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This 1977 drama follows a playwright helping a childhood friend smuggle funds into Nazi Germany, based on a Lillian Hellman memoir.

The 1952 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay went to the writer behind 'The Bad and the Beautiful.'

Adapting 'The Last Emperor' for the screen earned this writer the 1987 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

This writer picked up an Oscar in 2014 for adapting 'The Imitation Game' for the big screen.

This Oscar-winning adaptation of 'Ordinary People' (1980) was scripted by this writer.

This screenwriter won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar in 1962 for turning 'To Kill a Mockingbird' into a script.

Turning 'Amadeus' into a screenplay won this writer the 1984 Adapted Screenplay Oscar.

This screenwriter won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar in 1940 for turning 'The Philadelphia Story' into a script.

The 1989 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay went to the writer behind 'Driving Miss Daisy.'

This writer picked up an Oscar in 2020 for adapting 'The Father' for the big screen.

This screenwriter won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar in 1978 for turning 'Midnight Express' into a script.

Turning 'Little Women' into a screenplay won this writer the 1933 Adapted Screenplay Oscar.

This 1986 Merchant Ivory adaptation of an E. M. Forster novel is titled 'A Room with a _ _ _ _.'

This Oscar-winning adaptation of 'Conclave' (2024) was scripted by this writer.

This Oscar-winning adaptation of 'The Big House' (1930) was scripted by this writer.

Adapting 'Around the World in 80 Days' for the screen earned this writer the 1956 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

This Oscar-winning adaptation of 'The Departed' (2006) was scripted by this writer.

Adapting 'The Godfather' for the screen earned this writer the 1972 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

This Oscar-winning adaptation of 'Mrs. Miniver' (1942) was scripted by this writer.

This writer picked up an Oscar in 1959 for adapting 'Room at the Top' for the big screen.

This screenwriter won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar in 1998 for turning 'Gods and Monsters' into a script.

This writer picked up an Oscar in 1975 for adapting 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' for the big screen.

This writer picked up an Oscar in 2008 for adapting 'Slumdog Millionaire' for the big screen.

The 1937 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay went to the writer behind 'The Life of Emile Zola.'

This Oscar-winning adaptation of 'Becket' (1964) was scripted by this writer.

This screenwriter's full name was '_ _ _ _ _ _ L. Mankiewicz'; he won for the acid-tongued backstage drama All About Eve (1950).

This screenwriter won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar in 1985 for turning 'Out of Africa' into a script.

Set among King Henry II's fractious family at a tense Christmas court, this 1968 historical drama is titled 'The Lion in _ _ _ _ _ _.'

Adapting 'Tom Jones' for the screen earned this writer the 1963 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

This screenwriter won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar in 2010 for turning 'The Social Network' into a script.

The 1974 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay went to the writer behind 'The Godfather Part II.'

Turning 'M*A*S*H' into a screenplay won this writer the 1970 Adapted Screenplay Oscar.

Turning 'All the President's Men' into a screenplay won this writer the 1976 Adapted Screenplay Oscar.

This 1981 drama about an aging couple's last summer at their New England lake house is titled 'On Golden _ _ _ _.'

This screenwriter won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar in 1934 for turning 'It Happened One Night' into a script.

This screenwriter won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar in 1992 for turning 'Howards End' into a script.

The 1966 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay went to the writer behind 'A Man for All Seasons.'

Adapting 'The Informer' for the screen earned this writer the 1935 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Adapting 'The Patriot' for the screen earned this writer the 1929 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Based on a Boris Pasternak novel, this 1965 epic follows a poet-physician torn between two women during the Russian Revolution.

This screenwriter won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar in 2016 for turning 'Moonlight' into a script.

This writer picked up an Oscar in 1969 for adapting 'Midnight Cowboy' for the big screen.

This screenwriter won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar in 1971 for turning 'The French Connection' into a script.

Turning 'The Lost Weekend' into a screenplay won this writer the 1945 Adapted Screenplay Oscar.

Turning 'The Country Girl' into a screenplay won this writer the 1954 Adapted Screenplay Oscar.

This writer picked up an Oscar in 1944 for adapting 'Going My Way' for the big screen.

This writer picked up an Oscar in 1932 for adapting 'Bad Girl' for the big screen.

This writer picked up an Oscar in 2002 for adapting 'The Pianist' for the big screen.

The 1982 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay went to the writer behind 'Missing.'

The 2007 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay went to the writer behind 'No Country for Old Men.'

The 1995 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay went to the writer behind 'Sense and Sensibility.'

Turning 'Precious' into a screenplay won this writer the 2009 Adapted Screenplay Oscar.

This 1947 holiday classic, in which a department-store Santa is put on trial, is titled 'Miracle on 34th _ _ _ _ _ _.'

Turning 'Gone with the Wind' into a screenplay won this writer the 1939 Adapted Screenplay Oscar.

The 2001 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay went to the writer behind 'A Beautiful Mind.'

The 2019 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay went to the writer behind 'Jojo Rabbit.'

Turning 'CODA' into a screenplay won this writer the 2021 Adapted Screenplay Oscar.

Turning 'The Silence of the Lambs' into a screenplay won this writer the 1991 Adapted Screenplay Oscar.

This screenwriter won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar in 2004 for turning 'Sideways' into a script.

This writer picked up an Oscar in 1938 for adapting 'Pygmalion' for the big screen.

This screenwriter's full name was '_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Silliphant'; he won for adapting In the Heat of the Night (1967).

This Oscar-winning adaptation of 'Forrest Gump' (1994) was scripted by this writer.

Adapting 'Here Comes Mr. Jordan' for the screen earned this writer the 1941 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Adapting 'Kramer vs. Kramer' for the screen earned this writer the 1979 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

This Oscar-winning adaptation of 'BlacKkKlansman' (2018) was scripted by this writer.

Turning 'The Big Short' into a screenplay won this writer the 2015 Adapted Screenplay Oscar.

This screenwriter won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar in 1955 for turning 'Marty' into a script.

Turning 'Judgment at Nuremberg' into a screenplay won this writer the 1961 Adapted Screenplay Oscar.

Adapting 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' for the screen earned this writer the 1948 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Adapting 'The Descendants' for the screen earned this writer the 2011 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

This writer picked up an Oscar in 1983 for adapting 'Terms of Endearment' for the big screen.

The 1958 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay went to the writer behind 'Gigi.'

This Oscar-winning adaptation of 'A Place in the Sun' (1951) was scripted by this writer.

Turning 'L.A. Confidential' into a screenplay won this writer the 1997 Adapted Screenplay Oscar.

This screenwriter won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar in 1946 for turning 'The Best Years of Our Lives' into a script.

This Oscar-winning adaptation of 'The Exorcist' (1973) was scripted by this writer.

The 1931 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay went to the writer behind 'Cimarron.'

This Oscar-winning adaptation of 'Argo' (2012) was scripted by this writer.

Adapting 'Brokeback Mountain' for the screen earned this writer the 2005 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Turning 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King' into a screenplay won this writer the 2003 Adapted Screenplay Oscar.

This Oscar-winning adaptation of 'Dangerous Liaisons' (1988) was scripted by this writer.

This Oscar-winning adaptation of 'Traffic' (2000) was scripted by this writer.

This Oscar-winning adaptation of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' (1957) was scripted by this writer.

This 1960 drama about a con-man revivalist preacher is titled 'Elmer _ _ _ _ _ _.'

This Oscar-winning adaptation of 'The Story of Louis Pasteur' (1936) was scripted by this writer.

This 1949 comedy-drama is titled 'A Letter to Three _ _ _ _ _.'

The 2013 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay went to the writer behind '12 Years a Slave.'

This writer picked up an Oscar in 1996 for adapting 'Sling Blade' for the big screen.

The 2025 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay went to the writer behind 'One Battle After Another.'

This writer picked up an Oscar in 1953 for adapting 'From Here to Eternity' for the big screen.

Adapting 'The Cider House Rules' for the screen earned this writer the 1999 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

This screenwriter won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar in 1928 for turning '7th Heaven' into a script.

Adapting 'Schindler's List' for the screen earned this writer the 1993 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.