Nominations & Winners by Category:
Writing
Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners in the category of Writing. The
symbol appears next to the winner for each year. Click on the name of a film or person in the list to display more information about that film or person. Or, click on a category in the column on the right to display the nominees and winners in that category.
1927-28 (1st)
(Adaptation)
(Original Story)
(Title Writing)
NOTE: The Writing (Title Writing) award was not given after 1927-28.
1928-29 (2nd)
Elliott Clawson, The Cop, DeMille Pictures; Pathe; The Leatherneck, Ralph Block; Pathe; Sal of Singapore, Pathe; and Skyscraper, DeMille Pictures; Pathe.NOTE: Hans Kraly was considered for his work on more than one picture, but the document signed by the Academy’s central board of judges singled out The Patriot as the basis for their award.
1929-30 (3rd)
NOTE: In the category of Writing, only the titles of the nominated films and their companies were announced; no individual names were listed. When the winners were revealed, only the names of the winning achievements were announced. The names of those credited with the other nominated achievements are included here for completeness.
1930-31 (4th)
(Adaptation)
(Original Story)
1931-32 (5th)
(Adaptation)
(Original Story)
1932-33 (6th)
(Adaptation)
(Original Story)
1934 (7th)
(Adaptation)
(Original Story)
1935 (8th)
(Original Story)
G-Men, Warner Bros.-First National. Gregory Rogers. [Write-in candidate; NOT an official nomination. Came in 2nd.](Screenplay)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer, Paramount. Screenplay by Waldemar Young, John L. Balderston, and Achmed Abdullah; adaptation by Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt.Mutiny on the Bounty, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Talbot Jennings, Jules Furthman and Carey Wilson. [came in 2nd]Captain Blood, Cosmopolitan; First National. Casey Robinson. [Write-in candidate; NOT an official nomination. Came in 3rd.]1936 (9th)
(Original Story)
The Story of Louis Pasteur, Cosmopolitan; Warner Bros.-First National. Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney.(Screenplay)
The Story of Louis Pasteur, Cosmopolitan; Warner Bros.-First National. Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney.1937 (10th)
(Original Story)
A Star Is Born, Selznick International Pictures; United Artists. William A. Wellman and Robert Carson.(Screenplay)
A Star Is Born, Selznick International Pictures; United Artists. Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell and Robert Carson.1938 (11th)
(Original Story)
(Screenplay)
Pygmalion, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (British). Screenplay and dialogue by George Bernard Shaw; adaptation by W. P. Lipscomb, Cecil Lewis and Ian Dalrymple.1939 (12th)
(Original Story)
(Screenplay)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (British). R. C. Sherriff, Claudine West and Eric Maschwitz.1940 (13th)
(Original Screenplay)
(Original Story)
(Screenplay)
1941 (14th)
(Original Screenplay)
(Original Story)
(Screenplay)
1942 (15th)
(Original Motion Picture Story)
(Original Screenplay)
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing, Michael Powell; United Artists (British). Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.(Screenplay)
Mrs. Miniver, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Arthur Wimperis, George Froeschel, James Hilton and Claudine West.The Pride of the Yankees, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; RKO Radio. Jo Swerling and Herman J. Mankiewicz.1943 (16th)
(Original Motion Picture Story)
(Original Screenplay)
(Screenplay)
1944 (17th)
(Original Motion Picture Story)
(Original Screenplay)
(Screenplay)
1945 (18th)
(Original Motion Picture Story)
(Original Screenplay)
(Screenplay)
1946 (19th)
(Original Motion Picture Story)
(Original Screenplay)
(Screenplay)
Brief Encounter, J. Arthur Rank-Cineguild-Prestige; Universal-International (British). David Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan and Ronald Neame.1947 (20th)
(Motion Picture Story)
It Happened on Fifth Avenue, Roy Del Tuth; Allied Artists. Herbert Clyde Lewis and Frederick Stephani.Smash Up—The Story of a Woman, Walter Wanger; Universal-International. Dorothy Parker and Frank Cavett.(Original Screenplay)
Shoe-Shine, A.L.F.A. Cinematografica; Lopert Films. (Italy) Sergio Amidei, Adolfo Franci, C. G. Viola and Cesare Zavattini.(Screenplay)
Great Expectations, J. Arthur Rank-Cineguild; Universal-International (British). David Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan and Ronald Neame.1948 (21st)
(Motion Picture Story)
(Screenplay)
1949 (22nd)
(Motion Picture Story)
(Screenplay)
(Story and Screenplay)
Paisan, Roberto Rossellini Productions; Mayer-Burstyn (Italian). Alfred Hayes, Federico Fellini, Sergio Amidei, Marcello Pagliero and Roberto Rossellini.1950 (23rd)
(Motion Picture Story)
(Screenplay)
Broken Arrow, 20th Century-Fox. Albert Maltz. [Based upon the research made by the board motion of the Writers Guild of America West, the Academy, on July 3, 1991, decided to restore Albert Maltz to the screenplay credit on the 1950 film Broken Arrow. Michael Blankfort had fronted for him on the screenplay and consequently was named in the screenplay nomination. Mr. Blankfort's name was removed from the nomination.](Story and Screenplay)
1951 (24th)
(Motion Picture Story)
Seven Days to Noon, Boulting Brothers; Mayer-Kingsley-Distinguished Films (British). Paul Dehn and James Bernard.(Screenplay)
(Story and Screenplay)
1952 (25th)
(Motion Picture Story)
The Greatest Show on Earth, Cecil B. DeMille Productions; Paramount. Frederic M. Frank, Theodore St. John and Frank Cavett.(Screenplay)
The Man in the White Suit, J. Arthur Rank-Ealing; Universal-International (British). Roger MacDougall, John Dighton and Alexander Mackendrick.(Story and Screenplay)
1953 (26th)
(Motion Picture Story)
Little Fugitive, Little Fugitive Production Company; Joseph Burstyn, Inc. Ray Ashley, Morris Engel and Ruth Orkin.Roman Holiday, Paramount. Dalton Trumbo. [NOTE: The screen credit and award was originally credited to Ian McLellan Hunter, who was a “front” for Dalton Trumbo. On December 15, 1992, the Academy’s Board of Governors voted to change the records and award Mr. Trumbo with the achievement. Ian McLellan Hunter’s name was removed from the Motion Picture Story category.]Hondo, Wayne-Fellows Productions; Warner Bros. Louis L’Amour. [NOTE: Originally announced on February 15, 1954 as a nominee in this category. On February 17, 1954, letters from the producer and the nominee questioned its inclusion in the (original) motion picture story category, as it was based on the short story, “The Gift of Cochise,” by the nominee, published in Collier’s magazine on July 5, 1952. By waiver, the title of the short story was not included in the film’s credits. The nomination was withdrawn, and only four titles were included on the final ballot.](Screenplay)
(Story and Screenplay)
1954 (27th)
(Motion Picture Story)
(Screenplay)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich and Dorothy Kingsley.(Story and Screenplay)
1955 (28th)
(Motion Picture Story)
The Sheep Has Five Legs, Raoul Ploquin; United Motion Picture Organization. Jean Marsan, Henry Troyat, Jacques Perret, Henri Verneuil and Raoul Ploquin.(Screenplay)
(Story and Screenplay)
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell, United States Pictures Production; Warner Bros. Milton Sperling and Emmet Lavery.Mr. Hulot’s Holiday, Fred Orain Production; GBD International Releasing Corporation. Jacques Tati and Henri Marquet.The Seven Little Foys, Hope Enterprises, Inc. and Scribe Productions; Paramount. Melville Shavelson and Jack Rose.1956 (29th)
(Motion Picture Story)
The Brave One, King Brothers; RKO Radio. Dalton Trumbo. [NOTE: The name of the writer credited with authorship, “Robert Rich,” turned out to be an alias. Two decades later, the mystery was officially solved and the Academy statuette went (on May 2, 1975, presented by then-Academy president Walter Mirisch) to its rightful owner, screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, blacklisted in 1956 by the industry for political affiliations.]High Society, Allied Artists. Edward Bernds and Elwood Ullman. [NOTE: The authors of this Bowery Boys quickie respectfully withdrew their own names and the nomination, aware that voters had probably mistaken their film with a 1956 MGM release with the same title written by John Patrick and starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly and Frank Sinatra. (Even so, MGM’s High Society would only have been eligible for adapted screenplay.) This nomination was not included in the final ballot.]The Proud and the Beautiful, La Compagnie Industrielle Commerciale Cinematographique; Kingsley International Pictures. Jean Paul Sartre.(Screenplay—Adapted)
Around the World in 80 Days, The Michael Todd Co., Inc.; United Artists. James Poe, John Farrow and S. J. Perelman.Friendly Persuasion, Allied Artists. Michael Wilson. [NOTE: Early in 1956, the name of screenwriter Michael Wilson (a former Oscar winner) had been deleted from the credits of Friendly Persuasion by Allied Artists, the film’s distributor, based on a 1952 agreement between the Screen Writers Guild and various production companies. That agreement gave studios the right to omit from the screen the name of any individual who had failed to clear himself before a duly constituted legislative committee of Congress if accused of Communist affiliations, as was the case with Wilson at the time. The Academy, in the awkward position of possibly conferring its highest honor on someone whose name had been omitted from screen credit, revised its bylaws at a special February 6, 1957, meeting. That revision, in essence, allowed that in such cases, the achievement itself could be eligible for nomination, but the specific writer would not be. (The bylaw was repealed by the Academy as “unworkable” on January 12, 1959.) This nomination was not included in the final ballot. In 2002 The Academy’s Board of Governors reinstated the nomination.](Screenplay—Original)
La Strada, Ponti-De Laurentiis Production; Trans-Lux Distributing Corporation. (Italy) Federico Fellini and Tullio Pinelli.1957 (30th)
(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)
The Bridge on the River Kwai, A Horizon Pictures Production; Columbia. Pierre Boulle, Michael Wilson and Carl Foreman. [NOTE: Though Pierre Boulle received official screen credit, it was commonly known that blacklisted writers, Michael Wilson and Carl Foreman, wrote the screenplay based on Mr. Boulle’s novel (translated from the French). The Board of Governors, on December 11, 1984, voted posthumous Oscars to Messers. Wilson and Foreman and Academy records have been updated.](Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen)
Man of a Thousand Faces, Universal-International. Story by Ralph Wheelwright; screenplay by R. Wright Campbell, Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts.The Tin Star, Perlberg-Seaton Production; Paramount. Story by Barney Slater and Joel Kane; screenplay by Dudley Nichols.Vitelloni, Peg Films/Cite Films; API-Janus Films. Story by Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano and Tullio Pinelli; screenplay by Federico Fellini and Ennio Flaiano.1958 (31st)
(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)
(Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen)
The Defiant Ones, Stanley Kramer Productions; United Artists. Nedrick Young and Harold Jacob Smith. [NOTE: Upon request from his widow and upon recommendation of the Writers Branch Executive Committee, the Board of Governors voted to restore the name of Nedrick Young to the nomination and award presented to Nathan E. Douglas (Mr. Young’s pseudonym during the blacklisting period).]The Sheepman, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Story by James Edward Grant; screenplay by William Bowers and James Edward Grant.1959 (32nd)
(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)
Some Like It Hot, Ashton Productions & The Mirisch Company; United Artists. Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond.(Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen)
The 400 Blows, Les Films du Carrosse & SEDIF; Zenith International Film Corporation. Francois Truffaut and Marcel Moussy.Operation Petticoat, Granart Company; Universal-International. Story by Paul King and Joseph Stone; screenplay by Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin.Pillow Talk, Arwin Productions; Universal-International. Story by Russell Rouse and Clarence Greene; screenplay by Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin.1960 (33rd)
(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)
Inherit the Wind, Stanley Kramer Productions; United Artists. Nedrick Young and Harold Jacob Smith. [NOTE: Upon request from his widow and upon recommendation of the Writers Branch Executive Committee, the Board of Governors voted to restore the name of Nedrick Young to the nomination presented to Nathan E. Douglas (Mr. Young’s pseudonym during the blacklisting period).](Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen)
The Angry Silence, Beaver Films Limited Production; Joseph Harris-Sig Shore. Story by Richard Gregson and Michael Craig; screenplay by Bryan Forbes.Hiroshima, Mon Amour, Argos Films-Como Films-Daiei Pictures, Ltd.-Pathe Overseas Production; Zenith International Film Corporation. Marguerite Duras.1961 (34th)
(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)
West Side Story, Mirisch Pictures, Inc. and B and P Enterprises, Inc.; United Artists. Ernest Lehman.(Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen)
Ballad of a Soldier, Mosfilm Studios Production; Kingsley International-M.J.P. Enterprises, Inc. Valentin Yoshov and Grigori Chukhrai.General Della Rovere, Zebra & S.N.E. Gaumont Production; Continental Distributing, Inc. Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabbri and Indro Montanelli.La Dolce Vita, Riama Film Production; Astor Pictures, Inc. Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano and Brunello Rondi.Lover Come Back, Universal-International-The 7 Pictures Corporation, Nob Hill Productions, Inc., Arwin Productions, Inc.; Universal-International. Stanley Shapiro and Paul Henning.1962 (35th)
(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)
Lawrence of Arabia, Horizon Pictures (G.B.), Ltd.-Sam Spiegel-David Lean Production; Columbia. Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson. [The Board of Governors voted on September 26, 1995, to grant then-blacklisted writer Michael Wilson an Academy Award nomination, along with Robert Bolt, for Lawrence of Arabia. This was the result of a Writers Guild of America finding that Wilson and Bolt share the credit for the screenplay.]To Kill a Mockingbird, Universal-International-Pakula-Mulligan-Brentwood Production; Universal-International. Horton Foote.(Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen)
Divorce—Italian Style, Lux-Vides-Galatea Film Production; Embassy Pictures Corporation. Ennio de Concini, Alfredo Giannetti and Pietro Germi.Freud, Universal-International-John Huston Production; Universal-International. Story by Charles Kaufman; screenplay by Charles Kaufman and Wolfgang Reinhardt.That Touch of Mink, Universal-International-Granley-Arwin-Nob Hill Production; Universal-International. Stanley Shapiro and Nate Monaster.1963 (36th)
(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)
Captain Newman, M.D., Universal-Brentwood-Reynard Production; Universal. Richard L. Breen, Phoebe Ephron and Henry Ephron.Sundays and Cybele, Terra Film-Fides-Orsay Films-Les Films du Trocadero; Columbia. (France) Serge Bourguignon and Antoine Tudal.(Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen)
Federico Fellini’s 8-1/2, Cineriz Production; Embassy Pictures Corporation. (Italy) Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli and Brunello Rondi.The Four Days of Naples, Titanus-Metro; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (Italy) Story by Pasquale Festa Campanile, Massimo Franciosa, Nanni Loy and Vasco Pratolini; screenplay by Carlo Bernari, Pasquale Festa Campanile, Massimo Franciosa and Nanni Loy.1964 (37th)
(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Hawk Films, Ltd. Production; Columbia. Stanley Kubrick, Peter George and Terry Southern.(Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen)
Father Goose, Universal-Granox Production; Universal. Story by S. H. Barnett; screenplay by Peter Stone and Frank Tarloff.One Potato, Two Potato, Bawalco Picture Production; Cinema V Distributing. Story by Orville H. Hampton; screenplay by Raphael Hayes and Orville H. Hampton.The Organizer, Lux-Vides-Mediterranee Cinema Production; Walter Reade-Sterling-Continental Distributing. Age, Scarpelli and Mario Monicelli.That Man from Rio, Ariane-Les Artistes Production; Lopert Pictures Corporation. Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Ariane Mnouchkine, Daniel Boulanger and Philippe De Broca.1965 (38th)
(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)
Doctor Zhivago, Sostar S.A.-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, Ltd. Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Robert Bolt.(Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen)
Casanova ’70, C. C. Champion-Les Films Concordia Production; Embassy Pictures Corporation. Age, Scarpelli, Mario Monicelli, Tonino Guerra, Giorgio Salvioni and Suso Cecchi D’Amico.Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, 20th Century-Fox, Ltd. Production; 20th Century-Fox. Jack Davies and Ken Annakin.The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Parc-Madeleine-Beta Films; American International Pictures. (France) Jacques Demy.1966 (39th)
(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)
The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming, Mirisch Corporation of Delaware Production; United Artists. William Rose.(Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen)
Blow-Up, Carlo Ponti Production; Premier Productions. Story by Michelangelo Antonioni; screenplay by Michelangelo Antonioni, Tonino Guerra and Edward Bond.The Fortune Cookie, Phalanx-Jalem-Mirisch Corporation of Delaware Production; United Artists. Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond.A Man and a Woman, Les Films 13 Production; Allied Artists. (France) Story by Claude Lelouch; screenplay by Claude Lelouch and Pierre Uytterhoeven.1967 (40th)
(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)
The Graduate, Mike Nichols-Lawrence Turman Production; Embassy Pictures Corporation. Calder Willingham and Buck Henry.Ulysses, Walter Reade, Jr.-Joseph Strick Production; Walter Reade-Continental Distributing. Joseph Strick and Fred Haines.(Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen)
Bonnie and Clyde, Tatira-Hiller Production; Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. David Newman and Robert Benton.Divorce American Style, Tandem Productions for National General Productions; Columbia. Story by Robert Kaufman; screenplay by Norman Lear.1968 (41st)
(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)
(Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen)
The Battle of Algiers, Igor Film-Casbah Film Production; Allied Artists. (Italy) Franco Solinas and Gillo Pontecorvo.2001: A Space Odyssey, Polaris Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke.1969 (42nd)
(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)
Anne of the Thousand Days, Hal B. Wallis-Universal Pictures, Ltd. Production; Universal. Screenplay by John Hale and Bridget Boland; adaptation by Richard Sokolove.They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, Chartoff-Winkler-Pollack Production; ABC Pictures Presentation; Cinerama. James Poe and Robert E. Thompson.Z, Reggane Films-O.N.C.I.C. Production; Cinema V Distributing. (Algeria) Jorge Semprun and Costa-Gavras.(Story and Screenplay—based on material not previously published or produced)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, George Roy Hill-Paul Monash Production; 20th Century-Fox. William Goldman.The Damned, Pegaso-Praesidens Film Production; Warner Bros. Story by Nicola Badalucco; screenplay by Nicola Badalucco, Enrico Medioli and Luchino Visconti.The Wild Bunch, Phil Feldman Production; warner Bros.-Seven Arts. Story by Walon Green and Roy N. Sickner; screenplay by Walon Green and Sam Peckinpah.1970 (43rd)
(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)
Lovers and Other Strangers, ABC Pictures Production; Cinerama. Renee Taylor, Joseph Bologna and David Zelag Goodman.(Story and Screenplay—based on factual material or material not previously published or produced)
Five Easy Pieces, BBS Productions; Columbia. Story by Bob Rafelson and Adrien Joyce; screenplay by Adrien Joyce.My Night at Maud’s, Films du Losange-F.F.P.-Films du Carrosse-Films des Deux Mondes-Les Films de la Pleiade-Productions La Gueville-Renn Films-Simar Films Production; Pathe Contemporary Films. (France) Eric Rohmer.1971 (44th)
(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)
The French Connection, Philip D’Antoni Production in association with Schine-Moore Productions; 20th Century-Fox. Ernest Tidyman.The Garden of the Finzi Continis, Gianni Hecht Lucari-Arthur Cohn Production; Cinema 5, Ltd. (Italy) Ugo Pirro and Vittorio Bonicelli.(Story and Screenplay—based on factual material or material not previously published or produced)
The Hospital, Howard Gottfried-Paddy Chayefsky Production in association with Arthur Hiller; United Artists. Paddy Chayefsky.Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion, Vera Films S.p.A. Production; Columbia. (Italy) Elio Petri and Ugo Pirro.1972 (45th)
(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)
The Emigrants, A.B. Svensk Filmindustri Production; Warner Bros. (Sweden) Jan Troell and Bengt Forslund.(Story and Screenplay—based on factual material or material not previously published or produced)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Serge Silberman Production; 20th Century-Fox. (France) Story and screenplay by Luis Buñuel; in collaboration with Jean-Claude Carrière.Lady Sings the Blues, Motown-Weston-Furie Production; Paramount. Terence McCloy, Chris Clark and Suzanne de Passe.Murmur of the Heart, Nouvelles Editions De Films-Marianne Productions-Vides Cinematografica-Franz Seitz Filmproduktion; Continental Distributing, Inc. Louis Malle.1973 (46th)
(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)
Serpico, Produzioni De Laurentiis International Manufacturing Company S.p.A. Production; Paramount. Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler.(Story and Screenplay—based on factual material or material not previously published or produced)
American Graffiti, Universal-Lucasfilm, Ltd.-Coppola Company Production; Universal. George Lucas, Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck.Cries and Whispers, Svenska Filminstitutet-Cinematograph AB Production; New World Pictures. Ingmar Bergman.The Sting, Universal-Bill/Phillips-George Roy Hill Film Production; Zanuck/Brown Presentation; Universal. David S. Ward.1974 (47th)
(Original Screenplay)
Day for Night, Les Films Du Carrosse-P.E.C.F. (Paris)-P.I.C. (Rome) Production; Warner Bros. (France) Francois Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard and Suzanne Schiffman.(Screenplay Adapted from Other Material)
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, International Cinemedia Centre, Ltd. Production; Paramount. Screenplay by Mordecai Richler; adaptation by Lionel Chetwynd.Young Frankenstein, Gruskoff/Venture Films-Crossbow Productions-Jouer, Ltd. Production; 20th Century-Fox. Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks.1975 (48th)
(Original Screenplay)
Amarcord, F.C. (Rome) - P.E.C.F. (Paris) Production; New World Pictures. (Italy) Federico Fellini and Tonino Guerra.And Now My Love, Rizzoli Film-Les Films 13 Production; Avco Embassy. Claude Lelouch and Pierre Uytterhoeven.Lies My Father Told Me, Pentimento Productions, Ltd.-Pentacle VIII Productions, Ltd.; Columbia. Ted Allan.(Screenplay Adapted from Other Material)
The Man Who Would Be King, Allied Artists-Columbia Pictures Production; Allied Artists. John Huston and Gladys Hill.One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Fantasy Films Production; United Artists. Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman.1976 (49th)
(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)
Fellini’s Casanova, P.E.A. Produzioni Europee Associate S.p.A. Production; Universal. Federico Fellini and Bernadino Zapponi.The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, Herbert Ross Film/Winitsky-Sellers Production; Universal. Nicholas Meyer.(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen—based on factual material or on story material not previously published or produced)
Cousin, Cousine, Les Films Pomereu-Gaumont Production; Northal Film Distributors Ltd. (France) Story and screenplay by Jean-Charles Tacchella; adaptation by Daniele Thompson.Network, Howard Gottfried-Paddy Chayefsky Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists. Paddy Chayefsky.1977 (50th)
(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, Scherick/Blatt Production; New World Pictures. Gavin Lambert and Lewis John Carlino.That Obscure Object of Desire, Greenwich-Les Films Galaxie-Incine Compania Industrial, S.A. Production; First Artists. (Spain) Luis Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carrière.(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen—based on factual material or on story material not previously published or produced)
Annie Hall, Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production; United Artists. Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman.1978 (51st)
(Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
Same Time, Next Year, Walter Mirisch-Robert Mulligan Production; Mirisch Corporation/Universal Pictures Presentation; Universal. Bernard Slade.(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Autumn Sonata, Personafilm GmbH Production; Sir Lew Grade-Martin Starger-ITC Entertainment Presentation; New World Pictures. Ingmar Bergman.Coming Home, Jerome Hellman Enterprises Production; United Artists. Story by Nancy Dowd; screenplay by Waldo Salt and Robert C. Jones.The Deer Hunter, EMI Films/Michael Cimino Film Production; Universal. Story by Michael Cimino, Deric Washburn, Louis Garfinkle and Quinn K. Redeker; screenplay by Deric Washburn.1979 (52nd)
(Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
La Cage Aux Folles, Les Productions Artistes Associes/Da Ma Produzione SPA Production; United Artists. Francis Veber, Edouard Molinaro, Marcello Danon and Jean Poiret.(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
All That Jazz, Columbia/20th Century-Fox Production; 20th Century-Fox. Robert Alan Aurthur and Bob Fosse.. . . And Justice for All, Malton Films Limited Production; Columbia. Valerie Curtin and Barry Levinson.The China Syndrome, Michael Douglas/IPC Films Production; Columbia. Mike Gray, T. S. Cook and James Bridges.Manhattan, Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production; United Artists. Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman.1980 (53rd)
(Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
Breaker Morant, Produced in association with Australian Film Commission, the South Australian Film Corporation and the Seven Network and Pact Productions; New World Pictures/Quartet/Films Incorporated. Jonathan Hardy, David Stevens and Bruce Beresford.The Elephant Man, Brooksfilms Limited Production; Paramount. Christopher DeVore, Eric Bergren and David Lynch.The Stunt Man, Melvin Simon Productions; 20th Century-Fox. Screenplay by Lawrence B. Marcus; adaptation by Richard Rush.(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Brubaker, 20th Century-Fox Production; 20th Century-Fox. Screenplay by W. D. Richter; story by W. D. Richter and Arthur Ross.Mon oncle d’Amerique, Philippe Dussart-Andrea Films T.F. 1 Production; New World Pictures. Jean Gruault.Private Benjamin, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. Nancy Meyers, Charles Shyer and Harvey Miller.1981 (54th)
(Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
Pennies from Heaven, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Herbert Ross/Hera Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Dennis Potter.Prince of the City, Orion Pictures/Warner Bros. Production; Orion/Warner Bros. Jay Presson Allen and Sidney Lumet.(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
1982 (55th)
(Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
Missing, Universal Pictures/Polygram Pictures Presentation of an Edward Lewis Production; Universal. Costa-Gavras and Donald Stewart.Sophie’s Choice, ITC Entertainment Presentation of a Pakula-Barish Production; Universal/A.F.D. Alan J. Pakula.(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
An Officer and a Gentleman, Lorimar Production in association with Martin Elfand; Paramount. Douglas Day Stewart.Tootsie, Mirage/Punch Production; Columbia. Screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal; story by Don McGuire and Larry Gelbart.1983 (56th)
(Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
The Dresser, Goldcrest Films/Television Limited/World Film Services Production; Columbia. Ronald Harwood.Reuben, Reuben, Saltair/Walter Shenson Production presented by The Taft Entertainment Company; 20th Century-Fox International Classics. Julius J. Epstein.(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Fanny & Alexander, Cinematograph AB for the Swedish Film Institute/Swedish Television SVT 1 (Sweden)/Gaumont (France)/Personafilm and Tobis Filmkunst (BRD) Production; Embassy Pictures Corporation. (Sweden) Ingmar Bergman.WarGames, United Artists Presentation of a Leonard Goldberg Production; MGM/UA. Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes.1984 (57th)
(Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. P. H. Vazak and Michael Austin.(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Beverly Hills Cop, Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Production in association with Eddie Murphy Productions; Paramount. Screenplay by Daniel Petrie, Jr.; story by Danilo Bach and Daniel Petrie, Jr.Splash, Touchstone Films Production; Buena Vista. Screenplay by Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, and Bruce Jay Friedman; screen story by Bruce Jay Friedman; based on a story by Brian Grazer.1985 (58th)
(Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
Kiss of the Spider Woman, H.B. Filmes Production in association with Sugarloaf Films; Island Alive. Leonard Schrader.(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Back to the Future, Amblin Entertainment/Universal Pictures Production; Universal. Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale.Brazil, Embassy International Pictures Production; Universal. Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard and Charles McKeown.The Official Story, Historias Cinematograficas/Cinemania and Progress Communications Production; Almi Pictures. (Argentina) Luis Puenzo and Aida Bortnik.Witness, Edward S. Feldman Production; Paramount. Screenplay by Earl W. Wallace and William Kelley; story by William Kelley, Pamela Wallace and Earl W. Wallace.1986 (59th)
(Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
The Color of Money, Touchstone Pictures Production in association with Silver Screen Partners II; Buena Vista. Richard Price.Crimes of the Heart, Crimes of the Heart Production; Dino De Laurentiis Entertainment Group. Beth Henley.A Room with a View, Merchant Ivory Production for Goldcrest and Cinecom; Cinecom Pictures. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
“Crocodile” Dundee, Rimfire Films Limited Production; Paramount. Screenplay by Paul Hogan, Ken Shadie, and John Cornell; story by Paul Hogan.My Beautiful Laundrette, Working Title Ltd./SAF Production for Film Four International; Orion Classics. Hanif Kureishi.1987 (60th)
(Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
Full Metal Jacket, Natant Production; Warner Bros. Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr and Gustav Hasford.My Life as a Dog, Svensk Filmindustri/Filmteknik Production; Skouras Pictures. Lasse Hallström, Reidar Jönsson, Brasse Brännström and Per Berglund.(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Au Revoir Les Enfants (Goodbye, Children), NEF (Paris) Production; Orion Classics. (France) Louis Malle.1988 (61st)
(Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
Gorillas in the Mist, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros./Universal. Screenplay by Anna Hamilton Phelan; story by Anna Hamilton Phelan and Tab Murphy.The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Saul Zaentz Company Production; Orion. Jean-Claude Carrière and Philip Kaufman.(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
A Fish Called Wanda, Michael Shamberg-Prominent Features Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Screenplay by John Cleese; story by John Cleese and Charles Crichton.Rain Man, Guber-Peters Company Production; United Artists. Screenplay by Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow; story by Barry Morrow.1989 (62nd)
(Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
Born on the Fourth of July, A. Kitman Ho & Ixtlan Production; Universal. Oliver Stone and Ron Kovic.(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Dead Poets Society, Touchstone Pictures Production in association with Silver Screen Partners IV; Buena Vista. Tom Schulman.1990 (63rd)
(Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
1991 (64th)
(Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
Europa Europa, CCC-Filmkunst and Les Films du Losange Production; Orion Classics. Agnieszka Holland.Fried Green Tomatoes, Act III Communications in association with Electric Shadow Production; Universal. Fannie Flagg and Carol Sobieski.(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
1992 (65th)
(Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
Enchanted April, BBC Films Production in association with Greenpoint Films; Miramax Films. Peter Barnes.(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
1993 (66th)
(Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
In the Name of the Father, Hell’s Kitchen/Gabriel Byrne Production; Universal. Terry George and Jim Sheridan.The Remains of the Day, Mike Nichols/John Calley/Merchant Ivory Production; Columbia. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
In the Line of Fire, Castle Rock Entertainment and Columbia Pictures Production; Columbia. Jeff Maguire.Sleepless in Seattle, TriStar Pictures Production; TriStar. Screenplay by Nora Ephron, David S. Ward, and Jeff Arch; story by Jeff Arch.1994 (67th)
(Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
The Madness of King George, Close Call Films Production; Samuel Goldwyn Company in association with Channel Four. Alan Bennett.Nobody’s Fool, Scott Rudin/Cinehaus Production; Paramount in association with Capella International. Robert Benton.Quiz Show, Hollywood Pictures Presentation of a Wildwood Enterprises/Baltimore Pictures Production; Buena Vista. Paul Attanasio.(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Pulp Fiction, A Band Apart/Jersey Films Production; Miramax Films. Screenplay by Quentin Tarantino; stories by Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary.1995 (68th)
(Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
Apollo 13, Imagine Entertainment and Universal Pictures Production; Universal. William Broyles, Jr. and Al Reinert.The Postman (Il Postino), Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica Production/Pentafilm/Esterno Mediterraneo/Blue Dahlia Production; Miramax Films. Anna Pavignano, Michael Radford, Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli and Massimo Troisi.(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Nixon, Hollywood Pictures/Cinergi Pictures Entertainment Production; Buena Vista. Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson and Oliver Stone.Toy Story, Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Production; Buena Vista. Screenplay by Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow; story by John Lasseter, Peter Docter, Andrew Stanton and Joe Ranft.1996 (69th)
(Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Shine, Momentum Films Production; Fine Line Features. Screenplay by Jan Sardi; story by Scott Hicks.1997 (70th)
(Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
L. A. Confidential, Arnon Milchan/David L. Wolper Production; Warner Bros. Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson.(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
As Good as It Gets, Gracie Films Production; TriStar. Screenplay by Mark Andrus and James L. Brooks; story by Mark Andrus.1998 (71st)
(Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
A Simple Plan, Mutual Film Company Production; Paramount and Mutual Film Company in association with Savoy Pictures. Scott B. Smith.The Thin Red Line, Fox 2000 Pictures Presentation from Phoenix Pictures in association with George Stevens, Jr.; 20th Century Fox. Terrence Malick.(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Bulworth, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox. Screenplay by Warren Beatty and Jeremy Pikser; story by Warren Beatty.Life Is Beautiful, Melampo Cinematografica Production; Miramax Films. (Italy) Vincenzo Cerami and Roberto Benigni.Saving Private Ryan, Amblin Entertainment Production in association with Mutual Film Company; DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures. Robert Rodat.Shakespeare in Love, Miramax Films, Universal Pictures, Bedford Falls Company Production; Miramax Films. Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard.1999 (72nd)
(Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
Election, MTV Films in association with Bona Fide Production; Paramount. Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor.The Talented Mr. Ripley, Mirage Enterprises/Timnick Films Production; Paramount & Miramax. Anthony Minghella.(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
2000 (73rd)
(Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Zoom Hunt International Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Taiwan) Wang Hui Ling, James Schamus and Tsai Kuo Jung.(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Gladiator, Douglas Wick in association with Scott Free Production; DreamWorks and Universal. Screenplay by David Franzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson; story by David Franzoni.You Can Count on Me, Shooting Gallery/Hart Sharp Entertainment Production; Paramount Classics/Shooting Gallery/Hart Sharp Entertainment in association with Cappa Productions. Kenneth Lonergan.2001 (74th)
(Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
A Beautiful Mind, Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment Production; Universal and DreamWorks. Written by Akiva Goldsman.Ghost World, Mr. Mudd Production; United Artists through MGM. Written by Daniel Clowes & Terry Zwigoff.In the Bedroom, Good Machine/GreeneStreet Production; Miramax Films. Screenplay by Rob Festinger and Todd Field.The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, New Line Cinema and Wingnut Films Production; New Line. Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson.Shrek, PDI/DreamWorks Production; DreamWorks. Written by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio and Joe Stillman and Roger S. H. Schulman.(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Amélie, UGC Images Production; Miramax Zoë. (France) Screenplay by Guillaume Laurant and Jean-Pierre Jeunet; dialogue by Guillaume Laurant.Gosford Park, Sandcastle 5 in association with Chicagofilms and Medusa Film Production; USA Films. Written by Julian Fellowes.Memento, Team Todd Production; Newmarket Films. Screenplay by Christopher Nolan; story by Jonathan Nolan.The Royal Tenenbaums, Touchstone Pictures Production; Buena Vista. Written by Wes Anderson & Owen Wilson.2002 (75th)
(Adapted Screenplay)
About a Boy, Tribeca/Working Title Production; Universal. Screenplay by Peter Hedges and Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz.Adaptation, Columbia Pictures/Intermedia Films Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman.The Pianist, R. P. Productions, Heritage Films, Studio Babelsberg, Runtime LTD. Production; Focus Features. Screenplay by Ronald Harwood.(Original Screenplay)
Far from Heaven, Vulcan, Section Eight, Killer Films Production; Focus Features. Written by Todd Haynes.Gangs of New York, Alberto Grimaldi Production; Miramax. Screenplay by Jay Cocks and Steve Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan; story by Jay Cocks.Y Tu Mamá También, Producciones Anhelo Production; IFC Films. Written by Carlos Cuarón and Alfonso Cuarón.2003 (76th)
(Adapted Screenplay)
American Splendor, Good Machine Production; HBO Films in association with Fine Line Features. Written by Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman.City of God, O2 Filmes and VideoFilmes Production, Co-Production Globo Filmes, Lumiere, StudioCanal and Wild Bunch; Miramax. Screenplay by Braulio Mantovani.The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Wingnut Films Production; New Line. Written by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson.Seabiscuit, Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment Production; Universal/DreamWorks/Spyglass. Written for the screen by Gary Ross.(Original Screenplay)
Finding Nemo, Pixar Animation Studios Production; Buena Vista. Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, and David Reynolds; original story by Andrew Stanton.In America, Hell’s Kitchen Production; Fox Searchlight/20th Century Fox. Written by Jim Sheridan & Naomi Sheridan & Kirsten Sheridan.Lost in Translation, American Zoetrope/Elemental Films Production; Focus Features. Written by Sofia Coppola.2004 (77th)
(Adapted Screenplay)
Before Sunset, Castle Rock Entertainment/Detour Film Production; Warner Independent Pictures. Screenplay by Richard Linklater & Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke; story by Richard Linklater & Kim Krizan.The Motorcycle Diaries, South Fork Pictures in association with Tu Vas Voir Production; Focus Features and Film Four. Screenplay by José Rivera.Sideways, Sideways Productions, Inc. Production; Fox Searchlight/20th Century Fox. Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor.(Original Screenplay)
The Aviator, Forward Pass/Appian Way/IMF Production; Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group and Warner Bros. Written by John Logan.Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Anonymous Content/This is That Production; Focus Features. Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman; story by Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth.Hotel Rwanda, Miracle Pictures/Seamus Production; United Artists in association with Lions Gate Entertainment through MGM Distribution Co. Written by Keir Pearson & Terry George.Vera Drake, Simon Channing-Williams/Thin Man Films Production; Fine Line Features, Alain Sarde and UK Film Council in association with Inside Track Films. Written by Mike Leigh.2005 (78th)
(Adapted Screenplay)
Brokeback Mountain, River Road Entertainment Production; Focus Features. Screenplay by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana.Capote, A-Line Pictures/Cooper’s Town/Infinity Media Production; UA/Sony Pictures Classics. Screenplay by Dan Futterman.Munich, Universal Pictures/DreamWorks Pictures Production; Universal and DreamWorks. Screenplay by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth.(Original Screenplay)
Crash, Bob Yari/DEJ/BlackFriar’s Bridge/Harris Company/ApolloProscreen GmbH & Co./Bull’s Eye Entertainment Production; Lions Gate Films. Screenplay by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco; story by Paul Haggis.Good Night, and Good Luck, Good Night Good Luck LLC Production; Warner Independent Pictures. Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov.Match Point, Jada in association with BBC Films and Thema S.A. Production; DreamWorks. Written by Woody Allen.The Squid and the Whale, Squid and Whale, Inc. Production; Samuel Goldwyn Films and Sony Pictures Releasing. Written by Noah Baumbach.2006 (79th)
(Adapted Screenplay)
Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox. Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer; story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Peter Baynham & Anthony Hines & Todd Phillips.Children of Men, Universal Pictures/Strike Entertainment Production; Universal. Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby.Little Children, Bona Fide/Standard Film Company Production; New Line. Screenplay by Todd Field & Tom Perrotta.Notes on a Scandal, Scott Rudin/Robert Fox Production; Fox Searchlight. Screenplay by Patrick Marber.(Original Screenplay)
Babel, Anonymous Content/Zeta Film/Central Films Production; Paramount and Paramount Vantage. Written by Guillermo Arriaga.Letters from Iwo Jima, DreamWorks Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Warner Bros. Screenplay by Iris Yamashita; story by Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis.Pan’s Labyrinth, Tequila Gang/Esperanto Filmoj/Estudios Picasso Production; Picturehouse. (Mexico) Written by Guillermo del Toro.2007 (80th)
(Adapted Screenplay)
Away from Her, Film Farm and Foundry Films in association with Capri Releasing, Hanway Films and Echo Lake Production; Lionsgate. Written by Sarah Polley.The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Kennedy/Marshall Company and Jon Kilik Production; Miramax/Pathé Renn. Screenplay by Ronald Harwood.No Country for Old Men, Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production; Miramax and Paramount Vantage. Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen.There Will Be Blood, JoAnne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production; Paramount Vantage and Miramax. Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson.(Original Screenplay)
Lars and the Real Girl, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment Production; MGM Distribution Co. Written by Nancy Oliver.Ratatouille, Pixar Production; Walt Disney. Screenplay by Brad Bird; story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird.2008 (81st)
(Adapted Screenplay)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Kennedy/Marshall Production; Paramount and Warner Bros. Screenplay by Eric Roth; screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord.Frost/Nixon, Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Working Title Production; Universal. Screenplay by Peter Morgan.The Reader, Mirage Enterprises and Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH Production; The Weinstein Company. Screenplay by David Hare.(Original Screenplay)
Happy-Go-Lucky, Thin Man Films/Simon Channing Williams Production; Miramax Films. Written by Mike Leigh.Milk, Groundswell and Jinks/Cohen Company Production; Focus Features. Written by Dustin Lance Black.WALL-E, Pixar Animation Studios Production; Walt Disney. Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon; original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter.2009 (82nd)
(Adapted Screenplay)
District 9, Block/Hanson Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell.An Education, Finola Dwyer/Wildgaze Films Production; Sony Pictures Classics. Screenplay by Nick Hornby.In the Loop, Loop Film/BBC Films and UK Film Council in association with Aramid Entertainment Production; IFC Films. Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche.Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, Lee Daniels Entertainment/Smokewood Entertainment Production; Lionsgate. Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher.Up in the Air, Montecito Picture Company Production; Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios. Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner.(Original Screenplay)
Inglourious Basterds, Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures/A Band Apart/Zehnte Babelsberg Production; The Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures. Written by Quentin Tarantino.The Messenger, All the King’s Horses Production; Oscilloscope Laboratories. Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman.Up, Pixar Production; Walt Disney. Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter; story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy.2010 (83rd)
(Adapted Screenplay)
The Social Network, Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin.Toy Story 3, Pixar Production; Walt Disney. Screenplay by Michael Arndt; story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich.True Grit, Paramount Pictures Production; Paramount. Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen.Winter’s Bone, Anonymous Content and Winter’s Bone Production; Roadside Attractions. Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini.(Original Screenplay)
The Fighter, Relativity Media Production; Paramount. Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson; story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson.The Kids Are All Right, Antidote Films, Mandalay Vision and Gilbert Films Production; Focus Features. Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg.The King’s Speech, See-Saw Films and Bedlam Production; The Weinstein Company. Screenplay by David Seidler.2011 (84th)
(Adapted Screenplay)
The Descendants, Ad Hominem Enterprises Production; Fox Searchlight. Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash.The Ides of March, Columbia Pictures and Cross Creek Pictures in association with Exclusive Media Group and Crystal City Entertainment Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon.Moneyball, Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin; story by Stan Chervin.Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Working Title Films Production; Focus Features. Screenplay by Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan.(Original Screenplay)
The Artist, Le Petite Reine/Studio 37/La Classe Américaine/JD Prod/France 3 Cinéma/Jouror Productions/uFilm Production; The Weinstein Company. Written by Michel Hazanavicius.Margin Call, Benaroya Pictures and Before The Door Pictures Production; Roadside Attractions. Written by J. C. Chandor.2012 (85th)
(Adapted Screenplay)
Beasts of the Southern Wild, Cinereach and Court 13 Production; Fox Searchlight. Screenplay by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin.Lincoln, DreamWorks Pictures/20th Century Fox Production; Walt Disney/20th Century Fox. Screenplay by Tony Kushner.Silver Linings Playbook, Weinstein Company Production; The Weinstein Company. Screenplay by David O. Russell.(Original Screenplay)
Amour, Les Films du Losange/X Filme Creative Pool/Wega Film Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Austria) Written by Michael Haneke.Django Unchained, Weinstein Company and Columbia Pictures Production; The Weinstein Company. Written by Quentin Tarantino.Moonrise Kingdom, Indian Paintbrush Production; Focus Features. Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola.2013 (86th)
(Adapted Screenplay)
Philomena, A Pathé, BBC Films, BFI, Canal+, Cine+ and Baby Cow/Magnolia Mae Production; The Weinstein Company. Screenplay by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope.12 Years a Slave, A River Road, Plan B, New Regency Production; Fox Searchlight. Screenplay by John Ridley.(Original Screenplay)
American Hustle, A Columbia Pictures and Annapurna Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell.Dallas Buyers Club, A Voltage Pictures, R2 Films, Evolution Independent Production; Focus Features. Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack.2014 (87th)
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The Imitation Game, a Black Bear Pictures/Bristol Automotive Production; Weinstein Company. Written by Graham Moore.Inherent Vice, a Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Warner Bros. Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson.The Theory of Everything, a Working Title Films Production; Focus Features. Screenplay by Anthony McCarten.Whiplash, a Blumhouse Productions/Right of Way Films/Bold Films Production; Sony Pictures Classics. Written by Damien Chazelle.(Original Screenplay)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), a New Regency/M Productions/LeGrisbi Production; Fox Searchlight. Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo.Foxcatcher, an Annapurna Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Classics. Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman.The Grand Budapest Hotel, an American Empirical Production; Fox Searchlight. Screenplay by Wes Anderson; story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness.2015 (88th)
(Adapted Screenplay)
The Big Short, a Paramount Pictures Production; Paramount. Screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay.Carol, a Number 9 Films/Film4/Killer Films Production; The Weinstein Company. Screenplay by Phyllis Nagy.(Original Screenplay)
Bridge of Spies, a DreamWorks Pictures/Fox 2000 Pictures/Participant Media Production; Walt Disney/20th Century Fox. Written by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen.Inside Out, a Pixar Animation Studios Production; Walt Disney. Screenplay by Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, and Josh Cooley; original story by Pete Docter and Ronnie del Carmen.Spotlight, an Anonymous Content/Participant Media/Rocklin/Faust/First Look Media Production; Open Road Films. Written by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy.Straight Outta Compton, a Legendary Pictures/CubeVision/Crucial Films/New Line Cinema Production; Universal. Screenplay by Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff; story by S. Leigh Savidge & Alan Wenkus and Andrea Berloff.2016 (89th)
(Adapted Screenplay)
Arrival, A Lava Bear Films/21 Laps Entertainment/FilmNation Entertainment Production; Paramount. Screenplay by Eric Heisserer.Fences, A Bron Creative/Macro Media/Scott Rudin Productions Production; Paramount. Screenplay by August Wilson.Hidden Figures, A Fox 2000 Pictures/Chernin Entertainment/Levantine Films/TSG Entertainment production; 20th Century Fox. Screenplay by Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi.Lion, A See-Saw Films/Aquarius Films/Screen Australia/Sunstar Entertainment/Narrative Capital/The Weinstein Company production; The Weinstein Company/Transmission Films/Entertainment Film Distributors. Screenplay by Luke Davies.Moonlight, An A24/Plan B Entertainment/Pastel Productions production; A24. Screenplay by Barry Jenkins; story by Tarell Alvin McCraney.(Original Screenplay)
Hell or High Water, A Sidney Kimmel Entertainment/OddLot Entertainment/Film 44/LBI Entertainment production; CBS Films/Lionsgate. Written by Taylor Sheridan.La La Land, A Black Label Media/TIK Films Limited/Impostor Pictures/Gilbert Films/Marc Platt Productions production; Summit Entertainment. Written by Damien Chazelle.The Lobster, An Element Pictures/Scarlet Films/Faliro House Productions/Haut et Court/Lemming Film/Film4 Productions production; Picturehouse Entertainment. Written by Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou.Manchester by the Sea, A K Period Media/B Story/CMP/Pearl Street Films production; Roadside Attractions/Amazon Studios. Written by Kenneth Lonergan.20th Century Women, An Annapurna Pictures/Archer Gray/Modern People production; A24. Written by Mike Mills.2017 (90th)
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Call Me by Your Name, A Frenesy Film/La Cinéfacture/Memento Films International/RT Features Production; Sony Pictures Classics. Screenplay by James Ivory.The Disaster Artist, A Disaster Artist, LLC Production; A24. Screenplay by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber.Logan, A 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox. Screenplay by Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green; story by James Mangold.Mudbound, A Netflix Original Film in assoc. with Macro Media and Armory Films in assoc. with Black Bear Pictures, Elevated Films, Joule Films Production; Netflix. Screenplay by Virgil Williams and Dee Rees.(Original Screenplay)
The Big Sick, A FilmNation Entertainment/Apatow Production; Amazon Studios. Written by Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani.Get Out, A Blumhouse Productions/QC Entertainment/Monkeypaw Production; Universal. Written by Jordan Peele.The Shape of Water, A Double Dare You Production; Fox Searchlight. Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor; story by Guillermo del Toro.Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, A Blueprint Pictures Production; Fox Searchlight. Written by Martin McDonagh.2018 (91st)
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, A Netflix/Mike Zoss Production; Netflix. Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen.BlacKkKlansman, A QC Entertainment/Blumhouse Productions/Monkeypaw Productions/40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks Production; Focus Feature. Written by Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee.Can You Ever Forgive Me?, An Archer Gray Production; Fox Searchligh. Screenplay by Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty.If Beale Street Could Talk, An Annapurna Pictures/Plan B Entertainment/Pastel Production; Annapurna Pictures. Written for the screen by Barry Jenkins.A Star Is Born, A Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Warner Bros. Screenplay by Eric Roth and Bradley Cooper & Will Fetters.(Original Screenplay)
The Favourite, A Film4/Waypoint Entertainment/Element Pictures/Scarlet Films Production; Fox Searchlight. Written by Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara.First Reformed, A Killer Films/Omeira Studio Partners/Fibonacci Films/Arclight Films International Production; A24. Written by Paul Schrader.Green Book, A Charles B. Wessler/Innisfree Pictures/Participant Media/DreamWorks Pictures Production; Universal. Written by Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly.Roma, A Netflix/Participant Media/Esperanto-Filmoj Production; Netflix. (Mexico) Written by Alfonso Cuarón.Vice, An Annapurna Pictures/Gary Sanchez Productions/Plan B Entertainment Production; Annapurna Pictures. Written by Adam McKay.2019 (92nd)
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The Irishman, A Netflix/Tribeca Productions/Sikelia Productions/Winkler Films Production; Netflix. Screenplay by Steven Zaillian.Little Women, A Columbia Pictures/Regency Enterprises Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. Written for the screen by Greta Gerwig.(Original Screenplay)
1917, A DreamWorks Pictures Production; Universal/Amblin Partners. Written by Sam Mendes & Krysty Wilson-Cairns.Once upon a Time . . . in Hollywood, A Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. Written by Quentin Tarantino.Parasite, A Barunson E&A Production; Neon. (South Korea) Screenplay by Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won; story by Bong Joon Ho.2020 (93rd)
(Adapted Screenplay)
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, A Four by Two Films Production; Amazon Studios. Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Peter Baynham & Erica Rivinoja & Dan Mazer & Jena Friedman & Lee Kern; story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Nina Pedrad.The Father, A Trademark Films/F Comme Film/Ciné-@ Production; Sony Pictures Classics. Screenplay by Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller.Nomadland, A Highwayman/Hear/Say Productions/Cor Cordium Production; Searchlight. Written for the screen by Chloé Zhao.One Night in Miami . . ., An Abkco Films/Snoot Entertainment Production; Amazon Studios. Screenplay by Kemp Powers.The White Tiger, A Netflix/Lava Media/Noruz Films/Array Filmworks Production; Netflix. Written for the screen by Ramin Bahrani.(Original Screenplay)
Judas and the Black Messiah, A Macros Media/Proximity Media Production; Warner Bros. Screenplay by Will Berson & Shaka King; story by Will Berson & Shaka King and Kenny Lucas & Keith Lucas.Promising Young Woman, A LuckyChap Entertainment/FilmNation Entertainment Production; Focus Features. Written by Emerald Fennell.Sound of Metal, A Caviar/Flat 7 Production; Amazon Studios. Screenplay by Darius Marder & Abraham Marder; story by Darius Marder & Derek Cianfrance.The Trial of the Chicago 7, A Netflix in assoc. with Cross Creek Pictures/Marc Platt/DreamWorks Pictures in assoc. with ShivHans Pictures Production; Netflix. Written by Aaron Sorkin.2021 (94th)
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CODA, A Vendôme Pictures/Pathé in assoc. with Apple Original Films Production; Apple Original Films. Screenplay by Siân Heder.Drive My Car, A C&I Entertainment/Culture Entertainment/Bitters End Production; Sideshow and Janus Films. (Japan) Screenplay by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe.Dune, A Legendary Pictures Production; Warner Bros. Screenplay by Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth.The Power of the Dog, A See-Saw Films/Bad Girl Creek/Max Films in assoc. with Brightstar/The New Zealand Film Commission/Cross City Films/BBC Film Production; Netflix. Written by Jane Campion.(Original Screenplay)
Don’t Look Up, A Netflix/Hyperobject Industries Production; Netflix. Screenplay by Adam Mckay; story by Adam Mckay and David Sirota.King Richard, A Star Thrower Entertainment/Westbrook Production; Warner Bros. Written by Zach Baylin.Licorice Pizza, A Ghoulardi Film Company Production; Metro Goldwyn Mayer/United Artists Releasing. Written by Paul Thomas Anderson.The Worst Person in the World, An Oslo Pictures/MK Productions/Film i Väst/Snowglobe/B-Reel/Arte France Cinéma
Production. (Norway) Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier.2022 (95th)
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All Quiet on the Western Front, Netflix/Amusement Park Film in co-prod. with Gunpowder Films in assoc. with Sliding Down Rainbows Entertainment/Anima Pictures Prod.; Netflix. (Germany) Screenplay by Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson & Ian Stokell.Top Gun: Maverick, Paramount Pictures/Skydance/Jerry Bruckheimer Films Prod.; Paramount. Screenplay by Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie; story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks.Women Talking, Plan B Entertainment / hear/say Prod.; Orion Pictures/United Artists Releasing. Screenplay by Sarah Polley.(Original Screenplay)
The Banshees of Inisherin, Blueprint Pictures/Film4/TSG Entertainment Prod.; Searchlight. Written by Martin McDonagh.Everything Everywhere All at Once, Hot Dog Hands Prod.; A24. Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert.The Fabelmans, Amblin Partners Prod.; Universal/Amblin Partners. Written by Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner.2023 (96th)
(Adapted Screenplay)
American Fiction, T-Street/Almost Infinite/3 Arts Entertainment Production; Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios. Written for the screen by Cord Jefferson.Barbie, Heyday Films/LuckyChap Entertainment/NB/GG Pictures/Mattel Production; Warner Bros. Written by Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach.Oppenheimer, Universal Pictures/Syncopy/Atlas Entertainment Production; Universal. Written for the screen by Christopher Nolan.(Original Screenplay)
Anatomy of a Fall, Les Films Pelléas/Les Films de Pierre Production; Neon. Screenplay by Justine Triet and Arthur Harari.Maestro, Netflix/Sikelia/Amblin/Lea Pictures/Fred Berner Films Production; Netflix. Written by Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer.May December, Netflix/Mountaina/Gloria Sanchez/Killer Films in assoc. with Taylor & Dodge/Project Infinity Production; Netflix. Screenplay by Samy Burch; story by Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik.2024 (97th)
(Adapted Screenplay)
A Complete Unknown, Veritas Entertainment Group/White Water/Range/Picture Company/Turnpike Films Production; Searchlight. Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks.Conclave, FilmNation Entertainment/Indian Paintbrush/House Production; Focus Features. Screenplay by Peter Straughan.Emilia Pérez, Netflix/Page 114/Why Not Productions/Pathé/France 2 Cinéma/Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello in assoc. with Library Pictures International Production; Netflix. (France) Screenplay by Jacques Audiard; in collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi.Nickel Boys, Plan B Entertainment/Anonymous Content/Louverture Films Production; Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios. Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes.Sing Sing, Black Bear/A24 Production; A24. Screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John “Divine G” Whitfield.(Original Screenplay)
The Brutalist, A24/Brookstreet Pictures/Kaplan Morrison Production; A24. Written by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold.A Real Pain, Topic Studios/Fruit Tree/Rego Park/Extreme Emotions Production; Searchlight. Written by Jesse Eisenberg.September 5, Paramount Pictures Production; Paramount. Written by Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum; co-written by Alex David.The Substance, Match Factory/Working Title/Blacksmith/A Good Story Production; MUBI. Written by Coralie Fargeat.2025 (98th)
(Adapted Screenplay)
Bugonia, An Element Pictures/Square Peg/CJ ENM in assoc. with Pith/Fruit Tree Enterprises Production; Focus Features. Screenplay by Will Tracy.Frankenstein, A Netflix/Double Dare You/Demilo Films/Bluegrass 7 Production; Netflix. Written for the screen by Guillermo del Toro.Hamnet, A Hera Pictures/Neal Street/Amblin Entertainment in assoc. with Book of Shadows Production; Focus Features. Screenplay by Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell.One Battle After Another, A Ghoulardi Film Company Production; Warner Bros. Written by Paul Thomas Anderson.Train Dreams, A Black Bear/Kamala Films Production; Netflix. Screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar.(Original Screenplay)
It Was Just an Accident, A Les Films Pelléas Production; Neon. (France) Written by Jafar Panahi; Script collaborators - Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian.Sentimental Value, A Mer Film/Eye Eye Pictures/MK/Lumen/Zentropa/ Komplizen Film/BBC Film Production; Neon. (Norway) Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier.