Media Notes / Academy Award For Best Adapted Screenplay

A list of films that won and were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

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1927– 1930

• 1927-28: 7th Heaven (winner)
  • Glorious Betsy (a mostly lost film)
  • The Jazz Singer
• 1928-29^note There were no official "nominees" at the second Oscar ceremony; these are what the AMPAS retroactively determined were considered for a writing award. Original screenplays are noted with an *.: The Patriot (lost film) (winner)
  • The Cop*
  • In Old Arizona
  • The Last Of Mrs Cheyney
  • The Leatherneck*
  • Our Dancing Daughters*
  • Sal Of Singapore
  • Skyscraper 1928
  • The Valiant
  • A Woman Of Affairs
  • Wonder of Women (lost film)
• 1929-30: The Big House (winner)^note Not an original screenplay; predates the creation of the separate Original Screenplay award and was the only original screenplay nominated that year.
  • All Quiet on the Western Front
  • Disraeli
  • The Divorcee
  • Street Of Chance

1930– 1939

• 1930-31: Cimarron (winner)
  • The Criminal Code
  • Holiday
  • Little Caesar
  • Skippy
• 1931-32: Bad Girl (winner)
  • Arrowsmith
  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
• 1932-33: Little Women (1933) (winner)
  • Lady for a Day
  • State Fair
• 1934: It Happened One Night (winner)
  • The Thin Man
  • Viva Villa!
• 1935: The Informer (winner)
  • The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
  • Mutiny on the Bounty
• 1936: The Story of Louis Pasteur (winner)^note Not an original screenplay; predates the creation of the separate Original Screenplay award and was the only original screenplay nominated that year.
  • After the Thin Man
  • Dodsworth
  • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
  • My Man Godfrey
• 1937: The Life of Émile Zola (winner)
  • The Awful Truth
  • Captains Courageous
  • Stage Door
  • A Star Is Born (1937)
• 1938: Pygmalion (winner)
  • Boys Town
  • The Citadel
  • Four Daughters
  • You Can't Take It With You
• 1939: Gone with the Wind (winner)
  • Goodbye, Mr. Chips
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
  • Ninotchka
  • Wuthering Heights (1939)

1940– 1949

• 1940: The Philadelphia Story (winner)
  • The Grapes of Wrath
  • Kitty Foyle
  • The Long Voyage Home
  • Rebecca
• 1941: Here Comes Mr. Jordan (winner)
  • Hold Back the Dawn
  • How Green Was My Valley
  • The Little Foxes
  • The Maltese Falcon
• 1942: Mrs. Miniver (winner)
  • 49th Parallel
  • The Pride of the Yankees
  • Random Harvest
  • Talk of the Town
• 1943: Casablanca (winner)
  • Holy Matrimony
  • The More the Merrier
  • The Song of Bernadette
  • Watch on the Rhine
• 1944: Going My Way (winner)
  • Double Indemnity
  • Gaslight
  • Laura
  • Meet Me in St. Louis
• 1945: The Lost Weekend (winner)
  • The Story Of GI Joe
  • Mildred Pierce
  • Pride Of The Marines
  • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
• 1946: The Best Years of Our Lives (winner)
  • Anna And The King Of Siam
  • Brief Encounter
  • The Killers
  • Rome, Open City
• 1947: Miracle on 34th Street (winner)
  • Boomerang! (1947)
  • Crossfire
  • Gentleman's Agreement
  • Great Expectations
• 1948: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (winner)
  • A Foreign Affair
  • Johnny Belinda
  • The Search^note Notably not an adapted screenplay; the award was consolidated just for this year, and The Search was the only original screenplay nominated
  • The Snake Pit
• 1949: A Letter to Three Wives (winner)
  • All the King's Men
  • The Bicycle Thief
  • Champion
  • The Fallen Idol

1950– 1959

• 1950: All About Eve (winner)
  • The Asphalt Jungle
  • Born Yesterday
  • Broken Arrow (1950)
  • Father of the Bride (1950)
• 1951: A Place in the Sun (winner)
  • The African Queen
  • Detective Story
  • La Ronde
  • A Streetcar Named Desire
• 1952: The Bad and the Beautiful (winner)
  • Five Fingers
  • High Noon
  • The Man in the White Suit
  • The Quiet Man
• 1953: From Here to Eternity (winner)
  • The Cruel Sea
  • Lili
  • Roman Holiday
  • Shane
• 1954: The Country Girl (winner)
  • The Caine Mutiny
  • Rear Window
  • Sabrina (1954)
  • Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
• 1955: Marty (winner)
  • Bad Day at Black Rock
  • Blackboard Jungle
  • East of Eden
  • Love Me Or Leave Me
• 1956: Around the World in 80 Days (1956) (winner)
  • Baby Doll
  • Friendly Persuasion
  • Giant
  • Lust For Life
• 1957: The Bridge on the River Kwai (winner)
  • 12 Angry Men
  • Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
  • Peyton Place
  • Sayonara
• 1958: Gigi (winner)
  • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
  • The Horses Mouth
  • I Want to Live!
  • Separate Tables
• 1959: Room at the Top (winner)
  • Anatomy of a Murder
  • Ben-Hur (1959)
  • The Nun's Story
  • Some Like It Hot

1960– 1969

• 1960: Elmer Gantry (winner)
  • Inherit the Wind
  • Sons and Lovers
  • The Sundowners
  • Tunes of Glory
• 1961: Judgment at Nuremberg (winner)
  • Breakfast at Tiffany's
  • The Guns of Navarone
  • The Hustler (1961)
  • West Side Story (1961)
• 1962: To Kill a Mockingbird (winner)
  • David and Lisa
  • Lawrence of Arabia
  • Lolita
  • The Miracle Worker
• 1963: Tom Jones (winner)
  • Captain Newman MD
  • Hud
  • Lilies of the Field
  • Sundays and Cybèle
• 1964: Becket (winner)
  • Dr. Strangelove
  • Mary Poppins
  • My Fair Lady
  • Zorba the Greek
• 1965: Doctor Zhivago (winner)
  • Cat Ballou
  • The Collector
  • Ship of Fools
  • A Thousand Clowns
• 1966: A Man for All Seasons (winner)
  • Alfie
  • The Professionals
  • The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
• 1967: In the Heat of the Night (winner)
  • Cool Hand Luke
  • The Graduate
  • In Cold Blood
  • Ulysses
• 1968: The Lion in Winter (winner)
  • The Odd Couple (1968)
  • Oliver!
  • Rachel, Rachel
  • Rosemary's Baby
• 1969: Midnight Cowboy (winner)
  • Anne of the Thousand Days
  • Goodbye, Columbus
  • They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
  • Z

1970– 1979

• 1970: M*A*S*H (winner)
  • Airport
  • I Never Sang For My Father
  • Lovers And Other Strangers
  • Women in Love
• 1971: The French Connection (winner)
  • A Clockwork Orange
  • The Conformist
  • The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
  • The Last Picture Show
• 1972: The Godfather (winner)
  • Cabaret
  • The Emigrants
  • Pete N Tillie
  • Sounder
• 1973: The Exorcist (winner)
  • The Last Detail
  • The Paper Chase
  • Paper Moon
  • Serpico
• 1974: The Godfather Part II (winner)
  • The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
  • Lenny
  • Murder on the Orient Express
  • Young Frankenstein
• 1975: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (winner)
  • Barry Lyndon
  • The Man Who Would be King
  • Profumo di donna
  • The Sunshine Boys
• 1976: All the President's Men (winner)
  • Bound for Glory
  • Fellini's Casanova
  • The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
  • Voyage Of The Damned
• 1977: Julia (winner)
  • Equus
  • I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
  • Oh, God!
  • That Obscure Object of Desire
• 1978: Midnight Express (winner)
  • Bloodbrothers
  • California Suite
  • Heaven Can Wait
  • Same Time Next Year
• 1979: Kramer vs. Kramer (winner)
  • Apocalypse Now
  • La Cage aux folles
  • A Little Romance
  • Norma Rae

1980– 1989

• 1980: Ordinary People (winner)
  • Breaker Morant
  • Coal Miner's Daughter
  • The Elephant Man
  • The Stunt Man
• 1981: On Golden Pond (winner)
  • The French Lieutenant's Woman
  • Pennies from Heaven
  • Prince of the City
  • Ragtime
• 1982: missing. (1982) (winner)
  • Das Boot
  • Sophie's Choice
  • The Verdict
  • Victor/Victoria
• 1983: Terms of Endearment (winner)
  • Betrayal
  • The Dresser
  • Educating Rita
  • Reuben Reuben
• 1984: Amadeus (winner)
  • Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
  • The Killing Fields
  • A Passage to India
  • A Soldier's Story
• 1985: Out of Africa (winner)
  • The Color Purple (1985)
  • Kiss of the Spider Woman
  • Prizzi's Honor
  • The Trip to Bountiful
• 1986: A Room with a View (winner)
  • Children of a Lesser God
  • The Color of Money
  • Crimes of the Heart
  • Stand by Me
• 1987: The Last Emperor (winner)
  • The Dead (1987)
  • Fatal Attraction
  • Full Metal Jacket
  • My Life as a Dog
• 1988: Dangerous Liaisons (winner)
  • The Accidental Tourist
  • Gorillas in the Mist
  • Little Dorrit
  • The Unbearable Lightness of Being
• 1989: Driving Miss Daisy (winner)
  • Born on the Fourth of July
  • Enemies A Love Story
  • Field of Dreams
  • My Left Foot

1990– 1999

• 1990: Dances with Wolves (winner)
  • Awakenings
  • Goodfellas
  • The Grifters
  • Reversal of Fortune
• 1991: The Silence of the Lambs (winner)
  • Europa Europa
  • Fried Green Tomatoes
  • JFK
  • The Prince of Tides
• 1992: Howards End (winner)
  • Enchanted April
  • The Player
  • A River Runs Through It
  • Scent of a Woman
• 1993: Schindler's List (winner)
  • The Age of Innocence
  • In the Name of the Father
  • The Remains of the Day
  • Shadowlands
• 1994: Forrest Gump (winner)
  • The Madness of King George
  • Nobody's Fool
  • Quiz Show
  • The Shawshank Redemption
• 1995: Sense and Sensibility (winner)
  • Apollo 13
  • Babe
  • Leaving Las Vegas
  • Il Postino
• 1996: Sling Blade (winner)
  • The Crucible
  • The English Patient
  • Hamlet
  • Trainspotting
• 1997: L.A. Confidential (winner)
  • Donnie Brasco
  • The Sweet Hereafter
  • Wag the Dog
  • The Wings of the Dove
• 1998: Gods and Monsters (winner)
  • Out of Sight
  • Primary Colors
  • A Simple Plan
  • The Thin Red Line
• 1999: The Cider House Rules (winner)
  • Election
  • The Green Mile
  • The Insider
  • The Talented Mr. Ripley

2000– 2009

• 2000: Traffic (2000) (winner)
  • Chocolat
  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  • Wonder Boys
• 2001: A Beautiful Mind (winner)
  • Ghost World
  • In the Bedroom
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • Shrek
• 2002: The Pianist (winner)
  • About a Boy
  • Adaptation.
  • Chicago
  • The Hours
• 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (winner)
  • American Splendor
  • City of God
  • Mystic River
  • Seabiscuit
• 2004: Sideways (winner)
  • Before Sunset
  • Finding Neverland
  • Million Dollar Baby
  • The Motorcycle Diaries
• 2005: Brokeback Mountain (winner)
  • Capote
  • The Constant Gardener
  • A History of Violence
  • Munich
• 2006: The Departed (winner)
  • Borat
  • Children of Men
  • Little Children
  • Notes on a Scandal
• 2007: No Country for Old Men (winner)
  • Atonement
  • Away from Her
  • The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
  • There Will Be Blood
• 2008: Slumdog Millionaire (winner)
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Doubt
  • Frost/Nixon
  • The Reader
• 2009: Precious (winner)
  • District 9
  • An Education
  • In the Loop
  • Up in the Air

2010– 2019

• 2010: The Social Network (winner)
  • 127 Hours
  • Toy Story 3
  • True Grit
  • Winter's Bone
• 2011: The Descendants (winner)
  • Hugo
  • The Ides of March
  • Moneyball
  • Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
• 2012: Argo (winner)
  • Beasts of the Southern Wild
  • Life of Pi
  • Lincoln
  • Silver Linings Playbook
• 2013: 12 Years a Slave (winner)
  • Before Midnight
  • Before Midnight
  • Captain Phillips
  • Philomena
  • The Wolf of Wall Street
• 2014: The Imitation Game (winner)
  • American Sniper
  • Inherent Vice
  • The Theory of Everything
  • Whiplash
• 2015: The Big Short (winner)
  • Brooklyn
  • Carol
  • The Martian
  • Room
• 2016: Moonlight (2016) (winner)
  • Arrival
  • Fences
  • Hidden Figures
  • Lion
• 2017: Call Me by Your Name (winner)
  • The Disaster Artist
  • Logan
  • Molly's Game
  • Mudbound
• 2018: BlacKkKlansman (winner)
  • The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
  • Can You Ever Forgive Me?
  • If Beale Street Could Talk
  • A Star Is Born (2018)
• 2019: Jojo Rabbit (winner)
  • The Irishman
  • Joker
  • Little Women (2019)
  • The Two Popes

2020– 2029

• 2020-21: The Father (winner)
  • Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
  • Nomadland
  • One Night in Miami...
  • The White Tiger
• 2021: CODA (winner)
  • Drive My Car
  • Dune (2021)
  • The Lost Daughter
  • The Power of the Dog
• 2022: Women Talking (winner)
  • All Quiet on the Western Front
  • Glass Onion
  • Living
  • Top Gun: Maverick
• 2023: American Fiction (winner)
  • Barbie
  • Oppenheimer
  • Poor Things
  • The Zone of Interest

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