1996 Golden Globe Awards – Best Screenplay – Motion Picture Winner and Nominees

Sense and Sensibility

Emma Thompson

Rich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her three daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. The two eldest daughters are the titular opposites.

Braveheart

Randall Wallace

Dead Man Walking

Tim Robbins

Get Shorty

Scott Frank

Mr. Holland’s Opus

Patrick Sheane Duncan

The American President

Aaron Sorkin