Best Adapted Screenplay
Academy Awards · 486 nominations across 98 ceremonies · 98 wins
98th Academy Awards
- Winner One Battle After Another · Paul Thomas Anderson
- Nominee Bugonia · Will Tracy
- Nominee Frankenstein · Guillermo del Toro
- Nominee Hamnet · Chloé Zhao, Maggie O'Farrell
- Nominee Train Dreams · Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar
97th Academy Awards
- Winner Conclave · Peter Straughan
- Nominee Sing Sing · Clarence Maclin, Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, John "Divine G" Whitfield
- Nominee Emilia Pérez · Jacques Audiard, Léa Mysius, Nicolas Livecchi, Thomas Bidegain
- Nominee A Complete Unknown · James Mangold, Jay Cocks
- Nominee Nickel Boys · Joslyn Barnes, RaMell Ross
96th Academy Awards
- Winner American Fiction · Cord Jefferson
- Nominee The Zone of Interest · Jonathan Glazer
- Nominee Oppenheimer · Christopher Nolan
- Nominee Barbie · Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach
- Nominee Poor Things · Tony McNamara
95th Academy Awards
- Winner Women Talking · Sarah Polley
- Nominee All Quiet on the Western Front · Edward Berger, Ian Stokell, Lesley Paterson
- Nominee Top Gun: Maverick · Christopher McQuarrie, Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, Justin Marks, Peter Craig
- Nominee Living · Kazuo Ishiguro
- Nominee Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery · Rian Johnson
94th Academy Awards
- Winner CODA · Siân Héder
- Nominee Drive My Car · Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Ōe
- Nominee The Lost Daughter · Maggie Gyllenhaal
- Nominee The Power of the Dog · Jane Campion
- Nominee Dune · Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts
93rd Academy Awards
- Winner The Father · Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller
- Nominee Borat Subsequent Moviefilm · Anthony Hines, Dan Mazer, Dan Swimer, Erica Rivinoja, Jena Friedman, Lee Kern, Nina Pedrad, Peter Baynham, Sacha Baron Cohen
- Nominee Nomadland · Chloé Zhao
- Nominee The White Tiger · Ramin Bahrani
- Nominee One Night in Miami... · Kemp Powers
92nd Academy Awards
- Winner Jojo Rabbit · Taika Waititi
- Nominee Joker · Scott Silver
- Nominee Little Women · Greta Gerwig
- Nominee The Irishman · Steven Zaillian
- Nominee The Two Popes · Anthony McCarten
91st Academy Awards
- Winner BlacKkKlansman · Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee
- Nominee The Ballad of Buster Scruggs · Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
- Nominee Can You Ever Forgive Me? · Jeff Whitty, Nicole Holofcener
- Nominee A Star Is Born · Bradley Cooper, Eric Roth, Will Fetters
- Nominee If Beale Street Could Talk · Barry Jenkins
90th Academy Awards
- Winner Call Me by Your Name · James Ivory
- Nominee The Disaster Artist · Michael H. Weber, Scott Neustadter
- Nominee Molly's Game · Aaron Sorkin
- Nominee Logan · James Mangold, Michael Green, Scott Frank
- Nominee Mudbound · Dee Rees, Virgil Williams
89th Academy Awards
- Winner Moonlight from Sabrina · Barry Jenkins, Tarell Alvin McCraney
- Nominee Hidden Figures · Allison Schroeder, Theodore Melfi
- Nominee Lion · Luke Davies
- Nominee Arrival · Eric Heisserer
- Nominee Fences · August Wilson
88th Academy Awards
- Winner The Big Short · Adam McKay, Charles Randolph
- Nominee Brooklyn · Nick Hornby
- Nominee Room · Emma Donoghue
- Nominee Carol · Phyllis Nagy
- Nominee The Martian · Drew Goddard
87th Academy Awards
- Winner The Imitation Game · Graham Moore
- Nominee Whiplash · Damien Chazelle
- Nominee Inherent Vice · Paul Thomas Anderson
- Nominee The Theory of Everything · Anthony McCarten
- Nominee American Sniper · Jason Hall
86th Academy Awards
- Winner 12 Years a Slave · John Ridley
- Nominee Before Midnight · Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
- Nominee Captain Phillips · Billy Ray
- Nominee Philomena · Jeff Pope, Steve Coogan
- Nominee The Wolf of Wall Street · Terence Winter
85th Academy Awards
- Winner Argo · Chris Terrio
- Nominee Life of Pi · David Magee
- Nominee Silver Linings Playbook · David O. Russell
- Nominee Beasts of the Southern Wild · Benh Zeitlin, Lucy Alibar
- Nominee Lincoln · Tony Kushner
84th Academy Awards
- Winner The Descendants · Alexander Payne, Jim Rash, Nat Faxon
- Nominee The Ides of March · George Clooney, Grant Heslov
- Nominee Moneyball · Aaron Sorkin, Stan Chervin, Steven Zaillian
- Nominee Hugo · John Logan
- Nominee Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy · Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan
83rd Academy Awards
- Winner The Social Network · Aaron Sorkin
- Nominee Winter's Bone · Anne Rosellini, Debra Granik
- Nominee 127 Hours · Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy
- Nominee True Grit · Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
- Nominee Toy Story 3 · Andrew Stanton, John Lasseter, Lee Unkrich, Michael Arndt
82nd Academy Awards
- Winner Precious
- Nominee In the Loop · Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche
- Nominee An Education · Nick Hornby
- Nominee Up in the Air · Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
- Nominee District 9 · Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
81st Academy Awards
- Winner Slumdog Millionaire · Simon Beaufoy
- Nominee The Reader · David Hare
- Nominee Doubt · John Patrick Shanley
- Nominee The Curious Case of Benjamin Button · Eric Roth, Robin Swicord
- Nominee Frost/Nixon · Peter Morgan
80th Academy Awards
- Winner No Country for Old Men · Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
- Nominee Away from Her · Sarah Polley
- Nominee There Will Be Blood · Paul Thomas Anderson
- Nominee Atonement · Christopher Hampton
- Nominee The Diving Bell and the Butterfly · Ronald Harwood
79th Academy Awards
- Winner The Departed · William Monahan
- Nominee Borat · Anthony Hines, Dan Mazer, Peter Baynham, Sacha Baron Cohen, Todd Phillips
- Nominee Little Children · Todd Field
- Nominee Children of Men · Alfonso Cuarón, David Arata, Hawk Ostby, Mark Fergus, Timothy J. Sexton
- Nominee Notes on a Scandal · Patrick Marber
78th Academy Awards
- Winner Brokeback Mountain · Diana Ossana, Larry McMurtry
- Nominee Capote · Dan Futterman
- Nominee The Constant Gardener · Jeffrey Caine
- Nominee A History of Violence · Josh Olson
- Nominee Munich · Eric Roth, Tony Kushner
77th Academy Awards
- Winner Sideways · Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
- Nominee Before Sunset · Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Kim Krizan, Richard Linklater
- Nominee Finding Neverland · David Magee
- Nominee The Motorcycle Diaries · José Rivera
- Nominee Million Dollar Baby · Paul Haggis
76th Academy Awards
- Winner The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King · Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens
- Nominee American Splendor · Robert Pulcini, Shari Springer Berman
- Nominee City of God · Bráulio Mantovani
- Nominee Seabiscuit · Gary Ross
- Nominee Mystic River · Brian Helgeland
75th Academy Awards
- Winner The Pianist · Ronald Harwood
- Nominee The Hours · David Hare
- Nominee About a Boy · Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz, Peter Hedges
- Nominee Adaptation · Charlie Kaufman
- Nominee Chicago · Bill Condon
74th Academy Awards
- Winner A Beautiful Mind · Akiva Goldsman
- Nominee The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring · Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens
- Nominee In the Bedroom · Robert Festinger, Todd Field
- Nominee Shrek · Joe Stillman, Roger S. H. Schulman, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio
- Nominee Ghost World · Terry Zwigoff
73rd Academy Awards
- Winner Traffic · Stephen Gaghan
- Nominee Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon · James Schamus, Kuo Jung Tsai, Wang Hui-ling
- Nominee Chocolat · Robert Nelson Jacobs
- Nominee O Brother, Where Art Thou? · Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
- Nominee Wonder Boys · Steve Kloves
72nd Academy Awards
- Winner The Cider House Rules · John Irving
- Nominee Election · Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
- Nominee The Talented Mr. Ripley · Anthony Minghella
- Nominee The Insider · Eric Roth, Michael Mann
- Nominee The Green Mile · Frank Darabont
71st Academy Awards
- Winner Gods and Monsters · Bill Condon
- Nominee The Thin Red Line · Terrence Malick
- Nominee Primary Colors · Elaine May
- Nominee Out of Sight · Scott Frank
- Nominee A Simple Plan · Scott Smith
70th Academy Awards
- Winner L.A. Confidential · Brian Helgeland, Curtis Hanson
- Nominee The Wings of the Dove · Hossein Amini
- Nominee The Sweet Hereafter · Atom Egoyan
- Nominee Wag the Dog · David Mamet, Hilary Henkin
- Nominee Donnie Brasco · Paul Attanasio
69th Academy Awards
- Winner Sling Blade · Billy Bob Thornton
- Nominee The English Patient · Anthony Minghella
- Nominee Trainspotting · John Hodge
- Nominee Hamlet · Kenneth Branagh
- Nominee The Crucible · Arthur Miller
68th Academy Awards
- Winner Sense and Sensibility · Emma Thompson
- Nominee Il Postino: The Postman · Anna Pavignano, Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli, Massimo Troisi, Michael Radford
- Nominee Babe · Chris Noonan, George Miller
- Nominee Apollo 13 · Al Reinert, William Broyles, Jr.
- Nominee Leaving Las Vegas · Mike Figgis
67th Academy Awards
- Winner Forrest Gump · Eric Roth
- Nominee The Shawshank Redemption · Frank Darabont
- Nominee Quiz Show · Paul Attanasio
- Nominee Nobody's Fool · Robert Benton
- Nominee The Madness of King George · Alan Bennett
66th Academy Awards
- Winner Schindler's List · Steven Zaillian
- Nominee In the Name of the Father · Jim Sheridan, Terry George
- Nominee The Age of Innocence · Jay Cocks, Martin Scorsese
- Nominee The Remains of the Day · Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- Nominee Shadowlands · William Nicholson
65th Academy Awards
- Winner Howards End · Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- Nominee The Player · Michael Tolkin
- Nominee A River Runs Through It · Richard Friedenberg
- Nominee Enchanted April · Peter Barnes
- Nominee Scent of a Woman · Bo Goldman
64th Academy Awards
- Winner The Silence of the Lambs · Ted Tally
- Nominee JFK · Oliver Stone, Zachary Sklar
- Nominee Europa Europa · Agnieszka Holland
- Nominee The Prince of Tides · Becky Johnston, Pat Conroy
- Nominee Fried Green Tomatoes · Carol Sobieski, Fannie Flagg
63rd Academy Awards
- Winner Dances with Wolves · Michael Blake
- Nominee Reversal of Fortune · Nicholas Kazan
- Nominee Awakenings · Steven Zaillian
- Nominee Goodfellas · Martin Scorsese, Nicholas Pileggi
- Nominee The Grifters · Donald E. Westlake
62nd Academy Awards
- Winner Driving Miss Daisy · Alfred Uhry
- Nominee Enemies, a Love Story · Paul Mazursky, Roger L. Simon
- Nominee Field of Dreams · Phil Alden Robinson
- Nominee Born on the Fourth of July · Oliver Stone
- Nominee My Left Foot · Jim Sheridan, Shane Connaughton
61st Academy Awards
- Winner Dangerous Liaisons · Christopher Hampton
- Nominee The Unbearable Lightness of Being · Jean-Claude Carrière, Philip Kaufman
- Nominee The Accidental Tourist · Frank Galati, Lawrence Kasdan
- Nominee Gorillas in the Mist · Anna Hamilton Phelan, Tab Murphy
- Nominee Little Dorrit · Christine Edzard
60th Academy Awards
- Winner The Last Emperor · Bernardo Bertolucci, Mark Peploe
- Nominee Full Metal Jacket · Michael Herr, Stanley Kubrick
- Nominee The Dead · Tony Huston
- Nominee My Life as a Dog · Brasse Brännström, Lasse Hallström, Per Berglund, Reidar Jönsson
- Nominee Fatal Attraction · James Dearden
59th Academy Awards
- Winner A Room with a View · Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- Nominee The Color of Money · Richard Price
- Nominee Stand by Me · Bruce A. Evans, Raynold Gideon
- Nominee Children of a Lesser God · Hesper Anderson, Mark Medoff
- Nominee Crimes of the Heart · Beth Henley
58th Academy Awards
- Winner Out of Africa · Kurt Luedtke
- Nominee Prizzi's Honor · Janet Roach
- Nominee The Color Purple · Menno Meyjes
- Nominee The Trip to Bountiful · Horton Foote
- Nominee Kiss of the Spider Woman · Leonard Schrader
57th Academy Awards
- Winner Amadeus · Peter Shaffer
- Nominee A Soldier's Story · Charles Fuller
- Nominee Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes · Michael Austin, Robert Towne
- Nominee A Passage to India · David Lean
- Nominee The Killing Fields · Bruce Robinson
56th Academy Awards
- Winner Terms of Endearment · James L. Brooks
- Nominee Betrayal · Harold Pinter
- Nominee The Dresser · Ronald Harwood
- Nominee Educating Rita · Willy Russell
- Nominee Reuben, Reuben · Julius J. Epstein
55th Academy Awards
- Winner Missing · Costa-Gavras, Donald E. Stewart
- Nominee The Verdict · David Mamet
- Nominee Sophie's Choice · Alan J. Pakula
- Nominee Victor/Victoria · Blake Edwards
- Nominee Das Boot · Wolfgang Petersen
54th Academy Awards
- Winner On Golden Pond · Ernest Thompson
- Nominee Pennies from Heaven · Dennis Potter
- Nominee Ragtime · Michael Weller
- Nominee Prince of the City · Jay Presson Allen, Sidney Lumet
- Nominee The French Lieutenant's Woman · Harold Pinter
53rd Academy Awards
- Winner Ordinary People · Alvin Sargent
- Nominee Coal Miner's Daughter · Thomas Rickman
- Nominee The Elephant Man · Christopher De Vore, David Lynch, Eric Bergren
- Nominee Breaker Morant · Bruce Beresford, David Stevens, Jonathan Hardy
- Nominee The Stunt Man · Lawrence B. Marcus, Richard Rush
52nd Academy Awards
- Winner Kramer vs. Kramer · Robert Benton
- Nominee Norma Rae · Harriet Frank Jr., Irving Ravetch
- Nominee La Cage aux Folles · Francis Veber, Marcello Danon, Édouard Molinaro
- Nominee A Little Romance · Allan Burns
- Nominee Apocalypse Now · Francis Ford Coppola, John Milius
51st Academy Awards
- Winner Midnight Express · Oliver Stone
- Nominee California Suite · Neil Simon
- Nominee Heaven Can Wait · Elaine May, Warren Beatty
- Nominee Bloodbrothers · Walter Newman
- Nominee Same Time, Next Year · Bernard Slade
50th Academy Awards
- Winner Julia · Alvin Sargent
- Nominee Oh, God! · Larry Gelbart
- Nominee Equus · Peter Shaffer
- Nominee I Never Promised You a Rose Garden · Gavin Lambert, Lewis John Carlino
- Nominee That Obscure Object of Desire · Jean-Claude Carrière, Luis Buñuel
49th Academy Awards
- Winner All the President's Men · William Goldman
- Nominee Voyage of the Damned · David Butler, Steve Shagan
- Nominee Bound for Glory · Robert Getchell
- Nominee Fellini's Casanova · Bernardino Zapponi, Federico Fellini
- Nominee The Seven-Per-Cent Solution · Nicholas Meyer
48th Academy Awards
- Winner One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest · Bo Goldman, Lawrence Hauben
- Nominee The Man Who Would Be King · Gladys Hill, John Huston
- Nominee Barry Lyndon · Stanley Kubrick
- Nominee The Sunshine Boys · Neil Simon
- Nominee Scent of a Woman · Dino Risi, Ruggero Maccari
47th Academy Awards
- Winner The Godfather Part II · Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo
- Nominee Young Frankenstein · Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks
- Nominee The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz · Lionel Chetwynd, Mordecai Richler
- Nominee Lenny · Julian Barry
- Nominee Murder on the Orient Express · Paul Dehn
46th Academy Awards
- Winner The Exorcist · William Peter Blatty
- Nominee Serpico · Norman Wexler, Waldo Salt
- Nominee Paper Moon · Alvin Sargent
- Nominee The Last Detail · Robert Towne
- Nominee The Paper Chase · James Bridges
45th Academy Awards
- Winner The Godfather · Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo
- Nominee Sounder · Lonne Elder III
- Nominee Cabaret · Jay Presson Allen
- Nominee The Emigrants · Bengt Forslund, Jan Troell
- Nominee Pete 'n' Tillie · Julius J. Epstein
44th Academy Awards
- Winner The French Connection · Ernest Tidyman
- Nominee The Last Picture Show · Larry McMurtry, Peter Bogdanovich
- Nominee A Clockwork Orange · Stanley Kubrick
- Nominee The Garden of the Finzi-Continis · Ugo Pirro, Vittorio Bonicelli
- Nominee The Conformist · Bernardo Bertolucci
43rd Academy Awards
- Winner MASH · Ring Lardner Jr.
- Nominee Lovers and Other Strangers · David Zelag Goodman, Joseph Bologna
- Nominee I Never Sang for My Father · Robert Anderson
- Nominee Airport · George Seaton
- Nominee Women in Love · Larry Kramer
42nd Academy Awards
- Winner Midnight Cowboy · Waldo Salt
- Nominee Z · Costa-Gavras, Jorge Semprún
- Nominee They Shoot Horses, Don't They? · James Poe, Robert E. Thompson
- Nominee Anne of the Thousand Days · Bridget Boland, John Hale, Richard Sokolove
- Nominee Goodbye, Columbus · Arnold Schulman
41st Academy Awards
- Winner The Lion in Winter · James Goldman
- Nominee Rachel, Rachel · Stewart Stern
- Nominee The Odd Couple · Neil Simon
- Nominee Oliver! · Vernon Harris
- Nominee Rosemary's Baby · Roman Polanski
40th Academy Awards
- Winner In the Heat of the Night · Stirling Silliphant
- Nominee Cool Hand Luke · Frank Pierson
- Nominee Ulysses · Fred Haines, Joseph Strick
- Nominee In Cold Blood · Richard Brooks
- Nominee The Graduate · Buck Henry, Calder Willingham
39th Academy Awards
- Winner A Man for All Seasons · Robert Bolt
- Nominee Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? · Ernest Lehman
- Nominee The Professionals · Richard Brooks
- Nominee Alfie · Bill Naughton
- Nominee The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming · William Rose
38th Academy Awards
- Winner Doctor Zhivago · Robert Bolt
- Nominee A Thousand Clowns · Herb Gardner
- Nominee Cat Ballou · Frank Pierson, Walter Newman
- Nominee The Collector · John Kohn, Stanley Mann
- Nominee Ship of Fools · Abby Mann
37th Academy Awards
- Winner Becket · Edward Anhalt
- Nominee Dr. Strangelove · Peter George, Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern
- Nominee Zorba the Greek · Michael Cacoyannis
- Nominee Mary Poppins · Bill Walsh, Don DaGradi
- Nominee My Fair Lady · Alan Jay Lerner
36th Academy Awards
- Winner Tom Jones · John Osborne
- Nominee Sundays and Cybele · Antoine Tudal, Serge Bourguignon
- Nominee Hud · Harriet Frank Jr., Irving Ravetch
- Nominee Lilies of the Field · James Poe
- Nominee Captain Newman, M.D. · Henry Ephron, Phoebe Ephron, Richard L. Breen
35th Academy Awards
- Winner To Kill a Mockingbird · Horton Foote
- Nominee Lawrence of Arabia · Michael Wilson, Robert Bolt
- Nominee Lolita · Vladimir Nabokov
- Nominee David and Lisa · Eleanor Perry
- Nominee The Miracle Worker · William Gibson
34th Academy Awards
- Winner Judgment at Nuremberg · Abby Mann
- Nominee The Guns of Navarone · Carl Foreman
- Nominee West Side Story · Ernest Lehman
- Nominee The Hustler · Robert Rossen, Sidney Carroll
- Nominee Breakfast at Tiffany's · George Axelrod
33rd Academy Awards
- Winner Elmer Gantry · Richard Brooks
- Nominee Tunes of Glory · James Kennaway
- Nominee Inherit the Wind · Harold Jacob Smith, Nedrick Young
- Nominee Sons and Lovers · Gavin Lambert, T. E. B. Clarke
- Nominee The Sundowners · Isobel Lennart
32nd Academy Awards
- Winner Room at the Top · Neil Paterson
- Nominee The Nun's Story · Robert Anderson
- Nominee Some Like It Hot · Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond
- Nominee Anatomy of a Murder · Wendell Mayes
- Nominee Ben-Hur · Karl Tunberg
31st Academy Awards
- Winner Gigi · Alan Jay Lerner
- Nominee The Horse's Mouth · Alec Guinness
- Nominee Cat on a Hot Tin Roof · James Poe, Richard Brooks
- Nominee I Want to Live! · Don Mankiewicz, Nelson Gidding
- Nominee Separate Tables · John Gay, Terence Rattigan
30th Academy Awards
- Winner The Bridge on the River Kwai · Carl Foreman, Michael Wilson, Pierre Boulle
- Nominee Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison · John Huston, John Lee Mahin
- Nominee 12 Angry Men · Reginald Rose
- Nominee Sayonara · Paul Osborn
- Nominee Peyton Place · John Michael Hayes
29th Academy Awards
- Winner Around the World in 80 Days · James Poe, John Farrow, S. J. Perelman
- Nominee Lust for Life · Norman Corwin
- Nominee Baby Doll · Tennessee Williams
- Nominee Giant · Fred Guiol, Ivan Moffat
- Nominee Friendly Persuasion · Michael Wilson
28th Academy Awards
- Winner Marty · Paddy Chayefsky
- Nominee Love Me or Leave Me · Daniel Fuchs, Isobel Lennart
- Nominee Bad Day at Black Rock · Millard Kaufman
- Nominee Blackboard Jungle · Richard Brooks
- Nominee East of Eden · Paul Osborn
27th Academy Awards
- Winner The Country Girl · George Seaton
- Nominee Sabrina · Billy Wilder, Ernest Lehman, Samuel A. Taylor
- Nominee Seven Brides for Seven Brothers · Albert Hackett, Dorothy Kingsley, Frances Goodrich
- Nominee The Caine Mutiny · Stanley Roberts
- Nominee Rear Window · John Michael Hayes
26th Academy Awards
- Winner From Here to Eternity · Daniel Taradash
- Nominee Lili · Helen Deutsch
- Nominee Roman Holiday · Ian McLellan Hunter, John Dighton
- Nominee Shane · A. B. Guthrie Jr.
- Nominee The Cruel Sea · Eric Ambler
25th Academy Awards
- Winner The Bad and the Beautiful · Charles Schnee
- Nominee High Noon · Carl Foreman
- Nominee 5 Fingers · Michael Wilson
- Nominee The Man in the White Suit · Alexander Mackendrick, John Dighton, Roger MacDougall
- Nominee The Quiet Man · Frank S. Nugent
24th Academy Awards
- Winner A Place in the Sun · Harry Brown, Michael Wilson
- Nominee A Streetcar Named Desire · Tennessee Williams
- Nominee Detective Story · Philip Yordan, Robert Wyler
- Nominee La Ronde · Jacques Natanson, Max Ophüls
- Nominee The African Queen · James Agee, John Huston
23rd Academy Awards
- Winner All About Eve · Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Nominee Father of the Bride · Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich
- Nominee Born Yesterday · Albert Mannheimer
- Nominee The Asphalt Jungle · Ben Maddow, John Huston
- Nominee Broken Arrow · Albert Maltz
22nd Academy Awards
- Winner A Letter to Three Wives · Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Nominee Champion · Carl Foreman
- Nominee The Fallen Idol · Graham Greene
- Nominee All the King's Men · Robert Rossen
- Nominee Bicycle Thieves · Cesare Zavattini
21st Academy Awards
- Winner The Treasure of the Sierra Madre · John Huston
- Nominee The Search · David Wechsler, Richard Schweizer
- Nominee The Snake Pit · Frank Partos, Millen Brand
- Nominee Johnny Belinda · Allen Vincent, Irma von Cube
- Nominee A Foreign Affair · Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett, Richard L. Breen
20th Academy Awards
- Winner Miracle on 34th Street · George Seaton
- Nominee Boomerang · Richard Murphy
- Nominee Crossfire · John Paxton
- Nominee Great Expectations · Anthony Havelock-Allan, David Lean, Ronald Neame
- Nominee Gentleman's Agreement · Moss Hart
19th Academy Awards
- Winner The Best Years of Our Lives · Robert E. Sherwood
- Nominee Rome, Open City · Federico Fellini, Sergio Amidei
- Nominee Anna and the King of Siam · Sally Benson, Talbot Jennings
- Nominee Brief Encounter · Anthony Havelock-Allan, David Lean, Ronald Neame
- Nominee The Killers · Anthony Veiller
18th Academy Awards
- Winner The Lost Weekend · Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett
- Nominee A Tree Grows in Brooklyn · Frank Davis, Tess Slesinger
- Nominee The Story of G.I. Joe · Guy Endore, Leopold Atlas, Philip Stevenson
- Nominee Pride of the Marines · Albert Maltz
- Nominee Mildred Pierce · Ranald MacDougall
17th Academy Awards
- Winner Going My Way · Frank Butler, Frank Cavett
- Nominee Double Indemnity · Billy Wilder, Raymond Chandler
- Nominee Gaslight · John L. Balderston, John Van Druten, Walter Reisch
- Nominee Laura · Elizabeth Reinhardt, Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein
- Nominee Meet Me in St. Louis · Fred F. Finklehoffe, Irving Brecher
16th Academy Awards
- Winner Casablanca · Howard Koch, Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein
- Nominee The More the Merrier · Frank Ross, Lewis R. Foster, Richard Flournoy, Robert W. Russell
- Nominee Watch on the Rhine · Dashiell Hammett
- Nominee Holy Matrimony · Nunnally Johnson
- Nominee The Song of Bernadette · George Seaton
15th Academy Awards
- Winner Mrs. Miniver · Arthur Wimperis, Claudine West, George Froeschel, James Hilton
- Nominee Random Harvest · Arthur Wimperis, Claudine West, George Froeschel
- Nominee The Talk of the Town · Irwin Shaw, Sidney Buchman
- Nominee The Pride of the Yankees · Herman J. Mankiewicz, Jo Swerling
- Nominee 49th Parallel · Emeric Pressburger, Rodney Ackland
14th Academy Awards
- Winner Here Comes Mr. Jordan · Seton I. Miller, Sidney Buchman
- Nominee How Green Was My Valley · Philip Dunne
- Nominee The Little Foxes · Lillian Hellman
- Nominee Hold Back the Dawn · Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett
- Nominee The Maltese Falcon · John Huston
13th Academy Awards
- Winner The Philadelphia Story · Donald Ogden Stewart
- Nominee Rebecca · Joan Harrison, Robert E. Sherwood
- Nominee The Grapes of Wrath · Nunnally Johnson
- Nominee Kitty Foyle · Dalton Trumbo
- Nominee The Long Voyage Home · Dudley Nichols
12th Academy Awards
- Winner Gone with the Wind · Sidney Howard
- Nominee Goodbye, Mr. Chips · Claudine West, Eric Maschwitz, R. C. Sherriff
- Nominee Ninotchka · Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch
- Nominee Wuthering Heights · Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur
- Nominee Mr. Smith Goes to Washington · Sidney Buchman
11th Academy Awards
- Winner Pygmalion · Cecil Arthur Lewis, George Bernard Shaw, Ian Dalrymple, W. P. Lipscomb
- Nominee The Citadel · Elizabeth Hill, Frank Wead, Ian Dalrymple
- Nominee Boys Town · Dore Schary, John Meehan
- Nominee Four Daughters · Julius J. Epstein, Lenore J. Coffee
- Nominee You Can't Take It With You · Robert Riskin
10th Academy Awards
- Winner The Life of Emile Zola · Géza Herczeg, Heinz Herald, Norman Reilly Raine
- Nominee A Star Is Born · Alan Campbell, Dorothy Parker
- Nominee Captains Courageous · Dale Van Every, John Lee Mahin, Marc Connelly
- Nominee Stage Door · Anthony Veiller, Morrie Ryskind
- Nominee The Awful Truth · Viña Delmar
9th Academy Awards
- Winner The Story of Louis Pasteur · Pierre Collings, Sheridan Gibney
- Nominee Dodsworth · Sidney Howard
- Nominee After the Thin Man · Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich
- Nominee My Man Godfrey · Eric S. Hatch, Morrie Ryskind
- Nominee Mr. Deeds Goes to Town · Robert Riskin
8th Academy Awards
- Winner The Informer · Dudley Nichols
- Nominee Mutiny on the Bounty · Carey Wilson, Jules Furthman, Talbot Jennings
- Nominee Captain Blood · Casey Robinson
- Nominee The Lives of a Bengal Lancer · Achmed Abdullah, Grover Jones, John L. Balderston, Waldemar Young, William Slavens McNutt
7th Academy Awards
- Winner It Happened One Night · Robert Riskin
- Nominee The Thin Man · Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich
- Nominee Viva Villa! · Ben Hecht
6th Academy Awards
- Winner Little Women · Sarah Y. Mason, Victor Heerman
- Nominee Lady for a Day · Robert Riskin
- Nominee State Fair · Paul Green, Sonya Levien
5th Academy Awards
- Winner Bad Girl · Edwin J. Burke
- Nominee Arrowsmith · Sidney Howard
- Nominee Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · Percy Heath, Samuel Hoffenstein
4th Academy Awards
- Winner Cimarron · Howard Estabrook
- Nominee Little Caesar · Francis Edward Faragoh, Robert N. Lee
- Nominee Holiday · Horace Jackson
- Nominee The Criminal Code · Fred Niblo Jr., Seton I. Miller
- Nominee Skippy · Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Sam Mintz
2nd Academy Awards
- Winner The Patriot · Hanns Kräly
- Nominee The Cop · Elliot Clawson
- Nominee In Old Arizona · Tom Barry
- Nominee The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
- Nominee Our Dancing Daughters · Josephine Lovett
- Nominee Sal of Singapore
- Nominee The Valiant
- Nominee A Woman of Affairs · Bess Meredyth
- Nominee Wonder of Women
- Nominee Skyscraper
3rd Academy Awards
- Winner The Big House · Frances Marion
- Nominee All Quiet on the Western Front · Del Andrews, George Abbott, Maxwell Anderson
- Nominee Disraeli · Julien Josephson
- Nominee The Divorcee · John Meehan
- Nominee Street of Chance · Howard Estabrook
1st Academy Awards
- Winner Seventh Heaven · Benjamin Glazer
- Nominee The Jazz Singer · Alfred A. Cohn
- Nominee Glorious Betsy · Anthony Coldeway