Best Screenplays: 1990s

Best Adapted Screenplay:

1990: Goodfellas (Nicholas Pileggi and Martin Scorsese)

Oscar winner: Dances with Wolves (Michael Blake)

Was this nominated?: Yes

1991: The Silence of the Lambs (Ted Tally)

Oscar winner: The Silence of the Lambs (Ted Tally)

1992: Glengarry Glen Ross (David Mamet)

Oscar winner: Howards End (Ruth Prawer Jhabvala)

Was this nominated?: No

1993: Schindler's List (Steven Zaillian)

Oscar winner: Schindler's List (Steven Zaillian)

1994: Quiz Show (Paul Attanasio)

Oscar winner: Forrest Gump (Eric Roth)

Was this nominated?: Yes

1995: Casino (Nicholas Pileggi and Martin Scorsese)

Oscar winner: Sense and Sensibility (Emma Thompson)

Was this nominated?: No

1996: Trainspotting (John Hodge)

Oscar winner: Sling Blade (Billy Bob Thornton)

Was this nominated?: Yes

1997: L.A. Confidential (Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson)

Oscar winner: L.A. Confidential (Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson)

1998: The Thin Red Line (Terrence Malick)

Oscar winner: Gods and Monsters (Bill Condon)

Was this nominated?: Yes

1999: Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick and Frederic Raphael)

Oscar winner: The Cider House Rules (John Irving)

Was this nominated?: No

Best Original Screenplay:

1990: Miller's Crossing (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen)

Oscar winner: Ghost (Bruce Joel Rubin)

Was this nominated?: No

1991: The Double Life of Veronique (Krzysztof Piesiewicz and Krzysztof Kieslowski)

Oscar winner: Thelma & Louise (Callie Khouri)

Was this nominated?: No

1992: Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino)

Oscar winner: The Crying Game (Neil Jordan)

Was this nominated?: No

1993: Three Colors: Blue (Krzysztof Piesiewicz and Krzysztof Kieslowski)

Oscar winner: The Piano (Jane Campion)

Was this nominated?: No

1994: Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary)

Oscar winner: Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary)

1995: Before Sunrise (Kim Krizan and Richard Linklater)

Oscar winner: The Usual Suspects (Christopher McQuarrie)

Was this nominated?: No

1996: Secrets & Lies (Mike Leigh)

Oscar winner: Fargo (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen)

Was this nominated?: Yes

1997: Good Will Hunting (Ben Affleck and Matt Damon)

Oscar winner: Good Will Hunting (Ben Affleck and Matt Damon)

1998: Following (Christopher Nolan)

Oscar winner: Shakespeare in Love (Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard)

Was this nominated?: No

1999: Magnolia (Paul Thomas Anderson)

Oscar winner: American Beauty (Alan Ball)

Was this nominated?: Yes

Best Screenplays: 1980s

Best Adapted Screenplay:

1980: Ordinary People (Alvin Sargent)

Oscar winner: Ordinary People (Alvin Sargent)

1981: Prince of the City (Jay Presson Allen and Sidney Lumet)

Oscar winner: On Golden Pond (Ernest Thompson)

Was this nominated?: Yes

1982: The Verdict (David Mamet)

Oscar winner: Missing (Costa-Gavras and Donald Stewart)

Was this nominated?: Yes

1983: Terms of Endearment (James L. Brooks)

Oscar winner: Terms of Endearment (James L. Brooks)

1984: Once Upon a Time in America (Leonardo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi, Enrico Medioli, Franco Arcalli, Franco Ferrini, and Sergio Leone)

Oscar winner: Amadeus (Peter Shaffer)

Was this nominated?: No

1985: Kiss of the Spider Woman (Leonard Schrader)

Oscar winner: Out of Africa (Kurt Luedtke)

Was this nominated?: Yes

1986: A Room with a View (Ruth Prawer Jhabvala)

Oscar winner: A Room with a View (Ruth Prawer Jhabvala)

1987: Full Metal Jacket (Gustav Hasford, Michael Herr, and Stanley Kubrick)

Oscar winner: The Last Emperor (Bernardo Bertolucci and Mark Peploe)

Was this nominated?: Yes

1988: The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Jean-Claude Carriere and Philip Kaufman)

Oscar winner: Dangerous Liaisons (Christopher Hampton)

Was this nominated?: Yes

1989: Born on the Fourth of July (Ron Kovic and Oliver Stone)

Oscar winner: Driving Miss Daisy (Alfred Uhry)

Was this nominated?: Yes

Best Original Screenplay:

1980: The Big Red One [The Reconstruction] (Samuel Fuller)

Oscar winner: Melvin and Howard (Bo Goldman)

Was this nominated?: No

1981: Atlantic City (John Guare)

Oscar winner: Chariots of Fire (Colin Welland)

Was this nominated?: Yes

1982: Tootsie (Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal, and Don McGuire)

Oscar winner: Gandhi (John Briley)

Was this nominated?: Yes

1983: The Big Chill (Lawrence Kasdan and Barbara Benedek)

Oscar winner: Tender Mercies (Horton Foote)

Was this nominated?: Yes

1984: Broadway Danny Rose (Woody Allen)

Oscar winner: Places in the Heart (Robert Benton)

Was this nominated?: Yes

1985: The Purple Rose of Cairo (Woody Allen)

Oscar winner: Witness (William Kelley, Earl Wallace, and Pamela Wallace)

Was this nominated?: Yes

1986: Hannah and Her Sisters (Woody Allen)

Oscar winner: Hannah and Her Sisters (Woody Allen)

1987: Withnail & I (Bruce Robinson)

Oscar winner: Moonstruck (John Patrick Shanley)

Was this nominated?: No

1988: A Fish Called Wanda (John Cleese and Charles Crichton)

Oscar winner: Rain Man (Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow)

Was this nominated?: Yes

1989: Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee)

Oscar winner: Dead Poets Society (Tom Schulman)

Was this nominated?: Yes

Best Screenplays: 1970s

Best Adapted Screenplay:

1970: M*A*S*H (Ring Lardner, Jr.)

Oscar winner: M*A*S*H (Ring Lardner, Jr.)

1971: The French Connection (Ernest Tidyman)

Oscar winner: The French Connection (Ernest Tidyman)

1972: The Godfather (Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola)

Oscar winner: The Godfather (Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola)

1973: The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)

Oscar winner: The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)

1974: The Godfather Part II (Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo)

Oscar winner: The Godfather Part II (Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo)

1975: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman)

Oscar winner: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman)

1976: All the President's Men (William Goldman)

Oscar winner: All the President's Men (William Goldman)

1977: Julia (Alvin Sargent)

Oscar winner: Julia (Alvin Sargent)

1978: Midnight Express (Oliver Stone)

Oscar winner: Midnight Express (Oliver Stone)

1979: Apocalypse Now (John Milius and Francis Ford Coppola)

Oscar winner: Kramer vs. Kramer (Robert Benton)

Was this nominated?: Yes

Best Original Screenplay:

1970: The Passion of Anna (Ingmar Bergman)

Oscar winner: Patton (Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North)

Was this nominated?: No

1971: Klute (Andy and Dave Lewis)

Oscar winner: The Hospital (Paddy Chayefsky)

Was this nominated?: Yes

1972: Aguirre: The Wrath of God (Werner Herzog)

Oscar winner: The Candidate (Jeremy Larner)

Was this nominated?: No

1973: American Graffiti (George Lucas, Gloria Katz, and Willard Huyck)

Oscar winner: The Sting (David S. Ward)

Was this nominated?: Yes

1974: Chinatown (Robert Towne)

Oscar winner: Chinatown (Robert Towne)

1975: Dog Day Afternoon (Frank Pierson)

Oscar winner: Dog Day Afternoon (Frank Pierson)

1976: Network (Paddy Chayefsky)

Oscar winner: Network (Paddy Chayefsky)

1977: Annie Hall (Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman)

Oscar winner: Annie Hall (Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman)

1978: The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino, Louis Garfinkle, Quinn K. Redeker, and Deric Washburn)

Oscar winner: Coming Home (Nancy Dowd, Waldo Salt, and Robert C. Jones)

Was this nominated?: Yes

1979: Manhattan (Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman)

Oscar winner: Breaking Away (Steve Tesich)

Was this nominated?: Yes