Year
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Film
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Screenwriter(s)
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Adapted from
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1990 44th
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Goodfellas
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Nicholas Pileggi and Martin Scorsese
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Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi
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Born on the Fourth of July
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Ron Kovic and Oliver Stone
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Born on the Fourth of July by Ron Kovic
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Driving Miss Daisy
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Alfred Uhry
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Driving Miss Daisy by Alfred Uhry
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Postcards from the Edge
|
Carrie Fisher
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Postcards from the Edge by Carrie Fisher
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The War of the Roses
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Michael J. Leeson
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The War of the Roses by Warren Adler
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1991 45th
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The Commitments
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Dick Clement, Roddy Doyle, and Ian La Frenais
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The Commitments by Roddy Doyle
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Cyrano de Bergerac
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Jean-Claude Carrière and Jean-Paul Rappeneau
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Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
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Dances with Wolves
|
Michael Blake
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Dances with Wolves by Michael Blake
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The Silence of the Lambs
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Ted Tally
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The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
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1992 46th
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The Player
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Michael Tolkin
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The Player by Michael Tolkin
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Howards End
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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
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Howards End by E. M. Forster
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JFK
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Zachary Sklar and Oliver Stone
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On the Trail of the Assassins by Jim Garrison Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy by Jim Marrs
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Strictly Ballroom
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Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce
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Strictly Ballroom by Baz Luhrmann
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1993 47th
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Schindler's List
|
Steven Zaillian
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Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally
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In the Name of the Father
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Terry George and Jim Sheridan
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Proved Innocent: The Story of Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four by Gerry Conlon
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The Remains of the Day
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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
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The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
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Shadowlands
|
William Nicholson
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Shadowlands by William Nicholson
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Scent of a Woman
|
Bo Goldman
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Il buio e il miele by Giovanni Arpino
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1994 48th
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Quiz Show
|
Paul Attanasio
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Remembering America by Richard N. Goodwin
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The Browning Version
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Ronald Harwood
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The Browning Version by Terence Rattigan
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Forrest Gump
|
Eric Roth
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Forrest Gump by Winston Groom
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The Joy Luck Club
|
Ronald Bass and Amy Tan
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The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
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Three Colours: Red (Trois couleurs : Rouge)
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Krzysztof Kieślowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz
|
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1995 49th
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Trainspotting
|
John Hodge
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Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
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Babe
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George Miller, Chris Noonan
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The Sheep-Pig by Dick King-Smith
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Leaving Las Vegas
|
Mike Figgis
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Leaving Las Vegas by John O'Brien
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The Madness of King George
|
Alan Bennett
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The Madness of George III by Alan Bennett
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Il Postino: The Postman
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Anna Pavignano, Michael Radford, Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli, and Massimo Troisi
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Ardiente paciencia by Antonio Skármeta
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Sense and Sensibility
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Emma Thompson
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Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
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1996 50th
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The English Patient
|
Anthony Minghella
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The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
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The Crucible
|
Arthur Miller
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The Crucible by Arthur Miller
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Evita
|
Alan Parker and Oliver Stone
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Evita by Eva Perón
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Richard III
|
Richard Loncraine and Ian McKellen
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Richard III by William Shakespeare
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1997 51st
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Romeo + Juliet
|
Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce
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Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
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The Ice Storm
|
James Schamus
|
The Ice Storm by Rick Moody
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L.A. Confidential
|
Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland
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L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy
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The Wings of the Dove
|
Hossein Amini
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The Wings of the Dove by Henry James
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1998 52nd
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Primary Colors
|
Elaine May
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Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics by Joe Klein
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Hilary and Jackie
|
Frank Cottrell Boyce
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A Genius in the Family by Piers and Hilary du Pré
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Little Voice
|
Mark Herman
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The Rise and Fall of Little Voice by Jim Cartwright
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Wag the Dog
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Hilary Henkin and David Mamet
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American Hero by Larry Beinhart
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1999 53rd [3]
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The End of the Affair
|
Neil Jordan
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The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
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East Is East
|
Ayub Khan-Din
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East Is East by Ayub Khan-Din
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An Ideal Husband
|
Oliver Parker
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An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde
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The Talented Mr. Ripley
|
Anthony Minghella
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The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
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