambale
- Release Date: February 25, 2016
- Verdict & Awards: The film received 5 nominations at the 6th AACTA Awards.
Sherpa
- Director: Jennifer Peedom
- Producer: John Smithson, Bridget Ikin
- Release Date: February 25, 2016
- Verdict & Awards: The film received 4 nominations at the 5th AACTA Awards.
Downriver
- Starcast: Robert Taylor, Kerry Fox, Helen Morse, Reef Ireland, Thom Green, Charles Ground
- Director: Grant Scicluna
- Producer: Jannine Barnes
- Music: Lawrence English
- Release Date: 16 June 2016
- Verdict & Awards: The film won the 5 Awards at the San Diego LGBT Film Festival. The only LGBT theme-based film in the list of Australian Movies 2016.
The Legend of Ben Hall
- Starcast: Jack Martin, Jamie Coffa, William Lee, Joanne Dobbin, Adam Willson, Callan McAuliffe, Jordan Fraser-Trumble
- Director: Matthew Holmes
- Producer: Russell Cunningham, Michael Favelle, Matthew Holmes, Jessica Pearce
- Music: Ronnie Minder
- Release Date: 1 December 2016
- Verdict: History-based film in Australian Movies 2016.
Backtrack
- Starcast: Adrien Brody, Bruce Spence, Malcolm Kennard, Sam Neill, Robin McLeavy, Jenni Baird, Anna Lise Phillips, Matthew Sunderland
- Director: Michael Petroni
- Producer: Antonia Barnard, Jamie Hilton, Michael Petroni
- Music: Dale Cornelius
- Release Date: 16 June 2016
Looking for Grace
- Starcast: Radha Mitchell, Richard Roxburgh, Myles Pollard, Terry Norris, Odessa Young, Tasma Walton,
Korum Ellis - Director: Sue Brooks
- Producer: Lizzette Atkins, Sue Taylor, Alison Tilson
- Music: Elizabeth Drake
- Release Date: 16 June 2016
- Awards: List of Australian Movies 2016 is incomplete without this internationally acclaimed movie. The film received nominations at the Venice, Chicago and Toronto International Film Festival.
Red Dog: True Blue
- Starcast: Jason Isaacs, Bryan Brown, Levi Miller, Kee Chan, Phoenix, Hanna Mangan-Lawrence, Steve Le Marquand
- Director: Kriv Stenders
- Producer: Bryce Menzies, Nelson Woss
- Music: Cezary Skubiszewski
- Release Date: 26 December 2016
- Awards: The film was nominated at the 7th AACTA Awards for “Best Cinematography” award.
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