• 2009 – The Hurt Locker – Chris Innis, Bob Murawski
  • Avatar – James Cameron, John Refoua, Stephen E. Rivkin
  • District 9 – Julian Clarke
  • Inglourious Basterds – Sally Menke
  • Up in the Air – Dana E. Glauberman

• 2008 – Slumdog Millionaire – Chris Dickens
  • Changeling – Joel Cox, Gary D. Roach
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
  • The Dark Knight – Lee Smith
  • Frost/Nixon – Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill
  • In Bruges – Jon Gregory

(Có 6 phim được đề cử cho giải này trong năm 2008 - thay vì 5 phim - vì có 2 phim ngang phiếu nhau)

• 2007 – The Bourne Ultimatum – Christopher Rouse
  • American Gangster – Pietro Scalia
  • Atonement – Paul Tothill
  • Michael Clayton – John Gilroy
  • No Country for Old Men – Roderick Jaynes
• 2006 – United 93 – Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse, Rick Pearson
  • Babel – Stephen Mirrione Douglas Crise
  • The Departed – Thelma Schoonmaker
  • Casino Royale – Stuart Baird
  • The Queen – Lucia Zucchetti
• 2005 – The Constant Gardener – Claire Simpson
  • Crash – Hughes Winborne
  • Brokeback Mountain – Geraldine Peroni, Dylan Tichenor
  • Good Night, and Good Luck – Stephen Mirrione
  • La Marche de l'empereur – Sabine Emiliani
• 2004 – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – Valdís Óskarsdóttir
  • The Aviator – Thelma Schoonmaker
  • Collateral – Jim Miller, Paul Rubell
  • Shi mian mai fu – Long Cheng
  • Vera Drake – Jim Clark
• 2003 – Lost in Translation – Sarah Flack
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Jamie Selkirk
  • Cold Mountain – Walter Murch
  • 21 Grams – Stephen Mirrione
  • Kill Bill: Vol. 1 – Sally Menke
• 2002 – City of God – Daniel Rezende
  • Chicago – Martin Walsh
  • Gangs of New York – Thelma Schoonmaker
  • The Hours – Peter Boyle
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Michael J. Horton
• 2001 – Mulholland Drive – Mary Sweeney
  • Black Hawk Down – Pietro Scalia
  • Moulin Rouge! – Jill Bilcock
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – John Gilbert
  • Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain – Hervé Schneid
• 2000 – Gladiator – Pietro Scalia
  • Traffic – Stephen Mirrione
  • Wo hu cang long – Tim Squyres
  • Erin Brockovich – Anne V. Coates
  • Billy Elliot – John Wilson