1941 – O Homem Que Se Vendeu – The Great McGinty – Preston Sturges
1942 – Cidadão Kane – Citizen Kane – Herman J. Makiewicz / Orson Welles
1943 – A Mulher do Dia – Woman of the Year – Michael Kanin / Ring Lardner, Jr.
1944 – Sua Alteza Quer Casar – Princess O’Rourke – Norman Krasna
1945 – Wilson – Wilson – Lamar Trotti
1946 – Marie-Louise – Marie-Louise – Richard Schweizer
1947 – O Sétimo Véu – The Seventh Veil – Muriel Box / Sydney Box
1948 – O Solteirão Cobiçado – The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer – Sidney Sheldon
1950 – O Preço da Glória – Battleground – Robert Pirosh
1951 – Crepúsculo dos Deuses – Sunset Boulevard – Charles Brackett / D. M. Marshman, Jr. / Billy Wilder
1952 – Sinfonia de Paris – An American in Paris – Alan Jay Lerner
1953 – O Mistério da Torre – The Lavender Hill Mob – T. E. B. Clarke
1954 – Titanic – Titanic – Charles Brackett
1955 – Sindicato de Ladrões – On the Waterfront – Budd Schulberg
1956 – Melodia Interrompida – Interrupted Melody – Sonya Levien / William Ludwig
1957 – O Balão Vermelho – Le Ballon Rouge – Albert Lamorisse
1958 – Teu Nome é Mulher – Designing Woman – George Wells
1959 – Acorrentados – The Defiant Ones – Nedrick Young / Harold Jacob Smith
1960 – Confidências à Meia-Noite – Pillow Talk – Clarence Green / Maurice Richlin / Russell Rouse / Stanley Shapiro
1961 – Se Meu Apartamento Falasse – The Apartment – I. A. L. Diamond / Billy Wilder
1962 – Clamor do Sexo – Splendor in the Grass – William Inge
1963 – Divórcio à Italiana – Divorzio all’Italiana – Ennio de Concini / Pietro Germi / Alfredo Giannetti
1964 – A Conquista do Oeste – How the West Was Won – James Webb
1965 – Papai Ganso – Father Goose – Peter Stone / Frank Tarloff
1966 – Darling – Darling – Frederic Raphael
1967 – Um Homem, Uma Mulher – Un Homme et une Femme – Claude Lelouch / Pierre Uytterhoeven
1968 – Adivinhe Quem Vem para Jantar – Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner – William Rose
1969 – Primavera Para Hitler – The Producers – Mel Brooks
1970 – Butch Cassidy – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – William Goldman
1971 – Patton – Rebelde ou Herói? – Patton – Francis Ford Coppola / Edmund H. North
1972 – Hospital – The Hospital – Paddy Chayefsky
1973 – O Candidato – The Candidate – Jeremy Larner
1974 – Golpe de Mestre – The Sting – David S. Ward
1975 – Chinatown – Chinatown – Robert Towne
1976 – Um Dia de Cão – Dog Day Afternoon – Frank Pierson
1977 – Rede de Intrigas – Network – Paddy Chayefsky
1978 – Noivo Neurótico, Noiva Nervosa – Annie Hall – Woody Allen / Marshall Brickman
1979 – Amargo regresso – Coming Home – Nancy Dowd / Robert C. Jones / Waldo Salt
1980 – O Vencedor – Breaking Away – Steve Tesich
1981 – Melvin and Howard – Melvin and Howard – Bo Goldman
1982 – Carruagens de Fogo – Chariots of Fire – Colin Welland
1983 – Gandhi – Gandhi – John Brilley
1984 – A Força do Carinho – Tender Mercies – Horton Foote
1985 – Um Lugar no Coração – Places in the Heart – Robert Benton
1986 – A Testemunha – Witness – William Kelley / Earl Wallece / Pamela Wallace
1987 – Hannah e Suas Irmãs – Hannah and Her Sisters – Woody Allen
1988 – Feitiço da Lua – Moonstruck – John Patrick Shanley
1989 – Rain Man – Rain Man – Ronald Bass / Barry Morrow
1990 – Sociedade dos Poetas Mortos – Dead Poets Society – Tom Schulman
1991 – Ghost: Do Outro Lado da Vida – Ghost – Bruce Joel Rubin
1992 – Thelma & Louise – Thelma & Louise – Callie Khouri
1993 – Traídos pelo Desejo – The Crying Game – Neil Jordan
1994 – o Piano – The Piano – Jane Campion
1995 – Pulp Fiction: Tempo de Violência – Pulp Fiction – Roger Avary / Quentin Tarantino
1996 – Os Suspeitos – The Usual Suspects – Christopher McQuarrie
1997 – Fargo – Fargo – Joel Coen / Ethan Coen
1998 – Gênio Indomável – Good Will Hunting – Ben Affleck / Matt Damon
1999 – Shakespeare Apaixonado – Shakespeare in Love – Marc Norman / Tom Stoppard
2000 – Beleza Americana – American Beauty – Alan Ball
2001 – Quase Famosos – Almost Famous – Cameron Crowe
2002 – Assassinato em Gosford Park – Gosford Park – Julian Fellowes
2003 – Fale Com Ela – Hable con Ella – Pedro Almodóvar
2004 – Encontros e Desencontros- Lost in Translation – Sofia Coppola
2005 – Brilho Eterno de uma Mente sem Lembranças – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – Pierre Bismuth / Michel Gondry / Charlie Kaufman
2006 – Crash – No Limite – Crash – Paul Haggis / Bobby Moresco
2007 – Pequena Miss Sunshine – Little Miss Sunshine – Michael Arndt
2008 – Juno – Juno – Diablo Cody
2009 – Milk: A Voz da Igualdade – Milk – Dustin Lance Black
2010 – Guerra ao Terror – The Hurt Locker – Mark Boal
2011 – O Discurso do Rei – The King’s Speech – David Seidler
2012 – Meia-Noite em Paris – Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen
2013 – Django Livre – Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino
2014 – Ela – Her – Spike Jonze
2015 – Birdman ou (A Inesperada Virtude da Ignorância) – Birdman – Armando Bo / Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. / Nicolás Giacobone / Alejandro González Iñárritu
2016 – Spotlight: Segredos Revelados – Spotlight – Thomas McCarthy / Josh Singer
2017 – Manchester à Beira-Mar – Manchester by the Sea – Kenneth Lonergan
2018 – Corra! – Corra! – Jordan Peele