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2020 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Jojo Rabbit Taika Waititi](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/jojo-rabbit-taika-waititi-movie-image.jpg)
Jojo Rabbit
Taika Waititi
2019 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![BlacKkKlansman Charlie Wachtel](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/blackkklansman-spike-lee-movie-image.jpg)
BlacKkKlansman
Charlie Wachtel
2018 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Call Me by Your Name James Ivory](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/call-me-by-your-name-luca-guadagnino-image.jpg)
Call Me by Your Name
James Ivory
2017 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Moonlight Barry Jenkins](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/moonlight-image.jpg)
Moonlight
Barry Jenkins
2016 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![The Big Short Charles Randolph](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-big-short-image.jpg)
The Big Short
Charles Randolph
2015 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![The Imitation Game Graham Moore](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-imitation-game-morten-tyldum-image.jpg)
The Imitation Game
Graham Moore
2014 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![12 Years a Slave John Ridley](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/12-years-a-slave-steve-mcqueen-image.jpg)
12 Years a Slave
John Ridley
2013 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Argo Chris Terrio](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/argo-image.jpg)
Argo
Chris Terrio
2012 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![The Descendants Alexander Payne](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-descendants-image.jpg)
The Descendants
Alexander Payne
2011 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![The Social Network Aaron Sorkin](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-social-network-david-fincher-image.jpg)
The Social Network
Aaron Sorkin
2010 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Precious Geoffrey Fletcher](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/precious-lee-daniels-image.jpg)
Precious
Geoffrey Fletcher
2009 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Slumdog Millionaire Simon Beaufoy](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/slumdog-millionaire-danny-boyle-loveleen-tandanco-director-image.jpg)
Slumdog Millionaire
Simon Beaufoy
2008 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![No Country for Old Men Joel Coen](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/no-country-for-old-men-ethan-coen-joel-coen-image.jpg)
No Country for Old Men
Joel Coen
2007 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![The Departed William Monahan](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-departed-martin-scorsese-image.jpg)
The Departed
William Monahan
2006 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Brokeback Mountain Larry McMurtry](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/brokeback-mountain-image.jpg)
Brokeback Mountain
Larry McMurtry
2005 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Sideways Alexander Payne](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sideways-image.jpg)
Sideways
Alexander Payne
2004 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Fran Walsh](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-return-of-the-king-peter-jackson-image.jpg)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Fran Walsh
2003 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![The Pianist Ronald Harwood](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-pianist-roman-polanski-image.jpg)
The Pianist
Ronald Harwood
2002 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![A Beautiful Mind Akiva Goldsman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-beautiful-mind-ron-howard-image.jpg)
A Beautiful Mind
Akiva Goldsman
2001 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Traffic Stephen Gaghan](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/traffic-steven-soderbergh-image.jpg)
Traffic
Stephen Gaghan
2000 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![The Cider House Rules John Irving](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-cider-house-rules-lasse-hallstrom-image.jpg)
The Cider House Rules
John Irving
1999 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Gods and Monsters Bill Condon](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/gods-and-monsters-image.jpg)
Gods and Monsters
Bill Condon
1998 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![L.A. Confidential Brian Helgeland](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/l.a.-confidential-curtis-hanson-image.jpg)
L.A. Confidential
Brian Helgeland
1997 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Sling Blade Billy Bob Thornton](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sling-blade-billy-bob-thornton-image.jpg)
Sling Blade
Billy Bob Thornton
1996 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Sense and Sensibility Emma Thompson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sense-and-sensibility-image.jpg)
Sense and Sensibility
Emma Thompson
1995 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Forrest Gump Eric Roth](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/forrest-gump-robert-zemeckis-image.jpg)
Forrest Gump
Eric Roth
1994 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Schindler's List Steven Zaillian](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/schindlers-list-steven-spielberg-image.jpg)
Schindler’s List
Steven Zaillian
1993 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Howards End Ruth Prawer Jhabvala](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/howards-end-james-ivory-image.jpg)
Howards End
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
1992 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![The Silence of the Lambs Ted Tally](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-silence-of-the-lambs-jonathan-demme-image.jpg)
The Silence of the Lambs
Ted Tally
1991 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Dances with Wolves Michael Blake](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dances-with-wolves-kevin-costner-image.jpg)
Dances with Wolves
Michael Blake
1990 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Driving Miss Daisy Alfred Uhry](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/driving-miss-daisy-bruce-beresford-image.jpg)
Driving Miss Daisy
Alfred Uhry
1989 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Dangerous Liaisons Christopher Hampton](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dangerous-liaisons-stephen-frears-image.jpg)
Dangerous Liaisons
Christopher Hampton
1988 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![The Last Emperor Mark Peploe](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-last-emperor-image.jpg)
The Last Emperor
Mark Peploe
1987 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![A Room with a View Ruth Prawer Jhabvala](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-room-with-a-view-james-ivory-image.jpg)
A Room with a View
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
1986 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Out of Africa Kurt Luedtke](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/out-of-africa-sydney-pollack-image.jpg)
Out of Africa
Kurt Luedtke
1985 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Amadeus Peter Shaffer](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/amadeus-image.jpg)
Amadeus
Peter Shaffer
1984 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Terms of Endearment James L. Brooks](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/terms-of-endearment-image.jpg)
Terms of Endearment
James L. Brooks
1983 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Missing Costa-Gavras](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/missing-costa-gavras-image.jpg)
Missing
Costa-Gavras
1982 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![On Golden Pond Ernest Thompson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/on-golden-pond-mark-rydell-image.jpg)
On Golden Pond
Ernest Thompson
1981 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Ordinary People Alvin Sargent](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ordinary-people-robert-redford-image.jpg)
Ordinary People
Alvin Sargent
1980 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Kramer vs. Kramer Robert Benton](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/kramer-vs.-kramer-robert-benton-image.jpg)
Kramer vs. Kramer
Robert Benton
1979 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Midnight Express Oliver Stone](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/midnight-express-image.jpg)
Midnight Express
Oliver Stone
1978 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Julia Alvin Sargent](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/julia-fred-zinnemann-image.jpg)
Julia
Alvin Sargent
1977 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![All the President's Men William Goldman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/all-the-presidents-men-image.jpg)
All the President’s Men
William Goldman
1976 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Lawrence Hauben](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest-milos-forman-image.jpg)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Lawrence Hauben
1975 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![The Godfather: Part II Francis Ford Coppola](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-godfather-part-ii-francis-ford-coppola-image.jpg)
The Godfather: Part II
Francis Ford Coppola
1974 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![The Exorcist William Peter Blatty](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-exorcist-william-friedkin-image.jpg)
The Exorcist
William Peter Blatty
1973 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![The Godfather Mario Puzo](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-godfather-francis-ford-coppola-image.jpg)
The Godfather
Mario Puzo
1972 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![The French Connection Ernest Tidyman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-french-connection-william-friedkin-image.jpg)
The French Connection
Ernest Tidyman
1971 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![MASH Ring Lardner Jr.](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mash-robert-altman-image.jpg)
MASH
Ring Lardner Jr.
1970 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Midnight Cowboy Waldo Salt](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/midnight-cowboy-john-schlesinger-image.jpg)
Midnight Cowboy
Waldo Salt
1969 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![The Lion in Winter James Goldman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-lion-in-winter-image.jpg)
The Lion in Winter
James Goldman
1968 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![In the Heat of the Night Stirling Silliphant](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/in-the-heat-of-the-night-norman-jewison-image.jpg)
In the Heat of the Night
Stirling Silliphant
1967 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![A Man for All Seasons Robert Bolt](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-man-for-all-seasons-fred-zinnemann-image.jpg)
A Man for All Seasons
Robert Bolt
1966 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Doctor Zhivago Robert Bolt](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/doctor-zhivago-david-lean-image.jpg)
Doctor Zhivago
Robert Bolt
1965 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Becket Edward Anhalt](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/becket-peter-glenville-image.jpg)
Becket
Edward Anhalt
1964 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Tom Jones John Osborne](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/tom-jones-tony-richardson-image.jpg)
Tom Jones
John Osborne
1963 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![To Kill a Mockingbird Horton Foote](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/to-kill-a-mockingbird-robert-mulligan-image.jpg)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Horton Foote
1962 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Judgment at Nuremberg Abby Mann](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/judgment-at-nuremberg-stanley-kramer-image.jpg)
Judgment at Nuremberg
Abby Mann
1961 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Elmer Gantry Richard Brooks](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/elmer-gantry-richard-brooks-image.jpg)
Elmer Gantry
Richard Brooks
1960 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Room at the Top Neil Paterson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/room-at-the-top-jack-clayton-image.jpg)
Room at the Top
Neil Paterson
1959 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Gigi Alan Jay Lerner](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/gigi-vincente-minnelli-charles-walters-image.jpg)
Gigi
Alan Jay Lerner
1958 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![The Bridge on the River Kwai Pierre Boulle](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-bridge-on-the-river-kwai-david-lean-image.jpg)
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Pierre Boulle
1957 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Around the World in 80 Days James Poe](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/around-the-world-in-80-days-michael-anderson-john-farrow-image.jpg)
Around the World in 80 Days
James Poe
1956 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Marty Paddy Chayefsky](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/marty-delbert-mann-image.jpg)
Marty
Paddy Chayefsky
1955 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![The Country Girl George Seaton](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-country-girl-george-seaton-image.jpg)
The Country Girl
George Seaton
1954 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![From Here to Eternity Daniel Taradash](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/from-here-to-eternity-fred-zinnemann-image.jpg)
From Here to Eternity
Daniel Taradash
1953 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![The Bad and the Beautiful Charles Schnee](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-bad-and-the-beautiful-vincente-minnelli-image.jpg)
The Bad and the Beautiful
Charles Schnee
1952 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![A Place in the Sun Michael Wilson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-place-in-the-sun-george-stevens-image.jpg)
A Place in the Sun
Michael Wilson
1951 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![All About Eve Joseph L. Mankiewicz](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/all-about-eve-joseph-l.-mankiewicz-image.jpg)
All About Eve
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1950 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![A Letter to Three Wives Joseph L. Mankiewicz](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-letter-to-three-wives-joseph-l.-mankiewicz-image.jpg)
A Letter to Three Wives
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1949 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![The Treasure of the Sierra Madre John Huston](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-treasure-of-the-sierra-madre-john-huston-image.jpg)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
John Huston
1948 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Miracle on 34th Street George Seaton](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/miracle-on-34th-street-george-seaton-image.jpg)
Miracle on 34th Street
George Seaton
1947 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![The Best Years of Our Lives Robert E. Sherwood](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-best-years-of-our-lives-william-wyler-image.jpg)
The Best Years of Our Lives
Robert E. Sherwood
1946 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![The Lost Weekend Charles Brackett](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-lost-weekend-billy-wilder-image.jpg)
The Lost Weekend
Charles Brackett
1945 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Going My Way Frank Butler](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/going-my-way-leo-mccarey-image.jpg)
Going My Way
Frank Butler
1944 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Casablanca Julius J. Epstein](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/casablanca-michael-curtiz-image.jpg)
Casablanca
Julius J. Epstein
1943 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Mrs. Miniver George Froeschel](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mrs.-miniver-william-wyler-image.jpg)
Mrs. Miniver
George Froeschel
1942 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Here Comes Mr. Jordan Sidney Buchman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/here-comes-mr.-jordan-image.jpg)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Sidney Buchman
1941 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![The Philadelphia Story Donald Ogden Stewart](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-philadelphia-story-george-cukor-image.jpg)
The Philadelphia Story
Donald Ogden Stewart
1940 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Gone with the Wind Sidney Howard](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/gone-with-the-wind-victor-fleming-george-cukor-sam-wood-image.jpg)
Gone with the Wind
Sidney Howard
1939 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Pygmalion George Bernard Shaw](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/pygmalion-image.jpg)
Pygmalion
George Bernard Shaw
1938 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![The Life of Emile Zola Heinz Herald](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-life-of-emile-zola-william-dieterle-image.jpg)
The Life of Emile Zola
Heinz Herald
1937 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![The Story of Louis Pasteur Pierre Collings](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-story-of-louis-pasteur-william-dieterle-image.jpg)
The Story of Louis Pasteur
Pierre Collings
1936 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![The Informer Dudley Nichols](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-informer-john-ford-image.jpg)
The Informer
Dudley Nichols
1935 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![It Happened One Night Robert Riskin](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/it-happened-one-night-frank-capra-image.jpg)
It Happened One Night
Robert Riskin
1934 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Little Women Victor Heerman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/little-women-george-cukor-image.jpg)
Little Women
Victor Heerman
1932 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Bad Girl Edwin J. Burke](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/bad-girl-frank-borzage-image.jpg)
Bad Girl
Edwin J. Burke
1931 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![Cimarron Howard Estabrook](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cimarron-wesley-ruggles-image.jpg)
Cimarron
Howard Estabrook
1930s Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![The Big House Frances Marion](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-big-house-george-w.-hill-ward-wing-image.jpg)
The Big House
Frances Marion
1930 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![The Patriot Hanns Kräly](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-patriot-ernst-lubitsch-image.jpg)
The Patriot
Hanns Kräly
1929 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
![7th Heaven Benjamin Glazer](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/7th-heaven-frank-borzage-image.jpg)