Year | Film | Screenwriter(s) | Adapted from |
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| The Social Network | Aaron Sorkin | The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich |
127 Hours | Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy | Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston |
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Rasmus Heisterberg and Nikolaj Arcel | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson |
Toy Story 3 | Michael Arndt | Characters from the film Toy Story created by John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton, Joe Ranft, Joss Whedon, Joel Cohen, and Alec Sokolow Characters from the film Toy Story 2 created by John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Ash Brannon, Andrew Stanton, Rita Hsiao, Doug Chamberlin, and Chris Webb |
True Grit | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | True Grit by Charles Portis |
| Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carré |
The Descendants | Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash | The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings |
The Help | Tate Taylor | The Help by Kathryn Stockett |
The Ides of March | George Clooney, Beau Willimon, and Grant Heslov | Farragut North by Beau Willimon |
Moneyball | Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin | Moneyball by Michael Lewis |
| Silver Linings Playbook | David O. Russell | The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick |
Argo | Chris Terrio | The Master of Disguise by Tony Mendez The Great Escape by Joshuah Bearman |
Beasts of the Southern Wild | Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin | Juicy and Delicious by Lucy Alibar |
Life of Pi | David Magee | Life of Pi by Yann Martel |
Lincoln | Tony Kushner | Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin |
| Philomena | Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope | The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by Martin Sixsmith |
12 Years a Slave | John Ridley | Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup |
Behind the Candelabra | Richard LaGravenese | Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace by Scott Thorson |
Captain Phillips | Billy Ray | A Captain's Duty by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty |
The Wolf of Wall Street | Terence Winter | The Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort |
| The Theory of Everything | Anthony McCarten | Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen by Jane Wilde Hawking |
American Sniper | Jason Hall | American Sniper by Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, and Jim DeFelice |
Gone Girl | Gillian Flynn | Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn |
The Imitation Game | Graham Moore | Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges |
Paddington | Paul King | Paddington Bear by Michael Bond |
| The Big Short | Adam McKay and Charles Randolph | The Big Short by Michael Lewis |
Brooklyn | Nick Hornby | Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín |
Carol | Phyllis Nagy | The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith |
Room | Emma Donoghue | Room by Emma Donoghue |
Steve Jobs | Aaron Sorkin | Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson |
| Lion | Luke Davies | A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley and Larry Buttrose |
Arrival | Eric Heisserer | Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang |
Hacksaw Ridge | Andrew Knight and Robert Schenkkan | The Conscientious Objector by Terry Benedict |
Hidden Figures | Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi | Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly |
Nocturnal Animals | Tom Ford | Tony and Susan by Austin Wright |
| Call Me by Your Name | James Ivory | Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman |
The Death of Stalin | Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, and David Schneider | The Death of Stalin by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin |
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool | Matt Greenhalgh | Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool by Peter Turner |
Molly's Game | Aaron Sorkin | Molly's Game by Molly Bloom |
Paddington 2 | Simon Farnaby and Paul King | Paddington Bear by Michael Bond |
| BlacKkKlansman | Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, and Spike Lee | Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth |
Can You Ever Forgive Me? | Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty | Can You Ever Forgive Me? by Lee Israel |
First Man | Josh Singer | First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong by James R. Hansen |
If Beale Street Could Talk | Barry Jenkins | If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin |
A Star Is Born | Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, and Will Fetters | A Star Is Born by William A. Wellman, Robert Carson, Dorothy Parker, and Alan Campbell |
| Jojo Rabbit | Taika Waititi | Caging Skies by Christine Leunens |
The Irishman | Steven Zaillian | I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt |
Joker | Todd Phillips and Scott Silver | Characters by DC |
Little Women | Greta Gerwig | Little Women by Louisa May Alcott |
The Two Popes | Anthony McCarten | The Pope by Anthony McCarten |