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This is a list of Australian films scheduled for release in 2017 .
| Title | Director | Cast (subject of documentary) | Genre | Notes | Release date |
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| Ali's Wedding | Jeffrey Walker | Osamah Sami, Don Hany, Helana Sawires | Drama | 31 August 2017 | |
| Andorra | Fred Schepisi | Gillian Anderson, Essie Davis, Toni Collette, Guy Pearce | Drama | Based on the novel of the same name by Peter Cameron | 2018? |
| A Silent Agreement | Davo Hardy | Davo Hardy, Paul Mercurio, Joshua Sealy | Drama | 28 September 2017 | |
| Australia Day | Kriv Stenders | Bryan Brown, Isabelle Cornish, Burgess Abernethy | Drama | 12 June 2017 | |
| Bad Blood | David Pulbrook | Morgan Griffin, Xavier Samuel | Thriller | 8 October 2017 | |
| Bad Girl | Fin Edquist | Samara Weaving, Felicity Price, Benjamin Winspear | Thriller | 27 April 2017 | |
| Berlin Syndrome | Cate Shortland | Teresa Palmer, Max Riemelt, Matthias Habich | Thriller | Based on the novel Berlin Syndrome by Melanie Joosten | 20 April 2017 |
| Breath | Simon Baker | Elizabeth Debicki, Simon Baker, Richard Roxburgh | Drama | Based on the novel Breath by Tim Winton | 10 September 2017 |
| The Butterfly Tree | Priscilla Cameron | Melissa George, Ewen Leslie, Ed Oxenbould, Sophie Lowe | Drama | 11 August 2017 | |
| Cargo | Ben Howling, Yolanda Ramke | Martin Freeman, Anthony Hayes, Caren Pistorius | Thriller | Remake of the 2013 short film Cargo | 6 October 2017 |
| Don't Tell | Tori Garrett | Jack Thompson, Rachel Griffiths, Aden Young, Sara West | Drama | 18 May 2017 | |
| Dance Academy: The Movie | Jeffrey Walker | Xenia Goodwin, Alicia Banit, Dena Kaplan, Thomas Lacey, Keiynan Lonsdale, Jordan Rodrigues, Nic Westaway, Tara Morice, Miranda Otto | Drama | Based on the television series. | 6 April 2017 |
| Fags in the Fast Lane | Josh Collins, Sinbad Collins | Chris Asimos, Kitten Natividad | Action, Adventure, Comedy | 1 April 2017 | |
| A Few Less Men | Mark Lamprell | Xavier Samuel, Kris Marshall, Dacre Montgomery | Comedy | Sequel to A Few Best Men | 9 March 2017 |
| The Gateway | John V. Soto | Jacqueline McKenzie, Myles Pollard, Hayley McElhinney | Sci-fi | 1 March 2018 | |
| Hotel Coolgardie | Pete Gleeson | Documentary | 10 June 2017 | ||
| Hotel Mumbai | Anthony Maras | Armie Hammer, Dev Patel, Jason Isaacs | Thriller | Based on the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks | 2018 |
| Hounds of Love | Ben Young | Emma Booth, Ashleigh Cummings, Stephen Curry | Crime | 1 June 2017 | |
| Jasper Jones | Rachel Perkins | Hugo Weaving, Toni Collette | Drama, mystery | Based on the novel Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey | 2 March |
| Jungle | Greg McLean | Daniel Radcliffe, Alex Russell | Adventure | 28 September 2017 | |
| Killing Ground | Damien Power | Aaron Pedersen, Harriet Dyer, Maya Stange, Tiarnie Coupland | Thriller | 31 August 2017 | |
| Mondo Yakuza | Addison Heath | Kenji Shimada, Skye Medusa, Glenn Maynard, Cris Cochrane, Rob Stanfield | Action | 16 January 2017 | |
| 1% | Stephen McCallum | Abbey Lee, Matt Nable, Ryan Corr | Crime | 9 September 2017 | |
| The Osiris Child: Science Fiction Volume One | Shane Abbess | Kellan Lutz, Daniel MacPherson, Isabel Lucas | Sci-fi | 18 May 2017 | |
| OtherLife | Ben C. Lucas | Thomas Cocquerel, Jessica De Gouw, Shalom Brune-Franklin | Sci-fi | 16 June 2017 | |
| Sweet Country | Warwick Thornton | Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, Thomas M. Wright, Matt Day | Western | 6 September 2017 | |
| Swinging Safari | Stephan Elliott | Guy Pearce, Radha Mitchell, Julian McMahon, Kylie Minogue | Drama | 18 January 2018 | |
| Tarnation | Daniel Armstrong | Daisy Masterman, Jasy Holt, Sean McIntyre | Horror | 4 July 2017 | |
| That's Not Me | Gregory Erdstein | Alice Foulcher, Isabel Lucas, Richard Davies | Comedy | 7 September 2017 | |
| Three Summers | Ben Elton | Robert Sheehan, Rebecca Breeds, Jacqueline McKenzie | Comedy | 2 November 2017 | |
| 2:22 | Paul Currie | Michiel Huisman, Teresa Palmer, Sam Reid | Thriller | June 30, 2017 | |
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