2003
Cold Mountain
Written by Anthony Minghella
In America
Written by Jim Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan
Lost In Translation
Written by Sofia Coppola
Love Actually
Written by Richard Curtis
Mystic River
Written by Brian Helgeland

2002
About Schmidt
Written by Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
Adaptation
Written by Charlie Kaufman
Chicago
Written by Bill Condon
Far From Heaven
Written by Todd Haynes
The Hours
Written by David Hare

2001
A Beautiful Mind
Written by Akiva Goldsman
Gosford Park
Written by Julian Fellowes
The Man Who Wasn't There
Written by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Memento
Written by Christopher Nolan
Mulholland Dr.
Written by David Lynch

2000
Almost Famous
Written by Cameron Crowe
Quills
Written by Douglas Wright
Traffic
Written by Stephen Gaghan
Wonder Boys
Written by Steve Kloves
You Can Count On Me
Written by Kenneth Lonergan

1999
American Beauty
Written by Alan Ball
Being John Malkovich
Written by Charlie Kaufman
The Cider House Rules
Written by John Irving
The Insider
Written by Michael Mann, Eric Roth
The Sixth Sense
Written by M. Night Shyamalan

1998
Bulworth
Written by Warren Beatty, Jeremy Pikser
Happiness
Written by Todd Solondz
Saving Private Ryan
Written by Robert Rodat
Shakespeare In Love
Written by Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard
The Truman Show
Written by Andrew M. Niccol

1997
As Good As It Gets
Written by Mark Andrus, James L. Brooks
Good Will Hunting
Written by Ben Affleck, Matt Damon
L. A. Confidential
Written by Curtis Hanson, Brian Helgeland
Titanic
Written by James Cameron
Wag the Dog
Written by Hilary Henkin, David Mamet

1996
The English Patient
Written by Anthony Minghella
Fargo
Written by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Lone Star
Written by John Sayles
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Written by Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski
Shine
Written by Jan Sardi

1995
The American President
Written by Aaron Sorkin
Braveheart
Written by Randall Wallace
Dead Man Walking
Written by Tim Robbins
Get Shorty
Written by Scott Frank
Mr. Holland's Opus
Written by Patrick Sheane Duncan
Sense and Sensibility
Written by Emma Thompson

1994
Forrest Gump
Written by Eric Roth
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Written by Richard Curtis
Pulp Fiction
Written by Quentin Tarantino
Quiz Show
Written by Paul Attanasio
The Shawshank Redemption
Written by Frank Darabont

1993
Philadelphia
Written by Ron Nyswaner
The Piano
Written by Jane Campion
The Remains Of the Day
Written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Schindler's List
Written by Steven Zaillian
Short Cuts
Written by Robert Altman, Frank Barhydt

1992
A Few Good Men
Written by Aaron Sorkin
Howards End
Written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
The Player
Written by Michael Tolkin
Scent Of a Woman
Written by Bo Goldman
Unforgiven
Written by David Webb Peoples

1991
Bugsy
Written by James Toback
Grand Canyon
Written by Lawrence Kasdan, Meg Kasdan
JFK
Written by Zachary Sklar, Oliver Stone
The Silence Of the Lambs
Written by Ted Tally
Thelma & Louise
Written by Callie Khouri

1990
Avalon
Written by Barry Levinson
Dances With Wolves
Written by Michael Blake
The Godfather Part III
Written by Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo
GoodFellas
Written by Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese
Reversal Of Fortune
Written by Nicholas Kazan

1989
Born On the Fourth Of July
Written by Ron Kovic, Oliver Stone
Dead Poets Society
Written by Tom Schulman
Do the Right Thing
Written by Spike Lee
Glory
Written by Kevin Jarre
sex, lies, and videotape
Written by Steven Soderbergh
When Harry Met Sally…
Written by Nora Ephron

1988
A Cry In the Dark
Written by Robert Caswell, Fred Schepisi
Mississippi Burning
Written by Chris Gerolmo
Rain Man
Written by Ronald Bass, Barry Morrow
Running On Empty
Written by Naomi Foner
Working Girl
Written by Kevin Wade

1987
Broadcast News
Written by James L. Brooks
Hope and Glory
Written by John Boorman
House Of Games
Written by David Mamet
The Last Emperor
Written by Bernardo Bertolucci, Mark Peploe
Moonstruck
Written by John Patrick Shanley

1986
Blue Velvet
Written by David Lynch
Hannah and Her Sisters
Written by Woody Allen
The Mission
Written by Robert Bolt
Mona Lisa
Written by Neil Jordan, David Leland
Platoon
Written by Oliver Stone

1985
Back To the Future
Written by Bob Gale, Robert Zemeckis
Out Of Africa
Written by Kurt Luedtke
Prizzi's Honor
Written by Richard Condon, Janet Roach
The Purple Rose Of Cairo
Written by Woody Allen
Witness
Written by William Kelley, Earl W. Wallace

1984
Amadeus
Written by Peter Shaffer
The Killing Fields
Written by Bruce Robinson
A Passage To India
Written by David Lean
Places In the Heart
Written by Robert Benton
A Soldier's Story
Written by Charles Fuller

1983
The Big Chill
Written by Barbara Benedek, Lawrence Kasdan
The Dresser
Written by Ronald Harwood
Educating Rita
Written by Willy Russell
Reuben, Reuben
Written by Julius J. Epstein
Terms Of Endearment
Written by James L. Brooks

1982
E. T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Written by Melissa Mathison
Gandhi
Written by John Briley
Missing
Written by Constantin Costa-Gavras, Donald L. Stewart
Tootsie
Written by Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal
The Verdict
Written by David Mamet

1981
Absence Of Malice
Written by Kurt Luedtke
The Four Seasons
Written by Alan Alda
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Written by Harold Pinter
On Golden Pond
Written by Ernest Thompson
Reds
Written by Warren Beatty, Trevor Griffiths

1980
The Elephant Man
Written by Eric Bergren, Christopher Devore, David Lynch
The Ninth Configuration
Written by William Peter Blatty
Ordinary People
Written by Alvin Sargent
Raging Bull
Written by Mardik Martin, Paul Schrader
The Stunt Man
Written by Lawrence B. Marcus

1979
Being There
Written by Robert C. Jones, Jerzy Kosinski
Breaking Away
Written by Steve Tesich
The China Syndrome
Written by James Bridges, T. S. Cook, Mike Gray
Kramer vs. Kramer
Written by Robert Benton
Norma Rae
Written by Harriet Frank, Jr., Irving Ravetch

1978
Coming Home
Written by Robert C. Jones, Waldo Salt
The Deer Hunter
Written by Deric Washburn
Foul Play
Written by Colin Higgins
Interiors
Written by Woody Allen
Midnight Express
Written by Oliver Stone
An Unmarried Woman
Written by Paul Mazursky

1977
Annie Hall
Written by Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman
Close Encounters Of the Third Kind
Written by Steven Spielberg
The Goodbye Girl
Written by Neil Simon
Julia
Written by Alvin Sargent
The Turning Point
Written by Arthur Laurents

1976
All the President's Men
Written by William Goldman
Marathon Man
Written by William Goldman
Network
Written by Paddy Chayefsky
Rocky
Written by Sylvester Stallone
Taxi Driver
Written by Paul Schrader
Voyage Of the Damned
Written by David Butler, Steve Shagan

1975
Dog Day Afternoon
Written by Frank R. Pierson
Jaws
Written by Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb
Nashville
Written by Joan Tewkesbury
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Written by Bo Goldman, Lawrence Hauben
The Sunshine Boys
Written by Neil Simon

1974
Chinatown
Written by Robert Towne
The Conversation
Written by Francis Ford Coppola
The Godfather Part II
Written by Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo
The Towering Inferno
Written by Sterling Silliphant
A Woman Under the Influence
Written by John Cassavetes

1973
Cinderella Liberty
Written by Darryl Ponicsan
The Day Of the Jackal
Written by Kenneth Ross
The Exorcist
Written by William Peter Blatty
The Sting
Written by David S. Ward
A Touch Of Class
Written by Melvin Frank, Jack Rose

1972
Avanti!
Written by I. A. L. Diamond, Billy Wilder
Cabaret
Written by Jay Presson Allen
Deliverance
Written by James Dickey
Frenzy
Written by Anthony Shaffer
The Godfather
Written by Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo
The Heartbreak Kid
Written by Neil Simon

1971
The French Connection
Written by Ernest Tidyman
The Hospital
Written by Paddy Chayefsky
Klute
Written by Andy Lewis, Dave Lewis
Kotch
Written by John Paxton
Mary, Queen Of Scots
Written by John Hale

1970
Five Easy Pieces
Written by Adrien Joyce
Husbands
Written by John Cassavetes
Love Story
Written by Erich Segal
M*A*S*H
Written by Ring Lardner, Jr.
Scrooge
Written by Leslie Bricusse

1969
Anne Of the Thousand Days
Written by Bridget Boland, John Hale
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Written by William Goldman
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Written by David Shaw
John and Mary
Written by John Mortimer
Midnight Cowboy
Written by Waldo Salt

1968
Charly
Written by Sterling Silliphant
The Fixer
Written by Dalton Trumbo
The Lion In Winter
Written by James Goldman
The Producers
Written by Mel Brooks
Rosemary's Baby
Written by Roman Polanski

1967
Bonnie and Clyde
Written by Robert Benton, David Newman
The Fox
Written by Lewis John Carlino, Howard Koch
The Graduate
Written by Buck Henry, Calder Willingham
Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
Written by William Rose
In the Heat Of the Night
Written by Sterling Silliphant

1966
Alfie
Written by Bill Naughton
A Man For All Seasons
Written by Robert Bolt
The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming
Written by William Rose
The Sand Pebbles
Written by Robert Anderson
Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
Written by Ernest Lehman

1965
The Agony and The Ecstasy
Written by Philip Dunne
Battle Of the Bulge
Written by John Melson, Milton Sperling, Philip Yordan
The Collector
Written by John Kohn, Stanley Mann
Doctor Zhivago
Written by Robert Bolt
A Patch Of Blue
Written by Guy Green
The Slender Thread
Written by Sterling Silliphant

1954
Sabrina
Written by Ernest Lehman, Samuel Taylor, Billy Wilder

1953
Lili
Written by Helen Deutsch

1952
5 Fingers
Written by Michael Wilson
High Noon
Written by Carl Foreman
The Thief
Written by Clarence Greene, Russell Rouse

1951
Bright Victory
Written by Robert Buckner

1950
All About Eve
Written by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
The Asphalt Jungle
Written by John Huston, Ben Maddow
Sunset Boulevard
Written by Charles Brackett, D. M. Marshman, Jr., Billy Wilder

1949
Battleground
Written by Robert Pirosh
Rope Of Sand
Written by Walter Doniger

1948
The Search
Written by Richard Schweizer, David Wechsler