This is a chronological list of Australian films by decade and year for years 1890s-1910s. For a complete alphabetical A-Z list, see .A list of films produced in Australia by year, from the 1890s to the end of the 1910s, in the List of Australian films.
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | |||||
| Passengers Alighting from Ferry Brighton at Manly | Short | 27 October IMDb | |||
| The Melbourne Cup | Marius Sestier | Sports documentary | 24 November IMDb a series of 10 films about the Melbourne Cup Carnival | ||
| New South Wales Horse Artillery in Action | Marius Sestier | Short documentary | IMDb | ||
| Patineur Grotesque | Marius Sestier | Short comedy | Not released until 28 March 1897 (Lyon) IMDb | ||
| 1897 | |||||
| Prince Ranjitsinhji Practising Batting in the Nets | Henry Walter Barnett | Sports documentary | 9 October 1897 | IMDb one of a series of 4 cricket films | |
| 1898 | |||||
| Melbourne Street Scene | Joseph Perry | Short | 9 October 1897 | ABC Wayback machine | |
| Social Salvation | Short documentary | 1 July IMDb | |||
| Torres Strait Islanders | Short documentaries | ||||
| 1899 | |||||
| North Shore Steam Ferry | Short | Sydney | |||
| Newtown Railway Station | Frederick Wills | Short | Sydney | ||
| Dipping Sheep | Frederick Wills | Short documentary | Queensland Department of Agriculture | ||
| South Sea Islanders Cutting Cane | Frederick Wills | Short documentary | Queensland Department of Agriculture | ||
| Sugar Mills, Nambour | Frederick Wills | Short documentary | Queensland Department of Agriculture | ||
| Threshing at Allora | Frederick Wills | Short documentary | Queensland Department of Agriculture | ||
| Wheat Harvesting with Reaper and Binder | Frederick Wills | Short documentary | Queensland Department of Agriculture | ||
| SS Katoomba Unloading | Frederick Wills | Short | Queensland Department of Agriculture | ||
| Building Construction | Frederick Wills | Short | Queensland Department of Agriculture | ||
| Boer War Transvaal Contingent | Frederick Wills | Short documentary | Troops leaving for the Boer War | ||
| Loading Horses on the SS Cornwall | Frederick Wills | Short | Horses for the Boer War | ||
| Darnley Islanders Pay Tribute | Short documentary | Torres Strait | |||
| Opening of Queensland Parliament | Frederick Wills | Short | |||
| Government Party Boards SS Lucinda | Frederick Wills | Short | Brisbane | ||
| Queen Street and Victoria Bridge | Frederick Wills | Short | Brisbane | ||
| Roma Street Station | Frederick Wills | Short | Brisbane | ||
| 1900 | |||||
| Second Victorian Contingent Leaving Melbourne | Documentary | Troops leaving for the Boer War | |||
| Soldiers of the Cross | Herbert Booth, Joseph Perry | Beatrice Day, Harold Graham | Christian drama | 13 September IMDb | |
| 1901 | |||||
| Inauguration of the Commonwealth | Documentary | 1 January IMDb | |||
| Royal Visit to Open the First Commonwealth Parliament | Joseph Perry | Documentary | 9 May IMDb | ||
| Aboriginal Life | Documentary | ||||
| 1902 | |||||
| Under Southern Skies | Documentary | ||||
| Lazarus | Joseph Perry | Christian drama | |||
| 1904 | |||||
| The Melbourne Cup | Sports documentary | 1 November IMDb first film of the whole race from start to finish | |||
| 1906 | |||||
| The Story of the Kelly Gang | Biography drama | 26 December Considered the first full-length feature film ever made IMDb | |||
| 1907 | |||||
| Eureka Stockade | Short | 19 October IMDb | |||
| Robbery Under Arms | Drama | 1 October – Based on novel IMDb | |||
| Robbery Under Arms | Drama | 31 October – Based on novel; considered lost | |||
| 1908 | |||||
| The Grand Memorial Service | Documentary | ||||
| The Great White Fleet Visits the Antipodes | Joseph Perry | Documentary | August–September IMDb | ||
| For the Term of His Natural Life | Short | 8 August IMDb | |||
| The Burns-Johnson Fight | Sports documentary | 28 December IMDb | |||
| 1909 | |||||
| Heroes of the Cross | Vida Dutton | Christian drama | IMDb | ||
| The Scottish Covenanters | Joseph Perry | Iza Crossley, Beatrice Day | Christian drama | IMDb |