The Oscars: Best Adapted Screenplay

The Oscars: Best Adapted Screenplay

The Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay goes to a screenplay that was adapted from previously established material, such as novels, stage plays, musicals, short stories, TV series, and even previously released films. The award has been given by the Academy since their beginning. 2024: Conclave 2023: American Fiction 2022: Women Talking 2021: CODA 2020: The Father 2019: Jojo Rabbit 2018: BlacKKKlansman 2017: Call Me by Your Name 2016: Moonlight 2015: The Big Short 2014: The Imitation Game 2013: 12 Years a Slave 2012: Argo 2011: The Descendants 2010: The Social Network 2009: Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire 2008: Slumdog Millionaire 2007: No Country for Old Men 2006: The Departed 2005: Brokeback Mountain 2004: Sideways 2013: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2002: The Pianist 2001: A Beautiful Mind 2000: Traffic 1999: The Cider House Rules 1998: Gods and Monsters 1997: L.A. Confidential 1996: Sling Blade 1995: Sense and Sensibility 1994: Forrest Gump 1993: Schindler’s List 1992: Howards End 1991: The Silence of the Lambs 1990: Dances with Wolves 1989: Driving Miss Daisy 1988: Dangerous Liaisons 1987: The Last Emperor 1986: A Room with a View 1985: Out of Africa 1984: Amadeus 1983: Terms of Endearment 1982: Missing 1981: On Golden Pond 1980: Ordinary People 1979: Kramer Vs. Kramer 1978: Midnight Express 1977: Julia 1976: All the President’s Men 1975: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 1974: The Godfather Part II 1973: The Exorcist 1972: The Godfather 1971: The French Connection 1970: M*A*S*H 1969: Midnight Cowboy 1968: The Lion in Winter 1967: In the Heat of the Night 1966: A Man for All Seasons 1965: Doctor Zhivago 1964: Becket 1963: Tom Jones 1962: To Kill a Mockingbird 1961: Judgment at Nuremberg 1960: Elmer Gantry 1959: Room at the Top 1958: Gigi 1957: The Bridge on the River Kwai 1956: Around the World in 80 Days 1955: Marty 1954: The Country Girl 1953: From Here to Eternity 1952: The Bad and the Beautiful 1951: A Place in the Sun 1950: All About Eve 1949: A Letter to Three Wives 1948: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1947: Miracle on 34th Street 1946: The Best Years of Our Lives 1945: The Lost Weekend 1944: Going My Way 1943: Casablanca 1942: Mrs. Miniver 1941: Here Comes Mr. Jordan 1940: The Philadelphia Story 1939: Gone with the Wind 1938: Pygmalion 1937: The Life of Émile Zola 1936: The Story of Louis Pasteur 1935: The Informer 1934: It Happened One Night 1933: Little Women 1932: Bad Girl 1931: Cimarron 1930: The Big House 1929: The Patriot 1928: 7th Heaven Resources: Dave’s Movie Database: Awards Page Wikipedia.org: “Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay” Originally posted 3/2/2025.