Editing Academy Award for Best Film Editing

{{Short description|Annual award for best film editing}}
{{use mdy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox award
| name = Academy Award for Best Film Editing
| presenter = [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] (AMPAS)
| country = [[United States]]
| year = {{start date and age|1935|2|27}} (for films released in [[1934 in film|1934]])
| holder_label = Most recent winner
| holder = [[Sean Baker (filmmaker)|Sean Baker]]<br>''[[Anora]]'' ([[97th Academy Awards|2024]])
| website = {{URL|oscars.org}}
| image = Sean Baker at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (cropped).jpg
| image_caption = The 2024 recipient: [[Sean Baker]]
}}

[[File:ThelmaSchoonmaker.jpg|thumb|right|[[Thelma Schoonmaker]] (left) and Columba Powell (right) at the [[2009 Cannes Film Festival]]. Schoonmaker is among the deans of film editing; Powell is the son of [[Michael Powell]], a prominent film director to whom Schoonmaker was married until his death in 1990.]]
[[File:Conrad A. Nervig ACE Headsot.png|thumb|right|[[Conrad A. Nervig]] was the inaugural winner, winning for ''[[Eskimo (1933 film)|Eskimo]]'' (1933). He also won for ''[[King Solomon's Mines (1950 film)|King Solomon's Mines]]'' (1950), alongside [[Ralph E. Winters]].]]

The '''Academy Award for Best Film Editing''' is one of the annual awards of the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] (AMPAS). Nominations for this award are closely correlated with the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]]. For 33 consecutive years, 1981 to 2013, every Best Picture winner had also been nominated for the Film Editing Oscar, and about two thirds of the Best Picture winners have also won for Film Editing.<ref name="Harris">{{cite news |last=Harris |first=Mark |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/06/movies/awardsseason/06harr.html |title=Which Editing is a Cut Above? |work=The New York Times |date=January 6, 2008}} In 1980, ''[[Ordinary People]]'' won as Best Picture, but its editor [[Jeff Kanew]] was not nominated for Best Editing.</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Dimond |first=Anna |title=Why Editing Nominations Predict the Best Picture Oscar |work=Variety |date=December 13, 2013 |url=https://variety.com/2013/film/awards/oscars-why-editing-predicts-the-best-picture-1200945193/}} Interviews with prominent film editors exploring the correlation between the Academy Awards for Best Film Editing and for Best Film.</ref> Only the principal, "[[Above-the-line (filmmaking)|above the line]]" editor(s) as listed in the film's credits are named on the award; additional editors, supervising editors, etc. are not currently eligible.<ref name=Rule13 />

The nominations for this Academy Award are determined by a ballot of the voting members of the Editing Branch of the academy; there were 220 members of the Editing Branch in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=Academy Branches |url=http://www.oscars.org/academy/history-organization/branches.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224235733/http://www.oscars.org/academy/history-organization/branches.html |archive-date=2012-02-24 |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |date=February 2012}}</ref> The members may vote for up to five of the eligible films in the order of their preference; the five films with the largest vote totals are selected as nominees.<ref name=Rule13>{{cite web|url=http://old.oscars.org/79academyawards/rules/rule13.html |title=Rule Thirteen—Special Rules for the Film Editing Award |work=79th Academy Awards Rules for Distinguished Achievements in 2006 |archive-date=2010-07-18 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20100718105027/http://old.oscars.org/79academyawards/rules/rule13.html |url-status=dead }} Rules are published for each year's awards. In earlier years, different rules applied; thus [[Robert Parrish]] was nominated for ''All the King's Men'' (1949) with a credit as an "editorial consultant".</ref> The Academy Award itself is selected from the nominated films by a subsequent ballot of all active and life members of the academy. This process is essentially the reverse of that of the [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]] (BAFTA); nominations for the [[BAFTA Award for Best Editing]] are done by a general ballot of academy voters, and the winner is selected by members of the editing chapter.<ref>{{cite web |title=Orange British Academy Film Awards: Rules and Guidelines 2008-2009 |url=http://static.bafta.org/files/rule-book-bafta-film-awards-0809-23.pdf |publisher=British Academy of Film and Television Arts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728001046/http://static.bafta.org/files/rule-book-bafta-film-awards-0809-23.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==History==
This award was first given for films released in 1934. The name of this award is occasionally changed; in 2008, it was listed as the '''Academy Award for Achievement in Film Editing'''.

Four film editors have won this award three times in their career:

* [[Ralph Dawson]] won for ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film)|A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' (1935), ''[[Anthony Adverse]]'' (1936), and ''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood]]'' (1938)
* [[Daniel Mandell]] won for ''[[The Pride of the Yankees]]'' (1942), ''[[The Best Years of Our Lives]]'' (1946), and ''[[The Apartment]]'' (1960).
* [[Michael Kahn (film editor)|Michael Kahn]] won for ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' (1981), ''[[Schindler's List]]'' (1993), and ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]'' (1998).
* [[Thelma Schoonmaker]] won for ''[[Raging Bull]]'' (1980), ''[[The Aviator (2004 film)|The Aviator]]'' (2004), and ''[[The Departed]]'' (2006).

To date, three film directors have won this award: [[James Cameron]], [[Alfonso Cuarón]], and [[Sean Baker (filmmaker)|Sean Baker]], for the films ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'', ''[[Gravity (2013 film)|Gravity]]'', and ''[[Anora (2024 film)|Anora]]'', respectively. Directors [[David Lean]], [[Steve James (producer)|Steve James]], [[the Coen brothers|Joel Coen and Ethan Coen]] (under the alias "Roderick Jaynes"), [[Michel Hazanavicius]], [[Jean-Marc Vallée]] (under the alias "John Mac McMurphy"), and [[Chloé Zhao]] have been nominated for editing their own films as well, with Cameron, Cuarón, and the Coens each being nominated for the award twice. Also, Best Film Editing winner, [[Walter Murch]], although known for film editing and sound, directed the Oscar nominated ''[[Return to Oz]]'', and is, to date, the only person with Oscars for both sound engineering and film editing—winning them in the same year for his work on ''[[The English Patient (film)|The English Patient]]''.

Additionally, former film editors [[Robert Wise]] (nominee for ''[[Citizen Kane]]''), [[Hal Ashby]] (winner for ''[[In the Heat of the Night (film)|In the Heat of the Night]]''), and [[Francis D. Lyon]] (co-winner for ''[[Body and Soul (1947 film)|Body and Soul]]'') became directors whose films were subsequently nominated for Best Film Editing themselves. These films include ''[[Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956 film)|Somebody Up There Likes Me]]'', ''[[I Want to Live!]]'', ''[[West Side Story (1961 film)|West Side Story]]'', ''[[The Sound of Music (film)|The Sound of Music]]'', ''[[The Sand Pebbles (film)|The Sand Pebbles]]'', and ''[[The Andromeda Strain (film)|The Andromeda Strain]]'' for Wise; ''[[Bound for Glory (1976 film)|Bound for Glory]]'' and ''[[Coming Home (1978 film)|Coming Home]]'' for Ashby; and ''[[Crazylegs (film)|Crazylegs]]'' for Lyon.

==Superlatives==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!width="150" | Category
!width="150" | Name
!width="150" | Superlative
!width="150" | Year
!width="350" | Notes
|-
| rowspan="4"| Most awards 
| [[Thelma Schoonmaker]]
| rowspan="4"| 3 awards<ref name="editing">{{cite web |title=FILM EDITING FACTS: MOST NOMINATIONS AND AWARDS |url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/Help/Statistics?file=FEdit-Facts.pdf |access-date=2020-01-27 |publisher=Oscars.org}}</ref>
| 2006 
| Awards resulted from 9 nominations
|-
| [[Michael Kahn (film editor)|Michael Kahn]]
| 1998 
| Awards resulted from 8 nominations
|-
| [[Daniel Mandell]]
| 1960 
| Awards resulted from 5 nominations
|-
| [[Ralph Dawson]]
| 1938 
| Awards resulted from 4 nominations
|-
| Most nominations 
| [[Thelma Schoonmaker]]
| 9 nominations
| 2023
| Nominations resulted in 3 awards<ref name="editing" />
|-
| rowspan="2"| Most nominations without a win
| [[Frederic Knudtson]]
| rowspan="2"| 6 nominations
| 1963
| rowspan="2"| Nominations resulted in no awards
|-
| [[Gerry Hambling]] 
| 1996
|-
| Oldest winner
| [[Michael Kahn (film editor)|Michael Kahn]]
| Age 68
| 1998
|
|-
| Oldest nominee
| [[Thelma Schoonmaker]]
| Age 84
| 2023
|
|-
| Youngest winner
| [[David Brenner (film editor)|David Brenner]]
| Age 27
| 1989
| Co-edited with [[Joe Hutshing]]<ref name=":1">{{cite web |last=Tibbs |first=Ros |date=2023-02-08 |title=The youngest Oscar winner in every Academy Award category |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/youngest-winner-every-academy-award-category/ |access-date=2023-02-23 |publisher=[[Far Out (magazine)|Far Out]]}}</ref>
|}

<!-- note to editors: this would be the place to list milestones such as: the first African-American, the first Asian or the first LGBT+ to be nominated in this category -->
Superlatives taken from a document published by the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Film Editing Facts |url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/help/statistics/FEdit-Facts.pdf |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |date=March 2012 |access-date=2012-03-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113125041/http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/help/statistics/FEdit-Facts.pdf |archive-date=2013-11-13 }}</ref>

==Winners and nominees==
These listings are based on the Awards Database maintained by the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org |title=The Official Academy Awards Database |accessdate=2022-03-20 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences }} Select all "film editing" awards.</ref>
{{legend|#FAEB86|indicates the winner}}

===1930s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|- bgcolor="#bebebe"
! width="5%" | Year
! width="35%" | Film
! width="60%" | Nominees
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
! rowspan="3" |[[1934 in film|1934]]<br /><small>[[7th Academy Awards|(7th)]]</small>
| '''''[[Eskimo (1933 film)|Eskimo]]'''''
| '''[[Conrad A. Nervig]]'''
|-
| ''[[Cleopatra (1934 film)|Cleopatra]]''
| [[Anne Bauchens]]
|-
| ''[[One Night of Love]]''
| [[Gene Milford]]
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
! rowspan="6" |[[1935 in film|1935]]<br /><small>[[8th Academy Awards|(8th)]]</small>
| '''''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film)|A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'''''
| '''[[Ralph Dawson]]'''
|-
| ''[[David Copperfield (1935 film)|David Copperfield]]''
| [[Robert J. Kern]]
|-
| ''[[The Informer (1935 film)|The Informer]]''
| [[George Hively]]
|-
| ''[[Les Misérables (1935 film)|Les Misérables]]''
| [[Barbara McLean]]
|-
| ''[[The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (film)|The Lives of a Bengal Lancer]]''
| [[Ellsworth Hoagland]]
|-
| ''[[Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film)|Mutiny on the Bounty]]''
| [[Margaret Booth]]
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
! rowspan="6" |[[1936 in film|1936]]<br /><small>[[9th Academy Awards|(9th)]]</small>
| '''''[[Anthony Adverse]]'''''
| '''[[Ralph Dawson]]'''
|-
| ''[[Come and Get It (1936 film)|Come and Get It]]''
| [[Edward Curtiss]]
|-
| ''[[The Great Ziegfeld]]''
| [[William S. Gray (film editor)|William S. Gray]]
|-
| ''[[Lloyd's of London (film)|Lloyd's of London]]''
| [[Barbara McLean]]
|-
| ''[[A Tale of Two Cities (1935 film)|A Tale of Two Cities]]''
| [[Conrad A. Nervig]]
|-
| ''[[Theodora Goes Wild]]''
| [[Otto Meyer (film editor)|Otto Meyer]]
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
! rowspan="5" |[[1937 in film|1937]]<br /><small>[[10th Academy Awards|(10th)]]</small>
| '''''[[Lost Horizon (1937 film)|Lost Horizon]]'''''
| '''[[Gene Havlick]] and [[Gene Milford]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Awful Truth]]''
| [[Al Clark (film editor)|Al Clark]]
|-
| ''[[Captains Courageous (1937 film)|Captains Courageous]]''
| [[Elmo Veron]]
|-
| ''[[The Good Earth (film)|The Good Earth]]''
| [[Basil Wrangell]]
|-
| ''[[One Hundred Men and a Girl]]''
| [[Bernard W. Burton]]
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
! rowspan="5" |[[1938 in film|1938]]<br /><small>[[11th Academy Awards|(11th)]]</small>
| '''''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood]]'''''
| '''[[Ralph Dawson]]'''
|-
| ''[[Alexander's Ragtime Band (film)|Alexander's Ragtime Band]]''
| [[Barbara McLean]]
|-
| ''[[The Great Waltz (1938 film)|The Great Waltz]]''
| rowspan=2 | [[Tom Held]]
|-
| ''[[Test Pilot (film)|Test Pilot]]''
|-
| ''[[You Can't Take It with You (film)|You Can't Take It with You]]''
| [[Gene Havlick]]
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
! rowspan="5" |[[1939 in film|1939]]<br /><small>[[12th Academy Awards|(12th)]]</small>
| '''''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'''''
| '''[[Hal C. Kern]] and [[James E. Newcom]]'''
|-
| ''[[Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939 film)|Goodbye, Mr. Chips]]''
| [[Charles Frend]]
|-
| ''[[Mr. Smith Goes to Washington]]''
| [[Gene Havlick]] and [[Al Clark (film editor)|Al Clark]]
|-
| ''[[The Rains Came]]''
| [[Barbara McLean]]
|-
| ''[[Stagecoach (1939 film)|Stagecoach]]''
| [[Otho Lovering]] and [[Dorothy Spencer]]
|}

===1940s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|- bgcolor="#bebebe"
! width="5%" | Year
! width="35%" | Film
! width="60%" | Nominees
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
! rowspan="5" |[[1940 in film|1940]]<br /><small>[[13th Academy Awards|(13th)]]</small>
| '''''[[North West Mounted Police (film)|North West Mounted Police]]'''''
| '''[[Anne Bauchens]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Grapes of Wrath (film)|The Grapes of Wrath]]''
| [[Robert L. Simpson (film editor)|Robert L. Simpson]]
|-
| ''[[The Letter (1940 film)|The Letter]]''
| [[Warren Low]]
|-
| ''[[The Long Voyage Home]]''
| [[Sherman Todd]]
|-
| ''[[Rebecca (1940 film)|Rebecca]]''
| [[Hal C. Kern]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1941 in film|1941]]<br /><small>[[14th Academy Awards|(14th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Sergeant York (film)|Sergeant York]]'''''
| '''[[William Holmes (film editor)|William Holmes]]'''
|-
| ''[[Citizen Kane]]''
| [[Robert Wise]]
|-
| ''[[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941 film)|Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]''
| [[Harold F. Kress]]
|-
| ''[[How Green Was My Valley (film)|How Green Was My Valley]]''
| [[James B. Clark (director)|James B. Clark]]
|-
| ''[[The Little Foxes (film)|The Little Foxes]]''
| [[Daniel Mandell]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1942 in film|1942]]<br /><small>[[15th Academy Awards|(15th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Pride of the Yankees]]'''''
| '''[[Daniel Mandell]]'''
|-
| ''[[Mrs. Miniver]]''
| [[Harold F. Kress]]
|-
| ''[[The Talk of the Town (1942 film)|The Talk of the Town]]''
| [[Otto Meyer (film editor)|Otto Meyer]]
|-
| ''[[This Above All (film)|This Above All]]''
| [[Walter A. Thompson|Walter Thompson]]
|-
| ''[[Yankee Doodle Dandy]]''
| [[George Amy]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1943 in film|1943]]<br /><small>[[16th Academy Awards|(16th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Air Force (film)|Air Force]]'''''
| '''[[George Amy]]'''
|-
| ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]''
| [[Owen Marks]]
|-
| ''[[Five Graves to Cairo]]''
| [[Doane Harrison]]
|-
| ''[[For Whom the Bell Tolls (film)|For Whom the Bell Tolls]]''
| [[Sherman Todd]] and [[John F. Link Sr.]]
|-
| ''[[The Song of Bernadette (film)|The Song of Bernadette]]''
| [[Barbara McLean]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1944 in film|1944]]<br /><small>[[17th Academy Awards|(17th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Wilson (1944 film)|Wilson]]'''''
| '''[[Barbara McLean]]'''
|-
| ''[[Going My Way]]''
| [[LeRoy Stone]]
|-
| ''[[Janie (1944 film)|Janie]]''
| [[Owen Marks]]
|-
| ''[[None but the Lonely Heart (film)|None but the Lonely Heart]]''
| [[Roland Gross]]
|-
| ''[[Since You Went Away]]''
| [[Hal C. Kern]] and [[James E. Newcom]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1945 in film|1945]]<br /><small>[[18th Academy Awards|(18th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[National Velvet (film)|National Velvet]]'''''
| '''[[Robert J. Kern]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Bells of St. Mary's]]''
| [[Harry Marker]]
|-
| ''[[The Lost Weekend (film)|The Lost Weekend]]''
| [[Doane Harrison]]
|-
| ''[[Objective, Burma!]]''
| [[George Amy]]
|-
| ''[[A Song to Remember]]''
| [[Charles Nelson (film editor)|Charles Nelson]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1946 in film|1946]]<br /><small>[[19th Academy Awards|(19th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Best Years of Our Lives]]'''''
| '''[[Daniel Mandell]]'''
|-
| ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]''
| [[William Hornbeck]]
|-
| ''[[The Jolson Story]]''
| [[William Lyon (film editor)|William A. Lyon]]
|-
| ''[[The Killers (1946 film)|The Killers]]''
| [[Arthur Hilton]]
|-
| ''[[The Yearling (1946 film)|The Yearling]]''
| [[Harold F. Kress]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1947 in film|1947]]<br /><small>[[20th Academy Awards|(20th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Body and Soul (1947 film)|Body and Soul]]'''''
| '''[[Francis D. Lyon|Francis Lyon]] and [[Robert Parrish]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Bishop's Wife]]''
| [[Monica Collingwood]]
|-
| ''[[Gentleman's Agreement]]''
| [[Harmon Jones]]
|-
| ''[[Green Dolphin Street (film)|Green Dolphin Street]]''
| [[George White (film editor)|George White]]
|-
| ''[[Odd Man Out]]''
| [[Fergus McDonell]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1948 in film|1948]]<br /><small>[[21st Academy Awards|(21st)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Naked City]]'''''
| '''[[Paul Weatherwax]]'''
|-
| ''[[Joan of Arc (1948 film)|Joan of Arc]]''
| [[Frank Sullivan (film editor)|Frank Sullivan]]
|-
| ''[[Johnny Belinda (1948 film)|Johnny Belinda]]''
| [[David Weisbart]]
|-
| ''[[Red River (1948 film)|Red River]]''
| [[Christian Nyby]]
|-
| ''[[The Red Shoes (1948 film)|The Red Shoes]]''
| [[Reginald Mills]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1949 in film|1949]]<br /><small>[[22nd Academy Awards|(22nd)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Champion (1949 film)|Champion]]'''''
| '''[[Harry W. Gerstad]]'''
|-
| ''[[All the King's Men (1949 film)|All the King's Men]]''
| [[Robert Parrish]] and [[Al Clark (film editor)|Al Clark]]
|-
| ''[[Battleground (film)|Battleground]]''
| [[John Dunning (film editor)|John Dunning]]
|-
| ''[[Sands of Iwo Jima]]''
| [[Richard L. Van Enger]]
|-
| ''[[The Window (1949 film)|The Window]]''
| [[Frederic Knudtson]]
|}

===1950s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|- bgcolor="#bebebe"
! width="5%" | Year
! width="35%" | Film
! width="60%" | Nominees
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
! rowspan="5" |[[1950 in film|1950]]<br /><small>[[23rd Academy Awards|(23rd)]]</small>
| '''''[[King Solomon's Mines (1950 film)|King Solomon's Mines]]'''''
| '''[[Ralph E. Winters]] and [[Conrad A. Nervig]]'''
|-
| ''[[All About Eve]]''
| [[Barbara McLean]]
|-
| ''[[Annie Get Your Gun (film)|Annie Get Your Gun]]''
| [[James E. Newcom]]
|-
| ''[[Sunset Boulevard (film)|Sunset Boulevard]]''
| [[Arthur P. Schmidt]] and [[Doane Harrison]]
|-
| ''[[The Third Man]]''
| [[Oswald Hafenrichter]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1951 in film|1951]]<br /><small>[[24th Academy Awards|(24th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[A Place in the Sun (1951 film)|A Place in the Sun]]'''''
| '''[[William Hornbeck]]'''
|-
| ''[[An American in Paris (film)|An American in Paris]]''
| [[Adrienne Fazan]]
|-
| ''[[Decision Before Dawn]]''
| [[Dorothy Spencer]]
|-
| ''[[Quo Vadis (1951 film)|Quo Vadis]]''
| [[Ralph E. Winters]]
|-
| ''[[The Well (1951 film)|The Well]]''
| [[Chester Schaeffer]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1952 in film|1952]]<br /><small>[[25th Academy Awards|(25th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[High Noon]]'''''
| '''[[Elmo Williams]] and [[Harry W. Gerstad]]'''
|-
| ''[[Come Back, Little Sheba (1952 film)|Come Back, Little Sheba]]''
| [[Warren Low]]
|-
| ''[[Flat Top (film)|Flat Top]]''
| [[William Austin (editor)|William Austin]]
|-
| ''[[The Greatest Show on Earth (film)|The Greatest Show on Earth]]''
| [[Anne Bauchens]]
|-
| ''[[Moulin Rouge (1952 film)|Moulin Rouge]]''
| [[Ralph Kemplen]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1953 in film|1953]]<br /><small>[[26th Academy Awards|(26th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[From Here to Eternity]]'''''
| '''[[William Lyon (film editor)|William A. Lyon]]'''
|-
| ''[[Crazylegs (film)|Crazylegs]]''
| [[Cotton Warburton|Irvine "Cotton" Warburton]]
|-
| ''[[The Moon Is Blue (film)|The Moon Is Blue]]''
| [[Otto Ludwig (film editor)|Otto Ludwig]]
|-
| ''[[Roman Holiday]]''
| [[Robert Swink]]
|-
| ''[[The War of the Worlds (1953 film)|The War of the Worlds]]''
| [[Everett Douglas]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1954 in film|1954]]<br /><small>[[27th Academy Awards|(27th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[On the Waterfront]]'''''
| '''[[Gene Milford]]'''
|-
| ''[[20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film)|20,000 Leagues Under the Sea]]''
| [[Elmo Williams]]
|-
| ''[[The Caine Mutiny (1954 film)|The Caine Mutiny]]''
| [[William Lyon (film editor)|William A. Lyon]] and [[Henry Batista]]
|-
| ''[[The High and the Mighty (film)|The High and the Mighty]]''
| [[Ralph Dawson]]
|-
| ''[[Seven Brides for Seven Brothers]]''
| [[Ralph E. Winters]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1955 in film|1955]]<br /><small>[[28th Academy Awards|(28th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Picnic (1955 film)|Picnic]]'''''
| '''[[Charles Nelson (film editor)|Charles Nelson]] and [[William Lyon (film editor)|William A. Lyon]]'''
|-
| ''[[Blackboard Jungle]]''
| [[Ferris Webster]]
|-
| ''[[The Bridges at Toko-Ri]]''
| [[Alma Macrorie]]
|-
| ''[[Oklahoma! (film)|Oklahoma!]]''
| [[Gene Ruggiero]] and [[George Boemler]]
|-
| ''[[The Rose Tattoo (film)|The Rose Tattoo]]''
| [[Warren Low]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1956 in film|1956]]<br /><small>[[29th Academy Awards|(29th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film)|Around the World in 80 Days]]'''''
| '''[[Gene Ruggiero]] and [[Paul Weatherwax]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Brave One (1956 film)|The Brave One]]''
| [[Merrill G. White]]
|-
| ''[[Giant (1956 film)|Giant]]''
| [[William Hornbeck]], [[Philip W. Anderson (film editor)|Philip W. Anderson]] and [[Fred Bohanan]]
|-
| ''[[Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956 film)|Somebody Up There Likes Me]]''
| [[Albert Akst]]
|-
| ''[[The Ten Commandments (1956 film)|The Ten Commandments]]''
| [[Anne Bauchens]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1957 in film|1957]]<br /><small>[[30th Academy Awards|(30th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Bridge on the River Kwai]]'''''
| '''[[Peter Taylor (film editor)|Peter Taylor]]'''
|-
| ''[[Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (film)|Gunfight at the O.K. Corral]]''
| [[Warren Low]]
|-
| ''[[Pal Joey (film)|Pal Joey]]''
| [[Viola Lawrence]] and [[Jerome Thoms]]
|-
| ''[[Sayonara]]''
| [[Arthur P. Schmidt]] and [[Philip W. Anderson (film editor)|Philip W. Anderson]]
|-
| ''[[Witness for the Prosecution (1957 film)|Witness for the Prosecution]]''
| [[Daniel Mandell]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1958 in film|1958]]<br /><small>[[31st Academy Awards|(31st)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Gigi (1958 film)|Gigi]]'''''
| '''[[Adrienne Fazan]]'''
|-
| ''[[Auntie Mame (film)|Auntie Mame]]''
| [[William H. Ziegler]]
|-
| ''[[Cowboy (1958 film)|Cowboy]]''
| [[William Lyon (film editor)|William A. Lyon]] and [[Al Clark (film editor)|Al Clark]]
|-
| ''[[The Defiant Ones]]''
| [[Frederic Knudtson]]
|-
| ''[[I Want to Live!]]''
| [[William Hornbeck]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1959 in film|1959]]<br /><small>[[32nd Academy Awards|(32nd)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]'''''
| '''[[Ralph E. Winters]] and [[John Dunning (film editor)|John D. Dunning]]'''
|-
| ''[[Anatomy of a Murder]]''
| [[Louis R. Loeffler]]
|-
| ''[[North by Northwest]]''
| [[George Tomasini]]
|-
| ''[[The Nun's Story (film)|The Nun's Story]]''
| [[Walter A. Thompson|Walter Thompson]]
|-
| ''[[On the Beach (1959 film)|On the Beach]]''
| [[Frederic Knudtson]]
|}

===1960s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|- bgcolor="#bebebe"
! width="5%" | Year
! width="35%" | Film
! width="60%" | Nominees
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
! rowspan="5" |[[1960 in film|1960]]<br /><small>[[33rd Academy Awards|(33rd)]]</small>
| '''''[[The Apartment]]'''''
| '''[[Daniel Mandell]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Alamo (1960 film)|The Alamo]]''
| [[Stuart Gilmore]]
|-
| ''[[Inherit the Wind (1960 film)|Inherit the Wind]]''
| [[Frederic Knudtson]]
|-
| ''[[Pepe (1960 film)|Pepe]]''
| [[Viola Lawrence]] and [[Al Clark (film editor)|Al Clark]]
|-
| ''[[Spartacus (film)|Spartacus]]''
| [[Robert Lawrence (film editor)|Robert Lawrence]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1961 in film|1961]]<br /><small>[[34th Academy Awards|(34th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[West Side Story (1961 film)|West Side Story]]'''''
| '''[[Thomas Stanford (film editor)|Thomas Stanford]]'''
|-
| ''[[Fanny (1961 film)|Fanny]]''
| [[William Reynolds (film editor)|William H. Reynolds]]
|-
| ''[[The Guns of Navarone (film)|The Guns of Navarone]]''
| [[Alan Osbiston]]
|-
| ''[[Judgment at Nuremberg]]''
| [[Frederic Knudtson]]
|-
| ''[[The Parent Trap (1961 film)|The Parent Trap]]''
| [[Philip W. Anderson (film editor)|Philip W. Anderson]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1962 in film|1962]]<br /><small>[[35th Academy Awards|(35th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]'''''
| '''[[Anne V. Coates]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Longest Day (film)|The Longest Day]]''
| [[Samuel E. Beetley]]
|-
| ''[[The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film)|The Manchurian Candidate]]''
| [[Ferris Webster]]
|-
| ''[[The Music Man (1962 film)|The Music Man]]''
| [[William H. Ziegler]]
|-
| ''[[Mutiny on the Bounty (1962 film)|Mutiny on the Bounty]]''
| [[John McSweeney Jr.]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1963 in film|1963]]<br /><small>[[36th Academy Awards|(36th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[How the West Was Won (film)|How the West Was Won]]'''''
| '''[[Harold F. Kress]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Cardinal]]''
| [[Louis R. Loeffler]]
|-
| ''[[Cleopatra (1963 film)|Cleopatra]]''
| [[Dorothy Spencer]]
|-
| ''[[The Great Escape (film)|The Great Escape]]''
| [[Ferris Webster]]
|-
| ''[[It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World]]''
| [[Frederic Knudtson]] {{small|([[List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees|posthumously]])}}, [[Robert C. Jones]] and [[Gene Fowler Jr.]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1964 in film|1964]]<br /><small>[[37th Academy Awards|(37th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]'''''
| '''[[Cotton Warburton]]'''
|-
| ''[[Becket (1964 film)|Becket]]''
| [[Anne V. Coates]]
|-
| ''[[Father Goose (film)|Father Goose]]''
| [[Ted J. Kent]]
|-
| ''[[Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte]]''
| [[Michael Luciano]]
|-
| ''[[My Fair Lady (film)|My Fair Lady]]''
| [[William H. Ziegler]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1965 in film|1965]]<br /><small>[[38th Academy Awards|(38th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Sound of Music (film)|The Sound of Music]]'''''
| '''[[William Reynolds (film editor)|William H. Reynolds]]'''
|-
| ''[[Cat Ballou]]''
| [[Charles Nelson (film editor)|Charles Nelson]]
|-
| ''[[Doctor Zhivago (film)|Doctor Zhivago]]''
| [[Norman Savage]]
|-
| ''[[The Flight of the Phoenix (1965 film)|The Flight of the Phoenix]]''
| [[Michael Luciano]]
|-
| ''[[The Great Race]]''
| [[Ralph E. Winters]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1966 in film|1966]]<br /><small>[[39th Academy Awards|(39th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Grand Prix (1966 film)|Grand Prix]]'''''
| '''[[Fredric Steinkamp]], [[Henry Berman]], [[Stu Linder|Stewart Linder]] and [[Frank Santillo]]'''
|-
| ''[[Fantastic Voyage]]''
| [[William B. Murphy]]
|-
| ''[[The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming]]''
| [[Hal Ashby]] and [[J. Terry Williams]]
|-
| ''[[The Sand Pebbles (film)|The Sand Pebbles]]''
| [[William Reynolds (film editor)|William H. Reynolds]]
|-
| ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (film)|Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]''
| [[Sam O'Steen]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1967 in film|1967]]<br /><small>[[40th Academy Awards|(40th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[In the Heat of the Night (film)|In the Heat of the Night]]'''''
| '''[[Hal Ashby]]'''
|-
| ''[[Beach Red]]''
| [[Frank P. Keller]]
|-
| ''[[The Dirty Dozen]]''
| [[Michael Luciano]]
|-
| ''[[Doctor Dolittle (1967 film)|Doctor Dolittle]]''
| [[Samuel E. Beetley]] and [[Marjorie Fowler]]
|-
| ''[[Guess Who's Coming to Dinner]]''
| [[Robert C. Jones]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1968 in film|1968]]<br /><small>[[41st Academy Awards|(41st)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Bullitt]]'''''
| '''[[Frank P. Keller]]'''
|-
| ''[[Funny Girl (film)|Funny Girl]]''
| [[Robert Swink]], [[Maury Winetrobe]] and [[William Sands (film editor)|William Sands]]
|-
| ''[[The Odd Couple (film)|The Odd Couple]]''
| [[Frank Bracht]]
|-
| ''[[Oliver! (film)|Oliver!]]''
| [[Ralph Kemplen]]
|-
| ''[[Wild in the Streets]]''
| [[Fred R. Feitshans Jr.]] and [[Eve Newman]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1969 in film|1969]]<br /><small>[[42nd Academy Awards|(42nd)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Z (1969 film)|Z]]'''''
| '''[[Françoise Bonnot]]'''
|-
| ''[[Hello, Dolly! (film)|Hello, Dolly!]]''
| [[William Reynolds (film editor)|William H. Reynolds]]
|-
| ''[[Midnight Cowboy]]''
| [[Hugh A. Robertson]]
|-
| ''[[The Secret of Santa Vittoria]]''
| [[William Lyon (film editor)|William A. Lyon]] and [[Earle Herdan]]
|-
| ''[[They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (film)|They Shoot Horses, Don't They?]]''
| [[Fredric Steinkamp]]
|}

===1970s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|- bgcolor="#bebebe"
! width="5%" | Year
! width="35%" | Film
! width="60%" | Nominees
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
! rowspan="5" |[[1970 in film|1970]]<br /><small>[[43rd Academy Awards|(43rd)]]</small>
| '''''[[Patton (film)|Patton]]'''''
| '''[[Hugh S. Fowler]]'''
|-
| ''[[Airport (1970 film)|Airport]]''
| [[Stuart Gilmore]]
|-
| ''[[M*A*S*H (film)|M*A*S*H]]''
| [[Danford B. Greene]]
|-
| ''[[Tora! Tora! Tora!]]''
| [[James E. Newcom]], [[Pembroke J. Herring]] and [[Inoue Chikaya]]
|-
| ''[[Woodstock (film)|Woodstock]]''
| [[Thelma Schoonmaker]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1971 in film|1971]]<br /><small>[[44th Academy Awards|(44th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The French Connection (film)|The French Connection]]'''''
| '''[[Gerald B. Greenberg]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Andromeda Strain (film)|The Andromeda Strain]]''
| [[Stuart Gilmore]] {{small|([[List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees|posthumously]])}} and [[John W. Holmes (film editor)|John W. Holmes]]
|-
| ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]''
| [[Bill Butler (film editor)|Bill Butler]]
|-
| ''[[Kotch]]''
| [[Ralph E. Winters]]
|-
| ''[[Summer of '42]]''
| [[Folmar Blangsted]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1972 in film|1972]]<br /><small>[[45th Academy Awards|(45th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Cabaret (1972 film)|Cabaret]]'''''
| '''[[David Bretherton]]'''
|-
| ''[[Deliverance]]''
| [[Tom Priestley]]
|-
| ''[[The Godfather]]''
| [[William Reynolds (film editor)|William H. Reynolds]] and [[Peter Zinner]]
|-
| ''[[The Hot Rock (film)|The Hot Rock]]''
| [[Frank P. Keller]] and [[Fred W. Berger]]
|-
| ''[[The Poseidon Adventure (1972 film)|The Poseidon Adventure]]''
| [[Harold F. Kress]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1973 in film|1973]]<br /><small>[[46th Academy Awards|(46th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Sting]]'''''
| '''[[William Reynolds (film editor)|William H. Reynolds]]'''
|-
| ''[[American Graffiti]]''
| [[Verna Fields]] and [[Marcia Lucas]]
|-
| ''[[The Day of the Jackal (film)|The Day of the Jackal]]''
| [[Ralph Kemplen]]
|-
| ''[[The Exorcist]]''
| [[Jordan Leondopoulos]], [[Bud S. Smith]], [[Evan A. Lottman]] and Norman Gay
|-
| ''[[Jonathan Livingston Seagull (film)|Jonathan Livingston Seagull]]''
| [[Frank P. Keller]] and [[James Galloway (film editor)|James Galloway]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1974 in film|1974]]<br /><small>[[47th Academy Awards|(47th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Towering Inferno]]'''''
| '''[[Harold F. Kress]] and [[Carl Kress (film editor)|Carl Kress]]'''
|-
| ''[[Blazing Saddles]]''
| [[John C. Howard]] and [[Danford B. Greene]]
|-
| ''[[Chinatown (1974 film)|Chinatown]]''
| [[Sam O'Steen]]
|-
| ''[[Earthquake (1974 film)|Earthquake]]''
| [[Dorothy Spencer]]
|-
| ''[[The Longest Yard (1974 film)|The Longest Yard]]''
| [[Michael Luciano]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1975 in film|1975]]<br /><small>[[48th Academy Awards|(48th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'''''
| '''[[Verna Fields]]'''
|-
| ''[[Dog Day Afternoon]]''
| [[Dede Allen]]
|-
| ''[[The Man Who Would Be King (film)|The Man Who Would Be King]]''
| [[Russell Lloyd (film editor)|Russell Lloyd]]
|-
| ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]''
| [[Richard Chew]], [[Lynzee Klingman]] and [[Sheldon Kahn]]
|-
| ''[[Three Days of the Condor]]''
| [[Fredric Steinkamp]] and [[Don Guidice]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1976 in film|1976]]<br /><small>[[49th Academy Awards|(49th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Rocky]]'''''
| '''[[Richard Halsey]] and [[Scott Conrad]]'''
|-
| ''[[All the President's Men (film)|All the President's Men]]''
| [[Robert L. Wolfe]]
|-
| ''[[Bound for Glory (1976 film)|Bound for Glory]]''
| [[Robert C. Jones]] and [[Pembroke J. Herring]]
|-
| ''[[Network (1976 film)|Network]]''
| [[Alan Heim]]
|-
| ''[[Two-Minute Warning]]''
| [[Eve Newman]] and [[Walter Hannemann]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1977 in film|1977]]<br /><small>[[50th Academy Awards|(50th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'''''
| '''[[Paul Hirsch (film editor)|Paul Hirsch]], [[Marcia Lucas]] and [[Richard Chew]]'''
|-
| ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]''
| [[Michael Kahn (film editor)|Michael Kahn]]
|-
| ''[[Julia (1977 film)|Julia]]''
| [[Walter Murch]] <!--Marcel Durham is sometimes credited as an editor for ''Julia'', but he is not listed as an Oscar nominee in the AMPAS database-->
|-
| ''[[Smokey and the Bandit]]''
| [[Walter Hannemann]] and [[Angelo Ross]]
|-
| ''[[The Turning Point (1977 film)|The Turning Point]]''
| [[William Reynolds (film editor)|William H. Reynolds]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1978 in film|1978]]<br /><small>[[51st Academy Awards|(51st)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Deer Hunter]]'''''
| '''[[Peter Zinner]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Boys from Brazil (film)|The Boys from Brazil]]''
| [[Robert Swink|Robert E. Swink]]
|-
| ''[[Coming Home (1978 film)|Coming Home]]''
| [[Don Zimmerman (film editor)|Don Zimmerman]]
|-
| ''[[Midnight Express (film)|Midnight Express]]''
| [[Gerry Hambling]]
|-
| ''[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]]''
| [[Stuart Baird]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1979 in film|1979]]<br /><small>[[52nd Academy Awards|(52nd)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[All That Jazz (film)|All That Jazz]]'''''
| '''[[Alan Heim]]'''
|-
| ''[[Apocalypse Now]]''
| [[Richard Marks]], [[Walter Murch]], [[Gerald B. Greenberg]] and [[Lisa Fruchtman]]
|-
| ''[[The Black Stallion (film)|The Black Stallion]]''
| [[Robert Dalva]]
|-
| ''[[Kramer vs. Kramer]]''
| [[Gerald B. Greenberg]]
|-
| ''[[The Rose (film)|The Rose]]''
| [[Robert L. Wolfe]] and [[Carroll Timothy O'Meara]]
|}

===1980s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|- bgcolor="#bebebe"
! width="5%" | Year
! width="35%" | Film
! width="60%" | Nominees
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
! rowspan="5" |[[1980 in film|1980]]<br /><small>[[53rd Academy Awards|(53rd)]]</small>
| '''''[[Raging Bull]]'''''
| '''[[Thelma Schoonmaker]]'''
|-
| ''[[Coal Miner's Daughter (film)|Coal Miner's Daughter]]''
| [[Arthur Schmidt (film editor)|Arthur Schmidt]]
|-
| ''[[The Competition (1980 film)|The Competition]]''
| [[David Blewitt]]
|-
| ''[[The Elephant Man (1980 film)|The Elephant Man]]''
| [[Anne V. Coates]]
|-
| ''[[Fame (1980 film)|Fame]]''
| [[Gerry Hambling]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1981 in film|1981]]<br /><small>[[54th Academy Awards|(54th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'''''
| '''[[Michael Kahn (film editor)|Michael Kahn]]'''
|-
| ''[[Chariots of Fire]]''
| [[Terry Rawlings]]
|-
| ''[[The French Lieutenant's Woman (film)|The French Lieutenant's Woman]]''
| [[John Bloom (film editor)|John Bloom]]
|-
| ''[[On Golden Pond (1981 film)|On Golden Pond]]''
| [[Robert L. Wolfe]] {{small|([[List of posthumous Academy Award winners and nominees|posthumously]])}}
|-
| ''[[Reds (film)|Reds]]''
| [[Dede Allen]] and [[Craig McKay (film editor)|Craig McKay]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1982 in film|1982]]<br /><small>[[55th Academy Awards|(55th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]'''''
| '''[[John Bloom (film editor)|John Bloom]]'''
|-
| ''[[Das Boot]]''
| [[Hannes Nikel]]
|-
| ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]''
| [[Carol Littleton]]
|-
| ''[[An Officer and a Gentleman]]''
| [[Peter Zinner]]
|-
| ''[[Tootsie]]''
| [[Fredric Steinkamp]] and [[William Steinkamp]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1983 in film|1983]]<br /><small>[[56th Academy Awards|(56th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Right Stuff (film)|The Right Stuff]]'''''
| '''[[Glenn Farr]], [[Lisa Fruchtman]], [[Stephen A. Rotter]], [[Douglas Stewart (film editor)|Douglas Stewart]] and [[Tom Rolf]]'''
|-
| ''[[Blue Thunder]]''
| [[Frank Morriss]] and [[Edward M. Abroms]]
|-
| ''[[Flashdance]]''
| [[Bud S. Smith]] and [[Walt Mulconery]]
|-
| ''[[Silkwood]]''
| [[Sam O'Steen]]
|-
| ''[[Terms of Endearment]]''
| [[Richard Marks]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1984 in film|1984]]<br /><small>[[57th Academy Awards|(57th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Killing Fields (film)|The Killing Fields]]'''''
| '''[[Jim Clark (film editor)|Jim Clark]]'''
|-
| ''[[Amadeus (film)|Amadeus]]''
| [[Nena Danevic]] and [[Michael Chandler (film editor)|Michael Chandler]]
|-
| ''[[The Cotton Club (film)|The Cotton Club]]''
| [[Barry Malkin]] and [[Robert Q. Lovett]]
|-
| ''[[A Passage to India (film)|A Passage to India]]''
| [[David Lean]]
|-
| ''[[Romancing the Stone]]''
| [[Donn Cambern]] and [[Frank Morriss]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1985 in film|1985]]<br /><small>[[58th Academy Awards|(58th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Witness (1985 film)|Witness]]'''''
| '''[[Thom Noble]]'''
|-
| ''[[A Chorus Line (film)|A Chorus Line]]''
| [[John Bloom (film editor)|John Bloom]]
|-
| ''[[Out of Africa (film)|Out of Africa]]''
| [[Fredric Steinkamp]], [[William Steinkamp]], [[Pembroke J. Herring]] and [[Sheldon Kahn]]
|-
| ''[[Prizzi's Honor]]''
| [[Rudi Fehr]] and [[Kaja Fehr]]
|-
| ''[[Runaway Train (film)|Runaway Train]]''
| [[Henry Richardson (film editor)|Henry Richardson]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1986 in film|1986]]<br /><small>[[59th Academy Awards|(59th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Platoon (film)|Platoon]]'''''
| '''[[Claire Simpson]]'''
|-
| ''[[Aliens (film)|Aliens]]''
| [[Ray Lovejoy]]
|-
| ''[[Hannah and Her Sisters]]''
| [[Susan E. Morse]]
|-
| ''[[The Mission (1986 film)|The Mission]]''
| [[Jim Clark (film editor)|Jim Clark]]
|-
| ''[[Top Gun]]''
| [[Billy Weber]] and [[Chris Lebenzon]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1987 in film|1987]]<br /><small>[[60th Academy Awards|(60th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Last Emperor]]'''''
| '''[[Gabriella Cristiani]]'''
|-
| ''[[Broadcast News (film)|Broadcast News]]''
| [[Richard Marks]]
|-
| ''[[Empire of the Sun (film)|Empire of the Sun]]''
| [[Michael Kahn (film editor)|Michael Kahn]]
|-
| ''[[Fatal Attraction]]''
| [[Michael Kahn (film editor)|Michael Kahn]] and [[Peter E. Berger]]
|-
| ''[[RoboCop]]''
| [[Frank J. Urioste]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1988 in film|1988]]<br /><small>[[61st Academy Awards|(61st)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'''''
| '''[[Arthur Schmidt (film editor)|Arthur Schmidt]]'''
|-
| ''[[Die Hard]]''
| [[Frank J. Urioste]] and [[John F. Link]]
|-
| ''[[Gorillas in the Mist]]''
| [[Stuart Baird]]
|-
| ''[[Mississippi Burning]]''
| [[Gerry Hambling]]
|-
| ''[[Rain Man]]''
| [[Stu Linder]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1989 in film|1989]]<br /><small>[[62nd Academy Awards|(62nd)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Born on the Fourth of July (film)|Born on the Fourth of July]]'''''
| '''[[David Brenner (film editor)|David Brenner]] and [[Joe Hutshing]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Bear (1988 film)|The Bear]]''
| [[Noëlle Boisson]]
|-
| ''[[Driving Miss Daisy]]''
| [[Mark Warner (film editor)|Mark Warner]]
|-
| ''[[The Fabulous Baker Boys]]''
| [[William Steinkamp]]
|-
| ''[[Glory (1989 film)|Glory]]''
| [[Steven Rosenblum]]
|}

===1990s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|- bgcolor="#bebebe"
! width="5%" | Year
! width="35%" | Film
! width="60%" | Nominees
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
! rowspan="5" |[[1990 in film|1990]]<br /><small>[[63rd Academy Awards|(63rd)]]</small>
| '''''[[Dances With Wolves]]'''''
| '''[[Neil Travis]]'''
|-
| ''[[Ghost (1990 film)|Ghost]]''
| [[Walter Murch]]
|-
| ''[[The Godfather Part III]]''
| [[Barry Malkin]], [[Lisa Fruchtman]] and [[Walter Murch]]
|-
| ''[[Goodfellas]]''
| [[Thelma Schoonmaker]]
|-
| ''[[The Hunt for Red October (film)|The Hunt for Red October]]''
| [[Dennis Virkler]] and [[John Wright (film editor)|John Wright]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1991 in film|1991]]<br /><small>[[64th Academy Awards|(64th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[JFK (film)|JFK]]'''''
| '''[[Joe Hutshing]] and [[Pietro Scalia]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Commitments (film)|The Commitments]]''
| [[Gerry Hambling]]
|-
| ''[[The Silence of the Lambs (film)|The Silence of the Lambs]]''
| [[Craig McKay (film editor)|Craig McKay]]
|-
| ''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]''
| [[Conrad Buff IV|Conrad Buff]], [[Mark Goldblatt]] and [[Richard A. Harris]]
|-
| ''[[Thelma & Louise]]''
| [[Thom Noble]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1992 in film|1992]]<br /><small>[[65th Academy Awards|(65th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Unforgiven]]'''''
| '''[[Joel Cox]]'''
|-
| ''[[Basic Instinct]]''
| [[Frank J. Urioste]]
|-
| ''[[The Crying Game]]''
| [[Kant Pan]]
|-
| ''[[A Few Good Men]]''
| [[Robert Leighton (film editor)|Robert Leighton]]
|-
| ''[[The Player (1992 film)|The Player]]''
| [[Geraldine Peroni]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1993 in film|1993]]<br /><small>[[66th Academy Awards|(66th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Schindler's List]]'''''
| '''[[Michael Kahn (film editor)|Michael Kahn]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Fugitive (1993 film)|The Fugitive]]''
| [[Dennis Virkler]], [[David Finfer]], [[Dean Goodhill]], [[Don Brochu]], [[Richard Nord]] and [[Dov Hoenig]]
|-
| ''[[In the Line of Fire]]''
| [[Anne V. Coates]]
|-
| ''[[In the Name of the Father]]''
| [[Gerry Hambling]]
|-
| ''[[The Piano]]''
| [[Veronika Jenet]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1994 in film|1994]]<br /><small>[[67th Academy Awards|(67th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Forrest Gump]]'''''
| '''[[Arthur Schmidt (film editor)|Arthur Schmidt]]'''
|-
| ''[[Hoop Dreams]]''
| [[Frederick Marx]], [[Steve James (producer)|Steve James]] and William Haugse
|-
| ''[[Pulp Fiction]]''
| [[Sally Menke]]
|-
| ''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]''
| [[Richard Francis-Bruce]]
|-
| ''[[Speed (1994 film)|Speed]]''
| [[John Wright (film editor)|John Wright]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1995 in film|1995]]<br /><small>[[68th Academy Awards|(68th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Apollo 13 (film)|Apollo 13]]'''''
| '''[[Mike Hill (film editor)|Mike Hill]] and [[Daniel P. Hanley]]'''
|-
| ''[[Babe (film)|Babe]]''
| [[Marcus D'Arcy]] and [[Jay Friedkin]]
|-
| ''[[Braveheart]]''
| [[Steven Rosenblum]]
|-
| ''[[Crimson Tide (film)|Crimson Tide]]''
| [[Chris Lebenzon]]
|-
| ''[[Seven (1995 film)|Seven]]''
| [[Richard Francis-Bruce]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1996 in film|1996]]<br /><small>[[69th Academy Awards|(69th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The English Patient (film)|The English Patient]]'''''
| '''[[Walter Murch]]'''
|-
| ''[[Evita (1996 film)|Evita]]''
| [[Gerry Hambling]]
|-
| ''[[Fargo (1996 film)|Fargo]]''
| [[Coen brothers|Roderick Jaynes]]
|-
| ''[[Jerry Maguire]]''
| [[Joe Hutshing]]
|-
| ''[[Shine (film)|Shine]]''
| [[Pip Karmel]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1997 in film|1997]]<br /><small>[[70th Academy Awards|(70th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'''''
| '''[[Conrad Buff IV|Conrad Buff]], [[James Cameron]] and [[Richard A. Harris]]'''
|-
| ''[[Air Force One (film)|Air Force One]]''
| [[Richard Francis-Bruce]]
|-
| ''[[As Good as It Gets]]''
| [[Richard Marks]]
|-
| ''[[Good Will Hunting]]''
| [[Pietro Scalia]]
|-
| ''[[L.A. Confidential (film)|L.A. Confidential]]''
| [[Peter Honess]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1998 in film|1998]]<br /><small>[[71st Academy Awards|(71st)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Saving Private Ryan]]'''''
| '''[[Michael Kahn (film editor)|Michael Kahn]]'''
|-
| ''[[Life Is Beautiful]]''
| [[Simona Paggi]]
|-
| ''[[Out of Sight]]''
| [[Anne V. Coates]]
|-
| ''[[Shakespeare in Love]]''
| [[David Gamble (film editor)|David Gamble]]
|-
| ''[[The Thin Red Line (1998 film)|The Thin Red Line]]''
| [[Billy Weber]], [[Leslie Jones (film editor)|Leslie Jones]] and [[Saar Klein]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[1999 in film|1999]]<br /><small>[[72nd Academy Awards|(72nd)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Matrix]]'''''
| '''[[Zach Staenberg]]'''
|-
| ''[[American Beauty (1999 film)|American Beauty]]''
| [[Tariq Anwar (film editor)|Tariq Anwar]] and [[Christopher Greenbury]]
|-
| ''[[The Cider House Rules (film)|The Cider House Rules]]''
| [[Lisa Zeno Churgin]]
|-
| ''[[The Insider (film)|The Insider]]''
| [[William Goldenberg]], [[Paul Rubell]] and [[David Rosenbloom]]
|-
| ''[[The Sixth Sense]]''
| [[Andrew Mondshein]]
|}

===2000s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|- bgcolor="#bebebe"
! width="5%" | Year
! width="35%" | Film
! width="60%" | Nominees
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
! rowspan="5" |[[2000 in film|2000]]<br /><small>[[73rd Academy Awards|(73rd)]]</small>
| '''''[[Traffic (2000 film)|Traffic]]'''''
| '''[[Stephen Mirrione]]'''
|-
| ''[[Almost Famous]]''
| [[Joe Hutshing]] and [[Saar Klein]]
|-
| ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]''
| [[Tim Squyres]]
|-
| ''[[Gladiator (2000 film)|Gladiator]]''
| [[Pietro Scalia]]
|-
| ''[[Wonder Boys (film)|Wonder Boys]]''
| [[Dede Allen]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[2001 in film|2001]]<br /><small>[[74th Academy Awards|(74th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Black Hawk Down (film)|Black Hawk Down]]'''''
| '''[[Pietro Scalia]]'''
|-
| ''[[A Beautiful Mind (film)|A Beautiful Mind]]''
| [[Mike Hill (film editor)|Mike Hill]] and [[Daniel P. Hanley]]
|-
| ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''
| [[John Gilbert (film editor)|John Gilbert]]
|-
| ''[[Memento (film)|Memento]]''
| [[Dody Dorn]]
|-
| ''[[Moulin Rouge!]]''
| [[Jill Bilcock]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[2002 in film|2002]]<br /><small>[[75th Academy Awards|(75th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Chicago (2002 film)|Chicago]]'''''
| '''[[Martin Walsh (film editor)|Martin Walsh]]'''
|-
| ''[[Gangs of New York]]''
| [[Thelma Schoonmaker]]
|-
| ''[[The Hours (film)|The Hours]]''
| [[Peter Boyle (film editor)|Peter Boyle]]
|-
| ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]''
| [[Michael J. Horton|Michael Horton]]
|-
| ''[[The Pianist (2002 film)|The Pianist]]''
| [[Hervé de Luze]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[2003 in film|2003]]<br /><small>[[76th Academy Awards|(76th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'''''
| '''[[Jamie Selkirk]]'''
|-
| ''[[City of God (2002 film)|City of God]]''
| [[Daniel Rezende]]
|-
| ''[[Cold Mountain (film)|Cold Mountain]]''
| [[Walter Murch]]
|-
| ''[[Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World]]''
| [[Lee Smith (film editor)|Lee Smith]]
|-
| ''[[Seabiscuit (film)|Seabiscuit]]''
| [[William Goldenberg]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[2004 in film|2004]]<br /><small>[[77th Academy Awards|(77th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Aviator (2004 film)|The Aviator]]'''''
| '''[[Thelma Schoonmaker]]'''
|-
| ''[[Collateral (film)|Collateral]]''
| [[Jim Miller (film editor)|Jim Miller]] and [[Paul Rubell]]
|-
| ''[[Finding Neverland (film)|Finding Neverland]]''
| [[Matt Chessé]]
|-
| ''[[Million Dollar Baby]]''
| [[Joel Cox]]
|-
| ''[[Ray (film)|Ray]]''
| [[Paul Hirsch (film editor)|Paul Hirsch]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[2005 in film|2005]]<br /><small>[[78th Academy Awards|(78th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Crash (2004 film)|Crash]]'''''
| '''[[Hughes Winborne]]'''
|-
| ''[[Cinderella Man]]''
| [[Mike Hill (film editor)|Mike Hill]] and [[Daniel P. Hanley|Dan Hanley]]
|-
| ''[[The Constant Gardener (film)|The Constant Gardener]]''
| [[Claire Simpson]]
|-
| ''[[Munich (2005 film)|Munich]]''
| [[Michael Kahn (film editor)|Michael Kahn]]
|-
| ''[[Walk the Line]]''
| [[Michael McCusker]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[2006 in film|2006]]<br /><small>[[79th Academy Awards|(79th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Departed]]'''''
| '''[[Thelma Schoonmaker]]'''
|-
| ''[[Babel (film)|Babel]]''
| [[Douglas Crise]] and [[Stephen Mirrione]]
|-
| ''[[Blood Diamond]]''
| [[Steven Rosenblum]]
|-
| ''[[Children of Men]]''
| [[Alfonso Cuarón]] and [[Álex Rodríguez (film editor)|Alex Rodríguez]]
|-
| ''[[United 93 (film)|United 93]]''
| [[Clare Douglas]], [[Richard Pearson (film editor)|Richard Pearson]] and [[Christopher Rouse (film editor)|Christopher Rouse]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[2007 in film|2007]]<br /><small>[[80th Academy Awards|(80th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Bourne Ultimatum (film)|The Bourne Ultimatum]]'''''
| '''[[Christopher Rouse (film editor)|Christopher Rouse]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film)|The Diving Bell and the Butterfly]]''
| [[Juliette Welfling]]
|-
| ''[[Into the Wild (film)|Into the Wild]]''
| [[Jay Cassidy]]
|-
| ''[[No Country for Old Men]]''
| [[Coen brothers|Roderick Jaynes]]
|-
| ''[[There Will Be Blood]]''
| [[Dylan Tichenor]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[2008 in film|2008]]<br /><small>[[81st Academy Awards|(81st)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]'''''
| '''[[Chris Dickens]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)|The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]]''
| [[Kirk Baxter]] and [[Angus Wall]]
|-
| ''[[The Dark Knight]]''
| [[Lee Smith (film editor)|Lee Smith]]
|-
| ''[[Frost/Nixon (film)|Frost/Nixon]]''
| [[Mike Hill (film editor)|Mike Hill]] and [[Daniel P. Hanley|Dan Hanley]]
|-
| ''[[Milk (2008 American film)|Milk]]''
| [[Elliot Graham]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[2009 in film|2009]]<br /><small>[[82nd Academy Awards|(82nd)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Hurt Locker]]'''''
| '''[[Bob Murawski]] and [[Chris Innis]]'''
|-
| ''[[Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]]''
| [[Stephen E. Rivkin|Stephen Rivkin]], [[John Refoua]], and [[James Cameron]] 
|-
| ''[[District 9]]''
| [[Julian Clarke]]
|-
| ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]''
| [[Sally Menke]]
|-
| ''[[Precious (film)|Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire]]''
| [[Joe Klotz]]
|}

===2010s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|- bgcolor="#bebebe"
! width="5%" | Year
! width="35%" | Film
! width="60%" | Nominees
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
! rowspan="5" |[[2010 in film|2010]]<br /><small>[[83rd Academy Awards|(83rd)]]</small>
| '''''[[The Social Network]]'''''
| '''[[Angus Wall]] and [[Kirk Baxter]]'''
|-
| ''[[127 Hours]]''
| [[Jon Harris (film editor)|Jon Harris]]
|-
| ''[[Black Swan (film)|Black Swan]]''
| [[Andrew Weisblum]]
|-
| ''[[The Fighter]]''
| [[Pamela Martin (film editor)|Pamela Martin]]
|-
| ''[[The King's Speech]]''
| [[Tariq Anwar (film editor)|Tariq Anwar]]

|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[2011 in film|2011]]<br /><small>[[84th Academy Awards|(84th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film)|The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo]]'''''
| '''[[Kirk Baxter]] and [[Angus Wall]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Artist (film)|The Artist]]''
| [[Anne-Sophie Bion]] and [[Michel Hazanavicius]]
|-
| ''[[The Descendants]]''
| [[Kevin Tent]]
|-
| ''[[Hugo (film)|Hugo]]''
| [[Thelma Schoonmaker]]
|-
| ''[[Moneyball (film)|Moneyball]]''
| [[Christopher Tellefsen]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[2012 in film|2012]]<br /><small>[[85th Academy Awards|(85th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Argo (2012 film)|Argo]]'''''
| '''[[William Goldenberg]]'''
|-
| ''[[Life of Pi (film)|Life of Pi]]''
| [[Tim Squyres]]
|-
| ''[[Lincoln (film)|Lincoln]]''
| [[Michael Kahn (film editor)|Michael Kahn]]
|-
| ''[[Silver Linings Playbook]]''
| [[Jay Cassidy]] and [[Crispin Struthers]]
|-
| ''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]''
| [[Dylan Tichenor]] and [[William Goldenberg]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[2013 in film|2013]]<br /><small>[[86th Academy Awards|(86th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Gravity (2013 film)|Gravity]]'''''
| '''[[Alfonso Cuarón]] and [[Mark Sanger]]'''
|-
| ''[[12 Years a Slave (film)|12 Years a Slave]]''
| [[Joe Walker (film editor)|Joe Walker]]
|-
| ''[[American Hustle]]''
| [[Jay Cassidy]], [[Crispin Struthers]] and [[Alan Baumgarten]]
|-
| ''[[Captain Phillips (film)|Captain Phillips]]''
| [[Christopher Rouse (film editor)|Christopher Rouse]]
|-
| ''[[Dallas Buyers Club]]''
| [[Jean-Marc Vallée|John Mac McMurphy]] and [[Martin Pensa]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[2014 in film|2014]]<br /><small>[[87th Academy Awards|(87th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Whiplash (2014 film)|Whiplash]]'''''
| '''[[Tom Cross (film editor)|Tom Cross]]'''
|-
| ''[[American Sniper]]''
| [[Joel Cox]] and [[Gary D. Roach]]
|-
| ''[[Boyhood (2014 film)|Boyhood]]''
| [[Sandra Adair]]
|-
| ''[[The Grand Budapest Hotel]]''
| [[Barney Pilling]]
|-
| ''[[The Imitation Game]]''
| [[William Goldenberg]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[2015 in film|2015]]<br /><small>[[88th Academy Awards|(88th)]]</small>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Mad Max: Fury Road]]'''''
| '''[[Margaret Sixel]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Big Short (film)|The Big Short]]''
| [[Hank Corwin]]
|-
| ''[[The Revenant (2015 film)|The Revenant]]''
| [[Stephen Mirrione]]
|-
| ''[[Spotlight (film)|Spotlight]]''
| [[Tom McArdle]]
|-
| ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]''
| [[Maryann Brandon]] and [[Mary Jo Markey]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[2016 in film|2016]]<br /><small>[[89th Academy Awards|(89th)]]</small> <br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-oscars-2017-nominees-winners-list-20170123-story.html |title=Academy Awards 2017: Complete list of Oscar winners and nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=February 26, 2017 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=January 8, 2018 }}</ref>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Hacksaw Ridge]]'''''
| '''[[John Gilbert (film editor)|John Gilbert]]'''
|-
| ''[[Arrival (film)|Arrival]]''
| [[Joe Walker (film editor)|Joe Walker]]
|-
| ''[[Hell or High Water (film)|Hell or High Water]]''
| [[Jake Roberts (film editor)|Jake Roberts]]
|-
| ''[[La La Land]]''
| [[Tom Cross (film editor)|Tom Cross]]
|-
| ''[[Moonlight (2016 film)|Moonlight]]''
| [[Nat Sanders]] and [[Joi McMillon]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[2017 in film|2017]]<br /><small>[[90th Academy Awards|(90th)]]</small> <br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2018/01/oscar-nominations-2018-academy-award-nominees-1202266874/ |title= Oscar Nominations: 'The Shape Of Water' Leads Way With 13 |last=Hipes |first=Patrick |date=January 23, 2018 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=January 23, 2018 }}</ref>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Dunkirk (2017 film)|Dunkirk]]'''''
| '''[[Lee Smith (film editor)|Lee Smith]]'''
|-
| ''[[Baby Driver]]''
| [[Paul Machliss]] and [[Jonathan Amos]]
|-
| ''[[I, Tonya]]''
| [[Tatiana S. Riegel]]
|-
| ''[[The Shape of Water]]''
| [[Sidney Wolinsky]]
|-
| ''[[Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri]]''
| [[Jon Gregory (film editor)|Jon Gregory]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[2018 in film|2018]]<br /><small>[[91st Academy Awards|(91st)]]</small> <br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/oscar-nominations-2019-academy-award-nominees-list-1202538943/ |title= Oscar Nominations – The Complete List Of Noms |last=Hipes |first=Patrick |date=January 22, 2019 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=January 22, 2019 }}</ref>
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Bohemian Rhapsody (film)|Bohemian Rhapsody]]'''''
| '''[[John Ottman]]'''
|-
| ''[[BlacKkKlansman]]''
| [[Barry Alexander Brown]]
|-
| ''[[The Favourite]]''
| [[Yorgos Mavropsaridis]]
|-
| ''[[Green Book (film)|Green Book]]''
| Patrick J. Don Vito
|-
| ''[[Vice (2018 film)|Vice]]''
| [[Hank Corwin]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | [[2019 in film|2019]]<br /><small>[[92nd Academy Awards|(92nd)]]</small> 
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
| '''''[[Ford v Ferrari]]'''''
| '''[[Michael McCusker]] and [[Andrew Buckland (film editor)|Andrew Buckland]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Irishman]]''
| [[Thelma Schoonmaker]]
|-
| ''[[Jojo Rabbit]]''
| [[Tom Eagles]]
|-
| ''[[Joker (2019 film)|Joker]]''
| [[Jeff Groth (film editor)|Jeff Groth]]
|-
| ''[[Parasite (2019 film)|Parasite]]''
| [[Yang Jin-mo]]
|}

===2020s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|- bgcolor="#bebebe"
! width="5%"  | Year
! width="35%" | Film
! width="60%" | Nominees
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
! rowspan="5" |[[2020 in film|2020/21]]<br /><small>[[93rd Academy Awards|(93rd)]]</small>
| '''''[[Sound of Metal]]'''''
| '''[[Mikkel E. G. Nielsen]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Father (2020 film)|The Father]]''
| [[Yorgos Lamprinos]]
|-
| ''[[Nomadland (film)|Nomadland]]''
| [[Chloé Zhao]]
|-
| ''[[Promising Young Woman]]''
| [[Frédéric Thoraval]]
|-
| ''[[The Trial of the Chicago 7]]''
| [[Alan Baumgarten]]
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
! rowspan="5" |[[2021 in film|2021]]<br /><small>[[94th Academy Awards|(94th)]]</small>
| '''''[[Dune (2021 film)|Dune]]'''''
| '''[[Joe Walker (film editor)|Joe Walker]]'''
|-
| ''[[Don't Look Up]]''
| [[Hank Corwin]]
|-
| ''[[King Richard (film)|King Richard]]''
| [[Pamela Martin (film editor)|Pamela Martin]]
|-
| ''[[The Power of the Dog (film)|The Power of the Dog]]''
| [[Peter Sciberras]]
|-
| ''[[Tick, Tick... Boom! (film)|tick, tick... BOOM!]]''
| [[Myron Kerstein]] and [[Andrew Weisblum]]
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
! rowspan="5" |[[2022 in film|2022]]<br /><small>[[95th Academy Awards|(95th)]]</small>
| '''''[[Everything Everywhere All at Once]]'''''
| '''[[Paul Rogers (film editor)|Paul Rogers]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Banshees of Inisherin]]''
| [[Mikkel E. G. Nielsen]]
|-
| ''[[Elvis (2022 film)|Elvis]]''
| [[Matt Villa]] and [[Jonathan Redmond]]
|-
| ''[[Tár]]''
| [[Monika Willi]]
|-
| ''[[Top Gun: Maverick]]''
| [[Eddie Hamilton]]
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
! rowspan="5" |[[2023 in film|2023]]<br /><small>[[96th Academy Awards|(96th)]]</small>
| '''''[[Oppenheimer (film)|Oppenheimer]]'''''
| '''[[Jennifer Lame]]'''
|-
| ''[[Anatomy of a Fall]]'' 
| [[Laurent Sénéchal]]
|-
| ''[[The Holdovers]]'' 
| [[Kevin Tent]]
|-
| ''[[Killers of the Flower Moon (film)|Killers of the Flower Moon]]'' 
| [[Thelma Schoonmaker]]
|-
| ''[[Poor Things (film)|Poor Things]]'' 
| [[Yorgos Mavropsaridis]]
|- style="background:#FAEB86"
! rowspan="5" |[[2024 in film|2024]]<br /><small>[[97th Academy Awards|(97th)]]</small>
|'''''[[Anora]]'''''
|'''[[Sean Baker (filmmaker)|Sean Baker]]'''
|-
|''[[The Brutalist]]''
|[[Dávid Jancsó]]
|-
|[[Conclave (film)|''Conclave'']]
|[[Nick Emerson]]
|-
|''[[Emilia Pérez]]''
|[[Juliette Welfling]]
|-
|[[Wicked (2024 film)|''Wicked'']]
|[[Myron Kerstein]]
|}

==Shortlisted finalists==
Finalists for Best Film Editing were selected by branch members, who voted for ten finalists which were screened to determine the five nominees.<ref name="Champlin">{{cite news |last=Champlin |first=Charles |date=January 5, 1980 |title=Oscar Prunes the Candidates |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/162681439 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 19, 2025|id={{ProQuest|162681439}} }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|- bgcolor="#bebebe"
! width="5%" | Year
! width="95%" | Finalists
!Ref
|-
! 1967
| ''[[Bonnie and Clyde (film)|Bonnie and Clyde]]'', ''[[Camelot (film)|Camelot]]'', ''[[The Graduate]]'', ''Sofi'', ''[[Thoroughly Modern Millie]]''
|<ref>{{cite news |date=January 17, 1968 |title=A Whisker-Close Oscar Race |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/1032453132 |work=Variety |access-date=January 30, 2025|id= {{ProQuest|1032453132}} }}</ref>
|-
! 1968
| ''[[The Fixer (1968 film)|The Fixer]]'', ''[[The Lion in Winter (1968 film)|The Lion in Winter]]'', ''[[Rachel, Rachel]]'', ''[[Star! (film)|Star!]]'', ''[[The Thomas Crown Affair (1968 film)|The Thomas Crown Affair]]''
|<ref>{{cite news |date=January 22, 1969 |title= Sizing Up This Spring's Oscarcade |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/962941007 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 26, 2025|id= {{ProQuest|962941007}} }}</ref>
|-
! 1969
| ''[[Anne of the Thousand Days]]'', ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]'', ''[[Cactus Flower (film)|Cactus Flower]]'', ''[[Gaily, Gaily]]'', ''[[Marooned (1969 film)|Marooned]]''
|<ref>{{cite news |date=January 15, 1970 |title=Preliminary Selections in Eight Oscar Races |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/156340844 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 25, 2025|id={{ProQuest|156340844}} }}</ref>
|-
! 1970
| ''[[Catch-22 (film)|Catch-22]]'', ''[[Five Easy Pieces]]'', ''[[The Great White Hope (film)|The Great White Hope]]'', ''[[A Man Called Horse (film)|A Man Called Horse]]'', ''[[Ryan's Daughter]]''
|<ref>{{cite news |date=January 11, 1971 |title=First Screenings in Oscar Races |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/156692669 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 23, 2025|id={{ProQuest|156692669}} }}</ref>
|-
! 1971
| ''[[Carnal Knowledge (film)|Carnal Knowledge]]'', ''[[Fiddler on the Roof (film)|Fiddler on the Roof]]'', ''[[Mary, Queen of Scots (1971 film)|Mary, Queen of Scots]]'', ''[[Nicholas and Alexandra]]'', ''[[Sunday Bloody Sunday (film)|Sunday Bloody Sunday]]''
|<ref>{{cite news |first=Alice |last=Miller |date=January 16, 1972 |title=Preliminaries Start in Oscar Screenings |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/abilene-reporter-news-jan-16-1972-p-28/ |work=Abilene Reporter News |access-date=January 21, 2025}}</ref>
|-
! 1972
| ''[[Avanti!]]'', ''[[Ben (1972 film)|Ben]]'', ''[[Butterflies Are Free]]'', ''[[Man of La Mancha (film)|Man of La Mancha]]'', ''[[1776 (film)|1776]]''
|<ref>{{cite news |date=January 5, 1973 |title=Oscar Contenders Set for Screening |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2920199679 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=January 21, 2025|id={{ProQuest|2920199679}} }}</ref>
|-
! 1973
| ''[[The Iceman Cometh (1973 film)|The Iceman Cometh]]'', ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar (film)|Jesus Christ Superstar]]'', ''[[The Paper Chase (film)|The Paper Chase]]'', ''[[Paper Moon (film)|Paper Moon]]'', ''[[Papillon (1973 film)|Papillon]]''
|<ref>{{cite news |date=January 14, 1974 |title=5 Branches List Choices for Oscar Nominations |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/2931982095 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 20, 2025|id={{ProQuest|2931982095}} }}</ref>
|-
! 1974
| ''[[For Pete's Sake (film)|For Pete's Sake]]'', ''[[The Front Page (1974 film)|The Front Page]]'', ''[[The Godfather Part II]]'', ''[[Hearts and Minds (film)|Hearts and Minds]]'', ''[[The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974 film)|The Taking of Pelham One Two Three]]''
|<ref>{{cite news |date=January 10, 1975 |title=Screenings Open Oscar Bids |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/2931982095 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=January 20, 2025|id={{ProQuest|2931982095}} }}</ref>
|-
! 1975
| ''[[Funny Lady]]'', ''[[The Hindenburg (film)|The Hindenburg]]'', ''[[The Other Side of the Mountain]]'', ''[[Rollerball (1975 film)|Rollerball]]'', ''[[The Sunshine Boys (1975 film)|The Sunshine Boys]]''
|<ref>{{cite news |date=January 14, 1976 |title=Oscar's Craft Nod Prelim Choices |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/1286013473 |work=Variety |access-date=January 20, 2025|id={{ProQuest|1286013473}} }}</ref>
|-
! 1976
| ''[[King Kong (1976 film)|King Kong]]'', ''[[Midway (1976 film)|Midway]]'', ''[[The Omen]]'', ''[[The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (film)|The Seven-Per-Cent Solution]]'', ''[[Silver Streak (film)|Silver Streak]]''
|<ref>{{cite news |date=January 8, 1977 |title=Early Selections for Oscars Noted |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/158174773 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 20, 2025|id={{ProQuest|158174773}} }}</ref>
|-
! 1977
| ''[[Black Sunday (1977 film)|Black Sunday]]'', ''[[The Deep (1977 film)|The Deep]]'', ''[[The Goodbye Girl]]'', ''[[Islands in the Stream (film)|Islands in the Stream]]'', ''[[Saturday Night Fever]]''
|<ref>{{cite news |date=January 6, 1978 |title=Films Eligible for Technical Oscars |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/158545635 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 20, 2025|id={{ProQuest|158545635}} }}</ref>
|-
! 1978
| ''[[The Brink's Job]]'', ''[[Foul Play (1978 film)|Foul Play]]'', ''[[Grease (film)|Grease]]'',  ''[[Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)|Heaven Can Wait]]'', ''[[Hooper (film)|Hooper]]''
|<ref>{{cite news |last=Champlin |first=Charles |date=January 6, 1979 |title='Grease' Tops Oscar Hopefuls |url= https://www.proquest.com/docview/158821566 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 19, 2025|id={{ProQuest|158821566}} }}</ref>
|-
! 1979
| ''[[The China Syndrome]]'', ''[[The Electric Horseman]]'', ''[[A Little Romance]]'', ''[[Norma Rae]]'', ''[[10 (1979 film)|10]]''
|<ref name="Champlin" />
|}

==Multiple wins and nominations==
The following editors have received multiple nominations for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing. This list is sorted by the number of total awards won (with the number of total nominations listed in parentheses).

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*3: [[Thelma Schoonmaker]] (9)
*3: [[Michael Kahn (film editor)|Michael Kahn]] (8)
*3: [[Daniel Mandell]] (5)
*3: [[Ralph Dawson]] (4)
*2: [[William Reynolds (film editor)|William H. Reynolds]] (7)
*2: [[Harold F. Kress]] (6)
*2: [[William Lyon (film editor)|William A. Lyon]] (6)
*2: [[Joe Hutshing]] (4)
*2: [[Pietro Scalia]] (4)
*2: [[Kirk Baxter]] (3)
*2: [[Gene Milford]] (3)
*2: [[Conrad A. Nervig]] (3)
*2: [[Arthur Schmidt (film editor)|Arthur Schmidt]] (3)
*2: [[Angus Wall]] (3)
*2: [[Harry W. Gerstad]] (2)
*2: [[Paul Weatherwax]] (2)
*1: [[Barbara McLean]] (7)
*1: [[Walter Murch]] (6)
*1: [[Anne V. Coates]] (5)
*1: [[William Goldenberg]] (5)
*1: [[Fredric Steinkamp]] (5)
*1: [[Ralph E. Winters]] (5)
*1: [[Anne Bauchens]] (4)
*1: [[Daniel P. Hanley]] (4)
*1: [[Mike Hill (film editor)|Mike Hill]] (4)
*1: [[William Hornbeck]] (4)
*1: [[Frank P. Keller]] (4)
*1: [[James E. Newcom]] (4)
*1: [[George Amy]] (3)
*1: [[John Bloom (film editor)|John Bloom]] (3)

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*1: [[Joel Cox]] (3)
*1: [[Lisa Fruchtman]] (3)
*1: [[Gerald B. Greenberg]] (3)
*1: [[Gene Havlick]] (3)
*1: [[Hal C. Kern]] (3)
*1: [[Stephen Mirrione]] (3)
*1: [[Charles Nelson (film editor)|Charles Nelson]] (3)
*1: [[Christopher Rouse (film editor)|Christopher Rouse]] (3)
*1: [[Lee Smith (film editor)|Lee Smith]] (3)
*1: [[Joe Walker (film editor)|Joe Walker]] (3)
*1: [[Peter Zinner]] (3)
*1: [[Hal Ashby]] (2)
*1: [[Conrad Buff IV|Conrad Buff]] (2)
*1: [[James Cameron]] (2)
*1: [[Richard Chew]] (2)
*1: [[Jim Clark (film editor)|Jim Clark]] (2)
*1: [[Tom Cross (film editor)|Tom Cross]] (2)
*1: [[Alfonso Cuarón]] (2)
*1: [[Adrienne Fazan]] (2)
*1: [[Verna Fields]] (2)
*1: [[John Gilbert (film editor)|John Gilbert]] (2)
*1: [[Richard A. Harris]] (2)
*1: [[Alan Heim]] (2)
*1: [[Paul Hirsch (film editor)|Paul Hirsch]] (2)
*1: [[Robert J. Kern]] (2)
*1: [[Marcia Lucas]] (2)
*1: [[Michael McCusker]] (2)
*1: [[Mikkel E. G. Nielsen]] (2)
*1: [[Thom Noble]] (2)
*1: [[Robert Parrish]] (2)
*1: [[Gene Ruggiero]] (2)

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*1: [[Claire Simpson]] (2)
*1: [[Cotton Warburton]] (2)
*1: [[Elmo Williams]] (2)
*0: [[Gerry Hambling]] (6)
*0: [[Frederic Knudtson]] (6)
*0: [[Al Clark (film editor)|Al Clark]] (5)
*0: [[Warren Low]] (4)
*0: [[Michael Luciano]] (4)
*0: [[Richard Marks]] (4)
*0: [[Dorothy Spencer]] (4)
*0: [[Dede Allen]] (3)
*0: [[Philip W. Anderson (film editor)|Philip W. Anderson]] (3)
*0: [[Jay Cassidy]] (3)
*0: [[Hank Corwin]] (3)
*0: [[Richard Francis-Bruce]] (3)
*0: [[Stuart Gilmore]] (3)
*0: [[Doane Harrison]] (3)
*0: [[Pembroke J. Herring]] (3)
*0: [[Robert C. Jones]] (3)
*0: [[Ralph Kemplen]] (3)
*0: [[Sam O'Steen]] (3)
*0: [[Steven Rosenblum]] (3)
*0: [[William Steinkamp]] (3)
*0: [[Frank J. Urioste]] (3)
*0: [[Ferris Webster]] (3)
*0: [[Robert L. Wolfe]] (3)
*0: [[William H. Ziegler]] (3)
*0: [[Tariq Anwar (film editor)|Tariq Anwar]] (2)
*0: [[Stuart Baird]] (2)
*0: [[Alan Baumgarten]] (2)
*0: [[Samuel E. Beetley]] (2)
*0: [[Danford B. Greene]] (2)

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*0: [[Walter Hannemann]] (2)
*0: [[Coen brothers|Roderick Jaynes]] (2)
*0: [[Sheldon Kahn]] (2)
*0: [[Myron Kerstein]] (2)
*0: [[Saar Klein]] (2)
*0: [[Viola Lawrence]] (2)
*0: [[Chris Lebenzon]] (2)
*0: [[Louis R. Loeffler]] (2)
*0: [[Barry Malkin]] (2)
*0: [[Owen Marks]] (2)
*0: [[Pamela Martin (film editor)|Pamela Martin]] (2)
*0: [[Yorgos Mavropsaridis]] (2)
*0: [[Craig McKay (film editor)|Craig McKay]] (2)
*0: [[Sally Menke]] (2)
*0: [[Otto Meyer (film editor)|Otto Meyer]] (2)
*0: [[Frank Morriss]] (2)
*0: [[Eve Newman]] (2)
*0: [[Paul Rubell]] (2)
*0: [[Arthur P. Schmidt]] (2)
*0: [[Bud S. Smith]] (2)
*0: [[Tim Squyres]] (2)
*0: [[Crispin Struthers]] (2)
*0: [[Robert Swink]] (2)
*0: [[Kevin Tent]] (2)
*0: [[Walter A. Thompson]] (2)
*0: [[Dylan Tichenor]] (2)
*0: [[Sherman Todd]] (2)
*0: [[Dennis Virkler]] (2)
*0: [[Billy Weber]] (2)
*0: [[Andrew Weisblum]] (2)
*0: [[Juliette Welfling]] (2)
*0: [[John Wright (film editor)|John Wright]] (2)

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==See also==
* [[BAFTA Award for Best Editing]]
* [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Editing]]
* [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Editing]]
* [[American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic]]
* [[American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical]]
* [[List of Academy Award–nominated films]]

==References==
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{{Academy Awards}}
{{Academy Award Best Film Editing}}

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