Nominees are listed below the winner(s) for each year.
- 1998: Gods and Monsters, by Bill Condon (tie)
- 1998: Dark City, by Alex Proyas (tie)
- Fallen, by Nicholas Kazan
- "Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me" (Millenium), by Darin Morgan
- 1999: The Sixth Sense, by M. Night Shyamalan
- The Green Mile, by Frank Darabont
- The Blair Witch Project, by Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sanchez
- "Hush" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), by Joss Whedon
- 2000: Shadow of the Vampire, by Steven Katz
- Requiem for a Dream by Darren Aronofsky and Hubert Selby, Jr
- The Cell by Mark Protosevich
- Unbreakable by M. Night Shyamalan
- Pitch Black by David Twohy and Ken and Jim Wheat
- 2001: Memento, by Christopher and John Nolan
- The Others by Alejandro Amenabar
- The Fellowship of the Ring by Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson & Frances Walsh (based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien)
- From Hell by Terry Hayes & Rafael Yglesias (based on a graphic novel by Alan Moore & Eddie Campbell)
- 2002: Frailty, by Brent Hanley
- Minority Report, by Scott Frank & John Cohen; based on a story by Philip K. Dick
- The Ring by Ehren Kruger & Scott Frank; based on the novel by Koji Suzuki and on the motion picture by The Spiral Production Group
- Signs by M. Night Shyamalan
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