| 2025 | F1 IMDB | Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta |
| 2024 | Dune: Part Two IMDB | Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill |
| 2023 | The Zone of Interest IMDB | Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn |
| 2022 | Top Gun: Maverick IMDB | Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor |
| 2021 | Dune IMDB | Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett |
| 2020 | Sound of Metal IMDB | Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michellee Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés and Phillip Bladh |
| 2019 | 1917 IMDB | Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson |
| 2018 | Bohemian Rhapsody IMDB | Paul Massey, Tim Cavagin and John Casali |
| 2017 | Dunkirk IMDB | Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo and Mark Weingarten |
| 2016 | Hacksaw Ridge IMDB | Kevin O'Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace |
| 2015 | Mad Max: Fury Road IMDB | Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo |
| 2014 | Whiplash IMDB | Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley |
| 2013 | Gravity IMDB | Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro |
| 2012 | Les Misérables IMDB | Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes |
| 2011 | Hugo IMDB | Tom Fleischman and John Midgley |
| 2010 | Inception IMDB | Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick |
| 2009 | The Hurt Locker IMDB | Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett |
| 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire IMDB | Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty |
| 2007 | The Bourne Ultimatum IMDB | Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis |
| 2006 | Dreamgirls IMDB | Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton |
| 2005 | King Kong IMDB | Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek |
| 2004 | Ray IMDB | Scott Millan, Greg Orloff, Bob Beemer and Steve Cantamessa |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King IMDB | Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek |
| 2002 | Chicago IMDB | Michael Minkler, Dominick Tavella, David Lee |
| 2001 | Black Hawk Down IMDB | Michael Minkler, Myron Nettinga, Chris Munro |
| 2000 | Gladiator IMDB | Scott Millan, Bob Beemer, Ken Weston |
| 1999 | The Matrix IMDB | John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David Campbell, David Lee |
| 1998 | Saving Private Ryan IMDB | Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Ronald Judkins |
| 1997 | Titanic IMDB | Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Gary Summers, Mark Ulano |
| 1996 | The English Patient IMDB | Walter Murch, Mark Berger, David Parker, Chris Newman |
| 1995 | Apollo 13 IMDB | Rick Dior, Steve Pederson, Scott Millan, David MacMillan |
| 1994 | Speed IMDB | Gregg Landaker, Steve Maslow, Bob Beemer, David R. B. MacMillan |
| 1993 | Jurassic Park IMDB | Gary Summers, Gary Rydstrom, Shawn Murphy, Ron Judkins |
| 1992 | The Last of the Mohicans IMDB | Chris Jenkins, Doug Hemphill, Mark Smith, Simon Kaye |
| 1991 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day IMDB | Tom Johnson, Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Lee Orloff |
| 1990 | Dances With Wolves IMDB | Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, Greg Watkins, Russell Williams II |
| 1989 | Glory IMDB | Donald O. Mitchell, Gregg C. Rudloff, Elliot Tyson, Russell Williams II |
| 1988 | Bird IMDB | Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore, Willie D. Burton |
| 1987 | The Last Emperor IMDB | Bill Rowe, Ivan Sharrock |
| 1986 | Platoon IMDB | John K. Wilkinson, Richard Rogers, Charles 'Bud' Grenzbach, Simon Kaye |
| 1985 | Out of Africa IMDB | Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander, Larry Stensvold, Peter Handford |
| 1984 | Amadeus IMDB | Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Todd Boekelheide, Chris Newman |
| 1983 | The Right Stuff IMDB | Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Randy Thom, David MacMillan |
| 1982 | E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial IMDB | Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don Digirolamo, Gene Cantamessa |
| 1981 | Raiders of the Lost Ark IMDB | Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Roy Charman |
| 1980 | The Empire Strikes Back IMDB | Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Peter Sutton |
| 1979 | Apocalypse Now IMDB | Walter Murch, Mark Berger, Richard Beggs, Nat Boxer |
| 1978 | The Deer Hunter IMDB | Richard Portman, William McCaughey, Aaron Rochin, Darin Knight |
| 1977 | Star Wars IMDB | Don MacDougall, Ray West, Bob Minkler, Derek Ball |
| 1976 | All the President's Men IMDB | Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Jim Webb |
| 1975 | Jaws IMDB | Robert L. Hoyt, Roger Heman, Earl Madery, John Carter |
| 1974 | Earthquake IMDB | Ronald Pierce, Melvin Metcalfe, Sr. |
| 1973 | The Exorcist IMDB | Robert Knudson, Chris Newman |
| 1972 | Cabaret IMDB | Robert Knudson, David Hildyard |
| 1971 | Fiddler on the Roof IMDB | Gordon K. McCallum, David Hildyard |
| 1970 | Patton IMDB | Douglas Williams, Don Bassman |
| 1969 | Hello, Dolly! IMDB | Jack Solomon, Murray Spivack |
| 1968 | Oliver! IMDB | Shepperton Studio Sound Department |
| 1967 | In the Heat of the Night IMDB | Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department |
| 1966 | Grand Prix IMDB | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Franklin E. Milton, Sound Director |
| 1965 | The Sound of Music IMDB | 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, James P. Corcoran, Sound Director; and Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director |
| 1964 | My Fair Lady IMDB | Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, George R. Groves, Sound Director |
| 1963 | How the West Was Won IMDB | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Franklin E. Milton, Sound Director |
| 1962 | Lawrence of Arabia IMDB | Shepperton Studio Sound Department, John Cox, Sound Director |
| 1961 | West Side Story IMDB | Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director; and Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director |
| 1960 | The Alamo IMDB | Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon E. Sawyer, Sound Director; and Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director |
| 1959 | Ben-Hur IMDB | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Franklin E. Milton, Sound Director |
| 1958 | South Pacific IMDB | Todd-AO Sound Department, Fred Hynes, Sound Director |