| 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 |