| 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 |
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