1980 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best 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 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay NomineesNorma RaeIrving RavetchAmazon

1981 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best 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 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay NomineesCoal Miner's DaughterThomas RickmanAmazonThe Elephant ManChristopher De VoreAmazonThe Great SantiniLewis John CarlinoAmazonThe Stunt ManLawrence B. MarcusAmazon

1982 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best 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 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay NomineesCutter's WayJeffrey Alan FiskinAmazonPrince of the CityJay Presson AllenAmazonRagtimeMichael WellerAmazon

1983 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best 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 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay NomineesSophie's ChoiceAlan J. PakulaAmazonThe VerdictDavid MametAmazonThe World According to GarpSteve TesichAmazon

1984 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay WinnerReuben, ReubenJulius J. EpsteinA drunken Scottish poet, who has not written a word in years, feels compelled to regain control of his life and work after meeting a beautiful young woman.Amazon1984 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay NomineesThe Right StuffPhilip KaufmanAmazonThe Year of Living DangerouslyDavid WilliamsonAmazon

1985 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay WinnerThe Killing FieldsBruce RobinsonA journalist is trapped in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's bloody 'Year Zero' cleansing campaign, which claimed the lives of two million 'undesirable' civilians.Amazon1985 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay NomineesA Passage to IndiaDavid LeanAmazonA Soldier's StoryCharles FullerAmazonGreystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the ApesRobert TowneAmazonThe NaturalPhil DusenberryAmazon

1986 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay WinnerPrizzi's HonorRichard CondonA professional hitman and hitwoman fall in love.Amazon1986 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay NomineesAgnes of GodJohn PielmeierAmazonOut of AfricaKurt LuedtkeAmazonThe Color PurpleMenno MeyjesAmazonThe Trip to BountifulHorton FooteAmazon

1987 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best 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 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay NomineesChildren of a Lesser GodHesper AndersonAmazonDown and Out in Beverly HillsPaul MazurskyAmazonLittle Shop of HorrorsHoward AshmanAmazonStand by MeRaynold GideonAmazon

1988 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay WinnerRoxanneSteve MartinThe large-nosed C.D. Bales is in love with the beautiful Roxanne; she falls for his personality but another man's looks.Amazon1988 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay NomineesFatal AttractionJames DeardenAmazonFull Metal JacketStanley KubrickAmazonThe Princess BrideWilliam GoldmanAmazonThe UntouchablesDavid MametAmazon

1989 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay WinnerDangerous LiaisonsChristopher HamptonA scheming widow and her manipulative ex-lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman.Amazon1989 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay NomineesGorillas in the MistAnna Hamilton PhelanAmazonThe Accidental TouristFrank GalatiAmazonThe Unbearable Lightness of BeingJean-Claude CarrièreAmazonWho Framed Roger RabbitJeffrey PriceAmazon