| Year | Film | Screenwriter(s) | Source |
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| 1970s |
| 1978 | The Getting of Wisdom | Eleanor Witcombe | The Getting of Wisdom (novel) by Henry Handel Richardson |
| The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith | Fred Schepisi | The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (novel) by Thomas Keneally |
| The Mango Tree | Michael Pate | The Mango Tree (novel) by Ronald McKie |
| Weekend of Shadows | Peter Yeldham | The Reckoning (novel) by Hugh Atkinson |
| 1979 | My Brilliant Career | Eleanor Witcombe | My Brilliant Career (novel) by Miles Franklin |
| Cathy's Child | Ken Quinnell | A Piece of Paper (novel) by Dick Wordley |
| The Last of the Knucklemen | Tim Burstall | The Last of the Knucklemen (play) by John Power |
| Money Movers | Bruce Beresford | Money Movers (novel) by Devon Minchin |
| 1980s |
| 1983 | Careful, He Might Hear You | Michael Jenkins | Careful, He Might Hear You (novel) by Sumner Locke Elliott |
| Now and Forever | Richard Cassidy | Now and Forever (novel) by Danielle Steel |
| The Wild Duck | Tutte Lemkow, Dido Merwin, Henri Safran, Peter Smalley | The Wild Duck (play) by Henrik Ibsen |
| The Year of Living Dangerously | Peter Weir, David Williamson | The Year of Living Dangerously (novel) by Christopher Koch |
| 1984 | Annie's Coming Out | John Patterson, Chris Borthwick | Annie's Coming Out (novel) by Rosemary Crossley & Anne McDonald |
| BMX Bandits | Russell Hagg | Story by Patrick Edgeworth |
| Razorback | Everett De Roche | Razorback (novel) by Peter Brennan |
| Strikebound | Richard Lowenstein | Dead Men Don't Dig Coal (novel) by Wendy Lowenstein |
| 1985 | Bliss | Peter Carey, Ray Lawrence | Bliss (novel) by Peter Carey |
| An Indecent Obsession | Denise Morgan | An Indecent Obsession (novel) by Colleen McCullough |
| The Coca-Cola Kid | Frank Moorhouse | The Americans Baby (novel) by Frank Moorhouse |
| Rebel | Michael Jenkins | No Names, No Pack Drill (play) by Bob Herbert |
| 1986 | The Fringe Dwellers | Bruce & Rhoisin Beresford | The Fringe Dwellers by Peter Carey |
| For Love Alone | Stephen Wallace | Stephen Wallace (novel) by Christina Stead |
| Kangaroo | Evan Jones | Kangaroo (novel) by D. H. Lawrence |
| Playing Beatie Bow | Peter Gawler | Playing Beatie Bow (novel) by Ruth Park |
| 1987 | Travelling North | David Williamson | Travelling North (play) by David Williamson |
| The Place at the Coast | Hilary Furlong | The Place at the Coast (novel) by Jane Hyde |
| Slate, Wyn & Me | Don McLennan | Slate, Wyn & Me (novel) by Georgia Savage |
| Vincent | Paul Cox | The Letters of Vincent van Gogh |
| 1989 | Evil Angels | Robert Caswell, Fred Schepisi | Evil Angels (novel) by John Bryson |
| Compo | Abe Pogos | Compo (play) by Abe Pogos |
| Dead Calm | Terry Hayes | Dead Calm (novel) by Charles F. Williams |
| Emerald City | David Williamson | Emerald City (play) by David Williamson |
| 1990s |
| 1993 | Blackfellas | James Ricketson, Archie Weller | Blackfellas (novel) by Archie Weller |
| Black River | Kevin Lucas | Black River (opera) by Andrew & Julianne Schultz |
| No Worries | David Holman | No Worries (play) by David Holman |
| The Silver Brumby | Elyne Mitchell, Jon Stephens | Silver Brumby (novels) by Elyne Mitchell |
| 1994 | The Sum of Us | David Stevens | The Sum of Us (play) by David Stevens |
| Country Life | Michael Blakemore, Anton Chekhov | Uncle Vanya (play) by Anton Chekhov |
| Everynight ... Everynight | Ray Mooney, Alkinos Tsilimidos | Everynight ... Everynight (play) by Ray Mooney |
| Traps | Robert Carter, Pauline Chan | Dreamhouse (novel) by Kate Grenville |
| 1995 | Hotel Sorrento | Richard Franklin, Peter Fitzpatrick | Hotel Sorrento (play) by Hannie Rayson |
| Dad and Dave: On Our Selection | Geoffrey Atherden, Steele Rudd | Characters by Steele Rudd |
| Sanctuary | David Williamson | Sanctuary (play) by David Williamson |
| That Eye, the Sky | John Ruane, Jim Barton | That Eye, the Sky (novel) by Tim Winton. |
| 1996 | Cosi | Louis Nowra | Così (play) by Louis Nowra |
| Dead Heart | Nick Parsons | Dead Heart (play) by Nick Parsons |
| Life | John Brumpton, Lawrence Johnston | Containment (play) by John Brumpton |
| What I Have Written | John A. Scott | What I Have Written (novel) by John A. Scott |
| 1997 | The Well | Laura Jones | The Well (novel) by Elizabeth Jolley |
| Blackrock | Nick Enright | Blackrock (play) by Nick Enright |
| Love in Ambush | Carl Schultz | Jarai (novel) by Loup Durand |
| 1998 | The Boys | Stephen Sewell | The Boys (play) by Gordon Graham |
| Head On | Ana Kokkinos | Loaded (novel) by Christos Tsiolkas |
| Oscar and Lucinda | Laura Jones | Oscar and Lucinda (novel) by John Brumpton |
| Radiance | Louis Nowra | Radiance (play) by Louis Nowra |
| 1999 | Praise | Andrew McGahan | Praise (novel) by Andrew McGahan |
| 2000s |
| 2000 | Looking for Alibrandi | Melina Marchetta | Looking for Alibrandi (novel) by Melina Marchetta |
| Chopper | Andrew Dominik | The autobiographies of Mark "Chopper" Read |
| The Magic Pudding | Harry Cripps, Greg Haddrick, Simon Hopkinson | The Magic Pudding (book) by Norman Lindsay |
| 2001 | Lantana | Andrew Bovell | Speaking In Tongues (novel) by Andrew Bovell |
| He Died with a Felafel in His Hand | Richard Lowenstein | He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (novel) by John Birmingham |
| The Monkey's Mask | Anne Kennedy, Dorothy Porter | The Monkey's Mask (novel) by Dorothy Porter |
| Silent Partner | Daniel Keene | Silent Partner (play) by Daniel Keene |
| 2002 | Australian Rules | Paul Goldman, Phillip Gwynne | Deadly, Unna? (novel) by Phillip Gwynne |
| Molokai: The Story of Father Damien | John Briley | Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (novel) by Hilde Eynikel |
| Rabbit-Proof Fence | Christine Olsen | Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence (novel) by Doris Pilkington |
| Swimming Upstream | Tony Fingleton | Swimming Upstream (autobiography) by Diane & Tony Fingleton |
| 2003 | The Rage in Placid Lake | Tony McNamara | The Cafe Latte Kid (play) by Tony McNamara |
| Blurred | Stephen Davies, Kier Shorey | Blurred (play) by Stephen Davis |
| Ned Kelly | John Michael McDonagh | Our Sunshine (novel) by Robert Drewe |
| Teesh and Trude | Vanessa Lomma | Teesh and Trude (play) by Wilson McCaskill |
| 2005 | Three Dollars | Robert Connolly, Elliot Perlman | Three Dollars (novel) by Elliot Perlman |
| Hating Alison Ashley | Christine Madafferi | Hating Alison Ashley (novel) by Robin Klein |
| The Illustrated Family Doctor | David Snell, Kriv Stenders | The Illustrated Family Doctor (novel) by Robert Drewe |
| The Widower | Lyndon Terracini | Evening Alone at Bunyah, Noonday Axeman, The Widower in the Country, Cowyard Gates and The Last Hellos (poems) by Les Murray |
| 2006 | Candy | Neil Armfield, Luke Davies | Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction (novel) by Luke Davies |
| The Book of Revelation | Andrew Bovell, Ana Kokkinos | The Book of Revelation (novel) by Rupert Thomson |
| Jindabyne | Beatrix Christian | So Much Water So Close to Home (short story) by Raymond Carver |
| Last Train to Freo | Reg Cribb | The Return (play) by Reg Cribb |
| 2008 | Unfinished Sky | Peter Duncan | The Polish Bride (1998 screenplay) by Kees van der Hulst |
| All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane | Stephen Vagg | All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane (play_ by Stephen Vagg |
| 2009 | Balibo | Robert Connolly, David Williamson | Cover-Up (novel) by Jill Jolliffe |
| Beautiful Kate | Rachel Ward | Beautiful Kate (novel) by Newton Thornburg |
| Blessed | Andrew Bovell, Patricia Cornelius, Melissa Reeves and Christos Tsiolkas | Who's Afraid of the Working Class? (play) by Andrew Bovell |
| Mao's Last Dancer | Jan Sardi | Mao's Last Dancer (autobiography) by Li Cunxin |
| 2010s |
| 2010 | Tomorrow, When the War Began | Stuart Beattie | Tomorrow, When the War Began (novel) by John Marsden |
| Bran Nue Dae | Reg Cribb, Rachel Perkins | Bran Nue Dae (musical) by Jimmy Chi |
| The Boys Are Back | Allan Cubitt | The Boys Are Back In Town (novel) by Simon Carr |
| The Tree | Julie Bertuccelli | Our Father Who Art in the Tree (novel) by Judy Pascoe |
| AACTA Awards |
2011
(1st) | Snowtown | Shaun Grant | The Snowtown murders |
| The Eye of the Storm | Judy Morris | The Eye of the Storm (novel) by Patrick White |
| The Hunter | Alice Addison | The Hunter (novel) by Julia Leigh |
| Red Dog | Daniel Taplitz | Red Dog (novel) by Louis de Bernières |
2012
(2nd) | The Sapphires | Tony Briggs, Keith Thompson | The Sapphires (play) by Tony Briggs |
| Lore | Robin Mukherjee, Cate Shortland | The Dark Room (novel) by Rachel Seiffert |
2013
(3rd) | The Great Gatsby | Baz Luhrmann, Craig Pearce | The Great Gatsby (novel) by F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| Adoration | Christopher Hampton | The Grandmothers (short story collection) by Doris Lessing |
| Dead Europe | Louise Fox | Dead Europe (novel) by Christos Tsiolkas |
| The Turning | The Turning Ensemble | The Turning (short story collection) by Tim Winton |
2014
(4th) | The Railway Man | Frank Cottrell Boyce, Andy Paterson | The Railway Man (novel) by Eric Lomax |
| Predestination | The Spierig Brothers | All You Zombies (novel) by Robert A. Heinlein |
2015
(5th) | Last Cab to Darwin | Reg Cribb, Jeremy Sims | Last Cab to Darwin (play) by Reg Cribb |
| Holding the Man | Tommy Murphy | Holding the Man (autobiography) by Timothy Conigrave |
| Ruben Guthrie | Brendan Cowell | Ruben Guthrie (play) by Brendan Cowell |
2016
(6th) | The Daughter | Simon Stone | The Wild Duck (play) by Henrik Ibsen |
| Girl Asleep | Matthew Whittet | Girl Asleep (play) by Matthew Whittet |
2017
(7th) | Lion | Luke Davies | A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley and Larry Buttrose |
| Berlin Syndrome | Shaun Grant | Berlin Syndrome (book) by Melanie Joosten |
| Don't Tell | Anne Brooksbank, Ursula Cleary, James Greville | Based on a true story |
| Jasper Jones | Shaun Grant, Craig Silvey | Jasper Jones (book) by Craig Silvey |
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| Boy Erased | Joel Edgerton | Boy Erased: A Memoir by Garrard Conley |
| Breath | Simon Baker, Gerard Lee, Tim Winton | Breath (novel) by Tim Winton |
| Cargo | Yolanda Ramke | Cargo (short film) by Ben Howling, Yolanda Ramke |
| Ladies in Black | Bruce Beresford, Sue Milliken | Ladies in Black (play) by Carolyn Burns |
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| The Dry | Robert Connolly, Harry Cripps | The Dry (novel) by Jane Harper |
| Penguin Bloom | Shaun Grant, Harry Cripps | Penguin Bloom (novel) by Bradley Trevor Greive |
| Peter Rabbit 2 | Patrick Burleigh, Will Gluck | Peter Rabbit (stories) by Beatrix Potter |
| Rams | James Duncan | Rams (2015 film) by Grímur Hákonarson |
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