| Year
|
Winner
|
Director(s)
|
Producer(s)
|
| 2000
|
You Can Count on Me
|
Kenneth Lonergan
|
John Hart, Jeffrey Sharp, Barbara De Fina and Larry Meistrich
|
| Boiler Room |
Ben Younger |
Jennifer Todd and Suzanne Todd
|
| Girlfight |
Karyn Kusama |
Maggie Renzi, Sarah Green and Martha Griffin
|
| Love & Basketball |
Gina Prince-Bythewood |
Spike Lee and Sam Kitt
|
| The Visit |
Jordan Walker-Pearlman
|
| 2001
|
In the Bedroom
|
Todd Field
|
Todd Field, Ross Katz, and Graham Leader
|
| The Anniversary Party |
Alan Cumming and Jennifer Jason Leigh
|
| The Believer |
Henry Bean |
Susan Hoffman and Christopher Roberts
|
| Donnie Darko |
Richard Kelly |
Sean McKittrick, Nancy Juvonen, and Adam Fields
|
| Ghost World |
Terry Zwigoff |
Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, and Russell Smith
|
| 2002
|
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
|
Peter Care
|
Jodie Foster, Meg LeFauve, Jay Shapiro, and Todd McFarlane
|
| Interview with the Assassin |
Neil Burger |
Brian Koppelman and David Levien
|
| Manito |
Eric Eason |
Jesse Scolaro and Allen Bain
|
| Paid in Full |
Charles Stone III |
Damon Dash, Jay-Z, Brett Ratner, Azie Faison, and Steve Rifkind
|
| Roger Dodger |
Dylan Kidd |
Dylan Kidd, Anne Chaisson, and Campbell Scott
|
| 2003
|
Monster
|
Patty Jenkins
|
Mark Damon, Donald Kushner, Clark Peterson, Charlize Theron and Brad Wyman
|
| Bomb the System |
Adam Bhala Lough |
Ben Rekhi and Sol Tryon
|
| House of Sand and Fog |
Vadim Perelman |
Vadim Perelman and Michael London
|
| Quattro Noza |
Joey Curtis[4] |
Fredric King
|
| Thirteen |
Catherine Hardwicke |
Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Michael London
|
| 2004
|
Garden State
|
Zach Braff
|
Pamela Abdy, Gary Gilbert, Dan Halsted and Richard Klubeck
|
| Brother to Brother |
Rodney Evans |
Rodney Evans, Jim McKay, Isen Robbins and Aimee Schoof
|
| Napoleon Dynamite |
Jared Hess |
Jeremy Coon, Sean Covel and Chris Wyatt
|
| Saints and Soldiers |
Ryan Little |
Ryan Little and Adam Abel
|
| The Woodsman |
Nicole Kassell |
Lee Daniels
|
| 2005
|
Crash
|
Paul Haggis
|
Paul Haggis, Cathy Schulman, Don Cheadle, Bob Yari, Mark R. Harris and Bobby Moresco
|
| Lackawanna Blues |
George C. Wolfe |
Halle Berry, Vince Cirrincione, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Nellie Nugiel and Shelby Stone
|
| Me and You and Everyone We Know |
Miranda July |
Gina Kwon
|
| Thumbsucker |
Mike Mills |
Anthony Bregman and Bob Stephenson
|
| Transamerica |
Duncan Tucker |
Sebastian Dungan, Linda Moran and Rene Bastian
|
| 2006
|
Sweet Land
|
Ali Selim
|
Alan Cumming and James Bigham
|
| Day Night Day Night |
Julia Loktev |
Melanie Judd and Jessica Levin
|
| Man Push Cart |
Ramin Bahrani |
Pradip Ghosh and Bedford T. Bentley
|
| The Motel |
Michael Kang |
Matthew Greenfield, Miguel Arteta, Gina Kwon and Karin Chien
|
| Wristcutters: A Love Story |
Goran Dukić |
Adam Sherman, Chris Coen, Tatiana Kelly and Mikal P. Lazarev
|
| 2007
|
The Lookout
|
Scott Frank
|
Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, Laurence Mark and Walter F. Parkes
|
| 2 Days in Paris |
Julie Delpy |
Christophe Mazodier and Thierry Potok
|
| Great World of Sound |
Craig Zobel |
Craig Zobel, Melissa Palmer, David Gordon Green and Richard A. Wright
|
| Rocket Science |
Jeffrey Blitz |
Effie Brown and Sean Welch
|
| Vanaja |
Rajnesh Domalpalli |
Latha R. Domalapalli
|
| 2008
|
Synecdoche, New York
|
Charlie Kaufman
|
Charlie Kaufman, Anthony Bregman, Spike Jonze and Sidney Kimmel
|
| Afterschool |
Antonio Campos |
T. Sean Durkin and Josh Mond
|
| Medicine for Melancholy |
Barry Jenkins |
Justin Barber
|
| Sangre de Mi Sangre |
Christopher Zalla |
Per Melita and Ben Odell
|
| Sleep Dealer |
Alex Rivera |
Anthony Bregman
|
| 2009
|
Crazy Heart
|
Scott Cooper
|
Scott Cooper, Robert Duvall, Rob Carliner, Judy Cairo and T-Bone Burnett
|
| Easier with Practice |
Kyle Patrick Alvarez |
Cookie Carosella
|
| The Messenger |
Oren Moverman |
Mark Gordon, Lawrence Inglee and Zach Miller
|
| Paranormal Activity |
Oren Peli |
Oren Peli and Jason Blum
|
| A Single Man |
Tom Ford |
Tom Ford, Chris Weitz, Andrew Miano and Robert Salerno
|
