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| Tahun | Pemenang | Penulis | Sumber |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Dances with Wolves | Michael Blake | novel karya Michael Blake |
| 1991 | Thelma & Louise | Callie Khouri | |
| 1992 | Unforgiven | David Webb Peoples | |
| 1993 | Schindler's List | Steven Zaillian | novel karya Thomas Keneally |
| 1994 | Pulp Fiction | Quentin Tarantino dan Roger Avary | |
| 1995 | The Usual Suspects | Christopher McQuarrie | |
| 1996 | Fargo | Joel Coen dan Ethan Coen | |
| 1997 | L.A. Confidential | Brian Helgeland dan Curtis Hanson | novel karya James Ellroy |
| 1998 | The Truman Show | Andrew Niccol | |
| 1999 | American Beauty | Alan Ball |
| Tahun | Pemenang | Penulis | Sumber |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Almost Famous | Cameron Crowe | |
| 2001 | A Beautiful Mind | Akiva Goldsman | buku karya Sylvia Nasar |
| 2002 | Adaptation. | Charlie Kaufman dan Donald Kaufman | The Orchid Thief karya Susan Orlean |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, dan Peter Jackson | buku karya J. R. R. Tolkien |
| 2004 | Sideways | Alexander Payne dan Jim Taylor | novel karya Rex Pickett |
| 2005 | Brokeback Mountain | Larry McMurtry dan Diana Ossana | cerpen karya Annie Proulx |
| 2006 | Little Miss Sunshine | Michael Arndt | |
| 2007 | Juno | Diablo Cody | |
| 2008 | Milk | Dustin Lance Black | |
| 2009 | Up in the Air | Jason Reitman dan Sheldon Turner | novel karya Walter Kirn |
| Tahun | Pemenang | Penulis | Sumber |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The Social Network | Aaron Sorkin | novel karya Ben Mezrich |
| 2011 | The Descendants | Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, dan Jim Rash | novel karya Kaui Hart Hemmings |
| 2012 | Zero Dark Thirty | Mark Boal | |
| 2013 | 12 Years a Slave | John Ridley | memoir karya Solomon Northup |
| 2014 | Birdman | Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., dan Armando Bo | |
| 2015 | Spotlight | Tom McCarthy dan Josh Singer | |
| 2016 | Manchester by the Sea | Kenneth Lonergan | |
| 2017 | Lady Bird | Greta Gerwig | |
| 2018 | The Favourite | Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara |
