Academy Awards

1985 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) WinnerPlaces in the HeartRobert BentonIn central Texas in the 1930s, a widow, with two small children, tries to run her small 40-acre farm with the help of two disparate people.Amazon1985 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) NomineesBeverly Hills CopDaniel Petrie Jr.AmazonBroadway Danny RoseWoody AllenAmazonEl NorteGregory NavaAmazonSplashLowell GanzAmazon

1986 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) WinnerWitnessEarl W. WallaceWhen a young Amish boy is sole witness to a murder, policeman John Book goes into hiding in Amish country to protect him until the trial.Amazon1986 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) NomineesBack to the FutureRobert ZemeckisAmazonBrazilTerry GilliamAmazonThe Official StoryLuis PuenzoAmazonThe Purple Rose of CairoWoody AllenAmazon

1987 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) WinnerHannah and Her SistersWoody AllenBetween two Thanksgivings two years apart, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.Amazon1987 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) NomineesCrocodile DundeePaul HoganAmazonMy Beautiful LaundretteHanif KureishiAmazonPlatoonOliver StoneAmazonSalvadorOliver StoneAmazon

1988 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) WinnerMoonstruckJohn Patrick ShanleyLoretta Castorini, a bookkeeper from Brooklyn, New York, finds herself in a difficult situation when she falls for the brother of the man she has agreed to marry.Amazon1988 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) NomineesAu revoir les enfantsLouis MalleAmazonBroadcast NewsJames L. BrooksAmazonHope and GloryJohn BoormanAmazonRadio DaysWoody AllenAmazon

1989 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) WinnerRain ManRonald BassSelfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country.Amazon1989 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) NomineesA Fish Called WandaJohn CleeseAmazonBigGary RossAmazonBull DurhamRon SheltonAmazonRunning on EmptyNaomi FonerAmazon

1990 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) WinnerDead Poets SocietyTom SchulmanEnglish teacher John Keating inspires his students to look at poetry with a different perspective of authentic knowledge and feelings.Amazon1990 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) NomineesCrimes and MisdemeanorsWoody AllenAmazonDo the Right ThingSpike LeeAmazonSex, Lies, and VideotapeSteven SoderberghAmazonWhen Harry Met Sally...Nora EphronAmazon

1991 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) WinnerGhostBruce Joel RubinAfter a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.Amazon1991 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) NomineesAliceWoody AllenAmazonAvalonBarry LevinsonAmazonGreen CardPeter WeirAmazonMetropolitanWhit StillmanAmazon

1992 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) WinnerThelma & LouiseCallie KhouriTwo best friends set out on an adventure, but it soon turns around to a terrifying escape from being hunted by the police, as these two girls escape for the crimes they committed.Amazon1992 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) NomineesBoyz n the HoodJohn SingletonAmazonBugsyJames TobackAmazonGrand CanyonLawrence KasdanAmazonThe Fisher KingRichard LaGraveneseAmazon

1993 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) WinnerThe Crying GameNeil JordanA British soldier kidnapped by IRA terrorists soon befriends one of his captors, who then becomes drawn into the soldier's world.Amazon1993 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) NomineesHusbands and WivesWoody AllenAmazonLorenzo's OilGeorge MillerAmazonPassion FishJohn SaylesAmazonUnforgivenDavid Webb PeoplesAmazon

1994 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) WinnerThe PianoJane CampionIn the mid-19th century, a mute woman is sent to New Zealand along with her young daughter and prized piano for an arranged marriage to a wealthy landowner, but is soon lusted after by a local worker on the plantation.Amazon1994 Academy Awards - Writing (Original Screenplay) NomineesDaveGary RossAmazonIn the Line of FireJeff MaguireAmazonPhiladelphiaRon NyswanerAmazonSleepless in SeattleNora EphronAmazon