Best Screenplays: 2000s

Best Adapted Screenplay:

2000: Traffic (Stephen Gaghan)

Oscar winner: Traffic (Stephen Gaghan)

2001: Lantana (Andrew Bovell)

Oscar winner: A Beautiful Mind (Akiva Goldsman)

Was this nominated?: No

2002: Adaptation (Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman)

Oscar winner: The Pianist (Ronald Harwood)

Was this nominated?: Yes

2003: City of God (Braulio Mantovani)

Oscar winner: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson)

Was this nominated?: Yes

2004: Before Sunset (Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Richard Linklater, and Kim Krizan)

Oscar winner: Sideways (Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor)

Was this nominated?: Yes

2005: A History of Violence (Josh Olson)

Oscar winner: Brokeback Mountain (Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana)

Was this nominated?: Yes

2006: The Departed (William Monahan)

Oscar winner: The Departed (William Monahan)

2007: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Ronald Harwood)

Oscar winner: No Country for Old Men (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen)

Was this nominated?: Yes

2008: The Class (Laurent Cantet, Robin Campillo, and François Bégaudeau)

Oscar winner: Slumdog Millionaire (Simon Beaufoy)

Was this nominated?: No

2009: In the Loop (Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, and Tony Roche)

Oscar winner: Precious (Geoffrey Fletcher)

Was this nominated?: Yes

Best Original Screenplay:

2000: Amores Perros (Guillermo Arriaga)

Oscar winner: Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe)

Was this nominated?: No

2001: Memento (Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan)

Oscar winner: Gosford Park (Julian Fellowes)

Was this nominated?: Yes

2002: Y Tu Mamá También (Alfonso Cuarón and Carlos Cuarón)

Oscar winner: Talk To Her (Pedro Almodóvar)

Was this nominated?: Yes

2003: Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola)

Oscar winner: Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola)

2004: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry, and Pierre Bismuth)

Oscar winner: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry, and Pierre Bismuth)

2005: L'Enfant (Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne)

Oscar winner: Crash (Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco)

Was this nominated?: No

2006: After the Wedding (Susanne Bier and Anders Thomas Jensen)

Oscar winner: Little Miss Sunshine (Michael Arndt)

Was this nominated?: No

2007: Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (Kelly Masterson)

Oscar winner: Juno (Diablo Cody)

Was this nominated?: No

2008: In Bruges (Martin McDonagh)

Oscar winner: Milk (Dustin Lance Black)

Was this nominated?: Yes

2009: Broken Embraces (Pedro Almodóvar)

Oscar winner: The Hurt Locker (Mark Boal)

Was this nominated?: No

Now that I've finished this category, I'm considering doing Best Director for the next two Fridays, covering four decades a post. Since most of my Best Picture winners match my Director ones, I don't want to waste eight weeks on that category. However, I can always do one of the categories listed below instead. Let me know in the comments!

Best Art Direction

Best Costume Design

Best Film Editing

Best Makeup

Best Sound

Best Visual Effects

Best Animated Feature Film (only the 2000s)