Since 2014, a similar award has been given as a special non-competitive award every year, except in 2019. From 2014 to 2018 it was presented as Special Jury Award – Best Ensemble Performance, since 2020 it has been presented as Ensemble Tribute.
| Year | Film | Winners and nominees | |
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| 2005 | The Squid and the Whale | William Baldwin, Jeff Daniels, Jesse Eisenberg, Owen Kline, Laura Linney, Anna Paquin | [1] |
| Brokeback Mountain | Linda Cardellini, Anna Faris, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Heath Ledger, Randy Quaid, Michelle Williams |
| Crash | Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner, Brendan Fraser, Nona Gaye, Terrence Howard, Thandie Newton, Michael Peña, Ryan Phillippe, Larenz Tate |
| Good Night, and Good Luck | Patricia Clarkson, George Clooney, Jeff Daniels, Robert Downey Jr., Frank Langella, David Strathairn |
| Nine Lives | Kathy Baker, Amy Brenneman, Elpidia Carrillo, Glenn Close, Stephen Dillane, Dakota Fanning, William Fichtner, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Jason Isaacs, Joe Mantegna, Ian McShane, Molly Parker, Mary Kay Place, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Aidan Quinn, Miguel Sandoval, Amanda Seyfried, Sissy Spacek, Robin Wright Penn |
| 2006 | Babel | Boubker Ait El Caid, Adriana Barraza, Gael García Bernal, Cate Blanchett, Rinko Kikuchi, Brad Pitt, Said Tarchani, Kōji Yakusho | [2] |
| For Your Consideration | Bob Balaban, Jennifer Coolidge, Christopher Guest, John Michael Higgins, Eugene Levy, Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey, Harry Shearer, Fred Willard |
| Little Miss Sunshine | Alan Arkin, Abigail Breslin, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Greg Kinnear |
| A Prairie Home Companion | Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, L. Q. Jones, Garrison Keillor, Kevin Kline, Lindsay Lohan, Virginia Madsen, John C. Reilly, Maya Rudolph, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin |
| Shortbus | Raphael Barker, Lindsay Beamish, Jay Brannan, Justin Vivian Bond, Paul Dawson, PJ DeBoy, Sook-Yin Lee, Peter Stickles |
| 2007 | Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | Albert Finney, Rosemary Harris, Ethan Hawke, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Brían F. O'Byrne, Amy Ryan, Michael Shannon, Marisa Tomei | [3] |
| Talk to Me | Cedric the Entertainer, Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Mike Epps, Vondie Curtis Hall, Taraji P. Henson, Martin Sheen |
| The Last Winter | Connie Britton, Kevin Corrigan, Zach Gilford, James LeGros, Ron Perlman |
| Margot at the Wedding | Jack Black, Flora Cross, Ciarán Hinds, Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Zane Pais, John Turturro |
| The Savages | Philip Bosco, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Laura Linney |
| 2008 | Synecdoche, New York | Hope Davis, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Samantha Morton, Tom Noonan, Emily Watson, Dianne Wiest, Michelle Williams | [4] |
| Vicky Cristina Barcelona | Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson |
| Ballast | Johnny McPhail, Tarra Riggs, Jim Myron Ross, Michael J. Smith Sr. |
| Rachel Getting Married | Tunde Adebimpe, Rosemarie DeWitt, Anisa George, Anne Hathaway, Bill Irwin, Anna Deavere Smith, Debra Winger, Mather Zickel |
| The Visitor | Hiam Abbass, Danai Gurira, Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman |
| 2009 | The Hurt Locker | Ralph Fiennes, Brian Geraghty, Evangeline Lilly, Anthony Mackie, David Morse, Guy Pearce, Jeremy Renner | [5] |
| Adventureland | Jesse Eisenberg, Bill Hader, Margarita Levieva, Ryan Reynolds, Martin Starr, Kristen Stewart, Kristen Wiig |
| Cold Souls | Paul Giamatti, Dina Korzun, David Strathairn, Emily Watson, Katheryn Winnick |
| A Serious Man | Richard Kind, Sari Lennick, Fred Melamed, Michael Stuhlbarg |
| Sugar | Richard Bull, Michael Gaston, Andre Holland, Ellary Porterfield, Rayniel Rufino, Algenis Perez Soto, Jaime Tirelli, Ann Whitney | |
| Year | Film | Winners and nominees | |
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| 2010 | Winter's Bone | Kevin Breznahan, Dale Dickey, Garret Dillahunt, John Hawkes, Jennifer Lawrence, Lauren Sweetser | [6] |
| The Kids Are All Right | Annette Bening, Josh Hutcherson, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska |
| Life During Wartime | Shirley Henderson, Ciarán Hinds, Allison Janney, Michael Lerner, Chris Marquette, Rich Pecci, Paul Reubens, Charlotte Rampling, Ally Sheedy, Dylan Riley Snyder, Renée Taylor, Michael K. Williams |
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| Tiny Furniture | David Call, Grace Dunham, Lena Dunham, Sarah Sophie Flicker, Rachel Howe, Garland Hunter, Isen Hunter, Alex Karpovsky, Jemima Kirke, Amy Seimetz, Laurie Simmons, Merritt Wever |
| 2011 | Beginners | Keegan Boos, Mary Page Keller, Mélanie Laurent, Kai Lennox, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Goran Višnjić | [7] |
| The Descendants | Mary Birdsong, Beau Bridges, George Clooney, Robert Forster, Judy Greer, Rob Huebel, Nick Krause, Matthew Lillard, Amara Miller, Shailene Woodley |
| Margin Call | Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Aasif Mandvi, Mary McDonnell, Demi Moore, Zachary Quinto, Kevin Spacey, Stanley Tucci |
| Martha Marcy May Marlene | Christopher Abbott, Brady Corbet, Hugh Dancy, Maria Dizzia, Julia Garner, John Hawkes, Louisa Krause, Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah Paulson |
| Take Shelter | Kathy Baker, Jessica Chastain, LisaGay Hamilton, Robert Longstreet, Ray McKinnon, Katy Mixon, Michael Shannon, Tova Stewart, Shea Whigham |
| 2012 | Your Sister's Sister | Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt, Mark Duplass | [8]
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| Bernie | Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey |
| Moonrise Kingdom | Bob Balaban, Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Frances McDormand, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Jason Schwartzman, Tilda Swinton, Bruce Willis |
| Safety Not Guaranteed | Kristen Bell, Jenica Bergere, Mark Duplass, Jeff Garlin, Jake Johnson, Aubrey Plaza, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Karan Soni |
| Silver Linings Playbook | Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Anupam Kher, Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Tucker, Jacki Weaver | |
