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British Academy Film Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

British Academy Film Awards · 203 nominations across 43 ceremonies · 43 wins

79th BAFTA Film Awards · 2026

Winner One Battle After Another · Paul Thomas Anderson
Nominee Hamnet · Chloé Zhao, Maggie O'Farrell
Nominee Pillion · Harry Lighton
Nominee Bugonia · Will Tracy
Nominee The Ballad of Wallis Island · Tom Basden, Tim Key

78th BAFTA Film Awards · 2025

Winner Conclave · Peter Straughan
Nominee A Complete Unknown · James Mangold, Jay Cocks
Nominee Sing Sing · Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin
Nominee Emilia Pérez · Jacques Audiard
Nominee Nickel Boys · RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes

77th BAFTA Film Awards · 2024

Winner American Fiction · Cord Jefferson
Nominee The Zone of Interest · Jonathan Glazer
Nominee Poor Things · Tony McNamara
Nominee All of Us Strangers · Andrew Haigh
Nominee Oppenheimer · Christopher Nolan

76th BAFTA Film Awards · 2023

Winner All Quiet on the Western Front · Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson
Nominee The Whale · Samuel D. Hunter
Nominee Living · Kazuo Ishiguro
Nominee She Said · Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Nominee The Quiet Girl · Colm Bairéad

75th BAFTA Film Awards · 2022

Winner CODA · Siân Héder
Nominee The Power of the Dog · Jane Campion
Nominee Drive My Car · Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Ōe
Nominee Dune · Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve
Nominee The Lost Daughter · Maggie Gyllenhaal

74th BAFTA Film Awards · 2021

Winner The Father · Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller
Nominee The Mauritanian · Rory Haines
Nominee The Dig · Moira Buffini
Nominee Nomadland · Chloé Zhao
Nominee The White Tiger · Ramin Bahrani

73rd BAFTA Film Awards · 2020

Winner Jojo Rabbit · Taika Waititi
Nominee The Two Popes · Anthony McCarten
Nominee Little Women · Greta Gerwig
Nominee Joker · Todd Phillips, Scott Silver
Nominee The Irishman · Steven Zaillian

72nd BAFTA Film Awards · 2019

Winner BlacKkKlansman · Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel, Kevin Willmott
Nominee A Star Is Born · Bradley Cooper, Eric Roth
Nominee First Man · Josh Singer
Nominee Can You Ever Forgive Me? · Nicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty
Nominee If Beale Street Could Talk · Barry Jenkins

71st BAFTA Film Awards · 2018

Winner Call Me by Your Name · James Ivory
Nominee The Death of Stalin · Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, David Schneider
Nominee Paddington 2 · Simon Farnaby, Paul King
Nominee Molly's Game · Aaron Sorkin
Nominee Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool · Matt Greenhalgh

70th BAFTA Film Awards · 2017

Winner Lion · Luke Davies
Nominee Hacksaw Ridge · Robert Schenkkan, Andrew Knight
Nominee Arrival · Eric Heisserer
Nominee Hidden Figures · Theodore Melfi, Allison Schroeder
Nominee Nocturnal Animals · Tom Ford

69th BAFTA Film Awards · 2016

Winner The Big Short · Adam McKay, Charles Randolph
Nominee Brooklyn · Nick Hornby
Nominee Steve Jobs · Aaron Sorkin
Nominee Carol · Phyllis Nagy
Nominee Room · Emma Donoghue

68th BAFTA Film Awards · 2015

Winner The Theory of Everything · Anthony McCarten
Nominee Gone Girl · Gillian Flynn
Nominee Paddington · Paul King
Nominee The Imitation Game · Graham Moore
Nominee American Sniper · Jason Hall

67th BAFTA Film Awards · 2014

Winner Philomena · Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope
Nominee The Wolf of Wall Street · Terence Winter
Nominee 12 Years a Slave · John Ridley
Nominee Captain Phillips · Billy Ray
Nominee Behind the Candelabra · Richard LaGravenese

66th BAFTA Film Awards · 2013

Winner Silver Linings Playbook · David O. Russell
Nominee Argo · Chris Terrio
Nominee Life of Pi · David Magee
Nominee Lincoln · Tony Kushner
Nominee Beasts of the Southern Wild · Benh Zeitlin

65th BAFTA Film Awards · 2012

Winner Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy · Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan
Nominee The Ides of March · George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon
Nominee The Descendants · Nat Faxon, Alexander Payne, Jim Rash
Nominee Moneyball · Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian
Nominee The Help · Tate Taylor

64th BAFTA Film Awards · 2011

Winner The Social Network · Aaron Sorkin
Nominee The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo · Rasmus Heisterberg, Nikolaj Arcel
Nominee True Grit · Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Nominee 127 Hours · Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy
Nominee Toy Story 3 · Michael Arndt

63rd BAFTA Film Awards · 2010

Winner Up in the Air · Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
Nominee An Education · Nick Hornby
Nominee District 9 · Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
Nominee Precious · Geoffrey S. Fletcher
Nominee In the Loop · Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche

62nd BAFTA Film Awards · 2009

Winner Slumdog Millionaire · Simon Beaufoy
Nominee Revolutionary Road · Justin Haythe
Nominee Frost/Nixon · Peter Morgan
Nominee The Curious Case of Benjamin Button · Eric Roth
Nominee The Reader · David Hare

61st BAFTA Film Awards · 2008

Winner The Diving Bell and the Butterfly · Ronald Harwood
Nominee Atonement · Christopher Hampton
Nominee There Will Be Blood · Paul Thomas Anderson
Nominee The Kite Runner · David Benioff
Nominee No Country for Old Men · Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

60th BAFTA Film Awards · 2007

Winner The Last King of Scotland · Peter Morgan
Nominee Casino Royale · Neal Purvis, Paul Haggis
Nominee The Departed · William Monahan
Nominee The Devil Wears Prada · Aline Brosh McKenna
Nominee Notes on a Scandal · Patrick Marber

59th BAFTA Film Awards · 2006

Winner Brokeback Mountain · Larry McMurtry
Nominee Capote · Dan Futterman
Nominee A History of Violence · Josh Olson
Nominee Pride & Prejudice · Deborah Moggach
Nominee The Constant Gardener · Jeffrey Caine

58th BAFTA Film Awards · 2005

Winner Sideways · Alexander Payne
Nominee The Motorcycle Diaries · José Rivera
Nominee The Chorus · Christophe Barratier
Nominee Finding Neverland · David Magee
Nominee Closer · Patrick Marber

57th BAFTA Film Awards · 2004

Winner The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King · Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens
Nominee Mystic River · Brian Helgeland
Nominee Girl with a Pearl Earring · Olivia Hetreed
Nominee Cold Mountain · Anthony Minghella
Nominee Big Fish · John August

56th BAFTA Film Awards · 2003

Winner Adaptation. · Charlie Kaufman
Nominee The Hours · David Hare
Nominee About a Boy · Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
Nominee The Pianist · Ronald Harwood
Nominee Catch Me If You Can · Jeff Nathanson

55th BAFTA Film Awards · 2002

Winner Shrek · Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Roger S. H. Schulman
Nominee A Beautiful Mind · Akiva Goldsman
Nominee Bridget Jones's Diary · Helen Fielding, Andrew Davies, Richard Curtis
Nominee Iris · Richard Eyre, Charles Wood
Nominee The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring · Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens

54th BAFTA Film Awards · 2001

Winner Traffic · Stephen Gaghan
Nominee Chocolat · Robert Nelson Jacobs
Nominee Wonder Boys · Steve Kloves
Nominee Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon · James Schamus, Wang Hui-ling
Nominee High Fidelity · John Cusack

53rd BAFTA Film Awards · 2000

Winner The End of the Affair · Neil Jordan
Nominee East Is East · Ayub Khan Din
Nominee The Talented Mr. Ripley · Anthony Minghella
Nominee An Ideal Husband · Oliver Parker

52nd BAFTA Film Awards · 1999

Winner Primary Colors · Elaine May
Nominee Wag the Dog · Hilary Henkin, David Mamet
Nominee Hilary and Jackie · Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Nominee Little Voice · Mark Herman

51st BAFTA Film Awards · 1998

Winner Romeo + Juliet · Craig Pearce, Baz Luhrmann
Nominee The Ice Storm · James Schamus
Nominee L.A. Confidential · Brian Helgeland, Curtis Hanson
Nominee The Wings of the Dove · Hossein Amini

50th BAFTA Film Awards · 1997

Winner The English Patient · Anthony Minghella
Nominee Evita · Alan Parker, Oliver Stone
Nominee The Crucible · Arthur Miller
Nominee Richard III · Ian McKellen, Richard Loncraine

49th BAFTA Film Awards · 1996

Winner Trainspotting · John Hodge
Nominee Il Postino: The Postman · Anna Pavignano, Michael Radford, Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli, Massimo Troisi
Nominee Sense and Sensibility · Emma Thompson
Nominee Babe · George Miller, Chris Noonan
Nominee The Madness of King George · Alan Bennett
Nominee Leaving Las Vegas · Mike Figgis

48th BAFTA Film Awards · 1995

Winner Quiz Show · Paul Attanasio
Nominee The Browning Version · Ronald Harwood
Nominee Forrest Gump · Eric Roth
Nominee The Joy Luck Club · Amy Tan, Ronald Bass

47th BAFTA Film Awards · 1994

Winner Schindler's List · Steven Zaillian
Nominee Scent of a Woman · Bo Goldman
Nominee In the Name of the Father · Terry George, Jim Sheridan
Nominee Shadowlands · William Nicholson
Nominee The Remains of the Day · Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

46th BAFTA Film Awards · 1993

Winner The Player · Michael Tolkin
Nominee Howards End · Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Nominee Strictly Ballroom · Baz Luhrmann, Craig Pearce
Nominee JFK · Oliver Stone

45th BAFTA Film Awards · 1992

Winner The Commitments · Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Roddy Doyle
Nominee Cyrano de Bergerac · Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Nominee The Silence of the Lambs · Ted Tally
Nominee Dances with Wolves · Michael Blake

44th BAFTA Film Awards · 1991

Winner Goodfellas · Martin Scorsese
Nominee Born on the Fourth of July · Oliver Stone, Ron Kovic
Nominee Postcards from the Edge · Carrie Fisher
Nominee The War of the Roses · Michael J. Leeson
Nominee Driving Miss Daisy · Alfred Uhry

43rd BAFTA Film Awards · 1990

Winner Dangerous Liaisons · Christopher Hampton
Nominee My Left Foot · Shane Connaughton, Jim Sheridan
Nominee The Accidental Tourist · Frank Galati, Lawrence Kasdan
Nominee Shirley Valentine · Willy Russell

42nd BAFTA Film Awards · 1989

Winner The Unbearable Lightness of Being · Philip Kaufman
Nominee Empire of the Sun · Tom Stoppard
Nominee Who Framed Roger Rabbit · Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman
Nominee Babette's Feast · Gabriel Axel

41st BAFTA Film Awards · 1988

Winner Jean de Florette · Claude Berri
Nominee Little Dorrit · Christine Edzard
Nominee 84 Charing Cross Road · Hugh Whitemore
Nominee Prick Up Your Ears · Alan Bennett

40th BAFTA Film Awards · 1987

Winner Out of Africa · Kurt Luedtke
Nominee Children of a Lesser God · Mark Medoff
Nominee The Color Purple · Menno Meyjes
Nominee Ran · Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni
Nominee A Room with a View · Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

39th BAFTA Film Awards · 1986

38th BAFTA Film Awards · 1985

Winner The Killing Fields · Bruce Robinson
Nominee Paris, Texas · Sam Shepard
Nominee The Dresser · Ronald Harwood
Nominee Another Country · Julian Mitchell

37th BAFTA Film Awards · 1984

Winner Heat and Dust · Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Nominee Tootsie · Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal
Nominee Betrayal · Harold Pinter
Nominee Educating Rita · Willy Russell