Writers Guild of America Awards

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

1996 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best 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 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay NomineesApollo 13William Broyles Jr.AmazonBabeGeorge MillerAmazonGet ShortyScott FrankAmazonLeaving Las VegasMike FiggisAmazon

1995 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best 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 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay NomineesLittle WomenRobin SwicordAmazonQuiz ShowPaul AttanasioAmazonThe Madness of King GeorgeAlan BennettAmazonThe Shawshank RedemptionFrank DarabontAmazon

1994 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best 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 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay NomineesIn the Name of the FatherTerry GeorgeAmazonThe FugitiveJeb StuartAmazonThe Joy Luck ClubAmy TanAmazonThe Remains of the DayRuth Prawer JhabvalaAmazon

1993 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay WinnerThe PlayerMichael TolkinA Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected, but which one?Amazon1993 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay NomineesEnchanted AprilPeter BarnesAmazonGlengarry Glen RossDavid MametAmazonHowards EndRuth Prawer JhabvalaAmazonScent of a WomanBo GoldmanAmazon

1992 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay WinnerThe Silence of the LambsTed TallyA young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.Amazon1992 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay NomineesFried Green TomatoesFannie FlaggAmazonJFKOliver StoneAmazonThe CommitmentsDick ClementAmazonThe Prince of TidesPat ConroyAmazon

1991 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay WinnerDances with WolvesMichael BlakeLieutenant John Dunbar, assigned to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Indians, making him an intolerable aberration in the military.Amazon1991 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay NomineesAwakeningsSteven ZaillianAmazonGoodfellasNicholas PileggiAmazonReversal of FortuneNicholas KazanAmazonThe GriftersDonald E. WestlakeAmazon

1990 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay WinnerDriving Miss DaisyAlfred UhryAn old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years.Amazon1990 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay NomineesBorn on the Fourth of JulyOliver StoneAmazonField of DreamsPhil Alden RobinsonAmazonGloryKevin JarreAmazonMy Left FootShane ConnaughtonAmazon

1989 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay WinnerDangerous LiaisonsChristopher HamptonA scheming widow and her manipulative ex-lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman.Amazon1989 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay NomineesGorillas in the MistAnna Hamilton PhelanAmazonThe Accidental TouristFrank GalatiAmazonThe Unbearable Lightness of BeingJean-Claude CarrièreAmazonWho Framed Roger RabbitJeffrey PriceAmazon