Academy Awards

1974 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerThe ExorcistWilliam Peter BlattyWhen a teenage girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her daughter.Amazon1974 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesPaper MoonAlvin SargentAmazonSerpicoWaldo SaltAmazonThe Last DetailRobert TowneAmazonThe Paper ChaseJames BridgesAmazon

1975 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerThe Godfather: Part IIFrancis Ford CoppolaThe early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.Amazon1975 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesLennyJulian BarryAmazonMurder on the Orient ExpressPaul DehnAmazonThe Apprenticeship of Duddy KravitzMordecai RichlerAmazonYoung FrankensteinGene WilderAmazon

1976 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestLawrence HaubenA criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients.Amazon1976 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesBarry LyndonStanley KubrickAmazonScent of a WomanRuggero MaccariAmazonThe Man Who Would Be KingJohn HustonAmazonThe Sunshine BoysNeil SimonAmazon

1977 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerAll the President's MenWilliam Goldman"The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation.Amazon1977 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesBound for GloryRobert GetchellAmazonFellini's CasanovaFederico FelliniAmazonThe Seven-Per-Cent SolutionNicholas MeyerAmazonVoyage of the DamnedSteve ShaganAmazon

1978 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerJuliaAlvin SargentAt the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.Amazon1978 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesEquusPeter ShafferAmazonI Never Promised You a Rose GardenGavin LambertAmazonOh, God!Larry GelbartAmazonThat Obscure Object of DesireLuis BuñuelAmazon

1979 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerMidnight ExpressOliver StoneBilly Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.Amazon1979 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesBloodbrothersWalter NewmanAmazonCalifornia SuiteNeil SimonAmazonHeaven Can WaitElaine MayAmazonSame Time, Next YearBernard SladeAmazon

1980 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerKramer vs. KramerRobert BentonTed Kramer's wife leaves him, allowing for a lost bond to be rediscovered between Ted and his son, Billy. But a heated custody battle ensues over the divorced couple's son, deepening the wounds left by the separation.Amazon1980 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesA Little RomanceAllan BurnsAmazonApocalypse NowJohn MiliusAmazonLa cage aux follesFrancis VeberAmazonNorma RaeIrving RavetchAmazon

1981 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerOrdinary PeopleAlvin SargentThe accidental death of the older son of an affluent family deeply strains the relationships among the bitter mother, the good-natured father, and the guilt-ridden younger son.Amazon1981 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesBreaker MorantJonathan HardyAmazonCoal Miner's DaughterThomas RickmanAmazonThe Elephant ManChristopher De VoreAmazonThe Stunt ManLawrence B. MarcusAmazon

1982 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerOn Golden PondErnest ThompsonNorman is a curmudgeon with an estranged relationship with his daughter Chelsea. At Golden Pond, he and his wife nevertheless agree to care for Billy, the son of Chelsea's new boyfriend, and a most unexpected relationship blooms.Amazon1982 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesPennies from HeavenDennis PotterAmazonPrince of the CityJay Presson AllenAmazonRagtimeMichael WellerAmazonThe French Lieutenant's WomanHarold PinterAmazon

1983 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerMissingCosta-GavrasWhen an idealistic American writer disappears during the Chilean coup d'état in September 1973, his wife and father try to find him.Amazon1983 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesDas BootWolfgang PetersenAmazonSophie's ChoiceAlan J. PakulaAmazonThe VerdictDavid MametAmazonVictor VictoriaBlake EdwardsAmazon