Academy Award for Best Film Editing 1990-2008

1990s

• 1990 Dances with Wolves - Neil Travis
  • Ghost - Walter Murch
  • The Godfather Part III - Barry Malkin, Lisa Fruchtman, Walter Murch
  • Goodfellas - Thelma Schoonmaker
  • The Hunt for Red October - Dennis Virkler, John Wright

1991 JFK - Joe Hutshing, Pietro Scalia

• The Commitments - Gerry Hambling
• The Silence of the Lambs - Craig McKay
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Conrad Buff, Mark Goldblatt, Richard A. Harris
• Thelma & Louise - Thom Noble

1992 Unforgiven - Joel Cox

• Basic Instinct - Frank J. Urioste
• The Crying Game - Kant Pan
• A Few Good Men - Robert Leighton
• The Player - Geraldine Peroni

1993 Schindler's List - Michael Kahn

• The Fugitive - Dennis Virkler, David Finfer, Dean Goodhill, Richard Nord, Dov Hoenig
• In the Line of Fire - Anne V. Coates
• In the Name of the Father - Gerry Hambling
• The Piano - Veronika Jenet

1994 Forrest Gump - Arthur Schmidt

• Hoop Dreams - Frederick Marx, Steve James, William Haugse
• Pulp Fiction - Sally Menke
• The Shawshank Redemption - Richard Francis-Bruce
• Speed - John Wright

1995 Apollo 13 - Mike Hill, Daniel P. Hanley

• Babe - Marcus D'Arcy, Jay Friedkin
• Braveheart - Steven Rosenblum
• Crimson Tide - Chris Lebenzon
• Seven - Richard Francis-Bruce

1996 The English Patient - Walter Murch

• Evita - Gerry Hambling
• Fargo - Ethan Coen, Joel Coen (as Roderick Jaynes)
• Jerry Maguire - Joe Hutshing
• Shine - Pip Karmel

1997 Titanic - Conrad Buff, James Cameron, Richard A. Harris

• Air Force One - Richard Francis-Bruce
• As Good as It Gets - Richard Marks
• Good Will Hunting - Pietro Scalia
• L.A. Confidential - Peter Honess

1998 Saving Private Ryan - Michael Kahn

• Out of Sight - Anne V. Coates
• Shakespeare in Love - David Gamble
• The Thin Red Line - Billy Weber, Leslie Jones, Saar Klein
• Life Is Beautiful - Simona Paggi

With the rise of digital non-linear editing systems, the award name was changed to Best Editing in 1999:

• 1999 The Matrix - Zach Staenberg
  • American Beauty - Tariq Anwar
  • The Cider House Rules - Lisa Zeno Churgin
  • The Insider - William Goldenberg, Paul Rubell, David Rosenbloom
  • The Sixth Sense - Andrew Mondshein

2000s

• 2000 Traffic - Stephen Mirrione
  • Almost Famous - Joe Hutshing, Saar Klein
  • Gladiator - Pietro Scalia
  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long/卧虎藏龙) - Tim Squyres
  • Wonder Boys - Dede Allen

• 2001 Black Hawk Down - Pietro Scalia
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - John Gilbert
  • A Beautiful Mind - Mike Hill, Daniel P. Hanley
  • Memento - Dody Dorn
  • Moulin Rouge! - Jill Bilcock

• 2002 Chicago - Martin Walsh
  • Gangs of New York - Thelma Schoonmaker
  • The Hours - Peter Boyle
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Michael Horton
  • The Pianist - Hervé de Luze

• 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Jamie Selkirk
  • City of God (Cidade de Deus) - Daniel Rezende
  • Cold Mountain - Walter Murch
  • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World - Lee Smith
  • Seabiscuit - William Goldenberg

• 2004 The Aviator - Thelma Schoonmaker
  • Collateral - Jim Miller and Paul Rubell
  • Finding Neverland - Matt Chesse
  • Million Dollar Baby - Joel Cox
  • Ray - Paul Hirsch

• 2005 Crash - Hughes Winborne
  • Cinderella Man - Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
  • The Constant Gardener - Claire Simpson
  • Munich - Michael Kahn
  • Walk the Line - Michael McCusker

• 2006 The Departed - Thelma Schoonmaker
  • Babel - Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione
  • Blood Diamond - Steven Rosenblum
  • Children of Men - Alfonso Cuarón, Alex Rodríguez
  • United 93 - Clare Douglas, Richard Pearson, Christopher Rouse

• 2007 The Bourne Ultimatum - Christopher Rouse
  • The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon) - Juliette Welfling
  • Into the Wild - Jay Cassidy
  • No Country for Old Men - Roderick Jaynes
  • There Will Be Blood - Dylan Tichenor

• 2008 Slumdog Millionaire - Chris Dickens
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
  • The Dark Knight - Lee Smith
  • Frost/Nixon - Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
  • Milk - Elliot Graham