List of Australian films of 2020

This is a list of Australian films that have been released in 2020.

Films

Opening		Title	Production company	Cast and crew	Ref.
J A N U A R Y	7	True History of the Kelly Gang	Porchlight Fims / Daybreak Pictures / Memento Films	Justin Kurzel (director); George MacKay, Essie Davis, Nicholas Hoult, Orlando Schwert, Thomasin McKenzie	[1]
	16	Go Karts	See Pictures	Owen Trevor (director); William Lodder, Anastasia Bampos, Frances O'Connor, Richard Roxburgh, Adam T Perkin	[2]
F E B R U A R Y	6	H Is for Happiness	Cyan Films / The Koop / Screen Australia	John Sheedy (director); Daisy Axon, Wesley Patten, Richard Roxburgh, Emma Booth, Miriam Margolyes	[3]
	27	The Invisible Man	Blumhouse Productions / Goalpost Pictures / Nervous Tick Productions	Leigh Whannell (director); Elisabeth Moss, Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid, Harriet Dyer, Michael Dorman	[4]
		Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears	Every Cloud Productions	Tony Tilse (director); Deb Cox (screenplay); Essie Davis, Nathan Page, Miriam Margolyes, Ashleigh Cummings, Hugo Johnstone-Burt	[5]
		The Wishmas Tree	Like a Photon Creative	Ricard Cussó (director); Miranda Tapsell, Ross Noble, Kate Murphy, Ricard Cussó, Ryan Renshaw	[6]
	28	Aiyai: Wrathful Soul	GVKM Elephant Pictures / Aiyai Pty Ltd	Ilanthirayan Alan Arumugam (director/screenplay); Charles Benedict, Mukund Ramanan (screenplay); Kabir Singh, Tahlia Jade Holt, Korey Williams, Anthony Miller, Salvatore Merenda	[7]
M A Y	6	Hearts and Bones	Night Kitchen Productions	Ben Lawrence (director/screenplay); Beatrix Christian (screenplay); Hugo Weaving, Andrew Luri, Hayley McElhinney, Bolude Watson	[8]
	22	Escape from Pretoria	South Australian Film Corporation / Particular Crowd / Spier Films	Francis Annan (director); Daniel Radcliffe, Daniel Webber, Ian Hart, Mark Leonard Winter, Nathan Page	[9]
	29	100% Wolf	Flying Bark Productions / Siamese Pty Ltd.	Alexs Stadermann (director/screenplay); Jai Courtney, Samara Weaving, Magda Szubanski, Rhys Darby, Akmal Saleh	[10]
J U L Y	21	Blood Vessel	Storm Vision Entertainment / SunJive Studios / Wicked of Oz Studios	Justin Dix (director); Alyssa Sutherland, Nathan Phillips, Christopher Kirby, John Lloyd Fillingham, Alex Cooke	[11]
	23	Babyteeth	Screen Australia / Entertainment One / Whitefalk Films	Shannon Murphy (director); Rita Kalnejais (screenplay); Eliza Scanlen, Toby Wallace, Emily Barclay, Eugene Gilfedder, Essie Davis	[12]
A U G U S T	7	Black Water: Abyss	Thrills & Spills / Cornerstone Pictures / ProdigyMovies	Andrew Traucki (director); Jessica McNamee, Luke Mitchell, Amali Golden, Benjamin Hoetjes, Anthony Sharpe	[13]
	20	Sequin in a Blue Room	Sequin in a Blue Room / AFTRS	Samuel Van Grinsven (director); Conor Leach, Simon Croker, Anthony Brandon Wong, Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, Samuel Barrie	[14]
	28	I Am Woman	Goalpost Pictures / Screen Australia / Cowlick Entertainment	Unjoo Moon (director); Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Danielle Macdonald, Evan Peters, Molly Broadstock, Chris Parnell	[15]
S E P T E M B E R	10	Slim and I	Pictures In Paradise / Slim Dusty Enterprises	Kriv Stenders (director); Slim Dusty, Joy McKean	[16]
O C T O B E R	8	Bloody Hell	Eclectik Vision / Entertainment Squad / Heart Sleeve Productions	Alister Grierson (director); Robert Benjamin (screenplay); Ben O'Toole, Caroline Craig, Matthew Sunderland, Travis Jeffery, Jack Finsterer	[17]
		Dirt Music	Wildgaze Films / Aquarius Films / Cornerstone Pictures	Gregor Jordan (director); Jack Thorne (screenplay); Garrett Hedlund, Kelly Macdonald, David Wenham, Julia Stone, Ava Caryofyllis	[18]
	15	Combat Wombat	Like a Photon Creative	Ricard Cussó (director); Deborah Mailman, Ed Oxenbould, Frank Woodley, Judith Lucy	[19]
	29	Rams	WBMC	Jeremy Sims (director); Sam Neill, Michael Caton, Miranda Richardson, Asher Keddie, Wayne Blair	[20]
		Never Too Late	Screen Australia / F.G. Film Productions / South Australian Film Corporation	Mark Lamprell (director); Luke Preston (screenplay); James Cromwell, Dennis Waterman, Roy Billing, Shane Jacobson Jack Thompson	[21]
N O V E M B E R	7	Brazen Hussies	Film Camp Pty Ltd / Brazen Hussies Film Pty Ltd	Catherine Dwyer (director)	[22]
	19	Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie's Dead Aunt)	Head Gear Films	Monica Zanetti (director); Sophie Hawkshaw, Zoe Terakes, Marta Dusseldorp, Rachel House, Julia Billington	[23]
D E C E M B E R	10	The Furnace	Umbrella Entertainment	Roderick MacKay (director); Ahmed Malek, Baykali Ganambarr, David Wenham, Kaushik Das, Noah Skape	[24]

See also

• 2020 in Australia
• 2020 in Australian television
• List of 2020 box office number-one films in Australia

References

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