| Year
|
Writer(s)
|
Motion Picture
|
2000
(27th)
|
David Hayter
|
X-Men
|
| Karey Kirkpatrick
|
Chicken Run
|
| Toby Emmerich
|
Frequency
|
| Billy Bob Thornton, Tom Epperson
|
The Gift
|
| David Franzoni, John Logan, William Nicholson
|
Gladiator ‡
|
| Wang Hui-ling, James Schamus, Tsai Kuo Jung
|
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ‡
|
2001
(28th)
|
Steven Spielberg
|
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
|
| Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson
|
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ‡
|
| Robert L. Baird, Dan Gerson
|
Monsters, Inc.
|
| Alejandro Amenábar
|
The Others
|
| Stéphane Cabel, Christophe Gans
|
Brotherhood of the Wolf
|
| Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Roger S. H. Schulman
|
Shrek ‡
|
2002
(29th)
|
Scott Frank, Jon Cohen
|
Minority Report
|
| Brent Hanley
|
Frailty
|
| Hillary Seitz
|
Insomnia
|
| Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair, Peter Jackson
|
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
|
| Mark Romanek
|
One Hour Photo
|
| Hayao Miyazaki, Cindy Davis Hewitt, Donald H. Hewitt
|
Spirited Away
|
2003
(30th)
|
Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson
|
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King †
|
| Alex Garland
|
28 Days Later
|
| Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, David Reynolds
|
Finding Nemo ‡
|
| Heather Hach, Leslie Dixon
|
Freaky Friday
|
| Quentin Tarantino
|
Kill Bill: Volume 1
|
| Dan Harris, Michael Dougherty
|
X-Men 2
|
2004
(31st)
|
Alvin Sargent
|
Spider-Man 2
|
| Stuart Beattie
|
Collateral
|
| Charlie Kaufman
|
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind †
|
| Steve Kloves
|
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
|
| Brad Bird
|
The Incredibles ‡
|
| Quentin Tarantino
|
Kill Bill: Volume 2
|
2005
(32nd)
|
Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer
|
Batman Begins
|
| Ann Peacock, Andrew Adamson, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely
|
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
|
| Steve Kloves
|
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
|
| Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens
|
King Kong
|
| George Lucas
|
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
|
| David Koepp
|
War of the Worlds
|
2006
(33rd)
|
Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris
|
Superman Returns
|
| Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Paul Haggis
|
Casino Royale
|
| Guillermo del Toro
|
Pan's Labyrinth ‡
|
| Andrew Birkin, Bernd Eichinger, Tom Tykwer
|
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
|
| Zach Helm
|
Stranger than Fiction
|
| Larry Wachowski, Andy Wachowski
|
V for Vendetta
|
2007
(34th)
|
Brad Bird
|
Ratatouille ‡
|
| Michael B. Gordon, Zack Snyder, Kurt Johnstad
|
300
|
| Roger Avary, Neil Gaiman
|
Beowulf
|
| Michael Goldenberg
|
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
|
| Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
|
No Country for Old Men †
|
| John Logan
|
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
|
2008
(35th)
|
Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan
|
The Dark Knight
|
| J. Michael Straczynski
|
Changeling
|
| David Koepp, John Kamps
|
Ghost Town
|
| Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Art Marcum, Matt Holloway
|
Iron Man
|
| John Ajvide Lindqvist
|
Let the Right One In
|
| Eric Roth
|
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ‡
|
2009
(36th)
|
James Cameron
|
Avatar
|
| Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
|
District 9 ‡
|
| Quentin Tarantino
|
Inglourious Basterds ‡
|
| Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci
|
Star Trek
|
| Alex Tse, David Hayter
|
Watchmen
|
| Spike Jonze, Dave Eggers
|
Where the Wild Things Are
|
