Adapted Screenplay Oscar Winners & Nomination History

The AwardWentTo archive contains 487 Academy Award records for Adapted Screenplay, including 98 wins, across 98 film years (1927/28–2025).

Years follow the source film eligibility/dataset year, which may differ from the ceremony calendar year. Counts describe film-linked archive records, including historical and special-award context where supplied.

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Winner history

98 winning records in the selected film-year range. Follow a year to see its other category results.

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Adapted Screenplay winner history by film year, film and credited nominee or recipient
Film year	Film	Credited nominee / recipient
Film year2025	FilmOne Battle after Another IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientPaul Thomas Anderson
Film year2024	FilmConclave IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientScreenplay by Peter Straughan
Film year2023	FilmAmerican Fiction IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWritten for the screen by Cord Jefferson
Film year2022	FilmWomen Talking IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientScreenplay by Sarah Polley
Film year2021	FilmCODA IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientScreenplay by Siân Heder
Film year2020	FilmThe Father IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientScreenplay by Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller
Film year2019	FilmJojo Rabbit IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientScreenplay by Taika Waititi
Film year2018	FilmBlacKkKlansman IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWritten by Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee
Film year2017	FilmCall Me by Your Name IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientScreenplay by James Ivory
Film year2016	FilmMoonlight IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientScreenplay by Barry Jenkins; Story by Tarell Alvin McCraney
Film year2015	FilmThe Big Short IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientScreenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay
Film year2014	FilmThe Imitation Game IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWritten by Graham Moore
Film year2013	Film12 Years a Slave IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientScreenplay by John Ridley
Film year2012	FilmArgo IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientScreenplay by Chris Terrio
Film year2011	FilmThe Descendants IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientScreenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
Film year2010	FilmThe Social Network IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientScreenplay by Aaron Sorkin
Film year2009	FilmPrecious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientScreenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
Film year2008	FilmSlumdog Millionaire IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientScreenplay by Simon Beaufoy
Film year2007	FilmNo Country for Old Men IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWritten for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Film year2006	FilmThe Departed IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientScreenplay by William Monahan
Film year2005	FilmBrokeback Mountain IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientScreenplay by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana
Film year2004	FilmSideways IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientScreenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor
Film year2003	FilmThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientScreenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson
Film year2002	FilmThe Pianist IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientScreenplay by Ronald Harwood
Film year2001	FilmA Beautiful Mind IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWritten by Akiva Goldsman Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
Film year2000	FilmTraffic IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientScreenplay by Stephen Gaghan Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
Film year1999	FilmThe Cider House Rules IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJohn Irving Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
Film year1998	FilmGods and Monsters IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientBill Condon Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
Film year1997	FilmL.A. Confidential IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientBrian Helgeland, Curtis Hanson Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
Film year1996	FilmSling Blade IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientBilly Bob Thornton Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
Film year1995	FilmSense and Sensibility IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientEmma Thompson Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
Film year1994	FilmForrest Gump IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientEric Roth Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
Film year1993	FilmSchindler's List IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientSteven Zaillian Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
Film year1992	FilmHowards End IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientRuth Prawer Jhabvala Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
Film year1991	FilmThe Silence of the Lambs IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientTed Tally Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published)
Film year1990	FilmDances With Wolves IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMichael Blake Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
Film year1989	FilmDriving Miss Daisy IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAlfred Uhry Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
Film year1988	FilmDangerous Liaisons IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientChristopher Hampton Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
Film year1987	FilmThe Last Emperor IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMark Peploe, Bernardo Bertolucci Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
Film year1986	FilmA Room with a View IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientRuth Prawer Jhabvala Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
Film year1985	FilmOut of Africa IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientKurt Luedtke Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
Film year1984	FilmAmadeus IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientPeter Shaffer Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
Film year1983	FilmTerms of Endearment IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJames L. Brooks Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
Film year1982	FilmMissing IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientCosta-Gavras, Donald Stewart Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
Film year1981	FilmOn Golden Pond IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientErnest Thompson Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
Film year1980	FilmOrdinary People IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAlvin Sargent Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
Film year1979	FilmKramer vs. Kramer IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientRobert Benton Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
Film year1978	FilmMidnight Express IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientOliver Stone Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium)
Film year1977	FilmJulia IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAlvin Sargent Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay--based on material from another medium)
Film year1976	FilmAll the President's Men IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWilliam Goldman Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay--based on material from another medium)
Film year1975	FilmOne Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientLawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Adapted from Other Material)
Film year1974	FilmThe Godfather Part II IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientFrancis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Adapted from Other Material)
Film year1973	FilmThe Exorcist IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWilliam Peter Blatty Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay--based on material from another medium)
Film year1972	FilmThe Godfather IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay--based on material from another medium)
Film year1971	FilmThe French Connection IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientErnest Tidyman Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay--based on material from another medium)
Film year1970	FilmMAS*H IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientRing Lardner, Jr. Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay--based on material from another medium)
Film year1969	FilmMidnight Cowboy IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWaldo Salt Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay--based on material from another medium)
Film year1968	FilmThe Lion in Winter IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJames Goldman Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay--based on material from another medium)
Film year1967	FilmIn the Heat of the Night IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientStirling Silliphant Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay--based on material from another medium)
Film year1966	FilmA Man for All Seasons IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientRobert Bolt Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay--based on material from another medium)
Film year1965	FilmDoctor Zhivago IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientRobert Bolt Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay--based on material from another medium)
Film year1964	FilmBecket IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientEdward Anhalt Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay--based on material from another medium)
Film year1963	FilmTom Jones IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJohn Osborne Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay--based on material from another medium)
Film year1962	FilmTo Kill a Mockingbird IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientHorton Foote Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay--based on material from another medium)
Film year1961	FilmJudgment at Nuremberg IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAbby Mann Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay--based on material from another medium)
Film year1960	FilmElmer Gantry IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientRichard Brooks Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay--based on material from another medium)
Film year1959	FilmRoom at the Top IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientNeil Paterson Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay--based on material from another medium)
Film year1958	FilmGigi IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAlan Jay Lerner Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay--based on material from another medium)
Film year1957	FilmThe Bridge on the River Kwai IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMichael Wilson, Carl Foreman, Pierre Boulle Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) NOTE: Though Pierre Boulle received official screen credit, it was commonly known that blacklisted writers, Michael Wilson and Carl Foreman, wrote the screenplay based on Mr. Boulle's novel (translated from the French). The Board of Governors, on December 11, 1984, voted posthumous Oscars to Wilson and Foreman and Academy records have been updated.
Film year1956	FilmAround the World in 80 Days IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJames Poe, John Farrow, S.J. Perelman Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay--Adapted)
Film year1955	FilmMarty IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientPaddy Chayefsky Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay)
Film year1954	FilmThe Country Girl IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientGeorge Seaton Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay)
Film year1953	FilmFrom Here to Eternity IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientDaniel Taradash Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay)
Film year1952	FilmThe Bad and the Beautiful IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientCharles Schnee Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay)
Film year1951	FilmA Place in the Sun IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMichael Wilson, Harry Brown Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay)
Film year1950	FilmAll about Eve IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJoseph L. Mankiewicz Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay)
Film year1949	FilmA Letter to Three Wives IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJoseph L. Mankiewicz Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay)
Film year1948	FilmThe Treasure of the Sierra Madre IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJohn Huston Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay)
Film year1947	FilmMiracle on 34th Street IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientGeorge Seaton Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay)
Film year1946	FilmThe Best Years of Our Lives IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientRobert E. Sherwood Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay)
Film year1945	FilmThe Lost Weekend IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientCharles Brackett, Billy Wilder Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay)
Film year1944	FilmGoing My Way IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientFrank Butler, Frank Cavett Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay)
Film year1943	FilmCasablanca IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJulius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay)
Film year1942	FilmMrs. Miniver IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientArthur Wimperis, George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay)
Film year1941	FilmHere Comes Mr. Jordan IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientSidney Buchman, Seton I. Miller Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay)
Film year1940	FilmThe Philadelphia Story IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientDonald Ogden Stewart Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay)
Film year1939	FilmGone with the Wind IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientSidney Howard Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay)
Film year1938	FilmPygmalion IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientScreenplay and Dialogue by George Bernard Shaw; Adaptation by W. P. Lipscomb, Cecil Lewis, Ian Dalrymple Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay)
Film year1937	FilmThe Life of Emile Zola IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientNorman Reilly Raine, Heinz Herald, Geza Herczeg Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay)
Film year1936	FilmThe Story of Louis Pasteur IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientPierre Collings, Sheridan Gibney Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay)
Film year1935	FilmThe Informer IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientDudley Nichols Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay) NOTE: Mr. Nichols initially refused the award, but Academy records indicate that he was in possession of a statuette by 1949.
Film year1934	FilmIt Happened One Night IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientRobert Riskin Source context Source category: WRITING (Adaptation)
Film year1932/33	FilmLittle Women IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientVictor Heerman, Sarah Y. Mason Source context Source category: WRITING (Adaptation)
Film year1931/32	FilmBad Girl IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientEdwin Burke Source context Source category: WRITING (Adaptation)
Film year1930/31	FilmCimarron IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientHoward Estabrook Source context Source category: WRITING (Adaptation)
Film year1929/30	FilmThe Big House IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientFrances Marion Source context Source category: WRITING
Film year1928/29	FilmThe Patriot IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientHans Kraly Source context Source category: WRITING NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. There were no announcements of nominations, no certificates of nomination or honorable mention, and only the winners (*) were revealed during the awards banquet on April 3, 1930.
Film year1927/28	Film7th Heaven IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientBenjamin Glazer Source context Source category: WRITING (Adaptation)

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This independent archive groups film-linked award records by film, credited name, category and eligibility year. The film year can differ from the year the ceremony took place. Ceremony numbers are shown where supplied by the records.

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