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| 1957
- Present |
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| Date |
Original
Screenplay |
Adaptated
Screenplay |
2011 |
Midnight in Paris Woody Allen |
The Descendants Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash |
2010 |
The King's Speech David Seidler |
The Social Network Aaron Sorkin |
2009 |
The Hurt Locker Mark Boal |
Precious Geoffrey Fletcher |
2008 |
Milk Dustin Lance Black |
Slumdog Millionaire Simon Beaufoy |
2007 |
Juno Diablo Cody |
No
Country For Old Men Joel Coen & Ethan Coen |
2006 |
Little
Miss Sunshine Michael Arndt |
The Departed William Monahan |
| 2005 |
Crash (2004) Paul Haggis & Robert Moresco |
Brokeback Mountain Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana |
| 2004 |
Eternal
Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth |
Sideways Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor |
| 2003 |
Lost In Translation Sofia Coppola |
The
Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson |
| 2002 |
Talk To Her Pedro Almodóvar |
The Pianist Ronald Harwood |
| 2001 |
Gosford Park |
A Beautiful Mind Akiva Goldsman |
| 2000 |
Almost Famous Cameron Crowe |
Traffic Stephen Gaghan |
| 1999 |
American
Beauty |
The
Cider House Rules |
| 1998 |
Shakespeare
In Love Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard |
Gods
And Monsters Bill Condon |
| 1997 |
Good
Will Hunting Ben Affleck & Matt Damon |
L.A.
Confidential Brian Helgeland & Curtis Hanson |
| 1996 |
Fargo Ethan Coen & Joel Coen |
Sling
Blade Billy Bob Thornton |
| 1995 |
The
Usual Suspects Christopher McQuarrie |
Sense
And Sensibility Emma Thompson |
| 1994 |
Pulp
Fiction Quentin Tarantino & Roger Avery |
Forrest
Gump Eric Roth |
| 1993 |
The Piano Jane Campion |
Schindler's
List Steven Zaillian |
| 1992 |
The
Crying Game Neil Jordan |
Howards End Ruth Prawer Jhabvala |
| 1991 |
Thelma
& Louise Callie Khouri |
The
Silence Of The Lambs Ted Tally |
| 1990 |
Ghost Bruce Joel Rubin |
Dances
With Wolves Michael Blake |
| 1989 |
Dead
Poets Society Tom Schulman |
Driving Miss Daisy Alfred Uhry |
| 1988 |
Rain Man Ronald Bass & Barry Morrow |
Dangerous Liaisons Christopher Hampton |
| 1987 |
Moonstruck John Patrick Shanley |
The Last Emperor Mark Peploe & Bernardo Bertolucci |
| 1986 |
Hannah
And Her Sisters Woody Allen |
A Room With A View Ruth Prawer Jhabvala |
| 1985 |
Out Of Africa Kurt Luedtke |
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| 1984 |
Places In The Heart Robert Benton |
Amadeus Peter Shaffer |
| 1983 |
Tender Mercies Horton Foote |
Terms Of Endearment James L. Brooks |
| 1982 |
Gandhi John Briley |
Missing Costa-Gavras & Donald Stewart |
| 1981 |
Chariots Of Fire Colin Welland |
On Golden Pond Ernest Thompson |
| 1980 |
Melvin And Howard Bo Goldman |
Ordinary People Alvin Sargent |
| 1979 |
Breaking Away Steve Tesich |
Kramer
Vs. Kramer Robert Benton |
| 1978 |
Coming Home Nancy Dowd, Waldo Salt & Robert C. Jones |
Midnight Express Oliver Stone |
| 1977 |
Annie
Hall Woody Allen & Marshall Brickman |
Julia Alvin Sargent |
| 1976 |
Network Paddy Chayefsky |
All
The President's Men William Goldman |
| 1975 |
Dog
Day Afternoon Frank Pierson |
One
Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Lawrence Hauben & Bo Goldman |
| 1974 |
Chinatown Robert Towne |
The Godfather Part II Francis Ford Coppola & Mario Puzo |
| 1973 |
The
Sting David S. Ward |
The Exorcist William Peter Blatty |
| 1972 |
The Candidate Jeremy Larner |
The
Godfather Mario Puzo & Francis Ford Coppola |
| 1971 |
The
Hospital Paddy Chayefsky |
The French Connection Ernest Tidyman |
| 1970 |
Patton Francis Ford Coppola & Edmund H. North |
M*A*S*H Ring Lardner, Jr. |
| 1969 |
Butch Cassidy And
The Sundance Kid William Goldman |
Midnight
Cowboy Waldo Salt |
| 1968 |
The
Producers Mel Brooks |
The Lion In Winter James Goldman |
| 1967 |
Guess Who's Coming
To Dinner William Rose |
In The Heat Of The
Night Stirling Silliphant |
| 1966 |
A Man And A Woman Claude Lelouch & Pierre Uytterhoeven |
A Man For All Seasons Robert Bolt |
| 1965 |
Darling Frederic Raphael |
Doctor Zhivago Robert Bolt |
| 1964 |
Father Goose S. H. Barnett, Peter Stone & Frank Tarloff |
Becket Edward Anhalt |
| 1963 |
How The West Was
Won James R. Webb |
Tom Jones John Osborne |
| 1962 |
Divorce - Italian Style Ennio de Concini, Alfredo Giannetti & Pietro Germi |
To Kill A Mockingbird Horton Foote |
| 1961 |
Splendor In The
Grass William Inge |
Judgment At Nuremberg Abby Mann |
| 1960 |
The Apartment Billiy Wilder & I. A. L. Diamond |
Elmer Gantry Richard Brooks |
| 1959 |
Pillow Talk Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene Stanley Shapiro & Maurice Richlin |
Room At The Top Neil Paterson |
| 1958 |
The Defiant Ones Nedrick Young, Harold Jacob Smith |
Gigi Alan Jay Lerner |
| 1957 |
Designing Woman George Wells |
The Bridge On The
River Kwai Pierre Boulle, Michael Wilson & Carl Foreman |
|
1956
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|
Date
|
Motion
Picture Story
|
Original
Screenplay
|
Adapted
Screenplay
|
|
1956
|
The Brave One
Dalton Trumbo |
The Red Balloon
Albert Lamorisse |
Around The World In 80 Days
James Poe, John Farrow & S.J. Perelman |
|
1949
- 1955
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|
Date
|
Original
Motion
Picture Story |
Original
Screenplay
|
Story
& Screenplay
|
|
1955
|
Love Me Or Leave Me
Daniel Fuchs |
Marty
Paddy Chayefsky |
Interrupted Melody
William Ludwig & Sonya Levien |
|
1954
|
Broken Lance
Philip Yordan |
The Country Girl
George Seaton |
On The Waterfront
Budd Schulberg |
|
1953
|
Roman Holiday
Dalton Trumbo |
From Here To Eternity
Daniel Taradash |
Titanic
Charles Brackett, Wlater Reisch & Richard Breen |
|
1952
|
The Greatest Show On Earth
Frederic M. Frank, Theodore St. John & Frank Cavett |
The Bad And The Beautiful
Charles Schnee |
The Lavender Hill Mob
T. E. B. Clarke |
|
1951
|
Seven Days To Noon
Paul Dehn & James Bernard |
A Place In The Sun
Michael Wilson & Harry Brown |
An American In Paris
Alan Jay Lerner |
|
1950
|
Panic In The Streets
Edna Anhalt & Edward Anhalt |
All About Eve
Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
Sunset Blvd.
Charles Bracket, Billy Wilder & D. M. Marshman, Jr. |
|
1949
|
The Stratton Story
Douglas Morrow |
A Letter To Three Wives
Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
Battleground
Robert Pirosh |
|
1948
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Date
|
Original
Motion Picture Story
|
Original
Screenplay
|
|
1948
|
The Search
Richard Schweizer & David Wechsler |
The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre
John Huston |
|
1940
- 1947
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Date
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Original
Motion Picture Story
|
Original
Screenplay
|
Screenplay
|
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1947
|
Miracle On 34th Street
Valentine Davies |
The Bachelor And The Bobby-Soxer
Sidney Sheldon |
Miracle On 34th Street
George Seaton |
|
1946
|
Vacation From Marriage
Clemence Dane |
The Seventh Veil
Muriel Box & Sydney Box |
The Best Years Of Our Lives
Robert E. Sherwood |
|
1945
|
The House On 92nd Street
Charles G. Booth |
Marie-Louise
Richard Schweizer |
The Lost Weekend
Charles Brackett & Billy Wilder |
|
1944
|
Going My Way
Leo McCarey |
Wilson
Lamar Trotti |
Going May Way
Frank Butler & Frank Cavett |
|
1943
|
The Human Comedy
William Saroyan |
Princess O'Rourke
Norman Krasna |
Casablanca
Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein & Howard Koch |
|
1942
|
The Invaders
Emeric Pressburger |
Woman Of The Year
Ring Lardner, Jr. & Michael Kanin |
Mrs. Miniver
Arthur Wimperis, George Froeschel, James Hilton & Claudine West |
|
1941
|
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Harry Segall |
Citizen Kane
Herman J. Mankiewicz & Orson Wells |
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Sidney Buchman & Seton I. Miller |
|
1940
|
Arise, My Love
Benjamin Glazer & John S. Toldy |
The Great McGinty
Preston Sturges |
The Philadelphia Story
Donald Ogden Stewart |
|
1935
- 1939
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|
Date
|
Original
Story
|
Screenplay
|
|
1939
|
Mr.
Smith Goes To Washington
Lewis R. Foster |
Gone With The Wind
Sidney Howard |
|
1938
|
Boys Town
Dore Schary & Eleanore Griffin |
Pygmalion
George Bernard Shaw, W. P. Lipscomb, & Ian Dalrymple |
|
1937
|
A Star Is Born
William A. Wellman & Robert Carson |
The Life Of Emile Zola
Norman Reilly Raine, Heinz Herald, & Geza Herczeg |
|
1936
|
The Story Of Louis Pasteur
Pierre Collings & Sheridan Gibney |
The Story Of Louis Pasteur
Pierre Collings & Sheridan Gibney |
|
1935
|
The Scoundrel
Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur |
The Informer
Dudley Nichols |
|
1931
- 1934
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Date
|
Adaptation
|
Original
Story
|
|
1934
|
It Happened
One Night
Robert Riskin |
Manhattan Melodrama
Arthur Caesar |
|
1933
|
Little Women
Vistor Heerman & Sarah Y. Mason |
One Way Passage
Robert Lord |
|
1932
|
Bad Girl
Edwin Burke |
The Champ
Francis Marion |
|
1931
|
Cimarron
Howard Estabrook |
The Dawn Patrol
John Monk Saunders |
|
1929
- 1930
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Date
|
Screenplay
|
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1930
|
The Big House
Frances Marion |
|
1929
|
The Patriot
Hans Kraly |
|
1928
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Date
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Adaptation
|
Original
Story
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Title
Writing
|
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1928
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7th Heaven
Benjamin Glazer |
Underworld
Ben Hecht |
Joseph Farnham
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