| Tahun | Pemenang | Penulis | Sumber |
| 2003 | Cold Mountain | Anthony Minghella | novel karya Charles Frazier |
| 2004 | Sideways † | Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor | novel karya Rex Pickett |
| 2005 | Syriana § | Stephen Gaghan | buku karya Robert Baer |
| 2006 | The Painted Veil | Ron Nyswaner | novel karya W. Somerset Maugham |
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men † | Joel Coen dan Ethan Coen | novel karya Cormac McCarthy |
| 2008 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ‡ | Eric Roth | cerpen karya F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| Slumdog Millionaire † | Simon Beaufoy | novel karya Vikas Swarup |
| 2009 | Up in the Air ‡ | Jason Reitman dan Sheldon Turner | novel by Walter Kirn |
