Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Annual screenwriting award
The Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is one of the three screenwriting Writers Guild of America Awards , focused specifically for film. The Writers Guild of America began making the distinction between an original screenplay and an adapted screenplay in 1970, when Waldo Salt , screenwriter for Midnight Cowboy , won for "Best Adapted Drama" and Arnold Schulman won "Best Adapted Comedy" for his screenplay of Goodbye, Columbus .[ 1] Separate awards for dramas and comedies continued until 1985 .[ 1]
Winners and nominees
1960s
1970s
Year
Film
Recipient(s)
Source material
1970 (23rd) [ 3]
Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium
I Never Sang for My Father
Robert Anderson
The play by Robert Anderson
Airport
George Seaton
The novel by Arthur Hailey
Catch-22
Buck Henry
The novel by Joseph Heller
The Great White Hope
Howard Sackler
The play by Howard Sackler
Little Big Man
Calder Willingham
The novel by Thomas Berger
Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium
M*A*S*H
Ring Lardner Jr.
The novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker
Lovers and Other Strangers
Renée Taylor , Joseph Bologna , David Zelag Goodman
The play by Renée Taylor and Joseph Bologna
The Owl and the Pussycat
Buck Henry
The play by Bill Manhoff
The Twelve Chairs
Mel Brooks
The novel by Ilf and Petrov
Where's Poppa
Robert Klane
The novel by Robert Klane
1971 (24th) [ 4]
Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium
The French Connection
Ernest Tidyman
The book by Robin Moore
A Clockwork Orange
Stanley Kubrick
The novel by Anthony Burgess
Johnny Got His Gun
Dalton Trumbo
The novel by Dalton Trumbo
The Last Picture Show
Larry McMurtry , and Peter Bodganovich
The novel by Larry McMurtry
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Robert Altman , and Brian McKay
The novel McCabe by Edmund Naughton
Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium
Kotch
John Paxton
The novel by Katharine Topkins
The Boy Friend
Ken Russell
The musical by Sandy Wilson
Fiddler on the Roof
Joseph Stein
The musical by Jerry Bock , Sheldon Harnick and Joseph Stein and the novel by Sholem Aleichem
Little Murders
Jules Feiffer
The play by Jules Feiffer
A New Leaf
Elaine May
The short story "The Green Heart" by Jack Ritchie
1972 (25th) [ 5]
Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium
The Godfather
Mario Puzo , and Francis Ford Coppola
The novel by Mario Puzo
Deliverance
James Dickey
The novel by James Dickey
Pete 'n' Tillie
Julius J. Epstein
The novella Witch's Milk by Peter De Vries
Slaughterhouse-Five
Stephen Geller
The novel by Kurt Vonnegut
Sounder
Lonne Elder III
The novel by William H. Armstrong
Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium
Cabaret
Jay Presson Allen
The musical by John Van Druten and the book by Joe Masteroff
Avanti!
Billy Wilder , and I.A.L. Diamond
The play by Samuel A. Taylor
Butterflies Are Free
Leonard Gershe
The play by Leonard Gershe
The Heartbreak Kid
Neil Simon
The short story "A Change of Plan" by Bruce Jay Friedman
Travels with My Aunt
Jay Presson Allen, and Hugh Wheeler
The novel by Graham Greene
1973 (26th) [ 6]
Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium
Serpico
Waldo Salt , and Norman Wexler
The book by Peter Maas
Cinderella Liberty
Darryl Ponicsan
The novel by Darryl Ponicsan
The Exorcist
William Peter Blatty
The novel by William Peter Blatty
The Last Detail
Robert Towne
The novel by Darryl Ponicsan
The Paper Chase
James Bridges
The novel by John Jay Osborn Jr.
Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium
Paper Moon
Alvin Sargent
The novel Addie Pray by Joe David Brown
40 Carats
Leonard Gershe
The play by Jay Presson Allen based on the play Quarante carats by Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Gredy
Godspell
David Greenne , and John-Michael Tebelak
The musical by Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak
1974 (27th) [ 7]
Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium
The Godfather Part II
Francis Ford Coppola , and Mario Puzo
The novel The Godfather by Mario Puzo
Conrack
Irving Ravetch , and Harriet Frank Jr.
The memoir The Water Is Wide by Pat Conroy
Lenny
Julian Barry
The play by Julian Barry
The Parallax View
David Giler and Lorenzo Sempler Jr.
The novel by Loren Singer
The Talking of Pelham One Two Three
Peter Stone
The novel by John Godey
Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Mordecai Richler , and Lionel Chetwynd
The novel by Mordecai Richler
The Front Page
Billy Wilder , and I.A.L. Diamond
The comedy by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
Young Frankenstein
Gene Wilder , and Mel Brooks
The characters on the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
1975 (28th) [ 8]
Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Lawrence Hauben , and Bo Goldman
The novel by Ken Kesey
Barry Lyndon
Stanley Kubrick
The novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray
Jaws
Peter Benchley , and Carl Gottlieb
The novel by Peter Benchley
The Man in the Glass Booth
Edward Anhalt
The novel and play by Robert Shaw
The Man Who Would Be King
John Huston , and Gladys Hill
The novella by Rudyard Kipling
Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium
The Sunshine Boys
Neil Simon
The play by Neil Simon
Hester Street
Joan Micklin Silver
The novella Yekl: A Tale of the New York Ghetto by Abraham Cahan
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Neil Simon
The play by Neil Simon
1976 (29th) [ 9]
Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium
All the President's Men
William Goldman
The book by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
Bound for Glory
Robert Getchell
The book by Woody Guthrie
Marathon Man
William Goldman
The novel by William Goldman
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Nicholas Meyer
The novel by Nicholas Meyer
The Shootist
Miles Hood Swarthout, and Scott Hale
The novel by Glendon Swarthout
Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Frank Waldman , and Blake Edwards
The film series The Pink Panther
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Hal Barwood, and Matthew Robbins
The novel by William Brashler
Family Plot
Ernest Lehman
The novel The Rainbird Pattern by Victor Canning
The Ritz
Terrence McNally
The play by Terrence McNally
Stay Hungry
Charles Gaines , and Bob Rafelson
The novel by Charles Gaines
1977 (30th) [ 10]
Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium
Julia
Alvin Sargent
A chapter from the book Pentimento by Lillian Hellman
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Gavin Lambert , and Lewis John Carlino
The novel by Joanne Greenberg
Islands in the Stream
Denne Bart Petitclerc
The novel by Ernest Hemingway
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Richard Brooks
The novel by Judith Rossner
Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium
Oh, God!
Larry Gelbart
The novel by Avery Corman
Semi-Tough
Walter Bernstein
The novel by Dan Jenkins
The Spy Who Loved Me
Christopher Wood , and Richard Maibaum
The characters by Ian Fleming
1978 (31st) [ 11]
Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium
Midnight Express
Oliver Stone
The book by Billy Hayes
Bloodbrothers
Walter Newman
The novel by Richard Price
Go Tell the Spartans
Wendell Mayes
The novel Incident at Muc Wa by Daniel Ford
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
W.D. Richter
The novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney
Who'll Stop the Rain
Judith Rascoe , and Robert Stone
The novel Dog Soldiers by Robert Stone
Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium
Heaven Can Wait
Elaine May , and Warren Beatty
The play by Harry Segall
California Suite
Neil Simon
The play by Neil Simon
Same Time, Next Year
Bernard Slade
The play by Bernard Slade
Superman
Mario Puzo , David Newman , Leslie Newman , and Robert Benton
The character Superman by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
Peter Stone
The novel by Nan Lyons and Ivan Lyons
1979 (32nd) [ 12]
Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium
Kramer vs. Kramer
Robert Benton
The novel by Avery Corman
Norma Rae
Irving Ravetch , and Harriet Frank Jr.
The book Crystal Lee, a Woman of Inheritance by Henry P. Leifermann
Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium
Being There
Jerzy Kosinski
The novel by Jerzy Kosinski
A Little Romance
Allan Burns
The novel E=mc2 Mon Amour by Patrick Cauvin
Starting Over
James L. Brooks
The novel by Dan Wakefield
1980s
Year
Film
Recipient(s)
Source material
1980 (33rd) [ 13]
Best Drama Adapted from Other Medium
Ordinary People
Alvin Sargent
The novel by Judith Guest
Coal Miner's Daughter
Thomas Rickman
The autobiography by Loretta Lynn and George Vecsey
The Elephant Man
Christopher De Vore, Eric Bergren , and David Lynch
The books The Elephant Man and Other Reminiscences by Frederick Treves and The Elephant Man: A Study in Human Dignity by Ashley Montagu
The Great Santini
Lewis John Carlino
The novel by Pat Conroy
The Stunt Man
Lawrence B. Marcus, Richard Rush
The novel by Paul Brodeur
Best Comedy Adapted from Other Another Medium
Airplane!
Jim Abrahams , David Zucker , and Jerry Zucker
The film Zero Hour! by Arthur Hailey , Hall Bartlett and John Champion and the Airport film series based on the novel by Hailey
Hopscotch
Brian Garfield , and Bryan Forbes
The novel by Brian Garfield
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Leigh Brackett , and Lawrence Kasdan
The story by George Lucas
1981 (34th) [ 14]
Best Drama Adapted from Other Medium
On Golden Pond
Ernest Thompson , and Donald E. Stewart
The play by Ernest Thompson
Cutter's Way
Jeffrey Alan Fiskin
The novel Cutter and Bone by Newton Thornburg
Prince of the City
Jay Presson Allen , and Sidney Lumet
The book by Robert Daley
Ragtime
Michael Weller
The novel by E. L. Doctorow
Best Comedy Adapted from Other Another Medium
Rich and Famous
Gerald Ayres
The play Old Acquaintance by John Van Druten
For Your Eyes Only
Richard Maibaum , and Michael G. Wilson
The short stories "For Your Eyes Only " and "Risico " by Ian Fleming
First Monday in October
Jerome Lawrence , and Robert E. Lee
The play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
1982 (35th) [ 15]
Best Drama Adapted from Other Medium
Missing
Costa-Gavras , and Donald E. Stewart
The book The Execution of Charles Horman: An American Sacrifice by Thomas Hauser
Sophie's Choice
Alan J. Pakula
The novel by William Styron
The Verdict
David Mamet
The novel by Barry Reed
The World According to Garp
Steve Tesich
The novel by John Irving
Best Comedy Adapted from Other Another Medium
Victor Victoria
Blake Edwards
The film Viktor und Viktoria , concept by Hans Hoemburg and script by Reinhold Schünzel
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Cameron Crowe
The book Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A True Story by Cameron Crowe
1983 (36th) [ 16]
Best Drama Adapted from Other Medium
Reuben, Reuben
Julius J. Epstein
The play Spofford by Herman Shumlin
The Year of Living Dangerously
David Williamson , Peter Weir and C.J. Koch
The novel by Christopher Koch
The Right Stuff
Philip Kaufman
The book by Tom Wolfe
Best Comedy Adapted from Other Another Medium
Terms of Endearment
James L. Brooks
The novel by Larry McMurtry
A Christmas Story
Jean Shepherd , Leigh Brown, and Bob Clark
The novel In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepherd
To Be or Not to Be
Thomas Meehan , and Ronny Graham
The 1942 screenplay by Edwin Justus Mayer and the story of Melchior Lengyel and Ernst Lubitsch
1984 (37th) [ 17]
The Killing Fields
Bruce Robinson
The biography The Death and Life of Dith Pran by Sydney Schanberg
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Robert Towne and Michael Austin
The novel Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Natural
Roger Towne and Phil Dusenberry
The novel by Bernard Malamud
A Passage to India
David Lean
The novel by E. M. Forster
A Soldier's Story
Charles Fuller
The play A Soldier's Play by Charles Fuller
1985 (38th) [ 18]
Prizzi's Honor
Richard Condon and Janet Roach
The novel by Richard Condon
Agnes of God
John Pielmeier
The play by John Pielmeier
The Color Purple
Menno Meyjes
The novel by Alice Walker
Out of Africa
Kurt Luedtke
The books Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Story Teller by Judith Thurman and Silence Will Speak by Errol Trzebinski
The Trip to Bountiful
Horton Foote
The play by Horton Foote
1986 (39th) [ 19]
A Room with a View
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
The novel by E. M. Forster
Children of a Lesser God
Hesper Anderson and Mark Medoff
The play by Mark Medoff
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
Paul Mazursky and Leon Capetanos
The film Boudu Saved from Drowning by Jean Renoir based on the play by René Fauchois
Little Shop of Horrors
Howard Ashman
The musical by Howard Ashman and the 1960 screenplay by Charles B. Griffith
Stand by Me
Bruce A. Evans and Raynold Gideon
The novella The Body by Stephen King
1987 (40th) [ 20]
Roxanne
Steve Martin
The play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
Fatal Attraction
James Dearden
The short film Diversion by James Dearden
Full Metal Jacket
Stanley Kubrick , Michael Herr , and Gustav Hasford
The novel The Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford
The Princess Bride
William Goldman
The novel by William Goldman
The Untouchables
David Mamet
The book by Eliot Ness and Oscar Fraley
1988 (41st) [ 21]
Dangerous Liaisons
Christopher Hampton
The play by Christopher Hampton based on the novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
The Accidental Tourist
Frank Galati and Lawrence Kasdan
The novel by Anne Tyler
Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey
Anna Hamilton Phelan and Tab Murphy
The work by Dian Fossey and the article of Harold T.P. Hayes
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Jean-Claude Carrière and Philip Kaufman
The novel by Milan Kundera
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman
The novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit? by Gary K. Wolf
1989 (42nd) [ 22]
Driving Miss Daisy
Alfred Uhry
The play by Alfred Uhry
Born on the Fourth of July
Oliver Stone and Ron Kovic
The autobiography by Ron Kovic
Field of Dreams
Phil Alden Robinson
The novel Shoeless Joe by W. P. Kinsella
Glory
Kevin Jarre
The books Lay This Laurel 1973 by Lincoln Kirstein and One Gallant Rush by Peter Burchard
My Left Foot
Jim Sheridan and Shane Connaughton
The memoii by Christy Brown
1990s
2000s
Year
Film
Recipient(s)
Source material
2000 (53rd) [ 33]
Traffic
Stephen Gaghan
The television serial Traffik by Simon Moore
Chocolat
Robert Nelson Jacobs
The novel by Joanne Harris
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Hui-Ling Wang , James Schamus , and Tsai Kuo Jung
The novel by Wang Dulu
High Fidelity
D. V. DeVincentis, Steve Pink , John Cusack , and Scott Rosenberg
The novel by Nick Hornby
Wonder Boys
Steve Kloves
The novel by Michael Chabon
2001 (54th) [ 34]
A Beautiful Mind
Akiva Goldsman
The book by Sylvia Nasar
Black Hawk Down
Ken Nolan
The book by Mark Bowden
Bridget Jones's Diary
Andrew Davies and Richard Curtis
The novel by Helen Fielding
Ghost World
Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff
The graphic noval by Daniel Clowes
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Fran Walsh , Philippa Boyens , and Peter Jackson
The novel The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien
2002 (55th) [ 34]
The Hours
David Hare
The novel by Michael Cunningham
About a Boy
Peter Hedges , Chris Weitz , and Paul Weitz
The novel by Nick Hornby
About Schmidt
Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
The novel by Louis Begley
Adaptation .
Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman
The book The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean
Chicago
Bill Condon
The musical by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse
2003 (56th) [ 35]
American Splendor
Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini
The comics American Splendor by Harvey Pekar and Our Cancer Year by Pekar and Joyce Brabner
Cold Mountain
Anthony Minghella
The novel by Charles Frazier
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Fran Walsh , Philippa Boyens , and Peter Jackson
The book The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien
Mystic River
Brian Helgeland
The novel by Dennis Lehane
Seabiscuit
Gary Ross
The book Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand
2004 (57th) [ 36]
Sideways
Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
The novel by Rex Pickett
Before Sunset
Richard Linklater , Julie Delpy , Ethan Hawke , and Kim Krizan
Characters from the film Before Sunrise by Kim Krizan and Richard Linklater
Mean Girls
Tina Fey
The book Queen Bees and Wannabes by Rosalind Wiseman
Million Dollar Baby
Paul Haggis
The book Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner by F.X. Toole
The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta)
José Rivera
The books Con el Che por America Latina by Alberto Granado and The Motorcycle Diaries by Che Guevara
2005 (58th) [ 37]
Brokeback Mountain
Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana
The short story by Annie Proulx
Capote
Dan Futterman
The book by Gerald Clarke
The Constant Gardener
Jeffrey Caine
The novel by John le Carré
A History of Violence
Josh Olson
The graphic novel by John Wagner and Vince Locke
Syriana
Stephen Gaghan
The memoir See No Evil by Robert Baer
2006 (59th) [ 38] [ 39]
The Departed
William Monahan
The film Infernal Affairs written by Alan Mak and Felix Chong
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Sacha Baron Cohen , Peter Baynham , Anthony Hines, Todd Phillips , and Dan Mazer
The character Borat Sagdiyev , from the television series Da Ali G Show by Sacha Baron Cohen
The Devil Wears Prada
Aline Brosh McKenna
The novel by Lauren Weisberger
Little Children
Todd Field and Tom Perrotta
The novel by Tom Perrotta
Thank You for Smoking
Jason Reitman
The novel by Christopher Buckley
2007 (60th) [ 40]
No Country for Old Men
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
The novel by Cormac McCarthy
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Ronald Harwood
The memoir by Jean-Dominique Bauby
Into the Wild
Sean Penn
The book by Jon Krakauer
There Will Be Blood
Paul Thomas Anderson
The novel Oil! by Upton Sinclair
Zodiac
James Vanderbilt
The book by Robert Graysmith
2008 (61st) [ 41] [ 42]
Slumdog Millionaire
Simon Beaufoy
The novel Q & A by Vikas Swarup
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
The short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Dark Knight
Jonathan Nolan , Christopher Nolan , and David S. Goyer
The characters from the DC Comics created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger
Doubt
John Patrick Shanley
The play Doubt: A Parable by John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon
Peter Morgan
The play by Peter Morgan
2009 (62nd) [ 43]
Up in the Air
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
The novel by Walter Kirn
Crazy Heart
Scott Cooper
The novel by Thomas Cobb
Julie & Julia
Nora Ephron
The books My Life in France by Julia Child and Alex Prud'homme and Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen by Julie Powell
Precious
Geoffrey S. Fletcher
The novel Push by Sapphire
Star Trek
Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman
The characters created by Gene Roddenberry
2010s
Year
Film
Recipient(s)
Source material
2010 (63rd) [ 44]
The Social Network
Aaron Sorkin
The book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich
127 Hours
Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy
The book Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston
I Love You Phillip Morris
Glenn Ficarra and John Requa
The book I Love You Phillip Morris: A True Story of Life, Love, and Prison Breaks by Steven McVicker
The Town
Ben Affleck , Peter Craig , and Aaron Stockard
The novel Prince of Thieves by Chuck Hogan
True Grit
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
The novel by Charles Portis
2011 (64th) [ 45]
The Descendants
Alexander Payne , Nat Faxon , and Jim Rash
The novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Steven Zaillian
The novel by Stieg Larsson
The Help
Tate Taylor
The novel by Kathryn Stockett
Hugo
John Logan
The book The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Moneyball
Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian
The book by Michael Lewis
2012 (65th) [ 46]
Argo
Chris Terrio
A selection from the book The Master of Disguise by Tony Mendez and the Wired magazine article "The Great Escape: How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran" by Joshuah Bearman
Life of Pi
David Magee
The novel by Yann Martel
Lincoln
Tony Kushner
In part, the book Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky
The novel by Chbosky
Silver Linings Playbook
David O. Russell
The novel by Matthew Quick
2013 (66th) [ 47]
Captain Phillips
Billy Ray
The book A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALS, and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty
August: Osage County
Tracy Letts
The play by Letts
Before Midnight
Richard Linklater , Ethan Hawke , and Julie Delpy
The characters created by Richard Linklater and Kim Krizan
Lone Survivor
Peter Berg
The book by Marcus Lutrell and Patrick Robinson
The Wolf of Wall Street
Terence Winter
The memoir by Jordan Belfort
2014 (67th) [ 48]
The Imitation Game
Graham Moore
The book Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges
American Sniper
Jason Hall
The book by Chris Kyle with Jim DeFelice and Scott McEwan
Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn
The novel by Flynn
Guardians of the Galaxy
James Gunn and Nicole Perlman
The Marvel comic by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning
Wild
Nick Hornby
The memoir Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
2015 (68th) [ 49] [ 50]
The Big Short
Adam McKay and Charles Randolph
The book by Michael Lewis
Carol
Phyllis Nagy
The novel The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith
The Martian
Drew Goddard
The novel by Andy Weir
Steve Jobs
Aaron Sorkin
The book by Walter Isaacson
Trumbo
John McNamara
The biography by Bruce Alexander Cook
2016 (69th) [ 51] [ 52]
Arrival
Eric Heisserer
The story Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang
Deadpool
Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick
The X-Men comic book character created by Fabian Nicieza and Rob Liefeld
Fences
August Wilson
The play by Wilson
Hidden Figures
Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi
The book by Margot Lee Shetterly
Nocturnal Animals
Tom Ford
The novel Tony and Susan by Austin Wright
2017 (70th) [ 53] [ 54]
Call Me by Your Name
James Ivory
The novel by André Aciman
The Disaster Artist
Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber
The book by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell
Logan
Scott Frank , James Mangold and Michael Green
The characters from the X-Men comic books and theatrical motion pictures
Molly's Game
Aaron Sorkin
The memoir by Molly Bloom
Mudbound
Virgil Williams and Dee Rees
The novel by Hillary Jordan
2018 (71st) [ 55] [ 56]
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty
The memoir by Lee Israel
Black Panther
Joe Robert Cole and Ryan Coogler
The Marvel Comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
BlacKkKlansman
Spike Lee , David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel and Kevin Willmott
The memoir Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth
If Beale Street Could Talk
Barry Jenkins
The novel by James Baldwin
A Star Is Born
Eric Roth , Bradley Cooper and Will Fetters
The 1954 screenplay by Moss Hart and the 1976 screenplay by John Gregory Dunne & Joan Didion and Frank Pierson , based on a story by William A. Wellman and Robert Carson
2019 (72nd) [ 57]
Jojo Rabbit
Taika Waititi
The novel Caging Skies by Christine Leunens
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster
The article "Can You Say ... Hero?" by Tom Junod
The Irishman
Steven Zaillian
The book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt
Joker
Todd Phillips and Scott Silver
The characters from DC Comics
Little Women
Greta Gerwig
The novel by Louisa May Alcott
2020s
Year
Film
Recipient(s)
Source material
2020 (73rd) [ 58]
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Sacha Baron Cohen , Anthony Hines, Dan Swimer , Peter Baynham , Erica Rivinoja, Dan Mazer , Jena Friedman , Lee Kern & Nina Pedrad
The characters created by Sacha Baron Cohen
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
The play by August Wilson
News of the World
Paul Greengrass and Luke Davies
The novel by Paulette Jiles
One Night in Miami...
Kemp Powers
The stage play by Kemp Powers
The White Tiger
Ramin Bahrani
The book by Aravind Adiga
2021 (74th) [ 59]
CODA
Siân Heder
The film La Famille Belier by Victoria Bedos , Thomas Bidegain , Stanislas Carree de Malberg, and Eric Lartigau
Dune
Eric Roth , Jon Spaihts & Denis Villeneuve
The novel by Frank Herbert
Nightmare Alley
Guillermo del Toro & Kim Morgan
The novel by William Lindsay Gresham
tick…tick…BOOM!
Steven Levenson
The play by Jonathan Larson
West Side Story
Tony Kushner
The stage play , by Leonard Bernstein , Arthur Laurents , Jerome Robbins , and Stephen Sondheim
2022 (75th) [ 60]
Women Talking
Sarah Polley
The novel by Miriam Toews
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole
The Marvel Comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Rian Johnson
The character Benoit Blanc, from the film Knives Out by Johnson
She Said
Rebecca Lenkiewicz
The New York Times investigation by Jodi Kantor , Megan Twohey and Rebecca Corbett and the book by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey
Top Gun: Maverick
Ehren Kruger , Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie (screenplay), Peter Craig and Justin Marks (story)
Characters created by Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr.
2023 (76th) [ 61]
American Fiction
Cord Jefferson
The novel Erasure by Percival Everett
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Kelly Fremon Craig
The novel by Judy Blume
Killers of the Flower Moon
Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese
The book by David Grann
Nyad
Julia Cox
The book Find a Way by Diana Nyad
Oppenheimer
Christopher Nolan
The book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
2024 (76th) [ 62]
A Complete Unknown
James Mangold and Jay Cocks
based on the book Dylan Goes Electric! by Elijah Wald
Dune: Part Two
Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts
based on the novel Dune by Frank Herbert
Hit Man
Richard Linklater and Glen Powell
based on the Texas Monthly article by Skip Hollandsworth
Nickel Boys
RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes
based on the book The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Wicked
Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox
based on the musical stage play with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman, from the novel by Gregory Maguire
Writers with multiple awards
3 Awards
2 Awards
Writers with multiple nominations
The following writers have received three or more nominations:
6 Nominations
4 Nominations
3 Nominations
References
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^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1973)" . IMDb . Retrieved 2019-05-18 .
^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1974)" . IMDb . Retrieved 2019-05-18 .
^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1975)" . IMDb . Retrieved 2019-05-18 .
^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1976)" . IMDb . Retrieved 2019-05-18 .
^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1977)" . IMDb . Retrieved 2019-05-18 .
^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1978)" . IMDb . Retrieved 2019-05-18 .
^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1979)" . IMDb . Retrieved 2019-05-18 .
^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1980)" . IMDb . Retrieved 2019-05-18 .
^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1981)" . IMDb . Retrieved 2019-05-18 .
^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1982)" . IMDb . Retrieved 2019-05-18 .
^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1983)" . IMDb . Retrieved 2019-05-18 .
^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1983)" . IMDb . Retrieved 2019-05-18 .
^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1985)" . IMDb . Retrieved 2019-05-18 .
^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1986)" . IMDb . Retrieved 2019-05-18 .
^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1987)" . IMDb . Retrieved 2019-05-18 .
^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1988)" . IMDb . Retrieved 2019-05-18 .
^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1989)" . IMDb . Retrieved 2019-05-18 .
^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1990)" . IMDb . Retrieved 2019-05-18 .
^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1991)" . IMDb . Retrieved 2019-05-18 .
^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1992)" . IMDb . Retrieved 2019-05-18 .
^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1993)" . IMDb . Retrieved 2019-05-18 .
^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1994)" . IMDb . Retrieved 2019-05-18 .
^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1995)" . IMDb . Retrieved 2019-05-18 .
^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1996)" . IMDb . Retrieved 2019-05-18 .
^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1997)" . IMDb . Retrieved 2019-05-18 .
^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1998)" . IMDb . Retrieved 2019-05-18 .
^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1999)" . IMDb . Retrieved 2019-05-18 .
^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (2000)" . IMDb . Retrieved 2019-05-18 .
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^ a b McNary, Dave (15 January 2002). "PBS tops WGA list" . Hollywood . Retrieved 8 March 2019 .
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^ McNary, Dave (14 December 2005). "Peacock laffers have the write stuff" . Variety . Retrieved 23 February 2019 .
^ Kay, Jeremy (16 January 2007). "WGA unveils nominees for documentary screenplay award" . Screen Daily . Retrieved 20 February 2019 .
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^ Thielman, Sam; McNary, Dave (9 February 2008). "Cody, Coens bros. top WGA Awards" . Variety . Retrieved 20 February 2019 .
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^ McNary, Dave; Littleton, Cynthia (7 February 2009). " 'Milk,' 'Slumdog' top WGA Awards" . Variety . Retrieved 18 February 2019 .
^ "2010 Writers Guild Award Winners" . TV Source Magazine . 21 February 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2019 .
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^ Kim, Wook (18 February 2013). "2013 WGA Awards: The Complete List Of Winners" . Time . Retrieved 19 February 2019 .
^ "Her and Captain Phillips win at Writers Guild Awards" . The Guardian . 2 February 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014 .
^ "WGA Awards: 'Budapest', 'Imitation Game' Win Top Film Honors, 'True Detective', 'Louie' Score On TV Side — Full List" . Deadline . February 14, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2015 .
^ McNary, Dave (January 6, 2016). " 'The Martian,' 'Straight Outta Compton' Land Writers Guild Nominations" . Variety . Retrieved January 6, 2016 .
^ " 'The Big Short' and 'Spotlight' Win Writers Guild Awards: Complete Winners List" . TheWrap . February 13, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2016 .
^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (2017)" . IMDb . Retrieved 2019-05-18 .
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^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (2018)" . IMDb . Retrieved 2019-05-18 .
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^ Beresford, Trilby; Crist, Allison; Chuba, Kirsten; Lewis, Hilary (February 1, 2020). "WGA Awards: 'Parasite' and 'JoJo Rabbit' Among Film Winners" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved February 3, 2020 .
^ OTRC (2021-04-25). "Emerald Fennell wins best original screenplay, nominated for best director Oscars in feature debut 'Promising Young Woman' " . ABC7 Los Angeles . Retrieved 2021-05-23 .
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^ https://deadline.com/2025/01/writers-guild-awards-nominations-2025-1236255337/
External links
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Years are of film release; ceremonies are held the following year
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