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Voittajat ja ehdokkaat > 2000-luku

| Vuosi | Voittaja | Elokuva | Muut ehdokkaat |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2000 | DreamWorks & Universal – Douglas Wick, David Franzoni, Branko Lustig | Gladiator |  Erin Brockovich – Universal & Columbia – Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher  Hiipivä tiikeri, piilotettu lohikäärme (Wo hu cang long 臥虎藏龍) – Sony Pictures Classics – William Kong, Li-Kong Hsu, Ang Lee  Pieni suklaapuoti – Miramax – David Brown, Kit Golden, Leslie Holleran  Traffic – USA Films – Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, Laura Bickford |
| 2001 | Universal & DreamWorks – Brian Grazer, Ron Howard | Kaunis mieli |  Gosford Park – USA Films – Robert Altman, Bob Balaban, David Levy  Moulin Rouge! – 20th Century Fox – Martin Brown, Baz Luhrmann, Fred Baron  Satimessa – Miramax – Graham Leader, Ross Katz, Todd Field  Taru sormusten herrasta: Sormuksen ritarit – New Line & Warner Bros. – Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Barrie M. Osborne |
| 2002 | Miramax – Martin Richards | Chicago |  Gangs of New York – Miramax – Alberto Grimaldi, Harvey Weinstein  Pianisti – Focus Features – Roman Polański, Robert Benmussa, Alain Sarde  Taru sormusten herrasta: Kaksi tornia – New Line & Warner Bros. – Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson  Tunnit – Paramount & Miramax – Scott Rudin, Robert Fox |
| 2003 | New Line & Warner Bros. – Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh | Taru sormusten herrasta: Kuninkaan paluu |  Lost in Translation – Focus Features – Ross Katz, Sofia Coppola  Master and Commander: Maailman laidalla – 20th Century Fox, Miramax & Universal – Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., Peter Weir, Duncan Henderson  Menneisyyden ote – Warner Bros. – Robert Lorenz, Judie G. Hoyt, Clint Eastwood  Seabiscuit – amerikkalainen legenda – Universal, DreamWorks – Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Gary Ross |
| 2004 | Warner Bros. – Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy, Tom Rosenburg | Million Dollar Baby |  Finding Neverland – tarinan lähteillä – Miramax – Richard N. Gladstein, Nellie Bellflower  Lentäjä – Miramax & Warner Bros. – Michael Mann, Graham King  Ray – Universal – Taylor Hackford, Stuart Benjamin, Howard Baldwin  Sideways – Fox Searchlight – Michael London |
| 2005 | Lions Gate – Paul Haggis, Cathy Schulman | Crash |  Brokeback Mountain – Focus Features – Diana Ossana, James Schamus  Capote – United Artists & Sony Pictures Classics – Caroline Baron, William Vince, Michael Ohoven  Good Night, and Good Luck – Warner Bros. – Grant Heslov  München – DreamWorks & Universal – Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Barry Mendel |
| 2006 | Warner Bros. – Graham King | The Departed |  Babel – Paramount Vantage – Alejandro González Iñárritu, Steve Golin, Jon Kilik  Kirjeitä Iwo Jimalta – Warner Bros. – Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg, Robert Lorenz  Little Miss Sunshine – Fox Searchlight – David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub  The Queen – Miramax – Andy Harries, Christine Langan, Tracey Seaward |
| 2007 | Miramax & Paramount Vantage – Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Menetetty maa |  Juno – Fox Searchlight – Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick, Russell Smith  Michael Clayton – Warner Bros. – Jennifer Fox, Kerry Orent, Sydney Pollack  Sovitus – Focus Features – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster  There Will Be Blood – Paramount Vantage & Miramax – Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Lupi, JoAnne Sellar |
| 2008 | Fox Searchlight, Warner Bros., Pathe – Christian Colson | Slummien miljonääri |  Benjamin Buttonin uskomaton elämä – Paramount & Warner Bros. – Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Cean Chaffin  Frost/Nixon – Universal – Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Eric Fellner  Lukija – The Weinstein Company – Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti, Redmond Morris  Milk – Focus Features – Dan Jinks, Bruce Cohen |
| 2009 | Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier ja Greg Shapiro | The Hurt Locker |  Avatar  District 9  An Education  Elämä pelissä  Kunniattomat paskiaiset  Precious  A Serious Man  Up – kohti korkeuksia  Up in the Air |