Best Writers

For The Imitation Game (2014)

For 12 Years a Slave (2013)

For Argo (2012)

For The Descendants (2011); shared with Nat Faxon and Jim Rash

For The Descendants (2011); shared with Alexander Payne and Jim Rash

For The Descendants (2011); shared with Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon

For The Social Network (2010)

For Precious (2009)

For Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

For No Country for Old Men (2007); shared with Ethan Coen

For No Country for Old Men (2007); shared with Joel Coen

For The Departed (2006)

For Brokeback Mountain (2005); shared with Diana Ossana

For Brokeback Mountain (2005); shared with Larry McMurtry

For Sideways (2004); shared with Jim Taylor

For Sideways (2004); shared with Alexander Payne

For The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003); shared with Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson

For The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003); shared with Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson

For The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003); shared with Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens

For The Pianist (2002)

For A Beautiful Mind (2001)

For Traffic (2000)

For The Cider House Rules (1999)

For Gods and Monsters (1998)

For L.A. Confidential (1997); shared with Brian Helgeland

For L.A. Confidential (1997); shared with Curtis Hanson

For Sling Blade (1996)

For Sense and Sensibility (1995)

For Forrest Gump (1994)

For Schindler's List (1993)

For Howards End (1992)

For The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

For Dances with Wolves (1990)

For Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

For Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

For The Last Emperor (1987); shared with Mark Peploe

For The Last Emperor (1987); shared with Bernardo Bertolucci

For A Room with a View (1985)

For Out of Africa (1985)

For Amadeus (1984)

For Terms of Endearment (1983)

For Missing (1982); shared with Donald E. Stewart

For Missing (1982); shared with Costa-Gavras

For On Golden Pond (1981)

For Ordinary People (1980)

For Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

For Midnight Express (1978)

For Julia (1977)

For All the President's Men (1976)

For One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975); shared with Lawrence Hauben

For One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975); shared with Bo Goldman

For The Godfather Part II (1974); shared with Mario Puzo

For The Godfather Part II (1974); shared with Francis Ford Coppola

For The Exorcist (1973)

For The Godfather (1972); shared with Francis Ford Coppola

For The Godfather (1972); shared with Mario Puzo

For The French Connection (1971)

For MASH (1970)

For Midnight Cowboy (1969)

For The Lion in Winter (1968)

For In the Heat of the Night (1967)

For A Man for All Seasons (1966)

For Doctor Zhivago (1965)

For Becket (1964)

For Tom Jones (1963)

For To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

For Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

For Elmer Gantry (1960)

For Room at the Top (1958)

For Gigi (1958)

For The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957); shared with Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson

For The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957); shared with Pierre Boulle and Michael Wilson

For The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957); shared with Pierre Boulle and Carl Foreman

For Around the World in Eighty Days (1956); shared with S.J. Perelman and James Poe

For Around the World in Eighty Days (1956); shared with John Farrow and James Poe

For Around the World in Eighty Days (1956); shared with John Farrow and S.J. Perelman

For Marty (1955)

For The Country Girl (1954)

For From Here to Eternity (1953)

For The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

For A Place in the Sun (1951); shared with Michael Wilson

For A Place in the Sun (1951); shared with Harry Brown

For All About Eve (1950)

For A Letter to Three Wives (1949)

For The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

For Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

For The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

For The Lost Weekend (1945); shared with Billy Wilder

For The Lost Weekend (1945); shared with Charles Brackett

For Going My Way (1944); shared with Frank Cavett

For Going My Way (1944); shared with Frank Butler

For Casablanca (1942); shared with Julius J. Epstein and Howard Koch

For Casablanca (1942); shared with Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch

For Casablanca (1942); shared with Philip G. Epstein and Julius J. Epstein

For Mrs. Miniver (1942); shared with James Hilton, Claudine West, and Arthur Wimperis

For Mrs. Miniver (1942); shared with George Froeschel, Claudine West, and Arthur Wimperis

For Mrs. Miniver (1942); shared with George Froeschel, James Hilton, and Arthur Wimperis

For Mrs. Miniver (1942); shared with George Froeschel, James Hilton, and Claudine West

For Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941); shared with Seton I. Miller

For Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941); shared with Sidney Buchman