| Year | Film | Screenwriter(s) |
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| 1970s |
| 1978 | Newsfront | Bob Ellis and Phillip Noyce |
| The Last Wave | Tony Morphett, Petru Popescu and Peter Weir |
| Mouth to Mouth | John Duigan |
| Patrick | Everett De Roche |
| 1979 | In Search of Anna | Esben Storm |
| Kostas | Linda Aronson |
| Mad Max | James McCausland and George Miller |
| Palm Beach | Albie Thoms |
| 1980s |
| 1983 | Buddies | John Dingwall |
| The Clinic | Greg Millin |
| Man of Flowers | Paul Cox and Bob Ellis |
| Phar Lap | David Williamson |
| 1984 | My First Wife | Paul Cox and Bob Ellis |
| Fast Talking | Ken Cameron |
| Silver City | Thomas Keneally and Sophia Turkiewicz |
| Street Hero | Jan Sardi |
| 1985 | Fran | Glenda Hambly |
| The Boy Who Had Everything | Stephen Wallace |
| A Street to Die | Bill Bennett |
| Unfinished Business | Bob Ellis |
| 1986 | Malcolm | David Parker |
| The More Things Change... | Michael Brindley and Moya Wood |
| Short Changed | Bob Merritt |
| Young Einstein | David Roach and Yahoo Serious |
| 1987 | The Year My Voice Broke | John Duigan |
| Belinda | Pamela Gibbons |
| Ground Zero | Mac Gudgeon and Jan Sardi |
| High Tide | Laura Jones |
| 1989 | Sweetie | Jane Campion and Gerard Lee |
| Georgia | Mac Gudgeon |
| Ghosts... of the Civil Dead | Gene Conkie, Evan English and John Hillcoat |
| Island | Paul Cox |
| 1990s |
| 1993 | The Piano | Jane Campion |
| The Nostradamus Kid | Bob Ellis |
| On My Own | Gill Dennis, John Frizzell and Antonio Tibaldi |
| This Won't Hurt a Bit | Chris Kennedy |
| 1994 | Bad Boy Bubby | Rolf de Heer |
| The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Stephan Elliott |
| Muriel's Wedding | P. J. Hogan |
| The Roly Poly Man | Kym Goldsworthy |
| 1995 | Angel Baby | Michael Rymer |
| All Men Are Liars | Gerard Lee |
| Mushrooms | Alan Madden |
| Vacant Possession | Margot Nash |
| 1996 | Shine | Jan Sardi |
| Children of the Revolution | Peter Duncan |
| Floating Life | Eddie L. C. Fong and Clara Law |
| Love and Other Catastrophes | Helen Bandis, Yael Bergman and Emma-Kate Croghan |
| 1997 | The Castle | Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Jane Kennedy and Rob Sitch |
| Doing Time for Patsy Cline | Chris Kennedy |
| Kiss or Kill | Bill Bennett |
| Road to Nhill | Alison Tilson |
| 1998 | The Interview | Gordon Davie and Craig Monahan |
| Amy | David Parker |
| Dance Me to My Song | Rolf de Heer, Heather Rose and Frederick Stahl |
| Dead Letter Office | Deb Cox |
| 1999 | Two Hands | Gregor Jordan |
| Siam Sunset | Max Dann and Andrew Knight |
| Soft Fruit | Christina Andreef |
| Strange Fits of Passion | Elise McCredie |
| 2000s |
| 2000 | Russian Doll | Stavros Kazantzidis and Allanah Zitserman |
| Better Than Sex | Jonathan Teplitzky |
| Me Myself I | Pip Karmel |
| My Mother Frank | Mark Lamprell |
| 2001 | The Bank | Robert Connolly |
| La Spagnola | Anna Maria Monticelli |
| Mullet | David Caesar |
| Yolngu Boy | Chris Anastassiades |
| 2002 | Walking on Water | Roger Monk |
| Beneath Clouds | Ivan Sen |
| The Man Who Sued God | John Clarke and Don Watson |
| The Tracker | Rolf de Heer |
| 2003 | Japanese Story | Alison Tilson |
| Crackerjack | Mick and Richard Molloy |
| Gettin' Square | Chris Nyst |
| Travelling Night | Kathryn Millard |
| 2004 | Somersault | Cate Shortland |
| The Finished People | Khoa Do, Rodney Anderson, Joe Le and Jason McGoldrick |
| Love's Brother | Jan Sardi |
| Tom White | Daniel Keene |
| 2005 | Look Both Ways | Sarah Watt |
| Little Fish | Jacquelin Perske |
| The Proposition | Nick Cave |
| Wolf Creek | Greg McLean |
| 2006 | Ten Canoes | Rolf de Heer |
| 2:37 | Murali K. Thalluri |
| Kenny | Shane and Clayton Jacobson |
| Suburban Mayhem | Alice Bell |
| 2008 | The Black Balloon | Elissa Down and Jimmy Jack |
| Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger | Cathy Randall |
| The Jammed | Dee McLachlan |
| The Square | Matthew Dabner and Joel Edgerton |
| 2009 | Samson and Delilah | Warwick Thornton |
| Cedar Boys | Serhat Caradee |
| Mary and Max | Adam Elliot |
| My Year Without Sex | Sarah Watt |
| 2010s |
| 2010 | Animal Kingdom | David Michôd |
| Beneath Hill 60 | David Roach |
| Bright Star | Jane Campion |
| Daybreakers | The Spierig Brothers |
| AACTA Awards |
2011
(1st) | Griff the Invisible | Leon Ford |
| The Loved Ones | Sean Byrne |
| Mad Bastards | Brendan Fletcher |
| Red Hill | Patrick Hughes |
2012
(2nd) | Wish You Were Here | Kieran Darcy-Smith and Felicity Price |
| Burning Man | Jonathan Teplitzky |
| Mental | P. J. Hogan |
| Not Suitable for Children | Michael Lucas |
2013
(3rd) | The Rocket | Kim Mordaunt |
| 100 Bloody Acres | Colin and Cameron Cairnes |
| Drift | Morgan O'Neill |
| Mystery Road | Ivan Sen |
2014
(4th) | The Babadook | Jennifer Kent |
| 52 Tuesdays | Matthew Cormack and Sophie Hyde |
| Charlie's Country | David Gulpilil and Rolf de Heer |
| The Water Diviner | Andrew Anastasios and Andrew Knight |
2015
(5th) | Paper Planes | Robert Connolly and Steve Worland |
| Cut Snake | Blake Ayshford |
| Kill Me Three Times | James McFarland |
| Mad Max: Fury Road | Nico Lathouris, Brendan McCarthy and George Miller |
2016
(6th) | Hacksaw Ridge | Andrew Knight and Robert Schenkkan |
| Down Under | Abe Forsythe |
| Goldstone | Ivan Sen |
| Pawno | Damian Hill |
2017
(7th) | Ali's Wedding | Andrew Knight and Osamah Sami |
| The Butterfly Tree | Priscilla Cameron |
| The Death and Life of Otto Bloom | Cris Jones |
| Hounds of Love | Ben Young |
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| Sweet Country | Steven McGregor and David Tranter |
| 1% | Matt Nable |
| Brothers' Nest | Jaime Browne |
| Upgrade | Leigh Whannell |
| 2020s |
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| Nitram | Shaun Grant |
| Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie's Dead Aunt) | Monica Zanetti |
| The Furnace | Roderick MacKay |
| High Ground | Chris Anastassiades |
| June Again | JJ Winlove |
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