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Nominations & Winners by Category:
Writing

Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners in the category of Writing. TheWinner marker 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)

Alfred Cohn, The Jazz Singer, Warner Bros.
Anthony Coldeway, Glorious Betsy, Warner Bros.
Winner markerBenjamin Glazer, 7th Heaven, Fox.

(Original Story)

Lajos Biro, The Last Command, Paramount Famous Lasky.
Winner markerBen Hecht, Underworld, Paramount Famous Lasky.

(Title Writing)

Gerald Duffy, The Private Life of Helen of Troy, First National.
Winner markerJoseph Farnham
George Marion, Jr.
NOTE: The Writing (Title Writing) award was not given after 1927-28.

1928-29  (2nd)

Tom Barry, In Old Arizona, Fox; and The Valiant, Fox.
Elliott Clawson, The Cop, DeMille Pictures; Pathe; The Leatherneck, Ralph Block; Pathe; Sal of Singapore, Pathe; and Skyscraper, DeMille Pictures; Pathe.
Hans Kraly, The Last of Mrs. Cheyney, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Winner markerHans Kraly, The Patriot, Paramount Famous Lasky.
Josephine Lovett, Our Dancing Daughters, Cosmopolitan; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Bess Meredyth, A Woman of Affairs, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; and Wonder of Women, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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)

All Quiet on the Western Front, Universal. (George Abbott, Maxwell Anderson and Del Andrews)
Winner markerThe Big House, Cosmopolitan; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Frances Marion.
Disraeli, Warner Bros. (Julian Josephson)
The Divorcee, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (John Meehan)
Street of Chance, Paramount Famous Lasky. (Howard Estabrook)
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)

Winner markerCimarron, RKO Radio. Howard Estabrook.
The Criminal Code, Columbia. Seton I. Miller and Fred Niblo, Jr.
Holiday, Pathe. Horace Jackson.
Little Caesar, First National. Francis Faragoh and Robert N. Lee.
Skippy, Paramount Publix. Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Sam Mintz.

(Original Story)

Winner markerThe Dawn Patrol, First National. John Monk Saunders.
The Doorway to Hell, Warner Bros. Rowland Brown.
Laughter, Paramount Publix. Harry d’Abbadie d’Arrast, Douglas Doty and Donald Ogden Stewart.
The Public Enemy, Warner Bros. John Bright and Kubec Glasmon.
Smart Money, Warner Bros. Lucien Hubbard and Joseph Jackson.

1931-32  (5th)

(Adaptation)

Arrowsmith, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; United Artists. Sidney Howard.
Winner markerBad Girl, Fox. Edwin Burke.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Paramount Publix. Percy Heath and Samuel Hoffenstein.

(Original Story)

Winner markerThe Champ, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Frances Marion.
Lady and Gent, Paramount Publix. Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt.
The Star Witness, Warner Bros. Lucien Hubbard.
What Price Hollywood?, RKO Pathe. Adela Rogers St. Johns and Jane Murfin.

1932-33  (6th)

(Adaptation)

Lady for a Day, Columbia. Robert Riskin. [came in 2nd]
Winner markerLittle Women, RKO Radio. Victor Heerman and Sarah Y. Mason.
State Fair, Fox. Paul Green and Sonya Levien. [came in 3rd]

(Original Story)

Winner markerOne Way Passage, Warner Bros. Robert Lord.
The Prizefighter and the Lady, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Frances Marion. [came in 2nd]
Rasputin and the Empress, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Charles MacArthur. [came in 3rd]

1934  (7th)

(Adaptation)

Winner markerIt Happened One Night, Columbia. Robert Riskin.
The Thin Man, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. [came in 2nd]
Viva Villa!, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (USA, Mexico) Ben Hecht. [came in 3rd]

(Original Story)

Hide-Out, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Mauri Grashin. [came in 3rd]
Winner markerManhattan Melodrama, Cosmopolitan; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Arthur Caesar.
The Richest Girl in the World, RKO Radio. Norman Krasna. [came in 2nd]

1935  (8th)

(Original Story)

Broadway Melody of 1936, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Moss Hart. [came in 3rd]
The Gay Deception, Jesse L. Lasky; Fox. Don Hartman and Stephen Avery.
Winner markerThe Scoundrel, Paramount. Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur.
G-Men, Warner Bros.-First National. Gregory Rogers. [Write-in candidate; NOT an official nomination. Came in 2nd.]

(Screenplay)

Winner markerThe Informer, RKO Radio. Dudley Nichols.
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)

Fury, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Norman Krasna.
The Great Ziegfeld, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. William Anthony McGuire.
San Francisco, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Robert Hopkins.
Winner markerThe Story of Louis Pasteur, Cosmopolitan; Warner Bros.-First National. Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney.
Three Smart Girls, Universal. Adele Comandini.

(Screenplay)

After the Thin Man, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett.
Dodsworth, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; United Artists. Sidney Howard.
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Columbia. Robert Riskin.
My Man Godfrey, Universal. Eric Hatch and Morris Ryskind.
Winner markerThe Story of Louis Pasteur, Cosmopolitan; Warner Bros.-First National. Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney.

1937  (10th)

(Original Story)

Black Legion, Warner Bros. Robert Lord.
In Old Chicago, 20th Century-Fox. Niven Busch.
The Life of Emile Zola, Warner Bros. Heinz Herald and Geza Herczeg.
One Hundred Men and a Girl, Universal. Hans Kraly.
Winner markerA Star Is Born, Selznick International Pictures; United Artists. William A. Wellman and Robert Carson.

(Screenplay)

The Awful Truth, Columbia. Vina Delmar.
Captains Courageous, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. John Lee Mahin, Marc Connolly and Dale Van Every.
Winner markerThe Life of Emile Zola, Warner Bros. Norman Reilly Raine, Heinz Herald and Geza Herczeg.
Stage Door, RKO Radio. Morris Ryskind and Anthony Veiller.
A Star Is Born, Selznick International Pictures; United Artists. Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell and Robert Carson.

1938  (11th)

(Original Story)

Alexander’s Ragtime Band, 20th Century-Fox. Irving Berlin.
Angels with Dirty Faces, Warner Bros.-First National. Rowland Brown.
Blockade, Walter Wanger; United Artists. John Howard Lawson.
Winner markerBoys Town, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Dore Schary and Eleanore Griffin.
Mad About Music, Universal. Marcella Burke and Frederick Kohner.
Test Pilot, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Frank Wead.

(Screenplay)

Boys Town, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. John Meehan and Dore Schary.
The Citadel, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (UK) Ian Dalrymple, Frank Wead and Elizabeth Hill.
Four Daughters, Warner Bros.-First National. Julius J. Epstein and Lenore Coffee.
Winner markerPygmalion, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (UK) Screenplay and dialogue by George Bernard Shaw; adaptation by W. P. Lipscomb, Cecil Lewis and Ian Dalrymple.
You Can’t Take It with You, Columbia. Robert Riskin.

1939  (12th)

(Original Story)

Bachelor Mother, RKO Radio. Felix Jackson.
Love Affair, RKO Radio. Mildred Cram and Leo McCarey.
Winner markerMr. Smith Goes to Washington, Columbia. Lewis R. Foster.
Ninotchka, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Melchior Lengyel.
Young Mr. Lincoln, Cosmopolitan; 20th Century-Fox. Lamar Trotti.

(Screenplay)

Winner markerGone with the Wind, Selznick International Pictures; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Sidney Howard.
Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (UK) R. C. Sherriff, Claudine West and Eric Maschwitz.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Columbia. Sidney Buchman.
Ninotchka, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and Walter Reisch.
Wuthering Heights, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; United Artists. Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht.

1940  (13th)

(Original Screenplay)

Angels over Broadway, Columbia. Ben Hecht.
Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet, Warner Bros. John Huston, Heinz Herald and Norman Burnside.
Foreign Correspondent, Walter Wanger; United Artists. Charles Bennett and Joan Harrison.
The Great Dictator, Charles Chaplin Productions; United Artists. Charles Chaplin.
Winner markerThe Great McGinty, Paramount. Preston Sturges.

(Original Story)

Winner markerArise, My Love, Paramount. Benjamin Glazer and John S. Toldy.
Comrade X, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Walter Reisch.
Edison, the Man, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Dore Schary and Hugo Butler.
My Favorite Wife, RKO Radio. Bella Spewack, Samuel Spewack and Leo McCarey.
The Westerner, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; United Artists. Stuart N. Lake.

(Screenplay)

The Grapes of Wrath, 20th Century-Fox. Nunnally Johnson.
Kitty Foyle, RKO Radio. Dalton Trumbo.
The Long Voyage Home, Argosy-Wanger; United Artists. Dudley Nichols.
Winner markerThe Philadelphia Story, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Donald Ogden Stewart.
Rebecca, Selznick International Pictures; United Artists. Robert E. Sherwood and Joan Harrison.

1941  (14th)

(Original Screenplay)

Winner markerCitizen Kane, Mercury; RKO Radio. Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles.
The Devil and Miss Jones, Ross-Krasna; RKO Radio. Norman Krasna.
Sergeant York, Warner Bros. Abem Finkel, Harry Chandlee, Howard Koch and John Huston.
Tall, Dark and Handsome, 20th Century-Fox. Karl Tunberg and Darrell Ware.
Tom, Dick and Harry, RKO Radio. Paul Jarrico.

(Original Story)

Ball of Fire, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; RKO Radio. Billy Wilder and Thomas Monroe.
Winner markerHere Comes Mr. Jordan, Columbia. Harry Segall.
The Lady Eve, Paramount. Monckton Hoffe.
Meet John Doe, Frank Capra; Warner Bros. Richard Connell and Robert Presnell.
Night Train, 20th Century-Fox. (UK) Gordon Wellesley.

(Screenplay)

Winner markerHere Comes Mr. Jordan, Columbia. Sidney Buchman and Seton I. Miller.
Hold Back the Dawn, Paramount. Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder.
How Green Was My Valley, 20th Century-Fox. Philip Dunne.
The Little Foxes, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; RKO Radio. Lillian Hellman.
The Maltese Falcon, Warner Bros. John Huston.

1942  (15th)

(Original Motion Picture Story)

Holiday Inn, Paramount. Irving Berlin.
Winner markerThe Invaders, Ortus; Columbia. (UK) Emeric Pressburger.
The Pride of the Yankees, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; RKO Radio. Paul Gallico.
The Talk of the Town, Columbia. Sidney Harmon.
Yankee Doodle Dandy, Warner Bros. Robert Buckner.

(Original Screenplay)

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing, Michael Powell; United Artists. (UK) Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.
Road to Morocco, Paramount. Frank Butler and Don Hartman.
Wake Island, Paramount. W. R. Burnett and Frank Butler.
The War Against Mrs. Hadley, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. George Oppenheimer.
Winner markerWoman of the Year, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Ring Lardner, Jr. and Michael Kanin.

(Screenplay)

The Invaders, Ortus; Columbia. (UK) Rodney Ackland and Emeric Pressburger.
Winner markerMrs. 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.
Random Harvest, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Claudine West, George Froeschel and Arthur Wimperis.
The Talk of the Town, Columbia. Irwin Shaw and Sidney Buchman.

1943  (16th)

(Original Motion Picture Story)

Action in the North Atlantic, Warner Bros. Guy Gilpatric.
Destination Tokyo, Warner Bros. Steve Fisher.
Winner markerThe Human Comedy, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. William Saroyan.
The More the Merrier, Columbia. Robert Russell and Frank Ross.
Shadow of a Doubt, Universal. Gordon McDonell.

(Original Screenplay)

Air Force, Warner Bros. Dudley Nichols.
In Which We Serve, Two Cities; United Artists. (UK) Noel Coward.
The North Star, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; RKO Radio. Lillian Hellman.
Winner markerPrincess O’Rourke, Warner Bros. Norman Krasna.
So Proudly We Hail!, Paramount. Allan Scott.

(Screenplay)

Winner markerCasablanca, Warner Bros. Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch.
Holy Matrimony, 20th Century-Fox. Nunnally Johnson.
The More the Merrier, Columbia. Robert Russell, Frank Ross, Richard Flournoy and Lewis R. Foster.
The Song of Bernadette, 20th Century-Fox. George Seaton.
Watch on the Rhine, Warner Bros. Dashiell Hammett.

1944  (17th)

(Original Motion Picture Story)

Winner markerGoing My Way, Paramount. Leo McCarey.
A Guy Named Joe, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Chandler Sprague and David Boehm.
Lifeboat, 20th Century-Fox. John Steinbeck.
None Shall Escape, Columbia. Alfred Neumann and Joseph Than.
The Sullivans, 20th Century-Fox. Edward Doherty and Jules Schermer.

(Original Screenplay)

Hail the Conquering Hero, Paramount. Preston Sturges.
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek, Paramount. Preston Sturges.
Two Girls and a Sailor, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Richard Connell and Gladys Lehman.
Winner markerWilson, 20th Century-Fox. Lamar Trotti.
Wing and a Prayer, 20th Century-Fox. Jerome Cady.

(Screenplay)

Double Indemnity, Paramount. Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler.
Gaslight, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. John Van Druten, Walter Reisch and John L. Balderston.
Winner markerGoing My Way, Paramount. Frank Butler and Frank Cavett.
Laura, 20th Century-Fox. Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein and Betty Reinhardt.
Meet Me in St. Louis, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Irving Brecher and Fred F. Finkelhoffe.

1945  (18th)

(Original Motion Picture Story)

The Affairs of Susan, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount. Thomas Monroe and Laszlo Gorog.
Winner markerThe House on 92nd Street, 20th Century-Fox. Charles G. Booth.
A Medal for Benny, Paramount. John Steinbeck and Jack Wagner.
Objective, Burma!, Warner Bros. Alvah Bessie.
A Song to Remember, Columbia. Ernst Marischka.

(Original Screenplay)

Dillinger, King Brothers; Monogram. Philip Yordan.
Winner markerMarie-Louise, Praesens Films. (Switzerland) Richard Schweizer.
Music for Millions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Myles Connolly.
Salty O’Rourke, Paramount. Milton Holmes.
What Next, Corporal Hargrove?, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Harry Kurnitz.

(Screenplay)

G.I. Joe, Lester Cowan; United Artists. Leopold Atlas, Guy Endore and Philip Stevenson.
Winner markerThe Lost Weekend, Paramount. Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder.
Mildred Pierce, Warner Bros. Ranald MacDougall.
Pride of the Marines, Warner Bros. Albert Maltz.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, 20th Century-Fox. Tess Slesinger and Frank Davis.

1946  (19th)

(Original Motion Picture Story)

The Dark Mirror, Universal-International. Vladimir Pozner.
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount. Jack Patrick.
The Stranger, International Pictures; RKO Radio. Victor Trivas.
To Each His Own, Paramount. Charles Brackett.
Winner markerVacation from Marriage, London Films; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (UK) Clemence Dane.

(Original Screenplay)

The Blue Dahlia, Paramount. Raymond Chandler.
Children of Paradise, Pathe-Cinema; Tricolore Films. (France) Jacques Prevert.
Notorious, RKO Radio. Ben Hecht.
Road to Utopia, Paramount. Norman Panama and Melvin Frank.
Winner markerThe Seventh Veil, J. Arthur Rank-Sydney Box-Ortus; Universal. (UK) Muriel Box and Sydney Box.

(Screenplay)

Anna and the King of Siam, 20th Century-Fox. Talbot Jennings and Sally Benson.
Winner markerThe Best Years of Our Lives, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; RKO Radio. Robert E. Sherwood.
Brief Encounter, J. Arthur Rank-Cineguild-Prestige; Universal-International. (UK) David Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan and Ronald Neame.
The Killers, Mark Hellinger Productions; Universal. Anthony Veiller.
Open City, Minerva Films; Mayer-Burstyn. (Italy) Sergio Amidei and F. Fellini.

1947  (20th)

(Motion Picture Story)

A Cage of Nightingales, Gaumont; Lopert Films. (France) Georges Chaperot and Rene Wheeler.
It Happened on Fifth Avenue, Roy Del Tuth; Allied Artists. Herbert Clyde Lewis and Frederick Stephani.
Kiss of Death, 20th Century-Fox. Eleazar Lipsky.
Winner markerMiracle on 34th Street, 20th Century-Fox. Valentine Davies.
Smash Up—The Story of a Woman, Walter Wanger; Universal-International. Dorothy Parker and Frank Cavett.

(Original Screenplay)

Winner markerThe Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer, RKO Radio. Sidney Sheldon.
Body and Soul, Enterprise Productions; United Artists. Abraham Polonsky.
A Double Life, Kanin Productions; Universal-International. Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin.
Monsieur Verdoux, The Chaplin Studios; United Artists. Charles Chaplin.
Shoe-Shine, A.L.F.A. Cinematografica; Lopert Films. (Italy) Sergio Amidei, Adolfo Franci, C. G. Viola and Cesare Zavattini.

(Screenplay)

Boomerang!, 20th Century-Fox. Richard Murphy.
Crossfire, RKO Radio. John Paxton.
Gentleman’s Agreement, 20th Century-Fox. Moss Hart.
Great Expectations, J. Arthur Rank-Cineguild; Universal-International. (UK) David Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan and Ronald Neame.
Winner markerMiracle on 34th Street, 20th Century-Fox. George Seaton.

1948  (21st)

(Motion Picture Story)

Louisiana Story, Robert Flaherty; Lopert Films. Frances Flaherty and Robert Flaherty.
The Naked City, Mark Hellinger Productions; Universal-International. Malvin Wald.
Red River, Monterey Productions; United Artists. Borden Chase.
The Red Shoes, J. Arthur Rank-Archers; Eagle Lion. (UK) Emeric Pressburger.
Winner markerThe Search, Praesens Films; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (Switzerland, USA) Richard Schweizer and David Wechsler.

(Screenplay)

A Foreign Affair, Paramount. Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and Richard L. Breen.
Johnny Belinda, Warner Bros. Irmgard Von Cube and Allen Vincent.
The Search, Praesens Films; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (Switzerland, USA) Richard Schweizer and David Wechsler.
The Snake Pit, 20th Century-Fox. Frank Partos and Millen Brand.
Winner markerThe Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Warner Bros. John Huston.

1949  (22nd)

(Motion Picture Story)

Come to the Stable, 20th Century-Fox. Clare Boothe Luce.
It Happens Every Spring, 20th Century-Fox. Shirley W. Smith and Valentine Davies.
Sands of Iwo Jima, Republic. Harry Brown.
Winner markerThe Stratton Story, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Douglas Morrow.
White Heat, Warner Bros. Virginia Kellogg.

(Screenplay)

All the King’s Men, Robert Rossen Productions; Columbia. Robert Rossen.
The Bicycle Thief, Vittorio DeSica Productions; Mayer-Burstyn. (Italy) Cesare Zavattini.
Champion, Screen Plays Corporation; United Artists. Carl Foreman.
The Fallen Idol, London Films; Selznick Releasing Organization (SRO). (UK) Graham Greene.
Winner markerA Letter to Three Wives, 20th Century-Fox. Joseph L. Mankiewicz.

(Story and Screenplay)

Winner markerBattleground, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Robert Pirosh.
Jolson Sings Again, Sidney Buchman Productions; Columbia. Sidney Buchman.
Paisan, Roberto Rossellini Productions; Mayer-Burstyn. (Italy) Alfred Hayes, Federico Fellini, Sergio Amidei, Marcello Pagliero and Roberto Rossellini.
Passport to Pimlico, J. Arthur Rank-Ealing; Eagle Lion. (UK) T. E. B. Clarke.
The Quiet One, Film Documents; Mayer-Burstyn. Helen Levitt, Janice Loeb and Sidney Meyers.

1950  (23rd)

(Motion Picture Story)

Bitter Rice, Lux Films, S.A.; Lux Films. (Italy) Giuseppe De Santis and Carlo Lizzani.
The Gunfighter, 20th Century-Fox. William Bowers and Andre de Toth.
Mystery Street, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Leonard Spigelgass.
Winner markerPanic in the Streets, 20th Century-Fox. Edna Anhalt and Edward Anhalt.
When Willie Comes Marching Home, 20th Century-Fox. Sy Gomberg.

(Screenplay)

Winner markerAll About Eve, 20th Century-Fox. Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
The Asphalt Jungle, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Ben Maddow and John Huston.
Born Yesterday, Columbia. Albert Mannheimer.
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.]
Father of the Bride, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett.

(Story and Screenplay)

Adam’s Rib, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin.
Caged, Warner Bros. Virginia Kellogg and Bernard C. Schoenfeld.
The Men, Stanley Kramer Productions; United Artists. Carl Foreman.
No Way Out, 20th Century-Fox. Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Lesser Samuels.
Winner markerSunset Blvd., Paramount. Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and D. M. Marshman, Jr.

1951  (24th)

(Motion Picture Story)

Bullfighter and the Lady, Republic. Budd Boetticher and Ray Nazarro.
The Frogmen, 20th Century-Fox. Oscar Millard.
Here Comes the Groom, Paramount. Robert Riskin and Liam O’Brien.
Winner markerSeven Days to Noon, Boulting Brothers; Mayer-Kingsley-Distinguished Films. (UK) Paul Dehn and James Bernard.
Teresa, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Alfred Hayes and Stewart Stern.

(Screenplay)

The African Queen, Horizon Enterprises, Inc.; United Artists. (USA, UK) James Agee and John Huston.
Detective Story, Paramount. Philip Yordan and Robert Wyler.
La Ronde, Sacha Gordine Production; Commercial Pictures. (France) Max Ophuls and Jacques Natanson.
Winner markerA Place in the Sun, Paramount. Michael Wilson and Harry Brown.
A Streetcar Named Desire, Charles K. Feldman Group Productions; Warner Bros. Tennessee Williams.

(Story and Screenplay)

Winner markerAn American in Paris, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Alan Jay Lerner.
The Big Carnival, Paramount. Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels and Walter Newman.
David and Bathsheba, 20th Century-Fox. Philip Dunne.
Go for Broke!, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Robert Pirosh.
The Well, Harry M. Popkin; United Artists. Clarence Greene and Russell Rouse.

1952  (25th)

(Motion Picture Story)

Winner markerThe Greatest Show on Earth, Cecil B. DeMille Productions; Paramount. Frederic M. Frank, Theodore St. John and Frank Cavett.
My Son John, Rainbow Productions; Paramount. Leo McCarey.
The Narrow Margin, RKO Radio. Martin Goldsmith and Jack Leonard.
The Pride of St. Louis, 20th Century-Fox. Guy Trosper.
The Sniper, Stanley Kramer Productions; Columbia. Edna Anhalt and Edward Anhalt.

(Screenplay)

Winner markerThe Bad and the Beautiful, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Charles Schnee.
Five Fingers, 20th Century-Fox. Michael Wilson.
High Noon, Stanley Kramer Productions; United Artists. Carl Foreman.
The Man in the White Suit, J. Arthur Rank-Ealing; Universal-International. (UK) Roger MacDougall, John Dighton and Alexander Mackendrick.
The Quiet Man, Argosy Pictures; Republic. Frank S. Nugent.

(Story and Screenplay)

The Atomic City, Paramount. Sydney Boehm.
Breaking the Sound Barrier, London Films; United Artists. (UK) Terence Rattigan.
Winner markerThe Lavender Hill Mob, J. Arthur Rank-Ealing; Universal-International. (UK) T. E. B. Clarke.
Pat and Mike, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin.
Viva Zapata!, 20th Century-Fox. John Steinbeck.

1953  (26th)

(Motion Picture Story)

Above and Beyond, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Beirne Lay, Jr.
The Captain’s Paradise, London Films; Lopert Films-United Artists. (UK) Alec Coppel.
Little Fugitive, Little Fugitive Production Company; Joseph Burstyn, Inc. Ray Ashley, Morris Engel and Ruth Orkin.
Winner markerRoman 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)

The Cruel Sea, J. Arthur Rank-Ealing; Universal-International. (UK) Eric Ambler.
Winner markerFrom Here to Eternity, Columbia. Daniel Taradash.
Lili, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Helen Deutsch.
Roman Holiday, Paramount. Ian McLellan Hunter and John Dighton.
Shane, Paramount. A. B. Guthrie, Jr.

(Story and Screenplay)

The Band Wagon, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Betty Comden and Adolph Green.
The Desert Rats, 20th Century-Fox. Richard Murphy.
The Naked Spur, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Sam Rolfe and Harold Jack Bloom.
Take the High Ground, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Millard Kaufman.
Winner markerTitanic, 20th Century-Fox. Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch and Richard Breen.

1954  (27th)

(Motion Picture Story)

Bread, Love and Dreams, Titanus Production; I.F.E. Releasing Corporation. (Italy) Ettore Margadonna.
Winner markerBroken Lance, 20th Century-Fox. Philip Yordan.
Forbidden Games, Silver Films; Times Film Corporation. (France) François Boyer.
Night People, 20th Century-Fox. Jed Harris and Tom Reed.
There’s No Business Like Show Business, 20th Century-Fox. Lamar Trotti.

(Screenplay)

The Caine Mutiny, Stanley Kramer Productions; Columbia. Stanley Roberts.
Winner markerThe Country Girl, Perlberg-Seaton Production; Paramount. George Seaton.
Rear Window, Patron, Inc.; Paramount. John Michael Hayes.
Sabrina, Paramount. Billy Wilder, Samuel Taylor and Ernest Lehman.
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich and Dorothy Kingsley.

(Story and Screenplay)

The Barefoot Contessa, Figaro, Inc.; United Artists. (Italy, USA) Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
Genevieve, J. Arthur Rank-Sirius Productions, Ltd.; Universal-International. (UK) William Rose.
The Glenn Miller Story, Universal-International. Valentine Davies and Oscar Brodney.
Knock on Wood, Dena Productions; Paramount. Norman Panama and Melvin Frank.
Winner markerOn the Waterfront, Horizon-American Corporation; Columbia. Budd Schulberg.

1955  (28th)

(Motion Picture Story)

Winner markerLove Me or Leave Me, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Daniel Fuchs.
The Private War of Major Benson, Universal-International. Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher.
Rebel Without a Cause, Warner Bros. Nicholas Ray.
The Sheep Has Five Legs, Raoul Ploquin; United Motion Picture Organization. (France) Jean Marsan, Henry Troyat, Jacques Perret, Henri Verneuil and Raoul Ploquin.
Strategic Air Command, Paramount. Beirne Lay, Jr.

(Screenplay)

Bad Day at Black Rock, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Millard Kaufman.
Blackboard Jungle, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Richard Brooks.
East of Eden, Warner Bros. Paul Osborn.
Love Me or Leave Me, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Daniel Fuchs and Isobel Lennart.
Winner markerMarty, Hecht and Lancaster’s Steven Productions; United Artists. Paddy Chayefsky.

(Story and Screenplay)

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell, United States Pictures Production; Warner Bros. Milton Sperling and Emmet Lavery.
Winner markerInterrupted Melody, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. William Ludwig and Sonya Levien.
It’s Always Fair Weather, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Betty Comden and Adolph Green.
Mr. Hulot’s Holiday, Fred Orain Production; GBD International Releasing Corporation. (France) 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)

Winner markerThe 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.]
The Eddy Duchin Story, Columbia. Leo Katcher.
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. (France, Mexico) Jean Paul Sartre.
Umberto D., Rizzoli-De Sica-Amato Production; Harrison & Davidson. (Italy) Cesare Zavattini.

(Screenplay—Adapted)

Winner markerAround the World in 80 Days, The Michael Todd Co., Inc.; United Artists. James Poe, John Farrow and S. J. Perelman.
Baby Doll, Newtown Production; Warner Bros. Tennessee Williams.
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.]
Giant, Giant Production; Warner Bros. Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat.
Lust for Life, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Norman Corwin.

(Screenplay—Original)

The Bold and the Brave, Filmakers Releasing Organization; RKO Radio. Robert Lewin.
Julie, Arwin Productions; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Andrew L. Stone.
La Strada, Ponti-De Laurentiis Production; Trans-Lux Distributing Corporation. (Italy) Federico Fellini and Tullio Pinelli.
The Ladykillers, Ealing Studios, Ltd.; Continental Distributing, Inc. (UK) William Rose.
Winner markerThe Red Balloon, Films Montsouris; Lopert Films. (France) Albert Lamorisse.

1957  (30th)

(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)

Winner markerThe Bridge on the River Kwai, A Horizon Pictures Production; Columbia. (UK, USA) 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.]
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison, 20th Century-Fox. John Lee Mahin and John Huston.
Peyton Place, Jerry Wald Productions, Inc.; 20th Century-Fox. John Michael Hayes.
Sayonara, William Goetz Production; Warner Bros. Paul Osborn.
12 Angry Men, Orion-Nova Production; United Artists. Reginald Rose.

(Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen)

Winner markerDesigning Woman, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. George Wells.
Funny Face, Paramount. Leonard Gershe.
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. (Italy, France) 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)

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Avon Productions, Inc.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Richard Brooks and James Poe.
Winner markerGigi, Arthur Freed Productions, Inc.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Alan Jay Lerner.
The Horse’s Mouth, Knightsbridge Films; United Artists. (UK) Alec Guinness.
I Want to Live!, Figaro, Inc.; United Artists. Nelson Gidding and Don Mankiewicz.
Separate Tables, Clifton Productions, Inc.; United Artists. Terence Rattigan and John Gay.

(Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen)

Winner markerThe 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 Goddess, Carnegie Productions, Inc.; Columbia. Paddy Chayefsky.
Houseboat, Paramount and Scribe; Paramount. Melville Shavelson and Jack Rose.
The Sheepman, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Story by James Edward Grant; screenplay by William Bowers and James Edward Grant.
Teacher’s Pet, Perlberg-Seaton Production; Paramount. Fay Kanin and Michael Kanin.

1959  (32nd)

(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)

Anatomy of a Murder, Otto Preminger Productions; Columbia. Wendell Mayes.
Ben-Hur, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Karl Tunberg.
The Nun’s Story, Warner Bros. Robert Anderson.
Winner markerRoom at the Top, Romulus Films, Ltd. Production; Continental Distributing, Inc. (UK) Neil Paterson.
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. (France) Francois Truffaut and Marcel Moussy.
North by Northwest, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Ernest Lehman.
Operation Petticoat, Granart Company; Universal-International. Story by Paul King and Joseph Stone; screenplay by Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin.
Winner markerPillow Talk, Arwin Productions; Universal-International. Story by Russell Rouse and Clarence Greene; screenplay by Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin.
Wild Stawberries, A.B. Svensk Filmindustri Production; Janus Films. (Sweden) Ingmar Bergman.

1960  (33rd)

(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)

Winner markerElmer Gantry, Burt Lancaster-Richard Brooks Production; United Artists. Richard Brooks.
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).]
Sons and Lovers, Company of Artists, Inc.; 20th Century-Fox. (UK) Gavin Lambert and T. E. B. Clarke.
The Sundowners, Warner Bros. (UK) Isobel Lennart.
Tunes of Glory, H.M. Films Limited Production; Lopert Pictures Corporation. (UK) James Kennaway.

(Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen)

The Angry Silence, Beaver Films Limited Production; Joseph Harris-Sig Shore. (UK) Story by Richard Gregson and Michael Craig; screenplay by Bryan Forbes.
Winner markerThe Apartment, The Mirisch Company, Inc.; United Artists. Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond.
The Facts of Life, Panama and Frank Production; United Artists. Norman Panama and Melvin Frank.
Hiroshima, Mon Amour, Argos Films-Como Films-Daiei Pictures, Ltd.-Pathe Overseas Production; Zenith International Film Corporation. (France, Japan) Marguerite Duras.
Never on Sunday, Melinafilm Production; Lopert Pictures Corporation. (Greece) Jules Dassin.

1961  (34th)

(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)

Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Jurow-Shepherd Production; Paramount. George Axelrod.
The Guns of Navarone, Carl Foreman Production; Columbia. (UK) Carl Foreman.
The Hustler, Robert Rossen Productions; 20th Century-Fox. Sidney Carroll and Robert Rossen.
Winner markerJudgment at Nuremberg, Stanley Kramer Productions; United Artists. Abby Mann.
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. (Soviet Union) Valentin Yoshov and Grigori Chukhrai.
General Della Rovere, Zebra & S.N.E. Gaumont Production; Continental Distributing, Inc. (Italy, France) Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabbri and Indro Montanelli.
La Dolce Vita, Riama Film Production; Astor Pictures, Inc. (Italy, France) 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.
Winner markerSplendor in the Grass, NBI Production; Warner Bros. William Inge.

1962  (35th)

(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)

David and Lisa, Heller-Perry Productions; Continental Distributing, Inc. Eleanor Perry.
Lawrence of Arabia, Horizon Pictures (G.B.), Ltd.-Sam Spiegel-David Lean Production; Columbia. (UK) 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.]
Lolita, Seven Arts Productions; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (UK, USA) Vladimir Nabokov.
The Miracle Worker, Playfilms Production; United Artists. William Gibson.
Winner markerTo Kill a Mockingbird, Universal-International-Pakula-Mulligan-Brentwood Production; Universal-International. Horton Foote.

(Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen)

Winner markerDivorce—Italian Style, Lux-Vides-Galatea Film Production; Embassy Pictures Corporation. (Italy) 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.
Last Year at Marienbad, Preceitel-Terra Film Production; Astor Pictures, Inc. (France, Italy) Alain Robbe-Grillet.
That Touch of Mink, Universal-International-Granley-Arwin-Nob Hill Production; Universal-International. Stanley Shapiro and Nate Monaster.
Through a Glass Darkly, A.B. Svensk Filmindustri Production; Janus Films. (Sweden) Ingmar Bergman.

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.
Hud, Salem-Dover Production; Paramount. Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank, Jr.
Lilies of the Field, Rainbow Productions; United Artists. James Poe.
Sundays and Cybele, Terra Film-Fides-Orsay Films-Les Films du Trocadero; Columbia. (France, Austria) Serge Bourguignon and Antoine Tudal.
Winner markerTom Jones, Woodfall Production; United Artists-Lopert Pictures. (UK) John Osborne.

(Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen)

America America, Athena Enterprises Production; Warner Bros. Elia Kazan.
Federico Fellini’s 8-1/2, Cineriz Production; Embassy Pictures Corporation. (Italy, France) 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.
Winner markerHow the West Was Won, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer & Cinerama; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. James R. Webb.
Love with the Proper Stranger, Boardwalk-Rona Production; Paramount. Arnold Schulman.

1964  (37th)

(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)

Winner markerBecket, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount. (UK, USA) Edward Anhalt.
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Hawk Films, Ltd. Production; Columbia. (UK) Stanley Kubrick, Peter George and Terry Southern.
Mary Poppins, Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista. Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi.
My Fair Lady, Warner Bros. Alan Jay Lerner.
Zorba the Greek, Rochley, Ltd. Production; International Classics. (Greece, USA) Michael Cacoyannis.

(Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen)

Winner markerFather Goose, Universal-Granox Production; Universal. Story by S. H. Barnett; screenplay by Peter Stone and Frank Tarloff.
A Hard Day’s Night, Walter Shenson Production; United Artists. (UK) Alun Owen.
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. (Italy, France, Yugoslavia) Age, Scarpelli and Mario Monicelli.
That Man from Rio, Ariane-Les Artistes Production; Lopert Pictures Corporation. (France, Italy) Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Ariane Mnouchkine, Daniel Boulanger and Philippe De Broca.

1965  (38th)

(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)

Cat Ballou, Harold Hecht Productions; Columbia. Walter Newman and Frank R. Pierson.
The Collector, The Collector Company; Columbia. (UK, USA) Stanley Mann and John Kohn.
Winner markerDoctor Zhivago, Sostar S.A.-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, Ltd. Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (USA, Italy, UK, Liechtenstein) Robert Bolt.
Ship of Fools, Columbia. Abby Mann.
A Thousand Clowns, Harrell Production; United Artists. Herb Gardner.

(Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen)

Casanova ’70, C. C. Champion-Les Films Concordia Production; Embassy Pictures Corporation. (Italy, France) Age, Scarpelli, Mario Monicelli, Tonino Guerra, Giorgio Salvioni and Suso Cecchi D’Amico.
Winner markerDarling, Anglo-Amalgamated, Ltd. Production; Embassy Pictures Corporation. (UK) Frederic Raphael.
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, 20th Century-Fox, Ltd. Production; 20th Century-Fox. (UK) Jack Davies and Ken Annakin.
The Train, Les Productions Artistes Associes; United Artists. (France, Italy, USA) Franklin Coen and Frank Davis.
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Parc-Madeleine-Beta Films; American International Pictures. (France, West Germany) Jacques Demy.

1966  (39th)

(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)

Alfie, Sheldrake Films, Ltd. Production; Paramount. (UK) Bill Naughton.
Winner markerA Man for All Seasons, Highland Films, Ltd. Production; Columbia. (UK) Robert Bolt.
The Professionals, Pax Enterprises Production; Columbia. Richard Brooks.
The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming, Mirisch Corporation of Delaware Production; United Artists. William Rose.
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Chenault Productions; Warner Bros. Ernest Lehman.

(Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen)

Blow-Up, Carlo Ponti Production; Premier Productions. (UK, Italy) 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.
Khartoum, Julian Blaustein Production; United Artists. (UK) Robert Ardrey.
Winner markerA Man and a Woman, Les Films 13 Production; Allied Artists. (France) Story by Claude Lelouch; screenplay by Claude Lelouch and Pierre Uytterhoeven.
The Naked Prey, Theodora Productions; Paramount. (South Africa, USA) Clint Johnston and Don Peters.

1967  (40th)

(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)

Cool Hand Luke, Jalem Production; Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. Donn Pearce and Frank R. Pierson.
The Graduate, Mike Nichols-Lawrence Turman Production; Embassy Pictures Corporation. Calder Willingham and Buck Henry.
In Cold Blood, Pax Enterprises Production; Columbia. Richard Brooks.
Winner markerIn the Heat of the Night, Mirisch Corporation Production; United Artists. Stirling Silliphant.
Ulysses, Walter Reade, Jr.-Joseph Strick Production; Walter Reade-Continental Distributing. (UK, USA) 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.
Winner markerGuess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Columbia. William Rose.
La Guerre Est Finie, Sofracima and Europa-Film Production; Brandon Films, Inc. (France, Sweden) Jorge Semprun.
Two for the Road, Stanley Donen Films Production; 20th Century-Fox. (UK) Frederic Raphael.

1968  (41st)

(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)

Winner markerThe Lion in Winter, Haworth Productions, Ltd.; Avco Embassy. (UK, USA) James Goldman.
The Odd Couple, Howard W. Koch Production; Paramount. Neil Simon.
Oliver!, Romulus Films, Ltd. Production; Columbia. (UK) Vernon Harris.
Rachel, Rachel, Kayos Production; Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. Stewart Stern.
Rosemary’s Baby, William Castle Enterprises Production; Paramount. Roman Polanski.

(Story and Screenplay—written directly for the screen)

The Battle of Algiers, Igor Film-Casbah Film Production; Allied Artists. (Italy, Algeria) Franco Solinas and Gillo Pontecorvo.
Faces, John Cassavetes Production; Walter Reade-Continental Distributing. John Cassavetes.
Hot Millions, Mildred Freed Alberg Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (UK, USA) Ira Wallach and Peter Ustinov.
Winner markerThe Producers, Sidney Glazier Production; Avco Embassy. Mel Brooks.
2001: A Space Odyssey, Polaris Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (UK, USA) 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. (UK) Screenplay by John Hale and Bridget Boland; adaptation by Richard Sokolove.
Goodbye, Columbus, Willow Tree Productions; Paramount. Arnold Schulman.
Winner markerMidnight Cowboy, Jerome Hellman-John Schlesinger Production; United Artists. Waldo Salt.
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. (France, Algeria) Jorge Semprun and Costa-Gavras.

(Story and Screenplay—based on material not previously published or produced)

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Frankovich Productions; Columbia. Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker.
Winner markerButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, George Roy Hill-Paul Monash Production; 20th Century-Fox. William Goldman.
The Damned, Pegaso-Praesidens Film Production; Warner Bros. (Italy, West Germany) Story by Nicola Badalucco; screenplay by Nicola Badalucco, Enrico Medioli and Luchino Visconti.
Easy Rider, Pando-Raybert Productions; Columbia. Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Terry Southern.
The Wild Bunch, Phil Feldman Production; warner Bros.-Seven Arts. (USA, Mexico) Story by Walon Green and Roy N. Sickner; screenplay by Walon Green and Sam Peckinpah.

1970  (43rd)

(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)

Airport, Ross Hunter-Universal Production; Universal. George Seaton.
I Never Sang for My Father, Jamel Productions; Columbia. Robert Anderson.
Lovers and Other Strangers, ABC Pictures Production; Cinerama. Renee Taylor, Joseph Bologna and David Zelag Goodman.
Winner markerM*A*S*H, Aspen Productions; 20th Century-Fox. Ring Lardner, Jr.
Women in Love, Larry Kramer-Martin Rosen Production; United Artists. (UK) Larry Kramer.

(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.
Joe, Cannon Group Production; Cannon Releasing. Norman Wexler.
Love Story, The Love Story Company Production; Paramount. Erich Segal.
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.
Winner markerPatton, 20th Century-Fox. Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North.

1971  (44th)

(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)

A Clockwork Orange, Hawk Films, Ltd. Production; Warner Bros. (UK, USA) Stanley Kubrick.
The Conformist, Mars Film Produzione, S.p.A.-Marianne Productions; Paramount. (Italy, France, West Germany) Bernardo Bertolucci.
Winner markerThe 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, West Germany) Ugo Pirro and Vittorio Bonicelli.
The Last Picture Show, BBS Productions; Columbia. Larry McMurtry and Peter Bogdanovich.

(Story and Screenplay—based on factual material or material not previously published or produced)

Winner markerThe 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.
Klute, Gus Production; Warner Bros. Andy Lewis and Dave Lewis.
Summer of ’42, Robert Mulligan-Richard Alan Roth Production; Warner Bros. Herman Raucher.
Sunday Bloody Sunday, Joseph Janni Production; United Artists. (UK) Penelope Gilliatt.

1972  (45th)

(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)

Cabaret, ABC Pictures Production; Allied Artists. Jay Allen.
The Emigrants, A.B. Svensk Filmindustri Production; Warner Bros. (Sweden) Jan Troell and Bengt Forslund.
Winner markerThe Godfather, Albert S. Ruddy Production; Paramount. Mario Puzzo and Francis Ford Coppola.
Pete ’n’ Tillie, Universal-Martin Ritt-Julius J. Epstein Production; Universal. Julius J. Epstein.
Sounder, Radnitz/Mattel Productions; 20th Century-Fox. Lonne Elder III.

(Story and Screenplay—based on factual material or material not previously published or produced)

Winner markerThe Candidate, Redford-Ritchie Production; Warner Bros. Jeremy Larner.
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. (France, Italy, West Germany) Louis Malle.
Young Winston, Open Road Films, Ltd. Production; Columbia. (UK) Carl Foreman.

1973  (46th)

(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)

Winner markerThe Exorcist, Hoya Productions; Warner Bros. William Peter Blatty.
The Last Detail, Acrobat Films Production; Columbia. Robert Towne.
The Paper Chase, Thompson-Paul Productions; 20th Century-Fox. James Bridges.
Paper Moon, A Directors Company Production; Paramount. Alvin Sargent.
Serpico, Produzioni De Laurentiis International Manufacturing Company S.p.A. Production; Paramount. (USA, Italy) 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. (Sweden) Ingmar Bergman.
Save the Tiger, Filmways-Jalem-Cirandinha Productions; Paramount. Steve Shagan.
Winner markerThe Sting, Universal-Bill/Phillips-George Roy Hill Film Production; Zanuck/Brown Presentation; Universal. David S. Ward.
A Touch of Class, Brut Productions; Avco Embassy. (UK) Melvin Frank and Jack Rose.

1974  (47th)

(Original Screenplay)

Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Warner Bros. Robert Getchell.
Winner markerChinatown, Robert Evans Production; Paramount. Robert Towne.
The Conversation, A Directors Company Production; Paramount. Francis Ford Coppola.
Day for Night, Les Films Du Carrosse-P.E.C.F. (Paris)-P.I.C. (Rome) Production; Warner Bros. (France, Italy) Francois Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard and Suzanne Schiffman.
Harry and Tonto, 20th Century-Fox. Paul Mazursky and Josh Greenfeld.

(Screenplay Adapted from Other Material)

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, International Cinemedia Centre, Ltd. Production; Paramount. (Canada) Screenplay by Mordecai Richler; adaptation by Lionel Chetwynd.
Winner markerThe Godfather Part II, Coppola Company Production; Paramount. Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzzo.
Lenny, Marvin Worth Production; United Artists. Julian Barry.
Murder on the Orient Express, G.W. Films, Ltd. Production; Paramount. (UK, USA) Paul Dehn.
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, France) Federico Fellini and Tonino Guerra.
And Now My Love, Rizzoli Film-Les Films 13 Production; Avco Embassy. (France, Italy) Claude Lelouch and Pierre Uytterhoeven.
Winner markerDog Day Afternoon, Warner Bros. Frank Pierson.
Lies My Father Told Me, Pentimento Productions, Ltd.-Pentacle VIII Productions, Ltd.; Columbia. (Canada) Ted Allan.
Shampoo, Rubeeker Productions; Columbia. Robert Towne and Warren Beatty.

(Screenplay Adapted from Other Material)

Barry Lyndon, Hawk Films, Ltd. Production; Warner Bros. (UK, USA) Stanley Kubrick.
The Man Who Would Be King, Allied Artists-Columbia Pictures Production; Allied Artists. (UK, USA) John Huston and Gladys Hill.
Winner markerOne Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Fantasy Films Production; United Artists. Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman.
Scent of a Woman, Dean Film Production; 20th Century-Fox. (Italy) Ruggero Maccari and Dino Risi.
The Sunshine Boys, Ray Stark Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Neil Simon.

1976  (49th)

(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)

Winner markerAll the President’s Men, Wildwood Enterprises Inc. Production; Warner Bros. William Goldman.
Bound for Glory, The Bound for Glory Company Production; United Artists. Robert Getchell.
Fellini’s Casanova, P.E.A. Produzioni Europee Associate S.p.A. Production; Universal. (Italy) Federico Fellini and Bernadino Zapponi.
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, Herbert Ross Film/Winitsky-Sellers Production; Universal. (UK, USA) Nicholas Meyer.
Voyage of the Damned, ITC Entertainment Production; Avco Embassy. (UK, USA) Steve Shagan and David Butler.

(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.
The Front, Columbia. Walter Bernstein.
Winner markerNetwork, Howard Gottfried-Paddy Chayefsky Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists. Paddy Chayefsky.
Rocky, Robert Chartoff-Irwin Winkler Production; United Artists. Sylvester Stallone.
Seven Beauties, Medusa Distribuzione Production; Cinema 5, Ltd. (Italy) Lina Wertmüller.

1977  (50th)

(Screenplay—based on material from another medium)

Equus, Winkast Company, Ltd./P.B., Ltd. Production; United Artists. (UK, USA) Peter Shaffer.
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, Scherick/Blatt Production; New World Pictures. Gavin Lambert and Lewis John Carlino.
Winner markerJulia, 20th Century-Fox Production; 20th Century-Fox. Alvin Sargent.
Oh, God!, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. Larry Gelbart.
That Obscure Object of Desire, Greenwich-Les Films Galaxie-Incine Compania Industrial, S.A. Production; First Artists. (France, 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)

Winner markerAnnie Hall, Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production; United Artists. Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman.
The Goodbye Girl, Ray Stark Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Warner Bros. Neil Simon.
The Late Show, Lion’s Gate Film Production; Warner Bros. Robert Benton.
Star Wars, Lucasfilm, Ltd. Production; 20th Century-Fox. George Lucas.
The Turning Point, Hera Productions; 20th Century-Fox. Arthur Laurents.

1978  (51st)

(Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)

Bloodbrothers, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. Walter Newman.
California Suite, Ray Stark Production; Columbia. Neil Simon.
Heaven Can Wait, Dogwood Productions; Paramount. Elaine May and Warren Beatty.
Winner markerMidnight Express, Casablanca Filmworks Production; Columbia. (UK, USA) Oliver Stone.
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. (Sweden, France, West Germany, UK) Ingmar Bergman.
Winner markerComing 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.
Interiors, Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production; United Artists. Woody Allen.
An Unmarried Woman, 20th Century-Fox Production; 20th Century-Fox. Paul Mazursky.

1979  (52nd)

(Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)

Apocalypse Now, Omni Zoetrope Production; United Artists. John Milius and Francis Coppola.
Winner markerKramer vs. Kramer, Stanley Jaffe Productions; Columbia. Robert Benton.
La Cage Aux Folles, Les Productions Artistes Associes/Da Ma Produzione SPA Production; United Artists. (France, Italy) Francis Veber, Edouard Molinaro, Marcello Danon and Jean Poiret.
A Little Romance, Pan Arts Associates Production; Orion Pictures Company. (France, USA) Allan Burns.
Norma Rae, 20th Century-Fox Production; 20th Century-Fox. Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank, Jr.

(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.
Winner markerBreaking Away, 20th Century-Fox Production; 20th Century-Fox. Steve Tesich.
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. (Australia) Jonathan Hardy, David Stevens and Bruce Beresford.
Coal Miner’s Daughter, Bernard Schwartz-Universal Pictures Production; Universal. Tom Rickman.
The Elephant Man, Brooksfilms Limited Production; Paramount. (USA, UK) Christopher DeVore, Eric Bergren and David Lynch.
Winner markerOrdinary People, Wildwood Enterprises Inc. Production; Paramount. Alvin Sargent.
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.
Fame, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Christopher Gore.
Winner markerMelvin and Howard, Linson/Phillips/Demme-Universal Pictures Production; Universal. Bo Goldman.
Mon oncle d’Amerique, Philippe Dussart-Andrea Films T.F. 1 Production; New World Pictures. (France) 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)

The French Lieutenant’s Woman, Parlon Production; United Artists. (UK) Harold Pinter.
Winner markerOn Golden Pond, ITC Films/IPC Films Production; Universal. (UK, USA) Ernest Thompson.
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.
Ragtime, Ragtime Production; Paramount. Michael Weller.

(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

Absence of Malice, Mirage Enterprises Production; Columbia. Kurt Luedtke.
Arthur, Rollins, Joffe, Morra and Brezner Production; Orion. Steve Gordon.
Atlantic City, International Cinema Corporation Production; Paramount. (France, Canada, USA) John Guare.
Winner markerChariots of Fire, Enigma Productions Limited; The Ladd Company/Warner Bros. (UK) Colin Welland.
Reds, J.R.S. Production; Paramount. Warren Beatty and Trevor Griffiths.

1982  (55th)

(Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)

Das Boot, Bavaria Atelier GmbH Production; Columbia/PSO. (West Germany) Wolfgang Petersen.
Winner markerMissing, Universal Pictures/Polygram Pictures Presentation of an Edward Lewis Production; Universal. (USA, Mexico) Costa-Gavras and Donald Stewart.
Sophie’s Choice, ITC Entertainment Presentation of a Pakula-Barish Production; Universal/A.F.D. (UK, USA) Alan J. Pakula.
The Verdict, Fox-Zanuck/Brown Production; 20th Century-Fox. David Mamet.
Victor/Victoria, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Production; MGM/UA. (UK, USA) Blake Edwards.

(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

Diner, Jerry Weintraub Production; MGM/UA. Barry Levinson.
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Universal Pictures Production; Universal. Melissa Mathison.
Winner markerGandhi, Indo-British Film Production; Columbia. (UK, India) John Briley.
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)

Betrayal, Horizon Film Production; 20th Century-Fox International Classics. (UK) Harold Pinter.
The Dresser, Goldcrest Films/Television Limited/World Film Services Production; Columbia. (UK) Ronald Harwood.
Educating Rita, Acorn Pictures Limited Production; Columbia. (UK) Willy Russell.
Reuben, Reuben, Saltair/Walter Shenson Production presented by The Taft Entertainment Company; 20th Century-Fox International Classics. Julius J. Epstein.
Winner markerTerms of Endearment, James L. Brooks Production; Paramount. James L. Brooks.

(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

The Big Chill, Carson Productions Group Production; Columbia. Lawrence Kasdan and Barbara Benedek.
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, France, West Germany) Ingmar Bergman.
Silkwood, ABC Motion Pictures Production; 20th Century-Fox. Nora Ephron and Alice Arlen.
Winner markerTender Mercies, EMI Presentation of an Antron Media Production; Universal/A.F.D. Horton Foote.
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)

Winner markerAmadeus, Saul Zaentz Company Production; Orion. (USA, France, Czechoslovakia) Peter Shaffer.
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. (UK, USA) P. H. Vazak and Michael Austin.
The Killing Fields, Enigma Productions Limited; Warner Bros. (UK) Bruce Robinson.
A Passage to India, G.W. Films, Ltd. Production; Columbia. (UK, USA) David Lean.
A Soldier’s Story, Caldix Films Production; Columbia. Charles Fuller.

(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.
Broadway Danny Rose, Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production; Orion. Woody Allen.
El Norte, Independent Production; Cinecom International/Island Alive. (UK, USA) Gregory Nava and Anna Thomas.
Winner markerPlaces in the Heart, Tri-Star Pictures Production; Tri-Star. Robert Benton.
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)

The Color Purple, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. Menno Meyjes.
Kiss of the Spider Woman, H.B. Filmes Production in association with Sugarloaf Films; Island Alive. (Brazil, USA) Leonard Schrader.
Winner markerOut of Africa, Universal Pictures Limited Production; Universal. (USA, UK) Kurt Luedtke.
Prizzi’s Honor, ABC Motion Pictures Production; 20th Century Fox. Richard Condon and Janet Roach.
The Trip to Bountiful, Bountiful Production; Island Pictures. Horton Foote.

(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. (UK, USA) 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.
The Purple Rose of Cairo, Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production; Orion. Woody Allen.
Winner markerWitness, 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)

Children of a Lesser God, Burt Sugarman Production; Paramount. Hesper Anderson and Mark Medoff.
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.
Winner markerA Room with a View, Merchant Ivory Production for Goldcrest and Cinecom; Cinecom Pictures. (UK) Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.
Stand by Me, Act III Production; Columbia. Raynold Gideon and Bruce A. Evans.

(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

“Crocodile” Dundee, Rimfire Films Limited Production; Paramount. (Australia) Screenplay by Paul Hogan, Ken Shadie, and John Cornell; story by Paul Hogan.
Winner markerHannah and Her Sisters, Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production; Orion. Woody Allen.
My Beautiful Laundrette, Working Title Ltd./SAF Production for Film Four International; Orion Classics. (UK) Hanif Kureishi.
Platoon, Hemdale Film Production; Orion. (USA, UK) Oliver Stone.
Salvador, Hemdale Film Production; Hemdale Releasing. (UK, USA, Mexico) Oliver Stone and Richard Boyle.

1987  (60th)

(Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)

The Dead, Liffey Films Production; Vestron. (UK, Ireland, USA, West Germany) Tony Huston.
Fatal Attraction, Jaffe/Lansing Production; Paramount. James Dearden.
Full Metal Jacket, Natant Production; Warner Bros. (UK, USA) Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr and Gustav Hasford.
Winner markerThe Last Emperor, Hemdale Film Production; Columbia. (UK, Italy, China, France) Mark Peploe and Bernardo Bertolucci.
My Life as a Dog, Svensk Filmindustri/Filmteknik Production; Skouras Pictures. (Sweden) 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, West Germany, Italy) Louis Malle.
Broadcast News, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox. James L. Brooks.
Hope and Glory, Davros Production Services Limited Production; Columbia. (UK, USA) John Boorman.
Winner markerMoonstruck, Patrick Palmer & Norman Jewison Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. John Patrick Shanley.
Radio Days, Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production; Orion. Woody Allen.

1988  (61st)

(Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)

The Accidental Tourist, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. Frank Galati and Lawrence Kasdan.
Winner markerDangerous Liaisons, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. (USA, UK) Christopher Hampton.
Gorillas in the Mist, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros./Universal. Screenplay by Anna Hamilton Phelan; story by Anna Hamilton Phelan and Tab Murphy.
Little Dorrit, Sands Films Production; Cannon Releasing. (UK) Christine Edzard.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Saul Zaentz Company Production; Orion. Jean-Claude Carrière and Philip Kaufman.

(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

Big, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox. Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg.
Bull Durham, Mount Company Production; Orion. Ron Shelton.
A Fish Called Wanda, Michael Shamberg-Prominent Features Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (UK, USA) Screenplay by John Cleese; story by John Cleese and Charles Crichton.
Winner markerRain Man, Guber-Peters Company Production; United Artists. Screenplay by Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow; story by Barry Morrow.
Running on Empty, Lorimar Production; Warner Bros. Naomi Foner.

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.
Winner markerDriving Miss Daisy, Zanuck Company Production; Warner Bros. Alfred Uhry.
Enemies, a Love Story, Morgan Creek Production; 20th Century Fox. Roger L. Simon and Paul Mazursky.
Field of Dreams, Gordon Company Production; Universal. Phil Alden Robinson.
My Left Foot, Ferndale/Granada Production; Miramax Films. (Ireland, UK) Jim Sheridan and Shane Connaughton.

(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

Crimes and Misdemeanors, Jack Rollins and Charles H. Joffe Production; Orion. Woody Allen.
Winner markerDead Poets Society, Touchstone Pictures Production in association with Silver Screen Partners IV; Buena Vista. Tom Schulman.
Do the Right Thing, Forty Acres and a Mule Filmworks Production; Universal. Spike Lee.
Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Outlaw Production; Miramax Films. Steven Soderbergh.
When Harry Met Sally . . ., Castle Rock Production; Columbia. Nora Ephron.

1990  (63rd)

(Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)

Awakenings, Columbia Pictures Production; Columbia. Steven Zaillian.
Winner markerDances with Wolves, Tig Production; Orion. (USA, UK) Michael Blake.
Good Fellas, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. Nicholas Pileggi and Martin Scorsese.
The Grifters, Martin Scorsese Production; Miramax Films. (USA, Canada) Donald E. Westlake.
Reversal of Fortune, Reversal Films Production; Warner Bros. (USA, Japan, UK) Nicholas Kazan.

(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

Alice, Green Card Company Production; Buena Vista. (Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, UK, West Germany) Woody Allen.
Avalon, Tri-Star Pictures Production; Tri-Star. Barry Levinson.
Winner markerGhost, Howard W. Koch Production; Paramount. Bruce Joel Rubin.
Green Card, Green Card Company Production; Buena Vista. (France, Australia, USA) Peter Weir.
Metropolitan, Westerly Film-Video Production; New Line. (USA, Spain) Whit Stillman.

1991  (64th)

(Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)

Europa Europa, CCC-Filmkunst and Les Films du Losange Production; Orion Classics. (Germany, France, Poland) Agnieszka Holland.
Fried Green Tomatoes, Act III Communications in association with Electric Shadow Production; Universal. Fannie Flagg and Carol Sobieski.
JFK, Camelot Production; Warner Bros. (France, USA) Oliver Stone and Zachary Sklar.
The Prince of Tides, Barwood/Longfellow Production; Columbia. Pat Conroy and Becky Johnston.
Winner markerThe Silence of the Lambs, Strong Heart/Demme Production; Orion. Ted Tally.

(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

Boyz n the Hood, Columbia Pictures Production; Columbia. John Singleton.
Bugsy, TriStar Pictures Production; TriStar. James Toback.
The Fisher King, TriStar Pictures Production; TriStar. Richard LaGravenese.
Grand Canyon, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox. Lawrence Kasdan and Meg Kasdan.
Winner markerThelma & Louise, Pathe Entertainment Production; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (USA, UK, France) Callie Khouri.

1992  (65th)

(Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)

Enchanted April, BBC Films Production in association with Greenpoint Films; Miramax Films. (UK) Peter Barnes.
Winner markerHowards End, Merchant Ivory Productions; Sony Pictures Classics. (UK, Japan, USA) Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.
The Player, Avenue Pictures Production; Fine Line Features. Michael Tolkin.
A River Runs Through It, Columbia Pictures Production; Columbia. Richard Friedenberg.
Scent of a Woman, Universal Release/City Light Films Production; Universal. Bo Goldman.

(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

Winner markerThe Crying Game, Palace Pictures Production; Miramax Films. (UK, Japan, USA) Neil Jordan.
Husbands and Wives, TriStar Pictures Production; TriStar. Woody Allen.
Lorenzo’s Oil, Kennedy Miller Film Production; Universal. George Miller and Nick Enright.
Passion Fish, Atchafalaya Films Production; Miramax Films. John Sayles.
Unforgiven, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. David Webb Peoples.

1993  (66th)

(Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)

The Age of Innocence, Cappa/De Fina Production; Columbia. Jay Cocks and Martin Scorsese.
In the Name of the Father, Hell’s Kitchen/Gabriel Byrne Production; Universal. (Ireland, UK) Terry George and Jim Sheridan.
The Remains of the Day, Mike Nichols/John Calley/Merchant Ivory Production; Columbia. (USA, UK) Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.
Winner markerSchindler’s List, Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment Production; Universal. Steven Zaillian.
Shadowlands, Shadowlands Production; Savoy Pictures. (UK) William Nicholson.

(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

Dave, Warner Bros. Production; Warner Bros. Gary Ross.
In the Line of Fire, Castle Rock Entertainment and Columbia Pictures Production; Columbia. Jeff Maguire.
Philadelphia, TriStar Pictures Production; TriStar. Ron Nyswaner.
Winner markerThe Piano, Jan Chapman & CIBY 2000 Production; Miramax Films. (New Zealand, Australia, France) Jane Campion.
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)

Winner markerForrest Gump, Steve Tisch/Wendy Finerman Production; Paramount. Eric Roth.
The Madness of King George, Close Call Films Production; Samuel Goldwyn Company in association with Channel Four. (UK) 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.
The Shawshank Redemption, Castle Rock Entertainment Production; Columbia. Frank Darabont.

(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

Bullets over Broadway, Jean Doumanian Production; Miramax Films. Woody Allen and Douglas McGrath.
Four Weddings and a Funeral, Working Title Production; Gramercy Pictures. (UK) Richard Curtis.
Heavenly Creatures, Wingnut Films Production; Miramax Films. (New Zealand, Germany) Frances Walsh and Peter Jackson.
Winner markerPulp Fiction, A Band Apart/Jersey Films Production; Miramax Films. Screenplay by Quentin Tarantino; stories by Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary.
Red, CAB/MK2/TOR Production; Miramax Films. (Switzerland, France, Poland) Krzysztof Piesiewicz and Krzysztof Kieslowski.

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.
Babe, Kennedy Miller Pictures Production; Universal. (Australia, USA) George Miller and Chris Noonan.
Leaving Las Vegas, Initial Productions; MGM/UA. (France, UK, USA) Mike Figgis.
The Postman (Il Postino), Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica Production/Pentafilm/Esterno Mediterraneo/Blue Dahlia Production; Miramax Films. (Italy, France, Belgium) Anna Pavignano, Michael Radford, Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli and Massimo Troisi.
Winner markerSense and Sensibility, Mirage Production; Columbia. (USA, UK) Emma Thompson.

(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

Braveheart, Icon Productions/Ladd Company Production; Paramount. Randall Wallace.
Mighty Aphrodite, Sweetheart Production; Miramax Films. Woody Allen.
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.
Winner markerThe Usual Suspects, Blue Parrot Production; Gramercy Pictures. (USA, Germany) Christopher McQuarrie.

1996  (69th)

(Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)

The Crucible, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox. Arthur Miller.
The English Patient, Tiger Moth Production; Miramax Films. (USA, UK) Anthony Minghella.
Hamlet, Castle Rock Entertainment Production; Columbia. (UK, USA) Kenneth Branagh.
Winner markerSling Blade, Shooting Gallery Production; Miramax Films. Billy Bob Thornton.
Trainspotting, Channel Four Films Production; Miramax Films. (UK) John Hodge.

(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

Winner markerFargo, Working Title Production; Gramercy Pictures. (USA, UK) Ethan Coen and Joel Coen.
Jerry Maguire, TriStar Pictures Production; TriStar. Cameron Crowe.
Lone Star, Castle Rock Entertainment Production; Sony Pictures Classics. John Sayles.
Secrets & Lies, CIBY 2000 and Thin Man Films Production; October Films. (UK, France) Mike Leigh.
Shine, Momentum Films Production; Fine Line Features. (Australia) Screenplay by Jan Sardi; story by Scott Hicks.

1997  (70th)

(Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)

Donnie Brasco, Mandalay Entertainment Production; TriStar. Paul Attanasio.
Winner markerL. A. Confidential, Arnon Milchan/David L. Wolper Production; Warner Bros. Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson.
The Sweet Hereafter, Ego Film Arts Production; Fine Line Features. (Canada) Atom Egoyan.
Wag the Dog, New Line Cinema Production; New Line. Hilary Henkin and David Mamet.
The Wings of the Dove, Renaissance Film Production; Miramax Films. (USA, UK) Hossein Amini.

(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.
Boogie Nights, New Line Cinema Production; New Line. Paul Thomas Anderson.
Deconstructing Harry, Jean Doumanian Production; Fine Line Features. Woody Allen.
The Full Monty, Redwave Films Production; Fox Searchlight. (UK, USA) Simon Beaufoy.
Winner markerGood Will Hunting, Be Gentlemen Production; Miramax Films. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon.

1998  (71st)

(Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)

Winner markerGods and Monsters, Regent Pictures; Lions Gate Films. (USA, UK) Bill Condon.
Out of Sight, Jersey Films Production; Universal. Scott Frank.
Primary Colors, Universal Pictures Production; Universal and Mutual Film Company. (UK, France, Germany, Japan, USA) Elaine May.
A Simple Plan, Mutual Film Company Production; Paramount and Mutual Film Company in association with Savoy Pictures. (UK, Germany, France, USA, Japan) 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.
Winner markerShakespeare in Love, Miramax Films, Universal Pictures, Bedford Falls Company Production; Miramax Films. (USA, UK) Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard.
The Truman Show, Scott Rudin Production; Paramount. Andrew Niccol.

1999  (72nd)

(Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)

Winner markerThe Cider House Rules, FilmColony Production; Miramax Films. John Irving.
Election, MTV Films in association with Bona Fide Production; Paramount. Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor.
The Green Mile, Castle Rock Production; Warner Bros. Frank Darabont.
The Insider, Touchstone Pictures Production; Buena Vista. Eric Roth and Michael Mann.
The Talented Mr. Ripley, Mirage Enterprises/Timnick Films Production; Paramount & Miramax. Anthony Minghella.

(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

Winner markerAmerican Beauty, Jinks/Cohen Company Production; DreamWorks. Alan Ball.
Being John Malkovich, Propaganda Films/Single Cell Pictures Production; USA Films. Charlie Kaufman.
Magnolia, JoAnne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production; New Line. Paul Thomas Anderson.
The Sixth Sense, Kennedy/Marshall/Barry Mendel Production; Buena Vista. M. Night Shyamalan.
Topsy-Turvy, Simon Channing-Williams Production; USA Films. (UK, USA) Mike Leigh.

2000  (73rd)

(Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)

Chocolat, David Brown Production; Miramax Films. (UK, USA) Robert Nelson Jacobs.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Zoom Hunt International Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Taiwan, Hong Kong, USA, China) Wang Hui Ling, James Schamus and Tsai Kuo Jung.
O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Working Title Production; Buena Vista. (UK, France, USA) Ethan Coen and Joel Coen.
Winner markerTraffic, Bedford Falls/Laura Bickford Production; USA Films. (USA, Mexico, Germany) Stephen Gaghan.
Wonder Boys, Scott Rudin/Curtis Hanson Production; Paramount and Mutual Film Company. (USA, Germany, UK, Japan) Steve Kloves.

(Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)

Winner markerAlmost Famous, Vinyl Films Production; DreamWorks and Columbia. Cameron Crowe.
Billy Elliot, Working Title Films Production; Universal Focus. (UK, France) Lee Hall.
Erin Brockovich, Jersey Films Production; Universal and Columbia. Susannah Grant.
Gladiator, Douglas Wick in association with Scott Free Production; DreamWorks and Universal. (USA, UK, Malta, Morocco) 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)

Winner markerA Beautiful Mind, Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment Production; Universal and DreamWorks. Written by Akiva Goldsman.
Ghost World, Mr. Mudd Production; United Artists through MGM. (USA, UK, Germany) 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. (New Zealand, USA) 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, Germany) Screenplay by Guillaume Laurant and Jean-Pierre Jeunet; dialogue by Guillaume Laurant.
Winner markerGosford Park, Sandcastle 5 in association with Chicagofilms and Medusa Film Production; USA Films. (USA, UK, Italy) Written by Julian Fellowes.
Memento, Team Todd Production; Newmarket Films. Screenplay by Christopher Nolan; story by Jonathan Nolan.
Monster’s Ball, Monster Production; Lions Gate Films. Written by Milo Addica & Will Rokos.
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. (UK, USA, France, Germany) 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.
Chicago, Producer Circle Co., Zadan/Meron Production; Miramax. (USA, Germany, Canada) Screenplay by Bill Condon.
The Hours, Scott Rudin/Robert Fox Production; Paramount & Miramax. (USA, UK, France, Canada, Germany) Screenplay by David Hare.
Winner markerThe Pianist, R. P. Productions, Heritage Films, Studio Babelsberg, Runtime LTD. Production; Focus Features. (UK, France, Poland, Germany) Screenplay by Ronald Harwood.

(Original Screenplay)

Far from Heaven, Vulcan, Section Eight, Killer Films Production; Focus Features. (USA, France) Written by Todd Haynes.
Gangs of New York, Alberto Grimaldi Production; Miramax. (USA, Italy) Screenplay by Jay Cocks and Steve Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan; story by Jay Cocks.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Playtone Production; IFC/Gold Circle Films. (Canada, USA) Written by Nia Vardalos.
Winner markerTalk to Her, El Deseo S.A. Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Spain) Written by Pedro Almodóvar.
Y Tu Mamá También, Producciones Anhelo Production; IFC Films. (Mexico) 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. (Brazil, France, Germany) Screenplay by Braulio Mantovani.
Winner markerThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Wingnut Films Production; New Line. (New Zealand, USA) Written by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson.
Mystic River, Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Warner Bros. (USA, Australia) Screenplay by Brian Helgeland.
Seabiscuit, Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment Production; Universal/DreamWorks/Spyglass. Written for the screen by Gary Ross.

(Original Screenplay)

The Barbarian Invasions, Cinémaginaire Inc. Production; Miramax. (Canada, France) Written by Denys Arcand.
Dirty Pretty Things, Celador Films Production; Miramax and BBC Films. (UK) Written by Steven Knight.
Finding Nemo, Pixar Animation Studios Production; Buena Vista. (USA, Australia) 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. (Ireland, UK, USA) Written by Jim Sheridan & Naomi Sheridan & Kirsten Sheridan.
Winner markerLost in Translation, American Zoetrope/Elemental Films Production; Focus Features. (USA, Japan) Written by Sofia Coppola.

2004  (77th)

(Adapted Screenplay)

Before Sunset, Castle Rock Entertainment/Detour Film Production; Warner Independent Pictures. (USA, France) Screenplay by Richard Linklater & Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke; story by Richard Linklater & Kim Krizan.
Finding Neverland, FilmColony Production; Miramax. (USA, UK) Screenplay by David Magee.
Million Dollar Baby, Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Warner Bros. Screenplay by Paul Haggis.
The Motorcycle Diaries, South Fork Pictures in association with Tu Vas Voir Production; Focus Features and Film Four. (Argentina, USA, Chile, Peru, Brazil, UK, Germany, France) Screenplay by José Rivera.
Winner markerSideways, Sideways Productions, Inc. Production; Fox Searchlight/20th Century Fox. (USA, Hungary) Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor.

(Original Screenplay)

The Aviator, Forward Pass/Appian Way/IMF Production; Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group and Warner Bros. (Germany, USA) Written by John Logan.
Winner markerEternal 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. (UK, South Africa, Italy) Written by Keir Pearson & Terry George.
The Incredibles, Pixar Animation Studios Production; Buena Vista. Written by Brad Bird.
Vera Drake, Simon Channing-Williams/Thin Man Films Production; Fine Line Features, Alain Sarde and UK Film Council in association with Inside Track Films. (UK, France) Written by Mike Leigh.

2005  (78th)

(Adapted Screenplay)

Winner markerBrokeback Mountain, River Road Entertainment Production; Focus Features. (USA, Canada) Screenplay by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana.
Capote, A-Line Pictures/Cooper’s Town/Infinity Media Production; UA/Sony Pictures Classics. (USA, Canada) Screenplay by Dan Futterman.
The Constant Gardener, Potboiler Production; Focus Features. (UK, Germany, USA, China, Kenya) Screenplay by Jeffrey Caine.
A History of Violence, Benderspink Production; New Line. (USA, Germany, Canada) Screenplay by Josh Olson.
Munich, Universal Pictures/DreamWorks Pictures Production; Universal and DreamWorks. (France, Canada, USA) Screenplay by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth.

(Original Screenplay)

Winner markerCrash, Bob Yari/DEJ/BlackFriar’s Bridge/Harris Company/ApolloProscreen GmbH & Co./Bull’s Eye Entertainment Production; Lions Gate Films. (USA, Germany) Screenplay by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco; story by Paul Haggis.
Good Night, and Good Luck, Good Night Good Luck LLC Production; Warner Independent Pictures. (USA, France, UK, Japan) Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov.
Match Point, Jada in association with BBC Films and Thema S.A. Production; DreamWorks. (UK, Ireland, Luxembourg) 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.
Syriana, Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Warner Bros. (USA, United Arab Emirates) Written by Stephen Gaghan.

2006  (79th)

(Adapted Screenplay)

Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, UK) 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. (USA, UK, Japan) Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby.
Winner markerThe Departed, Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Warner Bros. Screenplay by William Monahan.
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. (UK) Screenplay by Patrick Marber.

(Original Screenplay)

Babel, Anonymous Content/Zeta Film/Central Films Production; Paramount and Paramount Vantage. (France, USA, Mexico) 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.
Winner markerLittle Miss Sunshine, Big Beach/Bona Fide Production; Fox Searchlight. Written by Michael Arndt.
Pan’s Labyrinth, Tequila Gang/Esperanto Filmoj/Estudios Picasso Production; Picturehouse. (Mexico, Spain) Written by Guillermo del Toro.
The Queen, Granada Production; Miramax, Pathé and Granada. (UK, USA, France, Italy) Written by Peter Morgan.

2007  (80th)

(Adapted Screenplay)

Atonement, Working Title Production; Focus Features. (UK, France, USA) Screenplay by Christopher Hampton.
Away from Her, Film Farm and Foundry Films in association with Capri Releasing, Hanway Films and Echo Lake Production; Lionsgate. (Canada, UK, USA) Written by Sarah Polley.
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Kennedy/Marshall Company and Jon Kilik Production; Miramax/Pathé Renn. (France, USA) Screenplay by Ronald Harwood.
Winner markerNo 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)

Winner markerJuno, Mandate Pictures/Mr. Mudd Production; Fox Searchlight. Written by Diablo Cody.
Lars and the Real Girl, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment Production; MGM Distribution Co. (USA, Canada) Written by Nancy Oliver.
Michael Clayton, Clayton Productions, LLC Production; Warner Bros. Written by Tony Gilroy.
Ratatouille, Pixar Production; Walt Disney. Screenplay by Brad Bird; story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird.
The Savages, Savage and Lone Star Films Production; Fox Searchlight. Written by Tamara Jenkins.

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.
Doubt, Scott Rudin Production; Miramax Films. Written by John Patrick Shanley.
Frost/Nixon, Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Working Title Production; Universal. (UK, France, USA) Screenplay by Peter Morgan.
The Reader, Mirage Enterprises and Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH Production; The Weinstein Company. (Germany, USA) Screenplay by David Hare.
Winner markerSlumdog Millionaire, Celador Films Production; Fox Searchlight. (UK, India) Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy.

(Original Screenplay)

Frozen River, Harwood Hunt Production; Sony Pictures Classics. Written by Courtney Hunt.
Happy-Go-Lucky, Thin Man Films/Simon Channing Williams Production; Miramax Films. (UK) Written by Mike Leigh.
In Bruges, Blueprint Pictures Production; Focus Features. (UK, USA) Written by Martin McDonagh.
Winner markerMilk, 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. (South Africa, USA, New Zealand, Canada) Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell.
An Education, Finola Dwyer/Wildgaze Films Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (UK, USA) Screenplay by Nick Hornby.
In the Loop, Loop Film/BBC Films and UK Film Council in association with Aramid Entertainment Production; IFC Films. (UK) Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche.
Winner markerPrecious: 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)

Winner markerThe Hurt Locker, Voltage Pictures Production; Summit Entertainment. Written by Mark Boal.
Inglourious Basterds, Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures/A Band Apart/Zehnte Babelsberg Production; The Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures. (Germany, USA) Written by Quentin Tarantino.
The Messenger, All the King’s Horses Production; Oscilloscope Laboratories. Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman.
A Serious Man, Working Title Films Production; Focus Features. (USA, UK, France) Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen.
Up, Pixar Production; Walt Disney. Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter; story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy.

2010  (83rd)

(Adapted Screenplay)

127 Hours, Hours Production; Fox Searchlight. (USA, UK, France) Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy.
Winner markerThe 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)

Another Year, Thin Man Films Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (UK) Written by Mike Leigh.
The Fighter, Relativity Media Production; Paramount. Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson; story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson.
Inception, Warner Bros. UK Services Production; Warner Bros. (USA, UK) Written by Christopher Nolan.
The Kids Are All Right, Antidote Films, Mandalay Vision and Gilbert Films Production; Focus Features. Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg.
Winner markerThe King’s Speech, See-Saw Films and Bedlam Production; The Weinstein Company. (UK, USA, Australia) Screenplay by David Seidler.

2011  (84th)

(Adapted Screenplay)

Winner markerThe Descendants, Ad Hominem Enterprises Production; Fox Searchlight. Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash.
Hugo, Paramount Pictures and GK Films Production; Paramount. (USA, UK, France) Screenplay by John Logan.
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. (France, UK, Germany) 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. (France, Belgium, USA) Written by Michel Hazanavicius.
Bridesmaids, Universal Pictures Production; Universal. Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig.
Margin Call, Benaroya Pictures and Before The Door Pictures Production; Roadside Attractions. Written by J. C. Chandor.
Winner markerMidnight in Paris, Pontchartrain Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Spain, USA, France) Written by Woody Allen.
A Separation, Dreamlab Films Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Iran, France) Written by Asghar Farhadi.

2012  (85th)

(Adapted Screenplay)

Winner markerArgo, Stage 16 Pictures Production; Warner Bros. (USA, UK) Screenplay by Chris Terrio.
Beasts of the Southern Wild, Cinereach and Court 13 Production; Fox Searchlight. Screenplay by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin.
Life of Pi, Fox 2000 Pictures Production; 20th Century Fox. (USA, Taiwan, UK, Canada) Screenplay by David Magee.
Lincoln, DreamWorks Pictures/20th Century Fox Production; Walt Disney/20th Century Fox. (USA, India) 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, France, Germany) Written by Michael Haneke.
Winner markerDjango Unchained, Weinstein Company and Columbia Pictures Production; The Weinstein Company. Written by Quentin Tarantino.
Flight, Paramount Pictures Production; Paramount. (USA, United Arab Emirates) Written by John Gatins.
Moonrise Kingdom, Indian Paintbrush Production; Focus Features. Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola.
Zero Dark Thirty, Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. (USA, United Arab Emirates) Written by Mark Boal.

2013  (86th)

(Adapted Screenplay)

Before Midnight, Sony Pictures Classics. (USA, Greece) Written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke.
Captain Phillips, A Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. Screenplay by Billy Ray.
Philomena, A Pathé, BBC Films, BFI, Canal+, Cine+ and Baby Cow/Magnolia Mae Production; The Weinstein Company. (UK, USA, France) Screenplay by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope.
Winner marker12 Years a Slave, A River Road, Plan B, New Regency Production; Fox Searchlight. (USA, UK) Screenplay by John Ridley.
The Wolf of Wall Street, A Red Granite Production, Paramount. Screenplay by Terence Winter.

(Original Screenplay)

American Hustle, A Columbia Pictures and Annapurna Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell.
Blue Jasmine, Sony Pictures Classics. Written by Woody Allen.
Dallas Buyers Club, A Voltage Pictures, R2 Films, Evolution Independent Production; Focus Features. Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack.
Winner markerHer, An Annapurna Production; Warner Bros. Written by Spike Jonze.
Nebraska, A Paramount Vantage Production; Paramount. Written by Bob Nelson.

2014  (87th)

(Adapted Screenplay)

American Sniper, a Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Warner Bros. Written by Jason Hall.
Winner markerThe Imitation Game, a Black Bear Pictures/Bristol Automotive Production; Weinstein Company. (UK, USA) 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. (UK, Japan, USA) Screenplay by Anthony McCarten.
Whiplash, a Blumhouse Productions/Right of Way Films/Bold Films Production; Sony Pictures Classics. Written by Damien Chazelle.

(Original Screenplay)

Winner markerBirdman 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.
Boyhood, an IFC Productions/Detour Filmproduction Production. Written by Richard Linklater.
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. (Germany, USA) Screenplay by Wes Anderson; story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness.
Nightcrawler, a Bold Films Production; Open Road Films. Written by Dan Gilroy.

2015  (88th)

(Adapted Screenplay)

Winner markerThe Big Short, a Paramount Pictures Production; Paramount. Screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay.
Brooklyn, a Wildgaze Films Production; Fox Searchlight. (UK, Canada, Ireland) Screenplay by Nick Hornby.
Carol, a Number 9 Films/Film4/Killer Films Production; The Weinstein Company. (UK, USA) Screenplay by Phyllis Nagy.
The Martian, a 20th Century Fox Production; 20th Century Fox. (UK, USA, Hungary) Screenplay by Drew Goddard.
Room, an Element Pictures Production; A24. (Ireland, Canada, UK, USA) Screenplay by Emma Donoghue.

(Original Screenplay)

Bridge of Spies, a DreamWorks Pictures/Fox 2000 Pictures/Participant Media Production; Walt Disney/20th Century Fox. (Germany, India, USA) Written by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen.
Ex Machina, a DNA Films Production; A24. (UK) Written by Alex Garland.
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.
Winner markerSpotlight, 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. (USA, Canada, India) Screenplay by Eric Heisserer.
Fences, A Bron Creative/Macro Media/Scott Rudin Productions Production; Paramount. (USA, Canada) 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. (UK, Australia, USA) Screenplay by Luke Davies.
Winner markerMoonlight, 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. (USA, Hong Kong) Written by Damien Chazelle.
The Lobster, An Element Pictures/Scarlet Films/Faliro House Productions/Haut et Court/Lemming Film/Film4 Productions production; Picturehouse Entertainment. (Ireland, UK, Greece, France, Netherlands) Written by Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou.
Winner markerManchester 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)

(Adapted Screenplay)

Winner markerCall Me by Your Name, A Frenesy Film/La Cinéfacture/Memento Films International/RT Features Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (Italy, France) 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.
Molly’s Game, A Mark Gordon Company Production; STXfilms. (China, Canada, USA) Written for the screen by Aaron Sorkin.
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.
Winner markerGet Out, A Blumhouse Productions/QC Entertainment/Monkeypaw Production; Universal. (USA, Japan) Written by Jordan Peele.
Lady Bird, A Mission Films Production; A24. Written by Greta Gerwig.
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. (UK, USA) Written by Martin McDonagh.

2018  (91st)

(Adapted Screenplay)

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, A Netflix/Mike Zoss Production; Netflix. Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen.
Winner markerBlacKkKlansman, 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. (Ireland, UK, USA) Written by Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara.
First Reformed, A Killer Films/Omeira Studio Partners/Fibonacci Films/Arclight Films International Production; A24. (USA, UK, Australia) Written by Paul Schrader.
Winner markerGreen 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, USA) Written by Alfonso Cuarón.
Vice, An Annapurna Pictures/Gary Sanchez Productions/Plan B Entertainment Production; Annapurna Pictures. Written by Adam McKay.

2019  (92nd)

(Adapted Screenplay)

The Irishman, A Netflix/Tribeca Productions/Sikelia Productions/Winkler Films Production; Netflix. Screenplay by Steven Zaillian.
Winner markerJojo Rabbit, A Defender Films/Piki Films Production; Fox Searchlight. (Czech Republic, New Zealand, USA) Screenplay by Taika Waititi.
Joker, A Joint Effort Production; Warner Bros. (Canada, USA) Written by Todd Phillips & Scott Silver.
Little Women, A Columbia Pictures/Regency Enterprises Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. Written for the screen by Greta Gerwig.
The Two Popes, A Netflix in assoc. with Rideback Production; Netflix. (UK, Italy) Written by Anthony McCarten.

(Original Screenplay)

Knives Out, A T-Street Production; Lionsgate. Written by Rian Johnson.
Marriage Story, A Netflix/HeyDay Films Production; Netflix. (UK, USA) Written by Noah Baumbach.
1917, A DreamWorks Pictures Production; Universal/Amblin Partners. (UK, USA) Written by Sam Mendes & Krysty Wilson-Cairns.
Once upon a Time . . . in Hollywood, A Columbia Pictures Production; Sony Pictures Releasing. (USA, UK, China) Written by Quentin Tarantino.
Winner markerParasite, 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. (UK, USA) 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.
Winner markerThe Father, A Trademark Films/F Comme Film/Ciné-@ Production; Sony Pictures Classics. (UK, France) Screenplay by Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller.
Nomadland, A Highwayman/Hear/Say Productions/Cor Cordium Production; Searchlight. (Germany, USA) 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. (India, USA) 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.
Minari, A Plan B Production; A24. Written by Lee Isaac Chung.
Winner markerPromising Young Woman, A LuckyChap Entertainment/FilmNation Entertainment Production; Focus Features. (UK, USA) 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. (USA, UK, India) Written by Aaron Sorkin.

2021  (94th)

(Adapted Screenplay)

Winner markerCODA, A Vendôme Pictures/Pathé in assoc. with Apple Original Films Production; Apple Original Films. (France, Canada, USA) 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. (Canada, USA) Screenplay by Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth.
The Lost Daughter, Netflix/Endeavor Content. (USA, UK, Israel, Greece) Written by Maggie Gyllenhaal.
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. (UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, USA) Written by Jane Campion.

(Original Screenplay)

Winner markerBelfast, A TKBC Production; Focus Features. (UK) Written by Kenneth Branagh.
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. (USA, Canada) 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, France, Sweden, Denmark) Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier.

2022  (95th)

(Adapted Screenplay)

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, USA, UK) Screenplay by Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson & Ian Stokell.
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Netflix/T-Street Prod.; Netflix. Written by Rian Johnson.
Living, Number 9 Films Prod.; Sony Pictures Classics. (UK, Japan, Sweden) Written by Kazuo Ishiguro.
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.
Winner markerWomen 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. (UK, USA, Ireland) Written by Martin McDonagh.
Winner markerEverything Everywhere All at Once, Hot Dog Hands Prod.; A24. Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert.
The Fabelmans, Amblin Partners Prod.; Universal/Amblin Partners. (USA, India) Written by Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner.
Tár, Standard Film Company/EMJAG Prod.; Focus Features. Written by Todd Field.
Triangle of Sadness, Plattform Prod.; Neon. (USA, Sweden, UK, Germany, France, Turkey, Denmark, Greece, Switzerland, Mexico) Written by Ruben Östlund.

2023  (96th)

(Adapted Screenplay)

Winner markerAmerican 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. (USA, UK) Written by Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach.
Oppenheimer, Universal Pictures/Syncopy/Atlas Entertainment Production; Universal. (USA, UK) Written for the screen by Christopher Nolan.
Poor Things, Element Pictures Production; Searchlight. (Ireland, UK, USA) Screenplay by Tony McNamara.
The Zone of Interest, Film4/A24 Production; A24. (USA, UK, Poland) Written by Jonathan Glazer.

(Original Screenplay)

Winner markerAnatomy of a Fall, Les Films Pelléas/Les Films de Pierre Production; Neon. (France) Screenplay by Justine Triet and Arthur Harari.
The Holdovers, Honest Scholar Production; Focus Features. Written by David Hemingson.
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.
Past Lives, A24 Production; A24. (USA, South Korea) Written by Celine Song.