Winners and nominees
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
Year |
Writer(s) |
Motion Picture |
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David Hayter |
X-Men |
Toby Emmerich |
Frequency |
David Franzoni, John Logan and William Nicholson |
Gladiator |
Karey Kirkpatrick |
Chicken Run |
Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Epperson |
The Gift |
Wang Hui-ling, James Schamus, Tsai Kuo Jung |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
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Steven Spielberg |
A.I. Artificial Intelligence |
Alejandro Amenábar |
The Others |
Stéphane Cabel and Christophe Gans |
Brotherhood of the Wolf |
Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman and Roger S. H. Schulman |
Shrek |
Andrew Stanton and Dan Gerson |
Monsters, Inc. |
Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson |
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
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Scott Frank and Jon Cohen |
Minority Report |
Brent Hanley |
Frailty |
Hayao Miyazaki
Cindy Davis Hewitt and Donald H. Hewitt |
Spirited Away |
Mark Romanek |
One Hour Photo |
Hillary Seitz |
Insomnia |
Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair and Peter Jackson |
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
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Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris and David Hayter |
X2 |
Alex Garland |
28 Days Later |
Heather Hach and Leslie Dixon |
Freaky Friday |
Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds |
Finding Nemo |
Quentin Tarantino |
Kill Bill: Volume 1 |
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Alvin Sargent |
Spider-Man 2 |
Stuart Beattie |
Collateral |
Charlie Kaufman |
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind |
Steve Kloves |
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
Brad Bird |
The Incredibles |
Quentin Tarantino |
Kill Bill: Volume 2 |
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Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer |
Batman Begins |
Steve Kloves |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |
David Koepp |
War of the Worlds |
George Lucas |
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith |
Ann Peacock, Andrew Adamson, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely |
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe |
Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson |
King Kong |
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Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris |
Superman Returns |
Andrew Birkin, Bernd Eichinger and Tom Tykwer |
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer |
Guillermo del Toro |
Pan's Labyrinth |
Zach Helm |
Stranger than Fiction |
Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Paul Haggis |
Casino Royale |
The Wachowskis |
V for Vendetta |
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Brad Bird |
Ratatouille |
Joel and Ethan Coen |
No Country for Old Men |
Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary |
Beowulf |
Michael Goldenberg |
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix |
John Logan |
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
Zack Snyder, Kurt Johnstad and Michael B. Gordon |
300 |
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Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan |
The Dark Knight |
Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Art Marcum and Matt Holloway |
Iron Man |
David Koepp, John Kamps |
Ghost Town |
John Ajvide Lindqvist |
Let the Right One In |
Eric Roth |
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
J. Michael Straczynski |
Changeling |
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James Cameron |
Avatar |
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell |
District 9 |
David Hayter and Alex Tse |
Watchmen |
Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers |
Where the Wild Things Are |
Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman |
Star Trek |
Quentin Tarantino |
Inglourious Basterds |
2010s
Year |
Writer(s) |
Motion Picture |
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Christopher Nolan |
Inception |
Michael Arndt |
Toy Story 3 |
Alex Garland |
Never Let Me Go |
Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz and John J. McLaughlin |
Black Swan |
Peter Morgan |
Hereafter |
Matt Reeves |
Let Me In |
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Jeff Nichols |
Take Shelter |
J. J. Abrams |
Super 8 |
Woody Allen |
Midnight in Paris |
Mike Cahill, Brit Marling |
Another Earth |
Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver |
Rise of the Planet of the Apes |
John Logan |
Hugo |
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Quentin Tarantino |
Django Unchained |
Tracy Letts |
Killer Joe |
David Magee |
Life of Pi |
Martin McDonagh |
Seven Psychopaths |
Joss Whedon |
The Avengers |
Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard |
The Cabin in the Woods |
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Spike Jonze |
Her |
Joel and Ethan Coen |
Inside Llewyn Davis |
Alfonso Cuarón and Jonás Cuarón |
Gravity |
Jennifer Lee |
Frozen |
Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright |
The World's End |
Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro |
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug |
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Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan |
Interstellar |
Wes Anderson |
The Grand Budapest Hotel |
Damien Chazelle |
Whiplash |
James Gunn and Nicole Perlman |
Guardians of the Galaxy |
Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely |
Captain America: The Winter Soldier |
Christopher McQuarrie, Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth |
Edge of Tomorrow |
Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro |
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies |
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Lawrence Kasdan, J. J. Abrams and Michael Arndt |
Star Wars: The Force Awakens |
Guillermo del Toro and Matthew Robbins |
Crimson Peak |
Alex Garland |
Ex Machina |
Drew Goddard |
The Martian |
Jane Goldman and Matthew Vaughn |
Kingsman: The Secret Service |
Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly |
Jurassic World |
George Miller, Brendan McCarthy and Nico Lathouris |
Mad Max: Fury Road |
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Eric Heisserer |
Arrival |
Melissa Mathison (posthumously) |
The BFG |
Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick |
Deadpool |
Jon Spaihts, Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill |
Doctor Strange |
Taylor Sheridan |
Hell or High Water |
Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy |
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story |
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Rian Johnson |
Star Wars: The Last Jedi |
Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole |
Black Panther |
Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor |
The Shape of Water |
Hampton Fancher and Michael Green |
Blade Runner 2049 |
Scott Frank, James Mangold and Michael Green |
Logan |
Allan Heinberg |
Wonder Woman |
Jordan Peele |
Get Out |
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Bryan Woods, Scott Beck and John Krasinski |
A Quiet Place |
Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely |
Avengers: Endgame |
Drew Goddard |
Bad Times at the El Royale |
Oh Jung-mi and Lee Chang-dong |
Burning |
Christopher McQuarrie |
Mission: Impossible – Fallout |
Jordan Peele |
Us |
S. Craig Zahler |
Dragged Across Concrete |
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Quentin Tarantino |
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood |
J. J. Abrams and Chris Terrio |
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker |
Mike Flanagan |
Doctor Sleep |
Lauren Hynek, Rick Jaffa, Elizabeth Martin, and Amanda Silver |
Mulan |
Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won |
Parasite |
Christopher Nolan |
Tenet |
Todd Phillips and Scott Silver |
Joker |
2020s
Multiple nominations
- 7 nominations
- Guillermo del Toro
- Peter Jackson
- Quentin Tarantino
- Fran Walsh
- James Cameron
- 6 nominations
- Philippa Boyens
- Christopher Nolan
- 4 nominations
- Lawrence Kasdan
- David Koepp
- George Miller
- Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver
- 3 nominations
- J. J. Abrams
- William Peter Blatty
- Alex Garland
- Drew Goddard
- David Hayter
- John Logan
- George Lucas
- Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely
- Nicholas Meyer
- Jordan Peele
- Andrew Stanton
- The Wachowskis
- Christopher McQuarrie
- 2 nominations
- Woody Allen
- Michael Arndt
- Brad Bird
- Jeffrey Boam
- C. Robert Cargill
- Joel and Ethan Coen
- Chris Columbus
- Frank Darabont
- Scott Derrickson
- Michael Dougherty
- Scott Frank
- Tony Gilroy
- Michael Goldenberg
- William Goldman
- David S. Goyer
- Michael Green
- Dan Harris
- James V. Hart
- Terry Hayes
- Tom Holland
- Spike Jonze
- Charlie Kaufman
- Steve Kloves
- Don Mancini
- Melissa Mathison
- Edward Neumeier
- Jonathan Nolan
- Dan O'Bannon
- Matt Reeves
- Matthew Robbins
- Gary Ross
- Eric Roth
- Steven Spielberg
- Wesley Strick
- Andrew Kevin Walker
- Joss Whedon
Multiple wins
- 4 wins
- James Cameron
- Christopher Nolan
- 3 wins
- 2 wins
- Lawrence Kasdan
- Jonathan Nolan
- Quentin Tarantino
External links
Saturn Award for Best Writing
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Note: The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the next year.
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