Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Country	United States
Presented by	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Currently held by	John Ridley 12 Years a Slave (2013)
Official website	http://www.oscars.org

The Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent film awards in the United States. It is awarded each year to the writer of a screenplay adapted from another source (usually a novel, play, short story, or TV show but sometimes another film). All sequels are automatically considered adaptations by this standard (since the sequel must be based on the original story).

See also the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, a similar award for screenplays that are not adapted from elsewhere.

Superlatives 1
Notable nominees 2
Winners and nominees 3
- 1920s 3.1
- 1930s 3.2
- 1940s 3.3
- 1950s 3.4
- 1960s 3.5
- 1970s 3.6
- 1980s 3.7
- 1990s 3.8
- 2000s 3.9
- 2010s 3.10
See also 4
References 5

Superlatives

The first person to win twice in this category is Robert Bolt (who also won in two consecutive years), Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo, Alvin Sargent, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Alexander Payne and Michael Wilson. Payne won both awards as part of a writing duo, with Jim Taylor, and writing trio, with Jim Rash and Nat Faxon. Michael Wilson was blacklisted at the time of his second Oscar, so the award was given to a front (novelist Pierre Boulle). However, the Academy officially recognized him as the winner several years later.^[1]

Frances Marion was the first woman to win in this category, in 1930.

Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney were the first to win for adapting their own work, for The Life of Emile Zola.

Philip G. Epstein and Julius J. Epstein were the first siblings to win in this category, for Casablanca. James Goldman and William Goldman are the first pair of siblings to win for separate films. Joel Coen and Ethan Coen are the third pair of siblings to win in this category for No Country for Old Men.

Mario Puzo is the one of two writers whose work has been adapted resulting in two separate wins in this category. Puzo's novel The Godfather resulted in wins in 1972 and 1974. The other writer is E. M. Forster, whose novels A Room with a View and Howards End resulted in two wins for Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.

Larry McMurtry is the only person who has won (for Brokeback Mountain) for adapting someone else's work and whose work has been adapted by someone else resulting in a win, Terms of Endearment.

Emma Thompson is the only winner who has also won for acting.^[2] Winners Billy Bob Thornton and John Huston have only received nominations (not wins) in the acting categories.

Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh are the only married couple to win in this category, for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

Geoffrey S. Fletcher (for Precious) and John Ridley (for 12 Years a Slave) are the only African Americans to win in this category; Fletcher is the first African American to win in any writing category.

Francis Ford Coppola, William Goldman, Bo Goldman and the Coen brothers have won Oscars for both Original and Adapted Screenplays.

Notable nominees

Noted novelists and playwrights nominated in this category include: Graham Greene, Tennessee Williams, Vladimir Nabokov, James Hilton, Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Lillian Hellman, Irwin Shaw, James Agee, Norman Corwin, S. J. Perelman, Terence Rattigan, John Osborne, Harold Pinter, David Mamet, Larry McMurtry, Arthur Miller, John Irving, David Hare and Tony Kushner.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first in colored row, followed by the other nominees.

1920s

Year	Film	Screenwriter(s)	Adapted from
1927/28 (1st)^[3]
	Seventh Heaven	Benjamin Glazer	The play Seventh Heaven by Austin Strong
	Glorious Betsy	Anthony Coldeway	The play Glorious Betsy by Rida Johnson Young
	The Jazz Singer	Alfred A. Cohn	The play Day of Atonement by Samson Raphaelson
1928/29 (2nd)^[4]
	The Patriot	Hanns Kräly	Ashley Dukes' translation of the play Der Patriot by Alfred Neumann The story "Paul I" by Dmitry Merezhkovsky
	The Cop	Elliott J. Clawson	— (original)
	In Old Arizona	Tom Barry	The story "The Caballero's Way" by O. Henry
	The Last of Mrs. Cheyney	Hanns Kräly	The play The Last of Mrs. Cheyney by Frederick Lonsdale
	The Leatherneck	Elliott J. Clawson	— (original)
	Our Dancing Daughters	Josephine Lovett	— (original)
	Sal of Singapore	Elliott J. Clawson	The story "The Sentimentalists" by Dale Collins
	Skyscraper	Elliott J. Clawson	A story by Dudley Murphy
	The Valiant	Tom Barry	The play The Valiant by Halworthy Hall and Robert Middlemass
	A Woman of Affairs	Bess Meredyth	The novel The Green Hat by Michael Arlen
	Wonder of Women	Bess Meredyth	The novel Die Frau des Steffen Tromholt by Hermann Sudermann

1930s

Year	Film	Screenwriter(s)	Adapted from
1929/30 (3rd)
	The Big House	Frances Marion	– (original)
	All Quiet on the Western Front	Maxwell Anderson (adaptation/dialogue) (adaptation) Del Andrews (screenplay)	The novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
	Disraeli	Julien Josephson	The play Disraeli by Louis N. Parker
	The Divorcee	John Meehan	The novel Ex-Wife by Ursula Parrott
	Street of Chance	Howard Estabrook	A story by Oliver H. P. Garrett
1930/31 (4th)^[5]
	Cimarron	Howard Estabrook	The novel Cimarron by Edna Ferber
	The Criminal Code	Seton I. Miller Fred Niblo, Jr.	The play The Criminal Code by Martin Flavin
	Holiday	Horace Jackson	The play Holiday by Philip Barry
	Little Caesar	Francis Edward Faragoh (screen version/dialogue) Robert N. Lee (continuity)	The novel Little Caesar by William R. Burnett
	Skippy	Joseph L. Mankiewicz Sam Mintz	The comic strip Skippy by Percy Crosby
1931/32 (5th)
	Bad Girl	Edwin J. Burke	The novel Bad Girl by Viña Delmar The play Bad Girl by Viña Delmar
	Arrowsmith	Sidney Howard	The novel Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis
	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Percy Heath Samuel Hoffenstein	The novel Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
1932/33 (6th)
	Little Women	Victor Heerman Sarah Y. Mason	The novel Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
	Lady for a Day	Robert Riskin	The story "Madame la Gimp" by Damon Runyon
	State Fair	Paul Green Sonya Levien	The novel State Fair by Philip Stong
1934 (7th)
	It Happened One Night	Robert Riskin	The story "Night Bus" by Samuel Hopkins Adams
	The Thin Man	Albert Hackett Frances Goodrich	The novel The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
	Viva Villa!	Ben Hecht	The book Viva Villa! by Edgecumb Pinchon and O. B. Stade
1935 (8th)^[6]
	The Informer	Dudley Nichols (declined)	The novel The Informer by Liam O'Flaherty
	The Lives of a Bengal Lancer	Waldemar Young (screenplay) John L. Balderston (screenplay) Achmed Abdullah (screenplay) Grover Jones (adaptation) William Slavens McNutt (adaptation)	The novel The Lives of a Bengal Lancer by Francis Yeats-Brown
	Mutiny on the Bounty	Talbot Jennings Jules Furthman Carey Wilson	The novel Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall
	Captain Blood (write-in candidate) (3rd)	Casey Robinson	The novel Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini
1936 (9th)
	The Story of Louis Pasteur	Pierre Collings Sheridan Gibney	– (original)
	After the Thin Man	Frances Goodrich Albert Hackett	A story by Dashiell Hammett
	Dodsworth	Sidney Howard	The play Dodsworth by Sidney Howard, based on the novel Dodsworth by Sinclair Lewis
	Mr. Deeds Goes to Town	Robert Riskin	The story "Opera Hat" by Clarence Budington Kelland
	My Man Godfrey	Morrie Ryskind Eric Hatch	The story "1101 Park Avenue" by Eric Hatch
1937 (10th)
	The Life of Emile Zola	Heinz Herald Geza Herczeg Norman Reilly Raine	The book Zola and His Time by Matthew Josephson
	The Awful Truth	Viña Delmar	The play The Awful Truth by Arthur Richman
	Captains Courageous	Marc Connelly John Lee Mahin Dale Van Every	The novel Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling
	Stage Door	Morrie Ryskind Anthony Veiller	The play George S. Kaufman
	A Star Is Born	Dorothy Parker Alan Campbell Robert Carson	A story by William A. Wellman and Robert Carson
1938 (11th)
	Pygmalion	Ian Dalrymple Cecil Lewis (scenario) W. P. Lipscomb (scenario) (scenario and dialogue)	The play George Bernard Shaw
	Boys Town	John Meehan Dore Schary	A story by Dore Schary and Eleanore Griffin
	The Citadel	Ian Dalrymple Frank Wead Elizabeth Hill	The novel The Citadel by A. J. Cronin
	Four Daughters	Lenore J. Coffee Julius J. Epstein	The novel Sister Act by Fannie Hurst
	You Can't Take It with You	Robert Riskin	The play Moss Hart
1939 (12th)
	Gone with the Wind	Sidney Howard (posthumous win)	The novel Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
	Goodbye, Mr. Chips	R. C. Sherriff Claudine West Eric Maschwitz	The novel Goodbye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton
	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	Sidney Buchman	A story by Lewis R. Foster
	Ninotchka	Charles Brackett Billy Wilder Walter Reisch	A story by Melchior Lengyel
	Wuthering Heights	Charles MacArthur Ben Hecht	The novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

1940s

Year	Film	Screenwriter(s)	Adapted from
1940 (13th)
	The Philadelphia Story	Donald Ogden Stewart	The play The Philadelphia Story by Philip Barry
	The Grapes of Wrath	Nunnally Johnson	The novel The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
	Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman	Dalton Trumbo	The novel Kitty Foyle by Christopher Morley
	The Long Voyage Home	Dudley Nichols	The short play The Moon of the Caribees, by Eugene O'Neill The short play In the Zone by Eugene O'Neill The short play Bound East for Cardiff by Eugene O'Neill The short play The Long Voyage Home by Eugene O'Neill
	Rebecca	Robert E. Sherwood Joan Harrison	The novel Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
1941 (14th)
	Here Comes Mr. Jordan	Sidney Buchman Seton I. Miller	The play Heaven Can Wait by Harry Segall
	Hold Back the Dawn	Charles Brackett Billy Wilder	The story "Memo to a Movie Producer" by Ketti Frings
	How Green Was My Valley	Philip Dunne	The novel How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn
	The Little Foxes	Lillian Hellman	The play The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman
	The Maltese Falcon	John Huston	-
1942 (15th)
	Mrs. Miniver	George Froeschel James Hilton Claudine West Arthur Wimperis	The character Mrs. Miniver, from the newspaper columns by Jan Struther
	49th Parallel	Rodney Ackland Emeric Pressburger	A story by Emeric Pressburger
	The Pride of the Yankees	Herman J. Mankiewicz Jo Swerling	A story by Paul Gallico
	Random Harvest	George Froeschel Claudine West Arthur Wimperis	The novel Random Harvest by James Hilton
	The Talk of the Town	Sidney Buchman Irwin Shaw	A story by Sidney Harmon
1943 (16th)
	Casablanca	Philip G. Epstein Julius J. Epstein Howard Koch	The play Everybody Comes to Rick's by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison
	Holy Matrimony	Nunnally Johnson	The novel Buried Alive by Arnold Bennett
	The More the Merrier	Richard Flournoy Lewis R. Foster Frank Ross Robert Russell	A story by Frank Ross and Robert Russell
	The Song of Bernadette	George Seaton	The novel The Song of Bernadette by Franz Werfel
	Watch on the Rhine	Dashiell Hammett	The play Watch on the Rhine by Lillian Hellman
1944 (17th)
	Going My Way	Frank Butler Frank Cavett	A story by Leo McCarey
	Double Indemnity	Billy Wilder Raymond Chandler	The novel Double Indemnity in Three of a Kind by James M. Cain
	Gaslight	John Van Druten Walter Reisch John L. Balderston	The play Angel Street by Patrick Hamilton
	Laura	Jay Dratler Samuel Hoffenstein Betty Reinhardt	The novel Laura by Vera Caspary
	Meet Me in St. Louis	Irving Brecher Fred F. Finklehoffe	The novel Meet Me in St. Louis by Sally Benson
1945 (18th)
	The Lost Weekend	Charles Brackett Billy Wilder	The novel The Lost Weekend by Charles R. Jackson
	Mildred Pierce	Ranald MacDougall	The novel Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain
	Pride of the Marines	Albert Maltz	The book Al Schmid, Marine by Roger Butterfield
	Story of G.I. Joe	Leopold Atlas Guy Endore Philip Stevenson	The book Brave Men by Ernie Pyle The book Here Is Your War by Ernie Pyle
	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn	Frank Davis Tess Slesinger (posthumous nomination)	The novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
1946 (19th)
	The Best Years of Our Lives	Robert Sherwood	The novel Glory for Me by MacKinlay Kantor
	Anna and the King of Siam	Sally Benson Talbot Jennings	The novel Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon
	Brief Encounter	Anthony Havelock-Allan David Lean Ronald Neame	The play Still Life by Noël Coward
	The Killers	Anthony Veiller	The short story "The Killers" by Ernest Hemingway
	Rome, Open City	Sergio Amidei Federico Fellini	A story by Sergio Amidei and Alberto Consiglio
1947 (20th)
	Miracle on 34th Street	George Seaton	A story by Valentine Davies
	Boomerang	Sally Benson Talbot Jennings	The Reader's Digest article by Anthony Abbot
	Crossfire	John Paxton	The novel The Brick Foxhole by Richard Brooks
	Gentleman's Agreement	Moss Hart	The novel Gentleman's Agreement by Laura Z. Hobson
	Great Expectations	David Lean Ronald Neame Anthony Havelock-Allan	The novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
1948 (21st)
	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre	John Huston	The novel The Treasure of the Sierra Madre by B. Traven
	A Foreign Affair	Charles Brackett Billy Wilder Richard L. Breen	A story by David Shaw
	Johnny Belinda	Irma von Cube Allen Vincent	The play Johnny Belinda by Elmer Blaney Harris
	The Search	Richard Schweizer David Wechsler	– (original)
	The Snake Pit	Frank Partos Millen Brand	The novel The Snake Pit by Mary Jane Ward
1949 (22nd)
	A Letter to Three Wives	Joseph L. Mankiewicz	The novel Letter to Five Wives by John Klempner
	All the King's Men	Robert Rossen	The novel All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
	The Bicycle Thieves	Cesare Zavattini	The novel Bicycle Thief by Luigi Bartolini
	Champion	Carl Foreman	The short story "Champion" by Ring Lardner
	The Fallen Idol	Graham Greene	The short story "The Basement Room" by Graham Greene

1950s

Year	Film	Screenwriter(s)	Adapted from
1950 (23rd)
	All About Eve	Joseph L. Mankiewicz	The short story "The Wisdom of Eve" by Mary Orr
	The Asphalt Jungle	Ben Maddow John Huston	The novel The Asphalt Jungle by W. R. Burnett
	Born Yesterday	Albert Mannheimer	The play Born Yesterday by Garson Kanin
	Broken Arrow	Albert Maltz (front: Michael Blankfort)	The novel Blood Brother by Elliott Arnold
	Father of the Bride	Frances Goodrich Albert Hackett	The novel Father of the Bride by Edward Streeter
1951 (24th)
	A Place in the Sun	Harry Brown Michael Wilson	The novel An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser The play An American Tragedy by Patrick Kearney
	The African Queen	James Agee John Huston	The novel The African Queen by C. S. Forester
	Detective Story	Robert Wyler Philip Yordan	The play Detective Story by Sidney Kingsley
	La Ronde	Jacques Natanson Max Ophüls	The play Reigen by Arthur Schnitzler
	A Streetcar Named Desire	Tennessee Williams	The play A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
1952 (25th)
	The Bad and the Beautiful	Charles Schnee	The story "George Bradshaw
	5 Fingers	Michael Wilson	The novel Operation Cicero by L.C. Moyzisch
	High Noon	Carl Foreman	The story "The Tin Star" by John W. Cunningham
	The Man in the White Suit	John Dighton Roger MacDougall Alexander Mackendrick	The play The Man in the White Suit by Roger MacDougall
	The Quiet Man	Frank S. Nugent	The story "Green Rushes" by Maurice Walsh
1953 (26th)
	From Here to Eternity	Daniel Taradash	The novel From Here to Eternity by James Jones
	The Cruel Sea	Eric Ambler	The novel The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat
	Lili	Helen Deutsch	The story "Love of Seven Dolls" by Paul Gallico
	Roman Holiday	Ian McLellan Hunter John Dighton	A story by Dalton Trumbo (front: Ian McLellan Hunter)
	Shane	A.B. Guthrie Jr.	The novel Shane by Jack Schaefer
1954 (27th)
	The Country Girl	George Seaton	The play The Country Girl by Clifford Odets
	The Caine Mutiny	Stanley Roberts	The novel The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
	Rear Window	John Michael Hayes	The story "It Had to Be Murder" by Cornell Woolrich
	Sabrina	Billy Wilder Samuel Taylor Ernest Lehman	The novel Sabrina Fair by Samuel Taylor
	Seven Brides for Seven Brothers	Albert Hackett Frances Goodrich Dorothy Kingsley	The story "The Sobbin' Women" by Stephen Vincent Benét
1955 (28th)
	Marty	Paddy Chayefsky	The teleplay Marty, written by Paddy Chayefsky
	Bad Day at Black Rock	Millard Kaufman	The short story "Bad Time at Honda" by Howard Breslin
	Blackboard Jungle	Richard Brooks	The novel Blackboard Jungle by Evan Hunter
	East of Eden	Paul Osborn	The novel East of Eden by John Steinbeck
	Love Me or Leave Me	Daniel Fuchs Isobel Lennart	A story by Daniel Fuchs
1956 (29th)^[7]
	Around the World in Eighty Days	John Farrow S. J. Perelman James Poe	The novel Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
	Baby Doll	Tennessee Williams	The short play Twenty-seven Wagons Full of Cotton by Tennessee Williams The short play The Unsatisfactory Supper by Tennessee Williams
	Friendly Persuasion	Michael Wilson (withdrawn from final ballot)^[8]	The novel The Friendly Persuasion by Jessamyn West
	Giant	Fred Guiol Ivan Moffat	The novel Giant by Edna Ferber
	Lust for Life	Norman Corwin	The novel Lust for Life by Irving Stone
1957 (30th)^[9]
	The Bridge on the River Kwai	Pierre Boulle Carl Foreman (front: Pierre Boulle) Michael Wilson (front: Pierre Boulle)^[1]^[10]	The novel The Bridge over the River Kwai by Pierre Boulle
	Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison	John Huston John Lee Mahin	The novel Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison by Charles Shaw
	Peyton Place	John Michael Hayes	The novel Peyton Place by Grace Metalious
	Sayonara	Paul Osborn	The novel Sayonara by James Michener
	12 Angry Men	Reginald Rose	The teleplay Twelve Angry Men, written by Reginald Rose
1958 (31st)
	Gigi	Alan Jay Lerner	The novella Gigi by Colette
	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof	Richard Brooks James Poe	The play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams
	The Horse's Mouth	Alec Guinness	The novel The Horse's Mouth by Joyce Cary
	I Want to Live!	Nelson Gidding Don Mankiewicz	Articles by Ed Montgomery Letters by Barbara Graham
	Separate Tables	John Gay Terence Rattigan	The play Separate Tables by Terence Rattigan
1959 (32nd)
	Room at the Top	Neil Paterson	The novel Room at the Top by John Braine
	Anatomy of a Murder	Wendell Mayes	The novel Anatomy of a Murder by Robert Traver
	Ben-Hur	Karl Tunberg	The novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by General Lew Wallace
	The Nun's Story	Robert Anderson	The novel The Nun's Story by Kathryn Hulme
	Some Like It Hot	Billy Wilder I. A. L. Diamond	A story suggested by Robert Thoeren and M. Logan

1960s

Year	Film	Screenwriter(s)	Adapted from
1960 (33rd)
	Elmer Gantry	Richard Brooks	The novel Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis
	Inherit the Wind	Nedrick Young (front: Nathan E. Douglas)^[11] Harold Jacob Smith	The play Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee
	Sons and Lovers	Gavin Lambert T. E. B. Clarke	The novel Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence
	The Sundowners	Isobel Lennart	The novel The Sundowners by Jon Cleary
	Tunes of Glory	James Kennaway	The novel Tunes of Glory by James Kennaway
1961 (34th)
	Judgment at Nuremberg	Abby Mann	The teleplay Judgment at Nuremberg, written by Abby Mann
	Breakfast at Tiffany's	George Axelrod	The novella Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
	The Guns of Navarone	Carl Foreman	The novel The Guns of Navarone by Alistair MacLean
	The Hustler	Sydney Carroll Robert Rossen	The novel The Hustler by Walter Tevis
	West Side Story	Ernest Lehman	The play West Side Story, book by Arthur Laurents, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
1962 (35th)
	To Kill a Mockingbird	Horton Foote	The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
	David and Lisa	Eleanor Perry	The story "Lisa and David" by Theodore Isaac Rubin
	Lawrence of Arabia	Robert Bolt Michael Wilson (not on original ballot)^[12]	The writings of T. E. Lawrence
	Lolita	Vladimir Nabokov	The novel Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
	The Miracle Worker	William Gibson	The play The Miracle Worker by William Gibson
1963 (36th)
	Tom Jones	John Osborne	The novel The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding
	Captain Newman, M.D.	Richard L. Breen Henry Ephron Phoebe Ephron	The novel Captain Newman, M.D. by Leo Rosten
	Hud	Irving Ravetch Harriet Frank, Jr.	The novel Horseman, Pass By by Larry McMurtry
	Lilies of the Field	James Poe	The novel Lilies of the Field by William E. Barrett
	Sundays and Cybele	Serge Bourguignon (scenario/dialogue) Antoine Tudal (scenario)	The novel Les Dimanches de Ville d'Avray by Bernard Eschassériaux
1964 (37th)
	Becket	Edward Anhalt	The play Becket by Jean Anouilh
	Dr. Strangelove	Stanley Kubrick Terry Southern Peter George	The novel Peter George
	Mary Poppins	Bill Walsh Don DaGradi	The Mary Poppins series by P. L. Travers
	My Fair Lady	Alan Jay Lerner	The play My Fair Lady, book by Alan Jay Lerner The play George Bernard Shaw
	Zorba the Greek	Michael Cacoyannis	The novel The Life of Alexis Zorba by Nikos Kazantzakis
1965 (38th)
	Doctor Zhivago	Robert Bolt	The novel Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
	Cat Ballou	Walter Newman Frank R. Pierson	The novel The Ballad of Cat Ballou by Roy Chanslor
	The Collector	Stanley Mann John Kohn	The novel The Collector by John Fowles
	Ship of Fools	Abby Mann	The novel Ship of Fools by Katherine Anne Porter
	A Thousand Clowns	Herb Gardner	The play A Thousand Clowns by Herb Gardner
1966 (39th)
	A Man for All Seasons	Robert Bolt	The play A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt
	Alfie	Bill Naughton	The play Alfie by Bill Naughton
	The Professionals	Richard Brooks	The novel A Mule for the Marquesa by Frank O'Rourke
	The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming	William Rose	The novel Off-Islanders by Nathaniel Benchley
	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Ernest Lehman	The play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee
1967 (40th)
	In the Heat of the Night	Stirling Silliphant	The novel In the Heat of the Night by John Ball
	Cool Hand Luke	Donn Pearce Frank R. Pierson	The novel Cool Hand Luke by Donn Pearce
	The Graduate	Calder Willingham Buck Henry	The novel The Graduate by Charles Webb
	In Cold Blood	Richard Brooks	The novel In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
	Ulysses	Joseph Strick Fred Haines	The novel Ulysses by James Joyce
1968 (41st)
	The Lion in Winter	James Goldman	The play The Lion in Winter by James Goldman
	The Odd Couple	Neil Simon	The play The Odd Couple by Neil Simon
	Oliver!	Vernon Harris	The musical Oliver!, book by Lionel Bart The novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
	Rachel, Rachel	Stewart Stern	The novel A Jest of God by Margaret Laurence
	Rosemary's Baby	Roman Polanski	The novel 'Rosemary's Baby' by Ira Levin
1969 (42nd)
	Midnight Cowboy	Waldo Salt	The novel Midnight Cowboy by James Leo Herlihy
	Anne of the Thousand Days	John Hale (writer) Bridget Boland (writer) Richard Sokolove (adaptation)	The play Anne of the Thousand Days by Maxwell Anderson
	Goodbye, Columbus	Arnold Schulman	The novel Goodbye, Columbus by Philip Roth
	They Shoot Horses, Don't They?	James Poe Robert E. Thompson	The novel They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy
	Z	Jorge Semprún Costa-Gavras	The novel Z by Vassilis Vassilikos

1970s

Year	Film	Screenwriter(s)	Adapted from
1970 (43rd)
	MASH	Ring Lardner Jr.	The novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker
	Airport	George Seaton	The novel Airport by Arthur Hailey
	I Never Sang for My Father	Robert Anderson	The play I Never Sang for My Father by Robert Anderson
	Lovers and Other Strangers	Joseph Bologna David Zelag Goodman Renée Taylor	The play Lovers and Other Strangers by Joseph Bologna and Renée Taylor
	Women in Love	Larry Kramer	The novel Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence
1971 (44th)
	The French Connection	Ernest Tidyman	The book The French Connection: A True Account of Cops, Narcotics, and International Conspiracy by Robin Moore
	A Clockwork Orange	Stanley Kubrick	The novel A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
	The Conformist	Bernardo Bertolucci	The novel Il Conformista by Alberto Moravia
	The Garden of the Finzi Continis	Ugo Pirro Vittorio Bonicelli	The novel Giorgio Bassani
	The Last Picture Show	Larry McMurtry Peter Bogdanovich	The novel The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry
1972 (45th)
	The Godfather	Mario Puzo Francis Ford Coppola	The novel The Godfather by Mario Puzo
	Cabaret	Jay Presson Allen	The musical Cabaret, book by Joe Masteroff
	The Emigrants	Bengt Forslund Jan Troell	The novel The Emigrants by Vilhelm Moberg The novel Unto a Good Land by Vilhelm Moberg
	Pete 'n' Tillie	Julius J. Epstein	The story "Witch's Milk" by Peter De Vries
	Sounder	Lonne Elder III	The novel Sounder by William H. Armstrong
1973 (46th)
	The Exorcist	William Peter Blatty	The novel The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
	The Last Detail	Robert Towne	The novel The Last Detail by Darryl Ponicsan
	The Paper Chase	James Bridges	The novel The Paper Chase by John Jay Osborn, Jr.
	Paper Moon	Alvin Sargent	The novel Addie Pray by Joe David Brown
	Serpico	Waldo Salt Norman Wexler	The book Serpico by Peter Maas
1974 (47th)^[13]
	The Godfather Part II	Francis Ford Coppola Mario Puzo	The novel The Godfather by Mario Puzo
	The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz	Lionel Chetwynd (adaptation) Mordecai Richler (novel)	The novel The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz by Mordecai Richler
	Lenny	Julian Barry	The play Lenny by Julian Barry
	Murder on the Orient Express	Paul Dehn	The novel Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
	Young Frankenstein	Gene Wilder Mel Brooks	The novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
1975 (48th)
	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Bo Goldman Laurence Hauben	The novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
	Barry Lyndon	Stanley Kubrick	The novel The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. by William Makepeace Thackeray
	The Man Who Would Be King	John Huston Gladys Hill	The story "The Man Who Would Be King" by Rudyard Kipling
	Profumo di donna	Ruggero Maccari Dino Risi	The novel Il buio e il mare by Giovanni Arpino
	The Sunshine Boys	Neil Simon	The play The Sunshine Boys by Neil Simon
1976 (49th)^[14]
	All the President's Men	William Goldman	The book All the President's Men by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
	Bound for Glory	Robert Getchell	The book Bound for Glory by Woody Guthrie
	Fellini's Casanova	Federico Fellini Bernardino Zapponi	The autobiography Histoire de ma vie by Giacomo Casanova
	The Seven-Per-Cent Solution	Nicholas Meyer	The novel The Seven-Per-Cent Solution by Nicholas Meyer
	Voyage of the Damned	David Butler Steve Shagan	The book Max Morgan Witts
1977 (50th)
	Julia	Alvin Sargent	The novel Pentimento by Lillian Hellman
	Equus	Peter Shaffer	The play Equus by Peter Shaffer
	I Never Promised You a Rose Garden	Gavin Lambert Lewis John Carlino	The novel I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Hannah Greene
	Oh, God!	Larry Gelbart	The novel Oh, God! by Avery Corman
	That Obscure Object of Desire	Luis Buñuel (scenario) Jean-Claude Carrière (collaboration)	The novel La Femme et le pantin by Pierre Louÿs
1978 (51st)
	Midnight Express	Oliver Stone	The book Midnight Express by Billy Hayes and William Hoffer
	Bloodbrothers	Walter Newman	The novel Bloodbrothers by Richard Price
	California Suite	Neil Simon	The play California Suite by Neil Simon
	Heaven Can Wait	Elaine May Warren Beatty	The play Heaven Can Wait by Harry Seagal
	Same Time, Next Year	Bernard Slade	The play Same Time, Next Year by Bernard Slade
1979 (52nd)
	Kramer vs. Kramer	Robert Benton	The novel Kramer vs. Kramer by Avery Corman
	Apocalypse Now	John Milius Francis Ford Coppola	The novel Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
	La Cage aux folles	Marcello Danon Edouard Molinaro Jean Poiret Francis Veber	The play La Cage aux Folles by Jean Poiret
	A Little Romance	Allan Burns	The novel E=MC2 mon amour by Patrick Cauvin
	Norma Rae	Harriet Frank, Jr. Irving Ravetch	The book Crystal Lee, a Woman of Inheritance by Hank Leiferman

1980s

Year	Film	Screenwriter(s)	Adapted from
1980 (53rd)
	Ordinary People	Alvin Sargent	The novel Ordinary People by Judith Guest
	Breaker Morant	Jonathan Hardy David Stevens Bruce Beresford	The play Breaker Morant by Kenneth G. Ross
	Coal Miner's Daughter	Tom Rickman	The book George Vecsey
	The Elephant Man	Christopher De Vore Eric Bergren David Lynch	The book The Elephant Man and Other Reminiscences by Sir Frederick Treves The book The Elephant Man: A Study in Human Dignity by Ashley Montagu
	The Stunt Man	Lawrence B. Marcus (screenplay) Richard Rush (adaptation)	The novel The Stunt Man by Paul Brodeur
1981 (54th)
	On Golden Pond	Ernest Thompson	The play On Golden Pond by Ernest Thompson
	The French Lieutenant's Woman	Harold Pinter	The novel The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles
	Pennies from Heaven	Dennis Potter	The television miniseries Pennies from Heaven, written by Dennis Potter
	Prince of the City	Jay Presson Allen Sidney Lumet	The book Prince of the City: The True Story of a Cop Who Knew Too Much by Robert Daley
	Ragtime	Michael Weller	The novel Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow
1982 (55th)
	Missing	Costa-Gavras Donald E. Stewart	The book The Execution of Charles Horman: An American Sacrifice by Thomas Hauser
	Das Boot	Wolfgang Petersen	The novel Das Boot by Lothar G. Buchheim
	Sophie's Choice	Alan J. Pakula	The novel Sophie's Choice by William Styron
	The Verdict	David Mamet	The novel The Verdict by Barry Reed
	Victor/Victoria	Blake Edwards	The film Viktor und Viktoria, written by Reinhold Schünzel
1983 (56th)
	Terms of Endearment	James L. Brooks	The novel Terms of Endearment by Larry McMurtry
	Betrayal	Harold Pinter	The play Betrayal by Harold Pinter
	The Dresser	Ronald Harwood	The play The Dresser by Ronald Harwood
	Educating Rita	Willy Russell	The play Educating Rita by Willy Russell
	Reuben, Reuben	Julius J. Epstein	The play Spoonford by Herman Shumlin
1984 (57th)
	Amadeus	Peter Shaffer	The play Amadeus by Peter Shaffer
	Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes	P.H. Vazak^[15] Michael Austin	The novel Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
	The Killing Fields	Bruce Robinson	The article "The Death and Life of Dith Pran" by Sydney Schanberg
	A Passage to India	David Lean	The novel A Passage to India by E. M. Forster
	A Soldier's Story	Charles Fuller	The play A Soldier's Play by Charles Fuller
1985 (58th)
	Out of Africa	Kurt Luedtke	The memoir Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen The book Silence Will Speak by Errol Trzebinski The book Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller by Judith Thurman
	The Color Purple	Menno Meyjes	The novel The Color Purple by Alice Walker
	Kiss of the Spider Woman	Leonard Schrader	The novel Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig
	Prizzi's Honor	Richard Condon Janet Roach	The novel Prizzi's Honor by Richard Condon
	The Trip to Bountiful	Horton Foote	The teleplay play The Trip to Bountiful, written by Horton Foote
1986 (59th)
	A Room with a View	Ruth Prawer Jhabvala	The novel A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
	Children of a Lesser God	Hesper Anderson Mark Medoff	The play Children of a Lesser God by Mark Medoff
	The Color of Money	Richard Price	The novel The Color of Money by Walter Tevis
	Crimes of the Heart	Beth Henley	The play Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley
	Stand by Me	Raynold Gideon Bruce A. Evans	The novella The Body by Stephen King
1987 (60th)
	The Last Emperor	Bernardo Bertolucci Mark Peploe	The autobiography From Emperor to Citizen: The Autobiography of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi by Henry Pu Yi
	The Dead	Tony Huston	The short story "The Dead" by James Joyce
	Fatal Attraction	James Dearden	The teleplay Diversion, written by James Dearden
	Full Metal Jacket	Gustav Hasford Michael Herr Stanley Kubrick	The novel The Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford
	My Life as a Dog	Brasse Brännström Per Berglund Lasse Hallström Reidar Jönsson	The novel Mitt liv som hund by Reidar Jönsson
1988 (61st)
	Dangerous Liaisons	Christopher Hampton	The play Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Christopher Hampton from the novel of the same name by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
	The Accidental Tourist	Frank Galati Lawrence Kasdan	The novel The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
	Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey	Anna Hamilton Phelan (story/screenplay) Tab Murphy (story)	An article by Harold T.P. Hayes
	Little Dorrit	Christine Edzard	The novel Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
	The Unbearable Lightness of Being	Jean-Claude Carrière Philip Kaufman	The novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
1989 (62nd)
	Driving Miss Daisy	Alfred Uhry	The play Driving Miss Daisy by Alfred Uhry
	Born on the Fourth of July	Ron Kovic Oliver Stone	The book Born on the Fourth of July by Ron Kovic
	Enemies, A Love Story	Paul Mazursky Roger L. Simon	The novel Enemies, a Love Story by Isaac Bashevis Singer
	Field of Dreams	Phil Alden Robinson	The novel Shoeless Joe by W. P. Kinsella
	My Left Foot	Shane Connaughton Jim Sheridan	The book My Left Foot by Christy Brown

1990s

Year	Film	Screenwriter(s)	Adapted from
1990 (63rd)
	Dances with Wolves	Michael Blake	The novel Dances with Wolves by Michael Blake
	Awakenings	Steven Zaillian	The book Awakenings by Oliver Sacks
	Goodfellas	Nicholas Pileggi Martin Scorsese	The book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi
	The Grifters	Donald E. Westlake	The novel The Grifters by Jim Thompson
	Reversal of Fortune	Nicholas Kazan	The book Reversal of Fortune: Inside the von Bülow Case by Alan M. Dershowitz
1991 (64th)^[16]
	The Silence of the Lambs	Ted Tally	The novel The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
	Europa Europa	Agnieszka Holland	The book I Was Hitler Youth Salomon by Solomon Perel
	Fried Green Tomatoes	Fannie Flagg Carol Sobieski (posthumous nomination)	The novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
	JFK	Oliver Stone Zachary Sklar	The book Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy by Jim Marrs the book On the Trail of the Assassins by Jim Garrison
	The Prince of Tides	Pat Conroy Becky Johnston	The novel The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
1992 (65th)
	Howards End	Ruth Prawer Jhabvala	The novel Howards End by E.M. Forster
	Enchanted April	Peter Barnes	The novel Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
	The Player	Michael Tolkin	The novel The Player by Michael Tolkin
	A River Runs Through It	Richard Friedenberg	The short story "A River Runs Through It" by Norman Maclean
	Scent of a Woman	Bo Goldman	The novel Il Buio E Il Miele by Giovanni Arpino The film Profuma di Donna, written by Ruggero Maccari and Dino Risi
1993 (66th)
	Schindler's List	Steven Zaillian	The novel Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally
	The Age of Innocence	Jay Cocks Martin Scorsese	The novel The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
	In the Name of the Father	Terry George Jim Sheridan	The book Proved Innocent by Gerry Conlon
	The Remains of the Day	Ruth Prawer Jhabvala	The novel The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
	Shadowlands	William Nicholson	The play Shadowlands by William Nicholson
1994 (67th)
	Forrest Gump	Eric Roth	The novel Forrest Gump by Winston Groom
	The Madness of King George	Alan Bennett	The play Alan Bennett
	Nobody's Fool	Robert Benton	The novel Nobody's Fool by Richard Russo
	Quiz Show	Paul Attanasio	The book Remembering America: A Voice from the Sixties by Richard N. Goodwin
	The Shawshank Redemption	Frank Darabont	The short story "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" by Stephen King
1995 (68th)
	Sense and Sensibility	Emma Thompson	The novel Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
	Apollo 13	William Broyles, Jr. Al Reinert	The book Lost Moon by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger
	Babe	George Miller Chris Noonan	The novel The Sheep-Pig by Dick King-Smith
	Leaving Las Vegas	Mike Figgis	The novel Leaving Las Vegas by John O'Brien
	Il Postino	Anna Pavignano (screenplay) Michael Radford (screenplay) Furio Scarpelli (story/screenplay) Giacomo Scarpelli (story/screenplay) Massimo Troisi (screenplay) (posthumous nomination)	The novel Ardiente Paciencia by Antonio Skármeta
1996 (69th)
	Sling Blade	Billy Bob Thornton	The short film Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade, written by Billy Bob Thornton
	The Crucible	Arthur Miller	The play The Crucible by Arthur Miller
	The English Patient	Anthony Minghella	The novel The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
	Hamlet	Kenneth Branagh	The play Hamlet by William Shakespeare
	Trainspotting	John Hodge	The novel Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
1997 (70th)
	L.A. Confidential	Curtis Hanson Brian Helgeland	The novel L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy
	Donnie Brasco	Paul Attanasio	The book Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia by Joseph D. Pistone and Richard Woodley
	The Sweet Hereafter	Atom Egoyan	The novel The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks
	Wag the Dog	Hilary Henkin David Mamet	The novel American Hero by Larry Beinhart
	The Wings of the Dove	Hossein Amini	The novel The Wings of the Dove by Henry James
1998 (71st)
	Gods and Monsters	Bill Condon	The novel Father of Frankenstein by Christopher Bram
	Out of Sight	Scott Frank	The novel Out of Sight by Elmore Leonard
	Primary Colors	Elaine May	The novel Primary Colors by Joe Klein
	A Simple Plan	Scott Smith	The novel A Simple Plan by Scott Smith
	The Thin Red Line	Terrence Malick	The novel The Thin Red Line by James Jones
1999 (72nd)
	The Cider House Rules	John Irving	The novel The Cider House Rules by John Irving
	Election	Alexander Payne Jim Taylor	The novel Election by Tom Perrotta
	The Green Mile	Frank Darabont	The novel The Green Mile by Stephen King
	The Insider	Michael Mann Eric Roth	The article "The Man Who Knew Too Much" by Marie Brenner
	The Talented Mr. Ripley	Anthony Minghella	The novel The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith

2000s

Year	Film	Screenwriter(s)	Adapted from
2000 (73rd)
	Traffic	Stephen Gaghan	The teleplay Traffik, written by Simon Moore
	Chocolat	Robert Nelson Jacobs	The novel Chocolat by Joanne Harris
	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Hui-Ling Wang James Schamus Kuo Jung Tsai	The novel Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by Wang Dulu
	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	Joel Coen Ethan Coen	The epic poem The Odyssey by Homer
	Wonder Boys	Steve Kloves	The book Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon
2001 (74th)
	A Beautiful Mind	Akiva Goldsman	The book A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar
	Ghost World	Daniel Clowes Terry Zwigoff	The graphic novel Ghost World by Daniel Clowes
	In the Bedroom	Todd Field Rob Festinger	The short story "Killings" by Andre Dubus
	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens Peter Jackson	The novel The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien
	Shrek	Ted Elliott Terry Rossio Joe Stillman Roger S. H. Schulman	The picture book Shrek! by William Steig
2002 (75th)^[17]
	The Pianist	Ronald Harwood	The book The Pianist by Władysław Szpilman
	About a Boy	Peter Hedges Chris Weitz Paul Weitz	The novel About a Boy by Nick Hornby
	Adaptation	Charlie Kaufman Donald Kaufman^[18]	The book The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean
	Chicago	Bill Condon	The musical play Chicago, book by Bob Fosse and Fred Ebb
	The Hours	David Hare	The novel The Hours by Michael Cunningham
2003 (76th)
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens Peter Jackson	The novel The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien
	American Splendor	Shari Springer Berman Robert Pulcini	The comic book series American Splendor by Harvey Pekar The comic book series Our Cancer Year by Joyce Brabner
	City of God	Bráulio Mantovani	The novel City of God by Paulo Lins
	Mystic River	Brian Helgeland	The novel Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
	Seabiscuit	Gary Ross	The book Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand
2004 (77th)
	Sideways	Alexander Payne Jim Taylor	The novel Sideways by Rex Pickett
	Before Sunset	Richard Linklater (story/screenplay) Kim Krizan (story) Julie Delpy (screenplay) Ethan Hawke (screenplay)	Characters from the film Before Sunrise, written by Richard Linklater and Kim Krizan
	Finding Neverland	David Magee	The play The Man Who Was Peter Pan by Allan Knee
	Million Dollar Baby	Paul Haggis	The book Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner by F.X. Toole
	The Motorcycle Diaries	José Rivera	The book Con el Che por America Latina by Alberto Granado The book The Motorcycle Diaries by Che Guevara
2005 (78th)
	Brokeback Mountain	Larry McMurtry Diana Ossana	The short story "Brokeback Mountain" by Annie Proulx
	Capote	Dan Futterman	The book Capote by Gerald Clarke
	The Constant Gardener	Jeffrey Caine	The novel The Constant Gardener by John le Carré
	A History of Violence	Josh Olson	The graphic novel A History of Violence by John Wagner and Vince Locke
	Munich	Tony Kushner Eric Roth	The book George Jonas
2006 (79th)
	The Departed	William Monahan	The film Infernal Affairs, written by Alan Mak and Felix Chong
	Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan	Sacha Baron Cohen (story/screenplay) Peter Baynham (story/screenplay) Anthony Hines (story/screenplay) Dan Mazer (screenplay) Todd Phillips (story)	The character Borat Sagdiyev, from the television series Da Ali G Show, created by Sacha Baron Cohen
	Children of Men	Alfonso Cuarón Timothy J. Sexton David Arata Mark Fergus Hawk Ostby	The novel The Children of Men by P. D. James
	Little Children	Todd Field Tom Perrotta	The novel Little Children by Tom Perrotta
	Notes on a Scandal	Patrick Marber	The novel Notes on a Scandal by Zoë Heller
2007 (80th)
	No Country for Old Men	Joel Coen Ethan Coen	The novel No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
	Atonement	Christopher Hampton	The novel Atonement by Ian McEwan
	Away from Her	Sarah Polley	The short story "The Bear Went Over the Mountain" by Alice Munro
	The Diving Bell and the Butterfly	Ronald Harwood	The book The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
	There Will Be Blood	Paul Thomas Anderson	The novel Oil! by Upton Sinclair
2008 (81st)
	Slumdog Millionaire	Simon Beaufoy	The novel Q & A by Vikas Swarup
	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Eric Roth (story/screenplay) Robin Swicord (story)	The short story "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
	Doubt	John Patrick Shanley	The play Doubt: A Parable by John Patrick Shanley
	Frost/Nixon	Peter Morgan	The play Peter Morgan
	The Reader	David Hare	The novel The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
2009 (82nd)
	Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire	Geoffrey Fletcher	The novel Push by Sapphire
	District 9	Neill Blomkamp Terri Tatchell	The short film Alive in Joburg written by Neill Blomkamp
	An Education	Nick Hornby	The book An Education by Lynn Barber
	In the Loop	Jesse Armstrong Simon Blackwell Armando Iannucci Tony Roche	The character Malcolm Tucker, from the television series The Thick of It, created by Armando Iannucci
	Up in the Air	Jason Reitman Sheldon Turner	The novel Up in the Air by Walter Kirn

2010s

Year	Film	Screenwriter(s)	Adapted from
2010 (83rd)
	The Social Network	Aaron Sorkin	The book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich
	127 Hours	Danny Boyle Simon Beaufoy	The book Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston
	Toy Story 3	Michael Arndt (screenplay) John Lasseter (story) Andrew Stanton (story) Lee Unkrich (story)	Characters from the film Toy Story, written by John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton, Joe Ranft, Joss Whedon, Joel Cohen, and Alec Sokolow Characters from the film Toy Story 2, written by John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Ash Brannon, Andrew Stanton, Rita Hsiao, Doug Chamberlin, and Chris Webb
	True Grit	Joel Coen Ethan Coen	The novel True Grit by Charles Portis
	Winter's Bone	Debra Granik Anne Rosellini	The novel Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell
2011 (84th)
	The Descendants	Alexander Payne Nat Faxon Jim Rash	The novel The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings
	Hugo	John Logan	The novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
	The Ides of March	George Clooney Grant Heslov Beau Willimon	The play Farragut North by Beau Willimon
	Moneyball	Steven Zaillian (screenplay) Aaron Sorkin (screenplay) Stan Chervin (story)	The book Moneyball by Michael Lewis
	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	Bridget O'Connor (posthumous nomination) Peter Straughan	The novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré
2012 (85th)
	Argo	Chris Terrio	The book The Master of Disguise by Antonio J. Mendez The article "The Great Escape" by Joshuah Bearman
	Beasts of the Southern Wild	Lucy Alibar Benh Zeitlin	The play Juicy and Delicious by Lucy Alibar
	Life of Pi	David Magee	The novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel
	Lincoln	Tony Kushner	The book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
	Silver Linings Playbook	David O. Russell	The novel The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick
2013 (86th)
	12 Years a Slave	John Ridley	The memoir 12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup.
	Before Midnight	Richard Linklater Julie Delpy Ethan Hawke	Characters from the film Before Sunrise, written by Richard Linklater and Kim Krizan
	Captain Phillips	Billy Ray	The book A Captain's Duty by Richard Phillips, Stephan Talty
	Philomena	Steve Coogan Jeff Pope	The book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by Martin Sixsmith
	The Wolf of Wall Street	Terence Winter	The memoir The Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort

References

^ ^a ^b "Session Timeout - Academy Awards Database - AMPAS". Awardsdatabase.oscars.org. 2010-01-29. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
^ Johnson, Andrew (28 March 2010). "Emma Thompson: How Jane Austen saved me from going under".
^ Award entitled Best Writing, Adaptation
^ In the 2nd and 3rd years there was only a single writing award for Writing Achievement with no distinction between original works and adaptations.
^ For the 1930/31 production year the award was again subdivided, and this one was once again Best Writing, Adaptation.
^ Award renamed Best Writing, Screenplay
^ Award entitled Best Screenplay—Adapted
^ 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 the 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 U.S. Congress if accused of Communist affiliations, as was the case with Wilson at the time. The Academy, in the awkward position of possible 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. This bylaw was repealed by the Academy as "unworkable" on January 12, 1959. This nomination was not included on the final ballot.
^ Award entitled Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
^ Though Pierre Boulle received official screen credit, it was commonly known that blacklisted writers Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson wrote the screenplay based on Boulle's novel (translated from the original French). The Board of Governors, on December 11, 1984, voted posthumous Oscars to Wilson and Foreman. It was widely reported that Boulle was surprised, as well as many others, by the nomination, especially since Boulle did not speak (or write) English.
^ Upon request of 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, which was Mr. Young's pseudonym during the blacklisting period.
^ Originally the nomination was solely for Robert Bolt, as Wilson was blacklisted at the time. His name was officially added to the nomination in 1995.
^ Award entitled Screenplay Adapted From Other Material
^ Award entitled Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
^ P.H. Vazak is a pseudonym for Robert Towne who was dissatisfied with the film.
^ Award entitled Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
^ Award entitled Best Adapted Screenplay
^ Donald Kaufman is a fictitious creation, but is officially listed in the credits and thus officially nominated

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