Return Home is a 1990 Australian drama film directed by Ray Argall. Argall won the AFI Award for Best Director in 1990 and Frankie J. Holden was nominated for Best Actor in a Lead Role.

Noel McKenzie is a successful but divorced insurance broker in Melbourne. He returns briefly to hometown Adelaide where his brother Steve operates a traditional service station and workshop. Steve has a happy family life but is struggling to compete with more modern servos with convenience store and self-service bowsers. Gary, Steve's young apprentice, needs to apologise to his girlfriend Wendy.

Joe Camilleri appears as a busking friend of Noel.

The film was funded by the Australian Film Commission and Film Victoria with no private investment. It was shot in Adelaide over six weeks on 16mm but the AFC agreed to blow it up to 35mm.

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