Best Adapted Screenplay

2006 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay WinnerBrokeback MountainLarry McMurtryThe story of a forbidden and secretive relationship between two cowboys, and their lives over the years.Amazon2006 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay NomineesA History of ViolenceJosh OlsonAmazonCapoteDan FuttermanAmazonSyrianaStephen GaghanAmazonThe Constant GardenerJeffrey CaineAmazon

2005 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay WinnerSidewaysAlexander PayneTwo men reaching middle age with not much to show but disappointment embark on a week-long road trip through California's wine country, just as one is about to take a trip down the aisle.Amazon2005 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay NomineesBefore SunsetRichard LinklaterAmazonMean GirlsTina FeyAmazonMillion Dollar BabyPaul HaggisAmazonThe Motorcycle DiariesJose RiveraAmazon

2004 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay WinnerAmerican SplendorRobert PulciniAn original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.Amazon2004 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay NomineesCold MountainAnthony MinghellaAmazonMystic RiverBrian HelgelandAmazonSeabiscuitGary RossAmazonThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingFran WalshAmazon

2003 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay WinnerThe HoursDavid HareThe story of how the novel "Mrs. Dalloway" affects three generations of women, all of whom, in one way or another, have had to deal with suicide in their lives.Amazon2003 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay NomineesAbout a BoyPeter HedgesAmazonAbout SchmidtAlexander PayneAmazonAdaptation.Charlie KaufmanAmazonChicagoBill CondonAmazon

2002 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best 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 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay NomineesBlack Hawk DownKen NolanAmazonBridget Jones's DiaryHelen FieldingAmazonGhost WorldDaniel ClowesAmazonThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingFran WalshAmazon

2001 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best 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 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay NomineesChocolatRobert Nelson JacobsAmazonCrouching Tiger, Hidden DragonHui-Ling WangAmazonHigh FidelityD.V. DeVincentisAmazonWonder BoysSteve KlovesAmazon

2000 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay WinnerElectionAlexander PayneA high school teacher's personal life becomes complicated as he works with students during the school elections, particularly with an obsessive overachiever determined to become student body president.Amazon2000 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay NomineesOctober SkyLewis ColickAmazonThe Cider House RulesJohn IrvingAmazonThe InsiderEric RothAmazonThe Talented Mr. RipleyAnthony MinghellaAmazon

1999 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay WinnerOut of SightScott FrankA career bank robber breaks out of jail, and shares a moment of mutual attraction with a U.S. Marshal he has kidnapped.Amazon1999 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay NomineesA Civil ActionSteven ZaillianAmazonA Simple PlanScott B. SmithAmazonGods and MonstersBill CondonAmazonPrimary ColorsElaine MayAmazon

1998 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best 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 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay NomineesDonnie BrascoPaul AttanasioAmazonThe Ice StormJames SchamusAmazonThe Wings of the DoveHossein AminiAmazonWag the DogHilary HenkinAmazon

1997 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best 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 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay NomineesEmmaDouglas McGrathAmazonThe BirdcageElaine MayAmazonThe English PatientAnthony MinghellaAmazonTrainspottingJohn HodgeAmazon