The Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Contemporary Film is one of the annual awards given by the Costume Designers Guild.
In 1998, the Guild introduced a single award category titled Excellence in Film, in which all films competed regardless of genre. Among the inaugural nominees, three were period dramas, while two, including the winner, Pleasantville , were fantasy films. Beginning with the 1999 ceremony, the Guild divided the award into two categories: Excellence in Contemporary Film and Excellence in Period/Fantasy Film.
| Year | Film | Costume Designer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | American Beauty | Julie Weiss |
| Cookie's Fortune | Dona Granata | |
| Eyes Wide Shut | Marit Allen | |
| Fight Club | Michael Kaplan |
| Year | Film | Costume Designer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 [8] | Promising Young Woman | Nancy Steiner |
| Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar | Trayce Gigi Field | |
| Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) | Erin Benach | |
| Da 5 Bloods | Donna Berwick | |
| The Prom | Lou Eyrich | |
| 2021 [9] | Coming 2 America | Ruth E. Carter |
| Don't Look Up | Susan Matheson | |
| In the Heights | Mitchell Travers | |
| No Time to Die | Suttirat Anne Larlarb | |
| Zola | Derica Cole Washington | |
| 2022 [10] | Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery | Jenny Eagan |
| Nope | Alex Bovaird | |
| Tár | Bina Daigeler | |
| Top Gun: Maverick | Marlene Stewart | |
| Women Talking | Quita Alfred | |
| 2023 [11] [12] | Saltburn | Sophie Canale |
| American Fiction | Rudy Nance | |
| May December | April Napier | |
| Nyad | Kelli Jones | |
| Renfield | Lisa Lovaas | |
| 2024 [13] | Conclave | Lisy Christl |
| Challengers | Jonathan Anderson | |
| Emilia Pérez | Virginie Montel | |
| The Fall Guy | Sarah Evelyn | |
| The Substance | Emmanuelle Youchnovski | |
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