1960`lar
- 1966: Robert Bolt, ``Doctor Zhivago``
- 1967: Robert Bolt, ``A Man for All Seasons``
- 1968: Sterling Silliphant, ``In the Heat of the Night``
- 1969: Sterling Silliphant, ``Charly``
1970`ler
- 1970: Bridget Boland, ``Anne of the Thousand Days``
- 1971: Erich Segal, ``Love Story``
- 1972: Paddy Chayefsky, ``The Hospital``
- 1973: Francis Ford Coppola, ``The Godfather``
- 1974: William Peter Blatty, ``The Exorcist``
- 1975: Robert Towne, ``Chinatown``
- 1976: Bo Goldman, ``One Flew Over the Cuckoo`s Nest``
- 1977: Paddy Chayefsky, ``Network``
- 1978: Neil Simon, ``The Goodbye Girl``
- 1979: Oliver Stone, ``Midnight Express``
1980`ler
- 1980: Robert Benton, ``Kramer vs. Kramer``
- 1981: William Peter Blatty, ``The Ninth Configuration``
- 1982: Ernest Thompson, ``On Golden Pond``
- 1983: John Briley, ``Gandhi``
- 1984: James L. Brooks, ``Terms of Endearment``
- 1985: Peter Shaffer, ``Amadeus``
- 1986: Woody Allen, ``The Purple Rose of Cairo``
- 1987: Robert Bolt, ``The Mission``
- 1988: Bernardo Bertolucci, ``The Last Emperor``
- 1989: Naomi Foner, ``Running on Empty``
1990`lar
- 1990: Ron Kovic, ``Born on the Fourth of July``
- 1991: Michael Blake, ``Dances with Wolves``
- 1992: Callie Khouri, ``Thelma & Louise``
- 1993: Bo Goldman, ``Scent of a Woman``
- 1994: Steven Zaillian, ``Schindler`s List``
- 1995: Quentin Tarantino ve Roger Avary, ``Pulp Fiction``
- 1996: Emma Thompson, ``Sense and Sensibility``
- 1997: Scott Alexander ve Larry Karaszewski, ``The People vs. Larry Flynt``
- 1998: Ben Affleck ve Matt Damon, ``Good Will Hunting``
- 1999: Marc Norman ve Tom Stoppard, ``Shakespeare in Love``
2000`ler
- 2000: Alan Ball, ``American Beauty``
- 2001: Stephen Gaghan, ``Traffic``
- 2002: Akiva Goldsman, ``A Beautiful Mind``
- 2003: Alexander Payne, ``About Schmidt``
- 2004: Sofia Coppola, ``Lost in Translation``
- 2005: Alexander Payne ve Jim Taylor, ``Sideways``
- 2006: Larry McMurtry ve Diana Ossana, ``Brokeback Mountain``
- 2007: Peter Morgan, ``The Queen``
- 2008: Coen Kardeşler - ``No Country for Old Men``