Original Screenplay Oscar Winners & Nomination History

The AwardWentTo archive contains 425 Academy Award records for Original Screenplay, including 85 wins, across 85 film years (1940–2025).

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

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Original Screenplay winner history by film year, film and credited nominee or recipient
Film year	Film	Credited nominee / recipient
Film year2025	FilmSinners IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientRyan Coogler
Film year2024	FilmAnora IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWritten by Sean Baker
Film year2023	FilmAnatomy of a Fall IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientScreenplay - Justine Triet and Arthur Harari
Film year2022	FilmEverything Everywhere All at Once IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWritten by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
Film year2021	FilmBelfast IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWritten by Kenneth Branagh
Film year2020	FilmPromising Young Woman IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWritten by Emerald Fennell
Film year2019	FilmParasite IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientScreenplay by Bong Joon Ho, Han Jin Won; Story by Bong Joon Ho
Film year2018	FilmGreen Book IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWritten by Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly
Film year2017	FilmGet Out IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWritten by Jordan Peele
Film year2016	FilmManchester by the Sea IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWritten by Kenneth Lonergan
Film year2015	FilmSpotlight IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWritten by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy
Film year2014	FilmBirdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWritten by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo
Film year2013	FilmHer IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWritten by Spike Jonze
Film year2012	FilmDjango Unchained IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWritten by Quentin Tarantino
Film year2011	FilmMidnight in Paris IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWritten by Woody Allen
Film year2010	FilmThe King's Speech IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientScreenplay by David Seidler
Film year2009	FilmThe Hurt Locker IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWritten by Mark Boal
Film year2008	FilmMilk IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWritten by Dustin Lance Black
Film year2007	FilmJuno IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWritten by Diablo Cody
Film year2006	FilmLittle Miss Sunshine IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWritten by Michael Arndt
Film year2005	FilmCrash IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientScreenplay by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco; Story by Paul Haggis
Film year2004	FilmEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientScreenplay by Charlie Kaufman; Story by Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth
Film year2003	FilmLost in Translation IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWritten by Sofia Coppola
Film year2002	FilmTalk to Her IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWritten by Pedro Almodóvar
Film year2001	FilmGosford Park IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWritten by Julian Fellowes Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Film year2000	FilmAlmost Famous IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWritten by Cameron Crowe Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Film year1999	FilmAmerican Beauty IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAlan Ball Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Film year1998	FilmShakespeare in Love IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMarc Norman, Tom Stoppard Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Film year1997	FilmGood Will Hunting IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientBen Affleck, Matt Damon Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Film year1996	FilmFargo IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientEthan Coen, Joel Coen Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Film year1995	FilmThe Usual Suspects IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientChristopher McQuarrie Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Film year1994	FilmPulp Fiction IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientScreenplay by Quentin Tarantino; Stories by Quentin Tarantino & Roger Avary Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Film year1993	FilmThe Piano IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJane Campion Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Film year1992	FilmThe Crying Game IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientNeil Jordan Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Film year1991	FilmThelma & Louise IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientCallie Khouri Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Film year1990	FilmGhost IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientBruce Joel Rubin Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Film year1989	FilmDead Poets Society IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientTom Schulman Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Film year1988	FilmRain Man IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientScreenplay by Ronald Bass, Barry Morrow; Story by Barry Morrow Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Film year1987	FilmMoonstruck IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJohn Patrick Shanley Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Film year1986	FilmHannah and Her Sisters IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWoody Allen Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Film year1985	FilmWitness IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientScreenplay by Earl W. Wallace, William Kelley; Story by William Kelley, Pamela Wallace, Earl W. Wallace Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Film year1984	FilmPlaces in the Heart IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientRobert Benton Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Film year1983	FilmTender Mercies IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientHorton Foote Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Film year1982	FilmGandhi IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJohn Briley Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Film year1981	FilmChariots of Fire IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientColin Welland Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Film year1980	FilmMelvin and Howard IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientBo Goldman Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Film year1979	FilmBreaking Away IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientSteve Tesich Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Film year1978	FilmComing Home IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientStory by Nancy Dowd; Screenplay by Waldo Salt, Robert C. Jones Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
Film year1977	FilmAnnie Hall IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWoody Allen, Marshall Brickman Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen--based on factual material or on story material not previously published or produced)
Film year1976	FilmNetwork IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientPaddy Chayefsky Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen--based on factual material or on story material not previously published or produced)
Film year1975	FilmDog Day Afternoon IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientFrank Pierson
Film year1974	FilmChinatown IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientRobert Towne
Film year1973	FilmThe Sting IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientDavid S. Ward Source context Source category: WRITING (Story and Screenplay--based on factual material or material not previously published or produced)
Film year1972	FilmThe Candidate IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJeremy Larner Source context Source category: WRITING (Story and Screenplay--based on factual material or material not previously published or produced)
Film year1971	FilmThe Hospital IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientPaddy Chayefsky Source context Source category: WRITING (Story and Screenplay--based on factual material or material not previously published or produced)
Film year1970	FilmPatton IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientFrancis Ford Coppola, Edmund H. North Source context Source category: WRITING (Story and Screenplay--based on factual material or material not previously published or produced)
Film year1969	FilmButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWilliam Goldman Source context Source category: WRITING (Story and Screenplay--based on material not previously published or produced)
Film year1968	FilmThe Producers IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMel Brooks Source context Source category: WRITING (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen)
Film year1967	FilmGuess Who's Coming to Dinner IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWilliam Rose Source context Source category: WRITING (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen)
Film year1966	FilmA Man and a Woman IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientStory by Claude Lelouch; Screenplay by Claude Lelouch, Pierre Uytterhoeven Source context Source category: WRITING (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen)
Film year1965	FilmDarling IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientFrederic Raphael Source context Source category: WRITING (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen)
Film year1964	FilmFather Goose IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientStory by S. H. Barnett; Screenplay by Peter Stone, Frank Tarloff Source context Source category: WRITING (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen)
Film year1963	FilmHow the West Was Won IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientJames R. Webb Source context Source category: WRITING (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen)
Film year1962	FilmDivorce--Italian Style IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientEnnio de Concini, Alfredo Giannetti, Pietro Germi Source context Source category: WRITING (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen)
Film year1961	FilmSplendor in the Grass IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWilliam Inge Source context Source category: WRITING (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen)
Film year1960	FilmThe Apartment IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientBilly Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond Source context Source category: WRITING (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen)
Film year1959	FilmPillow Talk IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientStory by Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene; Screenplay by Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin Source context Source category: WRITING (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen)
Film year1958	FilmThe Defiant Ones IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientNedrick Young, Harold Jacob Smith Source context Source category: WRITING (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) NOTE: Upon request of his widow and upon recommendation of the Writers Branch Executive Committee, the Board of Governors voted on June 22, 1993, to restore the name of Nedrick Young to the nominations and award presented to Nathan E. Douglas (Mr. Young's pseudonym during the blacklisting period).
Film year1957	FilmDesigning Woman IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientGeorge Wells Source context Source category: WRITING (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen)
Film year1956	FilmThe Red Balloon IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAlbert Lamorisse Source context Source category: WRITING (Screenplay--Original)
Film year1955	FilmInterrupted Melody IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientWilliam Ludwig, Sonya Levien Source context Source category: WRITING (Story and Screenplay)
Film year1954	FilmOn the Waterfront IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientBudd Schulberg Source context Source category: WRITING (Story and Screenplay)
Film year1953	FilmTitanic IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientCharles Brackett, Walter Reisch, Richard Breen Source context Source category: WRITING (Story and Screenplay)
Film year1952	FilmThe Lavender Hill Mob IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientT. E. B. Clarke Source context Source category: WRITING (Story and Screenplay)
Film year1951	FilmAn American in Paris IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientAlan Jay Lerner Source context Source category: WRITING (Story and Screenplay)
Film year1950	FilmSunset Blvd. IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientCharles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D. M. Marshman, Jr. Source context Source category: WRITING (Story and Screenplay)
Film year1949	FilmBattleground IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientRobert Pirosh Source context Source category: WRITING (Story and Screenplay)
Film year1947	FilmThe Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientSidney Sheldon
Film year1946	FilmThe Seventh Veil IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientMuriel Box, Sydney Box
Film year1945	FilmMarie-Louise IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientRichard Schweizer
Film year1944	FilmWilson IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientLamar Trotti
Film year1943	FilmPrincess O'Rourke IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientNorman Krasna
Film year1942	FilmWoman of the Year IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientRing Lardner, Jr., Michael Kanin
Film year1941	FilmCitizen Kane IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientHerman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles
Film year1940	FilmThe Great McGinty IMDb	Credited nominee / recipientPreston Sturges

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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.

Each distinct performance, song or award credit remains a separate record, even when it belongs to the same film. Shared credits stay together. A person's page covers the name shown, without combining aliases or shared credits into a complete career total.

Totals can include honorary, special and historical awards alongside competitive nominations. Awards without a linked film are outside these page totals. Source notes and uncertain records are retained; category comparisons omit groups with unresolved notes, ties or conflicting identities.

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