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1996 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerSense and SensibilityEmma ThompsonRich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her three daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. The two eldest daughters are the titular opposites.Amazon1996 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesApollo 13William Broyles Jr.AmazonBabeGeorge MillerAmazonIl Postino: The PostmanAnna PavignanoAmazonLeaving Las VegasMike FiggisAmazon

1995 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerForrest GumpEric RothThe presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the events of Vietnam, Watergate, and other history unfold through the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75.Amazon1995 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesNobody's FoolRobert BentonAmazonQuiz ShowPaul AttanasioAmazonThe Madness of King GeorgeAlan BennettAmazonThe Shawshank RedemptionFrank DarabontAmazon

1994 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerSchindler's ListSteven ZaillianIn German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.Amazon1994 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesIn the Name of the FatherTerry GeorgeAmazonShadowlandsWilliam NicholsonAmazonThe Age of InnocenceJay CocksAmazonThe Remains of the DayRuth Prawer JhabvalaAmazon

1993 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerHowards EndRuth Prawer JhabvalaA businessman thwarts his wife's bequest of an estate to another woman.Amazon1993 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesA River Runs Through ItRichard FriedenbergAmazonEnchanted AprilPeter BarnesAmazonScent of a WomanBo GoldmanAmazonThe PlayerMichael TolkinAmazon

1992 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerThe Silence of the LambsTed TallyA young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.Amazon1992 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesEuropa EuropaAgnieszka HollandAmazonFried Green TomatoesFannie FlaggAmazonJFKOliver StoneAmazonThe Prince of TidesPat ConroyAmazon

1991 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerDances with WolvesMichael BlakeLieutenant John Dunbar, assigned to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Indians, making him an intolerable aberration in the military.Amazon1991 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesAwakeningsSteven ZaillianAmazonGoodfellasNicholas PileggiAmazonReversal of FortuneNicholas KazanAmazonThe GriftersDonald E. WestlakeAmazon

1990 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerDriving Miss DaisyAlfred UhryAn old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years.Amazon1990 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesBorn on the Fourth of JulyOliver StoneAmazonEnemies: A Love StoryRoger L. SimonAmazonField of DreamsPhil Alden RobinsonAmazonMy Left FootJim SheridanAmazon

1989 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerDangerous LiaisonsChristopher HamptonA scheming widow and her manipulative ex-lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman.Amazon1989 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesGorillas in the MistAnna Hamilton PhelanAmazonLittle DorritChristine EdzardAmazonThe Accidental TouristFrank GalatiAmazonThe Unbearable Lightness of BeingJean-Claude CarrièreAmazon

1988 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerThe Last EmperorMark PeploeThe story of the final Emperor of China.Amazon1988 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesFatal AttractionJames DeardenAmazonFull Metal JacketStanley KubrickAmazonMy Life as a DogLasse HallströmAmazonThe DeadTony HustonAmazon

1987 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerA Room with a ViewRuth Prawer JhabvalaIn a Florence pensione circa 1900 with English guests, George Emerson (Julian Sands) and his dad (Denholm Elliott) offer their rooms with views to Lucy Honeychurch (Helena Bonham Carter) and her chaperone, Charlotte Bartlett (Dame Maggie Smith). Lucy and GAmazon1987 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesChildren of a Lesser GodHesper AndersonAmazonCrimes of the HeartBeth HenleyAmazonStand by MeRaynold GideonAmazonThe Color of MoneyRichard PriceAmazon