| Year | Film | Screenwriter(s) | Adapted from |
|---|
| Traffic | Stephen Gaghan | Traffik by Alastair Reid |
| Chocolat | Robert Nelson Jacobs | Chocolat by Joanne Harris |
| Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | James Schamus, Wang Hui-ling, and Kuo Jung Tsai | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by Wang Dulu |
| High Fidelity | John Cusack, D. V. DeVincentis, Steve Pink, and Scott Rosenberg | High Fidelity by Nick Hornby |
| Wonder Boys | Steve Kloves | Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon |
| Shrek | Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Roger S. H. Schulman, and Joe Stillman | Shrek! by William Steig |
| A Beautiful Mind | Akiva Goldsman | A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar |
| Bridget Jones's Diary | Richard Curtis, Andrew Davies, and Helen Fielding | Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding |
| Iris | Richard Eyre and Charles Wood | Elegy for Iris by John Bayley |
| Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Fran Walsh | The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien |
| Adaptation. | Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman | The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean |
| About a Boy | Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz, and Paul Weitz | About a Boy by Nick Hornby |
| Catch Me If You Can | Jeff Nathanson | Catch Me if You Can by Frank Abagnale and Stan Redding |
| The Hours | David Hare | The Hours by Michael Cunningham |
| The Pianist | Ronald Harwood | The Pianist by Władysław Szpilman |
| | Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Fran Walsh | The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien |
| Big Fish | John August | by Daniel Wallace |
| Cold Mountain | Anthony Minghella | Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier |
| Girl with a Pearl Earring | Olivia Hetreed | Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier |
| Mystic River | Brian Helgeland | Mystic River by Dennis Lehane |
| Sideways | Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor | Sideways by Rex Pickett |
| The Chorus | Christophe Barratier and Philippe Lopes-Curval | A Cage of Nightingales directed by Jean Dréville |
| Closer | Patrick Marber | Closer by Patrick Marber |
| Finding Neverland | David Magee | The Man Who Was Peter Pan by Allan Knee |
| The Motorcycle Diaries | José Rivera | The Motorcycle Diaries by Che Guevara |
| Brokeback Mountain | Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana | Brokeback Mountain by E. Annie Proulx |
| Capote | Dan Futterman | Capote by Gerald Clarke |
| The Constant Gardener | Jeffrey Caine | The Constant Gardener by John le Carré |
| A History of Violence | Josh Olson | A History of Violence by John Wagner and Vince Locke |
| Pride & Prejudice | Deborah Moggach | Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
| The Last King of Scotland | Jeremy Brock and Peter Morgan | The Last King of Scotland by Giles Foden |
| Casino Royale | Paul Haggis, Neal Purvis, and Robert Wade | Casino Royale by Ian Fleming |
| The Departed | William Monahan | Infernal Affairs by Alan Mak and Felix Chong |
| The Devil Wears Prada | Aline Brosh McKenna | The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger |
| Notes on a Scandal | Patrick Marber | Notes on a Scandal by Zoë Heller |
| The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Ronald Harwood | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby |
| Atonement | Christopher Hampton | Atonement by Ian McEwan |
| The Kite Runner | David Benioff | The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini |
| No Country for Old Men | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy |
| There Will Be Blood | Paul Thomas Anderson | Oil! by Upton Sinclair |
| Slumdog Millionaire | Simon Beaufoy | Q & A by Vikas Swarup |
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Eric Roth | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| Frost/Nixon | Peter Morgan | Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan |
| The Reader | David Hare | The Reader by Bernhard Schlink |
| Revolutionary Road | Justin Haythe | Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates |
| Up in the Air | Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner | Up in the Air by Walter Kirn |
| District 9 | Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell | Alive in Joburg by Neill Blomkamp |
| An Education | Nick Hornby | An Education by Lynn Barber |
| In the Loop | Simon Blackwell, Jesse Armstrong, Armando Iannucci, and Tony Roche | The Thick of It by Armando Iannucci |
| Precious | Geoffrey Fletcher | Push by Sapphire | |
| Year | Film | Screenwriter(s) | Adapted from |
|---|
| 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 | 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 | 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 | | The Pope by Anthony McCarten | |
