Winners of the Hugo Award for best dramatic presentation. Awards given in one year are for works released during the previous calendar year. Winning titles are listed first, with other nominees listed below.
- 1960: The Twilight Zone
- 1961: The Twilight Zone
- 1962: The Twilight Zone
- 1965: Dr. Strangelove
- 1967: "The Menagerie," Star Trek
- 1968: "City on the Edge of Forever," Star Trek
- 1969: 2001: A Space Odyssey
- 1970: News coverage of Apollo 11
- 1971: no award
- 1972: A Clockwork Orange
- 1973: Slaughterhouse-Five
- 1974: Sleepers
- 1975: Young Frankenstein
- 1976: A Boy and His Dog
- 1977: no award
- 1978: Star Wars
- 1979: Superman
- 1980: Alien
- The Black Hole
- The Muppet Movie
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture
- Time After Time
- 1981: The Empire Strikes Back
- Cosmos
- Flash Gordon
- The Lathe of Heaven
- The Martian Chronicles
- 1982: Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Dragonslayer
- Excalibur
- Outland
- Time Bandits
- 1983: Blade Runner
- Dark Crystal
- E.T
- Road Warrior
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
- 1984: Return of the Jedi
- 1985: 2010
- Dune
- Ghostbusters
- Last Starfighter
- Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
- 1986: Back to the Future
- Brazil
- Coccoon
- Enemy Mine
- Ladyhawke
- 1987: Aliens
- 1988: The Princess Bride
- Predator
- "Encounter at Farpoint," Star Trek: The Next Generation
- The Witches of Eastwick
- 1989: Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- Alien Nation
- Beetlejuice
- Big
- Willow
- 1990: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- 1991: Edward Scissorhands
- Back to the Future 3
- Ghost
- Total Recall
- Witches
- 1992: Terminator 2
- 1993: "The Inner Light" (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
- 1994: Jurassic Park
- "The Gathering," Babylon 5
- Groundhog Day
- The Nightmare Before Christmas
- 1995: "All Good Things" (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
- 1996: "The Coming of Shadows" (Babylon 5)
- "The Visitor," Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Toy Story
- 12 Monkeys
- 1997: "Severed Dreams" (Babylon 5)
- Independence Day
- Mars Attacks
- ''Star Trek: First Contact
- "Trials and Tribble-ations," Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- 1998: Contact
- 1999: The Truman Show
- "Sleeping in Light," Babylon 5
- Dark City
- Pleasantville
- Star Trek: Insurrection
- 2000: Galaxy Quest
- Being John Malkovich
- The Iron Giant
- The Matrix
- The Sixth Sense
- 2001: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Chicken Run
- Frank Herbert's Dune
- Frequency
- X-Men
- 2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- 2003, short form: "Conversations with Dead People," (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- "Waiting in the Wings," Angel
- "Serenity," Firefly
- "Carbon Creek," Star Trek: Enterprise
- "A Night in Sickbay," Star Trek: Enterprise
