Best Screenplay

58 nominations · 15 winners · 15 years

Missing poster

Missing

Costa-Gavras, Donald Stewart

Winner

On Golden Pond poster

On Golden Pond

Ernest Thompson

On Golden Pond

Gandhi poster

Gandhi

Gandhi

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial poster

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Melissa Mathison

ET: The Extra-Terrestrial

Gregory's Girl poster

Gregory's Girl

Gregory's Girl

Winner

Chariots of Fire poster

Chariots of Fire

Chariots Of Fire

The French Lieutenant's Woman poster

The French Lieutenant's Woman

The French Lieutenant's Woman

Atlantic City poster

Atlantic City

Atlantic City

Being There poster

Being There

Jerzy Kosiński

Being There

Winner

The Elephant Man poster

The Elephant Man

Christopher De Vore

The Elephant Man

Airplane! poster

Airplane!

Airplane!

Kramer vs. Kramer poster

Kramer vs. Kramer

Kramer Vs Kramer

Manhattan poster

Manhattan

Manhattan

Winner

Yanks poster

Yanks

Yanks

The Deer Hunter poster

The Deer Hunter

The Deer Hunter

The China Syndrome poster

The China Syndrome

The China Syndrome

Julia poster

Julia

Julia

Winner

A Wedding poster

A Wedding

A Wedding

The Goodbye Girl poster

The Goodbye Girl

The Goodbye Girl

Close Encounters of the Third Kind poster

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Steven Spielberg

Close Encounters Of The Third Kind

Annie Hall poster

Annie Hall

Annie Hall

Winner

Network poster

Network

Paddy Chayefsky

Network

Equus poster

Equus

Equus

Rocky poster

Rocky

Sylvester Stallone

Rocky

Bugsy Malone poster

Bugsy Malone

Bugsy Malone

Winner

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest poster

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Lawrence Hauben

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

The Sunshine Boys poster

The Sunshine Boys

The Sunshine Boys

All the President's Men poster

All the President's Men

William Goldman

All The President's Men

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore poster

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Robert Getchell

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Winner

Dog Day Afternoon poster

Dog Day Afternoon

Dog Day Afternoon

Nashville poster

Nashville

Joan Tewkesbury

Nashville

Jaws poster

Jaws

Jaws

Chinatown/The Last Detail

Chinatown/The Last Detail

Winner

The Conversation poster

The Conversation

Francis Ford Coppola

The Conversation

Lacombe, Lucien poster

Lacombe, Lucien

Lacombe Lucien

Blazing Saddles poster

Blazing Saddles

Blazing Saddles

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie poster

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie (Le Charme Discret De La Bourgeoisie)

Winner

Sleuth poster

Sleuth

Anthony Schaffer

Sleuth

The Day of the Jackal poster

The Day of the Jackal

The Day Of The Jackal

A Touch of Class poster

A Touch of Class

A Touch Of Class

The Last Picture Show poster

The Last Picture Show

The Last Picture Show

Winner

The Hospital poster

The Hospital

Paddy Chayefsky

The Hospital

Winner

Cabaret poster

Cabaret

Jay Presson Allen

Cabaret

A Clockwork Orange poster

A Clockwork Orange

Stanley Kubrick

A Clockwork Orange

The Go-Between poster

The Go-Between

The Go-Between

Winner

Taking Off poster

Taking Off

Taking Off

Gumshoe

Gumshoe

Sunday Bloody Sunday poster

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Penelope Gilliatt

Sunday, Bloody Sunday

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid poster

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

William Goldman

Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid

Winner

Kes poster

Kes

Kes

They Shoot Horses, Don't They? poster

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice poster

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

Bob And Carol And Ted And Alice

Midnight Cowboy poster

Midnight Cowboy

Midnight Cowboy

Winner

Goodbye, Columbus poster

Goodbye, Columbus

Arnold Schulman

Goodbye, Columbus

Women in Love poster

Women in Love

Women In Love

Z poster

Z

Costa-Gavras, Jorge Semprun

if.... poster

if....

If...

The Lion in Winter poster

The Lion in Winter

The Lion In Winter