| Title | Director | Cast (Subject of documentary) | Genre | Notes | Release date |
| $9.99 | Tatia Rosenthal | Geoffrey Rush
Joel Edgerton
Anthony LaPaglia
Claudia Karvan | Animation
Drama | Regent Releasing | 000000002016-09-17-000017 September |
| Bad Bush | Samuel Genocchio | Chris Sadrinna
Jeremy Lindsay Taylor
Viva Bianca
Malcolm Kennard | Thriller | Veni Vidi Vici Films | 000000002016-05-07-00007 May |
| Balibo | Robert Connolly | Anthony LaPaglia
Oscar Isaac
Gyton Grantley
Damon Gameau | War | Transmission Films
Based on the novel Cover Up by Jill Jolliffe | 000000002016-08-14-000014 August |
| Beautiful | Dean O'Flaherty | Deborra-Lee Furness
Erik Thomson
Peta Wilson
Tahyna Tozzi | Drama | Jump Street Films | 000000002016-03-05-00005 March |
| Beautiful Kate | Rachel Ward | Ben Mendelsohn
Bryan Brown
Maeve Dermody
Rachel Griffiths | Drama | Roadshow Entertainment
Based on the novel of the same name by Newton Thornburg | 000000002016-08-06-00006 August |
| Blessed | Ana Kokkinos | Miranda Otto
Deborra-Lee Furness
William McInnes
Tasma Walton | Drama | Icon Film Distribution | 000000002016-09-10-000010 September |
| Boys Are Back, TheThe Boys Are Back | Scott Hicks | Clive Owen
Laura Fraser
Emma Lung
Erik Thomson
Julia Blake | Drama | Miramax Films
Based on the novel The Boys Are Back In Town by Simon Carr | 000000002016-11-12-000012 November |
| Bright Star | Jane Campion | Ben Whishaw
Abbie Cornish
Kerry Fox
Thomas Sangster | Biography
Drama | Apparition Films | 000000002016-12-26-000026 December |
| Broken Hill | Dagen Merill | Luke Arnold
Alexa Vega
Timothy Hutton
Rhys Wakefield | Drama | Umbrella Entertainment | 000000002016-09-11-000011 September |
| Cedar Boys | Sehat Caradee | Rachael Taylor
Martin Henderson
Les Chantery
Daniel Amalm
Buddy Dannoun | Drama | Mushroom Pictures | 000000002016-07-30-000030 July |
| Charlie & Boots | Dean Murphy | Paul Hogan
Shane Jacobson
Roy Billing
Morgan Griffin | Comedy | Paramount Pictures | 000000002016-09-03-00003 September |
| Closed for Winter | James Bogle | Natalie Imbruglia
Danielle Catanzariti
Deborah Kennedy
Daniel Frederiksen | Drama | Omnilab Media
Based on the novel of the same name by Georgia Blain | 000000002016-04-23-000023 April |
| Combination, TheThe Combination | David Field | George Basha
Firass Dirani
Clare Bowen
Vaughn White | Drama | Australian Film Syndicate | 000000002016-02-26-000026 February |
| Coffin Rock | Rupert Glasson | Lisa Chappell
Robert Taylor
Sam Parsonson
Joseph Del Re | Thriller | Ultra Films | 000000002016-10-22-000022 October |
| Crush | John V. Soto | Chris Egan
Emma Lung
Brooke Harman
Christian Clark | Thriller | Phase 4 Films | 000000002016-04-10-000010 April |
| Disgrace | Steve Jacobs | Eriq Ebouaney
John Malkovich
Jessica Haines
Antoinette Engel | Drama | Dendy Films
Based on the novel of the same name by J. M. Coetzee | 000000002016-06-08-00008 June |
| Eraser Children | Nathan Christoffel | Rob Alec
Simon Barbaro
Justin Bechtold
Andrew Baker | Comedy | Colour Pictures | 000000002016-08-29-000029 August |
| Family Demons | Ursula Dabrowsky | Cassandra Kane
Kerry Reid
Alex Rafalowicz
Tommy Darwin | Horror | Peacock Films | 000000002016-03-25-000025 March |
| Home of Strangers | Doan Nguyen | Jimmy Huynh
Nicole Pritchard
Karen Truong
Laurent Boiteux | Action | Passage Entertainment | 000000002016-08-01-00001 August |
| I.C.U. | Aash Aaron | Margot Robbie
Aash Aaron
Ozzie Devrish
Christian Radford | Thriller | Osiris Entertainment | 000000002016-11-11-000011 November |
| In Her Skin | Simone North | Miranda Otto
Guy Pearce
Ruth Bradley
Sam Neill | Thriller | Goldcrest Films
Based on the novel Perfect Victim by Elizabeth Southall | 000000002016-03-14-000014 March |
| Last Ride | Glendyn Ivin | Hugo Weaving
Tom Russell
Kelton Pell
Anita Hegh | Drama | Madman Entertainment
Based on the novel of the same name by Denise Young | 000000002016-07-02-00002 July |
| Lucky Country | Kriv Stenders | Aden Young
Toby Wallace
Hanna Mangan-Lawrence
Eamon Farren | Drama | Transmission Films | 000000002016-07-16-000016 July |
| Mao's Last Dancer | Bruce Beresford | Bruce Greenwood
Chi Cao
Kyle MacLachlan
Joan Chen | Biography | Roadshow Entertainment
Based on the novel of the same name by Li Cunxin | 000000002016-10-01-00001 October |
| Mary and Max | Adam Elliot | Toni Collette
Eric Bana
Barry Humphries
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Bethany Whitmore | Animation
Comedy | Icon Films | 000000002016-04-09-00009 April |
| My Year Without Sex | Sarah Watt | Matt Day
Sacha Horler
Portia Bradley
Jonathan Segat | Drama | Hibiscus Films | 000000002016-05-28-000028 May |
| Offside | Gian Carlo Petraccaro | Terry Rogers
Saxon Cordeaux
Ben Darsow
Natascha Dowsett | Romance | Urtext Film Productions | 000000002016-02-25-000025 February |
| Prey | George T. Miller | Natalie Bassingthwaighte
Jesse Johnson
Natalie Walker
Ben Kermode | Horror | Top Cat Films | 000000002016-05-12-000012 May |
| Prime Mover | David Caesar | Michael Dorman
Emily Barclay
Ben Mendelsohn
William McInnes | Drama | Transmission Films | 000000002016-06-08-00008 June |
| Samson and Delilah | Warwick Thornton | Rowan McNamara
Marissa Gibson
Scott Thornton
Matthew Gibson | Drama | Madman Entertainment | 000000002016-05-07-00007 May |
| Stone Bros. | Richard Frankland | Luke Carroll
Peter Phelps
Jai Courtney
Leon Burchill | Comedy | Warner Bros. | 000000002016-09-12-000012 September |
| Storage | Michael Craft | Saskia Burmeister
Robert Mammone
Matthew Scully
Robert Price | Horror | Rich Vein Productions | 000000002016-08-16-000016 August |
| Subdivision | Sue Brooks | Ashley Bradnam
Gary Sweet
Brooke Satchwell
Aaron Fa'aoso | Comedy | Buena Vista International | 000000002016-08-20-000020 August |
| Tomboys | Nathan Hill | Candice Day
Naomi Davis
Sash Milne
Allie Hall | Horror | Alliance Motion Pictures | 000000002016-10-16-000016 October |
| Two Fists, One Heart | Shawn Seet | Daniel Amalm
Ennio Fantastichini
Jessica Marais
Tim Minchin | Drama | Walt Disney | 000000002016-03-19-000019 March |
| Van Diemen's Land | Jonathan auf der Heide | Oscar Redding
Torquil Neilson
Tom Wright | Thriller | Madman Entertainment | 000000002016-09-24-000024 September |
| Where the Wild Things Are | Spike Jonze | Max Records
Catherine Keener
Mark Ruffalo
James Gandolfini | Fantasy | Warner Bros.
Based on the novel of the same name by Maurice Sendak | 000000002016-12-03-00003 December |
