Rich Picks

Screenplay (Adapted)

Outstanding adapted screenplay

2025
R
Will TracyOscarBAFTAWGA
Bugonia based on the 2003 South Korean film Save the Green Planet! directed by Jang Joon-hwan
R
Satoko Okudera
Kokuhō based on the 2018 novel of the same name by Shuichi Yoshida
R
Park Chan-wook
No Other Choice based on the 1997 novel The Ax by Donald E. Westlake
R
Harry LightonBAFTA
Pillion based on the 2020 novel Box Hill by Adam Mars-Jones
R
Clint Bentley and Greg KwedarOscarNBRWGA
Train Dreams based on the 2011 novella of the same name by Denis Johnson
Angus MacLachlanSpirit
A Little Prayer
Constance TsangSpirit
Blue Sun Palace
Guillermo del ToroOscarWGA
Frankenstein
Andrew DeYoungSpirit
Friendship
Chloé Zhao and Maggie o'FarrellOscarGlobeBAFTAWGA
Hamnet
Jafar PanahiGlobe
It Was Just an Accident
Alex RussellSpirit
Lurker
Josh Safdie and Ronald BronsteinGlobe
Marty Supreme
Paul Thomas AndersonOscarGlobeBAFTAWGA
One Battle after Another
Syreeta SingletonSpirit
One of Them Days
Elena OxmanSpirit
Outerlands
Eskil Vogt and Joachim TrierGlobe
Sentimental Value
Ryan CooglerGlobe
Sinners
Eva VictorSpirit
Sorry, Baby
Christian SwegalSpirit
Sovereign
Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle MarvinSpirit
Splitsville
Tom Basden and Tim KeyBAFTA
The Ballad of Wallis Island
James SweeneySpirit
Twinless
2024
R
Heitor Lorega and Murilo Hauser
I’m Still Here based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva's 2015 memoir of the same name
R
Justin Kuritzkes
Queer based on the 1985 novella of the same name by William S. Burroughs
R
Peter StraughanOscarGlobeBAFTA
Conclave based on the 2016 novel of the same name by Robert Harris
R
Robert Eggers
Nosferatu based on F. W. Murnau's 1922 film Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, itself based on Bram Stoker's 1897 novel "Dracula"
R
Pedro Almodóvar
The Room Next Door based on the novel What Are You Going Through by Sigrid Nunez
Jay Cocks and James MangoldOscarBAFTAWGA
A Complete Unknown
Aaron SchimbergSpirit
A Different Man
Jesse EisenbergGlobeSpirit
A Real Pain
Sean BakerGlobe
Anora
Sean WangSpirit
Dìdi
Denis VilleneuveWGA
Dune: Part Two
Jacques Audiard, Nicolas Livecchi, Léa Mysius, and Thomas BidegainOscarGlobeBAFTA
Emilia Pérez
India DonaldsonSpirit
Good One
Scott Beck and Bryan WoodsSpirit
Heretic
Glen Powell and Richard LinklaterWGA
Hit Man
Jane SchoenbrunSpirit
I Saw the TV Glow
Annie BakerSpirit
Janet Planet
Megan ParkSpirit
My Old Ass
RaMell Ross and Joslyn BarnesOscarBAFTAWGA
Nickel Boys
Julio TorresSpirit
Problemista
Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield, and Clint BentleyOscarNBRBAFTA
Sing Sing
Mona Fastvold and Brady CorbetGlobe
The Brutalist
Joanna ArnowSpirit
The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed
Coralie FargeatGlobe
The Substance
Winnie Holzman and Dana FoxWGA
Wicked
2023
R
Noah Baumbach and Greta GerwigOscarGlobe
Barbie based on the Barbie fashion dolls by Mattel
R
Ava DuVernay
Origin based on the book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
R
Jonathan GlazerOscarBAFTA
The Zone of Interest based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Martin Amis
R
Cord JeffersonOscarBAFTASpiritWGA
American Fiction based on the novel Erasure by Percival Everett
R
Wes Anderson
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar based on the short story of the same title by Roald Dahl
Andrew HaighBAFTA
All of Us Strangers
Justine Triet and Arthur HarariGlobe
Anatomy of a Fall
Kelly Fremon CraigWGA
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret
Laura Moss and Brendan J. O'BrienSpirit
Birth/Rebirth
Emma Seligman and Rachel SennottSpirit
Bottoms
Tomás Gómez BustilloSpirit
Chronicles of a Wandering Saint
Eric Roth and Martin ScorceseGlobeWGA
Killers of the Flower Moon
Samy Burch, story by Samy Burch, and Alex MechanikSpirit
May December
Julia CoxWGA
Nyad
Christopher NolanOscarGlobeBAFTAWGA
Oppenheimer
Celine SongGlobeSpirit
Past Lives
Tony McNamaraOscarGlobeNBRBAFTA
Poor Things
David HemingsonSpirit
The Holdovers
Laurel ParmetSpirit
The Starling Girl
Noah Galvin, Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman, and Ben PlattSpirit
Theater Camp
Alejandro Rojas and Juan Sebastián VásquezSpirit
Upon Entry
2022
R
Kazuo IshiguroOscarBAFTA
Living based on the 1952 film Ikiru by Akira Kurosawa
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Edward Berger, Ian Stokell, and Lesley PatersonOscarNBRBAFTA
All Quiet on the Western Front based on the 1929 novel of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque
R
Samuel D. HunterBAFTA
The Whale based on his 2012 play of the same name
R
David Marshall Grant and Dan Savage
Spoiler Alert based on the book Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies by Michael Ausiello
R
Sarah PolleyOscarGlobeSpiritWGA
Women Talking based on the 2018 novel of the same name by Miriam Toews
KogonadaSpirit
After Yang
Joe Robert Cole and Ryan CooglerWGA
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Sarah DeLappe and story by Kristen RoupenianSpirit
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Lena DunhamSpirit
Catherine Called Birdy
K.D. DávilaSpirit
Emergency
John Patton FordSpirit
Emily the Criminal
Daniel Kwan and Daniel ScheinertGlobeSpirit
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Joel Kim BoosterSpirit
Fire Island
Rian JohnsonOscarWGA
Glass Onion: A 'Knives Out' Mystery
Jamie Dack, Audrey Findlay, and story by Jamie DackSpirit
Palm Trees and Power Lines
Rebecca LenkiewiczBAFTAWGA
She Said
Todd FieldGlobeSpirit
Tár
Martin McDonaghGlobe
The Banshees of Inisherin
Steven Spielberg and Tony KushnerGlobe
The Fabelmans
Colm BairéadBAFTA
The Quiet Girl
Justin Marks, Ehren Kruger, Christopher McQuarrie, Peter Craig, and Eric Warren SingerOscarWGA
Top Gun: Maverick
2021
R
Takamasa Oe and Hamaguchi RyûsukeOscarBAFTA
Drive My Car based on the short story of the same name by Haruki Murakami
R
Tamara Chestna and Dylan Meyer
Moxie based on the novel of the same name by Jennifer Mathieu
R
Siân HederOscarBAFTAWGA
CODA based on the 2014 French film La Famille Bélier
R
Jane CampionOscarGlobeBAFTA
The Power of the Dog based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Savage
R
Rebecca Hall
Passing based on the novel of the same name by Nella Larsen
Aaron SorkinGlobe
Being the Ricardos
Kenneth BranaghGlobe
Belfast
Mike MillsSpirit
C'mon, C'mon
Sheldon D. Brown and Matthew FiferSpirit
Cicada
Adam McKayGlobe
Don't Look Up
Jon Spaihts, Eric Roth, and Denis VilleneuveOscarBAFTAWGA
Dune
Paul Thomas AndersonGlobe
Licorice Pizza
Fran KranzSpirit
Mass
Guillermo del Toro and Kim MorganWGA
Nightmare Alley
Michael Sarnoski and Vanessa BlockSpirit
Pig
Todd StephensSpirit
Swan Song
Shatara Michelle FordSpirit
Test Pattern
Maggie GyllenhaalOscarBAFTASpirit
The Lost Daughter
Joel CoenNBR
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Steven LevensonWGA
tick, tick... BOOM!
Nikole BeckwithSpirit
Together Together
Tony KushnerWGA
West Side Story
Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.Spirit
Wild Indian
Janicza Bravo and Jeremy O. HarrisSpirit
Zola
2020
R
Christopher Hampton and Florian ZellerOscarGlobeBAFTA
The Father based on the play by Zeller
R
Peter Baynham, Erica Rivinoja, Sacha Baron Cohen, Lee Kern, Nina Pedrad, Dan Mazer, Jena Friedman, Anthony Hines, and Dan SwimerOscarWGA
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan based on the character Borat Sagdiyev by Baron Cohen
R
Chloé ZhaoOscarGlobeBAFTA
Nomadland based on the book by Jessica Bruder
R
Kelly Reichardt and Jonathan Raymond
First Cow based on the novel The Half Life by Raymond
R
Ramin BahraniOscarBAFTAWGA
The White Tiger based on the novel by Aravind Adiga
Mike MakowskySpirit
Bad Education
Noah HuttonSpirit
Lapsis
Ruben Santiago-HudsonWGA
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Jack FincherGlobe
Mank
Lee Isaac ChungSpirit
Minari
Channing Godfrey PeoplesSpirit
Miss Juneteenth
Eliza HittmanSpirit
Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always
Paul Greengrass and Luke DaviesNBRWGA
News of the World
Kemp PowersOscarWGA
One Night in Miami...
Andy SiaraSpirit
Palm Springs
Emerald FennellGlobeSpirit
Promising Young Woman
James SweeneySpirit
Straight Up
Kitty GreenSpirit
The Assistant
Moira BuffiniBAFTA
The Dig
Alice WuSpirit
The Half of It
Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani, and M.B. TravenBAFTA
The Mauritanian
Aaron SorkinGlobe
The Trial of the Chicago 7
2019
R
Anthony McCartenOscarGlobeBAFTA
The Two Popes based on McCarten's play The Pope
R
Greta GerwigOscarBAFTAWGA
Little Women based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott
R
Scott Silver and Todd PhillipsOscarBAFTAWGA
Joker based on characters created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson
R
Taika WaititiOscarBAFTAWGA
Jojo Rabbit based on the novel Caging Skies by Christine Leunens
Noah Harpster and Micah Fitzerman-BlueWGA
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle KrudySpirit
Blow the Man Down
Chinonye ChukwuSpirit
Clemency
Hannah Bos and Paul ThureenSpirit
Driveways
Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn LuebbeSpirit
Greener Grass
Tarell Alvin McCraneySpirit
High Flying Bird
Noah BaumbachGlobeSpirit
Marriage Story
Quentin TarantinoGlobe
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Han Jin Won and Bong Joon HoGlobe
Parasite
Fredrica Bailey and Stefon BristolSpirit
See You Yesterday
Steven ZaillianOscarGlobeNBRBAFTAWGA
The Irishman
James Montague and Craig W. SangerSpirit
The Vast of Night
Jason Begue and Shawn SnyderSpirit
To Dust
Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie, and Ronald BronsteinSpirit
Uncut Gems
2018
R
Nicole Holofcener and Jeff WhittyOscarBAFTASpiritWGA
Can You Ever Forgive Me? based on the memoir by Lee Israel
R
Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters, and Eric RothOscarBAFTAWGA
A Star Is Born based on the 1954 film by Moss Hart, 1976 film by Joan Didion, John Gregory Dunne and Frank Pierson, and story by Robert Carson and William A. Wellman
R
Charlie Wachtel, Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, and Kevin WillmottOscarBAFTAWGA
BlacKkKlansman based on the book by Ron Stallworth
R
Jane Anderson
The Wife based on the novel by Meg Wolitzer
R
Daniel Stiepleman
On the Basis of Sex based on the early cases of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Tamara JenkinsSpirit
A Private Life
Joe Robert Cole and Ryan CooglerWGA
Black Panther
Laurie Shephard and Quinn ShephardSpirit
Blame
Richard Glatzer, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, and Wash WestmorelandSpirit
Colette
Bo BurnhamSpirit
Eighth Grade
Josh SingerBAFTA
First Man
Paul SchraderSpirit
First Reformed
Peter Farrelly, Brian Currie, and Nick VallelongaGlobe
Green Book
Barry JenkinsOscarGlobeNBRBAFTAWGA
If Beale Street Could Talk
Christina ChoeSpirit
Nancy
Alfonso CuarónGlobe
Roma
Boots RileySpirit
Sorry to Bother You
Joel Coen and Ethan CoenOscar
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Deborah Davis and Tony McNamaraGlobe
The Favourite
Jennifer FoxSpirit
The Tale
Cory FinleySpirit
Thoroughbreds
Adam McKayGlobe
Vice
2017
R
James IvoryOscarBAFTAWGA
Call Me by Your Name based on the novel by André Aciman
R
Armando Iannucci, David Schneider, and Ian MartinBAFTA
The Death of Stalin based on the French graphic novel La Mort de Staline by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin and an original screenplay by Nury
R
Aaron SorkinOscarGlobeBAFTAWGA
Molly's Game based on the book by Molly Bloom
R
Scott Neustadter and Michael H. WeberOscarNBRWGA
The Disaster Artist based on the book The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell
R
Scott Frank, Michael Green, and James MangoldOscarWGA
Logan based on characters created by Len Wein and John Romita, Sr.
Mike WhiteSpirit
Beatriz at Dinner
KogonadaSpirit
Columbus
Kristopher Avedisian, Kyle Espeleta, and Jesse WakemanSpirit
Donald Cried
Matt GreenhalghBAFTA
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Jordan PeeleSpirit
Get Out
David Branson Smith and Matt SpicerSpirit
Ingrid Goes West
Greta GerwigGlobeSpirit
Lady Bird
Virgil Williams and Dee ReesOscarWGA
Mudbound
Simon Farnaby and Paul KingBAFTA
Paddington 2
Emily V. Gordon and Kumail NanjianiSpirit
The Big Sick
Azazel JacobsSpirit
The Lovers
Josh Singer and Liz HannahGlobe
The Post
Vanessa Taylor and Guillermo del ToroGlobe
The Shape of Water
Martin McDonaghGlobeSpirit
Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
Ingrid JungermannSpirit
Women Who Kill
2016
R
Allison Schroeder and Theodore MelfiOscarBAFTAWGA
Hidden Figures based on the book by Margot Lee Shetterly
R
Eric HeissererOscarBAFTAWGA
Arrival based on the short story Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang
R
David Birke
Elle based on the novel Oh... by Philippe Djian
R
Barry JenkinsOscarGlobeSpirit
Moonlight based on the play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue by McCraney
R
Martin Scorsese and Jay CocksNBR
Silence based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Shūsaku Endō
Mike MillsSpirit
20th Century Women
Adam MansbachSpirit
Barry
Craig ShilowichSpirit
Christine
Rhett Reese and Paul WernickWGA
Deadpool
August WilsonOscarWGA
Fences
Robert Schenkkan and Andrew KnightBAFTA
Hacksaw Ridge
Taylor SheridanGlobeSpirit
Hell or High Water
Stella MeghieSpirit
Jean of the Joneses
Damien ChazelleGlobe
La La Land
Luke DaviesOscarBAFTA
Lion
Ira Sachs and Mauricio ZachariasSpirit
Little Men
Kenneth LonerganGlobeSpirit
Manchester by the Sea
Tom FordGlobeBAFTAWGA
Nocturnal Animals
Chris KellySpirit
Other People
Robert EggersSpirit
The Witch
2015
R
Adam McKay and Charles RandolphOscarGlobeBAFTAWGA
The Big Short based on the book by Michael Lewis
R
Emma DonoghueOscarGlobeBAFTASpirit
Room based on the novel by Donoghue
R
Aaron SorkinGlobeBAFTAWGA
Steve Jobs based on the biography by Walter Isaacson
R
Nick HornbyOscarBAFTA
Brooklyn based on the novel by Colm Tóibín
R
Phyllis NagyOscarBAFTASpiritWGA
Carol based on the novel The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith
Charlie KaufmanSpirit
Anomalisa
S. Craig ZahlerSpirit
Bone Tomahawk
Jesse AndrewsSpirit
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Jonas CarpignanoSpirit
Mediterranea
Josh Singer and Tom McCarthyGlobeSpirit
Spotlight
Marielle HellerSpirit
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Donald MarguliesSpirit
The End of the Tour
Quentin TarantinoGlobe
The Hateful Eight
Drew GoddardOscarNBRWGA
The Martian
John Magary, Russell Harbaugh, and Myna JosephSpirit
The Mend
John McNamaraWGA
Trumbo
2014
R
Damien ChazelleOscar
Whiplash based on the short film by Chazelle
R
Water Campbell and Jonathan Glazer
Under the Skin based on the 2000 novel of the same name by Michel Faber
R
James Lapine
Into the Woods based on Lapine and Stephen Sondheim's 1987 Broadway musical of the same name
R
Nick HornbyWGA
Wild based on the 2012 memoir Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
J. C. ChandorSpirit
A Most Violent Year
Jason HallOscarBAFTAWGA
American Sniper
Desiree AkhavanSpirit
Appropriate Behavior
Scott Alexander and Larry KaraszewskiSpirit
Big Eyes
Armando Bo, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, and Alexander DinelarisGlobe
Birdman
Richard LinklaterGlobe
Boyhood
Justin SimienSpirit
Dear White People
Gillian FlynnGlobeBAFTAWGA
Gone Girl
Nicole Perlman and James GunnWGA
Guardians of the Galaxy
Paul Thomas AndersonOscarNBR
Inherent Vice
Sara ColangeloSpirit
Little Accidents
Ira Sachs and Mauricio ZachariasSpirit
Love Is Strange
Dan GilroySpirit
Nightcrawler
Jim JarmuschSpirit
Only Lovers Left Alive
Paul KingBAFTA
Paddington
Anja MarquardtSpirit
She's Lost Control
Wes AndersonGlobe
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Graham MooreOscarGlobeBAFTAWGA
The Imitation Game
Justin LaderSpirit
The One I Love
Anthony McCartenOscarBAFTA
The Theory of Everything
2013
R
Jeff Pope and Steve CooganOscarGlobeBAFTA
Philomena based on the book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by Martin Sixsmith
R
David Lindsay-Abaire and Mitchell Kapner
Oz, the Great and Powerful based on L. Frank Baum's early 20th century Oz books
R
Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt
Oslo, 31. August based on Pierre Drieu La Rochelle's novel Will O' the Wisp (1931) and Louis Malle's feature film The Fire Within (1963)
R
Ryan Coogler
Fruitvale Station based on the events leading to the death of Oscar Grant, a young man killed in 2009 by Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police officer Johannes Mehserle at the Fruitvale district station in Oakland, California
R
Abdellatif Kechiche and Ghalia La Croix
Blue Is the Warmest Colour based on the 2010 graphic novel of the same name by Jul Maroh
John RidleyOscarGlobeBAFTASpirit
12 Years a Slave
Jill SolowaySpirit
Afternoon Delight
Eric Warren Singer and David O. RussellGlobe
American Hustle
Tracy LettsWGA
August: Osage County
Ethan Hawke, Richard Linklater, and Julie DelpyOscarSpiritWGA
Before Midnight
Richard LaGraveneseBAFTA
Behind the Candelabra
Woody AllenSpirit
Blue Jasmine
Billy RayOscarBAFTAWGA
Captain Phillips
Joseph Gordon-LevittSpirit
Don Jon
Nicole HolofcenerSpirit
Enough Said
Spike JonzeGlobe
Her
Lake BellSpirit
In a World...
Peter BergWGA
Lone Survivor
Bob NelsonGlobeSpirit
Nebraska
Michael StarrburySpirit
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
Scott Neustadter and Michael H. WeberSpirit
The Spectacular Now
Terence WinterOscarNBRBAFTAWGA
The Wolf of Wall Street
2012
R
Tony KushnerOscarGlobeBAFTAWGA
Lincoln based on the book Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
R
Stephen ChboskyWGA
The Perks of Being a Wallflower based on Chbosky's 1999 novel of the same name
R
David MageeOscarBAFTAWGA
Life of Pi based on the novel by Yann Martel
R
David O. RussellOscarGlobeNBRBAFTASpiritWGA
Silver Linings Playbook based on the novel by Matthew Quick
R
Michael Bacall and Jonah Hill
21 Jump Street based on the 1987–1991 television series of the same name by Stephen J. Cannell and Patrick Hasburgh
Chris TerrioOscarGlobeBAFTAWGA
Argo
Lucy Alibar and Benh ZeitlinOscarBAFTA
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Rashida Jones and Will McCormackSpirit
Celeste and Jesse Forever
Quentin TarantinoGlobe
Django Unchained
Rama BurshteinSpirit
Fill the Void
Jonathan LiseckiSpirit
Gayby
Ira Sachs and Mauricio ZachariasSpirit
Keep the Lights On
Wes Anderson and Roman CoppolaSpirit
Moonrise Kingdom
Christopher FordSpirit
Robot & Frank
Zoe KazanSpirit
Ruby Sparks
Derek ConnollySpirit
Safety Not Guaranteed
Martin McDonaghSpirit
Seven Psychopaths
Mark BoalGlobe
Zero Dark Thirty
2011
R
Diablo Cody
Young Adult based on the German fairy tale Snow White by the Brothers Grimm
R
Bridget O'Connor and Peter StraughanOscarBAFTA
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy based on the novel by John le Carré
R
Moira Buffini
Jane Eyre based on Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel of the same name
R
George Clooney, Beau Willimon, and Grant HeslovOscarGlobeBAFTA
The Ides of March based on the play Farragut North by Willimon
R
Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman, Zack Stentz, and Ashley Miller
X-Men: First Class based on the X-Men characters appearing in Marvel Comics
Will ReiserSpirit
50/50
Brit Marling and Mike CahillSpirit
Another Earth
Mike MillsSpirit
Beginners
Phil JohnstonSpirit
Cedar Rapids
Joseph CedarSpirit
Footnote
John LoganOscarWGA
Hugo
J. C. ChandorSpirit
Margin Call
Woody AllenGlobe
Midnight in Paris
Steven Zaillian, Stan Chervin, Aaron Sorkin, and Steve ZaillianOscarGlobeBAFTAWGA
Moneyball
Patrick deWittSpirit
Terri
Michel HazanaviciusGlobeSpirit
The Artist
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim RashOscarGlobeNBRBAFTASpiritWGA
The Descendants
Steven ZaillianBAFTAWGA
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Tate TaylorBAFTAWGA
The Help
Tom McCarthySpirit
Win Win
2010
R
Aaron SorkinOscarGlobeNBRBAFTAWGA
The Social Network based on the book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich
R
Roman Polanski and Robert Harris
The Ghost Writer based on the 2007 novel The Ghost by Robert Harris
R
Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman
Howl based on the poem of the same title by Allen Ginsberg
R
John McLaughlin, Andres Heinz, and Mark Heyman
Black Swan based on a story by Heinz
R
Joel Coen and Ethan CoenOscarBAFTAWGA
True Grit based on the novel by Charles Portis
Danny Boyle and Simon BeaufoyOscarGlobeBAFTAWGA
127 Hours
Glenn Ficarra and John RequaWGA
I Love You Phillip Morris
Christopher NolanGlobe
Inception
Robert GlaudiniSpirit
Jack Goes Boating
Todd SolondzSpirit
Life During Wartime
Nik FacklerSpirit
Lovely, Still
Dana Adam Shapiro and Evan M. WienerSpirit
Monogamy
Diane BellSpirit
Obselidia
Nicole HolofcenerSpirit
Please Give
David Lindsay-AbaireSpirit
Rabbit Hole
Nikolaj Arcel and Rasmus HeisterbergBAFTAWGA
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart BlumbergGlobeSpirit
The Kids Are All Right
David SeidlerGlobe
The King's Speech
Ben Affleck, Aaron Stockard, and Peter CraigWGA
The Town
Lena DunhamSpirit
Tiny Furniture
John Lasseter, Michael Arndt, Andrew Stanton, and Lee UnkrichOscarBAFTA
Toy Story 3
Anne Rosellini and Debra GranikOscarSpirit
Winter's Bone
2009
R
Jason ReitmanOscarGlobeNBRBAFTAWGA
Up in the Air based on the novel by Walter Kirn
R
Scott CooperSpiritWGA
Crazy Heart based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Thomas Cobb
R
Jesse Armstrong, Tony Roche, Armando Iannucci, and Simon BlackwellOscarBAFTA
In the Loop based on the character Malcolm Tucker, from the television series The Thick of It by Iannucci
R
Terri Tatchell and Neill BlomkampOscarGlobeBAFTA
District 9 based on the short film Alive in Joburg written by Blomkamp
R
Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach
Fantastic Mr. Fox based on the novel of the same name by Roald Dahl
Scott Neustadter and Michael H. WeberSpirit
(500) Days of Summer
Tom Ford and David ScearceSpirit
A Single Man
Greg MottolaSpirit
Adventureland
Cherien DabisSpirit
Amreeka
Nick HornbyOscarBAFTA
An Education
Sophie BarthesSpirit
Cold Souls
Quentin TarantinoGlobe
Inglourious Basterds
Nancy MeyersGlobe
It's Complicated
Nora EphronWGA
Julie & Julia
Geoffrey S. Fletcher and Geoffrey FletcherOscarBAFTASpiritWGA
Precious
Roberto Orci and Alex KurtzmanWGA
Star Trek
Mark BoalGlobe
The Hurt Locker
Michael HoffmanSpirit
The Last Station
Alessandro Camon and Oren MovermanSpirit
The Messenger
Lee Toland KriegerSpirit
The Vicious Kind
2008
R
John Ajvide Lindqvist
Let the Right One In based on the 2004 novel of the same title by John Ajvide Lindqvist
R
John Patrick ShanleyOscarGlobeWGA
Doubt based on the play Doubt: A Parable by Shanley
R
Simon BeaufoyOscarGlobeNBRBAFTAWGA
Slumdog Millionaire based on the novel Q and A by Vikas Swarup
R
Christopher Nolan and Jonathan NolanWGA
The Dark Knight based on the DC Comics superhero Batman
R
Kelly Reichardt and Jonathan Raymond
Wendy and Lucy based on the short story Train Choir by Raymond
Lance HammerSpirit
Ballast
Peter MorganOscarGlobeBAFTAWGA
Frost/Nixon
Courtney HuntSpirit
Frozen River
Dustin Lance BlackSpirit
Milk
Jenny LumetSpirit
Rachel Getting Married
Justin HaytheBAFTA
Revolutionary Road
Christopher ZallaSpirit
Sangre de Mi Sangre
Howard A. RodmanSpirit
Savage Grace
Anna Boden and Ryan FleckSpirit
Sugar
Charlie KaufmanSpirit
Synecdoche, New York
Robin Swicord and Eric RothOscarGlobeNBRBAFTAWGA
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
David HareOscarGlobeBAFTA
The Reader
Jonathan LevineSpirit
The Wackness
Woody AllenSpirit
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2007
R
Ronald HarwoodOscarGlobeBAFTASpiritWGA
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly based on the book by Jean-Dominique Bauby
R
John Logan
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street based on the stage musical of the same name by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler
R
Andrew Dominick
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford based on Ron Hansen's 1983 novel of the same name
R
Sean PennWGA
Into the Wild based on the 1996 non-fiction book of the same name written by Jon Krakauer
R
James VanderbiltWGA
Zodiac based on the nonfiction books by Robert Graysmith: Zodiac (1986) and Zodiac Unmasked (2002)
John OrloffSpirit
A Mighty Heart
Christopher HamptonOscarGlobeBAFTA
Atonement
Sarah PolleyOscar
Away from Her
Kelly MastersonSpirit
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Zoe CassavetesSpirit
Broken English
Aaron SorkinGlobe
Charlie Wilson's War
Diablo CodyGlobeSpirit
Juno
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, and JoelOscarGlobeNBRBAFTAWGA
No Country for Old Men
Jeffrey BlitzSpirit
Rocket Science
Fred Parnes and Andrew WagnerSpirit
Starting Out in the Evening
David BenioffBAFTA
The Kite Runner
Tamara JenkinsSpirit
The Savages
Paul Thomas AndersonOscarBAFTAWGA
There Will Be Blood
Adrienne ShellySpirit
Waitress
Mike WhiteSpirit
Year of the Dog
2006
R
Todd Field and Tom PerrottaOscarGlobeWGA
Little Children based on the novel by Perrotta
R
Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Dan MazerWGA
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan based on the character Borat Sagdiyev from the television series Da Ali G Show by Baron Cohen
R
Timothy J. Sexton and Alfonso CuarónOscar
Children of Men based on the novel by P. D. James
Dito MontielSpirit
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Guillermo ArriagaGlobe
Babel
Todd Phillips, Anthony Hines, Dan Mazer, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Peter BaynhamOscar
Borat
Paul Haggis, Neal Purvis, and Robert WadeBAFTA
Casino Royale
Gabrielle ZevinSpirit
Conversations with Other Women
Nicole HolofcenerSpirit
Friends with Money
Anna Boden and Ryan FleckSpirit
Half Nelson
Michael ArndtSpirit
Little Miss Sunshine
Patrick MarberOscarGlobeBAFTA
Notes on a Scandal
Jeff StanzlerSpirit
Sorry, Haters
Jason ReitmanSpiritWGA
Thank You For Smoking
William MonahanOscarGlobeBAFTAWGA
The Departed
Aline Brosh McKennaBAFTAWGA
The Devil Wears Prada
Neil BurgerSpirit
The Illusionist
Jeremy Brock and Peter MorganBAFTA
The Last King of Scotland
Ron NyswanerNBRSpirit
The Painted Veil
Peter MorganGlobe
The Queen
Goran DukićSpirit
Wristcutters: A Love Story
2005
R
Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtryOscarGlobeBAFTAWGA
Brokeback Mountain based on the short story by Annie Proulx
Josh OlsonOscarBAFTAWGA
A History of Violence
Dan FuttermanOscarBAFTASpiritWGA
Capote
Paul HaggisGlobe
Crash
Ken HanesSpirit
Fixing Frank
George ClooneyGlobe
good night, and good luck.
Angus MacLachlanSpirit
Junebug
Woody AllenGlobe
Match Point
Miranda JulySpirit
Me and You and Everyone We Know
Eric Roth and Tony KushnerOscarGlobe
Munich
Rodrigo GarcíaSpirit
Nine Lives
Deborah MoggachBAFTA
Pride & Prejudice
Stephen GaghanWGA
Syriana
Sabina MurraySpirit
The Beautiful Country
Jeffrey CaineOscarBAFTAWGA
The Constant Gardener
Noah BaumbachSpirit
The Squid and the Whale
Guillermo ArriagaSpirit
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Ayad Akhtar, Joseph Castelo, and Tom GlynnSpirit
The War Within
Duncan TuckerSpirit
Transamerica

Hall of Fame

All-time leading nominees & winners

Aaron Sorkin
13
Noah Baumbach
12
Greta Gerwig
12
Wes Anderson
02
Sacha Baron Cohen
02
Peter Baynham
02
Jonathan Glazer
02
Anthony Hines
02
Nick Hornby
02
Armando Iannucci
02
Dan Mazer
02
Jonathan Raymond
02
Kelly Reichardt
02
Peter Straughan
02

Hall of Fame

All-time leading nominees & winners

Aaron Sorkin
13
Noah Baumbach
12
Greta Gerwig
12
Wes Anderson
02
Sacha Baron Cohen
02
Peter Baynham
02
Jonathan Glazer
02
Anthony Hines
02
Nick Hornby
02
Armando Iannucci
02
Dan Mazer
02
Jonathan Raymond
02
Kelly Reichardt
02
Peter Straughan
02
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