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Best Screenplay Award Winners


A chart of various yearly Best Screenplay award winners going back to 1975.

Best Picture

Best Actor

Best Actress

Best Director

Best Screenplay

Best Cinematography

Best Editing

Best Animated Feature

Year
Academy Award
Golden Globe
WGA
USC Scripter
(Adapted)
BAFTA
NYFCC
LAFCA
NBR
Critics' Choice
2021
Adapted:
CODA
Sian Heder

Original:
Belfast
Kenneth Branagh
Belfast
Kenneth Branagh
Adapted:
CODA
Sian Heder


Original:
Don't Look Up
Adam McKay
The Lost Daughter
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Adapted:
CODA
Sian Heder


Original:
Licorice Pizza
Paul Thomas Anderson
Licorice Pizza
Paul Thomas Anderson
Drive My Car
Ryusuke Hamaguchi /
Takamasa Oe
Adapted:
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Joel Coen

Original:
A Hero
Asghar Farhadi
Adapted:
The Power of the Dog
Jane Campion

Original:
Belfast
Kenneth Branagh
2020
Adapted:
The Father
Christopher Hampton /
Florian Zeller

Original:
Promising Young
Woman
Emerald Fennell
The Trial of the
Chicago 7
Aaron Sorkin
Adapted:
Borat Subsequent
Moviefilm
9-Writer Group
including
Sacha Baron Cohen

Original:
Promising Young
Woman
Emerald Fennell
Nomadland
Chloé Zhao
Adapted:
The Father
Christopher Hampton /
Florian Zeller

Original:
Promising Young
Woman
Emerald Fennell
Never Rarely
Sometimes Always
Eliza Hittman
Promising Young
Woman
Emerald Fennell
Adapted:
News of the World
Paul Greengrass /
Luke Davies

Original:
Minari
Lee Isaac Chung
Adapted:
Nomadland
Chloé Zhao

Original:
Promising Young
Woman
Emerald Fennell
2019
Adapted:
Jojo Rabbit
Taika Waititi

Original:
Parasite
Bong Joon Ho /
Han Jin Won
Once Upon a Time...
in Hollywood
Quentin Tarantino
Adapted:
Jojo Rabbit
Taika Waititi

Original:
Parasite
Bong Joon Ho /
Han Jin Won
Little Women
Greta Gerwig
Adapted:
Jojo Rabbit
Taika Waititi

Original:
Parasite
Bong Joon Ho /
Han Jin Won
Once Upon a Time...
in Hollywood
Quentin Tarantino
Marriage Story
Noah Baumbach
Adapted:
The Irishman
Steven Zaillian

Original:
Uncut Gems
Josh Safdie /
Benny Safdie /
Ronald Bronstein
Adapted:
Little Women
Greta Gerwig

Original:
Once Upon a Time...
in Hollywood
Quentin Tarantino
2018
Adapted:
BlacKkKlansman
Charlie Wachtel /
David Rabinowitz /
Kevin Willmott /
Spike Lee

Original:
Green Book
Nick Vallelonga /
Brian Currie /
Peter Farrelly
Green Book
Nick Vallelonga /
Brian Currie /
Peter Farrelly
Adapted:
Can You Ever
Forgive Me?
Nicole Holofcener /
Jeff Whitty

Original:
Eighth Grade
Bo Burnham
Leave No Trace
Debra Granik /
Anne Rosellini
Adapted:
BlacKkKlansman
Charlie Wachtel /
David Rabinowitz /
Kevin Willmott /
Spike Lee

Original:
The Favourite
Deborah Davis /
Tony McNamara
First Reformed
Paul Schrader
Can You Ever
Forgive Me?
Nicole Holofcener /
Jeff Whitty
Adapted:
If Beale Street
Could Talk
Barry Jenkins

Original:
First Reformed
Paul Schrader
Adapted:
If Beale Street
Could Talk
Barry Jenkins

Original:
First Reformed
Paul Schrader
2017
Adapted:
Call Me By Your Name
James Ivory

Original:
Get Out
Jordan Peele
Three Billboards Outside
Ebbing, Missouri
Martin McDonagh
Adapted:
Call Me By Your Name
James Ivory

Original:
Get Out
Jordan Peele
Call Me By Your Name
James Ivory
Adapted:
Call Me By Your Name
James Ivory

Original:
Three Billboards Outside
Ebbing, Missouri
Martin McDonagh
Phantom Thread
Paul Thomas Anderson

Get Out
Jordan Peele
Adapted:
The Disaster Artist
Scott Neustadter /
Michael H. Weber

Original:
Phantom Thread
Paul Thomas Anderson
Adapted:
Call Me By Your Name
James Ivory

Original:
Get Out
Jordan Peele
2016
Adapted:
Moonlight
Barry Jenkins /
Tarell Alvin McCraney

Original:
Manchester by the Sea
Kenneth Lonergan
La La Land
Damien Chazelle
Adapted:
Arrival
Eric Heisserer

Original:
Moonlight
Barry Jenkins /
Tarell Alvin McCraney
Moonlight
Barry Jenkins /
Tarell Alvin McCraney
Adapted:
Lion
Luke Davies

Original:
Manchester by the Sea
Kenneth Lonergan
Manchester by the Sea
Kenneth Lonergan
The Lobster
Yorgos Lanthimos /
Efthymis Filippou
Adapted:
Silence
Jay Cocks /
Martin Scorsese

Original:
Manchester by the Sea
Kenneth Lonergan
Adapted:
Arrival
Eric Heisserer

Original:
La La Land
Damien Chazelle /
Manchester by the Sea
Kenneth Lonergan
2015
Adapted:
The Big Short
Adam McKay /
Charles Randolph

Original:
Spotlight
Tom McCarthy /
Josh Singer
Steve Jobs
Aaron Sorkin
Adapted:
The Big Short
Adam McKay /
Charles Randolph

Original:
Spotlight
Tom McCarthy /
Josh Singer
The Big Short
Adam McKay /
Charles Randolph
Adapted:
The Big Short
Adam McKay /
Charles Randolph

Original:
Spotlight
Tom McCarthy /
Josh Singer
Carol
Phyllis Nagy
Spotlight
Tom McCarthy /
Josh Singer
Adapted:
The Martian
Drew Goddard

Original:
The Hateful Eight
Quentin Tarantino
Adapted:
The Big Short
Adam McKay /
Charles Randolph

Original:
Spotlight
Tom McCarthy /
Josh Singer
2014
Adapted:
The Imitation Game
Graham Moore

Original:
Birdman
Alejandro G. Iñárritu /
Nicolás Giacobone /
Alexander Dinelaris Jr. /
Armando Bo
Birdman
Alejandro G. Iñárritu /
Nicolás Giacobone /
Alexander Dinelaris Jr. /
Armando Bo
Adapted:
The Imitation Game
Graham Moore


Original:
The Grand Budapest
Hotel
Wes Anderson
The Imitation Game
Graham Moore
Adapted:
The Theory of
Everything
Anthony McCarten

Original:
The Grand Budapest
Hotel
Wes Anderson
The Grand Budapest
Hotel
Wes Anderson
The Grand Budapest
Hotel
Wes Anderson
Adapted:
Inherent Vice
Paul Thomas Anderson

Original:
The LEGO Movie
Phil Lord /
Christopher Miller
Adapted:
Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn

Original:
Birdman
Alejandro G. Iñárritu /
Nicolás Giacobone /
Alexander Dinelaris Jr. /
Armando Bo
2013
Adapted:
12 Years a Slave
John Ridley

Original:
Her
Spike Jonze
Her
Spike Jonze
Adapted:
Captain Phillips
Billy Ray

Original:
Her
Spike Jonze
12 Years a Slave
John Ridley
Adapted:
Philomena
Steve Coogan /
Jeff Pope

Original:
American Hustle
Eric Warren Singer /
David O. Russell
American Hustle
Eric Warren Singer /
David O. Russell
Before Midnight
Richard Linklater /
Ethan Hawke /
Julie Delpy
Adapted:
The Wolf of Wall Street
Terence Winter

Original:
Inside Llewyn Davis
Joel Coen /
Ethan Coen
Adapted:
12 Years a Slave
John Ridley

Original:
Her
Spike Jonze
2012
Adapted:
Argo
Chris Terrio

Original:
Django Unchained
Quentin Tarantino
Django Unchained
Quentin Tarantino
Adapted:
Argo
Chris Terrio


Original:
Zero Dark Thirty
Mark Boal
Argo
Chris Terrio
Adapted:
Silver Linings Playbook
David O. Russell

Original:
Django Unchained
Quentin Tarantino
Lincoln
Tony Kushner
Argo
Chris Terrio
Adapted:
Silver Linings Playbook
David O. Russell

Original:
Looper
Rian Johnson
Adapted:
Lincoln
Tony Kushner

Original:
Django Unchained
Quentin Tarantino
2011
Adapted:
The Descendants
Alexander Payne /
Nat Faxon /
Jim Rash

Original:
Midnight in Paris
Woody Allen
Midnight in Paris
Woody Allen
Adapted:
The Descendants
Alexander Payne /
Nat Faxon /
Jim Rash

Original:
Midnight in Paris
Woody Allen
The Descendants
Alexander Payne /
Nat Faxon /
Jim Rash
Adapted:
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Bridget O'Connor /
Peter Straughan

Original:
The Artist
Michel Hazanavicius
Moneyball
Steven Zaillian /
Aaron Sorkin /
Stan Chervin
A Separation
Asghar Farhadi
Adapted:
The Descendants
Alexander Payne /
Nat Faxon /
Jim Rash

Original:
50/50
Will Reiser
Adapted:
Moneyball
Steven Zaillian /
Aaron Sorkin /
Stan Chervin

Original:
Midnight in Paris
Woody Allen
2010
Adapted:
The Social Network
Aaron Sorkin

Original:
The King's Speech
David Seidler
The Social Network
Aaron Sorkin
Adapted:
The Social Network
Aaron Sorkin

Original:
Inception
Christopher Nolan
The Social Network
Aaron Sorkin
Adapted:
The Social Network
Aaron Sorkin

Original:
The King's Speech
David Seidler
The Kids Are All Right
Stuart Blumberg /
Lisa Cholodenko
The Social Network
Aaron Sorkin
Adapted:
The Social Network
Aaron Sorkin

Original:
Buried
Chris Sparling
Adapted:
The Social Network
Aaron Sorkin

Original:
The King's Speech
David Seidler
2009
Adapted:
Precious
Geoffrey Fletcher

Original:
The Hurt Locker
Mark Boal
Up in the Air
Jason Reitman /
Sheldon Turner
Adapted:
Up in the Air
Jason Reitman /
Sheldon Turner

Original:
The Hurt Locker
Mark Boal
Up in the Air
Jason Reitman /
Sheldon Turner
Adapted:
Up in the Air
Jason Reitman /
Sheldon Turner

Original:
The Hurt Locker
Mark Boal
In the Loop
Jesse Armstrong /
Simon Blackwell /
Armando Iannucci /
Tony Roche
Up in the Air
Jason Reitman /
Sheldon Turner
Adapted:
Up in the Air
Jason Reitman /
Sheldon Turner

Original:
A Serious Man
Joel Coen /
Ethan Coen
Adapted:
Up in the Air
Jason Reitman /
Sheldon Turner

Original:
The Hurt Locker
Mark Boal
2008
Adapted:
Slumdog Millionaire
Simon Beaufoy

Original:
Milk
Dustin Lance Black
Slumdog Millionaire
Simon Beaufoy
Adapted:
Slumdog Millionaire
Simon Beaufoy

Original:
Milk
Dustin Lance Black
Slumdog Millionaire
Simon Beaufoy
Adapted:
Slumdog Millionaire
Simon Beaufoy

Original:
In Bruges
Martin McDonagh
Rachel Getting Married
Jenny Lumet
Happy-Go-Lucky
Mike Leigh
Adapted:
The Curious Case of
Benjamin Button
Eric Roth /
Slumdog Millionaire
Simon Beaufoy

Original:
Gran Torino
Nick Schenk
Slumdog Millionaire
Simon Beaufoy
2007
Adapted:
No Country for Old Men
Joel Coen /
Ethan Coen

Original:
Juno
Diablo Cody
No Country for Old Men
Joel Coen /
Ethan Coen
Adapted:
No Country for Old Men
Joel Coen /
Ethan Coen

Original:
Juno
Diablo Cody
No Country for Old Men
Joel Coen /
Ethan Coen
Adapted:
The Diving Bell
and the Butterfly
Ronald Harwood

Original:
Juno
Diablo Cody
No Country for Old Men
Joel Coen /
Ethan Coen
The Savages
Tamara Jenkins
Adapted:
No Country for Old Men
Joel Coen /
Ethan Coen

Original:
Juno
Diablo Cody
/
Lars and the Real Girl
Nancy Oliver
Juno
Diablo Cody
2006
Adapted:
The Departed
William Monahan

Original:
Little Miss Sunshine
Michael Arndt
The Queen
Peter Morgan
Adapted:
The Departed
William Monahan

Original:
Little Miss Sunshine
Michael Arndt
Children of Men
David Arata /
Alfonso Cuarón /
Mark Fergus /
Hawk Ostby /
Timothy J. Sexton
Adapted:
The Last King of
Scotland
Jeremy Brock /
Peter Morgan

Original:
Little Miss Sunshine
Michael Arndt
The Queen
Peter Morgan
The Queen
Peter Morgan
Adapted:
The Painted Veil
Ron Nyswaner

Original:
Stranger than Fiction
Zach Helm
Little Miss Sunshine
Michael Arndt
2005
Adapted:
Brokeback Mountain
Larry McMurty /
Diana Ossana

Original:
Crash
Paul Haggis /
Bobby Moresco
Brokeback Mountain
Larry McMurty /
Diana Ossana
Adapted:
Brokeback Mountain
Larry McMurty /
Diana Ossana

Original:
Crash
Paul Haggis /
Bobby Moresco
Capote
Dan Futterman
Adapted:
Brokeback Mountain
Larry McMurty /
Diana Ossana

Original:
Crash
Paul Haggis /
Bobby Moresco
The Squid and
the Whale
Noah Baumbach
Capote
Dan Futterman /
The Squid and
the Whale
Noah Baumbach
Adapted:
Syriana
Stephen Gaghan

Original:
The Squid and
the Whale
Noah Baumbach
Crash
Paul Haggis /
Bobby Moresco
2004
Adapted:
Sideways
Alexander Payne /
Jim Taylor

Original:
Eternal Sunshine of the
Spotless Mind
Charlie Kaufman /
Michel Gondry /
Pierre Bismuth
Sideways
Alexander Payne /
Jim Taylor
Adapted:
Sideways
Alexander Payne /
Jim Taylor

Original:
Eternal Sunshine of the
Spotless Mind
Charlie Kaufman /
Michel Gondry /
Pierre Bismuth
Million Dollar Baby
Paul Haggis
Adapted:
Sideways
Alexander Payne /
Jim Taylor

Original:
Eternal Sunshine of the
Spotless Mind
Charlie Kaufman /
Michel Gondry /
Pierre Bismuth
Sideways
Alexander Payne /
Jim Taylor
Sideways
Alexander Payne /
Jim Taylor
Adapted:
Sideways
Alexander Payne /
Jim Taylor

Original:
Eternal Sunshine of the
Spotless Mind
Charlie Kaufman /
Michel Gondry /
Pierre Bismuth
Sideways
Alexander Payne /
Jim Taylor
2003
Adapted:
The Return of the King
Fran Walsh /
Philippa Boyens /
Peter Jackson

Original:
Lost in Translation
Sofia Coppola
Lost in Translation
Sofia Coppola
Adapted:
American Splendor
Shari Springer Berman /
Robert Pulcini

Original:
Lost in Translation
Sofia Coppola
Cold Mountain
Anthony Minghella
Adapted:
The Return of the King
Fran Walsh /
Philippa Boyens /
Peter Jackson

Original:
The Station Agent
Tom McCarthy
The Secret Lives
of Dentists
Craig Lucas
American Splendor
Shari Springer Berman /
Robert Pulcini
Adapted:
Cold Mountain
Anthony Minghella

Original:
In America
Jim Sheridan /
Kirsten Sheridan /
Naomi Sheridan
In America
Jim Sheridan /
Kirsten Sheridan /
Naomi Sheridan
2002
Adapted:
The Pianist
Ronald Harwood

Original:
Talk to Her
Pedro Almodóvar
About Schmidt
Alexander Payne /
Jim Taylor
Adapted:
The Hours
David Hare

Original:
Bowling for Columbine
Michael Moore
Mystic River
Brian Helgeland /
Seabiscuit
Gary Ross
Adapted:
Adaptation.
Charlie Kaufman

Original:
Talk to Her
Pedro Almodóvar
Adaptation.
Charlie Kaufman
About Schmidt
Alexander Payne /
Jim Taylor
Adaptation.
Charlie Kaufman /
Confessions of a
Dangerous Mind
Charlie Kaufman /
Human Nature
Charlie Kaufman
Adaptation.
Charlie Kaufman /
Confessions of a
Dangerous Mind
Charlie Kaufman
2001
Adapted:
A Beautiful Mind
Akiva Goldsman

Original:
Gosford Park
Julian Fellowes
A Beautiful Mind
Akiva Goldsman
Adapted:
A Beautiful Mind
Akiva Goldsman

Original:
Gosford Park
Julian Fellowes
A Beautiful Mind
Akiva Goldsman
Adapted:
Shrek
Ted Elliott /
Terry Rossio /
Joe Stillman /
Roger S. H. Schulman

Original:
Amélie
Jean-Pierre Jeunet /
Guillaume Laurant
Gosford Park
Julian Fellowes
Memento
Christopher Nolan
In the Bedroom
Robert Festinger /
Todd Field
Memento
Christopher Nolan
2000
Adapted:
Traffic
Stephen Gaghan

Original:
Almost Famous
Cameron Crowe
Traffic
Stephen Gaghan
Adapted:
Traffic
Stephen Gaghan

Original:
You Can Count On Me
Kenneth Lonergan
Wonder Boys
Steve Kloves
Adapted:
Traffic
Stephen Gaghan

Original:
Almost Famous
Cameron Crowe
You Can Count On Me
Kenneth Lonergan
You Can Count On Me
Kenneth Lonergan
All the Pretty Horses
Ted Tally
Adapted:
Traffic
Stephen Gaghan

Original:
Almost Famous
Cameron Crowe
1999
Adapted:
John Irving
The Cider House Rules

Original:
American Beauty
Alan Ball
American Beauty
Alan Ball
Adapted:
Election
Alexander Payne /
Jim Taylor

Original:
American Beauty
Alan Ball
The Hurricane
Armyan Bernstein /
Dan Gordon
Adapted:
The End of the Affair
Neil Jordan

Original:
Being John Malkovich
Charlie Kaufman
Election
Alexander Payne /
Jim Taylor
Being John Malkovich
Charlie Kaufman
John Irving
The Cider House Rules
Adapted:
The Green Mile
Frank Darabont

Original:
American Beauty
Alan Ball
1998
Adapted:
Gods and Monsters
Bill Condon

Original:
Shakespeare in Love
Marc Norman /
Tom Stoppard
Shakespeare in Love
Marc Norman /
Tom Stoppard
Adapted:
Out of Sight
Scott Frank

Original:
Shakespeare in Love
Marc Norman /
Tom Stoppard
A Civil Action
Steven Zaillian
Adapted:
Primary Colors
Elaine May

Original:
The Truman Show
Andrew Niccol
Shakespeare in Love
Marc Norman /
Tom Stoppard
Bulworth
Warren Beatty /
Jeremy Pikser
A Simple Plan
Scott B. Smith
Adapted:
A Simple Plan
Scott B. Smith

Original:
Shakespeare in Love
Marc Norman /
Tom Stoppard
1997
Adapted:
L.A. Confidential
Curtis Hanson /
Brian Helgeland

Original:
Good Will Hunting
Matt Damon /
Ben Affleck
Good Will Hunting
Matt Damon /
Ben Affleck
Adapted:
L.A. Confidential
Curtis Hanson /
Brian Helgeland

Original:
As Good as It Gets
James L. Brooks /
Mark Andrus
L.A. Confidential
Curtis Hanson /
Brian Helgeland
Adapted:
Romeo + Juliet *
Baz Luhrmann /
Craig Pearce

Original:
Nil by Mouth *
Gary Oldman
L.A. Confidential
Curtis Hanson /
Brian Helgeland
L.A. Confidential
Curtis Hanson /
Brian Helgeland
Adapted:
L.A. Confidential
Curtis Hanson /
Brian Helgeland

Original:
Good Will Hunting
Matt Damon /
Ben Affleck
1996
Adapted:
Sling Blade
Billy Bob Thornton

Original:
Fargo
Joel Coen /
Ethan Coen
The People vs.
Larry Flynt
Scott Alexander /
Larry Karaszewski
Adapted:
Sling Blade
Billy Bob Thornton

Original:
Fargo
Joel Coen /
Ethan Coen
The English Patient
Anthony Minghella /
Michael Ondaatje
Adapted:
The English Patient
Anthony Minghella

Original:
Secrets & Lies
Mike Leigh
Mother
Albert Brooks /
Monica Johnson
Fargo
Joel Coen /
Ethan Coen
The English Patient
Anthony Minghella
1995
Adapted:
Sense and Sensibility
Emma Thompson

Original:
The Usual Suspects
Christopher McQuarrie
Sense and Sensibility
Emma Thompson
Adapted:
Sense and Sensibility
Emma Thompson

Original:
Braveheart
Randall Wallace
Sense and Sensibility
Emma Thompson
Adapted:
Trainspotting *
John Hodge

Original:
The Usual Suspects
Christopher McQuarrie
Sense and Sensibility
Emma Thompson
Sense and Sensibility
Emma Thompson
Sense and Sensibility
Emma Thompson
1994
Adapted:
Forrest Gump
Eric Roth

Original:
Pulp Fiction
Quentin Tarantino /
Roger Avary
Pulp Fiction
Quentin Tarantino /
Roger Avary
Adapted:
Forrest Gump
Eric Roth

Original:
Four Weddings and
a Funeral
Richard Curtis
The Shawshank
Redemption
Frank Darabont
Adapted:
Quiz Show
Paul Attanasio

Original:
Pulp Fiction
Quentin Tarantino /
Roger Avary
Pulp Fiction
Quentin Tarantino /
Roger Avary
Pulp Fiction
Quentin Tarantino /
Roger Avary
1993
Adapted:
Schindler's List
Steven Zaillian

Original:
The Piano
Jane Campion
Schindler's List
Steven Zaillian
Adapted:
Schindler's List
Steven Zaillian

Original:
The Piano
Jane Campion
Schindler's List
Steven Zaillian
Adapted:
Schindler's List
Steven Zaillian

Original:
Groundhog Day
Danny Rubin /
Harold Ramis
The Piano
Jane Campion
The Piano
Jane Campion
1992
Adapted:
Howards End
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Original:
The Crying Game
Neil Jordan
Scent of a Woman
Bo Goldman
Adapted:
The Player
Michael Tolkin

Original:
The Crying Game
Neil Jordan
A River Runs
Through It
Richard Friedenberg
Adapted:
The Player
Michael Tolkin

Original:
Husbands and Wives
Woody Allen
The Crying Game
Neil Jordan
Unforgiven
David Webb Peoples
1991
Adapted:
The Silence of the Lambs
Ted Tally

Original:
Thelma & Louise
Callie Khouri
Thelma & Louise
Callie Khouri
Adapted:
The Silence of the Lambs
Ted Tally

Original:
Thelma & Louise
Callie Khouri
Fried Green Tomatoes
Fannie Flagg /
Carol Sobieski
Adapted:
The Commitments
Dick Clement /
Ian La Frenais /
Roddy Doyle

Original:
Truly, Madly, Deeply
Anthony Minghella
Naked Lunch
David Cronenberg
Bugsy
James Toback
1990
Adapted:
Dances with Wolves
Michael Blake

Original:
Ghost
Bruce Joel Rubin
Dances with Wolves
Michael Blake
Adapted:
Dances with Wolves
Michael Blake


Original:
Avalon
Barry Levinson
Awakenings
Oliver Sacks /
Steven Zaillian
Adapted:
Goodfellas
Martin Scorsese /
Nicholas Pileggi

Original:
Cinema Paradiso
Giuseppe Tornatore
Mr. and Mrs. Bridge
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Reversal of Fortune
Nicholas Kazan
1989
Adapted:
Driving Miss Daisy
Alfred Uhry

Original:
Dead Poets Society
Tom Schulman
Born on the Fourth
of July
Oliver Stone /
Ron Kovic
Adapted:
Driving Miss Daisy
Alfred Uhry

Original:
Crimes and
Misdemeanors
Woody Allen
The Accidental Tourist
Frank Galati /
Lawrence Kasdan
Adapted:
Dangerous Liaisons *
Christopher Hampton

Original:
When Harry Met Sally...
Nora Ephron
Drugstore Cowboy
Gus Van Sant /
Daniel Yost
Drugstore Cowboy
Gus Van Sant /
Daniel Yost
1988
Adapted:
Dangerous Liaisons
Christopher Hampton

Original:
Rain Man
Ronald Bass /
Barry Morrow
Running on Empty
Naomi Foner
Adapted:
Dangerous Liaisons
Christopher Hampton

Original:
Bull Durham
Ron Shelton
84 Charing
Cross Road
Hugh Whitemore
Adapted:
The Unbearable
Lightness of Being
Jean-Claude Carrière /
Philip Kaufman

Original:
A World Apart
Shawn Slovo
Bull Durham
Ron Shelton
Bull Durham
Ron Shelton
1987
Adapted:
The Last Emperor
Bernardo Bertolucci /
Mark Peploe

Original:
Moonstruck
John Patrick Shanley
The Last Emperor
Bernardo Bertolucci /
Mark Peploe /
Enzo Ungari
Adapted:
Roxanne
Steve Martin

Original:
Moonstruck
John Patrick Shanley
Adapted:
Jean de Florette
Claude Berri /
Gerard Brach

Original:
Wish You Were Here
Brian Leland
Broadcast News
James L. Brooks
Hope and Glory
John Boorman
1986
Adapted:
A Room with a View
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Original:
Hannah and Her Sisters
Woody Allen
The Mission
Robert Bolt
Adapted:
A Room with a View
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Original:
Hannah and Her Sisters
Woody Allen
Adapted:
Out of Africa *
Kurt Luedtke

Original:
Hannah and Her Sisters
Woody Allen
My Beautiful
Laundrette
Hanif Kureishi
Hannah and Her Sisters
Woody Allen
1985
Adapted:
Out of Africa
Kurt Luedtke

Original:
Witness
William Kelley /
Earl W. Wallace
The Purple Rose
of Cairo
Woody Allen
Adapted:
Prizzi's Honor
Richard Condon /
Janet Roach

Original:
Witness
William Kelley /
Earl W. Wallace
Adapted:
Prizzi's Honor
Richard Condon /
Janet Roach

Original:
The Purple Rose
of Cairo
Woody Allen
The Purple Rose
of Cairo
Woody Allen
Brazil
Terry Gilliam /
Charles McKeown /
Tom Stoppard
1984
Adapted:
Amadeus
Peter Shaffer

Original:
Places in the Heart
Robert Benton
Amadeus
Peter Shaffer
Adapted:
The Killing Fields
Bruce Robinson

Original:
Broadway Danny Rose
Woody Allen
Adapted:
The Killing Fields
Bruce Robinson

Original:
Broadway Danny Rose
Woody Allen
Places in the Heart
Robert Benton
Amadeus
Peter Shaffer
1983
Adapted:
Terms of Endearment
James L. Brooks

Original:
Tender Mercies
Horton Foote
Terms of Endearment
James L. Brooks
Adapted Drama:
Reuben, Reuben
Julius J. Epstein

Original Drama:
Tender Mercies
Horton Foote

Adapted Comedy:
Terms of Endearment
James L. Brooks

Original Comedy:
The Big Chill
Lawrence Kasdan /
Barbara Benedek
Adapted:
Heat and Dust
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Original:
The King of Comedy
Paul D. Zimmerman
Local Hero
Bill Forsyth
Terms of Endearment
James L. Brooks
1982
Adapted:
Missing
Costa-Gavras /
Donald E. Stewart

Original:
Gandhi
John Briley
Gandhi
John Briley
Adapted Drama:
Missing
Costa-Gavras /
Donald E. Stewart

Original Drama:
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Melissa Mathison

Adapted Comedy:
Victor Victoria
Blake Edwards

Original Comedy:
Tootsie
Larry Gelbart /
Murray Schisgal
Missing
Costa-Gavras /
Donald E. Stewart
Tootsie
Larry Gelbart /
Murray Schisgal
Tootsie
Larry Gelbart /
Murray Schisgal
1981
Adapted:
On Golden Pond
Ernest Thompson

Original:
Chariots of Fire
Colin Welland
On Golden Pond
Ernest Thompson
Adapted Drama:
On Golden Pond
Ernest Thompson

Original Drama:
Reds
Warren Beatty /
Trevor Griffiths

Adapted Comedy:
Rich and Famous
Gerald Ayres

Original Comedy:
Arthur
Steve Gordon
Gregory's Girl *
Bill Forsyth
Atlantic City
John Guare
Atlantic City
John Guare
1980
Adapted:
Ordinary People
Alvin Sargent

Original:
Melvin and Howard
Bo Goldman
The Ninth
Configuration
William Peter Blatty
Adapted Drama:
Ordinary People
Alvin Sargent

Original Drama:
Melvin and Howard
Bo Goldman

Adapted Comedy:
Airplane!
Jim Abrahams /
David Zucker /
Jerry Zucker

Original Comedy:
Private Benjamin
Nancy Meyers /
Charles Shyer /
Harvey Miller
Being There *
Jerzy Kosiński
Melvin and Howard
Bo Goldman
Return of the
Secaucus 7
John Sayles
1979
Adapted:
Kramer vs. Kramer
Robert Benton

Original:
Breaking Away
Steve Tesich
Kramer vs. Kramer
Robert Benton
Adapted Drama:
Kramer vs. Kramer
Robert Benton

Original Drama:
The China Syndrome
Mike Gray /
T.S. Cook /
James Bridges

Adapted Comedy:
Being There
Jerzy Kosiński

Original Comedy:
Breaking Away
Steve Tesich
Manhattan
Woody Allen /
Marshall Brickman
Breaking Away
Steve Tesich
Kramer vs. Kramer
Robert Benton
1978
Adapted:
Midnight Express
Oliver Stone

Original:
Coming Home
Robert C. Jones /
Waldo Salt
Midnight Express
Oliver Stone
Adapted Drama:
Midnight Express
Oliver Stone

Original Drama:
Coming Home
Robert C. Jones /
Waldo Salt

Adapted Comedy:
Heaven Can Wait
Elaine May /
Warren Beatty

Original Comedy:
Movie Movie
Larry Gelbart /
Sheldon Keller
Julia *
Alvin Sargent
An Unmarried Woman
Paul Mazursky
An Unmarried Woman
Paul Mazursky
1977
Adapted:
Julia
Alvin Sargent

Original:
Annie Hall
Woody Allen /
Marshall Brickman
The Goodbye Girl
Neil Simon
Adapted Drama:
Julia
Alvin Sargent

Original Drama:
The Turning Point
Arthur Laurents

Adapted Comedy:
Oh, God!
Larry Gelbart

Original Comedy:
Annie Hall
Woody Allen /
Marshall Brickman
Annie Hall
Woody Allen /
Marshall Brickman
Annie Hall
Woody Allen /
Marshall Brickman
Annie Hall
Woody Allen /
Marshall Brickman
1976
Adapted:
All the President's Men
William Goldman

Original:
Network
Paddy Chayefsky
Network
Paddy Chayefsky
Adapted Drama:
All the President's Men
William Goldman

Original Drama:
Network
Paddy Chayefsky

Adapted Comedy:
The Pink Panther
Strikes Again
Frank Waldman /
Blake Edwards

Original Comedy:
The Bad News Bears
Bill Lancaster
Bugsy Malone
Alan Parker
Network
Paddy Chayefsky
Network
Paddy Chayefsky
1975
Adapted:
One Flew Over the
Cuckoo's Nest
Bo Goldman /
Lawrence Hauben

Original:
Dog Day Afternoon
Frank Pierson
One Flew Over the
Cuckoo's Nest
Bo Goldman /
Lawrence Hauben
Adapted Drama:
One Flew Over the
Cuckoo's Nest
Bo Goldman /
Lawrence Hauben

Original Drama:
Dog Day Afternoon
Frank Pierson

Adapted Comedy:
The Sunshine Boys
Neil Simon

Original Comedy:
Shampoo
Robert Towne /
Warren Beatty
Alice Doesn't Live
Here Anymore *
Robert Getchell
The Story of Adele H.
François Truffaut /
Suzanne Schiffman /
Jean Gruault
Nashville
Joan Tewkesbury
Year
Academy Award
Golden Globe
WGA
USC Scripter
(Adapted)
BAFTA
NYFCC
LAFCA
NBR
Critics' Choice

- Academy Award winners for Best Director are listed in red.
- Films that received a BAFTA for a year different than their North America release are indicated with an *







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