Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

The Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is one of the three screenwriting Writers Guild of America Awards, focused specifically for film. The Writers Guild of America began making the distinction between an original screenplay and an adapted screenplay in 1970, when Waldo Salt, screenwriter for Midnight Cowboy, won for "Best Adapted Drama" and Arnold Schulman won "Best Adapted Comedy" for his screenplay of Goodbye, Columbus.^[1] Separate awards for dramas and comedies continued until 1985.^[1]

Writers Guild of America Award for Adapted Screenplay
Awarded for	Outstanding Writing for a Film Adapted from Another Medium
Country	United States
Presented by	Writers Guild of America
First award	1970
Currently held by	RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes, Nickel Boys (2024)
Website	http://www.wga.org/

Winners and nominees

1960s

Year	Film	Recipient(s)	Source material
1969 (22nd) [2]	Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium
	Midnight Cowboy	Waldo Salt	The novel by James Leo Herlihy
	Anne of the Thousand Days	John Hale, and Bridget Boland	The play by Maxwell Anderson
	The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie	Jay Presson Allen	The novel by Muriel Spark
	They Shoot Horses, Don't They?	James Poe, and Robert E. Thompson	The novel by Horace McCoy
	True Grit	Marguerite Roberts	The novel by Charles Portis
	Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium
	Goodbye, Columbus	Arnold Schulman	The novella by Philip Roth
	Cactus Flower	I.A.L. Diamond	The play by Abe Burrows
	Gaily, Gaily	Abram S. Ginnes	The memoir by Ben Hecht
	John and Marty	John Mortimer	The novel by Mervyn Jones
	The Reivers	Irving Ravetch, and Harriet Frank Jr.	The novel The Reivers: A Reminiscence by William Faulkner

1970s

Year	Film	Recipient(s)	Source material
1970 (23rd) [3]	Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium
	I Never Sang for My Father	Robert Anderson	The play by Robert Anderson
	Airport	George Seaton	The novel by Arthur Hailey
	Catch-22	Buck Henry	The novel by Joseph Heller
	The Great White Hope	Howard Sackler	The play by Howard Sackler
	Little Big Man	Calder Willingham	The novel by Thomas Berger
	Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium
	M*A*S*H	Ring Lardner Jr.	The novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker
	Lovers and Other Strangers	Renée Taylor, Joseph Bologna, David Zelag Goodman	The play by Renée Taylor and Joseph Bologna
	The Owl and the Pussycat	Buck Henry	The play by Bill Manhoff
	The Twelve Chairs	Mel Brooks	The novel by Ilf and Petrov
	Where's Poppa	Robert Klane	The novel by Robert Klane
1971 (24th) [4]	Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium
	The French Connection	Ernest Tidyman	The book by Robin Moore
	A Clockwork Orange	Stanley Kubrick	The novel by Anthony Burgess
	Johnny Got His Gun	Dalton Trumbo	The novel by Dalton Trumbo
	The Last Picture Show	Larry McMurtry, and Peter Bodganovich	The novel by Larry McMurtry
	McCabe & Mrs. Miller	Robert Altman, and Brian McKay	The novel McCabe by Edmund Naughton
	Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium
	Kotch	John Paxton	The novel by Katharine Topkins
	The Boy Friend	Ken Russell	The musical by Sandy Wilson
	Fiddler on the Roof	Joseph Stein	The musical by Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick and Joseph Stein and the novel by Sholem Aleichem
	Little Murders	Jules Feiffer	The play by Jules Feiffer
	A New Leaf	Elaine May	The short story "The Green Heart" by Jack Ritchie
1972 (25th) [5]	Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium
	The Godfather	Mario Puzo, and Francis Ford Coppola	The novel by Mario Puzo
	Deliverance	James Dickey	The novel by James Dickey
	Pete 'n' Tillie	Julius J. Epstein	The novella Witch's Milk by Peter De Vries
	Slaughterhouse-Five	Stephen Geller	The novel by Kurt Vonnegut
	Sounder	Lonne Elder III	The novel by William H. Armstrong
	Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium
	Cabaret	Jay Presson Allen	The musical by John Van Druten and the book by Joe Masteroff
	Avanti!	Billy Wilder, and I.A.L. Diamond	The play by Samuel A. Taylor
	Butterflies Are Free	Leonard Gershe	The play by Leonard Gershe
	The Heartbreak Kid	Neil Simon	The short story "A Change of Plan" by Bruce Jay Friedman
	Travels with My Aunt	Jay Presson Allen, and Hugh Wheeler	The novel by Graham Greene
1973 (26th) [6]	Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium
	Serpico	Waldo Salt, and Norman Wexler	The book by Peter Maas
	Cinderella Liberty	Darryl Ponicsan	The novel by Darryl Ponicsan
	The Exorcist	William Peter Blatty	The novel by William Peter Blatty
	The Last Detail	Robert Towne	The novel by Darryl Ponicsan
	The Paper Chase	James Bridges	The novel by John Jay Osborn Jr.
	Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium
	Paper Moon	Alvin Sargent	The novel Addie Pray by Joe David Brown
	40 Carats	Leonard Gershe	The play by Jay Presson Allen based on the play Quarante carats by Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Gredy
	Godspell	David Greenne, and John-Michael Tebelak	The musical by Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak
1974 (27th) [7]	Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium
	The Godfather Part II	Francis Ford Coppola, and Mario Puzo	The novel The Godfather by Mario Puzo
	Conrack	Irving Ravetch, and Harriet Frank Jr.	The memoir The Water Is Wide by Pat Conroy
	Lenny	Julian Barry	The play by Julian Barry
	The Parallax View	David Giler and Lorenzo Sempler Jr.	The novel by Loren Singer
	The Talking of Pelham One Two Three	Peter Stone	The novel by John Godey
	Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium
	The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz	Mordecai Richler, and Lionel Chetwynd	The novel by Mordecai Richler
	The Front Page	Billy Wilder, and I.A.L. Diamond	The comedy by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
	Young Frankenstein	Gene Wilder, and Mel Brooks	The characters on the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
1975 (28th) [8]	Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium
	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Lawrence Hauben, and Bo Goldman	The novel by Ken Kesey
	Barry Lyndon	Stanley Kubrick	The novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray
	Jaws	Peter Benchley, and Carl Gottlieb	The novel by Peter Benchley
	The Man in the Glass Booth	Edward Anhalt	The novel and play by Robert Shaw
	The Man Who Would Be King	John Huston, and Gladys Hill	The novella by Rudyard Kipling
	Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium
	The Sunshine Boys	Neil Simon	The play by Neil Simon
	Hester Street	Joan Micklin Silver	The novella Yekl: A Tale of the New York Ghetto by Abraham Cahan
	The Prisoner of Second Avenue	Neil Simon	The play by Neil Simon
1976 (29th) [9]	Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium
	All the President's Men	William Goldman	The book by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
	Bound for Glory	Robert Getchell	The book by Woody Guthrie
	Marathon Man	William Goldman	The novel by William Goldman
	The Seven-Per-Cent Solution	Nicholas Meyer	The novel by Nicholas Meyer
	The Shootist	Miles Hood Swarthout, and Scott Hale	The novel by Glendon Swarthout
	Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium
	The Pink Panther Strikes Again	Frank Waldman, and Blake Edwards	The film series The Pink Panther
	The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings	Hal Barwood, and Matthew Robbins	The novel by William Brashler
	Family Plot	Ernest Lehman	The novel The Rainbird Pattern by Victor Canning
	The Ritz	Terrence McNally	The play by Terrence McNally
	Stay Hungry	Charles Gaines, and Bob Rafelson	The novel by Charles Gaines
1977 (30th) [10]	Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium
	Julia	Alvin Sargent	A chapter from the book Pentimento by Lillian Hellman
	I Never Promised You a Rose Garden	Gavin Lambert, and Lewis John Carlino	The novel by Joanne Greenberg
	Islands in the Stream	Denne Bart Petitclerc	The novel by Ernest Hemingway
	Looking for Mr. Goodbar	Richard Brooks	The novel by Judith Rossner
	Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium
	Oh, God!	Larry Gelbart	The novel by Avery Corman
	Semi-Tough	Walter Bernstein	The novel by Dan Jenkins
	The Spy Who Loved Me	Christopher Wood, and Richard Maibaum	The characters by Ian Fleming
1978 (31st) [11]	Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium
	Midnight Express	Oliver Stone	The book by Billy Hayes
	Bloodbrothers	Walter Newman	The novel by Richard Price
	Go Tell the Spartans	Wendell Mayes	The novel Incident at Muc Wa by Daniel Ford
	Invasion of the Body Snatchers	W.D. Richter	The novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney
	Who'll Stop the Rain	Judith Rascoe, and Robert Stone	The novel Dog Soldiers by Robert Stone
	Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium
	Heaven Can Wait	Elaine May, and Warren Beatty	The play by Harry Segall
	California Suite	Neil Simon	The play by Neil Simon
	Same Time, Next Year	Bernard Slade	The play by Bernard Slade
	Superman	Mario Puzo, David Newman, Leslie Newman, and Robert Benton	The character Superman by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster
	Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?	Peter Stone	The novel by Nan Lyons and Ivan Lyons
1979 (32nd) [12]	Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium
	Kramer vs. Kramer	Robert Benton	The novel by Avery Corman
	Norma Rae	Irving Ravetch, and Harriet Frank Jr.	The book Crystal Lee, a Woman of Inheritance by Henry P. Leifermann
	Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium
	Being There	Jerzy Kosinski	The novel by Jerzy Kosinski
	A Little Romance	Allan Burns	The novel E=mc2 Mon Amour by Patrick Cauvin
	Starting Over	James L. Brooks	The novel by Dan Wakefield

1980s

Year	Film	Recipient(s)	Source material
1980 (33rd) [13]	Best Drama Adapted from Other Medium
	Ordinary People	Alvin Sargent	The novel by Judith Guest
	Coal Miner's Daughter	Thomas Rickman	The autobiography by Loretta Lynn and George Vecsey
	The Elephant Man	Christopher De Vore, Eric Bergren, and David Lynch	The books The Elephant Man and Other Reminiscences by Frederick Treves and The Elephant Man: A Study in Human Dignity by Ashley Montagu
	The Great Santini	Lewis John Carlino	The novel by Pat Conroy
	The Stunt Man	Lawrence B. Marcus, Richard Rush	The novel by Paul Brodeur
	Best Comedy Adapted from Other Another Medium
	Airplane!	Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker	The film Zero Hour! by Arthur Hailey, Hall Bartlett and John Champion and the Airport film series based on the novel by Hailey
	Hopscotch	Brian Garfield, and Bryan Forbes	The novel by Brian Garfield
	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back	Leigh Brackett, and Lawrence Kasdan	The story by George Lucas
1981 (34th) [14]	Best Drama Adapted from Other Medium
	On Golden Pond	Ernest Thompson, and Donald E. Stewart	The play by Ernest Thompson
	Cutter's Way	Jeffrey Alan Fiskin	The novel Cutter and Bone by Newton Thornburg
	Prince of the City	Jay Presson Allen, and Sidney Lumet	The book by Robert Daley
	Ragtime	Michael Weller	The novel by E. L. Doctorow
	Best Comedy Adapted from Other Another Medium
	Rich and Famous	Gerald Ayres	The play Old Acquaintance by John Van Druten
	For Your Eyes Only	Richard Maibaum, and Michael G. Wilson	The short stories "For Your Eyes Only" and "Risico" by Ian Fleming
	First Monday in October	Jerome Lawrence, and Robert E. Lee	The play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
1982 (35th) [15]	Best Drama Adapted from Other Medium
	Missing	Costa-Gavras, and Donald E. Stewart	The book The Execution of Charles Horman: An American Sacrifice by Thomas Hauser
	Sophie's Choice	Alan J. Pakula	The novel by William Styron
	The Verdict	David Mamet	The novel by Barry Reed
	The World According to Garp	Steve Tesich	The novel by John Irving
	Best Comedy Adapted from Other Another Medium
	Victor Victoria	Blake Edwards	The film Viktor und Viktoria, concept by Hans Hoemburg and script by Reinhold Schünzel
	Fast Times at Ridgemont High	Cameron Crowe	The book Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A True Story by Cameron Crowe
1983 (36th) [16]	Best Drama Adapted from Other Medium
	Reuben, Reuben	Julius J. Epstein	The play Spofford by Herman Shumlin
	The Year of Living Dangerously	David Williamson, Peter Weir and C.J. Koch	The novel by Christopher Koch
	The Right Stuff	Philip Kaufman	The book by Tom Wolfe
	Best Comedy Adapted from Other Another Medium
	Terms of Endearment	James L. Brooks	The novel by Larry McMurtry
	A Christmas Story	Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, and Bob Clark	The novel In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepherd
	To Be or Not to Be	Thomas Meehan, and Ronny Graham	The 1942 screenplay by Edwin Justus Mayer and the story of Melchior Lengyel and Ernst Lubitsch
1984 (37th) [17]	The Killing Fields	Bruce Robinson	The biography The Death and Life of Dith Pran by Sydney Schanberg
	Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes	Robert Towne and Michael Austin	The novel Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
	The Natural	Roger Towne and Phil Dusenberry	The novel by Bernard Malamud
	A Passage to India	David Lean	The novel by E. M. Forster
	A Soldier's Story	Charles Fuller	The play A Soldier's Play by Charles Fuller
1985 (38th) [18]	Prizzi's Honor	Richard Condon and Janet Roach	The novel by Richard Condon
	Agnes of God	John Pielmeier	The play by John Pielmeier
	The Color Purple	Menno Meyjes	The novel by Alice Walker
	Out of Africa	Kurt Luedtke	The books Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Story Teller by Judith Thurman and Silence Will Speak by Errol Trzebinski
	The Trip to Bountiful	Horton Foote	The play by Horton Foote
1986 (39th) [19]	A Room with a View	Ruth Prawer Jhabvala	The novel by E. M. Forster
	Children of a Lesser God	Hesper Anderson and Mark Medoff	The play by Mark Medoff
	Down and Out in Beverly Hills	Paul Mazursky and Leon Capetanos	The film Boudu Saved from Drowning by Jean Renoir based on the play by René Fauchois
	Little Shop of Horrors	Howard Ashman	The musical by Howard Ashman and the 1960 screenplay by Charles B. Griffith
	Stand by Me	Bruce A. Evans and Raynold Gideon	The novella The Body by Stephen King
1987 (40th) [20]	Roxanne	Steve Martin	The play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
	Fatal Attraction	James Dearden	The short film Diversion by James Dearden
	Full Metal Jacket	Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr, and Gustav Hasford	The novel The Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford
	The Princess Bride	William Goldman	The novel by William Goldman
	The Untouchables	David Mamet	The book by Eliot Ness and Oscar Fraley
1988 (41st) [21]	Dangerous Liaisons	Christopher Hampton	The play by Christopher Hampton based on the novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
	The Accidental Tourist	Frank Galati and Lawrence Kasdan	The novel by Anne Tyler
	Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey	Anna Hamilton Phelan and Tab Murphy	The work by Dian Fossey and the article of Harold T.P. Hayes
	The Unbearable Lightness of Being	Jean-Claude Carrière and Philip Kaufman	The novel by Milan Kundera
	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman	The novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit? by Gary K. Wolf
1989 (42nd) [22]	Driving Miss Daisy	Alfred Uhry	The play by Alfred Uhry
	Born on the Fourth of July	Oliver Stone and Ron Kovic	The autobiography by Ron Kovic
	Field of Dreams	Phil Alden Robinson	The novel Shoeless Joe by W. P. Kinsella
	Glory	Kevin Jarre	The books Lay This Laurel 1973 by Lincoln Kirstein and One Gallant Rush by Peter Burchard
	My Left Foot	Jim Sheridan and Shane Connaughton	The autobiography by Christy Brown

1990s

Year	Film	Recipient(s)	Source material
1990 (43rd) [23]	Dances with Wolves	Michael Blake	The book by Michael Blake
	Awakenings	Steven Zaillian	The memoir by Oliver Sacks
	Goodfellas	Martin Scorsese and Nicholas Pileggi	The book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi
	The Grifters	Donald E. Westlake	The book by Jim Thompson
	Reversal of Fortune	Nicholas Kazan	The book Reversal of Fortune: Inside the von Bülow Case by Alan Dershowitz
1991 (44th) [24]	The Silence of the Lambs	Ted Tally	The novel by Thomas Harris
	The Commitments	Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais and Roddy Doyle	The novel by Roddy Doyle
	Fried Green Tomatoes	Fannie Flagg and Carol Sobieski	The novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
	JFK	Oliver Stone and Zachary Sklar	The books On the Trail of the Assassins by Jim Garrison and Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy by Jim Marrs
	The Prince of Tides	Pat Conroy and Becky Johnston	The novel by Pat Conroy
1992 (45th) [25]	The Player	Michael Tolkin	The novel by Michael Tolkin
	Enchanted April	Peter Barnes	The novel The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
	Glengarry Glen Ross	David Mamet	The play by David Mamet
	Howards End	Ruth Prawer Jhabvala	The novel by E. M. Forster
	Scent of a Woman	Bo Goldman	The novel Il buio e il miele by Giovanni Arpino
1993 (46th) [26]	Schindler's List	Steven Zaillian	The novel Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally
	The Fugitive	Jeb Stuart and David Twohy	The television series created by Roy Huggins
	In the Name of the Father	Terry George and Jim Sheridan	The autobiography Proved Innocent: The Story of Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four by Gerry Conlon
	The Joy Luck Club	Amy Tan and Ronald Bass	The novel by Amy Tan
	The Remains of the Day	Ruth Prawer Jhabvala	The novel by Kazuo Ishiguro
1994 (47th) [27]	Forrest Gump	Eric Roth	The novel by Winston Groom
	Little Women	Robin Swicord	The novel by Louisa May Alcott
	The Madness of King George	Alan Bennett	The play The Madness of George III by Alan Bennett
	Quiz Show	Paul Attanasio	The memoir Remembering America: A Voice From the Sixties by Richard N. Goodwin
	The Shawshank Redemption	Frank Darabont	The novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King
1995 (48th) [28]	Sense and Sensibility	Emma Thompson	The novel by Jane Austen
	Apollo 13	William Broyles Jr. and Al Reinert	The book Lost Moon by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger
	Babe	George Miller and Chris Noonan	The novel The Sheep-Pig by Dick King-Smith
	Get Shorty	Scott Frank	The novel by Elmore Leonard
	Leaving Las Vegas	Mike Figgis	The novel by John O'Brien
1996 (49th) [29]	Sling Blade	Billy Bob Thornton	The short film Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade by Billy Bob Thornton
	The Birdcage	Elaine May	The play La Cage aux Folles by Jean Poiret
	Emma	Douglas McGrath	The novel by Jane Austen
	The English Patient	Anthony Minghella	The novel by Michael Ondaatje
	Trainspotting	John Hodge	The novel by Irvine Welsh
1997 (50th) [30]	L.A. Confidential	Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland	The novel by James Ellroy
	Donnie Brasco	Paul Attanasio	The book Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia by Joseph D. Pistone
	The Ice Storm	James Schamus	The novel by Rick Moody
	Wag the Dog	Hilary Henkin and David Mamet	The novel American Hero by Larry Beinhart
	The Wings of the Dove	Hossein Amini	The novel by Henry James
1998 (51st) [31]	Out of Sight	Scott Frank	The novel by Elmore Leonard
	A Civil Action	Steven Zaillian	The book by Jonathan Harr
	Gods and Monsters	Bill Condon	The novel Father of Frankenstein by Christopher Bram
	Primary Colors	Elaine May	The novel by Joe Klein
	A Simple Plan	Scott B. Smith	The novel by Scott B. Smith
1999 (52nd) [32]	Election	Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor	The novel by Tom Perrotta
	The Cider House Rules	John Irving	The novel by John Irving
	The Insider	Eric Roth and Michael Mann	The article "The Man Who Knew Too Much" by Marie Brenner
	October Sky	Lewis Colick	The book by Homer Hickam Jr.
	The Talented Mr. Ripley	Anthony Minghella	The novel by Patricia Highsmith

2000s

Year	Film	Recipient(s)	Source material
2000 (53rd) [33]	Traffic	Stephen Gaghan	The television serial Traffik by Simon Moore
	Chocolat	Robert Nelson Jacobs	The novel by Joanne Harris
	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Hui-Ling Wang, James Schamus, and Tsai Kuo Jung	The novel by Wang Dulu
	High Fidelity	D. V. DeVincentis, Steve Pink, John Cusack, and Scott Rosenberg	The novel by Nick Hornby
	Wonder Boys	Steve Kloves	The novel by Michael Chabon
2001 (54th) [34]	A Beautiful Mind	Akiva Goldsman	The book by Sylvia Nasar
	Black Hawk Down	Ken Nolan	The book by Mark Bowden
	Bridget Jones's Diary	Andrew Davies and Richard Curtis	The novel by Helen Fielding
	Ghost World	Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff	The graphic noval by Daniel Clowes
	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson	The novel The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien
2002 (55th) [34]	The Hours	David Hare	The novel by Michael Cunningham
	About a Boy	Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz, and Paul Weitz	The novel by Nick Hornby
	About Schmidt	Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor	The novel by Louis Begley
	Adaptation.	Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman	The book The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean
	Chicago	Bill Condon	The musical by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse
2003 (56th) [35]	American Splendor	Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini	The comics American Splendor by Harvey Pekar and Our Cancer Year by Pekar and Joyce Brabner
	Cold Mountain	Anthony Minghella	The novel by Charles Frazier
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson	The book The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien
	Mystic River	Brian Helgeland	The novel by Dennis Lehane
	Seabiscuit	Gary Ross	The book Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand
2004 (57th) [36]	Sideways	Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor	The novel by Rex Pickett
	Before Sunset	Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, and Kim Krizan	Characters from the film Before Sunrise by Kim Krizan and Richard Linklater
	Mean Girls	Tina Fey	The book Queen Bees and Wannabes by Rosalind Wiseman
	Million Dollar Baby	Paul Haggis	The book Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner by F.X. Toole
	The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta)	José Rivera	The books Con el Che por America Latina by Alberto Granado and The Motorcycle Diaries by Che Guevara
2005 (58th) [37]	Brokeback Mountain	Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana	The short story by Annie Proulx
	Capote	Dan Futterman	The book by Gerald Clarke
	The Constant Gardener	Jeffrey Caine	The novel by John le Carré
	A History of Violence	Josh Olson	The graphic novel by John Wagner and Vince Locke
	Syriana	Stephen Gaghan	The memoir See No Evil by Robert Baer
2006 (59th) [38] [39]	The Departed	William Monahan	The film Infernal Affairs written by Alan Mak and Felix Chong
	Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan	Sacha Baron Cohen, Peter Baynham, Anthony Hines, Todd Phillips, and Dan Mazer	The character Borat Sagdiyev, from the television series Da Ali G Show by Sacha Baron Cohen
	The Devil Wears Prada	Aline Brosh McKenna	The novel by Lauren Weisberger
	Little Children	Todd Field and Tom Perrotta	The novel by Tom Perrotta
	Thank You for Smoking	Jason Reitman	The novel by Christopher Buckley
2007 (60th) [40]	No Country for Old Men	Joel Coen and Ethan Coen	The novel by Cormac McCarthy
	The Diving Bell and the Butterfly	Ronald Harwood	The memoir by Jean-Dominique Bauby
	Into the Wild	Sean Penn	The book by Jon Krakauer
	There Will Be Blood	Paul Thomas Anderson	The novel Oil! by Upton Sinclair
	Zodiac	James Vanderbilt	The book by Robert Graysmith
2008 (61st) [41] [42]	Slumdog Millionaire	Simon Beaufoy	The novel Q & A by Vikas Swarup
	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Eric Roth and Robin Swicord	The short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald
	The Dark Knight	Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan, and David S. Goyer	The characters from the DC Comics created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger
	Doubt	John Patrick Shanley	The play Doubt: A Parable by John Patrick Shanley
	Frost/Nixon	Peter Morgan	The play by Peter Morgan
2009 (62nd) [43]	Up in the Air	Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner	The novel by Walter Kirn
	Crazy Heart	Scott Cooper	The novel by Thomas Cobb
	Julie & Julia	Nora Ephron	The books My Life in France by Julia Child and Alex Prud'homme and Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen by Julie Powell
	Precious	Geoffrey S. Fletcher	The novel Push by Sapphire
	Star Trek	Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman	The characters created by Gene Roddenberry

2010s

Year	Film	Recipient(s)	Source material
2010 (63rd) [44]	The Social Network	Aaron Sorkin	The book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich
	127 Hours	Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy	The book Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston
	I Love You Phillip Morris	Glenn Ficarra and John Requa	The book I Love You Phillip Morris: A True Story of Life, Love, and Prison Breaks by Steven McVicker
	The Town	Ben Affleck, Peter Craig, and Aaron Stockard	The novel Prince of Thieves by Chuck Hogan
	True Grit	Joel Coen and Ethan Coen	The novel by Charles Portis
2011 (64th) [45]	The Descendants	Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash	The novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings
	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Steven Zaillian	The novel by Stieg Larsson
	The Help	Tate Taylor	The novel by Kathryn Stockett
	Hugo	John Logan	The book The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
	Moneyball	Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian	The book by Michael Lewis
2012 (65th) [46]	Argo	Chris Terrio	A selection from the book The Master of Disguise by Tony Mendez and the Wired magazine article "The Great Escape: How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran" by Joshuah Bearman
	Life of Pi	David Magee	The novel by Yann Martel
	Lincoln	Tony Kushner	In part, the book Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
	The Perks of Being a Wallflower	Stephen Chbosky	The novel by Chbosky
	Silver Linings Playbook	David O. Russell	The novel by Matthew Quick
2013 (66th) [47]
	Captain Phillips	Billy Ray	The book A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALS, and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty
	August: Osage County	Tracy Letts	The play by Letts
	Before Midnight	Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, and Julie Delpy	The characters created by Richard Linklater and Kim Krizan
	Lone Survivor	Peter Berg	The book by Marcus Lutrell and Patrick Robinson
	The Wolf of Wall Street	Terence Winter	The memoir by Jordan Belfort
2014 (67th) [48]
	The Imitation Game	Graham Moore	The book Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges
	American Sniper	Jason Hall	The book by Chris Kyle with Jim DeFelice and Scott McEwan
	Gone Girl	Gillian Flynn	The novel by Flynn
	Guardians of the Galaxy	James Gunn and Nicole Perlman	The Marvel comic by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning
	Wild	Nick Hornby	The memoir Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
2015 (68th) [49][50]
	The Big Short	Adam McKay and Charles Randolph	The book by Michael Lewis
	Carol	Phyllis Nagy	The novel The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith
	The Martian	Drew Goddard	The novel by Andy Weir
	Steve Jobs	Aaron Sorkin	The book by Walter Isaacson
	Trumbo	John McNamara	The biography by Bruce Alexander Cook
2016 (69th) [51][52]
	Arrival	Eric Heisserer	The story Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang
	Deadpool	Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick	The X-Men comic book character created by Fabian Nicieza and Rob Liefeld
	Fences	August Wilson	The play by Wilson
	Hidden Figures	Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi	The book by Margot Lee Shetterly
	Nocturnal Animals	Tom Ford	The novel Tony and Susan by Austin Wright
2017 (70th) [53][54]
	Call Me by Your Name	James Ivory	The novel by André Aciman
	The Disaster Artist	Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber	The book by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell
	Logan	Scott Frank, James Mangold and Michael Green	The characters from the X-Men comic books and theatrical motion pictures
	Molly's Game	Aaron Sorkin	The memoir by Molly Bloom
	Mudbound	Virgil Williams and Dee Rees	The novel by Hillary Jordan
2018 (71st) [55][56]
	Can You Ever Forgive Me?	Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty	The memoir by Lee Israel
	Black Panther	Joe Robert Cole and Ryan Coogler	The Marvel Comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
	BlacKkKlansman	Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel and Kevin Willmott	The memoir Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth
	If Beale Street Could Talk	Barry Jenkins	The novel by James Baldwin
	A Star Is Born	Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper and Will Fetters	The 1954 screenplay by Moss Hart and the 1976 screenplay by John Gregory Dunne & Joan Didion and Frank Pierson, based on a story by William A. Wellman and Robert Carson
2019 (72nd) [57]
	Jojo Rabbit	Taika Waititi	The novel Caging Skies by Christine Leunens
	A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood	Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster	The article "Can You Say ... Hero?" by Tom Junod
	The Irishman	Steven Zaillian	The book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt
	Joker	Todd Phillips and Scott Silver	The characters from DC Comics
	Little Women	Greta Gerwig	The novel by Louisa May Alcott

2020s

Year	Film	Recipient(s)	Source material
2020 (73rd) [58]	Borat Subsequent Moviefilm	Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Dan Swimer, Peter Baynham, Erica Rivinoja, Dan Mazer, Jena Friedman, Lee Kern & Nina Pedrad	The characters created by Sacha Baron Cohen
	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom	Ruben Santiago-Hudson	The play by August Wilson
	News of the World	Paul Greengrass and Luke Davies	The novel by Paulette Jiles
	One Night in Miami...	Kemp Powers	The stage play by Kemp Powers
	The White Tiger	Ramin Bahrani	The book by Aravind Adiga
2021 (74th) [59]	CODA	Siân Heder	The film La Famille Belier by Victoria Bedos, Thomas Bidegain, Stanislas Carree de Malberg, and Eric Lartigau
	Dune	Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts & Denis Villeneuve	The novel by Frank Herbert
	Nightmare Alley	Guillermo del Toro & Kim Morgan	The novel by William Lindsay Gresham
	tick…tick…BOOM!	Steven Levenson	The play by Jonathan Larson
	West Side Story	Tony Kushner	The stage play, by Leonard Bernstein, Arthur Laurents, Jerome Robbins, and Stephen Sondheim
2022 (75th)[60]	Women Talking	Sarah Polley	The novel by Miriam Toews
	Black Panther: Wakanda Forever	Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole	The Marvel Comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
	Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery	Rian Johnson	The character Benoit Blanc, from the film Knives Out by Johnson
	She Said	Rebecca Lenkiewicz	The New York Times investigation by Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey and Rebecca Corbett and the book by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey
	Top Gun: Maverick	Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie (screenplay), Peter Craig and Justin Marks (story)	Characters created by Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr.
2023 (76th) [61]	American Fiction	Cord Jefferson	The novel Erasure by Percival Everett
	Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.	Kelly Fremon Craig	The novel by Judy Blume
	Killers of the Flower Moon	Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese	The book by David Grann
	Nyad	Julia Cox	The book Find a Way by Diana Nyad
	Oppenheimer	Christopher Nolan	The book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
2024 (77th) [62]	Nickel Boys	RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes	The novel The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
	A Complete Unknown	James Mangold and Jay Cocks	The book Dylan Goes Electric! by Elijah Wald
	Dune: Part Two	Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts	The novel by Frank Herbert
	Hit Man	Richard Linklater and Glen Powell	The Texas Monthly article by Skip Hollandsworth
	Wicked	Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox	The musical stage play with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman, from the novel by Gregory Maguire

Writers with multiple awards

3 Awards

• Alexander Payne
• Alvin Sargent

2 Awards

• Francis Ford Coppola
• Blake Edwards
• Mario Puzo
• Waldo Salt
• Jim Taylor

Writers with multiple nominations

The following writers have received three or more nominations:

6 Nominations

• Steven Zaillian
• Eric Roth

4 Nominations

• Jay Presson Allen
• Elaine May
• Alexander Payne
• Neil Simon
• Aaron Sorkin

3 Nominations

• Scott Frank
• Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
• Richard Linklater
• David Mamet
• Anthony Minghella
• Mario Puzo
• Oliver Stone
• Jim Taylor