Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay 1959
31st Academy Awards · held April 6, 1959 · 5 nominees
- Winner The Defiant Ones · Harold Jacob Smith, Nedrick Young
- Nominee Houseboat · Jack Rose, Melville Shavelson
- Nominee Teacher's Pet · Fay Kanin, Michael Kanin
- Nominee The Goddess · Paddy Chayefsky
- Nominee The Sheepman · James Edward Grant, William Bowers