Friday, 13 January 2023

Best Original & Adapted Screenplay

1931:
 
Original:
  1. Fritz Lang & Thea von Harbou - M
  2. Charlie Chaplin - City Lights
  3. René Clair - A Nous La Liberte
  4. Hal Roach & H.M. Walker - Chickens Come Home
  5. S.J. Perelman & Will B. Johnstone -  Monkey Business
Adapted:
  1. Garrett Fort & Francis Edward Faragoh - Frankenstein
  2. Jean Renoir - La Chienne
  3. Harvey F. Thew - The Public Enemy
  4. Marcel Pagnol - Marius
  5. Francis Edward Faragoh & Robert N. Lee - Little Caesar
1932:
 
Original:
  1. Robert Riskin - American Madness
  2. Akira Fushimi - I Was Born But...
  3. Gene Fowler  & Rowland Brown  - State's Attorney
  4. S. J. Perelman, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby & Will B. Johnstone - Horse Feathers
  5. H.M. Walker - Pack Up Your Troubles
Adapted:
  1. Howard J. Green & Brown Holmes - I Am Fugitive From a Chain Gang
  2. Julien Duvivier - Poil De Carotte
  3. Raymond Bernard & André Lang - Wooden Crosses
  4. Jean Renoir - Boudu Saved From Drowning
  5. Samson Raphaelson & Grover Jones - Trouble in Paradise
1933:
 
Original:
  1. James Creelman & Ruth Rose - King Kong
  2. H.M. Harwood & Salka Viertel - Queen Christina
  3. Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Arthur Sheekman & Nat Perrin - Duck Soup
  4. Frank Craven - Sons of the Desert
  5. Lajos Bíró  & Arthur Wimperis - The Private Life of Henry VIII
Adapted:
  1. Frances Marion & Herman J. Mankiewicz - Dinner At Eight
  2. Louis Delaprée, Pierre Calmann &  Julien Duvivier - La Tête D’un Homme
  3. David Hempstead - Little Women
  4. R.C. Sheriff - The Invisible Man
  5. Fritz Lang & Thea von Harbou - The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1934: 
 
Original:
  1. Yasujirō Ozu & Tadao Ikeda - A Story of Floating Weeds
  2. Charles Bennett & D.B. Wyndham-Lewis - The Man Who Knew Too Much
  3. Jean Vigo & Albert Riera -  L'Atalante
  4. Oliver H.P. Garrett, Joseph L. Mankiweicz & David Ogden Stewart - Manhattan Melodrama
  5. Peter Ruric - The Black Cat
Adapted:
  1. Robert Riskin - It Happened One Night
  2. Albert Hackett & Francis Goodrich - The Thin Man
  3. Raymond Bernard & Andre Lang - Les Miserables
  4. Garrett Ford & Dudley Nichols - The Lost Patrol
  5. Frank Butler & Nick Grind  - Babes in Toyland
1935: 

Original:
  1. Arthur Strawn & Henry Myers - The Black Room
  2. George S. Kaufman & Morrie Ryskind - A Night at the Opera
  3. David Boehm - The Raven
  4. Seton I. Miller - G Men
  5. Harold Lamb, Dudley Nichols & Waldemar Young - The Crusades
Adapted:
  1. William Hurlbut - Bride of Frankenstein
  2. Charles Bennett & Ian Hay - The 39 Steps
  3. Dudley Nichols - The Informer
  4. W.P. Lipscomb & S.N. Behrman - A Tale of Two Cities
  5. Jo Swerling & Robert Riskin - The Whole Town's Talking
1937:
 
Original:
  1. Charles Spaak & Jean Renoir - Grand Illusion
  2. Charley Rogers, Felix Adler & James Parrott - Way Out West
  3. George S. Kaufman & Carey Wilson - A Day At the Races
  4. Preston Sturges - Easy Living
  5. Allan Scott & Ernest Pagano - Shall We Dance
Adapted:
  1. Viña Delmar  - Make Way For Tomorrow
  2. Julien Duvivier, Henri La Barthe & Jacques Constant - Pepe Le Moko
  3. Viña Delmar - The Awful Truth
  4. Wells Root  - The Prisoner of Zenda
  5. John Lee Mahin, Marc Connelly &  Dale Van Every - Captains Courageous

1938:

Original:
  1. Jean Renoir, Carl Koch & N. Martel-Dreyfus - La Marseillaise
  2. Bartlett Cormack, Clemence Dane, Charles Laughton, Erich Pommer, Tim Whelan - Sidewalks of London
  3. Felix Adler, Arnold Belgard, Harry Langdon, James Parrott & Charley Rogers - Block-Heads
  4. Sergei Eisenstein & Pyotr Pavlenko - Alexander Nevsky
  5. Hiroshi Shimizu - The Masseurs and a Woman
Adapted:
  1. John Wexley & Warren Duff - Angels With Dirty Faces
  2. Dudley Nichols & Hagar Wilde - Bringing Up Baby
  3. Sidney Gilliat & Frank Launder - The Lady Vanishes
  4. Robert Riskin - You Can't Take It With You
  5. Jacques Prévert - Port of Shadows

1942:

Original:
  1. Tadao Ikeda, Yasujirō Ozu & Takao Anai - There Was a Father
  2. Peter Viertel, Joan Harrison & Dorothy Parker - Saboteur
  3. Pierre Laroche & Jacques Prévert - The Devil's Envoys
  4. Preston Sturges - The Palm Beach Story
  5. Melchior Lengyel & Edwin Justus Mayer - To Be Or Not To Be
Adapted:
  1. Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein & Howard Koch - Casablanca
  2. Orson Welles - The Magnificent Ambersons
  3. Henri-Georges Clouzot & Stanislas-André Steeman - The Murderer Lives At Number 21
  4. Larry Morey - Bambi
  5. Billy Wilder & Charles Brackett - The Major and the Minor

1943:

Original:
  1. Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson & Alma Reville - Shadow of A Doubt
  2. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger - The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
  3. Preston Sturges - The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
  4. Dudley Nichols - This Land is Mine
  5. John Wexley - Hangmen Also Die!
Adapted:
  1. Lamar Trotti - The Ox-Bow Incident
  2. Louis Chavance & Henri-Georges Clouzot - Le Corbeau 
  3. Billy Wilder & Charles Brackett - Five Grave to Cairo
  4. Richard Flournoy, Lewis R. Foster, Frank Ross & Robert W. Russell - The More the Merrier
  5. Samson Raphaelson - Heaven Can Wait

1944:

Original:
  1. Jo Swerling - Lifeboat
  2. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger - A Canterbury Tale
  3. Preston Sturges - Hail, the Conquering Hero
  4. Richard Schweizer - Marie-Louise
  5. László Vadnay & Max Brand - Uncertain Glory
Adapted:
  1. Billy Wilder & Raymond Chandler - Double Indemnity
  2. Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein & Elizabeth Reinhardt - Laura
  3. John Van Druten, Walter Reisch & John L. Balderston - Gaslight
  4. Dallas Bower,  Alan Dent & Laurence Olivier - Henry V
  5. David Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan & Ronald Neame - This Happy Breed

1945:

Original:
  1. Jacques Prévert - Children of Paradise
  2. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger - I Know Where I'm Going
  3. Robert Nathan & Joseph Schrank - The Clock
  4. Robert Bresson & Jean Cocteau - Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne
  5. Ranald MacDougall & Lester Cole - Objective, Burma!
Adapted:
  1. Noël Coward, Anthony Havelock-Allan, David Lean & Ronald Neame - Brief Encounter
  2. Billy Wilder & Charles Brackett - The Lost Weekend
  3. Tess Slesinger & Frank Davis - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
  4. John Baines & Angus MacPhail - Dead of Night
  5. Dudley Nichols - Scarlet Street

1947:

Original:
  1. George Seaton - Miracle on 34th Street
  2. Akira Kurosawa & Keinosuke Uekusa - One Wonderful Sunday
  3. Ruth Gordon & Garson Kanin - A Double Life
  4. Richard Brooks - Brute Force
  5. Akira Kurosawa - Snow Trail
Adapted:
  1. R.C. Sheriff - Odd Man Out
  2. Henri-Georges Clouzot & Jean Ferry - Quai des Orfèvres
  3. Daniel Mainwaring - Out of the Past
  4. Orson Welles - The Lady From Shanghai
  5. Jules Furthman - Nightmare Alley

1948:

Original:
  1. Akira Kurosawa & Keinosuke Uekusa - Drunken Angel
  2. Preston Sturges - Unfaithfully Yours
  3. Richard Schweizer - The Search
  4. Albert Waltz & Malvin Waid  - The Naked City
  5. Harry Kleiner - The Street With No Name
Adapted:
  1. John Huston - The Treasure of Sierra Madre
  2. Oreste Biancoli, Suso D'Amico, Vittorio De Sica, Adolfo Franci, Gherardo Gherardi, Gerardo Guerrieri & Cesare Zavattini - Bicycle Thieves
  3. Graham Greene, William Templeton & Lesley Storm - The Fallen Idol
  4. Graham Green & Terrence Rattigan - Brighton Rock
  5. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger - The Red Shoes

1949:

Original:
  1. Graham Greene - The Third Man
  2. Robert Pirosh - Battleground
  3. Ryuzo Kikushima & Akira Kurosawa - Stray Dog
  4. Kogo Noda & Yasujirō Ozu - Late Spring
  5. Robert L. Richards - Act of Violence
Adapted:
  1. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger - The Small Back Room 
  2. Robert Hamer & John Dighton - Kind Hearts and Coronets 
  3. Ivan Goff & Ben Roberts - White Heat
  4. Augustus Goetz & Ruth Goetz - The Heiress
  5. Art Cohn - The Set-up

1950:

Original:
  1. Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett & D.M. Marshman Jr. - Sunset Blvd.
  2. Jean Cocteau - Orpheus
  3. Ingmar Bergman - To Joy
  4. Borden Chase & Robert L. Richards - Winchester '73
  5. Russell Rouse & Clarence Greene - D.O.A
Adapted:
  1. Akira Kurosawa & Shinobu Hashimoto - Rashomon
  2. Austin Dempster & William E. Watts - Night and the City
  3. Joseph L. Mankiewicz - All About Eve
  4. Jacques Natanson & Max Ophüls - La Ronde
  5. Ben Maddow & John Huston - The Asphalt Jungle

1951:

Original:
  1. Walter Newman, Lesser Samuels & Billy Wilder - Ace in the Hole
  2. T.E.B. Clarke - The Lavender Hill Mob
  3. Kogo Noda & Yasujirō Ozu - Early Summer
  4. John Dighton, Roger MacDougall & Alexander Mackendrick - The Man In the Suit
  5. Walter Doniger & Lewis Meltzer - Along the Great Divide
Adapted:
  1. Raymond Chandler, Whitfield Cook & Czenzi Ormonde - Strangers on a Train
  2. Terence Rattigan - The Browning Version
  3. Noel Langley - Scrooge
  4. Michael Wilson & Harry Brown - A Place in the Sun
  5. Robert Bresson - Diary of a Country Priest

1952:

Original:
  1. Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto & Hideo Oguni - Ikiru
  2. Cesare Zavattini - Umberto D. 
  3. Charlie Chaplin - Limelight
  4. Ingmar Bergman - Secrets of Women
  5. Terrence Rattigan - The Sound Barrier
Adapted:
  1. Frank S. Nugent - The Quiet Man
  2. Anthony Asquith - The Importance of Being Earnest
  3. Earl Felton - The Narrow Margin
  4. Theodore Dreiser, Ruth Goetz & Augustus Goetz - Carrie
  5. Michael Wilson - 5 Fingers

1954:

Original:
  1. Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto & Hideo Oguni - Seven Samurai
  2. Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli & Ennio Flaiano - La Strada
  3. Richard Collins - Riot in Cell Block 11
  4. Roland Kibbee & James R. Webb - Vera Cruz
  5. Borden Chase - The Far Country
Adapted:
  1. Budd Schulberg - On the Waterfront
  2. John Michael Hayes - Rear Window
  3. Fuji Yahiro & Yoshikata Yoda - Sansho the Bailiff
  4. Jacques Becker, Maurice Griffe & Albert Simonin - Touchez Pas Au Grisbi
  5. Ernest Lehman - Executive Suite

1955:

Original:
  1. William Rose - The Ladykillers
  2. Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Fumio Hayasaka & Hideo Oguni - I Live in Fear
  3. Ingmar Bergman - Smiles of a Summer Night
  4. Philip Yordan - The Big Combo
  5. Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano & Tullio Pinelli - Il Bidone
Adapted:
  1. Don McGuire & Millard Kaufman - Bad Day At Black Rock
  2. Auguste Le Breton, Jules Dassin & René Wheeler - Rififi
  3. James Agee - The Night of the Hunter
  4. Henri-Georges Clouzot & Jérôme Géronimi - Les Diaboliques
  5. Paddy Chayefsky - Marty

1957:

Original:
  1. Ingmar Bergman - Wild Strawberries
  2. Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli & Pier Paolo Pasolini - Nights of Cabiria
  3. Joel Kane, Dudley Nichols & Barney Slater - The Tin Star
  4. Yasujirō Ozu & Kōgo Noda - Tokyo Twilight
  5. George Wells - Designing Women
Adapted:
  1. Carl Foreman & Michael Wilson - The Bridge on the River Kwai
  2. Stanley Kubrick, Calder Willingham & Jim Thompson - Paths of Glory
  3. Ingmar Bergman - The Seventh Seal
  4. Clifford Odets & Ernest Lehman - Sweet Smell of Success
  5. Shinobu Hashimoto, Ryūzō Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa & Hideo Oguni - Throne of Blood

1958:

Original:
  1. Ben Simcoe - Murder By Contract
  2. Ryūzō Kikushima, Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto & Akira Kurosawa - The Hidden Fortress
  3. Paul Dehn, George St. George & Donald C. Downes - Orders to Kill
  4. Age & Scarpelli, Suso Cecchi d'Amico & Mario Monicelli - Big Deal on Madonna Street
  5. Hiroshi Inagaki & Mansaku Itami - Rickshaw Man
Adapted:
  1. Orson Welles - Touch of Evil 
  2. Christopher Landon & T. J. Morrison - Ice Cold in Alex
  3. Alec Coppel & Samuel Taylor - Vertigo
  4. Jerzy Andrzejewski & Andrzej Wajda - Ashes and Diamonds
  5. Satyajit Ray - Jalsaghar

1960:

Original:
  1. Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond - The Apartment
  2. Hideo Oguni, Eijirō Hisaita, Akira Kurosawa, Ryūzō Kikushima & Shinobu Hashimoto - The Bad Sleep Well
  3. Michael Powell - Peeping Tom
  4. Bryan Forbes, Michael Craig & Richard Gregson - The Angry Silence
  5. Michelangelo Antonioni, Elio Bartolini & Tonino Guerra - L'Avventura
Adapted:
  1. John Osborne & Nigel Kneale - The Entertainer
  2. Joseph Stefano - Psycho
  3. Dalton Trumbo - Spartacus
  4. Yasujirō Ozu & Kōgo Noda - Late Autumn
  5. Cesare Zavattini - Two Women

1961:

Original:
  1. Ryūzō Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa & Hideo Oguni - Yojimbo
  2. Ennio De Concini, Pietro Germi & Alfredo Giannetti - Divorce Italian Style
  3. Hisashi Yamanouchi - Pigs and Battleships
  4. Kōgo Noda & Yasujirō Ozu - The End of Summer
  5. Ingmar Bergman - Through a Glass Darkly
Adapted:
  1. Masaki Kobayashi, Zenzô Matsuyama & Kôichi Inagaki - The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
  2. Sidney Carroll & Robert Rossen - The Hustler
  3. William Archibald, Truman Capote & John Mortimer - The Innocents
  4. Abby Mann - Judgment At Nuremberg
  5. Jean-Pierre Melville - Leon Morin, Priest

1963:

Original:
  1. Ingmar Bergman - Winter Light
  2. Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano & Brunello Rondi - 8 1/2
  3. William Rose & Tania Rose - It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World 
  4. Mario Monicelli, Age & Scarpelli - The Organizer
  5. Ruolfo Sonego - Il Diavolo
Adapted:
  1. Ryūzō Kikushima, Hideo Oguni, Eijiro Hisaita & Akira Kurosawa - High and Low
  2. Irving Ravetch & Harriet Frank Jr. - Hud
  3. Peter Stone - Charade
  4. Luchino Visconti, Enrico Medioli, Massimo Franciosa, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Pasquale Festa Campanile & René Barjavel - The Leopard
  5. Satyajit Ray - Mahanagar

1964:

Original:
  1. Pietro Germi, Agenore Incrocci, Furio Scarpelli & Luciano Vincenzoni - Seduced and Abandoned
  2. John Prebble & Cy Endfield - Zulu
  3. Alun Owen - A Hard Day's Night
  4. Michael Roemer & Robert M. Young - Nothing But a Man
  5. Jacques Demy - The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Adapted:
  1. Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern & Peter George - Dr. Strangelove
  2. Rod Serling - Seven Days in May
  3. Robert Holles - Guns at Batasi
  4. Kōbō Abe - Woman in the Dunes
  5. Satyajit Ray - Charulata
 1965:
 
Original:
  1. Luciano Vincenzoni & Sergio Leone - For a Few Dollars More
  2. Roman Polanski, Gérard Brach & David Stone - Repulsion
  3. Harry Julian Fink, Oscar Saul & Sam Peckinpah - Major Dundee
  4. Bernard Gordon, John Melson, Milton Sperling & Philip Yordan - Battle of the Bulge
  5. William H. Wright, Allan Weiss & Harry Essex - The Sons of Katie Elder
Adapted:
  1. Ray Rigby - The Hill
  2. Robert Bolt - Doctor Zhivago
  3. Orson Welles - Chimes at Midnight
  4. Paul Dehn & Guy Tropser - The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
  5. Masato Ide, Hideo Oguni, Ryūzō Kikushima & Akira Kurosawa - Red Beard
 1966:
 
Original:
  1. Age & Scarpelli, Luciano Vincenzoni & Sergio Leone -. The Good the Bad and the Ugly
  2. Ingmar Bergman - Persona
  3. Satyajit Ray - Nayak
  4. Andrei Tarkovsky & Anrei Konchalovsky - Andrei Rublev
  5. Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond - The Fortune Cookie
Adapted:
  1. Robert Bolt - A Man For All Seasons
  2. Lewis John Carlino - Seconds
  3. Sergei Bondarchuk & Vasily Solovyov - War and Peace Part I
  4. Sergei Bondarchuk &Vasily Solovyov - War and Peace Part II
  5. Shinobu Hashimoto - The Sword of Doom
 1968:
 
Original:
  1. Sergio Donati & Sergio Leone - Once Upon a Time in the West
  2. Ingmar Bergman - Shame
  3. Arthur C. Clarke & Stanley Kubrick - 2001: A Space Odyssey
  4. William W. Norton - The Scalphunters
  5. Reuben Bercovitch, Alexander Jacobs & Eric Bercovici - Hell in the Pacific
Adapted:
  1. Franco Brusati, Masolino D'Amico & Franco Zeffirelli - Romeo and Juliet
  2. Akira Murao & Kihachi Okamoto - Kill!
  3. Alistair McLean - Where Eagles Dare
  4. Thomas C. Ryan - The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
  5. Eleanor Perry - The Swimmer
 1970:
 
Original:
  1. Robert Bolt - Ryan's Daughter
  2. John Crawford & Edmund Penney - The Ballad of Cable Hogue
  3. Adrien Joye - Five Easy Pieces
  4. Elio Petri & Ugo Pirro - Investigation of A Citizen Above Suspicion
  5. Tonino Guerra, Giorgi Mdivani & Cesare Zavattini - Sunflower
Adapted:
  1. Francis Ford Coppola & Edumund H. North - Patton
  2. Jorge Semprún - The Confession
  3. Calder Willingham - Little Big Man
  4. François Truffaut, Claude de Givray & Bernard Revon - Bed and Board
  5. Claude Chabrol - La Rupture
1971:
 
Original:
  1. Harry Julian Fink, R.M. Fink & Dean Riesner - Dirty Harry
  2. Luciano Vincenzoni, Sergio Donati & Sergio Leone - Duck, You Sucker!
  3. Penelope Gilliatt - Sunday Bloody Sunday
  4. Jo Heims & Dean Riesner - Play Misty For Me
  5. Denne Bart Petitclerc, William Roberts & Lawrence Roman - Red Sun
Adapted:
  1. Clive Exton - 10 Rillington Place
  2. Larry McMurtry & Peter Bogdanovich - The Last Picture Show
  3. Stanley Kubrick - A Clockwork Orange 
  4. Mike Hodges - Get Carter
  5. Albert Maltz & Irene Kamp - The Beguiled
1973:
 
Original:
  1. David S. Ward - The Sting
  2. François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman & Jean-Louis Richard - Day For Night
  3. Anthony Shaffer - The Wicker Man
  4. George Lucas, Gloria Katz & Willard Huyck - American Graffiti
  5. Stephen Sondheim & Anthony Perkins - The Last of Sheila 
Adapted:
  1. Leigh Brackett - The Long Goodbye
  2. William Peter Blatty - The Exorcist
  3. Paul Monash - The Friends of Eddie Coyle
  4. Alvin Sargent - Paper Moon
  5. Allan Scott & Chris Bryant - Don't Look Now
1974:
 
Original:
  1. Robert Towne - Chinatown
  2. Francis Ford Coppola - The Conversation
  3. Terrence Malick - Badlands
  4. Gordon Dawson & Sam Peckinpah - Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
  5. Michael Cimino - Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Adapted:
  1. Francis Ford Coppola & Mario Puzo - The Godfather Part II
  2. Peter Stone - The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
  3. Gene Wilder & Mel Brooks - Young Frankenstein
  4. Brian De Palma - Phantom of the Paradise
  5. Francis Ford Coppola - The Great Gatsby
1975:
  
Original:
  1. Joan Tewkesbury - Nashville
  2. Lina Wertmüller - Seven Beauties
  3. Woody Allen - Love and Death
  4. Aleksandr Misharin & Andrei Tarkovsky - Mirror
  5. Pietro Germi, Leonardo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi & Tullio Pinelli - My Friends
Adapted:
  1. Lawrence Hauben & Bo Goldman - One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
  2. Peter Benchley & Carl Gottlieb - Jaws
  3. Frank Pierson - Dog Day Afternoon
  4. Stanley Kubrick - Barry Lyndon
  5. John Huston & Gladys Hill - The Man Who Would Be King
1977:

Original:
  1. Robert Altman - 3 Women
  2. Robert Benton - The Late Show
  3. Woody Allen & Marshall Brickman - Annie Hall
  4. John Cassavetes - Opening Night
  5. David Mercer - Providence
Adapted:
  1. Gerald Vaughan-Hughes - The Duellists
  2. Yuri Klepikov & Larisa Shepitko - The Ascent
  3. Wim Wenders - The American Friend
  4. Julius Epstein, James Hamilton & Walter Kelley - Cross of Iron
  5. Walon Green - Sorcerer
1978:
 
Original:
  1. Ingmar Bergman - Autumn Sonata
  2. Deric Washburn & Michael Cimino - The Deer Hunter
  3. Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale - I Want To Hold Your Hand
  4. Paul Mazursky - An Unmarried Woman
  5. Debra Hill & John Carpenter - Halloween
Adapted:
  1. Martin Rosen - Watership Down
  2. Paul Schrader & Leonard Schrader - Blue Collar
  3. Curtis Hanson - The Silent Partner
  4. Mario Puzo David Newman,  Leslie Newman & Robert Benton - Superman
  5. J.D. Richter - Invasion of the Body Snatchers 
1979:
 
Original:
  1. Dan O'Bannon - Alien
  2. Didier Decoin & Henri Verneuil - I As in Icarus
  3. Andrei Konchalovsky & Valentin Yezhov - Siberaide
  4. Martin Brest - Going in Style
  5. Robert Alan Aurthur & Bob Fosse - All That Jazz
Adapted:
  1. John Milius & Francis Ford Coppola - Apocalypse Now
  2. Arkady Strugatsky & Boris Strugatsky - Stalker
  3. Werner Herzog - Nosferatu The Vampyre 
  4. Richard Tuggle - Escape From Alcatraz
  5. Masaru Baba - Vengeance is Mine
1980:
 
Original:
  1. Akira Kurosawa & Masato Ide - Kagemusha
  2. Samuel Fuller - The Big Red One
  3. Bo Goldman - Melvin & Howard
  4. François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman & Jean-Claude Grumberg - The Last Metro
  5. Andrzej Kijowski - The Orchestra Conductor
Adapted:
  1. Christopher De Vore, Eric Bergren & David Lynch - The Elephant Man
  2. Jonathan Hardy, David Stevens & Bruce Beresford - Breaker Morant
  3. Paul Schrader & Mardik Martin - Raging Bull
  4. Alvin Sargent - Ordinary People
  5. Lawrence Kasdan & Leigh Brackett - The Empire Strikes Back
1981:
 
Original:
  1. Colin Welland - Chariots of Fire
  2. Lawrence Kasdan  - Raiders of the Lost Ark
  3. Andre Gregory & Wallace Shawn - My Dinner With Andre
  4. Brian De Palma - Blow Out
  5. Barrie Keeffe - The Long Good Friday
Adapted:
  1. Wolfgang Peterson - Das Boot
  2. David Williamson & Peter Weir - Gallipoli
  3. Jeffrey Alan Fiskin - Cutter's Way
  4. Péter Dobai & István Szabó - Mephisto
  5. Michael Mann - Thief
1983:
 
Original:
  1. David Cronenberg - Videodrome
  2. Horton Foote - Tender Mercies
  3. Lawrence Kasdan & Barbara Benedek - The Big Chill
  4. Timothy Harris & Herschel Weingrod - Trading Places
  5. Bill Forsyth - Local Hero
Adapted:
  1. Philip Kaufman - The Right Stuff
  2. Jean Shepherd Leigh Brown & Bob Clark - A Christmas Story
  3. Jean-Claude Carrière - Danton
  4. Jeffrey Boam - The Dead Zone
  5. Ronald Harwood - The Dresser
1984:
 
Original:
  1. Dan Aykroyd & Harold Ramis - Ghostbusters
  2. Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer & Rob Reiner - This is Spinal Tap
  3. Peter Prince - The Hit
  4. Jim Jarmusch & John Lurie - Stranger Than Paradise
  5. Robert Mark Kamen - The Karate Kid
Adapted:
  1. Peter Shaffer - Amadeus
  2. Sam Shepard & L.M. Kit Carson - Paris, Texas
  3. Bruce Robinson - The Killing Fields
  4. Hayao Miyazaki - Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
  5. Leonardo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi, Enrico Medioli, Franco Arcalli, Franco Ferrini & Sergio Leone - Once Upon a Time in America
1985:
 
Original:
  1. Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale - Back to the Future
  2. Joseph Minion - After Hours
  3. Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard & Charles McKeown - Brazil
  4. Ales Adamovich & Elem Klimov - Come and See
  5. Woody Allen - The Purple Rose of Cairo
Adapted:
  1. Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni & Masato Ide - Ran
  2. Leonard Schrader - Kiss of the Spider Woman
  3. John Landis & Jonathan Lynn - Clue 
  4. Horton Foote - The Trip to the Bountiful
  5. Julian Bond - The Shooting Party
1986:
 
Original:
  1. David Lynch - Blue Velvet
  2. Woody Allen - Hannah and Her Sisters
  3. Andrei Tarkovsky - The Sacrifice
  4. Jim Jarmusch - Down By Law
  5. Oliver Stone - Platoon
Adapted:
  1. Claude Berri, Gérard Brach & Marcel Pagnol - Jean de Florette
  2. James Cameron - Aliens
  3. Bruce A. Evans & Raynold Gideon - Stand By Me
  4. Charles Edward Pogue & David Cronenberg - The Fly
  5. Pete Young, Vance Gerry, Steve Hulett, Ron Clements, John Musker, Bruce M. Morris, Matthew O'Callaghan, Burny Mattinson, Dave Michener & Melvin Shaw - The Great Mouse Detective

1987:
 
Original:
  1. Wim Wenders, Peter Handke & Richard Reitinger - Wings of Desire
  2. John Hughes - Planes, Trains and Automobiles 
  3. James L. Brooks - Broadcast News
  4. Edward  Neumeier & Michael Miner - Robocop
  5. Mel Brooks, Ronny Graham & Thomas Meehan - Spaceballs
Adapted:
  1. Mark Peploe & Bernardo Bertolucci - The Last Emperor
  2. William Goldman - The Princess Bride
  3. Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr & Gustav Hasford - Full Metal Jacket
  4. Alan Parker - Angel Heart
  5. Tony Huston - The Dead
1988:
 
Original:
  1. John Cleese - A Fish Called Wanda
  2. Arnold Schulman & David Seidler - Tucker: The Man and His Dream
  3. George Gallo - Midnight Run 
  4. Giuseppe Tornatore - Cinema Paradiso
  5. Hayao Miyazaki - My Neighbor Totoro
Adapted:
  1. Jeffrey Prise & Peter S. Seaman - Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
  2. Isao Takahata - Grave of the Fireflies
  3. Paul Schrader - The Last Temptation of Christ
  4. David Cronenberg & Norman Snider - Dead Ringers
  5. Jeb Stuart & Steven E. de Souza - Die Hard
1991:
 
Original:
  1. Joel & Ethan Coen - Barton Fink
  2. Callie Khouri - Thelma & Louise
  3. Leos Carax - Lovers on the Bridge
  4. John Singleton - Boyz n the Hood
  5. Anthony Minghella - Truly, Madly, Deeply
Adapted:
  1. Oliver Stone & Zachary Sklar - JFK
  2. Ted Tally - The Silence of the Lambs
  3. Ni Zhen - Raise the Red Lantern
  4. Isao Takahata - Only Yesterday
  5. Linda Woolverton - Beauty and the Beast
1992:
 
Original:
  1. David Webb Peoples - Unforgiven
  2. Neil Jordan - The Crying Game
  3. Dale Launer - My Cousin Vinny
  4. Ron Shelton - White Men Can't Jump
  5. Billy Bob Thornton & Tom Epperson - One False Move
Adapted:
  1. Michael Tolkin - The Player
  2. David Mamet - Glengarry Glen Ross
  3. Arnold Perl & Spike Lee - Malcolm X
  4. Keith Gordon - A Midnight Clear 
  5. Mike Myers, Bonnie Turner & Terry Turner - Wayne's World
1993:
 
Original:
  1. Danny Rubin & Harold Ramis - Groundhog Day
  2. Jeff Maguire - In the Line of Fire
  3. Jane Campion - The Piano
  4. Kevin Jarre - Tombstone
  5. Quentin Tarantino - True Romance
Adapted:
  1. Steven Zaillian - Schindler's List
  2. Ronald F. Maxwell - Gettysburg
  3. Terry George & Jim Sheridan - In the Name of the Father
  4. David Koepp & Michael Crichton - Jurassic Park
  5. Jay Cocks & Martin Scorsese - The Age of Innocence
1994:
 
Original:
  1. Quentin Tarantino & Roger Avary - Pulp Fiction
  2. Krzysztof Kieślowski & Krzysztof Piesiewicz - Three Colours: Red
  3. Fran Walsh & Peter Jackson - Heavenly Creatures
  4. P.J. Hogan - Muriel’s Wedding
  5. Luc Besson - Leon: The Professional
Adapted:
  1. Frank Darabont - The Shawshank Redemption
  2. Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski - Ed Wood
  3. Paul Attanasio - Quiz Show
  4. Riwia Brown - Once Were Warriors
  5. Jiang Wen - In the Heat of the Sun
1996:
 
Original:
  1. Joel & Ethan Coen - Fargo
  2. Lars von Trier & Peter Asmussen - Breaking the Waves
  3. Rémi Waterhouse Michel Fessler & Eric Vicaut - Ridicule
  4. Owen Wilson & Wes Anderson - Bottle Rocket
  5. Tom Hanks - That Thing You Do
Adapted:
  1. Billy Bob Thornton - Sling Blade
  2. John Hodge - Trainspotting
  3. Per Olov Enquist & Jan Troell - Hamsun
  4. Kenneth Branagh - Hamlet
  5. Mary Harron & Daniel Minahan - I Shot Andy Warhol
1997:
 
Original:
  1. Paul Thomas Anderson - Boogie Nights
  2. Hayao Miyazaki - Princess Mononoke
  3. Robert Duvall - The Apostle
  4. Gary Oldman - Nil By Mouth
  5. Wong Kar-wai - Happy Together
Adapted:
  1. Curtis Hanson & Brian Helgeland - L.A. Confidential  
  2. Quentin Tarantino - Jackie Brown
  3. Atom Egoyan - The Sweet Hereafter
  4. Paul Thomas Anderson - Hard Eight
  5. Hossein Amini - The Wings of the Dove
1998:
 
Original:
  1. Joel & Ethan Coen - The Big Lebowski
  2. Tom Tykwer - Run Lola Run
  3. Andrew Niccol - The Truman Show
  4. Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard - Shakespeare in Love
  5. Alex Proyas, Lem Dobbs & David S. Goyer  - Dark City
Adapted:
  1. Terrence Malick - The Thin Red Line
  2. Sadayuki Murai - Perfect Blue
  3. Scott B. Smith - A Simple Plan
  4. John Eskow, Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio - The Mask of Zorro
  5. John Boorman - The General
1999:
 
Original:
  1. Paul Thomas Anderson - Magnolia
  2. John Roach & Mary Sweeney - The Straight Story
  3. Mike Leigh - Topsy-Turvy
  4. David Howard & Robert Gordon - Galaxy Quest
  5. M. Night Shyamalan - The Sixth Sense
Adapted:
  1. Eric Roth & Michael Mann - The Insider
  2. Frank Darabont - The Green Mile
  3. Mike Judge - Office Space
  4. Brad Bird & Tim McCanlies - The Iron Giant
  5. Trey Parker, Matt Stone & Pam Brady - South Park: Bigger, Long and Uncut
2000:
 
Original:
  1. Christopher Nolan - Memento
  2. Wong Kar-wai - In the Mood for Love
  3. Edward Yang - Yi Yi
  4. Luis Estrada, Jaime Sampietro, Fernando León & Vicente Leñero - Herod's Law
  5. Lars von Trier - Dancer in the Dark
Adapted:
  1. Kim Hyun-seok, Jeong Seong-san, Lee Moo-yeong & Park Chan-wook - Joint Security Area
  2. Joel & Ethan Coen - O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  3. D. V. DeVincentis, Steve Pink, John Cusack & Scott Rosenberg - High Fidelity
  4. Steve Kloves - Wonder Boys
  5. Kenta Fukasaku - Battle Royale
2001:
 
Original:
  1. David Lynch - Mulholland Drive
  2. Wes Anderson & Owen Wilson - The Royal Tenenbaums 
  3. Joel & Ethan Coen - The Man Who Wasn't There
  4. Hayao Miyazaki - Spirited Away
  5. Louis Mellis & David Scinto - Sexy Beast
Adapted:
  1. Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson - LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring
  2. Shu Ping, Shi Jianquan, Jiang Wen & You Fengwei - Devils on the Doorstep
  3. Todd Field & Robert Festinger - In the Bedroom
  4. Daniel Clowes & Terry Zwigoff - Ghost World
  5. Brian Helgeland - A Knight's Tale
2002:
 
Original:
  1. Paul Thomas Anderson - Punch Drunk Love
  2. Steven Knight - Dirty Pretty Things
  3. Alan Mak & Felix Chong - Infernal Affairs
  4. Joe Carnahan - Narc
  5. Peter Mullan - The Magdalene Sisters
Adapted:
  1. Charlie Kaufman - Adaptation
  2. Bráulio Mantovani - City of God
  3. Yoji Yamada, Shuhei Fujisawa & Yoshitaka Asama - The Twilight Samurai
  4. Jeff Nathanson - Catch Me If You Can
  5. Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson - Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2003:
 
Original:
  1. Lars von Trier - Dogville
  2. Wolfgang Becker & Bernd Lichtenberg - Good Bye, Lenin!
  3. Quentin Tarantino - Kill Bill Vol. 1
  4. Tom McCarthy - The Station Agent
  5. Christopher Guest & Eugene Levy - A Mighty Wind
Adapted:
  1. Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson - Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  2. Peter Wer & John Collee - Master and Commander
  3. Shim Sung-bo & Bong Joon-ho - Memories of Murder
  4. Hwang Jo-yun, Lim Jun-hyung & Park Chan-wook - Oldboy
  5. John August - Big Fish
2005:
 
Original:
  1. Nick Cave - The Proposition
  2. Guillermo Arriaga - The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
  3. Kim Jee-woon - A Bittersweet Life
  4. George Clooney & Grant Heslov -  Good Night and Good Luck
  5. Michael Haneke - Caché
Adapted:
  1. Josh Olson - A History of Violence
  2. Shane Black - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
  3. Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer - Batman Begins
  4. Tony Kushner & Eric Roth - Munich
  5. Jacques Audiard & Tonino Benacquista - The Beat that My Heart Skipped
2008:
 
Original:
  1. Martin McDonagh - In Bruges
  2. Charlie Kaufman - Synecdoche, New York
  3. Götz Spielmann - Revanche
  4. Hirokazu Kore-eda - Still Walking
  5. Kim Jee-woon & Kim Min-suk - The Good, the Bad, The Weird
Adapted:
  1. James Gray & Richard Menello - Two Lovers
  2. Jonathan Nolan & Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
  3. John Ajvide Lindqvist - Let the Right One In
  4. Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
  5. Bernd Eichinger & Uli Edel - The Baader Meinhof Complex
2009:
 
Original:
  1. Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds
  2. Joel & Ethan Coen - A Serious Man
  3. Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Abdel Raouf Dafri & Nicolas Peufaillit - A Prophet
  4. Bong Joon-ho & Park Eun-kyo - Mother
  5. Asghar Farhadi - About Elly
Adapted:
  1. Juan José Campanella & Eduardo Sacheri - The Secret in Their Eyes
  2. Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche - In The Loop
  3. Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell - District 9
  4. William M. Finkelstein - Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
  5. Joe Penhall - The Road

2010:
 
Original:
  1. Taika Waititi - Boy
  2. David Michôd - Animal Kingdom
  3. Park Hoon-jung - I Saw the Devil
  4. David Seidler - The King's Speech
  5. Lee Chang-dong - Poetry
Adapted:
  1. Aaron Sorkin - The Social Network
  2. Robert Harris & Roman Polanski - The Ghost Writer
  3. Joel & Ethan Coen - True Grit
  4. Laeta Kalogridis - Shutter Island
  5. Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini - Winter's Bone
2011:
 
Original:
  1. Asghar Farhadi - A Separation
  2. John Michael McDonagh - The Guard
  3. Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris
  4. Jeff Nichols - Take Shelter
  5. Ben Ripley - Source Code
Adapted:
  1. Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
  2. Hossein Amini - Drive
  3. Steven Zaillian - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
  4. Lars Gudmestad & Ulf Ryberg - Headhunters
  5. John Logan - Hugo
2012:
 
Original:
  1. Paul Thomas Anderson - The Master
  2. Tobias Lindholm & Thomas Vinterberg - The Hunt
  3. Martin McDonagh - Seven Psychopaths
  4. Mark Boal - Zero Dark Thirty
  5. Christian Petzold & Harun Farocki - Barbara
Adapted:
  1. Tony Kushner - Lincoln
  2. The Wachowskis & Tom Tykwer - Cloud Atlas
  3. Joe Carnahan & Ian MacKenzie Jeffers - The Grey
  4. Nikolaj Arcel & Rasmus Heisterberg - A Royal Affair
  5. Neal Purvis, Robert Wade & John Logan - Skyfall
2013:
 
Original:
  1. Joel & Ethan Coen - Inside Llewyn Davis
  2. Hirokazu Kore-eda - Like Father, Like Son
  3. Rebecca Lenkiewicz & Paweł Pawlikowski - Ida
  4. Ric Menello & James Gray - The Immigrant
  5. Hayao Miyazaki - The Wind Rises
Adapted:
  1. Terence Winter - The Wolf of Wall Street
  2. Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke & Richard Linklater - Before Midnight
  3. Bong Joon-ho & Kelly Masterson - Snowpiercer
  4. Jon S. Baird - Filth
  5. Park Hoon-jung - New World
2014:
 
Original:
  1. Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr. & Armando Bó - Birdman
  2. Damien Chazelle - Whiplash
  3. Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel
  4. E. Max Frye & Dan Futterman - Foxcatcher
  5. Luis Estrada & Jaime Sampietro - The Perfect Dictatorship
Adapted:
  1. Paul Thomas Anderson - Inherent Vice
  2. Christian Petzold & Harun Farocki - Phoenix
  3. Christopher McQuarrie, Jez Butterworth & John-Henry Butterworth - Edge of Tomorrow
  4. Dennis Lehane - The Drop 
  5. Hamish McColl & Paul King - Paddington
2015:
 
Original:
  1. Quentin Tarantino - The Hateful Eight
  2. Matt Charman, Joel & Ethan Coen - Bridge of Spies
  3. Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy - Spotlight
  4. Alex Garland - Ex Machina
  5. Oren Moverman & Michael Alan Lerner - Love & Mercy
Adapted:
  1. Ciro Guerra & Jacques Toulemonde Vidal - Embrace of the Serpent
  2. Donald Margulies - The End of the Tour
  3. Drew Goddard - The Martian
  4. Aaron Sorkin - Steve Jobs
  5. Ryan Coogler & Aaron Covington - Creed
2016:
 
Original:
  1. Jim Jarmusch - Paterson
  2. Taylor Sheridan - Hell or High Water
  3. Makoto Shinkai - Your Name
  4. Asghar Farhadi - The Salesman
  5. Robert Siegel - The Founder
Adapted:
  1. Martin Scorsese & Jay Cocks - Silence
  2. Park Chan-wook & Jeong Seo-kyeong - The Handmaiden
  3. Taika Waititi - Hunt for the Wilderpeople
  4. Tarell Alvin McCraney & Barry Jenkins - Moonlight
  5. Eric Heisserer - Arrival
2017:
 
Original:
  1. Paul Thomas Anderson - Phantom Thread
  2. Martin McDonagh - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
  3. Steven Rogers - I, Tonya
  4. Jordan Peele - Get Out
  5. Logan Sparks & Drago Sumonja - Lucky
Adapted:
  1. Armando Iannucci, David Schneider & Ian Martin - Death of Stalin
  2. Hampton Fancher & Michael Green - Blade Runner 2049
  3. Paul King & Simon Farnaby - Paddington 2
  4. Scott Frank, Michael Green & James Mangold - Logan
  5. Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber - The Disaster Artist
2018:
 
Original:
  1. Debra Davis & Tony McNamara - The Favourite 
  2. Gustav Möller & Emil Nygaard Albertsen - The Guilty
  3. Paweł Pawlikowski, Janusz Głowacki & Piotr Borkowski - Cold War
  4. Drew Goddard - Bad Time At the El Royale
  5. Hirokazu Kore-eda - Shoplifters
Adapted:
  1. Nicole Holofcener & Jeff Whitty - Can You Ever Forgive Me?
  2. Joel & Ethan Coen - The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
  3. Josh Singer - First Man
  4. Oh Jung-mi & Lee Chang-dong - Burning
  5. Jacques Audiard & Thomas Bidegain - The Sisters Brothers
2019:
 
Original:
  1. Bong Joon-ho & Han Jin-won - Parasite
  2. Ronald Bronstein, Josh & Benny Safdie - Uncut Gems
  3. Robert & Max Eggers - The Lighthouse 
  4. Chung Mong-hong & Chang Yao-sheng - A Sun
  5. Rian Johnson - Knives Out
Adapted:
  1. Steven Zaillian - The Irishman
  2. Taika Waititi - Jojo Rabbit
  3. Greta Gerwig - Little Women
  4. Lulu Wang - The Farewell
  5. Vince Gilligan - El Camino
2020:
 
Original:
  1. Emerald Fennell - Promising Young Woman
  2. Thomas Vinterberg & Tobias Lindholm - Another Round 
  3. Andrei Konchalovsky & Elena Kiseleva - Dear Comrades!
  4. Lee Isaac Chung - Minari
  5. Jasmila Žbanić - Quo Vadis, Aida?
Adapted:
  1. Florian Zeller & Christopher Hampton - The Father
  2. Chloé Zhao - Nomadland
  3. Woo Min-ho & Lee Ji-min - The Man Standing Next
  4. Simon Blackwell & Armando Iannucci - The Personal History of David Copperfield
  5. Charlie Kaufman - I'm Thinking Of Ending Things
2021:
 
Original:
  1. Paul Thomas Anderson - Licorice Pizza
  2. Fran Kranz - Mass
  3. Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier - The Worst Person in the World
  4. Mike Mills - C'Mon C'Mon
  5. Chris Bergoch & Sean Baker - Red Rocket
Adapted:
  1. Guillermo Del Toro & Kim Morgan - Nightmare Alley
  2. Nicole Holofcener, Matt Damon & Ben Affleck - The Last Duel
  3. Ryusuke Hamaguchi & Takamasa Oe - Drive My Car
  4. Mamoru Hosoda - Belle
  5. Tony Kushner - West Side Story
2022:
 
Original:
  1. Martin McDonagh - The Banshees of Inisherin
  2. Todd Field - Tar
  3. Jeong Seo-kyeong & Park Chan-wook - Decision to Leave
  4. Seth Reiss & Will Tracy - The Menu
  5. Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner - The Fabelmans
Adapted:
  1. Paul Fisher & Tommy Swerdlow - Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
  2. Edward Berger, Ian Stokell & Lesley Paterson - All Quiet on the Western Front
  3. Robert Eggers & Sjón - The Northman
  4. David Kajganich - Bones And All
  5. Kazuo Ishiguro - Living
2023:
 
Original:
  1. Victor Erice & Michel Gaztambide - Close Your Eyes
  2. David Hemingson - The Holdovers
  3. Celine Song - Past Lives
  4. Yuji Sakamoto - Monster
  5. Takuma Takasaki & Wim Wenders - Perfect Days
Adapted:
  1. Christopher Nolan - Oppenheimer
  2. Tony McNamara - Poor Things
  3. Andrew Kevin Walker - The Killer
  4. Phil Lord, Christopher Miller & Dave Callaham - Spider-man: Across the Spider-verse
  5. Andrew Haigh - All of Us Strangers
Felix Adler, 2 noms

Best Original Screenplay 1937: Way Out West (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1938: Block-Heads (Nom)

Age & Scarpelli, 3 noms 1 win

Best Original Screenplay 1958: Big Deal on Madonna Street (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1963: The Organizer (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1966: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (WINS) 
Woody Allen, 5 noms

Best Original Screenplay 1975: Love and Death (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1977: Annie Hall  (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1985: The Purple Rose of Cairo (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1986: Hannah and Her Sisters (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 2011: Midnight in Paris (Nom)
 
Hossein Amini, 2 noms

Best Adapted Screenplay 1997: Wings of the Dove (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 2011: Drive (Nom)
 
Charles Bennett, 2 noms

Best Original Screenplay 1934: The Man Who Knew Too Much (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1934: The 39 Steps (Nom)

Robert Benton, 2 noms

Best Original Screenplay 1977: The Last Show (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1978: Superman (Nom)

Simon Blackwell, 2 noms 
 
Best Adapted Screenplay 2009: In the Loop (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 2020: The Personal History of David Copperfield (Nom)

Robert Bolt, 3 noms 2 wins
 
Best Adapted Screenplay 1965: Doctor Zhivago (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1966: A Man For All Seasons (WINS) 
Best Original Screenplay 1970: Ryan's Daughter (WINS) 
 
Phillipa Boyens, 3 noms 2 wins
 
Best Adapted Screenplay 2001: LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring (WINS)
Best Adapted Screenplay 2002: LOTR: The Two Towers (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 2003: LOTR: The Return of the King (WINS)

Gérard Brach , 2 noms 1 win

Best Original Screenplay 1965: Repulsion (Nom) 
Best Adapted Screenplay 1986: Jean de Florette (WINS)
 
Charles Brackett, 4 noms 1 win

Best Adapted Screenplay 1942: The Major and the Minor (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1943: Five Graves to Cairo (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1945: The Lost Weekend (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1950: Sunset Boulevard (WINS)
Mel Brooks, 2 noms

Best Adapted Screenplay 1974: Young Frakenstein (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1987: Spaceballs (Nom)
Raymond Chandler, 2 noms 2 wins
 
Best Adapted Screenplay 1944: Double Indemnity (WINS)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1951: Strangers on a Train (WINS)

Borden Chase, 2 noms

Best Original Screenplay 1950: Winchester '73 (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1954: The Far Country (Nom)

Jay Cocks, 2 noms 1 win

Best Adapted Screenplay 1993: The Age of Innocence (Nom0
Best Adapted Screenplay 2016: Silence (WINS)

Viña Delmar, 2 noms 1 win

Best Adapted Screenplay 1937: Make Way For Tomorrow (WINS)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1937: The Awful Truth (Nom)
 
I.A.L. Diamond, 2 noms 1 win
 
Best Original Screenplay 1960: The Apartment (WINS)
Best Original Screenplay 1966: The Fortune Cookie (Nom) 

John Dighton, 2 noms

Best Adapted Screenplay 1949: Kind Hearts and Coronets (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1951: The Man in the White Suit

Sergio Donati, 2 noms 1 win

Best Original Screenplay 1968: Once Upon a Time in the West (WINS)
Best Original Screenplay 1971: Duck, You Sucker! (Nom)

Julius Epstein, 2 noms 1 win

Best Adapted Screenplay 1942: Casablanca (WINS)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1977: Cross of Iron (Nom)
 
Asghar Farhadi, 4 noms 1 win
 
Best Original Screenplay 2009: About Elly (Nom)
Best Director 2011: A Separation (#4 loses to Nicolas Winding Refn)
Best Original Screenplay 2011: A Separation (WINS) 
Best Original Screenplay 2016: The Salesman (Nom)

Harun Farocki, 2 noms

Best Original Screenplay 2012: Barbara (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 2014: Phoenix (Nom)
 
Francis Edward Faragoh, 2 noms 1 win

Best Adapted Screenplay 1931: Frankenstein (WINS)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1931: Little Caesar (Nom)

Todd Field, 2 noms

Best Adapted Screenplay 2001: In the Bedroom (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 2022: Tar (Nom)
 
Ennio Flaiano, 4 noms
 
Best Original Screenplay 1954: La Strada (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1955: Il Bidone (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1957: Nights of Cabiria (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1963: 8 1/2 (Nom)
 
Horton Foote, 2 noms
 
Best Original Screenplay 1983: Tender Mercies (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1985: The Trip to the Bountiful (Nom)
 
Garrett Ford, 2 noms 1 win
 
Best Adapted Screenplay 1931: Frankenstein (WINS)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1934: The Lost Patrol (Nom)
 
Bob Gale, 2 noms 1 win
 
Best Original Screenplay 1978: I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Best Original Screenplay 1985: Back to the Future (WINS) 
 
Drew Goddard, 2 noms 
 
Best Adapted Screenplay 2015: The Martian (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 2018: Bad Times at the El Royale (Nom) 
 
Augustus Goetz & Ruth Goetz, 2 noms

Best Adapted Screenplay 1949: The Heiress (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1952: Carrie (Nom)

Bo Goldman, 2 noms 1 win

Best Adapted Screenplay 1975: One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest (WINS)
Best Original Screenplay 1980: Melvin and Howard (Nom)
 
David S. Goyer, 2 noms
 
Best Original Screenplay 1998: Dark City (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 2005: Batman Begins (Nom)
Graham Greene, 3 noms 1 win
 
Best Adapted Screenplay 1948: The Fallen Idol (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1948: Brighton Rock (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1949: The Third Man (WINS) 

Christopher Guest, 2 noms

Best Original Screenplay 1984: This Is Spinal Tap (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 2003: The Mighty Wind (Nom)
 
Curtis Hanson, 3 noms 2 wins
 
Best Original Screenplay 1978: The Silent Partner (Nom)
Best Director 1997: L.A. Confidential (WINS)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1997: L.A. Confidential (WINS)

Thea von Harbou, 2 noms 1 win
 
Best Original Screenplay 1931: M (WINS)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1934: The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (Nom)
 
Shinobu Hashimoto, 9 noms 3 wins
 
Best Adapted Screenplay 1950: Rashomon (WINS)
Best Original Screenplay 1952: Ikiru (WINS)
Best Original Screenplay 1954: Seven Samurai (WINS)
Best Original Screenplay 1955: I Live in Fear (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1957: Throne of Blood (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1958: The Hidden Fortress (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1960: The Bad Sleep Well (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1965: Red Beard (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1966: The Sword of Doom (Nom)
 
Anthony Havelock-Allan, 2 noms 1 win
 
Best Adapted Screenplay 1944: This Happy Breed (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1945: Brief Encounter (WINS)
 
Brian Helgeland, 2 noms 1 win
 
Best Adapted Screenplay 1997: L.A. Confidential (WINS)
Best Adapted Screenplay 2001: A Knight's Tale (Nom)
 
Armando Iannucci, 4 noms 1 win
 
Best Adapted Screenplay 2009: In the Loop (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 2017: The Death of Stalin (WINS)
Best Director 2017: The Death of Stalin (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 2020: The Personal History of David Copperfield (Nom)

Masato Ide, 3 noms 2 wins
 
Best Adapted Screenplay 1965: Red Beard (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1980: Kagemusha (WINS)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1985: Ran (WINS)
 
Tadao Ikeda, 2 noms 2 wins

Best Original Screenplay 1934: A Story of Floating Weeds (WINS)
Best Original Screenplay 1942: There Was A Father (WINS) 
Jim Jarmusch, 4 noms 1 win

Best Original Screenplay 1984: Stranger Than Paradise (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1986: Down By Law (Nom
Best Director 2016: Paterson (#5 loses to Martin Scorsese)
Best Original Screenplay 2016: Paterson (WINS)

Jeong Seo-kyeong, 2 noms 1 win

Best Adapted Screenplay 2000: Joint Security Area (WINS)
Best Adapted Screenplay 2016: The Handmaiden (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 2022: Decision to Leave (Nom)

Lawrence Kasdan,
3 noms

Best Adapted Screenplay 1980: The Empire Strikes Back (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1983: The Big Chill (Nom)

Charlie Kaufman, 3 noms 1 win
 
Best Adapted Screenplay 2002: Adaptation (WINS)
Best Original Screenplay 2008: Synecdoche, New York (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 2020: I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Nom)
 
George S. Kaufman, 2 noms

Best Original Screenplay 1935: Night at the Opera (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1937: A Day At the Races (Nom)
 
Ryūzō Kikushima, 6 noms 2 wins

Best Original Screenplay 1949: Stray Dog (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1957: Throne of Blood (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1958: The Hidden Fortress (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1960: The Bad Sleep Well (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1961: Yojimbo (WINS)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1963: High and Low (WINS)
 
Andrei Konchalovsky, 3 noms

Best Original Screenplay 1966: Andrei Rublev (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1979: Siberaide (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 2020: Dear Comrades (Nom)

Hirokazu Kore-eda, 3 noms

Best Original Screenplay 2008: Still Walking (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 2013: Like Father, Like Son (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 2018: Shoplifters (Nom)
 
Tony Kushner, 4 noms 1 win
 
Best Adapted Screenplay 2005: Munich (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 2012: Lincoln (WINS)
Best Adapted Screenplay 2021: West Side Story (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 2022: The Fabelmans (Nom)
 
Ernest Lehman, 2 noms
 
Best Adapted Screenplay 1954: Executive Suite (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1957: Sweet Smell of Success (Nom)

Tobias Lindholm, 2 noms

Best Original Screenplay 2012: The Hunt (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 2020: Another Round (Nom)

Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 2 noms

Best Original Screenplay 1934: Manhattan Melodrama (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1950: All About Eve (Nom)
Tom McCarthy, 2 noms

Best Original Screenplay 2003: The Station Agent (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 2015: Spotlight (Nom)

Tony McNamara, 2 noms 1 win

Best Original Screenplay 2018: The Favourite (WINS)
Best Adapted Screenplay 2023: Poor Things (Nom)
 
Ronald Neame, 4 noms 1 win
 
Best Adapted Screenplay 1944: This Happy Breed (Nom)
Best Cinematography 1944: This Happy Breed (Nom) 
Best Cinematography 1945: Blithe Spirit (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1945: Brief Encounter (WINS)

Dudley Nichols, 7 noms

Best Adapted Screenplay 1934: The Lost Patrol (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1935: The Crusades (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1935: The Informer (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1938: Bringing Up Baby (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1943: This Land is Mine (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1945: Scarlet Street (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1957: The Tin Star (Nom)

Kogo Noda, 5 noms

Best Original Screenplay 1949: Late Spring (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1951: Early Summer (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1957: Tokyo Twilight (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1960: Late Autumn (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1961: The End of Summer (Nom)

Hideo Oguni, 10 noms 5 wins
 
Best Original Screenplay 1952: Ikiru (WINS)
Best Original Screenplay 1954: Seven Samurai (WINS)
Best Original Screenplay 1955: I Live in Fear (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1957: Throne of Blood (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1958: The Hidden Fortress (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1960: The Bad Sleep Well (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1961: Yojimbo (WINS)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1963: High and Low (WINS)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1965: Red Beard (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1985: Ran (WINS)

Marcel Pagnol, 2 noms 1 win

Best Adapted Screenplay 1931: Marius (Nom) 
Best Adapted Screenplay 1986: Jean de Florette (WINS)

Park Hoon-jung, 2 noms

Best Original Screenplay 2010: I Saw the Devil (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 2013: New World (Nom)

James Parrott, 2 noms

Best Original Screenplay 1937: Way Out West (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1938: Block-Heads (Nom)
 
Tullio Pinelli, 5 noms

Best Original Screenplay 1954: La Strada (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1955: Il Bidone (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1957: Nights of Cabiria (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1963: 8 1/2 (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1975: My Friends (Nom)
 
Jacques Prévert, 3 noms 1 win

Best Adapted Screenplay 1938: Port of Shadows (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1942: The Devil's Envoys (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1945: Children of Paradise (WINS)
 
Mario Puzo, 2 noms 1 win
 
Best Adapted Screenplay 1974: The Godfather Part II (WINS) 
Best Adapted Screenplay 1978: Superman (Nom) 
Harold Ramis, 3 noms 2 wins
 
Best Original Screenplay 1984: Ghostbusters (WINS)
Best Supporting Actor 1984: Ghostbusters (#8 loses to James Woods)
Best Original Screenplay 1993: Groundhog Day (WINS)

Terence Rattigan, 3 noms
 
Best Adapted Screenplay 1948: Brighton Rock (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1951: The Browning Version (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1952: The Sound Barrier (Nom)

Robert Riskin, 4 noms 2 wins
 
Best Original Screenplay 1932: American Madness (WINS)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1934: It Happened One Night (WINS)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1935: The Whole Town's Talking (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1938: You Can't Take It With You (Nom)

Charley Rogers, 2 noms

Best Original Screenplay 1937: Way Out West (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1938: Block-Heads (Nom)
 
William Rose, 2 noms 1 win
 
Best Original Screenplay 1955: The Ladykillers (WINS)
Best Original Screenplay 1963: It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (Nom)
 
Eric Roth, 2 noms 1 win
 
Best Adapted Screenplay 1999: The Insider (WINS)
Best Adapted Screenplay 2005: Munich (Nom) 
 
Alvin Sargent, 2 noms

Best Adapted Screenplay 1973: Paper Moon (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1980: Ordinary People (Nom)
 
Suzanne Schiffman, 2 noms

Best Original Screenplay 1973: Day For Night (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1980: The Last Metro (Nom)

Richard Schweizer, 2 noms

Best Original Screenplay 1944: Marie-Louise (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1948: The Search (Nom)
 
R.C. Sheriff, 2 noms 1 win
 
Best Adapted Screenplay 1933: The Invisible Man (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1947: Odd Man Out (WINS) 
 
Leonard Schrader, 2 noms

Best Adapted Screenplay 1978: Blue Collar (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1985: Kiss of the Spider Woman (Nom)
Paul Schrader, 3 noms

Best Adapted Screenplay 1978: Blue Collar (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1980: Raging Bull (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1988: The Last Temptation of Christ (Nom)
 
Vasily Solovyov,  2 noms

Best Adapted Screenplay 1966: War and Peace Part I (Nom) 
Best Adapted Screenplay 1966: War and Peace Part II (Nom)
Aaron Sorkin, 2 noms 1 win
 
Best Adapted Screenplay 2010: The Social Network (WINS)
Best Adapted Screenplay 2015: Steve Jobs (Nom) 
 
Peter Stone, 2 noms

Best Adapted Screenplay 1963: Charade (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1974: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (Nom)

Tom Stoppard, 2 noms

Best Original Screenplay 1985: Brazil (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1998: Shakespeare in Love (Nom)
 
Preston Sturges, 5 noms
 
Best Original Screenplay 1937: Easy Living (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1942: The Palm Beach Story (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1943: Miracle of Morgan's Creek (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1944: Hail the Conquering Hero (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1948: Unfaithfully Yours (Nom)

Jo Swerling, 2 noms 1 win
 
Best Adapted Screenplay 1935: The Whole Town's Talking (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1944: Lifeboat (WINS)
 
Keinosuke Uekusa, 2 noms

Best Original Screenplay 1947: One Wonderful Sunday (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1948: Drunken Angel (WINS)
 
Luciano Vincenzoni, 4 noms 3 wins

Best Original Screenplay 1964: Seduced and Abandoned (WINS) 
Best Original Screenplay 1965: For a Few Dollars More (WINS) 
Best Original Screenplay 1966: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (WINS) 
Best Original Screenplay 1971: Duck, You Sucker! (Nom)
 
Fran Walsh, 4 noms 2 wins
 
Best Original Screenplay 1994: Heavenly Creatures (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 2001: LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring (WINS)
Best Adapted Screenplay 2002: LOTR: The Two Towers (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 2003: LOTR: The Return of the King (WINS)

Michael Wilson,
3 noms 1 win

Best Adapted Screenplay 1951: A Place in the Sun (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1952: 5 Fingers (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1957: The Bridge on the River Kwai (WINS)

Owen Wilson, 2 noms

Best Original Screenplay 1996: Bottle Rocket (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 2001: The Royal Tenenbaums (Nom)

Steven Zaillian, 3 noms 2 wins

Best Adapted Screenplay 1993: Schindler's List (WINS)
Best Adapted Screenplay 2011: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 2019: The Irishman (WINS)
 
Cesare Zavattini, 4 noms

Best Adapted Screenplay 1948: Bicycle Thieves (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1952: Umberto D. (Nom)
Best Adapted Screenplay 1960: Two Women (Nom)
Best Original Screenplay 1970: Sunflower (Nom)

102 comments:

Emi Grant said...

Oh, fuck yeah, Louis. I was wondering if you were ever doing one of these for screenplays. Quite a lovely surprise to walk into on your blog.

Could I ask, if you don't mind, where Amores Perros ranks for you on 2000?

Louis Morgan said...

Note: I am aware the director and actor list isn't updated yet fully with their writing nominations. I will be slowly updating it over time.

Emi Grant:


It would be my #6.

Maciej said...

Louis: as always, glad to see a new category (ies) on the blog. Where would you place Whitnail & I?

Tim said...

trying not to overflow with questions, but i have some:

- 1992 original: 4. just says "R". What belongs there, Reservoir Dogs?

- What exactly made Three Billboards pass Get Out over time?

- i see you have not named writers who solely have "Story by" credit. What exactly is the reasoning for that? And why was George Lucas the exception for Raiders?

- Matt Charman also wrote Bridge Of Spies


Sorry, but it's a long list, therefore lots of thoughts

Louis Morgan said...

Maciej:

#6.

Tim:

92 was as I was in the middle of removing a misplaced (wrong category).

Just really don't care for the sketch comedy scene, a moment that I honestly think the maker of Nope would not have done (despite Get Out still being his best screenplay overall), and still don't agree with the anti-Billboards sentiment.

Search engine idiosyncrasies for the inclusion of story by accidentally. The intention was to keep it to the named screenplay writer though since story by can often be the vaguest of contributions. I tried to keep where it was contributions that you can literally see by seeing their written screenplay and not production related politics/favors.

Oliver Menard said...

Glad to see one of these for screenplay.

Louis: Where would Memories of Murder rank for you in 2003, and do you have any reservations about the screenplay? I only ask because I know you're high on the film like I am so I was surprised not to see it listed.

Louis Morgan said...

Oliver:

No, but guys, it was a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG list, so please understand there are some I may accidentally overlooked just due to that length.

Robert MacFarlane said...

*hisses like cat at Three Billboards*

Mitchell Murray said...

In regards to "Get Out" and "Three Billboards"...

I must fully agree with the former's sketch comedy scene; It's entertaining by itself, but totally at odds with the tension/tone of the film's last act.

For the former, even though I'm a supporter of the movie overall (at least in terms of acting), it's perhaps the weakest screen play compared to "In Bruges" and "Seven Psychopaths". McDonagh had been working on the film for over a decade, so I buy that he may not have intended/predicted certain elements be controversial upon release. It does ask a lot from it's audience, though, such as the scene where Red offering Dixon a drink in the hospital; Not a completely outrageous sequence, mind you, but still a hard sell given the context of the story. As a secondary point, several characters are written fairly one note, and serve little function other than motivating or positioning the leads. Again, the general theme of the emptiness in anger is well conveyed - I just question if the all the writing matches the brilliance of the principle cast.

Louis Morgan said...

I'll say I in particular have no desire to adjudicate 2017 Original any further, I feel there was more than enough debate in 2017/2018 and we can move on.

Mitchell Murray said...

Also, can I just say...I have zero qualms about "The Favourite", "First Man", "Can You Ever Forgive Me?", "Parasite" or "Minari" being as high as they are. Those have stayed with me as particularly well written films, all with successful balancing acts and compelling thread lines (If you recall, I expressed how abruptly I felt "Minari" ended, but further contemplation and consul from here made me appreciate it all the more).

Mitchell Murray said...

oh...if you say so, Louis. Good thing I got that in when I did.

Luke Higham said...

LOL, just as I brought the idea up on the previous post. I'm sure you've been working on this for weeks if not a month.

Louis: Can you switch A Clockwork Orange to 10 Rillington Place on your wins page.

David Jones said...

Louis: Have you tried this copy of Violette Noziere.

ok.ru/video/1225628256866

Tahmeed Chowdhury said...

Always love lists like this, this one must have taken a lot of time to compile in particular.

Louis: Amongst your favorite films, would you say they skew more towards original or adapted screenplays? Asking because I realized a lot of my all-time favorites skews more towards adaptations for some reason.

Louis Morgan said...

David:

I'll circle back around to it then.

Tahmeed:

I think slightly adapted, however doing this list made me realize how less frequent, at least in higher quality films, original screenplays were in some of the earlier of decades and a balance between the two didn't really come until the 70's on. I was surprised by how many of my top tens were nearly purely adapted before that point.

Of course many of my favorite adaptations tend to be VERY adapted, whether that be massively expanding short stories (Shawshank Redemption, It's a Wonderful Life), plays (Amadeus) or very much taking their own path in the adaptation (Apocalypse Now, Dr. Strangelove).

Anonymous said...

Kurosawa's current record now, LOL.

Louis what are your BAFTA predictions?

Louis Morgan said...

Anonymous:

Film:

The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Top Gun: Maverick
All Quiet On the Western Front
Living

I think this could go a lot of ways, NGNG Living pulling a Darkest Hour.

Film Not in English Language:

All Quiet on the Western Front
Argentina, 1985
Decision to Leave
The Quiet Girl
RRR

Animated Film:

Pinocchio
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red

Following my first listed I predicted are the popular votes followed by the jury saves:

Director:

The Daniels - Everything Everywhere All At Once
Martin McDonagh - The Banshees of Inisherin
Park Chan-wook - Decision To Leave
Charlotte Wells - Aftersun
Sarah Polley - Women talking
Alice Diop - Saint Omer

Actress:

Cate Blanchett - Tar
Michelle Yeoh - Everything Everywhere All At Once
Danielle Deadwyler -Till
Emma Thompson - Good Luck To You, Leo Grande
Naomi Ackie - I Wanna Dance With Somebody
Ana de Armas - Blonde

Still think Williams will squeeze into Oscar though.

Actor:

Colin Farrell - The Banshees of Inisherin
Austin Butler - Elvis
Bill Nighy - Living
Paul Mescal - Aftersun
Daniel Kaluuya - Nope
Daryl McCormack - Good Luck To You Leo Grande

Will be interesting to see what happens here as I think Nighy could be the popular vote three, I think it will be at Fraser's expense but not sure.

Supporting Actress:

Kerry Condon - The Banshees of Inisherin
Jamie Lee Curtis - Everything Everywhere All At Once
Aimee Lou Wood - Living
Dolly De Leon - Triangle of Sadness
Hong Chau - The Whale
Lashana Lynch - The Woman King

Supporting Actor:

Ke Huy Quan - Everything Everywhere All At Once
Brendan Gleeson - The Banshees of Inisherin
Barry Keoghan - The Banshees of Inisherin
Michael Ward - Empire of Light
Albrecht Schuch - All Quiet on the Western Front
Eddie Redmayne - The Good Nurse

Original Screenplay:

The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Aftersun
Tar
Triangle of Sadness

Adapted Screenplay:

All Quiet on The Western Front
Glass Onion
Living
The Whale
Women Talking

Casting:

The Banshees of Inisherin
EEAO
The Fabelmans
Tar
Triangle of Sadness

Cinematography:

All Quiet on the Western Front
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Empire of Light
Top Gun: Maverick

Costume Design:

Corsage
Elvis
Glass Onion
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical

Editing:

All Quiet on the Western Front
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
EEO
Top Gun: Maverick

Makeup & Hair:

All Quiet on the Western Front
Babylon
The Batman
Elvis
The Whale

Original Score:

All Quiet on the Western Front
Babylon
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Batman
Women Talking

Production Design:

All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
Elvis
Pinocchio

Visual Effects:

Avatar: The Way of Water
Doctor Strange: MOM
Fantastic Beasts
Pinocchio
Top Gun: Maverick

Sound:

All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Elvis
Top Gun: Maverick

Luke Higham said...

Louis: Ratings and thoughts on the cast of Rio, Zona Norte.

Bryan L. said...

Louis: Are you buying into Andrea Riseboroughs’ late surge for an Oscar nom or is it a case of “too little, too late”?

Louis Morgan said...

Luke:

Otelo - 4.5(Gives quite a moving portrayal that I think find the right balance between earnest and hopeful, and emotional and pained. All his singing scenes are great because he brings so much sincere passion but also a sense of the way the character gets so much more out of it than just praise. There is a real full bodied love for song. Beyond that his performance is consistently moving in portraying those moments of joy with the moments of intense and often harrowing anguish over what he is seeing and dealing with. It is a consistently moving performance and is part of realizes these two extremely juxtapositions in such a potent way.)

Bryan:

Far too little I'd say, I'd be truly astonished if it were to happen. That film is aggressively Indie, in a way that the Academy only goes for with a lot more momentum behind it and Riseborough doesn't have any real momentum beyond a spirit nom. It feels like Ann Dowd for Compliance, which is a passionate push, but that is often not enough.

BRAZINTERMA said...

I like your list of screenplays.
You are to be congratulated.

Luke Higham said...

Louis: Ratings and thoughts on the cast of The Beasts.

8000S said...

Louis: Your thoughts on the cinematography of When a Woman Ascends the Stairs.

Aidan Pittman said...

Louis: Out of curiosity, where do you draw the line as to whether you count a screenplay as adapted or original?

Louis Morgan said...

Luke:

Menochet - 4.5(Found a particularly honest performance here that balances well the sense of frustration with a man just trying to live his life in his way. Menochet I think skirts between sort of the combination of just warm moments of honest appreciation of interaction with his family that has a nice subdued realistic element, and then his scenes with the locals. In these scenes, Menochet's quite effective in showing the way of frustration towards their aggression but also the moments of exacerbation in terms of reacting with more of a harsh dismissiveness initially. He manages to create a realistic sense of conflict, where he never dismisses the man as being wrong, but he shows very much that the man is in a constant battle, and isn't exactly amazing at negotiation. It is a moving very human portrayal of a man stuck in a bad situation who doesn't know how to get out of it.)

Zahera - 4(I think managed to not overplay the role of the slimeball, even though he's definitely that, he also though manages to show this coming from a very human place. In that his presentation of his desperation is coming from a real frustration with just his lot and doesn't overplay these moments, even granting some real nuance. Of course, that is with just being a vicious horrible man in equal measure.)
Colomb & Fois - 4(They don't come into intense focus until late in the film, where I thought both rather quickly granted a sense of relationship, a sense of powerful grief, and also a sense of conviction towards some kind of revenge or justice that was quite powerful.)

8000's:


I mean that stairwell shot is what it's all about in managing to make stairs imposing through just the particular lighting and choice in the angle of them. Of course beyond that, I'd describe it as pristine 60's work in just carefully rendered shots that emphasize shadows off our characters, and carefully light our figures with an innate sense of expression within that. Other than the aforementioned shot, not the flashiest work always, but good work. 

Louis Morgan said...

Aidan:


Some are simple of course if based on a specific source not by the same author, it is adapted. I will say when it comes to historically based films that will depend on if it is generalized research or a specific named source that it is based on. All adapted though. Previously existing characters are automatically adapted. I will say with sequels I am open to leaving it original if it is the same writer the whole time, though it is just easier to make it adapted. Exceptions do exist, such as if the character isn't specified like The Man With No Name is original in the following films, since he isn't specified as such anyways. 

Inspired by is where it can get tricky, for example, why do I consider The Bad Sleep Well and Ikiru original but not Ran? In these instances, the filmmakers themselves did not credit the text in the film, which matters but not entirely. Both first two just take vague ideas from the theoretical source (Son getting revenge) or (Man contemplating their death) and they leave really there. The characters are not the same, the structure isn't the same, and the plot isn't really even the same. Whereas Ran, the structure is more or less King Lear, with a lot of changes but it fundamentally plays, not just sharing a generalized thematic inkling like the other two examples. I do have exceptions for this, when the filmmakers don't credit the material yet it is obvious, and I mean painfully obvious with characters, the sequencing, and such all the same. For example Fistful of Dollars is an adaptation, and so is say Love is Strange. Neither gives credit to the original, but if you've seen the original, they're remakes. Again these are case by case, and thankfully exceptions.

Previously existing by the author is another facet. If unpublished or made in coordination with the screenplay (like Memento or The Third Man), I think it is original. 

Short films are one thing. If by a different author, it's adapted. If made by the original author but it never had any official release or was made as proof of concept for a feature, I'd still put it as the original. For example, Hard Eight is adapted for me because Cigarettes and Coffee had an actual release, unlike Boogie Nights which is original because The Dirk Diggler Story was only ever a student film experiment. 

Matt Mustin said...

What about something like The Indian Runner which is an adaptation of a song by Bruce Springsteen right down to the character names and story ("My name is Joe Roberts, I work for the state") but as far as I know there's no credit given to the source material.

Anonymous said...

Foxcatcher over Nightcrawler Yikes........

Matt Mustin said...

Anonymous: Nightcrawler is all about the performance (and the cinematography for me). I don't think it's a particularly amazing script.

Oliver Menard said...

Honestly, I've always thought that the screenplay of Whiplash was it's weakest element.

Tim said...

i can't tell what i would think about it now but when i watched Nightcrawler some years ago it completely fell apart for me during the climax. I didn't consider it a masterpiece beforehand anyway, but in the end it completely lost me

Anonymous said...

As opposed to Foxcatcher which falls apart due to Carells poor performance, the obvious evil (Carell) killing the middle man character (Ruffalo) shootout scene, Millers dull lifeless direction, the fact that the dialogue is so dull and heavy handed. I mean at least Nightcrawler had energy and surprises.

Robert MacFarlane said...

I’m on record that Whiplash’s screenplay falls apart under scrutiny, but out of respect to Louis, I’m not reigniting an argument from 2015. The discourse exhausts us all every year, and on this blog it’s usually my fault because I love the sound of my own bullshit.

Robert MacFarlane said...

That said: Louis, I reveal myself as a mystical djinn, and I shall grant you three wishes if you finally upgrade Sam Neill in The Piano to a 5. It’s been ten years, man. Throw me a bone.

Matt Mustin said...


Anonymous: We're talking about the script, Steve Carell doesn't enter into it. But yes, I agree, these discussions have been had.

Matt Mustin said...

Finally caught up with NOPE, which I basically loved. My second favourite Peele after Get Out, although I would say this is probably his best-directed film so far, definitely his best-shot, but that's what happens when you bring Hoyte van Hoytema in. The Jupe/Gordy subplot feels like it deserves it's own film, though, because that was fascinating all on it's own.

Kaluuya-4.5
Palmer-4.5
Yeun-4
Perea-4
Wincott-3.5(GREAT to see him again, and credit to Peele for putting that amazing voice of his to good use.)


Keith David is in it, but he's wasted beyond belief.



Tahmeed Chowdhury said...

Louis: Your thoughts on the Oscar-nominated song 'Accidentally in Love' from Shrek 2?

https://youtu.be/ZOfisAF09AA

Luke Higham said...

Louis: Ratings and thoughts on Waltz and Dafoe in Dead For A Dollar.

Anonymous said...

Louis: And Brosnahan.

8000S said...

Louis: Your thoughts on these retro casts.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1950's, by either John Ford or Anthony Mann)

Blondie: William Holden
Tuco: Anthony Quinn
Angel Eyes: Robert Mitchum

Blue Velvet (1960's, by Alfred Hitchcock)

Jeffrey Beaumont: Martin Sheen
Dorothy Vallens: Sophia Loren
Frank Booth: Richard Widmark
Sandy Williams: Elizabeth Hartman
Ben: Gig Young
Raymond: Robert Blake
Detective Williams: Robert Ryan
Ms. Wiliams: Claire Trevor
Ms. Beaumont: Mary Astor
Aunt Barbara: Agnes Moorehead

Ghost Rider (1980's version, by John Carpenter)

Johnny Blaze: Kurt Russell
Roxanne Simpson: Kim Catrall
The Caretaker: Lee Van Cleef
Mephisto: Lance Henriksen
Blackheart: Michael Wincott

Black Swan (1990's version, by David Lynch)

Nina Sayers: Laura Dern
Lily: Diane Lane
Thomas Leroy: Jeremy Irons
Erica Sayers: Diane Ladd or Anne Bancroft
Elizabeth MacIntyre: Isabella Rossellini

Calvin Law said...

Saw Living, which (in some ways unsurprisingly, in some ways surprisingly) I really loved, and Nighy is not only deserving of the praise he's gotten, I'd dare say he should be getting even more love.

Matthew Montada said...

Calvin: ratings for the cast of Living?

Tahmeed Chowdhury said...

Might as well predict Louis's ratings for the performances in Oscar contention:

Farrell, Nighy - 5
Fraser, Butler - 4.5/5

Mescal - 5
Cruise - 4
Sandler - 4

Luke Higham said...

1. Farrell (5)
2. Nighy (5)
3. Mescal (5)
4. Fraser (5, If he does get it, he'll be in the bottom tier unfortunately)
5. Butler (4.5/5)
6. Sandler (4)
7. Cruise (4)

RatedRStar said...

That fifth spot for Best Actor is gonna be so juicy lol, it isn't even a given that it is Mescal.

Robert MacFarlane said...

I actually saw The Whale yesterday. Uh, wasn't a fan. Fraser and Chau were good enough, though I won't really feel anything if they get nominated or snubbed. Everyone else I just felt sorry for. Sink and Simpkins were saddled with the two most unplayable characters of the year, and Morton was uncommonly terrible.

I imagine Louis will dock points from Fraser for the binge eating scene.

Luke Higham said...

Louis: Are you going to post your top 10 after watching Living.

Ytrewq Wertyq said...

Louis: Your 20 best Powers Boothe moments and your thoughts on him in Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones?

Louis Morgan said...

Luke:

Waltz - 3.5(Essentially a lower-key reprise of King Schultz, but it largely worked for me in crafting a stoic badass with a bit of character therein.)

Dafoe - 3.5(The character is so pointless by the end but a good bit of Dafoe, Dafoeing it up a bit in perhaps the most straightforward way you can think of, however effective in that straightforward way.)

Anonymous:

Brosnahan - 2(Eh her performance fell into the TV movie crowd for me most of the time, all I saw was a performer TRYING very hard to be convincing and failing miserably. Sticking out like a sore thumb and way overplaying every individual moment she has.)

8000's:

TGTBTU:

Holden and Mitchum yes, but Quinn is far too physically intimidating for Tuco.

Blue Velvet: I can see all of these across the board, particularly Widmark as Booth.

Ghost Rider: Most definitely particularly Van Cleef, Henriksen, and Wincott.

Black Swan: I'd actually say Cronenberg per the more body horror elements, I can certainly see all of the cast there, however.

Luke:

Yes, making its slow expansion quite vexing.


Ytrewq:

As I believe I've mentioned before, I've seen that film, I recall him being very good, but I just haven't seen it in 20 years+.

Luke Higham said...

Louis: Ratings and thoughts on the cast of Holy Spider.

Emi Grant said...

Louis: Your thoughts on the Critic's Choice wins?

Tony Kim said...

Louis - how long did it take you to collect all these nominees, and what thought process do you generally give to what gets nominated and what doesn't? How much does it usually take you to decide on a winner, and which category did you fight with yourself the most on?

Calvin Law said...

Matthew:

Nighy - 5 (and for what it's worth, I think he's on the same level as Farrell)
Wood - 4/4.5
Sharp - 4
Burke - 3.5

Rest of the cast uniformly good though I would say the bureaucratic ensemble outside of Sharp stands out a bit more in Ikiru.

Ytrewq Wertyq said...

Louis: How do you think Robin Williams would've fared in these roles?

-Arthur Fleck (Joker)
-Lt. Duane Martin (Rescue Dawn)
-Charles Manson (assuming a movie about him would've been made during Williams' lifetime)
-Jonathan Mardukas (Midnight Run, he was considered)
-Frank Ginsburg (Little Miss Sunshine, same as above)

Louis Morgan said...

Luke:

Saving Bajestani.

Amir Ebrahimi - 4.5(A performance that very embodies the whole film's anger within her work that I think balances it between frustration and just intense disdain rather artfully. I think she avoids becoming just a didactic idea finding enough humanity even in the pointed nature of the character. Showing I think well the key moments of horror towards the death of the women and the sadness that she finds when seeing one she had previously met had been killed. Ebrahimi's performance I think presents someone who isn't outraged by nature, however is rather brought to this point by the society with what she's deal with. By taking this approach her anger feels particularly powerful and cathartic in her presentation of it as often a knife that cuts into a scene. Her work is just as potent when silent, showing internally how much she is just taking in that she doesn't lash out against, making the lashing out moments all the more powerful because of that. That combined with realistically presenting the fear of a key climactic moment, she stands well as a full bodied person who also expresses so much symbolic frustration at the same time.)

Emi Grant:

Can't say I put much stock into the organization that gave Tar best original score. You know that film where I think only the score over the credits is an original piece. Laughable, just like the organization.

Having said that, I think the most notable thing to take from it is that a group that loved EEAO more than any other so far still gave the win to Blanchett, otherwise I think these wins were meaningless.

Tony:

I don't know the time because I actually started this last year during the lull between finishing the alternate reviews and the Oscar. Slowly making the list from there.

Depends on the category. For screenplay I thought about the writing separated as much as I could from direction and performance as connected to the success of the film. Adapted I also did consider the creativity or strength of the adaptation. For extremely close calls I will look at the actual screenplays to get a bit more measurements, or the original source material in some cases to see the nature of the adaptation a bit more.

Depends on the category and the year. I will say some categories tend to take less time. Picture is always the shortest for me, because there's honestly just a certain feeling I get with my #1 in most years that determines it for me. The only complication is if I get that particular feeling more than once. Longer tend to be close acting, screenplay, editing and director races.

Louis Morgan said...

Ytrewq:

I mean sure as the Joker at some point, I think he'd be better for it in a darker interpretation and I could see it working in the right situation.

80's Williams I could see pulling it off, and with Herzog probably pulling back his natural instincts throughout.

Can't quite see him in that role regardless.

I won't hear of this Grodin erasure, not now, not ever. But really I think Grodin's lower key comedy was ideal for the film's tone, where I think Williams would've been too big in his contrast to De Niro.

Very easy to see him as Frank, honestly some of Carell's choices remind me a bit of Williams's more subdued work.

Anonymous said...

Louis, what is your placement for Bajestani.

Louis Morgan said...

He's lead.

RatedRStar said...

RIP Gina Lollobrigida

Luke Higham said...

Louis: What's your bottom 7 films of the year.

Louis Morgan said...

Luke:

1. Jurassic World Dominion
2. Cha Cha Real Smooth
3. Amsterdam
4. Black Adam
5. Don't Worry Darling
6. Men
7. Thor: Love and Thunder













RIP Gina Lollobrigida

Luke Higham said...

Damn, I'm surprised you disliked Thor more than Avatar.

Louis Morgan said...

Luke:

Thor was a crushing disappointment that gets worse the more I think about. Avatar was exactly what I thought it would be and remains static in my mind.

8000S said...

Louis: Your thoughts on the train and chase sequences of The Good, the Bad, the Weird.

Shaggy Rogers said...

Louis: Tell us what are your 10 biggest disappointments of 2022

Luke Higham said...

Ratings and thoughts on the cast of Manila in The Claws Of Light.

Tony Kim said...

Fellow Oscar predictors: Do you think that Bassett for Best Supporting Actress is a done deal, or is the race still not over? I'd keep an eye out for Jamie Lee Curtis at SAG, personally.

Also, is anybody else amused by the fact that Kerry Condon, who had the most forgettable and thankless recurring role on Better Call Saul, will be the first of the show's cast to get an Oscar nomination?

Matt Mustin said...

Tony: I thought she was great on Better Call Saul personally.

Mitchell Murray said...

So, TV related question for everyone here: Have you seen "Yellowstone" and if so, what are your thoughts on it?

That series has seen a big surge in popularity as of late, not to mention the spinoff shows it's spawned within the story's continuity. I watched the first season a while back and...it didn't grab me that much, I got to be frank. Costner's as good as you'd expect, and the bulk of the acting is honestly solid (Cole Hauser should play Arthur Morgan). I just have several issues with the writing of certain characters/set ups, and how the elements it's discussing might've been shown in a different light. To that point, I can't help but think the series appeals to a certain demographic, and a certain side of the issues/subjects it's covering. To be fair, though, that's a pet theory of mine that I can neither 100% confirm or deny.

But yah...there's a show that I just couldn't get on the bandwagon for, and after season one, I basically said "pass". Not sure if that's on me, or if I have legit reasons that somebody else may agree with.

Louis Morgan said...

8000's:

A very entertaining scene albeit just slightly drawn out, though has particular fun with the literal dueling nature's of the characters, informing the action and vice versa quite effectively.

Luke:

Everyone is good in giving earnest realistic turns but did feel it was a director's film overall. Roco is fairly subdued and largely reactive as the lead however in those reactions does effectively convey the gradual mental degradation of the character.

Shaggy:

I try not to build things up in my head anyways for the sake of giving every film the same chance but regardless here's five that were disappointing based on typical filmmaker pedigree.

Thor Love and Thunder
Blonde
Three Thousand Years of Longing
She Said
Lightyear

Louis Morgan said...

Tony:

It's not a done deal but it helps tremendously for her due the fact there isn't an obvious #2. Curtis is basically in the same boat as Bassett, good performance but far from career best, so is would be in part a career award. Bassett's taking that narrative it seems with a more overt Oscar scene to boot.

Condon should be winning but she lacks a bogus awards narrative. A character actress making the most of a role sadly isn't typically held as a "proper" narrative. Sometimes the performance does make the difference, but that's rarer. If she wins it will be such a circumstance, so not impossible but not overly probable.

Everyone else I think probably falls into the "happy to be nominated" crowd.

Lucas Saavedra said...

Louis: your thoughts on Kerry Condon in Better Call Saul?

Robert MacFarlane said...

Louis: So what do you make of the Andrea Risenborough late-stage surge? I have a theory that this is publicists and A-listers testing the waters to see if they can pull a campaign like this in the future.

Tony Kim said...

Matt: Well, it's not her performance I had a problem with so much as the role itself. May I ask for an example of a scene where she stood out to you? I didn't think she was bad, but her only purpose in the series is to just exist as someone for Mike to talk to outside of his criminal connections, without any inner life of her own. Not to mention the show just completely gives up on caring about her starting from Season 4, and all her scenes from then on are more focused on Mike's relationship to Kaylee than Stacey herself.

Hell, she had exactly ONE scene in the final season, and it was shot from a far distance, with her face not even being lit. What does that tell you?

Calvin Law said...

Fwiw I think both Actor and Supporting Actress still feel fairly open at this point, and I'm fairly confident Banshees is going to nab at least one of them due to the overall strength of the film. So it'll probably depend on whether Farrell can keep his momentum or Condon can regain hers.

As for Actress, obviously Blanchett is in front now, my heart's with Yeoh but hey, I like to think she's still in it to win it. Quan does seem in a pretty good position for Supporting Actor (and usually I begrudge predictability but damn it, this year, I'm all for it here at least.

Calvin Law said...

Lucas: he gave them previously here https://actoroscar.blogspot.com/2019/08/alternate-best-actor-2001-heath-ledger.html

Her performance is fine though rather limited. This as essentially just a straight innocence who keeps the distance from the majority of the darkness. Her performance however does work to that extent in providing just a direct honest emotion in a given scene. I won't say her work leaves a particular impact, however it works within the limits of the role.

Anonymous said...

Bassett is winning, give me a break. This is the same career award that we've seen hundreds of times in Supporting. No one has a chance.

Matt Mustin said...

Anonymous: You *NEED* to calm down.

Louis Morgan said...

Robert:

When I was first asked about the question I was not aware of the sheer extent for it, and there is some precedence in Sally Kirkland's nomination for Anna, who called in all the favors and went as hard on the campaign trail as possible essentially. The difference is she started earlier (won the Globe for Drama) where Riseborough's last minute. It helps that you could argue there are two slots open in Actress, Williams is far from a lock at this point, De Armas is in a critically panned film, Davis's film is losing momentum etc. I'm not predicting it, but seeing how far it's gone, right during the middle of Oscar voting, I can see it working.

I also like your theory, as the intensity of it is pretty extreme to say the least.

Calvin:

I agree only thing Supporting Actor is fully done at this point (Not due to his wins at Globes and CC mind you, but rather EEAO setting itself up as a top five contender in terms of industry support. As he seems to be a place of support for the film, even from those who don't love the film). It will be interesting to see how Actor and Supporting Actress shake out nomination wise at BAFTA, as they could tell us a lot in terms of winning potential. I do agree that if it appears that Farrell's not winning, all the Banshees support could potentially go to Condon, since it seems like it should win one acting award in terms of of its momentum.

Calvin Law said...

There's no doubt to me that Banshees will do well with BAFTA (though I should note, I do think Nighy is a potential spoiler in Actor). And I'd say that Condon's role feels like it fits more in the usual mould of Supporting Actress winners than Farrell would be among the usual mould of Lead Actor winners. But I also do not think Fraser's momentum is quite as strong as some would think and same for Butler, so I'd hope there wouldn't betook much haste to count the eyebrows king out.

I'll also add that while I have other preferences in the category, I do legitimately love Bassett's work more than most here it seems, and if anything I hope this performance reminds studios that yes, you can cast her in bigger roles (I'd love to see her get her own Evelyn Wang or Lydia Tar).

Calvin Law said...

I also don't really take issue with Riseborough's (by all accounts) self-actualised campaign, everyone's got to find a way to make their case for consideration through whatever means they have, and I do think she's very good. Though if it does work, I have to say...next year is gonna be chaotic.

Shaggy Rogers said...

Louis: Say what are the biggest surprises of 2022

Marcus said...

Louis: Will you be able to watch the new Puss in Boots sometime this week?

Michael McCarthy said...

For me, the biggest surprise of the year *hands down* was Puss in Boots. I’ve seen it four times now and can’t find a single fault with it.

Shaggy Rogers said...

Louis: Which year do you consider Cry, The Beloved Country 51 or 52?

Luke Higham said...

It's 51, doesn't matter where the first theatrical release date took place.

Shaggy Rogers said...

Luke: It's because Lee is at 51 while Poitier, Carson and Keen are at 52

Luke Higham said...

Louis: Ratings and thoughts on the cast of Thirteen Lives.

Matt Mustin said...

Biggest surprise of the year for me is probably The Menu which I didn't even really want to see originally.

Oliver Menard said...

Puss in Boots was definitely the surprise of the year for me. Pinocchio and Turning Red would be a solid and a strong choice for best animated film of the year, but I think Puss in Boots is substantially better in my opinion. I can't fault a thing.

Calvin Law said...

Biggest surprises (good) for me:
1. Descendant
2. The Menu
3. On the Count of Three
4. Bad Axe
5. Fire Island

Biggest surprises (bad) for me:
1. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
2. Cha Cha Real Smooth
3. Funny Pages
4. Bullet Train
5. Men

Tahmeed Chowdhury said...

In terms of good surprises (I tried to stay away from films I didn't think I'd enjoy):

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
The Menu
Tar (I knew Blanchett was going to be excellent, but the film around her is great as well)
Bones and All
Glass Onion

Robert MacFarlane said...

Puss in Boots is by far the biggest surprise, and honestly I’m considering raising my score of it to a 5.

Louis Morgan said...

Puss in Boots is indeed amazing.

Shaggy:

Puss in Bootsx10000
The Menu
Bones & All
Turning Red

Luke:

Farrell & Mortensen - 3.5(Takes a bit to get used to their accents but they do a good job with them to the point you do forget it eventually. Overall though they give the right sense of low key conviction but also concern. Good performances even if the nature of the characters limits them just a bit.)

Edgerton - 3(Underused overall but I do think he brings the right sort of uncertainty within his moments of explaining his expertise.)

Everyone else I thought was fine.

Tahmeed Chowdhury said...

Louis: Ratings and thoughts on the cast, hope the film makes your top ten.

Aidan Pittman said...

Thought it was worth mentioning that I finally watched Mad Max: Fury Road for the first time and in a theater on 35mm. I think my procrastination in getting around to this was fate leading me to this moment because you guys were not joking. My God.

8000S said...

Louis: What are your thoughts on Elizabeth Banks as Betty Brant and Bill Nunn as Robbie Robertson? Much like Simmons as Jameson, I'd say they were perfectly cast.

Anonymous said...

Shaggy:
Puss in Boots 2
The Menu
Chip ’n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Top Gun Maverick
The Fabelmans. It had everything to be another Oscar-Bait like Belfast and Empire of Light, and how good it is to be wrong. Spielberg has to teach Branagh and Mendes a lesson.

Michael McCarthy said...

Louis: Any chance you’re gonna save Moura? He’s in my supporting top 5 at this point.

Louis Morgan said...

Tahmeed:

Banderas - 4(I mean brings the expected bravado and all the rest of it as to be expected. Thought though he excelled equally well in the period of pure exasperation and more haplessness as well. Wonderful though as well is the bit of nuance in his more introspective moments, and does convey in his vocal performance a sense of maturation.)

Hayek - 3.5(Brings more or less what is to be expected though thought her work complimented Banderas appropriately more than anything.)

Guillen - 3.5(I will say that he's definitely doing a variation on Josh Gad from Frozen, but that wholly worked for me in his own way, particularly with his much darker back story that made his exceedingly optimistic delivery all the more enjoyable.)

Pugh - 4(I like that she doesn't exactly do her normal accent shifting it just slightly to be a bit more of a gangster-sounding sort. Pugh's work brings the right comedy in that sort of approach while being Goldielocks, which would be enough. Her performance though has some genuine vulnerability that comes through rather poignantly, and honestly found her performance quite moving.)

Mulaney - 4(First of all I love every bit of his anti-arc as a character and I think Mulaney played that ideally by being so indulgent in every bit, particularly loved the self-pitying way he delivered the story about his "horrible" childhood, and just is the proper tool every step of the way.)

Colman, Winstone & Kayo - 3.5(The best Winstone's been in some while actually, I think. Anyway I like the sort of ideal combination between this sort of warm English family and intensity at the same time that was balanced quite artfully by all three.)

McCann - 3.5(Needs a special mention probably for the most hilarious use of a Jimmy Stewart impression that I've seen.)

8000's:

I think both give fine performances in fitting slightly contrasted performances, of each contrasting Simmons. Nunn with the exasperated honesty against Simmons's cynicism, and Banks brings a nice coy quality in dealing with him. Although both weren't used all that much, both were certainly good with what they had. 

Michael:

Yes

Danny said...

1989 and 1990 missing, funny that I'm first to notice, unless there some some *really* esoteric reason?