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1986 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerOut of AfricaKurt LuedtkeIn 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter.Amazon1986 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesKiss of the Spider WomanLeonard SchraderAmazonPrizzi's HonorRichard CondonAmazonThe Color PurpleMenno MeyjesAmazonThe Trip to BountifulHorton FooteAmazon

1985 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerAmadeusPeter ShafferThe life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was insanely jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.Amazon1985 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesA Passage to IndiaDavid LeanAmazonA Soldier's StoryCharles FullerAmazonGreystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the ApesRobert TowneAmazonThe Killing FieldsBruce RobinsonAmazon

1984 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerTerms of EndearmentJames L. BrooksFollows hard-to-please Aurora looking for love, and her daughter's family problems.Amazon1984 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesBetrayalHarold PinterAmazonEducating RitaWilly RussellAmazonReuben, ReubenJulius J. EpsteinAmazonThe DresserRonald HarwoodAmazon

1983 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerMissingCosta-GavrasWhen an idealistic American writer disappears during the Chilean coup d'état in September 1973, his wife and father try to find him.Amazon1983 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesDas BootWolfgang PetersenAmazonSophie's ChoiceAlan J. PakulaAmazonThe VerdictDavid MametAmazonVictor VictoriaBlake EdwardsAmazon

1982 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerOn Golden PondErnest ThompsonNorman is a curmudgeon with an estranged relationship with his daughter Chelsea. At Golden Pond, he and his wife nevertheless agree to care for Billy, the son of Chelsea's new boyfriend, and a most unexpected relationship blooms.Amazon1982 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesPennies from HeavenDennis PotterAmazonPrince of the CityJay Presson AllenAmazonRagtimeMichael WellerAmazonThe French Lieutenant's WomanHarold PinterAmazon

1981 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerOrdinary PeopleAlvin SargentThe accidental death of the older son of an affluent family deeply strains the relationships among the bitter mother, the good-natured father, and the guilt-ridden younger son.Amazon1981 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesBreaker MorantJonathan HardyAmazonCoal Miner's DaughterThomas RickmanAmazonThe Elephant ManChristopher De VoreAmazonThe Stunt ManLawrence B. MarcusAmazon

1980 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerKramer vs. KramerRobert BentonTed Kramer's wife leaves him, allowing for a lost bond to be rediscovered between Ted and his son, Billy. But a heated custody battle ensues over the divorced couple's son, deepening the wounds left by the separation.Amazon1980 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesA Little RomanceAllan BurnsAmazonApocalypse NowJohn MiliusAmazonLa cage aux follesFrancis VeberAmazonNorma RaeIrving RavetchAmazon

1979 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerMidnight ExpressOliver StoneBilly Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.Amazon1979 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesBloodbrothersWalter NewmanAmazonCalifornia SuiteNeil SimonAmazonHeaven Can WaitElaine MayAmazonSame Time, Next YearBernard SladeAmazon

1978 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerJuliaAlvin SargentAt the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.Amazon1978 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesEquusPeter ShafferAmazonI Never Promised You a Rose GardenGavin LambertAmazonOh, God!Larry GelbartAmazonThat Obscure Object of DesireLuis BuñuelAmazon

1977 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerAll the President's MenWilliam Goldman"The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation.Amazon1977 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesBound for GloryRobert GetchellAmazonFellini's CasanovaFederico FelliniAmazonThe Seven-Per-Cent SolutionNicholas MeyerAmazonVoyage of the DamnedSteve ShaganAmazon