Year |
Film |
Screenwriter(s) |
Adapted from |
2010 64th |
The Social Network |
Aaron Sorkin |
The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich |
127 Hours |
Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy |
Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston |
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo |
Rasmus Heisterberg and Nikolaj Arcel |
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson |
Toy Story 3 |
Michael Arndt |
Characters from the film Toy Story created by John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton, Joe Ranft, Joss Whedon, Joel Cohen, and Alec Sokolow Characters from the film Toy Story 2 created by John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Ash Brannon, Andrew Stanton, Rita Hsiao, Doug Chamberlin, and Chris Webb |
True Grit |
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen |
True Grit by Charles Portis |
2011 65th |
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy |
Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan |
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carré |
The Descendants |
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash |
The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings |
The Help |
Tate Taylor |
The Help by Kathryn Stockett |
The Ides of March |
George Clooney, Beau Willimon, and Grant Heslov |
Farragut North by Beau Willimon |
Moneyball |
Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin |
Moneyball by Michael Lewis |
2012 66th |
Silver Linings Playbook |
David O. Russell |
The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick |
Argo |
Chris Terrio |
The Master of Disguise by Tony Mendez The Great Escape by Joshuah Bearman |
Beasts of the Southern Wild |
Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin |
Juicy and Delicious by Lucy Alibar |
Life of Pi |
David Magee |
Life of Pi by Yann Martel |
Lincoln |
Tony Kushner |
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin |
2013 67th |
Philomena |
Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope |
The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by Martin Sixsmith |
12 Years a Slave |
John Ridley |
Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup |
Behind the Candelabra |
Richard LaGravenese |
Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace by Scott Thorson |
Captain Phillips |
Billy Ray |
A Captain's Duty by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty |
The Wolf of Wall Street |
Terence Winter |
The Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort |
2014 68th |
The Theory of Everything |
Anthony McCarten |
Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen by Jane Wilde Hawking |
American Sniper |
Jason Hall |
American Sniper by Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, and Jim DeFelice |
Gone Girl |
Gillian Flynn |
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn |
The Imitation Game |
Graham Moore |
Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges |
Paddington |
Paul King |
Paddington Bear by Michael Bond |
2015 69th |
The Big Short |
Adam McKay and Charles Randolph |
The Big Short by Michael Lewis |
Brooklyn |
Nick Hornby |
Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín |
Carol |
Phyllis Nagy |
The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith |
Room |
Emma Donoghue |
Room by Emma Donoghue |
Steve Jobs |
Aaron Sorkin |
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson |
2016 70th |
Lion |
Luke Davies |
A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley and Larry Buttrose |
Arrival |
Eric Heisserer |
Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang |
Hacksaw Ridge |
Andrew Knight and Robert Schenkkan |
The Conscientious Objector by Terry Benedict |
Hidden Figures |
Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi |
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly |
Nocturnal Animals |
Tom Ford |
Tony and Susan by Austin Wright |
2017 71st |
Call Me by Your Name |
James Ivory |
Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman |
The Death of Stalin |
Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin and David Schneider |
The Death of Stalin by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin |
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool |
Matt Greenhalgh |
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool by Peter Turner |
Molly's Game |
Aaron Sorkin |
Molly's Game by Molly Bloom |
Paddington 2 |
Simon Farnaby and Paul King |
Paddington Bear by Michael Bond |