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1989 
 
Screenplay (Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) 
 Born on the Fourth of July, Adapted by Ron Kovic, Oliver Stone 
 Driving Miss Daisy, Adapted by Alfred Uhry 
 Field of Dreams, Adapted by Phil Alden Robinson 
 Glory, Adapted by Kevin Jarre 
 My Left Foot, Adapted by Shane Connaughton, Jim Sheridan 
 
Screenplay (Written Directly for The Screen) 
 Crimes and Misdemeanors, Written by Woody Allen 
 Dead Poets Society, Written by Tom Schulman 
 The Fabulous Baker Boys, Written by Steve Kloves 
 Sex, Lies and Videotape., Written by Steven Soderbergh 
 When Harry Met Sally..., Written by Nora Ephron 
 
 
 
  
1988 
 Screenplay (Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) 
 The Accidental Tourist, Adapted by Frank Galati, Lawrence Kasdan 
 Dangerous Liaisons, Adapted by Christopher Hampton 
 Gorillas in the Mist:  The Adventure of Dian Fossey, Adapted by Anna Hamilton Phelan, Tab Murphy 
 The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Adapted by Jean-Claude Carrière, Philip Kaufman 
 Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Adapted by Jeffrey Price, Peter Seaman 
 
Screenplay (Written Directly for The Screen) 
 Big, Written by Gary Ross, Anne Spielberg 
 Bull Durham, Written by Ron Shelton 
 A Fish Called Wanda, Written by John Cleese, Story by John Cleese, Charles Crichton 
 Rain Man, Written by Ronald Bass, Barry Morrow 
 Working Girl, Written by Kevin Wade 
 
 
 
  
1987 
 Screenplay (Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) 
 Fatal Attraction, Adapted by James Dearden 
 Full Metal Jacket, Adapted by Gustav Hasford, Michael Herr, Stanley Kubrick 
 The Princess Bride, Adapted by William Goldman 
 Roxanne, Adapted by Steve Martin 
 The Untouchables, Adapted by David Mamet 
 
Screenplay (Written Directly for The Screen) 
 Broadcast News, Written by James L. Brooks 
 Hope and Glory, Written by John Boorman 
 The Last Emperor, Written by Bernardo Bertolucci, Mark Peploe 
 Moonstruck, Written by John Patrick Shanley 
 Radio Days, Written by Woody Allen 
 
 
 
  
1986 
 Screenplay (Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) 
 Children of a Lesser God, Adapted by Hesper Anderson, Mark Medoff 
 Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Adapted by Leon Capetanos, Paul Mazursky 
 Little Shop of Horrors, Adapted by Howard Ashman 
 A Room with a View, Adapted by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala 
 Stand by Me, Adapted by Bruce A. Evans, Raynold Gideon 
 
Screenplay (Written Directly for The Screen) 
 Blue Velvet, Written by David Lynch 
 Hannah and her Sisters, Written by Woody Allen 
 Mona Lisa, Written by Neil Jordan, David Leland 
 Platoon, Written by Oliver Stone 
 Salvador, Written by Richard Boyle, Oliver Stone 
 
 
 
  
1985 
 Screenplay (Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) 
 Agnes of God, Adapted by John Pielmeier 
 The Color Purple, Adapted by Menno Meyjes 
 Out of Africa, Adapted by Kurt Luedtke 
 Prizzi's Honor, Adapted by Richard Condon, Janet Roach 
 The Trip To Bountiful, Adapted by Horton Foote 
 
Screenplay (Written Directly for The Screen) 
 Back to the Future, Written by Bob Gale, Robert Zemeckis 
 Cocoon, Written by Tom Benedek 
 Mask, Written by Anna Hamilton Phelan 
 The Purple Rose of Cairo, Written by Woody Allen 
 Witness, Written by William Kelley, Earl W. Wallace, Pamela Wallace 
 
 
 
  
1984 
 Screenplay (Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) 
 Greystoke:  The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, Adapted by Michael Austin, Robert Towne 
 The Killing Fields, Adapted by Bruce Robinson 
 The Natural, Adapted by Phil Dusenberry, Roger Towne 
 A Passage to India, Adapted by David Lean 
 A Soldier's Story, Adapted by Charles Fuller 
 
Screenplay (Written Directly for The Screen) 
 Broadway Danny Rose, Written by Woody Allen 
 El Norte, Written by Gregory Nava, Anna Thomas 
 Places in the Heart, Written by Robert Benton 
 Romancing the Stone, Written by Diane Thomas 
 Splash, Written by Bruce Jay Friedman, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, Brian Grazer 
 
 
 
  
1983 
 Drama Screenplay (Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) 
 Reuben, Reuben, Adapted by Julius J. Epstein 
 The Right Stuff, Adapted by Philip Kaufman 
 The Year of Living Dangerously, Adapted by C. J. Koch, Peter Weir, David Williamson 
 
Drama Screenplay (Written Directly for The Screen) 
 Silkwood, Written by Alice Arlen, Nora Ephron 
 Tender Mercies, Written by Horton Foote 
 Wargames, Written by Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes 
 
Comedy Screenplay (Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) 
 A Christmas Story, Adapted by Leigh Brown, Bob Clark, Jean Shepard 
 Terms of Endearment, Adapted by James L. Brooks 
 To Be or Not To Be, Adapted by Ronny Graham, Thomas Meehan 
 
Comedy Screenplay (Written Directly for The Screen) 
 The Big Chill, Written by Barbara Benedek, Lawrence Kasdan 
 Risky Business, Written by Paul Brickman 
 Zelig, Written by Woody Allen 
 
 
 
  
1982 
 Drama Screenplay (Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) 
 Missing, Adapted by Constantin Costa-Gavras, Donald L. Stewart 
 Sophie's Choice, Adapted by Alan J. Pakula 
 The Verdict, Adapted by David Mamet 
 
Drama Screenplay (Written Directly for The Screen) 
 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Written by Melissa Mathison 
 An Officer and a Gentleman, Written by Douglas Day Stewart 
 Shoot The Moon, Written by Bo Goldman 
 
Comedy Screenplay (Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) 
 Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Adapted by Cameron Crowe 
 Victor/Victoria, Adapted by Blake Edwards 
 The World According To Garp, Adapted by Steve Tesich 
 
Comedy Screenplay (Written Directly for The Screen) 
 Diner, Written by Barry Levinson 
 My Favorite Year, Written by Dennis Palumbo, Norman Steinberg 
 Tootsie, Written by Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal, Don Mcguire 
 
 
 
  
1981 
 Drama Screenplay (Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) 
 Cutter's Way, Adapted by Jeffrey Alan Fiskin 
 On Golden Pond, Adapted by Ernest Thompson 
 Prince of the City, Adapted by Jay Presson Allen, Sidney Lumet 
 Ragtime, Adapted by Michael Weller 
 
Drama Screenplay (Written Directly for The Screen) 
 Absence of Malice, Written by Kurt Luedtke 
 Atlantic City, Written by John Guare 
 Body Heat, Written by Lawrence Kasdan 
 Reds, Written by Warren Beatty, Trevor Griffiths 
 
Comedy Screenplay (Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) 
 First Monday in October, Adapted by Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee 
 for Your Eyes Only, Adapted by Richard Maibaum, Michael G. Wilson 
 Rich and Famous, Adapted by Gerald Ayres 
 
Comedy Screenplay (Written Directly for The Screen) 
 Arthur, Written by Steve Gordon 
 The Four Seasons, Written by Alan Alda 
 Raiders of the Lost Ark, Written by Lawrence Kasdan, Story by Philip Kaufman, George Lucas 
 S.O.B., Written by Blake Edwards 
 
 
 
  
1980 
 Drama Screenplay (Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) 
 Coal Miner's Daughter, Adapted by Tom Rickman 
 The Elephant Man, Adapted by Eric Bergren, Christopher Devore, David Lynch 
 The Great Santini, Adapted by Lewis John Carlino 
 Ordinary People, Adapted by Alvin Sargent 
 The Stunt Man, Adapted by Richard Rush, Screenplay by Lawrence B. Marcus 
 
Drama Screenplay (Written Directly for The Screen) 
 Fame, Written by Christopher Gore 
 Melvin and Howard, Written by Bo Goldman 
 My Bodyguard, Written by Alan Ormsby 
 
Comedy Screenplay (Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) 
 Airplane!, Adapted by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker 
 Hopscotch, Adapted by Bryan Forbes 
 Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back, Adapted by Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan, Story by George Lucas 
 
 Comedy Screenplay (Written Directly for The Screen) 
 9-To-5, Written by Colin Higgins, Patricia Resnick 
 Private Benjamin, Written by Nancy Meyers, Harvey Miller, Charles Shyer 
 Return of the Secaucus 7, Written by John Sayles 
 Stardust Memories, Written by Woody Allen 
 
 
 
  
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