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2016 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerThe Big ShortCharles RandolphIn 2006-2007 a group of investors bet against the US mortgage market. In their research they discover how flawed and corrupt the market is.Amazon2016 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesBrooklynNick HornbyAmazonCarolPhyllis NagyAmazonRoomEmma DonoghueAmazonThe MartianDrew GoddardAmazon

2015 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerThe Imitation GameGraham MooreDuring World War II, the English mathematical genius Alan Turing tries to crack the German Enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians.Amazon2015 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesAmerican SniperJason HallAmazonInherent VicePaul Thomas AndersonAmazonThe Theory of EverythingAnthony McCartenAmazonWhiplashDamien ChazelleAmazon

2014 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Winner12 Years a SlaveJohn RidleyIn the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.Amazon2014 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesBefore MidnightRichard LinklaterAmazonCaptain PhillipsBilly RayAmazonPhilomenaSteve CooganAmazonThe Wolf of Wall StreetTerence WinterAmazon

2013 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerArgoChris TerrioActing under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.Amazon2013 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesBeasts of the Southern WildLucy AlibarAmazonLife of PiDavid MageeAmazonLincolnTony KushnerAmazonSilver Linings PlaybookDavid O. RussellAmazon

2012 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerThe DescendantsAlexander PayneA land baron tries to reconnect with his two daughters after his wife is seriously injured in a boating accident.Amazon2012 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesHugoJohn LoganAmazonMoneyballSteven ZaillianAmazonThe Ides of MarchGeorge ClooneyAmazonTinker Tailor Soldier SpyBridget O'ConnorAmazon

2011 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerThe Social NetworkAaron SorkinAs Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea, and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.Amazon2011 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Nominees127 HoursDanny BoyleAmazonToy Story 3Michael ArndtAmazonTrue GritJoel CoenAmazonWinter's BoneDebra GranikAmazon

2009 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerSlumdog MillionaireSimon BeaufoyA Mumbai teenager reflects on his life after being accused of cheating on the Indian version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?"Amazon2009 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesDoubtJohn Patrick ShanleyAmazonFrost/NixonPeter MorganAmazonThe Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonEric RothAmazonThe ReaderDavid HareAmazon

2008 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerNo Country for Old MenJoel CoenViolence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.Amazon2008 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesAtonementChristopher HamptonAmazonAway from HerSarah PolleyAmazonThe Diving Bell and the ButterflyRonald HarwoodAmazonThere Will Be BloodPaul Thomas AndersonAmazon

2007 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerThe DepartedWilliam MonahanAn undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.Amazon2007 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesBorat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of KazakhstanSacha Baron CohenAmazonChildren of MenAlfonso CuarónAmazonLittle ChildrenTodd FieldAmazonNotes on a ScandalPatrick MarberAmazon