| year
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Award winners
|
Movie
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Further nominations
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| 1975
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William Peter Blatty
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The exorcist
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No further nominations
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| 1976
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Harlan Ellison
Ib Melchior
|
For the entire work
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No further nominations
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| 1977
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Jimmy Sangster
|
For the entire work
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No further nominations
|
| 1978
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George Lucas
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war of stars
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Steven Spielberg for Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Laird Koenig for The Girl at the End of the Street
Larry Gelbart for Oh God…
Michael Winner & Jeffrey Konvitz for Witches' Sabbath
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| 1979
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Elaine May
Warren Beatty
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Heaven should wait
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Heywood Gould for The Boys from Brazil
Alfred Sole & Rosemary Ritvo for Communion - Mass des Horens
Cliff Green for Picnic on Valentine's Day
Anthony Shaffer for The Wicker Man
|
| 1980
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Nicholas Meyer
|
Escape to the future
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Dan O'Bannon for Alien
Jeb Rosebrook & Gerry Day for The Black Hole
Robert Kaufman for Love at First Bite
Jerry Juhl & Jack Burns for Muppet Movie
|
| 1981
|
William Peter Blatty
|
The Ninth Configuration
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Paddy Chayefsky for The Hell Trip
Lewis John Carlino for The Strong Will
John Sayles for The Horror Alligator
Leigh Brackett & Lawrence Kasdan for The Empire Strikes Back
|
| 1982
|
Lawrence Kasdan
|
Hunter of the lost treasure
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John Landis for American Werewolf
Peter Hyams for Outland - Planet of the Damned
Terry Gilliam & Michael Palin for Time Bandits
David Eyre & Michael Wadleigh for Wolfen
|
| 1983
|
Melissa Matheson
|
ET - The Alien
|
Jay Presson Allen for The Murderer Game
Terry Hayes , George Miller & Brian Hannant for Mad Max II - The
Executor Jack B. Sowards for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Albert Pyun , Tom Karnowski & John V. Stuckmeyer for Talon in the Fight Against That imperium
|
| 1984
|
Ray Bradbury
|
Evil comes on quiet feet
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Jeffrey Boam for Dead Zone
Lawrence Kasdan & George Lucas for Return of the Jedi
Bill Conlon & Michael Laughlin for The Secret of Centerville
Lawrence Lasker & Walter F. Parkes for WarGames - War Games
|
| 1985
|
James Cameron
Gale Anne Hurd
|
Terminator
|
Earl MacRauch for Buckaroo Banzai - The 8th Dimension
Chris Columbus for Gremlins - Little Monsters
Willard Huyck & Gloria Katz for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Alex Cox for Repoman
|
| 1986
|
Tom Holland
|
The pitch-black night - Fright Night
|
Tom Benedek for Cocoon
Terry Hayes & George Miller for Mad Max - Beyond the Thunder Dome
Woody Allen for The Purple Rose of Cairo
Chris Columbus for The Secret of the Hidden Temple
|
| 1987
|
James Cameron
|
Aliens - The Return
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Nick Castle for The Boy Who Could Fly
Paul Hogan , Ken Shadie & John Cornell for Crocodile Dundee - A crocodile to kiss
Howard Ashman for Der kleine Horrorladen
Steve Meerson , Peter Krikes , Harve Bennett & Nicholas Meyer for Star Trek IV: Back in the present
|
| 1988
|
Michael Miner
Edward Neumeier
|
RoboCop
|
Alan Parker for Angel Heart
James Dearden for A Fateful Affair
Jim Kouf for The Hidden
William Goldman for The Bride of Prince
Michael Cristofer for The Witches of Eastwick
|
| 1990
|
Gary Ross
Anne Spielberg
|
Big
|
Michael McDowell & Warren Skaaren for Beetlejuice
Tom Holland , Don Mancini & John Lafia for Chucky - The Killer Doll
David Cronenberg & Norman Snider for The Lovebirds
Alan B. McElroy for Halloween IV - Michael Myers Returns
Jeffrey Price & Peter S. Seaman for Wrong Play with Roger Rabbit
|
| 1991
|
William Peter Blatty
|
The Exorcist III
|
James Cameron for Abyss
Jerry Belson for Always - Der Feuerengel von Montana
Don Jakoby & Wesley Strick for Arachnophobia
Phil Alden Robinson for Field of Dreams
Bruce Joel Rubin for Ghost - Message from Sam
Jeffrey Boam for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Ronald Shusett , Dan O'Bannon & Gary Goldman for Total Recall
|
| 1992
|
Ted Tally
|
The silence of the Lambs
|
Albert Brooks for Rendezvous in the Afterlife
Richard LaGravenese for King of Fishermen
Charles Gale for Prisoners
William Goldman for Misery
James Cameron & William Wisher Jr. for Terminator 2 - Judgment Day
|
| 1993
|
James V. Hart
|
Bram Stoker's Dracula
|
Vincent Ward , David Giler , Walter Hill & Larry Ferguson for Alien 3
Joe Eszterhas for Basic Instinct
Brent Maddock , SS Wilson , Bernard Rose for Candyman's Fluch
Martin Donovan & David Koepp for Death looks good on you
Nicholas Meyer & Denny Martin Flinn for Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Land
David Lynch & Robert Engels for Twin Peaks - The Film
|
| 1994
|
Michael Crichton
David Koepp
|
Jurassic Park
|
Tracy Tormé for Fire in the Sky
Danny Rubin & Harold Ramis for Groundhog Day
Brent Maddock , SS Wilson , Gregory Hansen & Erik Hansen for 4 Heavenly Friends
Tim Metcalfe for California
Shane Black & David Arnott for Last Action Hero
Quentin Tarantino for True Romance
|
| 1995
|
Jim Harrison
Wesley Strick
|
Wolf - the animal in man
|
Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski for Ed Wood
Eric Roth for Forrest Gump
Steph Lady & Frank Darabont for Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Frank Darabont for The Condemned
Mark Verheiden for Timecop
|
| 1996
|
Andrew Kevin Walker
|
seven
|
George Miller & Chris Noonan for A Pig Called Babe
Quentin Tarantino for From Dusk Till Dawn
James Cameron & Jay Cocks for Strange Days
Joss Whedon , Andrew Stanton , Joel Cohen & Alec Sokolow for Toy Story
David Webb Peoples & Janet Peoples for 12 Monkeys
|
| 1997
|
Kevin Williamson
|
Scream!
|
Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski for Bound - Tied Up
Fran Walsh & Peter Jackson for The Frighteners
Dean Devlin & Roland Emmerich for Independence Day
Jonathan Gems for Mars Attacks!
Brannon Braga & Ronald D. Moore for Star Trek: First Contact
|
| 1998
|
Mike Werb
Michael Colleary
|
In the body of the enemy
|
James V. Hart & Michael Goldenberg for Contact
Jonathan Lemkin & Tony Gilroy for On behalf of the devil
Ed Solomon for Men in Black
Matthew Robbins & Guillermo del Toro for Mimic - Attack of the killer insects
Edward Neumeier for Starship Troopers
|
| 1999
|
Andrew Niccol
|
The Truman Show
|
Brandon Boyce for the model student
Don Mancini for Chucky and his bride
Alex Proyas , Lem Dobbs & David S. Goyer for Dark City
Gary Ross for Pleasantville - Too good to be true
Joseph Stefano for Psycho
|
| 2000
|
Charlie Kaufman
|
Being John Malkovich
|
Honor Kruger for Arlington Road
M. Night Shyamalan for The Sixth Sense
Stephen Sommers for The Mummy
Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski for The Matrix
Andrew Kevin Walker for Sleepy Hollow
|
| 2001
|
David Hayter
|
X-Men
|
Karey Kirkpatrick for Chicken Run
Toby Emmerich for Frequency
Billy Bob Thornton & Tom Epperson for The Gift - The Dark Gift
David Franzoni , John Logan & William Nicholson for Gladiator
Wang Hui-Ling , James Schamus & Tsai Kuo Jung for Tiger and Dragon
|
| 2002
|
Steven Spielberg
|
AI - Artificial Intelligence
|
Fran Walsh , Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson for The Lord of the Rings: The Companions
Robert L. Baird & Daniel Gerson for Die Monster AG
Alejandro Amenábar for The Others
Stéphane Cabel & Christophe Gans for The Pact of Wolves
Ted Elliott , Terry Rossio , Joe Stillman & Roger SH Schulman for Shrek - The daredevil hero
|
| 2003
|
Scott Frank
Jon Cohen
|
Minority Report
|
Brent Hanley for Demonisch
Hillary Seitz for Insomnia - Schlaflos
Fran Walsh , Philippa Boyens , Stephen Sinclair & Peter Jackson for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Mark Romanek for One Hour Photo
Hayao Miyazaki , Cindy Davis Hewitt & Donald H. Hewitt for Spirited Away to the magic land
|
| 2004
|
Fran Walsh
Philippa Boyens
Peter Jackson
|
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
|
Alex Garland for 28 Days Later
Andrew Stanton , Bob Peterson & David Reynolds for Finding Nemo
Heather Hach & Leslie Dixon for Freaky Friday
Quentin Tarantino for Kill Bill - Volume 1
Dan Harris & Michael Dougherty for X-Men 2
|
| 2005
|
Alvin Sargent
|
Spider-Man 2
|
Jean-Claude Carrière , Milo Addica & Jonathan Glazer for Birth
Steven Kloves for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Guillermo del Toro , Peter Briggs & Mike Mignola for Hellboy
Robert Gordon for Lemony Snicket - Mysterious Events
Feng Li , Wang Bin & Zhang Yimou for House of Flying Daggers
|
| 2006
|
Christopher Nolan
David S. Goyer
|
Batman Begins
|
Ann Peacock , Andrew Adamson , Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely for The Chronicles of Narnia: The King of Narnia
Steven Kloves for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Peter Jackson , Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens for King Kong
George Lucas for Star Wars: Episode III - The Revenge of the Sith
David Koepp for War of the Worlds
|
| 2007
|
Michael Dougherty
Dan Harris
|
Superman Returns
|
Neal Purvis , Robert Wade & Paul Haggis for James Bond 007 - Casino Royale
Guillermo del Toro for Pan's Labyrinth
Andrew Birkin , Bernd Eichinger & Tom Tykwer for Perfume - The Story of a Murderer
Zach Helm for Stranger Than Fiction
Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski for V. like vendetta
|
| 2008
|
Brad Bird
|
Ratatouille
|
Michael Gordon , Zack Snyder & Kurt Johnstad for 300
Roger Avary & Neil Gaiman for The Legend of Beowulf
Michael Goldenberg for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Ethan and Joel Coen for No Country for Old Men
John Logan for Sweeney Todd - The Devilish Barber from the Fleet Street
|
| 2009
|
Christopher Nolan
Jonathan Nolan
|
The Dark Knight
|
J. Michael Straczynski for The Stranger Son
David Koepp & John Kamps for Who the Spirits Love
Mark Fergus , Hawk Ostby , Art Marcum & Matt Holloway for Iron Man
John Ajvide Lindqvist for So dark the night
Eric Roth for The Strange Fall of Benjamin Button
|
| 2010
|
James Cameron
|
Avatar - Departure for Pandora
|
Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell for Let Me In
Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds
Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci for Star Trek
Alex Tse & David Hayter for Watchmen - Die Wächter
Spike Jonze & Dave Eggers for Where the Wild Things Are
|
| 2011
|
Christopher Nolan
|
Inception
|
Matt Reeves for Let Me In
Michael Arndt for Toy Story 3
Peter Morgan for Hereafter - Life After
John J. McLaughlin , Mark Heyman & Andres Heinz for Black Swan
Alex Garland for Everything We Had To Give
|
| 2012
|
Jeff Nichols
|
Take Shelter - A storm is brewing
|
Mike Cahill & Brit Marling for Another Earth
John Logan for Hugo Cabret
Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver for Planet of the Apes: Prevolution
Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris
J. J. Abrams for Super 8
|
| 2013
|
Quentin Tarantino
|
Django Unchained
|
Tracy Letts for Killer Joe
Martin McDonagh for 7 Psychos
David Magee for Life of Pi: Shipwreck with Tiger
Joss Whedon for Marvel's The Avengers
Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard for The Cabin in the Woods
|
| 2014
|
Spike Jonze
|
Her
|
Fran Walsh , Philippa Boyens , Peter Jackson & Guillermo del Toro for The Hobbit: Smaug's Desolation
Ethan & Joel Coen for Inside Llewyn Davis
Alfonso Cuarón & Jonás Cuarón for Gravity
Jennifer Lee for The Ice Queen - Totally Unabashed
Edgar Wright & Simon Pegg for The World's End
|
| 2015
|
Christopher Nolan
Jonathan Nolan
|
Interstellar
|
Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely for The Return of the First Avenger
Christopher McQuarrie , Jez & John-Henry Butterworth for Edge of Tomorrow
Wes Anderson for Grand Budapest Hotel
James Gunn & Nicole Perlman for Guardians of the Galaxy
Fran Walsh , Philippa Boyens , Peter Jackson & Guillermo del Toro for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Damien Chazelle for Whiplash
|
| 2016
|
Lawrence Kasdan
J. J. Abrams
Michael Arndt
|
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
|
Guillermo del Toro & Matthew Robbins for Crimson Peak
Alex Garland for Ex Machina
Drew Goddard for The Martian - Rescues Mark Watney
Matthew Vaughn & Jane Goldman for Kingsman: The Secret Service
Rick Jaffa , Amanda Silver , Derek Connolly & Colin Trevorrow for Jurassic World
George Miller , Brendan McCarthy & Nico Lathouris for Mad Max: Fury Road
|
| 2017
|
Eric Heisserer
|
Arrival
|
Melissa Mathison for BFG - Big Friendly Giant
Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick for Deadpool
Taylor Sheridan for Hell or High Water
Jon Spaihts , Scott Derrickson & C. Robert Cargill for Doctor Strange
Chris Weitz & Tony Gilroy for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
|
| 2018
|
Rian Johnson
|
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
|
Ryan Coogler & Joe Robert Cole for Black Panther
Hampton Fancher & Michael Green for Blade Runner 2049
Jordan Peele for Get Out
Scott Frank , James Mangold & Michael Green for Logan - The Wolverine
Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor for Shape of Water - Das Whisper des Water's
Allan Heinberg for Wonder Woman
|
| 2019
|
Bryan Woods , Scott Beck & John Krasinski
|
A quiet place
|
Drew Goddard for Bad Times at the El Royale
Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely for Avengers: Endgame
Christopher McQuarrie for Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Oh Jung-mi & Lee Chang-dong for Burning
Jordan Peele for Wir
S. Craig Zahler for Dragged Across Concrete
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