Australian and New Zealand films of 1996

81 films recorded for 1996; 43 have a full page. Sorted by release date where known.

43 films12 series

Drama · 15 Comedy · 7 Fantasy · 4 Romantic comedy · 4 Romance · 3 Musical · 2

Films

Title	Director	Genre	Min	Awards
Shine	Scott Hicks	Drama, Biographical	101	11
Cosi	Mark Joffe	Comedy	97	1
Chicken	Grant Lahood	Comedy	90
Zone 39	John Tatoulis	Drama, Science fiction	95
The Phantom	Simon Wincer	Fantasy, Action	96
Jack Brown Genius	Tony Hiles	Fantasy	—
The Frighteners	Peter Jackson	Drama, Fantasy	110
Aladdin and the King of Thieves Animated film	Tad Stones	Fairy tale, Fantasy	71	1
Dead Heart	Nick Parsons	Drama	104
Romeo + Juliet	Baz Luhrmann	Drama, Action	113
Fistful of Flies	Monica Pellizzari	Drama	85
Love and Other Catastrophes	Emma-Kate Croghan	Romantic comedy, LGBTQ	76
A Thin Life	Frank Howson	—	—
Academy	John Orcsik	Drama	—
Brilliant Lies	Richard Franklin	Drama	94
Broken English	Gregor Nicholas	Drama, Romance	—
Children of the Revolution	Peter Duncan	Comedy	101	3
Dating the Enemy	Megan Simpson Huberman	Romantic comedy	97
Floating Life	Clara Law	Drama	96
Hotel de Love	Craig Rosenberg	Romantic comedy	96
Idiot Box	David Caesar	Independent	85
Life	Lawrence Johnston	—	—
Lilian's Story	Jerzy Domaradzki	Drama	94	1
Little White Lies	Pauline Chan	—	—
Love Serenade	Shirley Barrett	Comedy	101
Maslin Beach	Wayne Groom	Comedy	—
McLeod's Daughters TV film	Michael Offer	—	—
Mr. Reliable	Nadia Tass	Comedy	112
No Way to Forget Short film	Richard Frankland	—	—
Offspring	Richard Ryan	Thriller	—
Parklands	Kathryn Millard	Drama	51
Pie in the Sky	Bryan Gordon	Romantic comedy	—
Rats in the Ranks	Bob Connolly, Robin Anderson	Documentary	—
River Street	Tony Mahood	—	89
The Bite Miniseries	Michael Carson	—	—
The Quiet Room	Rolf de Heer	Drama	92
The Search for the Shell Encrusted Toilet Seat Documentary	Leonie Dickinson	—	27
The Sound of One Hand Clapping	Richard Flanagan	Drama	93
The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years TV film	Kevin James Dobson	—	—
True Love and Chaos	Stavros Kazantzidis	Road	—
Video Fool for Love	Robert Gibson	Documentary	83
Wake Up Jeff!	Dean Covell	Children's music	—
What I Have Written	John Hughes	Drama	102

TV series premiered in 1996

Series	From	To	Network	Episodes
Pacific Drive	1996	2001	Nine Network	390
Water Rats	1996	2001	Nine Network	177
Time Masters	1996	1998	Seven Network	195
Good News Week	1996	2012	ABC	217
Sweat	1996	1996	Network 10	26
Australian Story	1996	—	ABC	—
Crocadoo Animated series	1996	1998	Nine Network	52
The Genie from Down Under	1996	1998	ABC	26
Medivac	1996	—	Network 10	48
The Crocodile Hunter	1996	2007	Discovery Channel, Animal Planet	55
House Gang	1996	1998	SBS	12
Kangoo Animated series	1996	1999	TF1	65