O Oscar á mellor curtametraxe de acción en vivo (Academy Award for Live Action Short Film) é un premio entregado pola Academia das Artes e das Ciencias Cinematográficas como parte dos premios Oscar. Entrégase dende a 5ª edición dos Óscar. A Academia define curtametraxe como un filme de "non máis de corenta minutos, incluíndo todos os créditos".^[1]

Entre 1932 e 1935 a categoría estaba dividida en"Mellor curtametraxe, comedia" ("Best Short Subject, comedy") e "Mellor curtametraxe, novidade" ("Best Short Subject, novelty"). Dende 1936 ata 1956 estaba dividida en "Mellor curtametraxe, un rolo" ("Best Short Subject, One-reel") e "Mellor curtametraxe, dous rolos" ("Best Short Subject, Two-reel"), ademais de "Mellor curtametraxe, cor" ("Best Short Subject, color"), que se entregou aos filmes de 1936 e 1937. Dende 1957 a 1970 chamouse "Curtametraxe, acción en vivo" ("Short Subjects, Live Action Subjects") e ata 1973 foi "Curtametraxe, filmes de acción en vivo" ("Short Subjects, Live Action Films"). Desde 1974 recibe o nome actual.

• 1932 (5ª)
  • (Comedia) The Music Box — Hal Roach
    • The Loud Mouth — Mack Sennett
    • Scratch-As-Catch-Can — RKO Radio
    • Stout Hearts and Willing Hands — RKO Radio (descualificado)^[2]
  • (Novidade) Wrestling Swordfish — Mack Sennett
    • Screen Souvenirs — Paramount Publix
    • Swing High — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• 1933 (6ª)
  • (Comedia) So This Is Harris! — Lou Brock
    • Mister Mugg — Warren Doane
    • A Preferred List — Lou Brock
  • (Novidade) Krakatoa — Joe Rock
    • Menu — Pete Smith
    • The Sea — Education
• 1934 (7ª)
  • (Comedia) La Cucaracha — Kenneth Macgowan
    • Men in Black — Jules White
    • What, No Men! — Warner Bros.
  • (Novidade) City of Wax — Horace Woodard, Stacy Woodard
    • Bosom Friends — Skibo Productions
    • Strikes and Spares — Pete Smith
• 1935 (8ª)
  • (Comedia) How to Sleep — Jack Chertok
    • Oh, My Nerves — Jules White
    • Tit for Tat — Hal Roach
  • (Novidade) Wings Over Everest — Gaumont British e Skibo Productions
    • Audioscopiks — Pete Smith
    • Camera Thrills — Universal
• 1936 (9ª)
  • (Cor) Give Me Liberty — Warner Bros.
    • La Fiesta de Santa Barbara — Lewis Lewyn
    • Popular Science J-6-2 — Paramount
  • (Un rolo) Bored of Education — Hal Roach
    • Moscow Moods — Paramount
    • Wanted – A Master — Pete Smith
  • (Dous rolos) The Public Pays — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
    • Double or Nothing — Warner Bros.
    • Dummy Ache — RKO Radio
• 1937 (10ª)
  • (Cor) Penny Wisdom — Pete Smith
    • The Man Without a Country — Warner Bros.
    • Popular Science J-7-1 — Paramount
  • (Un rolo) The Private Life of the Gannets — Skibo Productions
    • A Night at the Movies — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
    • Romance of Radium — Pete Smith
  • (Dous rolos) Torture Money — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
    • Deep South — RKO Radio
    • Should Wives Work? — RKO Radio
• 1938 (11ª)
  • (Un rolo) That Mothers Might Live — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
    • The Great Heart — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
    • Timber Toppers — 20th Century-Fox
  • (Dous rolos) Declaration of Independence — Warner Bros.
    • Swingtime in the Movies — Warner Bros.
    • They're Always Caught — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• 1939 (12ª)
  • (Un rolo) Busy Little Bears — Paramount
    • Information Please — RKO Radio
    • Prophet Without Honor — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
    • Sword Fishing — Warner Bros.
  • (Dous rolos) Sons of Liberty — Warner Bros.
    • Drunk Driving — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
    • Five Times Five — RKO Radio

• 1940 (13ª)
  • (Un rolo) Quicker'n a Wink — Pete Smith
    • London Can Take It! — Warner Bros.
    • More About Nostradamus — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
    • Siege — RKO Radio
  • (Dous rolos) Teddy, the Rough Rider — Warner Bros.
    • Eyes of the Navy — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
    • Service with the Colors — Warner Brothers
• 1941 (14ª)
  • (Un rolo) Of Pups and Puzzles — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
    • Army Champions — Pete Smith
    • Beauty and the Beach — Paramount
    • Down on the Farm — Paramount
    • Forty Boys and a Song — Warner Bros.
    • Kings of the Turf — Warner Bros.
    • Sagebrush and Silver — 20th Century-Fox
  • (Dous rolos) Main Street on the March! — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
    • Alive in the Deep — Woodward Productions
    • Forbidden Passage — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
    • The Gay Parisian — Warner Bros.
    • The Tanks Are Coming — Warner Bros.
• 1942 (15ª)
  • (Un rolo) Speaking of Animals and Their Families — Paramount
    • Desert Wonderland — 20th Century-Fox
    • Marines in the Making — Pete Smith
    • United States Marine Band — Warner Bros.
  • (Dous rolos) Beyond the Line of Duty — Warner Bros.
    • Don't Talk — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
    • Private Smith of the U.S.A. — RKO Radio
• 1943 (16ª)
  • (Un rolo) Amphibious Fighters — Grantland Rice
    • Cavalcade of Dance — Gordon Hollingshead
    • Champions Carry On — Edmund Reek
    • Hollywood in Uniform — Ralph Staub
    • Seeing Hands — Pete Smith
  • (Dous rolos) Heavenly Music — Jerry Bresler, Sam Coslow
    • Letter to a Hero — Frederic Ullman
    • Mardi Gras — Walter MacEwen
    • Women at War — Gordon Hollingshead
• 1944 (17ª)
  • (Un rolo) Who's Who in Animal Land — Jerry Fairbanks
    • Blue Grass Gentlemen — Edmund Reek
    • Jammin' the Blues — Gordon Hollingshead
    • Movie Pests — Pete Smith
    • Screen Snapshots' 50th Anniversary of Motion Pictures — Ralph Staub
  • (Dous rolos) I Won't Play — Gordon Hollingshead
    • Bombalera — Louis Harris
    • Main Street Today — Jerry Bresler
• 1945 (18ª)
  • (Un rolo) Stairway to Light — Herbert Moulton, Jerry Bresler
    • Along the Rainbow Trail — Edmund Reek
    • Screen Snapshots' 25th Anniversary — Ralph Staub
    • Story of a Dog — Gordon Hollingshead
    • White Rhapsody — Grantland Rice
    • Your National Gallery — Joseph O'Brien e Thomas Mead
  • (Dous rolos) Star in the Night — Gordon Hollingshead
    • A Gun in His Hand — Chester Franklin
    • The Jury Goes Round 'n' Round — Jules White
    • The Little Witch — George Templeton
• 1946 (19ª)
  • (Un rolo) Facing Your Danger — Gordon Hollingshead
    • Dive-Hi Champs — Jack Eaton
    • Golden Horses — Edmund Reek
    • Smart as a Fox — Gordon Hollingshead
    • Sure Cures — Pete Smith
  • (Dous rolos) A Boy and His Dog — Gordon Hollingshead
    • College Queen — George Templeton
    • Hiss and Yell — Jules White
    • The Luckiest Guy in the World — Jerry Bresler
• 1947 (20ª)
  • (Un rolo) Good-Bye Miss Turlock — Herbert Moulton
    • Brooklyn, U.S.A. — Thomas Mead
    • Moon Rockets — Jerry Fairbanks
    • Now You See It — Pete Smith
    • So You Want to Be in Pictures — Gordon Hollingshead
  • (Dous rolos) Climbing the Matterhorn — Irving Allen
    • Champagne for Two — Harry Grey
    • Fight of the Wild Stallions — Thomas Mead
    • Give Us the Earth — Herbert Morgan
    • A Voice is Born — Ben Blake
• 1948 (21ª)
  • (Un rolo) Symphony of a City — Edmund H. Reek
    • Annie Was a Wonder — Herbert Moulton
    • Cinderella Horse — Gordon Hollingshead
    • So You Want to Be on the Radio — Gordon Hollingshead
    • You Can't Win — Pete Smith
  • (Dous rolos) Seal Island — Walt Disney
    • Calgary Stampede — Gordon Hollingshead
    • Going to Blazes — Herbert Morgan
    • Samba Mania — Harry Grey
    • Snow Capers — Thomas Mead
• 1949 (22ª)
  • (Un rolo) Aquatic House Party — Jack Eaton
    • Roller Derby Girl — Justin Herman
    • So You Think You're Not Guilty — Gordon Hollingshead
    • Spills and Chills — Walton C. Ament
    • Water Trix — Pete Smith
  • (Dous rolos) Van Gogh — Gaston Diehl, Robert Haessens
    • Boy and the Eagle — William Lasky
    • Chase of Death — Irving Allen
    • The Grass is Always Greener — Gordon Hollingshead
    • Snow Carnival — Gordon Hollingshead

• 1950 (23ª)
  • (Un rolo) Grandad of Races — Gordon Hollingshead
    • Blaze Busters — Robert Youngson
    • Wrong Way Butch — Pete Smith
  • (Dous rolos) In Beaver Valley — Walt Disney
    • Grandma Moses — Falcon Films
    • My Country 'Tis of Thee — Gordon Hollingshead
• 1951 (24ª)
  • (Un rolo) World of Kids — Robert Youngson
    • Ridin' the Rails — Jack Eaton
    • The Story of Time — Robert G. Leffingwell
  • (Dous rolos) Nature's Half Acre — Walt Disney
    • Balzac — Les Films Du Compass
    • Danger Under the Sea — Thomas Mead
• 1952 (25ª)
  • (Un rolo) Light in the Window: The Art of Vermeer — Boris Vermont
    • Athletes of the Saddle — Jack Eaton
    • Desert Killer — Gordon Hollingshead
    • Neighbours — National Film Board of Canada — Norman McLaren
    • Royal Scotland — Crown Film Unit
  • (Dous rolos) Water Birds — Walt Disney
    • Bridge of Time — London Films
    • Devil Take Us — Herbert Morgan
    • Thar She Blows! — Gordon Hollingshead
• 1953 (26ª)
  • (Un rolo) The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture — Johnny Green
    • Christ among the Primitives — Vincenzo Lucci-Chiarissi
    • Herring Hunt — National Film Board of Canada
    • Joy of Living — Boris Vermont
    • Wee Water Wonders — Jack Eaton
  • (Dous rolos) Bear Country — Walt Disney
    • Ben and Me — Walt Disney
    • Return to Glennascaul — Mayer Kingsley, Inc.
    • Vesuvius Express — Otto Lang
    • Winter Paradise — Cedric Francis
• 1954 (27ª)
  • (Un rolo) This Mechanical Age — Robert Youngson
    • The First Piano Quartette — Otto Lang
    • The Strauss Fantasy — Johnny Green
  • (Dous rolos) A Time Out of War — Denis Sanders, Terry Sanders
    • Beauty and the Bull — Cedric Francis
    • Jet Carrier — Otto Lang
    • Siam — Walt Disney
• 1955 (28ª)
  • (Un rolo) Survival City — Edmund Reek
    • Gadgets Galore — Robert Youngson
    • 3rd Ave. El — Carson Davidson
    • Three Kisses — Justin Herman
  • (Dous rolos) The Face of Lincoln — Wilbur T. Blume
    • 24-Hour Alert — Cedric Francis
    • The Battle of Gettysburg — Dore Schary
    • On the Twelfth Day — George K. Arthur
    • Switzerland — Walt Disney
• 1956 (29ª)
  • (Un rolo) Crashing the Water Barrier — Konstantin Kalser
    • I Never Forget a Face — Robert Youngson
    • Time Stood Still — Cedric Francis
  • (Dous rolos) The Bespoke Overcoat — Romulus Films
    • Cow Dog — Larry Lansburgh
    • The Dark Wave — John Healy
    • Samoa — Walt Disney
• 1957 (30ª) The Wetback Hound — Walt Disney Productions — Larry Lansburgh
  • A Chairy Tale — National Film Board of Canada — Norman McLaren
  • City of Gold — National Film Board of Canada — Tom Daly
  • Foothold on Antarctica — World Wide Pictures — James Carr
  • Portugal — Walt Disney Productions — Ben Sharpsteen
• 1958 (31ª) Grand Canyon — Walt Disney Productions — Walt Disney
  • Journey Into Spring — British Transport Films — Ian Ferguson
  • The Kiss — John Patrick Hayes
  • Snows of Aorangi — New Zealand Screen Board
  • T Is for Tumbleweed — James A. Lebenthal
• 1959 (32ª) Histoire d’un poisson rouge — Jacques-Yves Cousteau
  • Between the Tides — British Transport Films — Ian Ferguson
  • Mysteries of the Deep — Walt Disney Productions — Walt Disney
  • The Running, Jumping and Standing-Still Film — Peter Sellers
  • Skyscraper — Tishman Realty & Construction — Shirley Clarke, Willard Van Dyke e Irving Jacoby

• 1960 (33ª) Day of the Painter — Ezra R. Baker
  • The Creation of Woman — Charles F. Schwep e Ismail Merchant
  • Islands of the Sea — Walt Disney Productions — Walt Disney
  • A Sport Is Born — Paramount — Leslie Winik
• 1961 (34ª) Seawards the Great Ships — Templar Film Studios
  • Ballon Vole (Play Ball!) — Ciné-Documents
  • The Face of Jesus — Dr. John D. Jennings
  • Rooftops of New York — Robert Gaffney
  • Very Nice, Very Nice — National Film Board of Canada
• 1962 (35ª) Heureux Anniversaire — Pierre Étaix, Jean-Claude Carrière
  • Big City Blues — Martina Huguenot van der Linden e Charles Huguenot van der Linden
  • The Cadillac — Robert Clouse
  • The Cliff Dwellers (tamén titulado One Plus One) — Hayward Anderson
  • Pan — Herman van der Horst
• 1963 (36ª) La Rivière du hibou — Paul De Roubaix, Marcel Ichac
  • The Concert — Ezra Baker
  • Home-Made Car — BP — James Hill
  • Six-Sided Triangle — Christopher Miles
  • That's Me — Walker Stuart
• 1964 (37ª) Casals Conducts: 1964 — Edward Schreiber
  • Help! My Snowman's Burning Down — Carson Davidson
  • The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes — Robert Clouse
• 1965 (38ª) Le Poulet — Claude Berri
  • Fortress of Peace — Lothar Wolff
  • Skaterdater — Marshal Backlar e Noel Black
  • Snow — British Transport Films — Geoffrey Jones, Edgar Anstey
  • Time Piece — Jim Henson
• 1966 (39ª) Wild Wings — British Transport Films — Edgar Anstey
  • Turkey the Bridge — Derek Williams
  • The Winning Strain — Leslie Winik
• 1967 (40ª) A Place to Stand — Christopher Chapman — Filme do Pavillón de Ontario na Expo 67.
  • Paddle to the Sea — National Film Board of Canada — Julian Biggs
  • Sky over Holland — John Ferno
  • Stop, Look and Listen — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer — Len Janson e Chuck Menville
• 1968 (41ª) Robert Kennedy Remembered — Charles Guggenheim
  • The Dove — George Coe, Sidney Davis e Anthony Lover
  • Pas de deux — National Film Board of Canada
  • Prelude — John Astin
• 1969 (42ª) The Magic Machines — Joan Keller Stern
  • Blake — National Film Board of Canada — Doug Jackson
  • People Soup — Marc Merson

• 1970 (43ª) The Resurrection of Broncho Billy — John Longenecker
  • Shut Up...I'm Crying — Robert Siegler, Producer
  • Sticky My Fingers...Fleet My Feet — John Hancock
• 1971 (44ª) Centinelas del silencio — Manuel Arango e Robert Amram
  • Good Morning — Denny Evans e Ken Greenwald
  • The Rehearsal — Stephen F. Verona
• 1972 (45ª) Norman Rockwell's World... An American Dream — Richard Barclay
  • Frog Story — Ron Satlof e Ray Gideon
  • Solo — David Adams
• 1973 (46ª) The Bolero — Allan Miller e William Fertik
  • Clockmaker — Richard Gayer
  • Life Times Nine — Pen Densham e John Watson
• 1974 (47ª) One-Eyed Men Are Kings — Paul Claudon, Edmond Sechan
  • Climb — Dewitt Jones
  • The Concert — Julian Chagrin e Claude Chagrin
  • Planet Ocean — George V. Casey
  • The Violin — Andrew Welsh e George Pastic
• 1975 (48ª) Angel and Big Joe — Bert Salzman
  • Conquest of Light — Louis Marcus
  • Dawn Flight — Lawrence M. Lansburgh e Brian Lansburgh
  • A Day in the Life of Bonnie Consolo — Barry Spinello
  • Doubletalk — Alan Beattie
• 1976 (49ª) In the Region of Ice — Andre Guttfreund, Peter Werner
  • Kudzu — Marjorie Anne Short
  • The Morning Spider — Julian Chagrin e Claude Chagrin
  • Nightlife — Claire Wilbur e Robin Lehman
  • Number One —Dyan Cannon e Vince Cannon
• 1977 (50ª) I'll Find a Way — National Film Board of Canada - Beverly Shaffer, Yuki Yoshida
  • The Absent-Minded Waiter — William E. McEuen
  • Floating Free — Jerry Butts
  • Notes on the Popular Arts — Saul Bass
  • Spaceborne — Philip Dauber
• 1978 (51ª) Teenage Father — Taylor Hackford
  • A Different Approach — Jim Belcher e Fern Field
  • Mandy's Grandmother — Andrew Sugerman
  • Strange Fruit — Seth Pinsker
• 1979 (52ª) Board and Care — Sarah Pillsbury, Ron Ellis
  • Bravery in the Field — Roman Kroitor e Stefan Wodoslawsky — National Film Board of Canada
  • Oh Brother, My Brother — Carol Lowell e Ross Lowell
  • The Solar Film — Saul Bass e Michael Britton
  • Solly's Diner — Harry Mathias, Jay Zukerman e Larry Hankin

• 1980 (53ª) The Dollar Bottom — Lloyd Phillips
  • Fall Line — Bob Carmichael e Greg Lowe
  • A Jury of Her Peers — Sally Heckel
• 1981 (54ª) Violet — Paul Kemp, Shelley Levinson
  • Couples and Robbers — Christine Oestreicher
  • First Winter — John N. Smith
• 1982 (55ª) A Shocking Accident — Christine Oestreicher
  • Ballet Robotique^[3] — Bob Rogers
  • The Silence — Michael Toshiyuki Uno e Joseph Benson
  • Split Cherry Tree — Jan Saunders
  • Sredni Vashtar — Andrew Birkin
• 1983 (56ª) Boys and Girls — Janice L. Platt
  • Goodie-Two-Shoes — Ian Emes, Producer
  • Overnight Sensation — Jon N. Bloom, Producer
• 1984 (57ª) Up — Mike Hoover
  • The Painted Door — Michael MacMillan e Janice L. Platt, Producers
  • Tales of Meeting and Parting — Sharon Oreck e Lesli Linka Glatter
• 1985 (58ª) Molly's Pilgrim — Jeffrey D. Brown, Chris Pelzer
  • Graffiti — Dianna Costello
  • Rainbow War — Bob Rogers
• 1986 (59ª) Precious Images — Chuck Workman
  • Exit — Stefano Reali e Pino Quartullo
  • Love Struck — Fredda Weiss
• 1987 (59ª) Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall — Jonathan Sanger, Jana Sue Memel
  • Making Waves — Ann Wingate
  • Shoeshine — Robert A. Katz
• 1988 (60ª) The Appointments of Dennis Jennings — Dean Parisot, Steven Wright
  • Cadillac Dreams — Matia Karrell, Abbee Goldstein
  • Gullah Tales — George deGolian, Gary Moss
• 1989 (61ª) Work Experience — James Hendrie
  • Amazon Diary — Robert Nixon
  • The Childeater — Jonathan Tammuz

• 1990 (63ª) The Lunch Date — Adam Davidson
  • Bronx Cheers — Raymond De Felitta, Matthew Gross
  • Dear Rosie — Peter Cattaneo, Barnaby Thompson
  • Senzeni Na? (What Have We Done?) — Bernard Joffa, Anthony E. Nicholas
  • 12:01 PM — Hillary Ripps, Jonathan Heap
• 1991 (64ª) Session Man — Seth Winston, Rob Fried
  • Birch Street Gym — Stephen Kessler, Thomas R. Conroy
  • Last Breeze of Summer — David M. Massey
• 1992 (65ª) Omnibus — Sam Karmann
  • Contact — Jonathan Darby, Jana Sue Memel
  • Cruise Control — Matt Palmieri
  • The Lady in Waiting — Christian M. Taylor
  • Swan Song — Kenneth Branagh, David Parfitt
• 1993 (66ª) Schwarzfahrer — Pepe Danquart
  • Down on the Waterfront — Stacy Title, Jonathan Penner
  • The Dutch Master — Susan Seidelman, Jonathan Brett
  • Partners — Peter Weller, Jana Sue Memel
  • La Vis — Didier Flamand
• 1994 (67ª) — TIE:
  • Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life — Peter Capaldi, Ruth Kenley-Letts
  • Trevor — Peggy Rajski, Randy Stone
  • Kangaroo Court — Sean Astin, Christine Astin
  • On Hope — JoBeth Williams, Michele McGuire
  • Syrup — Paul Unwin, Nick Vivian
• 1995 (68ª) Lieberman in Love — Christine Lahti, Jana Sue Memel
  • Brooms — Luke Cresswell, Steve McNicholas
  • Duke of Groove — Griffin Dunne, Thom Colwell
  • Little Surprises — Jeff Goldblum, Tikki Goldberg
  • Tuesday Morning Ride — Dianne Houston, Joy Ryan
• 1996 (69ª) Dear Diary — David Frankel, Barry Jossen
  • De tripas, corazón — Antonio Urrutia
  • Ernst & Lyset — Kim Magnusson, Anders Thomas Jensen
  • Esposados — Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
  • Wordless — Bernadette Carranza, Antonello De Leo
• 1997 (70ª) Visas and Virtue — Chris Tashima, Chris Donahue
  • Dance Lexie Dance — Pearse Moore, Tim Loane
  • It's Good to Talk — Roger Goldby, Barney Reisz
  • Sweethearts? — Birger Larsen, Thomas Lydholm
  • Wolfgang — Kim Magnusson, Anders Thomas Jensen
• 1998 (71ª) Valgaften — Kim Magnusson, Anders Thomas Jensen
  • Culture — Will Speck, Josh Gordon
  • Holiday Romance — Alexander Jovy, JJ Keith
  • La Carte Postale — Vivian Goffette
  • Victor — Simon Sandquist, Joel Bergvall
• 1999 (72ª) My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York — Barbara Schock, Tamara Tiehel
  • Bror, Min Bror — Henrik Ruben Genz, Michael W. Horsten
  • Killing Joe — Mehdi Norowzian, Steve Wax
  • Kleingeld — Marc-Andreas Bochert, Gabriele Lins
  • Major and Minor Miracles — Marcus Olsson

• 2000 (73ª) Quiero ser (I want to be ...) — Florian Gallenberger
  • By Courier — Peter Riegert, Ericka Frederick
  • One Day Crossing — Joan Stein, Christina Lazaridi
  • Seraglio — Gail Lerner, Colin Campbell
  • Uma historia de futebol — Paulo Machline
• 2001 (74ª) The Accountant — Ray McKinnon, Lisa Blount
  • Copy Shop — Virgil Widrich
  • Gregor's Greatest Invention — Johannes Kiefer
  • Meska Sprawa — Sławomir Fabicki, Bogumil Godfrejow
  • Speed for Thespians — Kalman Apple, Shameela Bakhsh
• 2002 (75ª) Der er en yndig mand — Martin Strange-Hansen
  • Fait D'Hiver — Dirk Beliën, Anja Daelemans
  • J'Attendrai Le Suivant — Philippe Orreindy, Thomas Gaudin
  • Inja — Steven Pasvolsky, Joe Weatherstone
  • Johnny Flynton — Lexi Alexander, Alexander Buono
• 2003 (76ª) Two Soldiers — Aaron Schneider, Andrew J. Sacks
  • Die Rote Jacke — Florian Baxmeyer
  • Most (The Bridge) — Bobby Garabedian e William Zabka
  • Squash — Lionel Bailliu
  • (A) Torzija — Stefan Arsenijević
• 2004 (77ª) Wasp — Andrea Arnold
  • Everything in This Country Must — Gary McKendry
  • Little Terrorist — Ashvin Kumar
  • 7:35 de la mañana — Nacho Vigalondo
  • Two Cars, One Night — Taika Waititi e Ainsley Gardiner
• 2005 (78ª) Six Shooter — Martin McDonagh
  • Ausreisser — Ulrike Grote
  • Cashback — Sean Ellis e Lene Bausager
  • The Last Farm — Rúnar Rúnarsson e Thor S. Sigurjónsson
  • Our Time Is Up — Rob Pearlstein e Pia Clemente
• 2006 (79ª) West Bank Story — Ari Sandel
  • Binta y la gran idea — Javier Fesser e Luis Manso
  • Éramos pocos — Borja Cobeaga
  • Helmer og søn — Søren Pilmark e Kim Magnusson
  • The Saviour — Peter Templeman e Stuart Parkyn
• 2007 (80ª) Le Mozart des Pickpockets — Philippe Pollet-Villard
  • At Night — Christian E. Christiansen e Louise Vesth
  • Il Supplente — Andrea Jublin
  • Tanghi Argentini — Guido Thys e Anja Daelemans
  • The Tonto Woman — Daniel Barber e Matthew Brown
• 2008 (81ª) Spielzeugland — Jochen Alexander Freydank
  • Auf der Strecke — Reto Caffi
  • Manon on the Asphalt — Elizabeth Marre e Olivier Pont
  • New Boy — Steph Green e Tamara Anghie
  • The Pig — Tivi Magnusson e Dorte Høgh
• 2009 (82ª) The New Tenants — Joachim Back e Tivi Magnusson
  • The Door — Juanita Wilson e James Flynn
  • Instead of Abracadabra — Patrik Eklund e Mathias Fjellström
  • Kavi — Gregg Helvey
  • Miracle Fish — Luke Doolan e Drew Bailey

• 2010 (83ª) God of Love — Luke Matheny
  • The Confession  — Tanel Toom
  • The Crush  — Michael Creagh
  • Na Wewe  — Ivan Goldschmidt
  • Wish 143  — Ian Barnes
• 2011 (84ª) The Shore  — Terry George e Oorlagh George
  • Pentecost  — Peter McDonald e Eimear O'Kane
  • Raju  — Max Zähle e Stefan Gieren
  • Time Freak  — Andrew Bowler e Gigi Causey
  • Tuba Atlantic  — Hallvar Witzø
• 2012 (85ª) Curfew — Shawn Christensen^[4]
  • Asad — Bryan Buckley e Mino Jarjoura
  • Buzkashi Boys — Sam French e Ariel Nasr
  • Dood van een Schaduw — Tom Van Avermaet e Ellen De Waele
  • Henry — Yan England
• 2013 (86ª) Helium — Anders Walter e Kim Magnusson
  • Aquel no era yo— Esteban Crespo
  • Avant que de tout perde — Xavier Legrand e Alexandre Gavras
  • Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? — Selma Vilhunen e Kirsikka Saari
  • The Voorman Problem — Mark Gill e Baldwin Li
• 2014 (87ª) The Phone Call – Mat Kirkby e James Lucas
  • Aya – Oded Binnun e Mihal Brezis
  • Boogaloo and Graham – Michael Lennox e Ronan Blaney
  • La Lampe au Beurre de Yak – Hu Wei e Julien Féret
  • Parvaneh – Talkhon Hamzavi e Stefan Eichenberger
• 2015 (88ª) Stutterer – Serena Armitage e Benjamin Cleary
  • Alles Wird Gut – Patrick Vollrath
  • Ave Maria – Eric Dupont e Basil Khalil
  • Day One – Henry Hughes
  • Shok – Jamie Donoughue
• 2016 (89ª) Sing – Kristóf Deák e Anna Udvardy
  • Ennemis Interieurs – Sélim Azzazi
  • La Femme et le TGV – Timo von Gunten e Giacun Caduff
  • Silent Nights – Aske Bang e Kim Magnusson
  • Timecode – Juanjo Giménez
• 2017 (90ª) The Silent Child – Chris Overton e Rachel Shenton
  • DeKalb Elementary – Reed Van Dyk
  • The Eleven O'Clock – Derin Seale e Josh Lawson
  • My Nephew Emmett – Kevin Wilson Jr.
  • Watu Wote/All of Us – Katja Benrath e Tobias Rosen
• 2018 (91ª) Skin – Guy Nattiv e Jaime Ray Newman
  • Detainment – Vincent Lambe e Darren Mahon
  • Fauve – Jérémy Comte e Maria Gracia Turgeon
  • Marguerite – Marianne Farley e Marie-Hélène Panisset
  • Madre – Rodrigo Sorogoyen e María del Puy Alvarado
• 2019 (92ª) The Neighbor's Window – Marshall Curry
  • Brotherhood – Meryam Joobeur e Maria Gracia Turgeon
  • Nefta Football Club – Yves Piat e Damien Megherbi
  • Saria – Bryan Buckley e Matt Lefebvre
  • A Sister – Delphine Girard