| Year | Winner | Editor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire | Chris Dickens |
| 2009 | The Hurt Locker | Chris Innis and Bob Murawski |
| Year | Winner | Editor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Black Swan | Andrew Weisblum |
| 2011 | The Clock | Christian Marclay [1] |
| 2012 | Zero Dark Thirty | William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor |
| 2013 | Rush | Daniel P. Hanley and Mike Hill |
| 2014 | Boyhood | Sandra Adair |
| 2015 | Mad Max: Fury Road | Margaret Sixel |
| 2016 | Cameraperson | Nels Bangerter |
| 2017 | A Ghost Story | David Lowery [2] |
| 2018 | First Man | Tom Cross |
| 2019 | The Irishman | Thelma Schoonmaker [3] |
| Year | Winner | Editor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | I’m Thinking of Ending Things | Robert Frazen [4] |
| 2021 | The Velvet Underground | Affonso Gonçalves and Adam Kurnitz |
| 2022 | Aftersun | Blair McClendon |
| Decision to Leave | Kim Sang-bum | |
| 2023 | Killers of the Flower Moon | Thelma Schoonmaker [5] |
| 2024 | Challengers | Marco Costa [6] |