The Award Book
Awards
Authors
Books
Films
TV Series
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Winners
2025
One Battle After Another
★★★★★★★☆☆☆
Paul Thomas Anderson
2024
Conclave
★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
Peter Straughan
2023
American Fiction
★☆☆
Cord Jefferson
2022
Women Talking
★☆☆
Sarah Polley
2021
CODA
★★☆☆
Sian Heder
2020
The Father
★★★☆☆☆☆☆
Christopher Hampton
2019
Jojo Rabbit
★☆
Taika Waititi
2018
BlacKkKlansman
★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
Charlie Wachtel
2017
Call Me by Your Name
★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
James Ivory
2016
Moonlight
★★★☆☆☆
Barry Jenkins
2015
The Big Short
★☆☆☆☆☆
Charles Randolph
2014
The Imitation Game
★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
Graham Moore
2013
12 Years a Slave
★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆
John Ridley
2012
Argo
★★★★★★☆☆
Chris Terrio
2011
The Descendants
★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
Alexander Payne
2010
The Social Network
★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆
Aaron Sorkin
2009
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
Geoffrey S. Fletcher
2008
Slumdog Millionaire
★★★★★★★★☆
Simon Beaufoy
2007
No Country for Old Men
★★★★★☆☆☆
Joel Coen
2006
The Departed
★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
William Monahan
2005
Brokeback Mountain
★★★★★★★★☆☆☆☆
Larry McMurtry
2004
Sideways
★★☆☆☆
Alexander Payne
2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
★★★★★★☆
Philippa Boyens
2002
The Pianist
★★★★★★☆☆☆☆
Ronald Harwood
2001
A Beautiful Mind
★★★★★★★☆☆☆☆
Akiva Goldsman
2000
Traffic
★★★☆☆☆☆
Stephen Gaghan
1999
The Cider House Rules
★☆☆☆
John Irving
1998
Gods and Monsters
★☆☆☆
Bill Condon
1997
L.A. Confidential
★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
Curtis Hanson
1996
Sling Blade
★☆
Billy Bob Thornton
1995
Sense and Sensibility
★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
Emma Thompson
1994
Forrest Gump
★★★★★★★☆☆☆☆
Eric Roth
1993
Schindler's List
★★★★★★★★☆☆☆
Steven Zaillian
1992
Howards End
★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
1991
The Silence of the Lambs
★★★★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
Ted Tally
1990
Dances With Wolves
★★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
Michael Blake
1989
Driving Miss Daisy
★★★★☆☆
Alfred Uhry
1988
Dangerous Liaisons
★☆☆☆☆
Christopher Hampton
1987
The Last Emperor
★★★★★★★☆☆
Bernardo Bertolucci
1986
A Room with a View
★★★☆☆☆☆☆
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
1985
Out of Africa
★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
Kurt Luedtke
1984
Amadeus
★★★★★★★★☆☆
Peter Shaffer
1983
Terms of Endearment
★★★★★★★☆☆
James L. Brooks
1982
Missing
★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
Costa-Gavras
1981
On Golden Pond
★★★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆
Ernest Thompson
1980
Ordinary People
★★★★★★☆☆☆☆
Alvin Sargent
1979
Kramer vs. Kramer
★★★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
Robert Benton
1978
Midnight Express
★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆
Oliver Stone
1977
Julia
★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
Alvin Sargent
1976
All the President's Men
★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
William Goldman
1975
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
Bo Goldman
1974
The Godfather Part II
★★★★☆☆☆☆
Francis Ford Coppola
1973
The Exorcist
★★★★☆☆☆☆
William Peter Blatty
1972
The Godfather
★★★★★★★☆☆
Francis Ford Coppola
1971
The French Connection
★★★★★★★★☆☆☆
Ernest Tidyman
1970
MASH
★☆☆
Ring Lardner Jr.
1969
Midnight Cowboy
★★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
Waldo Salt
1968
The Lion in Winter
★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆
James Goldman
1967
In the Heat of the Night
★★★★★★★☆☆
Stirling Silliphant
1966
A Man for All Seasons
★★★★★★★★★★
Robert Bolt
1965
Doctor Zhivago
★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
Robert Bolt
1964
Becket
★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆
Edward Anhalt
1963
Tom Jones
★★★★☆☆☆☆
John Osborne
1962
To Kill a Mockingbird
★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆
Horton Foote
1961
Judgment at Nuremberg
★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
Abby Mann
1960
Elmer Gantry
★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
Richard Brooks
1959
Room at the Top
★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆
Neil Paterson
1958
Gigi
★★★★
Alan Jay Lerner
1957
The Bridge on the River Kwai
★★★★★★★★★
Pierre Boulle
1956
Around the World in 80 Days
★★★☆☆
John Farrow
1955
Marty
★★★★★★★★☆
Paddy Chayefsky
1954
The Country Girl
★★★☆☆☆☆
George Seaton
1953
From Here to Eternity
★★★★☆☆☆
Daniel Taradash
1952
The Bad and the Beautiful
★☆☆
Charles Schnee
1951
A Place in the Sun
★★★☆☆☆☆☆
Harry Brown
1950
All About Eve
★★★★★☆☆☆☆
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1949
A Letter to Three Wives
★★☆
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1948
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
★★★★☆☆
John Huston
1947
Miracle on 34th Street
★★☆
George Seaton
1946
The Best Years of Our Lives
★★★★★
Robert E. Sherwood
1945
The Lost Weekend
★★★★★★★★
Charles Brackett
1944
Going My Way
★★★★★★
Frank Butler
1943
Casablanca
★★★☆
Philip G. Epstein
1942
Mrs. Miniver
★★★★☆
George Froeschel
1941
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
★☆☆☆
Sidney Buchman
1940
The Philadelphia Story
★★☆☆☆
Donald Ogden Stewart
1939
Gone with the Wind
★★★★☆
Sidney Howard
1938
Pygmalion
★☆☆☆
George Bernard Shaw
1937
The Life of Emile Zola
★★☆☆
Norman Reilly Raine
1936
The Story of Louis Pasteur
★★☆
Pierre Collings
1935
The Informer
★★★☆
Dudley Nichols
1934
It Happened One Night
★★★★★
Robert Riskin
1932
Little Women
★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
Victor Heerman
1931
Bad Girl
★★☆
Edwin J. Burke
1930
Cimarron
★★☆☆☆
Howard Estabrook
1929
The Big House
★☆☆
Frances Marion
1928
The Patriot
★☆☆☆
Hanns Kräly
1927
7th Heaven
★★★☆
Benjamin Glazer