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Best Adapted Screenplay

1929 to 2026 · 482 nominations

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Most nominated in this category

  1. 1Billy Wilder7 noms1
  2. 2Eric Roth6 noms1
  3. 3John Huston6 noms1
  4. 4Michael Wilson5 noms2
  5. 5Richard Brooks5 noms1
  6. 6George Seaton4 noms2
  7. 7Carl Foreman4 noms1
  8. 8Charles Brackett4 noms1
  9. 9Ethan Coen4 noms1
  10. 10James Poe4 noms1
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Year by year

2020s7 ceremonies, tap to open
  1. 2026
    Also nominated

    Bugonia, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Train Dreams

  2. 2025
    Also nominated

    A Complete Unknown, Emilia Pérez, Nickel Boys, Sing Sing

  3. 2024
    Also nominated

    Barbie, Oppenheimer, Poor Things, The Zone of Interest

  4. 2023
    Also nominated

    All Quiet on the Western Front, Glass Onion, Living, Top Gun: Maverick

  5. 2022
    Also nominated

    Drive My Car, Dune, The Lost Daughter, The Power of the Dog

  6. 2021
    Also nominated

    Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Nomadland, One Night in Miami..., The White Tiger

  7. 2020
    Also nominated

    Joker, Little Women, The Irishman, The Two Popes

2010s10 ceremonies, tap to open
  1. 2019
    Also nominated

    A Star Is Born, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, If Beale Street Could Talk, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

  2. 2018
    Also nominated

    Logan, Molly's Game, Mudbound, The Disaster Artist

  3. 2017
    Also nominated

    Arrival, Fences, Hidden Figures, Lion

  4. 2016
    Also nominated

    Brooklyn, Carol, Room, The Martian

  5. 2015
    Also nominated

    American Sniper, Inherent Vice, The Theory of Everything, Whiplash

  6. 2014
    Also nominated

    Before Midnight, Captain Phillips, Philomena, The Wolf of Wall Street

  7. 2013
    Also nominated

    Beasts of the Southern Wild, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Silver Linings Playbook

  8. 2012
    Also nominated

    Hugo, Moneyball, The Ides of March, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

  9. 2011
    Also nominated

    127 Hours, Toy Story 3, True Grit, Winter's Bone

  10. 2010
    Also nominated

    An Education, District 9, In the Loop, Up in the Air

2000s10 ceremonies, tap to open
  1. 2009
    Also nominated

    Doubt, Frost/Nixon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Reader

  2. 2008
    Also nominated

    Atonement, Away from Her, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, There Will Be Blood

  3. 2007
    Also nominated

    Borat, Children of Men, Little Children, Notes on a Scandal

  4. 2006
    Also nominated

    A History of Violence, Capote, Munich, The Constant Gardener

  5. 2005
    Also nominated

    Before Sunset, Finding Neverland, Million Dollar Baby, The Motorcycle Diaries

  6. 2004
    Also nominated

    American Splendor, City of God, Mystic River, Seabiscuit

  7. 2003
    Also nominated

    About a Boy, Adaptation., Chicago, The Hours

  8. 2002
    Also nominated

    Ghost World, In the Bedroom, Shrek, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

  9. 2001
    Also nominated

    Chocolat, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Wonder Boys

  10. 2000
    Also nominated

    Election, The Green Mile, The Insider, The Talented Mr. Ripley

1990s10 ceremonies, tap to open
  1. 1999
    Also nominated

    A Simple Plan, Out of Sight, Primary Colors, The Thin Red Line

  2. 1998
    Also nominated

    Donnie Brasco, The Sweet Hereafter, The Wings of the Dove, Wag the Dog

  3. 1997
    Also nominated

    Hamlet, The Crucible, The English Patient, Trainspotting

  4. 1996
    Also nominated

    Apollo 13, Babe, Leaving Las Vegas, The Postman

  5. 1995
    Also nominated

    Nobody's Fool, Quiz Show, The Madness of King George, The Shawshank Redemption

  6. 1994
    Also nominated

    In the Name of the Father, Shadowlands, The Age of Innocence, The Remains of the Day

  7. 1993
    Also nominated

    A River Runs Through It, Enchanted April, Scent of a Woman, The Player

  8. 1992
    Also nominated

    Europa Europa, Fried Green Tomatoes, JFK, The Prince of Tides

  9. 1991
    Also nominated

    Awakenings, GoodFellas, Reversal of Fortune, The Grifters

  10. 1990
    Also nominated

    Born on the Fourth of July, Enemies, a Love Story, Field of Dreams, My Left Foot

1980s10 ceremonies, tap to open
  1. 1989
    Also nominated

    Gorillas in the Mist, Little Dorrit, The Accidental Tourist, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

  2. 1988
    Also nominated

    Fatal Attraction, Full Metal Jacket, My Life as a Dog, The Dead

  3. 1987
    Also nominated

    Children of a Lesser God, Crimes of the Heart, Stand by Me, The Color of Money

  4. 1986
    Also nominated

    Kiss of the Spider Woman, Prizzi's Honor, The Color Purple, The Trip to Bountiful

  5. 1985
    Also nominated

    A Passage to India, A Soldier's Story, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, The Killing Fields

  6. 1984
    Also nominated

    Betrayal, Educating Rita, Reuben, Reuben, The Dresser

  7. 1983
    Also nominated

    Das Boot, Sophie's Choice, The Verdict, Victor/Victoria

  8. 1982
    Also nominated

    Pennies from Heaven, Prince of the City, Ragtime, The French Lieutenant's Woman

  9. 1981
    Also nominated

    Breaker Morant, Coal Miner's Daughter, The Elephant Man, The Stunt Man

  10. 1980
    Also nominated

    A Little Romance, Apocalypse Now, La Cage aux Folles, Norma Rae

1970s10 ceremonies, tap to open
  1. 1979
    Also nominated

    Bloodbrothers, California Suite, Heaven Can Wait, Same Time, Next Year

  2. 1978
    Also nominated

    Equus, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, Oh, God!, That Obscure Object of Desire

  3. 1977
    Also nominated

    Bound for Glory, Fellini's Casanova, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, Voyage of the Damned

  4. 1976
    Also nominated

    Barry Lyndon, Scent of a Woman, The Man Who Would Be King, The Sunshine Boys

  5. 1975
    Also nominated

    Lenny, Murder on the Orient Express, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Young Frankenstein

  6. 1974
    Also nominated

    Paper Moon, Serpico, The Last Detail, The Paper Chase

  7. 1973
    Also nominated

    Cabaret, Pete 'n' Tillie, Sounder, The Emigrants

  8. 1972
    Also nominated

    A Clockwork Orange, The Conformist, The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, The Last Picture Show

  9. 1971
    Also nominated

    Airport, I Never Sang for My Father, Lovers and Other Strangers, Women in Love

  10. 1970
    Also nominated

    Anne of the Thousand Days, Goodbye, Columbus, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Z

1960s10 ceremonies, tap to open
  1. 1969
    Also nominated

    Oliver!, Rachel, Rachel, Rosemary's Baby, The Odd Couple

  2. 1968
    Also nominated

    Cool Hand Luke, In Cold Blood, The Graduate, Ulysses

  3. 1967
    Also nominated

    Alfie, The Professionals, The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

  4. 1966
    Also nominated

    A Thousand Clowns, Cat Ballou, Ship of Fools, The Collector

  5. 1965
    Also nominated

    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady, Zorba the Greek

  6. 1964
    Also nominated

    Captain Newman, M.D., Hud, Lilies of the Field, Sundays and Cybèle

  7. 1963
    Also nominated

    David and Lisa, Lawrence of Arabia, Lolita, The Miracle Worker

  8. 1962
    Also nominated

    Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Guns of Navarone, The Hustler, West Side Story

  9. 1961
    Also nominated

    Inherit the Wind, Sons and Lovers, The Sundowners, Tunes of Glory

  10. 1960
    Also nominated

    Anatomy of a Murder, Ben-Hur, Some Like It Hot, The Nun's Story

1950s10 ceremonies, tap to open
  1. 1959
    Also nominated

    Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, I Want to Live!, Separate Tables, The Horse's Mouth

  2. 1958
    • The Bridge on the River Kwai poster
      The Bridge on the River Kwai
      Michael Wilson, Carl Foreman, Pierre Boulle

      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.

    Also nominated

    12 Angry Men, Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison, Peyton Place, Sayonara

  3. 1957
    Also nominated

    Baby Doll, Friendly Persuasion, Giant, Lust for Life

  4. 1956
    Also nominated

    Bad Day at Black Rock, Blackboard Jungle, East of Eden, Love Me or Leave Me

  5. 1955
    Also nominated

    Rear Window, Sabrina, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, The Caine Mutiny

  6. 1954
    Also nominated

    Lili, Roman Holiday, Shane, The Cruel Sea

  7. 1953
    Also nominated

    5 Fingers, High Noon, The Man in the White Suit, The Quiet Man

  8. 1952
    Also nominated

    A Streetcar Named Desire, Detective Story, La Ronde, The African Queen

  9. 1951
    Also nominated

    Born Yesterday, Broken Arrow, Father of the Bride, The Asphalt Jungle

  10. 1950
    Also nominated

    All the King's Men, Bicycle Thieves, Champion, The Fallen Idol

1940s10 ceremonies, tap to open
  1. 1949
    Also nominated

    A Foreign Affair, Johnny Belinda, The Search, The Snake Pit

  2. 1948
    Also nominated

    Boomerang!, Crossfire, Gentleman's Agreement, Great Expectations

  3. 1947
    Also nominated

    Anna and the King of Siam, Brief Encounter, Rome, Open City, The Killers

  4. 1946
    Also nominated

    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Mildred Pierce, Pride of the Marines, Story of G.I. Joe

  5. 1945
    Also nominated

    Double Indemnity, Gaslight, Laura, Meet Me in St. Louis

  6. 1944
    Also nominated

    Holy Matrimony, The More the Merrier, The Song of Bernadette, Watch on the Rhine

  7. 1943
    Also nominated

    Random Harvest, The 49th Parallel, The Pride of the Yankees, The Talk of the Town

  8. 1942
    Also nominated

    Hold Back the Dawn, How Green Was My Valley, The Little Foxes, The Maltese Falcon

  9. 1941
    Also nominated

    Kitty Foyle, Rebecca, The Grapes of Wrath, The Long Voyage Home

  10. 1940
    Also nominated

    Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Ninotchka, Wuthering Heights

1930s10 ceremonies, tap to open
  1. 1939
    Also nominated

    Boys Town, Four Daughters, The Citadel, You Can't Take It with You

  2. 1938
    Also nominated

    A Star Is Born, Captains Courageous, Stage Door, The Awful Truth

  3. 1937
    Also nominated

    After the Thin Man, Dodsworth, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, My Man Godfrey

  4. 1936
    • The Informer
      Dudley Nichols

      NOTE: Mr. Nichols initially refused the award, but Academy records indicate that he was in possession of a statuette by 1949.

    Also nominated

    Captain Blood, Mutiny on the Bounty, The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

  5. 1935
    Also nominated

    The Thin Man, Viva Villa!

  6. 1934
    Also nominated

    Lady for a Day, State Fair

  7. 1932
    Also nominated

    Arrowsmith, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

  8. 1931
    Also nominated

    Holiday, Little Caesar, Skippy, The Criminal Code

  9. 1930
    Also nominated

    All Quiet on the Western Front, Disraeli, Street of Chance, The Divorcee

  10. 1930
    • The Patriot
      Hans Kraly
      Hanns Kräly

      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.

    Also nominated

    A Woman of Affairs, In Old Arizona, Our Dancing Daughters, The Cop, The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

1920s1 ceremonies, tap to open
  1. 1929
    Also nominated

    Glorious Betsy, The Jazz Singer