| Year
|
Film
|
|
| 1970s
|
| 1977
|
The Picture Show Man
|
David Copping
|
| Break of Day
|
Wendy Dickson
|
| Oz
|
Robbie Perkins
|
| Storm Boy
|
David Copping
|
| 1978
|
Newsfront
|
Lissa Coote
|
| The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
|
Wendy Dickson
|
| The Getting of Wisdom
|
John Stoddart, Richard D. Kent
|
| The Mango Tree
|
Leslie Binns
|
| 1979
|
My Brilliant Career
|
Luciana Arrighi
|
| The Last Of The Knucklemen
|
Leslie Binns
|
| Mad Max
|
Jon Dowding
|
| Money Movers
|
David Copping
|
| 1980s
|
| 1980
|
Breaker Morant
|
David Copping
|
| The Chain Reaction
|
Graham 'Grace' Walker
|
| Harlequin
|
Bernard Hides
|
| Stir
|
Lee Whitmore
|
| 1981
|
Gallipoli
|
Herbert Pinter, Wendy Stites
|
| Fatty Finn
|
Lissa Coote
|
| Grendel Grendel Grendel
|
Alex Stitt
|
| The Survivor
|
Bernard Hides
|
| Winter of Our Dreams
|
Lee Whitmore
|
| 1982
|
Mad Max 2
|
Graham 'Grace' Walker
|
| The Return of Captain Invincible
|
David Copping
|
| Squizzy Taylor
|
Logan Brewer
|
| Starstruck
|
Brian Thomson
|
| 1983
|
Careful, He Might Hear You
|
John Stoddart
|
| Undercover
|
Herbert Pinter
|
| The Wild Duck
|
Darrell Lass
|
| The Year of Living Dangerously
|
Herbert Pinter, Wendy Stites
|
| 1984
|
Strikebound
|
Tracy Watt, Harry Zettel, MacGregor Knox
|
| Razorback
|
Bryce Walmsley
|
| Silver City
|
Igor Nay
|
| Street Hero
|
Brian Thomson
|
| 1985
|
Rebel
|
Brian Thomson
|
| Bliss
|
Owen Paterson, Wendy Dickson
|
| The Coca-Cola Kid
|
Graham 'Grace' Walker
|
| Frog Dreaming
|
Jon Dowding
|
| 1986
|
Playing Beatie Bow
|
George Liddle
|
| Dead End Drive-In
|
Lawrence Eastwood
|
| For Love Alone
|
John Stoddart
|
| The Right-Hand Man
|
Neil Angwin
|
| 1987
|
Ground Zero
|
Brian Thomson
|
| Bullseye
|
George Liddle
|
| The Place at the Coast
|
Owen Paterson
|
| To Market To Market
|
Virginia Rouse
|
| 1988
|
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey
|
Sally Campbell
|
| Dangerous Game
|
Igor Nay
|
| Incident at Raven's Gate
|
Judith Russell
|
| Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds
|
Sean Callinan
|
| 1989
|
Ghosts… of the Civil Dead
|
Chris Kennedy
|
| Dead Calm
|
Graham 'Grace' Walker
|
| Georgia
|
Jon Dowding
|
| Island
|
Neil Angwin
|
| 1990s
|
| 1990
|
Flirting
|
Roger Ford
|
| The Big Steal
|
Paddy Reardon
|
| Blood Oath
|
Bernard Hides
|
| Weekend with Kate
|
Lawrence Eastwood
|
| 1991
|
Spotswood
|
Chris Kennedy
|
| Aya
|
Jennie Tate
|
| Deadly
|
Peta Lawson
|
| Isabelle Eberhardt
|
Bryce Perrin, Geoffroy Larcher
|
| 1992
|
Strictly Ballroom
|
Catherine Martin
|
| The Last Days of Chez Nous
|
Janet Patterson
|
| Love in Limbo
|
David McKay
|
| Romper Stomper
|
Steven Jones-Evans
|
| 1993
|
The Piano
|
Andrew McAlpine
|
| Broken Highway
|
Lesley Crawford
|
| Resistance
|
MacGregor Knox
|
| Say a Little Prayer
|
Chris Kennedy
|
| 1994
|
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
|
Owen Paterson
|
| Gino
|
Chris Kennedy
|
| Muriel's Wedding
|
Paddy Reardon
|
| Traps
|
Michael Philips
|
| 1995
|
Metal Skin
|
Steven Jones-Evans
|
| All Men Are Liars
|
Murray Pope
|
| Mushrooms
|
George Liddle
|
| That Eye, the Sky
|
Chris Kennedy
|
| 1996
|
Children of the Revolution
|
Roger Ford
|
| Love Serenade
|
Steven Jones-Evans
|
| Shine
|
Vicki Niehus
|
| To Have & to Hold
|
Chris Kennedy
|
| 1997
|
The Well
|
Michael Philips
|
| Doing Time for Patsy Cline
|
Roger Ford
|
| Idiot Box
|
Kerith Holmes
|
| Thank God He Met Lizzie
|
Clarissa Patterson
|
| 1998
|
Oscar and Lucinda
|
Luciana Arrighi
|
| Dead Letter Office
|
Chris Kennedy
|
| The Interview
|
Richard Bell
|
| Radiance
|
Sarah Stollman
|
| 1999
|
Passion
|
Murray Picknett
|
| In a Savage Land
|
Nicholas McCallum
|
| Praise
|
Michael Philips
|
| Siam Sunset
|
Steven Jones-Evans
|
| 2000s
|
| 2000
|
Bootmen
|
Murray Picknett
|
| Better Than Sex
|
Tara Kamath
|
| Chopper
|
Paddy Reardon
|
| Looking for Alibrandi
|
Stephen Curtis
|
| 2001
|
Moulin Rouge!
|
Catherine Martin
|
| The Bank
|
Luigi Pittorino
|
| Lantana
|
Kim Buddee
|
| La Spagnola
|
Dee Molineaux
|
| 2002
|
Dirty Deeds
|
Chris Kennedy
|
| Garage Days
|
Michael Philips
|
| Rabbit-Proof Fence
|
Roger Ford
|
| Swimming Upstream
|
| 2003
|
Ned Kelly
|
Steven Jones-Evans
|
| Gettin' Square
|
Nicholas McCallum
|
| Japanese Story
|
Paddy Reardon
|
| The Night We Called It a Day
|
Michael Philips
|
| 2004
|
Somersault
|
Melinda Doring
|
| Love's Brother
|
Paul Heath
|
| One Perfect Day
|
MacGregor Knox, Patrick Bennet, Joseph Keily
|
| Tom White
|
Dan Potra
|
| 2005
|
The Proposition
|
Chris Kennedy
|
| Little Fish
|
Luigi Pittorino
|
| Look Both Ways
|
Rita Zanchetta
|
| Three Dollars
|
Luigi Pittorino
|
| 2006
|
Macbeth
|
David McKay
|
| Candy
|
Robert Cousins
|
| Suburban Mayhem
|
Nell Hanson
|
| Ten Canoes
|
Beverley Freeman
|
| 2007
|
The Home Song Stories
|
Melinda Doring
|
| Clubland
|
Nell Hanson
|
| Noise
|
Paddy Reardon
|
| Romulus, My Father
|
Robert Cousins
|
| 2008
|
Death Defying Acts
|
Gemma Jackson
|
| The Children of Huang Shi
|
Steven Jones-Evans
|
| The Tender Hook
|
Pete Baxter
|
| Unfinished Sky
|
Laurie Faen
|
| 2009
|
Australia
|
Catherine Martin, Ian Gracie, Karen Murphy, Beverley Dunn
|
| Balibo
|
Robert Cousins
|
| Mao's Last Dancer
|
Herbert Pinter
|
| Mary and Max
|
Adam Elliot
|
| 2010s
|
| 2010
|
Bright Star
|
Janet Patterson
|
| Animal Kingdom
|
Josephine Ford
|
| Beneath Hill 60
|
Clayton Jauncey
|
| Tomorrow, When the War Began
|
Robert Webb, Michelle McGahey, Damien Drew, Beverley Dunn
|
| AACTA Awards
|
2011
(1st)
|
The Eye of the Storm
|
Melinda Doring
|
| The Hunter
|
Steven Jones-Evans
|
| Red Dog
|
Ian Gracie
|
| Sleeping Beauty
|
Annie Beauchamp
|
2012
(2nd)
|
The Sapphires
|
Melinda Doring
|
| Burning Man
|
Steven Jones-Evans
|
| Killer Elite
|
Michelle McGahey
|
| Lore
|
Silke Fischer
|
2013
(3rd)
|
The Great Gatsby
|
Catherine Martin, Ian Gracie, Karen Murphy, Beverley Dunn
|
| Adoration
|
Annie Beauchamp
|
| Goddess
|
| The Rocket
|
Pete Baxter
|
2014
(4th)
|
Predestination
|
Matthew Putland
|
| The Babadook
|
Alex Holmes
|
| The Rover
|
Josephine Ford
|
| The Water Diviner
|
Chris Kennedy
|
2015
(5th)
|
Mad Max: Fury Road
|
Colin Gibson
|
| Cut Snake
|
Josephine Ford
|
| The Dressmaker
|
Roger Ford
|
| Partisan
|
Steven Jones-Evans, Sarah Cyngler
|
2016
(6th)
|
Hacksaw Ridge
|
Barry Robison
|
| The Daughter
|
Steven Jones-Evans
|
| Girl Asleep
|
Jonathon Oxlade
|
| Goldstone
|
Matt Putland
|
2017
(7th)
|
Lion
|
Chris Kennedy
|
| Berlin Syndrome
|
Melinda Doring
|
| The Death and Life of Otto Bloom
|
Ben Morieson
|
| Jasper Jones
|
Herbert Pinter
|
2018
(8th)
|
Peter Rabbit
|
Roger Ford, Lisa Thompson
|
| Cargo
|
Jo Ford
|
| Upgrade
|
Felicity Abbott, Katie Sharrock
|
| Winchester
|
Vanessa Cerne, Matthew Putland
|
2019
(9th)
|
The King
|
Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton
|
| Hotel Mumbai
|
Steven Jones-Evans
|
| Judy and Punch
|
Jo Ford
|
| The Nightingale
|
Alex Holmes
|
| 2020s
|
2020
(10th)
|
True History of the Kelly Gang
|
Karen Murphy, Rebecca Cohen
|
| Babyteeth
|
Sherree Philips
|
| I Am Woman
|
Michael Turner, Richie Dehne
|
| The Invisible Man
|
Alex Holmes, Katie Sharrock
|
| Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
|
Robert Perkins
|
2021
(11th)
|
Mortal Kombat
|
Naaman Marshall
|
| 2067
|
Jacinta Leong
|
| Nitram
|
Alice Babidge
|
| Penguin Bloom
|
Annie Beauchamp
|
| Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
|
Roger Ford
|
