Academy Awards
Best Original Screenplay
678 nominations · 124 winners · 84 years
May December
Alex Mechanik
Maestro
Bradley Cooper
Past Lives
Celine Song
The Holdovers
David Hemingson Maestro
Josh Singer May December
Samy Burch
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Daniel Schienert
The Banshees of Inisherin
Martin McDonagh
Triangle of Sadness
Ruben Östlund
The Fabelmans
Steven Spielberg
TÁR
Todd Field The Fabelmans
Tony Kushner
Don't Look Up
Adam McKay Don't Look Up
David Sirota
The Worst Person in the World
Eskil Vogt The Worst Person in the World
Joachim Trier
Licorice Pizza
Paul Thomas Anderson
King Richard
Zach Baylin
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Aaron Sorkin
Sound of Metal
Abraham Marder Sound of Metal
Darius Marder Sound of Metal
Derek Cianfrance
Judas and the Black Messiah
Keith Lucas Judas and the Black Messiah
Kenny Lucas
Minari
Lee Isaac Chung Judas and the Black Messiah
Shaka King Judas and the Black Messiah
Will Berson
1917
Krysty Wilson-Cairns
Marriage Story
Noah Baumbach
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Quentin Tarantino
Knives Out
Rian Johnson 1917
Sam Mendes
Green Book
Brian Currie
Vice
Adam McKay
Roma
Alfonso Cuarón
The Favourite
Deborah Davis
First Reformed
Paul Schrader The Favourite
Tony McNamara
The Big Sick
Emily V. Gordon
Lady Bird
Greta Gerwig
The Shape of Water
Guillermo del Toro The Big Sick
Kumail Nanjiani
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Martin McDonagh The Shape of Water
Vanessa Taylor
La La Land
Damien Chazelle
The Lobster
Efthimis Filippou
20th Century Women
Mike Mills
Hell or High Water
Taylor Sheridan The Lobster
Yorgos Lanthimos
Straight Outta Compton
Alan Wenkus
Ex Machina
Alex Garland Straight Outta Compton
Andrea Berloff
Bridge of Spies
Ethan Coen Bridge of Spies
Joel Coen Straight Outta Compton
Jonathan Herman
Inside Out
Josh Cooley Bridge of Spies
Matt Charman Inside Out
Meg LeFauve Inside Out
Pete Docter Inside Out
Ronnie del Carmen Straight Outta Compton
S. Leigh Savidge
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Alexander Dinelaris Jr.
Foxcatcher
Dan Futterman
Nightcrawler
Dan Gilroy Foxcatcher
E. Max Frye
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Hugo Guinness
Boyhood
Richard Linklater The Grand Budapest Hotel
Wes Anderson
Nebraska
Bob Nelson
Dallas Buyers Club
Craig Borten
American Hustle
David O. Russell American Hustle
Eric Warren Singer Dallas Buyers Club
Melisa Wallack
Blue Jasmine
Woody Allen
Flight
John Gatins
Zero Dark Thirty
Mark Boal
Amour
Michael Haneke
Moonrise Kingdom
Roman Coppola Moonrise Kingdom
Wes Anderson
Bridesmaids
Annie Mumolo
A Separation
Asghar Farhadi
Margin Call
J.C. Chandor Bridesmaids
Kristen Wiig
The Artist
Michel Hazanavicius
Inception
Christopher Nolan
The Fighter
Eric Johnson The Fighter
Keith Dorrington
The Kids Are All Right
Lisa Cholodenko
Another Year
Mike Leigh The Fighter
Paul Tamasy The Fighter
Scott Silver The Kids Are All Right
Stuart Blumberg
The Messenger
Alessandro Camon
Up
Bob Peterson
A Serious Man
Ethan Coen A Serious Man
Joel Coen The Messenger
Oren Moverman
Inglourious Basterds
Quentin Tarantino Up
Tom McCarthy
WALL·E
Andrew Stanton
Frozen River
Courtney Hunt WALL·E
Jim Reardon
In Bruges
Martin McDonagh
Happy-Go-Lucky
Mike Leigh WALL·E
Peter Docter
Ratatouille
Brad Bird Ratatouille
Jan Pinkava Ratatouille
Jim Capobianco
Lars and the Real Girl
Nancy Oliver
The Savages
Tamara Jenkins
Michael Clayton
Tony Gilroy
Babel
Guillermo Arriaga
Pan's Labyrinth
Guillermo del Toro
Letters from Iwo Jima
Iris Yamashita Letters from Iwo Jima
Paul Haggis
The Queen
Peter Morgan
Good Night, and Good Luck.
George Clooney Good Night, and Good Luck.
Grant Heslov
The Squid and the Whale
Noah Baumbach
Syriana
Stephen Gaghan
Match Point
Woody Allen
The Incredibles
Brad Bird
The Aviator
John Logan
Hotel Rwanda
Keir Pearson
Vera Drake
Mike Leigh Hotel Rwanda
Terry George
Finding Nemo
Andrew Stanton Finding Nemo
Bob Peterson Finding Nemo
David Reynolds
The Barbarian Invasions
Denys Arcand
In America
Jim Sheridan In America
Kirsten Sheridan In America
Naomi Sheridan
Dirty Pretty Things
Steven Knight
Y Tu Mamá También
Alfonso Cuarón Y Tu Mamá También
Carlos Cuarón
Gangs of New York
Jay Cocks Gangs of New York
Kenneth Lonergan
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Nia Vardalos Gangs of New York
Steven Zaillian
Far from Heaven
Todd Haynes
Memento
Christopher Nolan
Amélie
Guillaume Laurant Amélie
Jean-Pierre Jeunet Memento
Jonathan Nolan
Monster's Ball
Milo Addica
The Royal Tenenbaums
Owen Wilson The Royal Tenenbaums
Wes Anderson Monster's Ball
Will Rokos
Gladiator
David Franzoni Gladiator
John Logan
You Can Count on Me
Kenneth Lonergan
Billy Elliot
Lee Hall
Erin Brockovich
Susannah Grant Gladiator
William Nicholson
Being John Malkovich
Charlie Kaufman
The Sixth Sense
M. Night Shyamalan
Topsy-Turvy
Mike Leigh
Magnolia
Paul Thomas Anderson
The Truman Show
Andrew Niccol
Bulworth
Jeremy Pikser
Saving Private Ryan
Robert Rodat
Life Is Beautiful
Roberto Benigni Life Is Beautiful
Vincenzo Cerami Bulworth
Warren Beatty
As Good as It Gets
James L. Brooks As Good as It Gets
Mark Andrus
Boogie Nights
Paul Thomas Anderson
The Full Monty
Simon Beaufoy
Deconstructing Harry
Woody Allen
Fargo
Joel
Jerry Maguire
Cameron Crowe
Shine
Jan Sardi
Lone Star
John Sayles
Secrets & Lies
Mike Leigh Shine
Scott Hicks
Toy Story
Alec Sokolow Toy Story
Andrew Stanton
Nixon
Christopher Wilkinson Toy Story
Joe Ranft Toy Story
Joel Cohen Toy Story
John Lasseter Toy Story
Joss Whedon Nixon
Oliver Stone Toy Story
Pete Docter
Braveheart
Randall Wallace Nixon
Stephen J. Rivele
Mighty Aphrodite
Woody Allen
Bullets Over Broadway
Douglas McGrath
Heavenly Creatures
Fran Walsh
Three Colors: Red
Krzysztof Kieślowski Three Colors: Red
Krzysztof Piesiewicz Heavenly Creatures
Peter Jackson
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Richard Curtis Bullets Over Broadway
Woody Allen
Sleepless in Seattle
David S. Ward
Dave
Gary Ross Sleepless in Seattle
Jeff Arch
In the Line of Fire
Jeff Maguire Sleepless in Seattle
Nora Ephron
Philadelphia
Ron Nyswaner
Unforgiven
David Peoples
Lorenzo's Oil
George Miller
Passion Fish
John Sayles Lorenzo's Oil
Nick Enright
Husbands and Wives
Woody Allen
Bugsy
James Toback
Boyz n the Hood
John Singleton
Grand Canyon
Lawrence Kasdan Grand Canyon
Meg Kasdan
The Fisher King
Richard LaGravenese
When Harry Met Sally...
Nora Ephron
Do the Right Thing
Spike Lee
sex, lies, and videotape
Steven Soderbergh
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Woody Allen
Big
Anne Spielberg
A Fish Called Wanda
Charles Crichton Big
Gary Ross A Fish Called Wanda
John Cleese
Running on Empty
Naomi Foner
Bull Durham
Ron Shelton
Broadcast News
James L. Brooks
Hope and Glory
John Boorman
Au Revoir les Enfants
Louis Malle
Radio Days
Woody Allen
My Beautiful Laundrette
Hanif Kureishi
Crocodile Dundee
John Cornell Crocodile Dundee
Ken Shadie
Salvador
Oliver Stone
Platoon
Oliver Stone Crocodile Dundee
Paul Hogan Salvador
Rick Boyle
Witness
Earl Wallace
The Official Story
Aída Bortnik
Back to the Future
Bob Gale
Brazil
Charles McKeown The Official Story
Luis Puenzo Back to the Future
Robert Zemeckis Brazil
Terry Gilliam Brazil
Tom Stoppard
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Woody Allen
Fist of the North Star
Anna Thomas
Splash
Babaloo Mandel Splash
Brian Grazer Splash
Bruce Jay Friedman
Beverly Hills Cop
Daniel Petrie Jr. Beverly Hills Cop
Danilo Bach Fist of the North Star
Gregory Nava Splash
Lowell Ganz
Broadway Danny Rose
Woody Allen
Silkwood
Alice Arlen
The Big Chill
Barbara Benedek
Fanny and Alexander
Ingmar Bergman The Big Chill
Lawrence Kasdan
WarGames
Lawrence Lasker Silkwood
Nora Ephron WarGames
Walter F. Parkes
Diner
Barry Levinson
Tootsie
Don McGuire
An Officer and a Gentleman
Douglas Day Stewart Tootsie
Larry Gelbart
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Melissa Mathison Tootsie
Murray Schisgal
Atlantic City
John Guare
Absence of Malice
Kurt Luedtke
Arthur
Steve Gordon
Reds
Trevor Griffiths Reds
Warren Beatty
Brubaker
Arthur Ross
Private Benjamin
Charles Shyer
Fame
Christopher Gore Private Benjamin
Harvey Miller
My American Uncle
Jean Gruault Private Benjamin
Nancy Meyers Brubaker
W.D. Richter
...And Justice for All
Barry Levinson
All That Jazz
Bob Fosse
The China Syndrome
James Bridges
Manhattan
Marshall Brickman The China Syndrome
Mike Gray All That Jazz
Robert Alan Aurthur The China Syndrome
T.S. Cook ...And Justice for All
Valerie Curtin Manhattan
Woody Allen
The Deer Hunter
Deric Washburn
Autumn Sonata
Ingmar Bergman The Deer Hunter
Louis Garfinkle The Deer Hunter
Michael Cimino
An Unmarried Woman
Paul Mazursky The Deer Hunter
Quinn K. Redeker
Interiors
Woody Allen
The Turning Point
Arthur Laurents
Star Wars
George Lucas
The Goodbye Girl
Neil Simon
The Late Show
Robert Benton
Cousin, Cousine
Danièle Thompson Cousin, Cousine
Jean-Charles Tacchella
Seven Beauties
Lina Wertmüller
Rocky
Sylvester Stallone
The Front
Walter Bernstein
And Now My Love
Claude Lelouch
Amarcord
Federico Fellini And Now My Love
Pierre Uytterhoeven
Shampoo
Robert Towne
Lies My Father Told Me
Ted Allan Amarcord
Tonino Guerra Shampoo
Warren Beatty
The Conversation
Francis Ford Coppola
Day for Night
François Truffaut Day for Night
Jean-Louis Richard
Harry and Tonto
Josh Greenfeld Harry and Tonto
Paul Mazursky
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Robert Getchell Day for Night
Suzanne Schiffman
American Graffiti
George Lucas American Graffiti
Gloria Katz
Cries and Whispers
Ingmar Bergman
A Touch of Class
Jack Rose A Touch of Class
Melvin Frank
Save the Tiger
Steve Shagan American Graffiti
Willard Huyck
Young Winston
Carl Foreman
Lady Sings the Blues
Chris Clark
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Jean-Claude Carrière
Murmur of the Heart
Louis Malle The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Luis Buñuel Lady Sings the Blues
Suzanne de Passe Lady Sings the Blues
Terence McCloy
Klute
Andy Lewis Klute
Dave Lewis
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Elio Petri
Summer of '42
Herman Raucher
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Penelope Gilliatt Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Ugo Pirro
Five Easy Pieces
Bob Rafelson
My Night at Maud's
Éric Rohmer
Love Story
Erich Segal
Joe
Norman Wexler
Easy Rider
Dennis Hopper
The Damned
Enrico Medioli
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Larry Tucker The Damned
Luchino Visconti The Damned
Nicola Badalucco Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Paul Mazursky Easy Rider
Peter Fonda
The Wild Bunch
Roy N. Sickner The Wild Bunch
Sam Peckinpah Easy Rider
Terry Southern The Wild Bunch
Walon Green
2001: A Space Odyssey
Arthur C. Clarke
The Battle of Algiers
Francos Solinas
The Battle of Algiers
Gillo Pontecorvo
Hot Millions
Ira Wallach
Faces
John Cassavetes Hot Millions
Peter Ustinov 2001: A Space Odyssey
Stanley Kubrick
Bonnie and Clyde
David Newman
Two for the Road
Frederic Raphael
The War Is Over
Jorge Semprún
Divorce American Style
Norman Lear Bonnie and Clyde
Robert Benton Divorce American Style
Robert Kaufman
The Fortune Cookie
Billy Wilder
The Naked Prey
Clint Johnston The Naked Prey
Don Peters
Blow-Up
Edward Bond The Fortune Cookie
I. A. L. Diamond Blow-Up
Michelangelo Antonioni
Khartoum
Robert Ardrey Blow-Up
Tonino Guerra
Casanova '70
Agenore Incrocci
The Train
Frank Davis The Train
Franklin Coen Casanova '70
Furio Scarpelli Casanova '70
Giorgio Salvioni
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
Jack Davies
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Jacques Demy Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
Ken Annakin Casanova '70
Mario Monicelli Casanova '70
Suso Cecchi d'Amico Casanova '70
Tonino Guerra
The Organizer
Agenore Incrocci
A Hard Day's Night
Alun Owen
That Man from Rio
Ariane Mnouchkine That Man from Rio
Daniel Boulanger The Organizer
Furio Scarpelli That Man from Rio
Jean-Paul Rappeneau The Organizer
Mario Monicelli
One Potato, Two Potato
Orville H. Hampton That Man from Rio
Philippe de Broca One Potato, Two Potato
Raphael Hayes
How the West Was Won
James Webb
Love with the Proper Stranger
Arnold Schulman
The Four Days of Naples
Carlo Bernari
America America
Elia Kazan The Four Days of Naples
Massimo Franciosa The Four Days of Naples
Nanni Loy The Four Days of Naples
Pasquale Festa Campanile The Four Days of Naples
Vasco Pratolini
Last Year at Marienbad
Alain Robbe-Grillet
Freud: The Secret Passion
Charles Kaufman
Through a Glass Darkly
Ingmar Bergman
That Touch of Mink
Nate Monaster That Touch of Mink
Stanley Shapiro Freud: The Secret Passion
Wolfgang Reinhardt
La Dolce Vita
Brunello Rondi
General Della Rovere
Diego Fabbri La Dolce Vita
Federico Fellini
Ballad of a Soldier
Grigori Chukhrai
General Della Rovere
Indro Montanelli
Lover Come Back
Paul Henning General Della Rovere
Sergio Amidei Lover Come Back
Stanley Shapiro La Dolce Vita
Tullio Pinelli. Ennio Flaiano
Ballad of a Soldier
Valentin Ezhov
The Angry Silence
Bryan Forbes
Never on Sunday
Jules Dassin
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Marguerite Duras
The Facts of Life
Melvin Frank The Angry Silence
Michael Craig The Facts of Life
Norman Panama The Angry Silence
Richard Gregson
North by Northwest
Ernest Lehman
The 400 Blows
François Truffaut
Wild Strawberries
Ingmar Bergman
Operation Petticoat
Joseph Stone The 400 Blows
Marcel Moussy Operation Petticoat
Maurice Richlin Operation Petticoat
Paul King Operation Petticoat
Stanley Shapiro
The Defiant Ones
Nathan E. Douglas (Nedrick Young)
Teacher's Pet
Fay Kanin
Houseboat
Jack Rose
The Sheepman
James Edward Grant Houseboat
Melville Shavelson Teacher's Pet
Michael Kanin
The Goddess
Paddy Chayefsky The Sheepman
William Bowers
The Tin Star
Barney Slater
Man of a Thousand Faces
Ben Roberts The Tin Star
Dudley Nichols
I Vitelloni
Ennio Flaiano I Vitelloni
Federico Fellini Man of a Thousand Faces
Ivan Goff The Tin Star
Joel Kane
Funny Face
Leonard Gershe Man of a Thousand Faces
R. Wright Campbell Man of a Thousand Faces
Ralph Wheelwright
I Vitelloni
Tullio Pinelli
Julie
Andrew L. Stone
La Strada
Federico Fellini
The Bold and the Brave
Robert Lewin
La Strada
Tullio Pinelli
The Ladykillers
William Rose
It's Always Fair Weather
Adolph Green It's Always Fair Weather
Betty Comden
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Emmet Lavery
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
Henri Marquet
The Seven Little Foys
Jack Rose Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
Jacques Tati The Seven Little Foys
Melville Shavelson The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Milton Sperling
The Barefoot Contessa
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Knock on Wood
Melvin Frank Knock on Wood
Norman Panama
The Glenn Miller Story
Oscar Brodney The Glenn Miller Story
Valentine Davies
Genevieve
William Rose
Titanic
Richard Breen
The Band Wagon
Adolph Green The Band Wagon
Betty Comden
The Naked Spur
Harold Jack Bloom
Take the High Ground!
Millard Kaufman
The Desert Rats
Richard Murphy The Naked Spur
Sam Rolfe
Pat and Mike
Garson Kanin
Viva Zapata!
John Steinbeck Pat and Mike
Ruth Gordon
The Atomic City
Sydney Boehm
The Sound Barrier
Terence Rattigan
Ace in the Hole
Billy Wilder
The Well
Clarence Greene Ace in the Hole
Lesser Samuels
David and Bathsheba
Philip Dunne
Go for Broke!
Robert Pirosh The Well
Russell Rouse Ace in the Hole
Walter Newman
Caged
Bernard C. Schoenfeld
The Men
Carl Foreman
Adam's Rib
Garson Kanin
No Way Out
Joseph L. Mankiewicz No Way Out
Lesser Samuels Adam's Rib
Ruth Gordon Caged
Virginia Kellogg
Jevel Katz y sus paisanos
Alfred Hayes Jevel Katz y sus paisanos
Federico Fellini
The Quiet One
Helen Levitt
The Quiet One
Janice Loeb
Jevel Katz y sus paisanos
Marcello Pagliero Jevel Katz y sus paisanos
Roberto Rossellini Jevel Katz y sus paisanos
Sergio Amidei
Jolson Sings Again
Sidney Buchman The Quiet One
Sidney Meyers
Passport to Pimlico
T. E. B. Clarke
Body and Soul
Abraham Polonsky
Shoeshine
Adolfo Franci Shoeshine
C. G. Viola
Shoeshine
Cesare Zavattini
Monsieur Verdoux
Charles Chaplin
A Double Life
Garson Kanin A Double Life
Ruth Gordon Shoeshine
Sergio Amidei
The Seventh Veil
Muriel Box
The Seventh Veil
Sydney Box
Notorious
Ben Hecht
Children of Paradise
Jacques Prévert
Road to Utopia
Melvin Frank Road to Utopia
Norman Panama
The Blue Dahlia
Raymond Chandler
What Next, Corporal Hargrove?
Harry Kurnitz
Salty O'Rourke
Milton Homes
Music for Millions
Myles Connolly
Dillinger
Philip Yordan
Two Girls and a Sailor
Gladys Lehman
Wing and a Prayer
Jerome Cady
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Preston Sturges
Hail the Conquering Hero
Preston Sturges Two Girls and a Sailor
Richard Connell
So Proudly We Hail
Allan Scott
Air Force
Dudley Nichols
The North Star
Lillian Hellman
In Which We Serve
Noël Coward
Road to Morocco
Don Hartman
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Emeric Pressburger Road to Morocco
Frank Butler
Wake Island
Frank Butler
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
George Oppenheimer One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Michael Powell Wake Island
W.R. Burnett
Sergeant York
Abem Finkel
Tall, Dark and Handsome
Darrell Ware
Sergeant York
Harry Chandlee Sergeant York
Howard Koch Sergeant York
John Huston Tall, Dark and Handsome
Karl Tunberg
The Devil and Miss Jones
Norman Krasna
Tom, Dick and Harry
Paul Jarrico
Angels Over Broadway
Ben Hecht
Foreign Correspondent
Charles Bennett
The Great Dictator
Charlie Chaplin
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Heinz Herald Foreign Correspondent
Joan Harrison Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
John Huston Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Norman Burnside
The Magic Flame
George Marion Jr.
The Private Life of Helen of Troy
Gerald Duffy