Writing (Screenplay) — Every Winner and Nominee

Every film recognised in the Oscars Writing (Screenplay) category in CineRoll's records: 104 films across 21 years, 21 of them winners.

The most recent winner is Marty (1956); the earliest on record is The Informer (1936).

The last three winners were Marty (1956), The Country Girl (1955) and From Here to Eternity (1954).

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

1956

Marty(1955)
Paddy Chayefsky
Winner
Bad Day at Black Rock(1955)
Millard Kaufman
Blackboard Jungle(1955)
Richard Brooks
East of Eden(1955)
Paul Osborn
Love Me or Leave Me(1955)
Daniel Fuchs, Isobel Lennart

1955

The Country Girl(1954)
George Seaton
Winner
Rear Window(1954)
John Michael Hayes
Sabrina(1954)
Billy Wilder, Samuel Taylor, Ernest Lehman
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers(1954)
Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich, Dorothy Kingsley
The Caine Mutiny(1954)
Stanley Roberts

1954

From Here to Eternity(1953)
Daniel Taradash
Winner
Lili(1953)
Helen Deutsch
Roman Holiday(1953)
Ian McLellan Hunter, John Dighton
Shane(1953)
A. B. Guthrie, Jr.
The Cruel Sea(1953)
Eric Ambler

1953

The Bad and the Beautiful(1952)
Charles Schnee
Winner
5 Fingers(1952)
Michael Wilson
High Noon(1952)
Carl Foreman
The Man in the White Suit(1951)
Roger MacDougall, John Dighton, Alexander Mackendrick
The Quiet Man(1952)
Frank S. Nugent

1952

A Place in the Sun(1951)
Michael Wilson, Harry Brown
Winner
A Streetcar Named Desire(1951)
Tennessee Williams
Detective Story(1951)
Philip Yordan, Robert Wyler
La Ronde(1950)
Max Ophuls, Jacques Natanson
The African Queen(1951)
James Agee, John Huston

1951

All About Eve(1950)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Winner
Born Yesterday(1950)
Albert Mannheimer
Broken Arrow(1950)
Albert Maltz
Father of the Bride(1950)
Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett
The Asphalt Jungle(1950)
Ben Maddow, John Huston

1950

A Letter to Three Wives(1949)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Winner
All the King's Men(1949)
Robert Rossen
Bicycle Thieves(1948)
Cesare Zavattini
Champion(1949)
Carl Foreman
The Fallen Idol(1948)
Graham Greene

1949

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre(1948)
John Huston
Winner
A Foreign Affair(1948)
Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Richard L. Breen
Johnny Belinda(1948)
Irmgard Von Cube, Allen Vincent
The Search(1948)
Richard Schweizer, David Wechsler
The Snake Pit(1948)
Frank Partos, Millen Brand

1948

Miracle on 34th Street(1947)
George Seaton
Winner
Boomerang!(1947)
Richard Murphy
Crossfire(1947)
John Paxton
Gentleman's Agreement(1947)
Moss Hart
Great Expectations(1946)
David Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Ronald Neame

1947

The Best Years of Our Lives(1946)
Robert E. Sherwood
Winner
Anna and the King of Siam(1946)
Talbot Jennings, Sally Benson
Brief Encounter(1945)
David Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Ronald Neame
Rome, Open City(1945)
Sergio Amidei, F. Fellini
The Killers(1946)
Anthony Veiller

1946

The Lost Weekend(1945)
Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder
Winner
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn(1945)
Tess Slesinger, Frank Davis
Mildred Pierce(1945)
Ranald MacDougall
Pride of the Marines(1945)
Albert Maltz
The Story of G.I. Joe (G. I. Joe)(1945)
Leopold Atlas, Guy Endore, Philip Stevenson
The Story of G.I. Joe (G. I. Joe)(1945)
G. I. Joe

1945

Going My Way(1944)
Frank Butler, Frank Cavett
Winner
Double Indemnity(1944)
Billy Wilder, Raymond Chandler
Gaslight(1944)
John Van Druten, Walter Reisch, John L. Balderston
Laura(1944)
Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein, Betty Reinhardt
Meet Me in St. Louis(1944)
Irving Brecher, Fred F. Finklehoffe

1944

Casablanca(1942)
Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch
Winner
Holy Matrimony(1943)
Nunnally Johnson
The More the Merrier(1943)
Robert Russell, Frank Ross, Richard Flournoy, Lewis R. Foster
The Song of Bernadette(1943)
George Seaton
Watch on the Rhine(1943)
Dashiell Hammett

1943

Mrs. Miniver(1942)
Arthur Wimperis, George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West
Winner
49th Parallel (The Invaders)(1941)
Rodney Ackland, Emeric Pressburger
49th Parallel (The Invaders)(1941)
The Invaders
Random Harvest(1942)
Claudine West, George Froeschel, Arthur Wimperis
The Pride of the Yankees(1942)
Jo Swerling, Herman J. Mankiewicz
The Talk of the Town(1942)
Irwin Shaw, Sidney Buchman

1942

Here Comes Mr. Jordan(1941)
Sidney Buchman, Seton I. Miller
Winner
Hold Back the Dawn(1941)
Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder
How Green Was My Valley(1941)
Philip Dunne
The Little Foxes(1941)
Lillian Hellman
The Maltese Falcon(1941)
John Huston

1941

The Philadelphia Story(1940)
Donald Ogden Stewart
Winner
Kitty Foyle(1940)
Dalton Trumbo
Rebecca(1940)
Robert E. Sherwood, Joan Harrison
The Grapes of Wrath(1940)
Nunnally Johnson
The Long Voyage Home(1940)
Dudley Nichols

1940

Gone with the Wind(1939)
Sidney Howard
Winner
Goodbye, Mr. Chips(1939)
R. C. Sherriff, Claudine West, Eric Maschwitz
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington(1939)
Sidney Buchman
Ninotchka(1939)
Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Walter Reisch
Wuthering Heights(1939)
Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht

1939

Pygmalion(1938)
Screenplay and Dialogue by George Bernard Shaw; Adaptation by W. P. Lipscomb, Cecil Lewis, Ian Dalrymple
Winner
Boys Town(1938)
John Meehan, Dore Schary
Four Daughters(1938)
Julius J. Epstein, Lenore Coffee
The Citadel(1938)
Ian Dalrymple, Frank Wead, Elizabeth Hill
You Can't Take It with You(1938)
Robert Riskin

1938

The Life of Emile Zola(1937)
Norman Reilly Raine, Heinz Herald, Geza Herczeg
Winner
A Star Is Born(1937)
Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell, Robert Carson
Captains Courageous(1937)
John Lee Mahin, Marc Connelly, Dale Van Every
Stage Door(1937)
Morris Ryskind, Anthony Veiller
The Awful Truth(1937)
Vina Delmar

1937

The Story of Louis Pasteur(1936)
Pierre Collings, Sheridan Gibney
Winner
After the Thin Man(1936)
Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett
Dodsworth(1936)
Sidney Howard
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town(1936)
Robert Riskin
My Man Godfrey(1936)
Eric Hatch, Morris Ryskind

1936

The Informer(1935)
Dudley Nichols
Winner
Captain Blood(1935)
Casey Robinson
Mutiny on the Bounty(1935)
Talbot Jennings, Jules Furthman, Carey Wilson
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer(1935)
Screenplay by Waldemar Young, John L. Balderston, Achmed Abdullah; Adaptation by Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt

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