Australian and New Zealand films of 1986

206 films recorded for 1986; 73 have a full page. Sorted by release date where known.

73 films9 series

Drama · 24 Action · 6 Comedy · 4 Romance · 3 Adventure · 3 Crime · 3

Films

Title	Director	Genre	Min	Awards
Sky Pirates	Colin Eggleston	Action, Science fiction	89
Absolute Beginners	Julien Temple	Musical, Romance	106
Crocodile Dundee	Peter Faiman	Adventure, Romantic comedy	98
Mona Lisa	Neil Jordan	Drama, Crime	104
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Animated film	Geoff Collins, Warwick Gilbert	Adventure	51
The Hour Before My Brother Dies TV film	James Clayden	—	—
The Three Musketeers Animated film	Geoff Collins	—	49
Malcolm	Nadia Tass	Comedy, Action	85	8
Great Bookie Robbery	Mark Joffe	—	—
Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale Animated film	Murray Ball	Comedy	—
A Halo for Athuan TV film	Alan Burke	—	—
A Toast to Melba TV film	Alan Burke	—	—
Alice to Nowhere	John Power	Drama	—
Arriving Tuesday	—	—	84
Australian Dream	Jackie McKimmie	Comedy	85
BabaKiueria Short film	Don Featherstone	—	—
Backlash	Bill Bennett	Drama	89
Body Business TV film	Colin Eggleston	—	—
Bridge to Nowhere	Ian Mune, Larry Parr	Thriller	—
Cactus	Paul Cox	Drama	93
Call Me Mr. Brown TV film	Scott Hicks	—	—
Charley's Web	Simon Heath	—	—
Chile: When Will It End?	David Bradbury	Documentary	57
Comrades	Bill Douglas	Drama	177
Cool Change	George T. Miller	—	89
Dancing Daze	Jane Campion	—	—
Darwin 1942	Paul Drane	War	—
Dead End Drive-In	Brian Trenchard-Smith	Action, Post-apocalyptic	—
Death of a Soldier	Philippe Mora	Drama, Crime	93
Departure	Brian Kavanagh	—	92
Dot and the Whale Animated film	Yoram Gross	—	—
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Animated film	Geoff Collins	Drama	49
Emma's War	Clytie Jessop	Drama	94
Fair Game	Mario Andreacchio	Action, Thriller	86
For Love Alone	Stephen Wallace	Drama	102
Foreign Body	Ronald Neame	Romantic comedy	108
Fortress	Arch Nicholson	Drama, Crime	91
Frenchman's Farm	Ron Way	—	100
Frog Dreaming	Brian Trenchard-Smith	Fantasy, Adventure	93	1
Gallagher's Travels	Michael Caulfield	Action	—
Hunger TV film	Stephen Wallace	—	—
Ivanhoe Animated film	Geoff Collins	Drama, Swashbuckler	50
Jenny Kissed Me	Brian Trenchard-Smith	—	99
Just Us TV film	—	—	—
Kidnapped Animated film	Geoff Collins	Drama	49
Lust and Revenge	Paul Cox	Comedy drama	—
Mark II	—	Drama, Comedy	72
My Brother Tom TV film	Pino Amenta	—	—
My Letter to George	Michael Laughlin	Drama	94
Not Quite Paradise	Lewis Gilbert	Drama, Romance	101
Pallet on the Floor	Lynton Butler	Comedy horror	—
Paradise Camp	Frank Heimans	Documentary	—
Queen City Rocker	Bruce Morrison	Drama	90
Run Chrissie Run!	Chris Langman	Drama	—
Shark's Paradise TV film	Michael Jenkins	—	—
Short Changed	George Ogilvie	Drama	104
Shout! The Story of Johnny O'Keefe	Ted Robinson	—	—
The Blue Lightning	Lee Philips	Drama, Action	95
The Challenge TV film	Chris Thomson	—	—
The Fringe Dwellers	Bruce Beresford	Drama	96	1
The Frog, the Dog, and the Devil Short film	Bob Stenhouse	—	8
The Humpty Dumpy Man	P. J. Hogan	Drama, Thriller	94
The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Warwick Gilbert	Fantasy	52
The Local Rag	Keith Wilkes	—	—
The More Things Change...	Robyn Nevin	—	—
The Pack of Women TV film	Ted Robinson	—	—
The Still Point	Barbara Boyd-Anderson	—	—
The Surfer	Frank Shields	—	—
The Whistle Blower	Simon Langton	Spy	103
Two Friends TV film	Jane Campion	Drama	78
Windrider	Vince Monton	Sport	92
Caravaggio	Derek Jarman	Drama, Biographical	90	1
Playing Beatie Bow	Donald Crombie	Drama	—	1

TV series premiered in 1986

Series	From	To	Network	Episodes
The 7.30 Report	1986	2011	ABC, ABC News TV Channel	151
Prime Time	1986	1987	Nine Network	60
The D-Generation	1986	1989	ABC, Seven Network	16
Land of Hope Miniseries	1986	1986	Seven Network	10
Whose Baby? Miniseries	1986	1986	Seven Network	2
Five Times Dizzy	1986	—	—	12
Sword of Honour Miniseries	1986	—	Seven Network	4
Backchat	1986	1995	ABC	—
Professor Poopsnagle's Steam Zeppelin	1986	1986	Nine Network	24