List of Australian films of 2009

2009

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	17 September
Bad Bush	Samuel Genocchio	Chris Sadrinna Jeremy Lindsay Taylor Viva Bianca Malcolm Kennard	Thriller	Veni Vidi Vici Films	7 May
Balibo	Robert Connolly	Anthony LaPaglia Oscar Isaac Gyton Grantley Damon Gameau	War	Transmission Films Based on the novel Cover Up by Jill Jolliffe	14 August
Beautiful	Dean O'Flaherty	Deborra-Lee Furness Erik Thomson Peta Wilson Tahyna Tozzi	Drama	Jump Street Films	5 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	6 August
Blessed	Ana Kokkinos	Miranda Otto Deborra-Lee Furness William McInnes Tasma Walton	Drama	Icon Film Distribution	10 September
The 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	12 November
Bright Star	Jane Campion	Ben Whishaw Abbie Cornish Kerry Fox Thomas Sangster	Biography Drama	Apparition Films	26 December
Broken Hill	Dagen Merill	Luke Arnold Alexa Vega Timothy Hutton Rhys Wakefield	Drama	Umbrella Entertainment	11 September
Cedar Boys	Sehat Caradee	Rachael Taylor Martin Henderson Les Chantery Daniel Amalm Buddy Dannoun	Drama	Mushroom Pictures	30 July
Charlie & Boots	Dean Murphy	Paul Hogan Shane Jacobson Roy Billing Morgan Griffin	Comedy	Paramount Pictures	3 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	23 April
Coffin Rock	Rupert Glasson	Lisa Chappell Robert Taylor Sam Parsonson Joseph Del Re	Thriller	Ultra Films	22 October
The Combination	David Field	George Basha Firass Dirani Clare Bowen Vaughn White	Drama	Australian Film Syndicate	26 February
Crush	John V. Soto	Chris Egan Emma Lung Brooke Harman Christian Clark	Thriller	Phase 4 Films	10 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	8 June
Eraser Children	Nathan Christoffel	Rob Alec Simon Barbaro Justin Bechtold Andrew Baker	Comedy	Colour Pictures	29 August
Family Demons	Ursula Dabrowsky	Cassandra Kane Kerry Reid Alex Rafalowicz Tommy Darwin	Horror	Peacock Films	25 March
Home of Strangers	Doan Nguyen	Jimmy Huynh Nicole Pritchard Karen Truong Laurent Boiteux	Action	Passage Entertainment	1 August
I.C.U.	Aash Aaron	Margot Robbie Aash Aaron Ozzie Devrish Christian Radford	Thriller	Osiris Entertainment	11 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	14 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	2 July
The Loved Ones	Sean Byrne	Xavier Samuel Robin McLeavy John Brumpton	Horror	Madman Entertainment	13 September
Lucky Country	Kriv Stenders	Aden Young Toby Wallace Hanna Mangan-Lawrence Eamon Farren	Drama	Transmission Films	16 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	1 October
Mary and Max	Adam Elliot	Toni Collette Eric Bana Barry Humphries Philip Seymour Hoffman Bethany Whitmore	Animation Comedy	Icon Films	9 April
My Year Without Sex	Sarah Watt	Matt Day Sacha Horler Portia Bradley Jonathan Segat	Drama	Hibiscus Films	28 May
Offside	Gian Carlo Petraccaro	Terry Rogers Saxon Cordeaux Ben Darsow Natascha Dowsett	Romance	Urtext Film Productions	25 February
Prey	George T. Miller	Natalie Bassingthwaighte Jesse Johnson Natalie Walker Ben Kermode	Horror	Top Cat Films	12 May
Prime Mover	David Caesar	Michael Dorman Emily Barclay Ben Mendelsohn William McInnes	Drama	Transmission Films	8 June
Samson and Delilah	Warwick Thornton	Rowan McNamara Marissa Gibson Scott Thornton Matthew Gibson	Drama	Madman Entertainment	7 May
Stone Bros.	Richard Frankland	Luke Carroll Peter Phelps Jai Courtney Leon Burchill	Comedy	Warner Bros.	12 September
Storage	Michael Craft	Saskia Burmeister Robert Mammone Matthew Scully Robert Price	Horror	Rich Vein Productions	16 August
Subdivision	Sue Brooks	Ashley Bradnam Gary Sweet Brooke Satchwell Aaron Fa'aoso	Comedy	Buena Vista International	20 August
Tomboys	Nathan Hill	Candice Day Naomi Davis Sash Milne Allie Hall	Horror	Alliance Motion Pictures	16 October
Two Fists, One Heart	Shawn Seet	Daniel Amalm Ennio Fantastichini Jessica Marais Tim Minchin	Drama	Walt Disney	19 March
Van Diemen's Land	Jonathan auf der Heide	Oscar Redding Torquil Neilson Tom Wright	Thriller	Madman Entertainment	24 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	3 December

See also

• 2009 in Australia
• 2009 in Australian television
• List of 2009 box office number-one films in Australia