year
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Award winners
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Movie
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Further nominations
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1976
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Mel Brooks
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Frankenstein Junior
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No further nominations
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1977
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Dan Curtis
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Country house of dead souls
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No further nominations
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1978
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Steven Spielberg George Lucas
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Close encounter of the third kind of Star Wars
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Don Taylor for The Island of Dr. Moreau Nicolas Gessner for The Girl at the End of the Street Carl Reiner for Oh God ...
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1979
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Philip Kaufman
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The body eaters are coming
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Franklin J. Schaffner for The Boys from Brazil Warren Beatty & Buck Henry for Heaven Shall Wait Richard Donner for Superman Robin Hardy for The Wicker Man
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1980
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Ridley Scott
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Alien - The creepy creature from a strange world
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John Badham for Dracula Peter Weir for The Last Flood Robert Wise for Star Trek: The Movie Nicholas Meyer for Escape into the Future
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1981
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Irvin Kershner
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The Empire Strikes Back
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Ken Russell for Der Höllentrip Brian De Palma for Dressed to Kill Vernon Zimmerman for Fade to Black - The beautiful murders of Eric Binford Stanley Kubrick for Shining
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1982
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Steven Spielberg
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Hunter of the lost treasure
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John Carpenter for The Rattlesnake John Boorman for Excalibur Terry Gilliam for Time Bandits Michael Wadleigh for Wolfen
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1983
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Nicholas Meyer
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
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Ridley Scott for Blade Runner Steven Spielberg for ET - The Extra Terrestrial George Miller for Mad Max II - The Executor Tobe Hooper for Poltergeist
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1984
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John Badham
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WarGames - war games
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Douglas Trumbull for Project Brainstorm David Cronenberg for Dead Zone Richard Marquand for Return of the Jedi Woody Allen for Zelig
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1985
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Joe Dante
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Gremlins - little monsters
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Steven Spielberg for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Ron Howard for Splash Leonard Nimoy for Star Trek III: In Search of Mr. Spock James Cameron for Terminator
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1986
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Ron Howard
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Cocoon
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Robert Zemeckis for Back to the Future Tom Holland for Die ravenenschwarze Nacht - Fright Night George Miller for Mad Max - Beyond the Thunder Dome Woody Allen for The Purple Rose of Cairo Dan O'Bannon for Damn, the Zombies are Coming
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1987
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James Cameron
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Aliens - The Return
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Randal Kleiser for The Flight of the Navigator David Cronenberg for The Fly John Badham for Number 5 Lives! Leonard Nimoy for Star Trek IV: Back to the Present
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1988
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Paul Verhoeven
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RoboCop
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William Dear for Bigfoot and the Hendersons Jack Sholder for The Hidden - The unspeakably evil Joe Dante for Die Reise ins Ich Kathryn Bigelow for Near Dark - The night has its price Stan Winston for The Halloween Monster
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1990
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Robert Zemeckis
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Wrong game with Roger Rabbit
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Tim Burton for Beetlejuice Penny Marshall for Big Charles Matthau for Help I'm an Alien - Crazy Times On Earth Renny Harlin for Nightmare on Elm Street 4 Anthony Hickox for Journey Back In Time
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1991
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James Cameron
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Abyss - abyss of death
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Frank Marshall for Arachnophobia Robert Zemeckis for Back to the Future III Sam Raimi for Darkman Jerry Zucker for Ghost - Message from Sam Joe Dante for Gremlins 2 - The Return of the Little Monsters Clive Barker for Cabal - The Brood of the Night Alejandro Jodorowsky for Santa sangre Paul Verhoeven for Total Recall
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1992
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James Cameron
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Terminator 2 - Day of Reckoning
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Eric Red for Body Parts Terry Gilliam for King of Fishermen Roger Corman for Roger Corman's Frankenstein William Dear for Teen Agent - If Looks Could Kill Jonathan Demme for The Silence of the Lambs
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1993
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Francis Ford Coppola
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Bram Stoker's Dracula
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David Fincher for Alien 3 Paul Verhoeven for Basic Instinct Tim Burton for Batman's Return Robert Zemeckis for Death suits her well Randal Kleiser for darling, now we have a giant baby William Friedkin for rampage - indictment of mass murder
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1994
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Steven Spielberg
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Jurassic Park
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George A. Romero for Stephen King's Stark Harold Ramis for Groundhog Day John Woo for Hard Aims Ron Underwood for 4 Heavenly Friends John McTiernan for Last Action Hero Henry Selick for Nightmare Before Christmas
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1995
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James Cameron
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True Lies - True Lies
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William Dear for Angels - Angels really do exist! Alex Proyas for The Crow Robert Zemeckis for Forrest Gump Neil Jordan for Interview with a Vampire Jan de Bont for Speed
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1996
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Kathryn Bigelow
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Strange days
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Frank Marshall for Congo Robert Rodriguez for From Dusk Till Dawn Joe Johnston for Jumanji David Fincher for Seven Terry Gilliam for 12 Monkeys Bryan Singer for The Usual Suspects
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1997
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Roland Emmerich
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Independence Day
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Joel Coen for Fargo Peter Jackson for The Frighteners Tim Burton for Mars Attacks! Wes Craven for Scream - Scream! Jonathan Frakes for Star Trek: First Contact
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1998
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John Woo
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In the body of the enemy
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Jean-Pierre Jeunet for Alien - The Rebirth of Robert Zemecki for Contact Steven Spielberg for Forgotten World: Jurassic Park Barry Sonnenfeld for Men in Black Paul Verhoeven for Starship Troopers
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1999
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Michael Bay
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Armageddon
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Bryan Singer for The Musterschüler Alex Proyas for Dark City Roland Emmerich for Godzilla Peter Weir for The Truman Show Rob S. Bowman for The X-Files - The Film
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2000
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Larry Wachowski, Andy Wachowski
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matrix
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Dean Parisot for Galaxy Quest Frank Darabont for The Green Mile Stephen Sommers for The Mummy Tim Burton for Sleepy Hollow George Lucas for Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
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2001
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Bryan Singer
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X-Men
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Ridley Scott for Gladiator Ron Howard for The Grinch Clint Eastwood for Space Cowboys Robert Zemeckis for Shadows of Truth Ang Lee for Tiger and Dragon
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2002
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Peter Jackson
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The Lord of the Rings: The Companions
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Steven Spielberg for AI - Artificial Intelligence Chris Columbus for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone David Lynch for Mulholland Drive - Street of Darkness Alejandro Amenábar for The Others Christophe Gans for Pact of Wolves
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2003
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Steven Spielberg
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Minority Report
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Bill Paxton for Demonic Chris Columbus for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Peter Jackson for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Sam Raimi for Spider-Man George Lucas for Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
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2004
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Peter Jackson
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
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Danny Boyle for 28 Days Later Quentin Tarantino for Kill Bill Edward Zwick for Last Samurai Gore Verbinski for Pirates of the Caribbean Bryan Singer for X-Men 2
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2005
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Sam Raimi
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Spider-Man 2
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Michael Mann for Collateral Michel Gondry for Forget Mine Not! Alfonso Cuarón for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Quentin Tarantino for Kill Bill Vol. 2 Zhang Yimou for House of Flying Daggers
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2006
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Peter Jackson
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King Kong
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Christopher Nolan for Batman Begins Andrew Adamson for The Chronicles of Narnia: The King of Narnia Mike Newell for Harry Potter and George Lucas the Goblet of Fire for Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Steven Spielberg for War of the Worlds
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2007
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Bryan Singer
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Superman Returns
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Mel Gibson for Apocalypto Alfonso Cuarón for Children of Men Guillermo del Toro for Pan's Labyrinth J. J. Abrams for Mission: Impossible III Tom Tykwer for Perfume - The Story of a Murderer
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2008
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Zack Snyder
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300
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Paul Greengrass for The Bourne Ultimatum David Yates for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Frank Darabont for The Fog Sam Raimi for Spider-Man 3 Tim Burton for Sweeney Todd - The Devilish Barber of Fleet Street
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2009
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Jon Favreau
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Iron man
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Clint Eastwood for The Strange Son David Fincher for The Strange Case of Benjamin Button Christopher Nolan for The Dark Knight Bryan Singer for Operation Walküre - The Stauffenberg Assassination Andrew Stanton for WALL · E - The Last Cleans Up the Earth
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2010
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James Cameron
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Avatar - Departure for Pandora
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Neill Blomkamp for District 9 Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds Guy Ritchie for Sherlock Holmes J. J. Abrams for Star Trek Kathryn Bigelow for Tödliches Kommando - The Hurt Locker Zack Snyder for Watchmen - Die Wächter
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2011
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Christopher Nolan
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Inception
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David Yates for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan Matt Reeves for Let Me In Clint Eastwood for Hereafter Martin Scorsese for Shutter Island
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2012
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JJ Abrams
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Super 8
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Steven Spielberg for The Adventures of Tintin - The Secret of the Unicorn Rupert Wyatt for Planet of the Apes: Prevolution Brad Bird for Mission: Impossible - Phantom Protocol Martin Scorsese for Hugo Cabret David Yates for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
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2013
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Joss Whedon
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Marvel's The Avengers
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William Friedkin for Killer Joe Peter Jackson for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Rian Johnson for Looper Ang Lee for Life of Pi: Shipwreck with Tiger Christopher Nolan for The Dark Knight Rises
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2014
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Alfonso Cuarón
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Gravity
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JJ Abrams for Star Trek Into Darkness Peter Berg for Lone Survivor Peter Jackson for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Francis Lawrence for The Hunger Games - Catching Fire Guillermo del Toro for Pacific Rim
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2015
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James Gunn
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Guardians of the Galaxy
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Alejandro González Iñárritu for Birdman or (The Unexpected Power of Cluelessness) Doug Liman for Edge of Tomorrow Christopher Nolan for Interstellar Matt Reeves for Planet of the Apes: Revolution Anthony & Joe Russo for The Return of the First Avenger Bryan Singer for X-Men: Future it's in the past
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2016
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Ridley Scott
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The Martian - Save Mark Watney
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JJ Abrams for Star Wars: The Force Awakens Guillermo del Toro for Crimson Peak Alex Garland for Ex Machina George Miller for Mad Max: Fury Road Peyton Reed for Ant-Man Colin Trevorrow for Jurassic World
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2017
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Gareth Edwards
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
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Scott Derrickson for Doctor Strange Jon Favreau for The Jungle Book Anthony Russo & Joe Russo for The First Avenger: Civil War Bryan Singer for X-Men: Apocalypse Steven Spielberg for BFG - Big Friendly Giant Denis Villeneuve for Arrival
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2018
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Ryan Coogler
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Black panther
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Guillermo del Toro for Shape of Water Patty Jenkins for Wonder Woman Rian Johnson for Star Wars: The Last Jedi Jordan Peele for Get Out Matt Reeves for Planet of the Apes: Survival Denis Villeneuve for Blade Runner 2049
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2019
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Jordan Peele
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We
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Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck for Captain Marvel Karyn Kusama for Destroyer Guy Ritchie for Aladdin Anthony Russo & Joe Russo for Avengers: Endgame Steven Spielberg for Ready Player One James Wan for Aquaman Zhang Yimou for Shadow
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