Writing (Original Screenplay) — Every Winner and Nominee

Every film recognised in the Oscars Writing (Original Screenplay) category in CineRoll's records: 170 films across 34 years, 34 of them winners.

The most recent winner is Sinners (2026); the earliest on record is The Great McGinty (1941).

The last three winners were Sinners (2026), Anora (2025) and Anatomy of a Fall (2024).

The list is newest first. Each year shows the winner at the top, then the other nominees; a year with enough nominees links to its own page.

Last updated August 12, 2026

2026

Sinners(2025)
Written by Ryan Coogler
Winner
Blue Moon(2025)
Written by Robert Kaplow
It Was Just an Accident(2025)
Written by Jafar Panahi; Script collaborators - Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian
Marty Supreme(2025)
Written by Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
Sentimental Value(2025)
Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier

2025

Anora(2024)
Written by Sean Baker
Winner
A Real Pain(2024)
Written by Jesse Eisenberg
September 5(2024)
Written by Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum; Co-Written by Alex David
The Brutalist(2024)
Written by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
The Substance(2024)
Written by Coralie Fargeat

2024

Anatomy of a Fall(2023)
Screenplay - Justine Triet and Arthur Harari
Winner
Maestro(2023)
Written by Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer
May December(2023)
Screenplay by Samy Burch; Story by Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik
Past Lives(2023)
Written by Celine Song
The Holdovers(2023)
Written by David Hemingson

2023

Everything Everywhere All at Once(2022)
Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
Winner
TÁR(2022)
Written by Todd Field
The Banshees of Inisherin(2022)
Written by Martin McDonagh
The Fabelmans(2022)
Written by Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner
Triangle of Sadness(2022)
Written by Ruben Östlund

2022

Belfast(2021)
Written by Kenneth Branagh
Winner
Don't Look Up(2021)
Screenplay by Adam McKay; Story by Adam McKay & David Sirota
King Richard(2021)
Written by Zach Baylin
Licorice Pizza(2021)
Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
The Worst Person in the World(2021)
Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier

2021

Promising Young Woman(2020)
Written by Emerald Fennell
Winner
Judas and the Black Messiah(2021)
Screenplay by Will Berson & Shaka King; Story by Will Berson & Shaka King and Kenny Lucas & Keith Lucas
Minari(2021)
Written by Lee Isaac Chung
Sound of Metal(2020)
Screenplay by Darius Marder & Abraham Marder; Story by Darius Marder & Derek Cianfrance
The Trial of the Chicago 7(2020)
Written by Aaron Sorkin

2020

Parasite(2019)
Screenplay by Bong Joon Ho, Han Jin Won; Story by Bong Joon Ho
Winner
1917(2019)
Written by Sam Mendes & Krysty Wilson-Cairns
Knives Out(2019)
Written by Rian Johnson
Marriage Story(2019)
Written by Noah Baumbach
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood(2019)
Written by Quentin Tarantino

2019

Green Book(2018)
Written by Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly
Winner
First Reformed(2018)
Written by Paul Schrader
Roma(2018)
Written by Alfonso Cuarón
The Favourite(2018)
Written by Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara
Vice(2018)
Written by Adam McKay

2018

Get Out(2017)
Written by Jordan Peele
Winner
Lady Bird(2017)
Written by Greta Gerwig
The Big Sick(2017)
Written by Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani
The Shape of Water(2017)
Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor; Story by Guillermo del Toro
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri(2017)
Written by Martin McDonagh

2017

Manchester by the Sea(2016)
Written by Kenneth Lonergan
Winner
20th Century Women(2016)
Written by Mike Mills
Hell or High Water(2016)
Written by Taylor Sheridan
La La Land(2016)
Written by Damien Chazelle
The Lobster(2015)
Written by Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou

2016

Spotlight(2015)
Written by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy
Winner
Bridge of Spies(2015)
Written by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
Ex Machina(2015)
Written by Alex Garland
Inside Out(2015)
Screenplay by Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley; Original story by Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen
Straight Outta Compton(2015)
Screenplay by Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff; Story by S. Leigh Savidge & Alan Wenkus and Andrea Berloff

2015

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)(2014)
Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo
Winner
Boyhood(2014)
Written by Richard Linklater
Foxcatcher(2014)
Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman
Nightcrawler(2014)
Written by Dan Gilroy
The Grand Budapest Hotel(2014)
Screenplay by Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness

2014

Her(2013)
Written by Spike Jonze
Winner
American Hustle(2013)
Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
Blue Jasmine(2013)
Written by Woody Allen
Dallas Buyers Club(2013)
Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack
Nebraska(2013)
Written by Bob Nelson

2013

Django Unchained(2012)
Written by Quentin Tarantino
Winner
Amour(2012)
Written by Michael Haneke
Flight(2012)
Written by John Gatins
Moonrise Kingdom(2012)
Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty(2012)
Written by Mark Boal

2012

Midnight in Paris(2011)
Written by Woody Allen
Winner
A Separation(2011)
Written by Asghar Farhadi
Bridesmaids(2011)
Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
Margin Call(2011)
Written by J.C. Chandor
The Artist(2011)
Written by Michel Hazanavicius

2011

The King's Speech(2010)
Screenplay by David Seidler
Winner
Another Year(2010)
Written by Mike Leigh
Inception(2010)
Written by Christopher Nolan
The Fighter(2010)
Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson; Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
The Kids Are All Right(2010)
Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg

2010

The Hurt Locker(2008)
Written by Mark Boal
Winner
A Serious Man(2009)
Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Inglourious Basterds(2009)
Written by Quentin Tarantino
The Messenger(2009)
Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
Up(2009)
Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter; Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy

2009

Milk(2008)
Written by Dustin Lance Black
Winner
Frozen River(2008)
Written by Courtney Hunt
Happy-Go-Lucky(2008)
Written by Mike Leigh
In Bruges(2008)
Written by Martin McDonagh
WALL·E(2008)
Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon; Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter

2008

Juno(2007)
Written by Diablo Cody
Winner
Lars and the Real Girl(2007)
Written by Nancy Oliver
Michael Clayton(2007)
Written by Tony Gilroy
Ratatouille(2007)
Screenplay by Brad Bird; Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
The Savages(2007)
Written by Tamara Jenkins

2007

Little Miss Sunshine(2006)
Written by Michael Arndt
Winner
Babel(2006)
Written by Guillermo Arriaga
Letters from Iwo Jima(2006)
Screenplay by Iris Yamashita; Story by Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis
Pan's Labyrinth(2006)
Written by Guillermo del Toro
The Queen(2006)
Written by Peter Morgan

2006

Crash(2005)
Screenplay by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco; Story by Paul Haggis
Winner
Good Night, and Good Luck.(2005)
Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov
Match Point(2005)
Written by Woody Allen
Syriana(2005)
Written by Stephen Gaghan
The Squid and the Whale(2005)
Written by Noah Baumbach

2005

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind(2004)
Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman; Story by Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry, & Pierre Bismuth
Winner
Hotel Rwanda(2004)
Written by Keir Pearson & Terry George
The Aviator(2004)
Written by John Logan
The Incredibles(2004)
Written by Brad Bird
Vera Drake(2004)
Written by Mike Leigh

2004

Lost in Translation(2003)
Written by Sofia Coppola
Winner
Dirty Pretty Things(2002)
Written by Steven Knight
Finding Nemo(2003)
Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds; Original Story by Andrew Stanton
In America(2003)
Written by Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan, & Kirsten Sheridan
The Barbarian Invasions(2003)
Written by Denys Arcand

2003

Talk to Her(2002)
Written by Pedro Almodóvar
Winner
Far from Heaven(2002)
Written by Todd Haynes
Gangs of New York(2002)
Screenplay by Jay Cocks and Steve Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan; Story by Jay Cocks
My Big Fat Greek Wedding(2002)
Written by Nia Vardalos
Y Tu Mamá También(2001)
Written by Carlos Cuarón and Alfonso Cuarón

1976

Dog Day Afternoon(1975)
Frank Pierson
Winner
Amarcord(1973)
Federico Fellini, Tonino Guerra
And Now My Love(1974)
Claude Lelouch, Pierre Uytterhoeven
Lies My Father Told Me(1975)
Ted Allan
Shampoo(1975)
Robert Towne, Warren Beatty

1975

Chinatown(1974)
Robert Towne
Winner
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore(1974)
Robert Getchell
Day for Night(1973)
Francois Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard, Suzanne Schiffman
Harry and Tonto(1974)
Paul Mazursky, Josh Greenfeld
The Conversation(1974)
Francis Ford Coppola

1948

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer(1947)
Sidney Sheldon
Winner
A Double Life(1947)
Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin
Body and Soul(1947)
Abraham Polonsky
Monsieur Verdoux(1947)
Charles Chaplin
Shoe Shine Jasper(1947)
Sergio Amidei, Adolfo Franci, C. G. Viola, Cesare Zavattini