| Year |
Winner |
Other nominees |
| 2007[1] |
Pan's Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro[2] |
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| 2006[3] |
Howl's Moving Castle by Hayao Miyazaki, Cindy Davis Hewitt, and Donald H. Hewitt |
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| 2005 |
Serenity by Joss Whedon[4] |
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| 2004 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King by Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson, based on the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien |
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| 2003 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair & Peter Jackson; based on The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien |
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| 2002 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson; based on The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien |
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| 2001 |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by James Schamus, Kuo Jung Tsai & Hui-Ling Wang; from the book by Du Lu Wang |
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| 2000 |
Galaxy Quest by David Howard & Robert Gordon |
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| 1999 |
The Sixth Sense by M. Night Shyamalan |
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| 1977 |
A special award was given for Star Wars |
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| 1976 |
(no award) |
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| 1975 |
Young Frankenstein by Mel Brooks & Gene Wilder, screenplay; based on the novel by Mary Shelley |
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| 1974 |
Sleeper by Woody Allen |
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| 1973 |
Soylent Green by Stanley R. Greenberg, screenplay; based on a novel by Harry Harrison |
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