Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) 1990-2008

1990s

• 1990 Ghost - Bruce Joel Rubin
  • Alice - Woody Allen
  • Avalon - Barry Levinson
  • Green Card - Peter Weir
  • Metropolitan - Whit Stillman

• 1991 Thelma & Louise - Callie Khouri
  • Boyz n the Hood - John Singleton
  • Bugsy - James Toback
  • The Fisher King - Richard LaGravenese
  • Grand Canyon - Lawrence and Meg Kasdan

• 1992 The Crying Game - Neil Jordan
  • Husbands and Wives - Woody Allen
  • Lorenzo's Oil - Nick Enright and George Miller
  • Passion Fish - John Sayles
  • Unforgiven - David Peoples

• 1993 The Piano - Jane Campion
  • Dave - Gary Ross
  • In the Line of Fire - Jeff Maguire
  • Philadelphia - Ron Nyswaner
  • Sleepless in Seattle - Jeff Arch (story and screenplay), Nora Ephron and David S. Ward

• 1994 Pulp Fiction - Quentin Tarantino (story and screenplay) and Roger Avary (story)
  • Bullets Over Broadway - Woody Allen and Douglas McGrath
  • Four Weddings and a Funeral - Richard Curtis
  • Heavenly Creatures - Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh
  • Three Colours: Red - Krzysztof Kieślowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz

• 1995 The Usual Suspects - Christopher McQuarrie
  • Braveheart - Randall Wallace
  • Mighty Aphrodite - Woody Allen
  • Nixon - Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson and Oliver Stone
  • Toy Story - Screenplay by Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow; Story by John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton, Joe Ranft

• 1996 Fargo - Joel & Ethan Coen
  • Jerry Maguire - Cameron Crowe
  • Lone Star - John Sayles
  • Secrets & Lies - Mike Leigh
  • Shine - Jan Sardi and Scott Hicks (story)

• 1997 Good Will Hunting - Ben Affleck, Matt Damon
  • As Good as It Gets - Mark Andrus (story and screenplay) and James L. Brooks
  • Boogie Nights - Paul Thomas Anderson
  • Deconstructing Harry - Woody Allen
  • The Full Monty - Simon Beaufoy

• 1998 Shakespeare in Love - Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard
  • Bulworth - Warren Beatty and Jeremy Pikser
  • Life Is Beautiful - Roberto Benigni and Vincenzo Cerami
  • Saving Private Ryan - Robert Rodat
  • The Truman Show - Andrew Niccol

• 1999 American Beauty - Alan Ball
  • Being John Malkovich - Charlie Kaufman
  • Magnolia - Paul Thomas Anderson
  • The Sixth Sense - M. Night Shyamalan
  • Topsy-Turvy - Mike Leigh

2000s

• 2000 (73rd) Almost Famous – Cameron Crowe
  • Billy Elliot – Lee Hall
  • Erin Brockovich – Susannah Grant
  • Gladiator – David Franzoni, John Logan and William Nicholson
  • You Can Count on Me – Kenneth Lonergan

• 2001 (74th) Gosford Park – Julian Fellowes
  • Amélie – Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Guillaume Laurant
  • Memento – Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan
  • Monster's Ball – Milo Addica and Will Rokos
  • The Royal Tenenbaums – Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson

• 2002 (75th) Talk to Her – Pedro Almodóvar
  • Far from Heaven – Todd Haynes
  • Gangs of New York – Jay Cocks, Kenneth Lonergan and Steven Zaillian
  • My Big Fat Greek Wedding – Nia Vardalos
  • Y tu mamá también – Alfonso Cuarón and Carlos Cuarón

• 2003 (76th) Lost in Translation – Sofia Coppola
  • The Barbarian Invasions – Denys Arcand
  • Dirty Pretty Things – Steven Knight
  • Finding Nemo – Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds
  • In America – Jim Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan and Naomi Sheridan

• 2004 (77th) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – Pierre Bismuth, Michel Gondry and Charlie Kaufman
  • The Aviator – John Logan
  • Hotel Rwanda – Terry George and Keir Pearson
  • The Incredibles – Brad Bird
  • Vera Drake – Mike Leigh

• 2005 (78th) Crash – Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco
  • Good Night, and Good Luck. – George Clooney and Grant Heslov
  • Match Point – Woody Allen
  • The Squid and the Whale – Noah Baumbach
  • Syriana – Stephen Gaghan

• 2006 (79th) Little Miss Sunshine – Michael Arndt
  • Babel – Guillermo Arriaga
  • Letters from Iwo Jima – Paul Haggis and Iris Yamashita (screenplay and story)
  • Pan's Labyrinth – Guillermo del Toro
  • The Queen – Peter Morgan

• 2007 (80th) Juno – Diablo Cody
  • Lars and the Real Girl – Nancy Oliver
  • Michael Clayton – Tony Gilroy
  • Ratatouille – Brad Bird
  • The Savages – Tamara Jenkins

• 2008 (81st) Milk - Dustin Lance Black
  • Frozen River – Courtney Hunt
  • Happy-Go-Lucky – Mike Leigh
  • In Bruges – Martin McDonagh
  • WALL-E – Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon and Pete Docter