List of Australian films of the 1960s

This is a list of Australian films of the 1960s. For a complete alphabetical list, see Category:Australian films.

1960s

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Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1960
Shadow of the Boomerang
The Sundowners Fred Zinnemann Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Peter Ustinov, Glynis Johns, Dina Merrill, Michael Anderson Jnr, Lola Brooks, John Meillon, Jack Fegan, Gwen Plumb, Leonard Teale, Chips Rafferty Drama Feature film Australian/British/American co-production
Three in a Million AFI winner for Best Film
1961
Bungala Boys
1962
Adam and Eve Dusan Marek Short/Animation
Bypass to Life AFI winner for Best Film
Night Freighter AFI winner for Best Film
They Found a Cave Andrew Steane Beryl Meekin, Mervyn Wiss, Anne Davis, Christopher Horner, Peter Conrad, Michael Nation, Michael Woolford, Michael Brady, Cecily McKinley, Joseph Smith, Barbara Manning Adventure / Family Short Feature film
1963
House with a Secret
The Land That Waited AFI winner for Best Film
1964
The Dancing Class AFI winner for Best Film
Forgotten Loneliness
I The Aboriginal Cecil Holmes AFI winner for Best Film
1965
Clay Giorgio Mangiamele Janine Lebedew, George Dixon, Chris Tsalikis, Claude Thomas, Robert Clarke, Lola Russell, Cole Turnley, Sheila Florance Drama Feature film Entered into the 1965 Cannes Film Festival
Funny Things Happen Down Under Joe McCormick Bruce Barry, Susanne Haworth, Ian Turpie, Olivia Newton-John, Gary Gray, David Morgan, Howard Morrison, Rodney Perlman Drama / Family TV film Olivia Newton-John's first film, based on a TV show called The Terrific Adventures of the Terrible Ten
The Legend of Damien Parer AFI winner for Best Film
Stronger Since The War AFI winner for Best Film
The Warning Chris Löfvén Short
1966
Blunderball, or from Dr. Nofinger with Hate Albie Thoms George Brandt, Richard Brennan, Louis Davis, Clive Graham, Christine Hill, Arthur King, Terence McMullen, Brian Mills, Richard Neville Short/Comedy
Concerto for Orchestra AFI winner for Best Film
Nightwait
The Story of Making the Film They're a Weird Mob
They're a Weird Mob Michael Powell Ed Devereaux, Walter Chiari, Clare Dunne, Chips Rafferty, Alida Chelli, Judith Arthy, Slim de Grey, Jeanie Drynan, Anne Haddy, Gita Revira, Tony Bonner, Graham Kennedy, Muriel Steinbeck, John Meillon, Jacki Weaver Comedy / Drama Feature film Based on a novel of the same title
1967
Cardin in Australia AFI winner for Best Film
Journey Out of Darkness James Trainor Konrad Matthaei, Ed Devereaux, Kamahl, Marie Clarke, Betty Campbell, Ronald Morse Drama / Thriller Feature film US Co-production
Shades of Puffing Billy Antonio Colacino Short/Documentary
The Pudding Thieves
Wheels Across a Wilderness Malcolm Leyland, Mike Leyland Documentary
1968
The Change at Groote AFI winner for Best Film
The Pictures That Moved: Australian Cinema
Ride a White Horse
Skindeep
The Talgai Skull AFI winner for Best Film
Time in Summer
1969
2000 Weeks Tim Burstall Mark McManus, Jeanie Drynan, Eileen Chapman, David Turnbull, Graeme Blundell, Bruce Anderson, Anne Charleston, Nicholas McCallum, John Frawley, Michael Duffield Drama Feature film Entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival
Age of Consent Michael Powell James Mason, Helen Mirren, Jack MacGowran, Slim DeGrey, Harold Hopkins, Michael Boddy, Frank Thring, Andonia Katsaros, Clarissa Kaye, Slim de Grey, Tommy Hanlon Jnr, Neva Carr-Glynn, Judy McGrath Drama / Romance Feature film
Color Me Dead Eddie Davis Tom Tryon, Carolyn Jones, Rick Jason, Penny Sugg, Sandy Harbutt, Suzy Kendall, Lyndall Moor, Tom Oliver, Barrie Chase, Margot Reid, Patricia Conolly, Reg Gillam, Michael Laurence, Peter Sumner, Tony Ward Mystery / Thriller Feature film
Headland 69 Kevin Kearney Tully Musical/Documentary UBU News No. 14 April
The Intruders Lee Robinson Ed Devereaux, Tony Bonner, Ken James, Gary Pankhurst, Jack Hume, John Unicombe, Ron Graham, Jeanie Drynan, Kevin Miles, Jeff Ashby, Robert Bruning, Liza Goddard Adventure / Drama / Family Feature film(Based on the 'Skippy' TV series aka Skippy And The Intruders / Mallacoota (Original working title)
It Takes All Kinds Eddie Davis Robert Lansing, Vera Miles, Barry Sullivan, Penny Sugg, Sid Melton, Dennis Miller, Allen Bickford, Ted Hepple, Chris Christensen, Rod Mullinar, Roger Ward, Tommy Dysart, Alister Smart, Reg Gorman Drama / Thriller Feature film US Co-production
Jack and Jill: A Postscript Phillip Adams (also wrote, produced, cinematographer) Anthony Ward, Judy Leach, Stanley Randall, Jean Higgs, Phyllis Freeman, Gerry Humphries, Bob Cornish, Gordon Rumph, Sylvia Thredfall, Ray Watts, Claire Humphries-Hunt, Lindsay Howatt Drama Short Feature film AFI winner for Best Film
Little Jungle Boy Mende Brown Rahman Rahmann, Mike Dorsey, Michael Pate, Lesley Berryman, Niki Huen, Noel Ferrier, Willie Fennell Adventure / Family Feature film
Sampan
Savage Shadows
Stockman Joe
Strange Holiday Mende Brown Jaeme Hamilton, Mark Healey, Jamie Massang, Mark Lee, Van Alexander, Ross Williams, Carmen Duncan, Ben Gabriel, Larry Crane, Reg Gorman, Nigel Lovell Adventure / Family Feature film
Thunderbolt
Will Ye No' Come Back Again?
You Can't See 'Round Corners David Cahill Ken Shorter, Rowena Wallace, Carmen Duncan, Judith Fisher, Lyndall Barbour, Slim de Grey, Max Cullen, Max Phipps, Vincent Gil, Henri Szeps, The Atlantics, Kevin Leslie, Goff Vockler, Lou Vernon Drama Feature film Based on 'You Can't See Round Corners' TV series (1967-1969)

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