Year |
Writer(s) |
Film |
Source |
2010 | Aaron Sorkin | The Social Network | The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich |
Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy | 127 Hours | Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston |
Michael Arndt | Toy Story 3 | characters by John Lasseter |
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | True Grit | novel by Charles Portis |
Debra Granik and Anne Rosselini | Winter's Bone | novel by Daniel Woodrell |
2011 | Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash | The Descendants | novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings |
Tate Taylor | The Help | novel by Kathryn Stockett |
John Logan | Hugo | The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick |
Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin | Moneyball | novel by Charles Portis |
Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | novel by John le Carré |
2012 | David O. Russell | Silver Linings Playbook | The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick |
Chris Terrio | Argo | The Master of Disguise by Tony Mendez |
David Magee | Life of Pi | novel by Yann Martel |
Tony Kushner | Lincoln | Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin |
Stephen Chbosky | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | novel by Stephen Chbosky |
2013 | John Ridley | 12 Years a Slave | memoir by Solomon Northup |
Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, and Julie Delpy | Before Midnight | characters by Richard Linklater and Kim Krizan |
Billy Ray | Captain Phillips | A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips |
Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber | The Spectacular Now | novel by Tim Tharp |
Terence Winter | The Wolf of Wall Street | memoir by Jordan Belfort |
2014 | Gillian Flynn | Gone Girl | novel by Gillian Flynn |
Graham Moore | The Imitation Game | Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges |
Paul Thomas Anderson | Inherent Vice | novel by Thomas Pynchon |
Anthony McCarten | The Theory of Everything | Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen by Jane Hawking |
Nick Hornby | Wild | memoir by Cheryl Strayed |
2015 | Emma Donoghue | Room | novel by Emma Donoghue |
Nick Hornby | Brooklyn | novel by Colm Tóibín |
Phyllis Nagy | Carol | The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith |
Drew Goddard | The Martian | novel by Andy Weir |
Aaron Sorkin | Steve Jobs | biography by Walter Isaacson |
2016 | Eric Heisserer | Arrival | "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang |
August Wilson | Fences | play by August Wilson |
Luke Davies | Lion | A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley |
Patrick Ness | A Monster Calls | novel by Patrick Ness |
Tom Ford | Nocturnal Animals | Tony and Susan by Austin Wright |
2017 | Virgil Williams and Dee Rees | Mudbound | novel by Hillary Jordan |
Hampton Fancher and Michael Green | Blade Runner 2049 | characters from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick |
James Ivory | Call Me by Your Name | novel by André Aciman |
Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber | The Disaster Artist | memoir by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell |
Aaron Sorkin | Molly's Game | memoir by Molly Bloom |