List Challenges
Travel Movies Books Food Other
Sign In
Trending
New
Popular
type to search
Sign In
 Make a List Browse Lists Search Lists Leaders Help / Contact Newsletter

Every Academy Award Winner for Best Original Screenplay

Although it is not paid attention to as much as other Oscar categories, like directing and acting, I consider the best original screenplay category to be one of the most important ones. This is a list of all the winners of this award since its creation in 1940.
459 users · 3,196 views
 
from en.wikipedia.org · made by brinott
avg. score: 24 of 74 (32%)
required scores: 1, 9, 17, 25, 39 
type to search

How many have you seen?

Page 1 of 2
1
The Great McGinty (1940)
The Great McGinty (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
2
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
3
Woman of the Year (1942)
Woman of the Year (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
4
Princess O'Rourke (1943)
Princess O'Rourke (1943)
5
Wilson (1944)
Wilson (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
6
Marie-Louise (1945)
Marie-Louise (1945)
7
The Seventh Veil (1945)
The Seventh Veil (1945)
8
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   78%
9
Battleground (1949)
Battleground (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   75%
10
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
11
An American in Paris (1951)
An American in Paris (1951)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
12
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
13
Titanic (1953)
Titanic (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
14
On the Waterfront (1954)
On the Waterfront (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
15
Interrupted Melody (1955)
Interrupted Melody (1955)
16
The Red Balloon (1956)
The Red Balloon (1956)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
17
Designing Woman (1957)
Designing Woman (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   82%
18
The Defiant Ones (1958)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
19
Pillow Talk (1959)
Pillow Talk (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
20
The Apartment (1960)
The Apartment (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
21
Splendor in the Grass (1961)
Splendor in the Grass (1961)
Rotten Tomatoes®   75%
22
Divorce Italian Style (1961)
Divorce Italian Style (1961)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
23
How the West Was Won (1962)
How the West Was Won (1962)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
24
Father Goose (1964)
Father Goose (1964)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
25
Darling (1965)
Darling (1965)
Rotten Tomatoes®   67%
26
A Man and a Woman (1966)
A Man and a Woman (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   75%
27
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   72%
28
The Producers (1967)
The Producers (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
29
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
30
Patton (1970)
Patton (1970)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
31
The Hospital (1971)
The Hospital (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
32
The Candidate (1972)
The Candidate (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
33
The Sting (1973)
The Sting (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
34
Chinatown (1974)
Chinatown (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
35
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
36
Network (1976)
Network (1976)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
37
Annie Hall (1977)
Annie Hall (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
38
Coming Home (1978)
Coming Home (1978)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
39
Breaking Away (1979)
Breaking Away (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
40
Melvin and Howard (1980)
Melvin and Howard (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
Page 1 of 2
Click movies you've seen
Trending Movie Lists
Newsletter · Help/Contact · Privacy · Copyright Claim   © 2024 App Spring, Inc. · This product uses the TMDb API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDb.
Seen It - Movies & TV 
Android & iOS
Seen It is a new app from the creators of List Challenges. You can view movies and shows in one place and filter by streaming provider, genre, release year, runtime, and rating (Rotten Tomatoes, Imdb, and/or Metacritic). Also, you can track what you've seen, want to see, like, or dislike, as well as track individual seasons or episodes of shows. In addition, you can see the most watched/liked stuff amongst your friends. Learn more at SEENIT.FUN