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| Yıl | Senarist(ler) | Film |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1980 (8.) | William Peter Blatty | The Ninth Configuration |
| 1980 (8.) | Paddy Chayefsky | Gerçeğin Ötesinde (Altered States) |
| 1980 (8.) | Lewis John Carlino | Resurrection |
| 1980 (8.) | John Sayles | Canavarın İntikamı (Alligator) |
| 1980 (8.) | Leigh Brackett (posthumous nomination), Lawrence Kasdan | Yıldız Savaşları: Bölüm V - İmparator (Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back) |
| 1981 (9.) | Lawrence Kasdan | Kutsal Hazine Avcıları (Raiders of the Lost Ark) |
| 1981 (9.) | John Landis | Kurt Adam Londra'da (An American Werewolf in London) |
| 1981 (9.) | Peter Hyams | Outland |
| 1981 (9.) | Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin | Zaman Haydutları (Time Bandits) |
| 1981 (9.) | David Eyre, Michael Wadleigh | Wolfen |
| 1982 (10.) | Melissa Mathison | E.T. (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial) |
| 1982 (10.) | Jay Presson Allen | Deathtrap |
| 1982 (10.) | Terry Hayes, George Miller, Brian Hannant | Savaşçı (Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior) |
| 1982 (10.) | Jack B. Sowards | Uzay Yolu II: Khan'ın Gazabı (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan) |
| 1982 (10.) | Albert Pyun, Tom Karnowski, John V. Stuckmeyer | Barbarlar (The Sword and the Sorcerer) |
| 1983 (11.) | Ray Bradbury | Something Wicked This Way Comes |
| 1983 (11.) | Jeffrey Boam | Ölüm Bölgesi (The Dead Zone) |
| 1983 (11.) | Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas | Yıldız Savaşları: Bölüm VI - Jedi'ın Dönüşü (Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi) |
| 1983 (11.) | Bill Condon, Michael Laughlin | İstila (Strange Invaders) |
| 1983 (11.) | Lawrence Lasker, Walter Parkes | WarGames |
| 1984 (12.) | James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd | Terminatör (The Terminator) |
| 1984 (12.) | Earl Mac Rauch | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension |
| 1984 (12.) | Chris Columbus | Gremlinler (Gremlins) |
| 1984 (12.) | Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz | Indiana Jones: Kamçılı Adam (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom) |
| 1984 (12.) | Alex Cox | Zorlu Yarış (Repo Man) |
| 1985 (13.) | Tom Holland | Komşum Bir Vampir (Fright Night) |
| 1985 (13.) | Tom Benedek | Koza (Cocoon) |
| 1985 (13.) | Terry Hayes, George Miller | Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome |
| 1985 (13.) | Woody Allen | Kahire'nin Mor Gülü (The Purple Rose of Cairo) |
| 1985 (13.) | Chris Columbus | Young Sherlock Holmes |
| 1986 (14.) | James Cameron | Yaratık 2 (Aliens) |
| 1986 (14.) | Nick Castle | The Boy Who Could Fly |
| 1986 (14.) | Paul Hogan, Ken Shadie, John Cornell | Krokodil Dundee ("Crocodile" Dundee) |
| 1986 (14.) | Howard Ashman | Küçük Korku Dükkânı (Little Shop of Horrors) |
| 1986 (14.) | Steve Meerson, Peter Krikes, Harve Bennett, Nicholas Meyer | Uzay Yolu IV: Eve Yolculuk (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home) |
| 1987 (15.) | Michael Miner, Edward Neumeier | RoboCop |
| 1987 (15.) | Alan Parker | Şeytan Çıkmazı (Angel Heart) |
| 1987 (15.) | James Dearden | Öldüren Cazibe (Fatal Attraction) |
| 1987 (15.) | Jim Kouf | The Hidden |
| 1987 (15.) | William Goldman | Prenses Gelin (The Princess Bride) |
| 1987 (15.) | Michael Cristofer | The Witches of Eastwick |
| 1988 (16.) | Gary Ross, Anne Spielberg | Big |
| 1988 (16.) | Michael McDowell, Warren Skaaren | Beterböcek (Beetlejuice) |
| 1988 (16.) | Tom Holland, John Lafia, Don Mancini | Çocuk Oyunu (Child's Play) |
| 1988 (16.) | David Cronenberg, Norman Snider | Dead Ringers |
| 1988 (16.) | Alan B. McElroy | Halloween 4 (Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers) |
| 1988 (16.) | Jeffrey Price ve Peter S. Seaman | Masum Sanık Roger Rabbit (Who Framed Roger Rabbit) |
| 1989/90 (17.) | William Peter Blatty | Şeytan III (The Exorcist III) |
| 1989/90 (17.) | James Cameron | Abyss (The Abyss) |
| 1989/90 (17.) | Jerry Belson | Daima (Always) |
| 1989/90 (17.) | Don Jakoby, Wesley Strick | Örümcek Korkusu (Arachnophobia) |
| 1989/90 (17.) | Phil Alden Robinson | Düşler Tarlası (Field of Dreams) |
| 1989/90 (17.) | Bruce Joel Rubin | Hayalet (Ghost) |
| 1989/90 (17.) | Jeffrey Boam | Indiana Jones: Son Macera (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade) |
| 1989/90 (17.) | Ronald Shusett, Dan O'Bannon, Gary Goldman | Gerçeğe Çağrı (Total Recall) |