Academy Awards

1955 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) WinnerOn the WaterfrontBudd SchulbergAn ex-prize fighter turned longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses.Amazon1955 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) NomineesGenevieveWilliam RoseAmazonKnock on WoodNorman PanamaAmazonThe Barefoot ContessaJoseph L. MankiewiczAmazonThe Glenn Miller StoryValentine DaviesAmazon

1956 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) WinnerInterrupted MelodyWilliam LudwigThis movie chronicles Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success, her battle with polio, and her eventual career comeback.Amazon1956 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) NomineesIt's Always Fair WeatherBetty ComdenAmazonMonsieur Hulot's HolidayJacques TatiAmazonThe Court-Martial of Billy MitchellMilton SperlingAmazonThe Seven Little FoysMelville ShavelsonAmazon

1957 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) WinnerThe Red BalloonAlbert LamorisseA red balloon with a life of its own follows a little boy around the streets of Paris.Amazon1957 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) NomineesJulieAndrew L. StoneAmazonLa stradaFederico FelliniAmazonThe Bold and the BraveRobert LewinAmazonThe LadykillersWilliam RoseAmazon

1958 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) WinnerDesigning WomanGeorge WellsA sportswriter and a fashion-designer marry after a whirlwind romance, and discover they have little in common.Amazon1958 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) NomineesFunny FaceLeonard GersheAmazonI vitelloniFederico FelliniAmazonMan of a Thousand FacesRalph WheelwrightAmazonThe Tin StarBarney SlaterAmazon

1959 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) WinnerThe Defiant OnesNedrick YoungTwo escaped convicts chained together, white and black, must learn to get along in order to elude capture.Amazon1959 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) NomineesHouseboatMelville ShavelsonAmazonTeacher's PetFay KaninAmazonThe GoddessPaddy ChayefskyAmazonThe SheepmanWilliam BowersAmazon

1960 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) WinnerPillow TalkRussell RouseA man and a woman who share a party line cannot stand each other, but he has fun romancing her with his voice disguised.Amazon1960 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) NomineesNorth by NorthwestErnest LehmanAmazonOperation PetticoatPaul KingAmazonThe 400 BlowsFrançois TruffautAmazonWild StrawberriesIngmar BergmanAmazon

1961 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) WinnerThe ApartmentBilly WilderA man tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.Amazon1961 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) NomineesHiroshima mon amourMarguerite DurasAmazonNever on SundayJules DassinAmazonThe Angry SilenceRichard GregsonAmazonThe Facts of LifeNorman PanamaAmazon

1962 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) WinnerSplendor in the GrassWilliam IngeA fragile Kansas girl's love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.Amazon1962 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) NomineesBallad of a SoldierValentin EzhovAmazonGeneral Della RovereSergio AmideiAmazonLa dolce vitaFederico FelliniAmazonLover Come BackStanley ShapiroAmazon

1963 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) WinnerDivorce Italian StyleEnnio De ConciniA married Sicilian baron falls in love with his cousin and vows to wed her, but with divorce illegal he must concoct a crime of passion to do away with his wife.Amazon1963 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) NomineesFreudCharles KaufmanAmazonLast Year at MarienbadAlain Robbe-GrilletAmazonThat Touch of MinkStanley ShapiroAmazonThrough a Glass DarklyIngmar BergmanAmazon

1964 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) WinnerHow the West Was WonJames R. WebbA family saga covering several decades of Westward expansion in the nineteenth century - including the Gold Rush, the Civil War, and the building of the railroads.Amazon1964 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) Nominees8½Federico FelliniAmazonAmerica AmericaElia KazanAmazonLove with the Proper StrangerArnold SchulmanAmazonThe Four Days of NaplesPasquale Festa CampanileAmazon