Academy Awards

1994 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerSchindler's ListSteven ZaillianIn German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.Amazon1994 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesIn the Name of the FatherTerry GeorgeAmazonShadowlandsWilliam NicholsonAmazonThe Age of InnocenceJay CocksAmazonThe Remains of the DayRuth Prawer JhabvalaAmazon

1995 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerForrest GumpEric RothThe presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the events of Vietnam, Watergate, and other history unfold through the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75.Amazon1995 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesNobody's FoolRobert BentonAmazonQuiz ShowPaul AttanasioAmazonThe Madness of King GeorgeAlan BennettAmazonThe Shawshank RedemptionFrank DarabontAmazon

1996 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerSense and SensibilityEmma ThompsonRich 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.Amazon1996 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesApollo 13William Broyles Jr.AmazonBabeGeorge MillerAmazonIl Postino: The PostmanAnna PavignanoAmazonLeaving Las VegasMike FiggisAmazon

1997 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerSling BladeBilly Bob ThorntonKarl Childers, a simple man hospitalized since his childhood murder of his mother and her lover, is released to start a new life in a small town.Amazon1997 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesHamletKenneth BranaghAmazonThe CrucibleArthur MillerAmazonThe English PatientAnthony MinghellaAmazonTrainspottingJohn HodgeAmazon

1998 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerL.A. ConfidentialBrian HelgelandAs corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen -- one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy -- investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.Amazon1998 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesDonnie BrascoPaul AttanasioAmazonThe Sweet HereafterAtom EgoyanAmazonThe Wings of the DoveHossein AminiAmazonWag the DogHilary HenkinAmazon

1999 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerGods and MonstersBill CondonThe last days of Frankenstein (1931) Director James Whale are explored.Amazon1999 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesA Simple PlanScott B. SmithAmazonOut of SightScott FrankAmazonPrimary ColorsElaine MayAmazonThe Thin Red LineTerrence MalickAmazon

2000 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerThe Cider House RulesJohn IrvingA compassionate young man, raised in an orphanage and trained to be a doctor there, decides to leave to see the world.Amazon2000 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesElectionAlexander PayneAmazonThe Green MileFrank DarabontAmazonThe InsiderEric RothAmazonThe Talented Mr. RipleyAnthony MinghellaAmazon

2001 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerTrafficStephen GaghanA conservative judge is appointed by the President to spearhead America's escalating war against drugs, only to discover that his teenage daughter is a crack addict. Two DEA agents protect an informant. A jailed drug baron's wife attempts to carry on the fAmazon2001 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesChocolatRobert Nelson JacobsAmazonCrouching Tiger, Hidden DragonHui-Ling WangAmazonO Brother, Where Art Thou?Ethan CoenAmazonWonder BoysSteve KlovesAmazon

2002 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerA Beautiful MindAkiva GoldsmanAfter John Nash, a brilliant but asocial mathematician, accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.Amazon2002 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesGhost WorldDaniel ClowesAmazonIn the BedroomTodd FieldAmazonShrekTed ElliottAmazonThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingFran WalshAmazon

2003 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerThe PianistRonald HarwoodA Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.Amazon2003 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesAbout a BoyPeter HedgesAmazonAdaptation.Charlie KaufmanAmazonChicagoBill CondonAmazonThe HoursDavid HareAmazon