Gw mau tau Topsy-Turvy - Mike Leigh dari Academy Award untuk Skenario Asli Terbaik

2000 (73rd) Almost Famous - Cameron Crowe Billy Elliot - Lee Hall

Erin Brockovich - Susannah Grant

Gladiator - David Franzoni, John Logan, William Nicholson

You Can Count on Me - Kenneth Lonergan

2001 (74th) Gosford Park - Julian Fellowes Amélie - Guillaume Laurant, Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Memento - Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan

Monster's Ball - Milo Addica, Will Rokos

The Royal Tenenbaums - Wes Anderson, Owen Wilson

2002 (75th) Hable con ella (Talk to Her) - Pedro Almodóvar Far from Heaven - Todd Haynes

Gangs of New York - Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, Kenneth Lonergan

My Big Fat Greek Wedding - Nia Vardalos

Y tu mamá también - Carlos Cuarón, Alfonso Cuarón

2003 (76th) Lost in Translation - Sofia Coppola The Barbarian Invasions - Denys Arcand

Dirty Pretty Things - Steven Knight

Finding Nemo - Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, David Reynolds

In America - Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan

2004 (77th) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Charlie Kaufman; Story by Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry, Pierre Bismuth The Aviator - John Logan

Hotel Rwanda - Keir Pearson, Terry George

The Incredibles - Brad Bird

Vera Drake - Mike Leigh

2005 (78th) Crash - Paul Haggis, Bobby Moresco Good Night, and Good Luck. - George Clooney, Grant Heslov

Match Point - Woody Allen

The Squid and the Whale - Noah Baumbach