A list of films that won and were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
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1940- 1949
- 1940: The Great Mcginty (winner)
- Angels Over Broadway
- Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
- Foreign Correspondent
- The Great Dictator
- 1941: Citizen Kane (winner)
- The Devil and Miss Jones
- Sergeant York
- Tall, Dark and Handsome
- Tom, Dick and Harry
- 1942: Woman of the Year (winner)
- One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
- Road to Morocco
- Wake Island
- The War Against Mrs. Hadley
- 1943: Princess O'Rourke (winner)
- 1944: Wilson (winner)
- Hail the Conquering Hero
- The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
- Two Girls and a Sailor
- Wing and a Prayer
- 1945: Marie-Louise (winner)
- Dillinger
- Music for Millions
- Salty O'Rourke
- What Next, Corporal Hargrove?
- 1946: The Seventh Veil (winner)
- 1947: The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (winner)
- Body and Soul
- A Double Life
- Monsieur Verdoux
- Shoeshine
- 1948: N/A
- 1949: Battleground (winner)
- Jolson Sings Again
- Paisan
- Passport to Pimlico
- The Quiet One
1950- 1959
- 1950: Sunset Boulevard (winner)
- Adam's Rib
- Caged
- The Men
- No Way Out
- 1951: An American in Paris (winner)
- Ace in the Hole
- David and Bathsheba
- Go for Broke!
- The Well
- 1952: The Lavender Hill Mob (winner)
- The Atomic City
- Breaking the Sound Barrier
- Pat and Mike
- Viva Zapata!
- 1953: Titanic (winner)
- The Band Wagon
- The Desert Rats
- The Naked Spur
- Take the High Ground!
- 1954: On the Waterfront (winner)
- The Barefoot Contessa
- Genevieve
- The Glenn Miller Story
- Knock on Wood
- 1955: Interrupted Melody (winner)
- The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
- It's Always Fair Weather
- Mr. Hulot's Holiday
- The Seven Little Foys
- 1956: The Red Balloon (winner)
- The Bold and the Brave
- Julie
- La Strada
- The Ladykillers
- 1957: Designing Woman (winner)
- Funny Face
- Man of a Thousand Faces
- The Tin Star
- I Vitelloni
- 1958: The Defiant Ones (winner)
- The Goddess
- Houseboat
- The Sheepman
- Teachers Pet
- 1959: Pillow Talk (winner)
1960- 1969
- 1960: The Apartment (winner)
- The Angry Silence
- The Facts of Life
- Hiroshima Mon Amour
- Never on Sunday
- 1961: Splendor in the Grass (winner)
- 1962: Divorce Italian Style (winner)
- 1963: How the West Was Won (winner)
- 1964: Father Goose (winner)
- A Hard Day's Night
- One Potato, Two Potato
- The Organizer
- That Man from Rio
- 1965: Darling (winner)
- 1966: A Man and a Woman (winner)
- 1967: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (winner)
- Bonnie and Clyde
- Divorce American Style
- The War Is Over
- Two for the Road
- 1968: The Producers (winner)
- The Battle of Algiers
- Faces
- Hot Millions
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- 1969: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (winner)
1970- 1979
- 1970: Patton (winner)
- 1971: The Hospital (winner)
- 1972: The Candidate (winner)
- The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
- Lady Sings the Blues
- Murmur of the Heart
- Young Winston
- 1973: The Sting (winner)
- American Graffiti
- Cries and Whispers
- Save the Tiger
- A Touch of Class
- 1974: Chinatown (winner)
- 1975: Dog Day Afternoon (winner)
- 1976: Network (winner)
- 1977: Annie Hall (winner)
- The Goodbye Girl
- The Late Show
- A New Hope
- The Turning Point
- 1978: Coming Home (winner)
- 1979: Breaking Away (winner)
1980- 1989
- 1980: Melvin and Howard (winner)
- Brubaker
- Fame
- Mon oncle d'Amérique
- Private Benjamin
- 1981: Chariots of Fire (winner)
- 1982: Gandhi (winner)
- 1983: Tender Mercies (winner)
- 1984: Places in the Heart (winner)
- 1985: Witness (winner)
- 1986: Hannah and Her Sisters (winner)
- 1987: Moonstruck (winner)
- 1988: Rain Man (winner)
- 1989: Dead Poets Society (winner)
1990- 1999
- 1990: Ghost (winner)
- Alice
- Avalon
- Green Card
- Metropolitan
- 1991: Thelma & Louise (winner)
- 1992: The Crying Game (winner)
- Husbands and Wives
- Lorenzo's Oil
- Passion Fish
- Unforgiven
- 1993: The Piano (winner)
- 1994: Pulp Fiction (winner)
- 1995: The Usual Suspects (winner)
- 1996: Fargo (winner)
- 1997: Good Will Hunting (winner)
- 1998: Shakespeare in Love (winner)
- 1999: American Beauty (winner)
2000- 2009
- 2000: Almost Famous (winner)
- Billy Elliot
- Erin Brockovich
- Gladiator
- You Can Count On Me
- 2001: Gosford Park (winner)
- 2002: Talk to Her (winner)
- 2003: Lost in Translation (winner)
- 2004: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (winner)
- 2005: Crash (winner)
- 2006: Little Miss Sunshine (winner)
- 2007: Juno (winner)
- Lars and the Real Girl
- Michael Clayton
- Ratatouille
- The Savages
- 2008: Milk (winner)
- 2009: The Hurt Locker (winner)
2010- 2019
- 2010: The King's Speech (winner)
- 2011: Midnight in Paris (winner)
- 2012: Django Unchained (winner)
- 2013: her (winner)
- 2014: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (winner)
- 2015: Spotlight (winner)
- 2016: Manchester by the Sea (winner)
- 2017: Get Out (winner)
- 2018: Green Book (winner)
- 2019: Parasite (winner)
2020- 2029
- 2020-21: Promising Young Woman (winner)
- 2021: Belfast (winner)
- 2022: Everything Everywhere All at Once (winner)
