1929 – Sétimo Céu – Seventh Heaven – Benjamin Glazer
1930 – O Presídio – The Big House – Frances Marion
1930 – Alta Traição – The Patriot – Hanns Kräly
1931 – Cimarron – Cimarron – Howard Estabrook
1932 – Depois do Casamento – Bad Girl – Edwin J. Burke
1934 – As Mulherzinhas – Little Women – Victor Heerman / Sarah Y. Mason
1935 – Aconteceu Naquela Noite – It Happened One Night – Robert Riskin
1936 – O Denunciante – The Informer – Dudley Nichols
1937 – A História de Louis Pasteur – The Story of Louis Pasteur – Pierre Collings / Sheridan Gibney
1938 – Emile Zola – The Life of Emile Zola – Heinz Herald / Geza Herczeg / Norman Reilly Raine
1939 – Pigmalião – Pygmalion – Ian Dalrymple / Cecil Lewis / W. P. Lipscomb / George Bernard Shaw
1940 – …E o Vento Levou – Gone with the Wind – Sidney Howard
1941 – Núpcias de Escândalo – The Philadelphia Story – Donald Odgen Stewart
1942 -Que Espere o Céu – Here Comes Mr. Jordan – Sidney Buchmann / Seton I. Miller
1943 – Rosa da Esperança – Mrs. Miniver – George Froeschel / James Hilton / Claudine West / Arthur Wimperis
1944 – Casablanca – Casablanca – Philip G. Epstein / Julius J. Epstein / Howard Koch
1945 – O Bom Pastor – Going My Way – Robert Butler / Frank Cavett
1946 – Farrapo Humano – The Lost Weekend – Charles Brackett / Billy Wilder
1947 – Os Melhores Anos de Nossas Vidas – The Best Years of Our Lives – Robert E. Sherwood
1948 – De Ilusão Também Se Vive / Milagre na Rua 34 – Miracle on 34th Street – George Seaton
1949 – O Tesouro de Sierra Madre – The Treasure of the Sierra Madre – John Huston
1950 – Quem é o Infiel? – A Letter to Three Wives – Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1951 – A Malvada – All About Eve – Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1952 – Um Lugar ao Sol – A Place in the Sun – Harry Brown / Michael Wilson
1953 – Assim Estava Escrito – The Bad and the Beautiful – Charles Schnee
1954 – A Um Passo da Eternidade – From Here to Eternity – Daniel Taradash
1955 – Amar é Sofrer – The Country Girl – George Seaton
1956 – Marty – Marty – Paddy Chayefsky
1957 – A Volta ao Mundo em 80 Dias – Around the World in 80 Days – John Farrow / S. J. Perelman / James Poe
1958 – A Ponte do Rio Kwai – The Bridge on the River Kwai – Carl Foreman / Michael Wilson
1959 – Gigi – Gigi – Alan Jay Lerner
1960 – Almas em Leilão – Room at the Top – Neil Paterson
1961 – Entre Deus e o Pecado – Elmer Gantry – Richard Brooks
1962 – O Julgamento de Nuremberg – Judgment at Nuremberg – Abby Mann
1963 – O Sol é Para Todos – To Kill a Mockingbird – Horton Foote
1964 – As aventuras de Tom Jones – Tom Jones – John Osborne
1965 – Becket – Becket – Edward Anhalt
1966 – Doctor Zhivago – Doctor Zhivago – Robert Bolt
1967 – O Homem Que Não Vendeu Sua Alma – A Man for All Seasons – Robert Bolt
1968 – No Calor da Noite – In the Heat of the Night – Stirling Silliphant
1969 – O Leão no Inverno – The Lion in Winter – James Goldman
1970 – Perdidos Na Noite – Midnight Cowboy – Waldo Salt
1971 – M.A.S.H – M*A*S*H – Ring Lardner, Jr.
1972 – Operação França – The French Connection – Ernest Tidyman
1973 – O Poderoso Chefão – The Godfather – Francis Ford Coppola / Mario Puzo
1974 – O Exorcista – The Exorcist – William Peter Blatty
1975 – O Poderoso Chefão Parte II – The Godfather: Part II – Francis Ford Coppola / Mario Puzo
1976 – Um Estranho no Ninho – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Bo Goldman / Laurence Hauben
1977 – Todos os Homens do Presidente – All the President’s Men – William Goldman
1978 – Júlia – Julia – Alvin Sargent
1979 – O Expresso da Meia-Noite – Midnight Express – Oliver Stone
1980 – Kramer vs. Kramer – Kramer vs. Kramer – Robert Benton
1981 – Gente Como a Gente – Ordinary People – Alvin Sargent
1982 – Num Lago Dourado – On Golden Pond – Ernest Thompson
1983 – Desaparecido – Um Grande Mistério – Missing – Constantin Costa-Gavras / Donald Stewart
1984 – Laços de Ternura – Terms of Endearment – James L. Brooks
1985 – Amadeus – Amadeus – Peter Shaffer
1986 – Entre Dois Amores – Out of Africa – Kurt Luedtke
1987 – Uma Janela para o Amor – A Room with a View – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
1988 – O Último Imperador – The Last Emperor – Bernardo Bertolucci / Mark Peploe
1989 – Ligações Perigosas – Dangerous Liaisons – Christopher Hampton
1990 – Conduzindo Miss Daisy – Driving Miss Daisy – Alfred Uhry
1991 – Dança Com Lobos – Dances with Wolves – Michael Blake
1992 – O Silêncio dos Inocentes – The Silence of the Lambs – Ted Tally
1993 – Retorno a Howard’s End – Howards End – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
1994 – A Lista de Schindler – Schindler’s List – Steven Zaillian
1995 – Forrest Gump: O Contador de Histórias – Forrest Gump – Eric Roth
1996 – Razão e Sensibilidade – Sense and Sensibility – Emma Thompson
1997 – Na Corda Bamba – Sling Blade – Billy Bob Thornton
1998 – Los Angeles – Cidade Proibida – L.A. Confidential – Curtis Hanson / Brian Helgeland
1999 – Deuses e Monstros – Gods and Monsters – Bill Condon
2000 – Regras da Vida – The Cider House Rules – John Irving
2001 – Traffic – Traffic – Stephen Gaghan
2002 – Uma Mente Brilhante – A Beautiful Mind – Akiva Goldsman
2003 – O Pianista – The Pianist – Ronald Harwood
2004 – O Senhor dos Anéis: O Retorno do Rei – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Philippa Boyens / Peter Jackson / Fran Walsh
2005 – Sideways – Entre Umas e Outras – Sideways – Alexander Payne / Jim Taylor
2006 – O Segredo de Brokeback Mountain – Brokeback Mountain – Larry McMurtry / Diana Ossana
2007 – Os Infiltrados – The Departed – William Monahan
2008 – Onde os Fracos Não Têm Vez – No Country for Old Men – Joel Coen / Ethan Coen
2009 – Quem Quer Ser um Milionário? – Slumdog Millionaire – Simon Beaufoy
2010 – Preciosa – Uma História de Esperança – Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire – Geoffrey S. Fletcher
2011 – A Rede Social – The Social Network – Aaron Sorkin
2012 – Os Descendentes – The Descendants – Nat Faxon / Alexander Payne / Jim Rash
2013 – Argo – Argo – Chris Terrio
2014 – 12 Anos de Escravidão – 12 Years a Slave – John Ridley
2015 – O Jogo da Imitação – The Imitation Game – Graham Moore
2016 – A Grande Aposta – The Big Short – Adam McKay / Charles Randolph
2017 – Moonlight: Sob a Luz do Luar – Moonlight – Barry Jenkins / Tarell Alvin McCraney
2018 – Me Chame Pelo Seu Nome – Call Me by Your Name – James Ivory