Best Screenplays: 1950s

Best Adapted Screenplay:

1950: All About Eve (Joseph L. Mankiewicz)

Oscar winner: All About Eve (Joseph L. Mankiewicz)

1951: A Place in the Sun (Michael Wilson and Harry Brown)

Oscar winner: A Place in the Sun (Michael Wilson and Harry Brown)

1952: High Noon (Carl Foreman)

Oscar winner: The Bad and the Beautiful (Charles Schnee)

Was this nominated?: Yes

1953: From Here to Eternity (Daniel Taradash)

Oscar winner: From Here to Eternity (Daniel Taradash)

1954: Rear Window (John Michael Keyes)

Oscar winner: The Country Girl (George Seaton)

Was this nominated?: Yes

1955: The Night of the Hunter (James Agee)

Oscar winner: Marty (Paddy Chayefsky)

Was this nominated?: No

1956: Giant (Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat)

Oscar winner: Around the World in 80 Days (James Poe, John Farrow, and S.J. Perelman)

Was this nominated?: Yes

1957: 12 Angry Men (Reginald Rose)

Oscar winner: The Bridge on the River Kwai (Pierre Boulle, Carl Foreman, and Michael Wilson)

Was this nominated?: Yes

1958: Vertigo (Alec Coppel and Samuel A. Taylor)

Oscar winner: Gigi (Alan Jay Lerner)

Was this nominated?: No

1959: Anatomy of a Murder (Wendell Mayes)

Oscar winner: Room at the Top (Neil Paterson)

Was this nominated?: Yes

Best Original Screenplay:

1950: Sunset Blvd. (Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, and D.M. Marshman, Jr.)

Oscar winner: Sunset Blvd. (Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, and D.M. Marshman, Jr.)

1951: Ace in the Hole (Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels, and Walter Newman)

Oscar winner: An American in Paris (Alan Jay Lerner)

Was this nominated?: Yes

1952: The Lavender Hill Mob (T.E.B. Clarke)

Oscar winner: The Lavender Hill Mob (T.E.B. Clarke)

1953: Roman Holiday (Dalton Trumbo, Ian McLellan Hunter, and John Dighton)

Oscar winner: Titanic (Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch, and Richard Breen)

Was this nominated?: Yes (also won Best Motion Picture Story)

1954: On the Waterfront (Budd Schulberg)

Oscar winner: On the Waterfront (Budd Schulberg)

1955: Smiles of a Summer Night (Ingmar Bergman)

Oscar winner: Interrupted Melody (William Ludwig and Sonya Levien)

Was this nominated?: No

1956: The Red Balloon (Albert Lamorisse)

Oscar winner: The Red Balloon (Albert Lamorisse)

1957: The Seventh Seal (Ingmar Bergman)

Oscar winner: Designing Woman (George Wells)

Was this nominated?: No

1958: The Defiant Ones (Nedrick Young and Harold Jacob Smith)

Oscar winner: The Defiant Ones (Nedrick Young and Harold Jacob Smith)

1959: Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman)

Oscar winner: Pillow Talk (Russell Rouse, Clarence Green, Stanley Shapiro, and Maurice Richlin)

Was this nominated?: Yes

Note: From 1950-1955, the Oscar winners listed in the Adapted Screenplay category are from the Best Screenplay category. Best Adapted Screenplay was introduced in 1956.