Oscar za najbolji adaptirani scenarij

Oscar za najbolji adaptirani scenario (Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay) je jedna od nagrada Akademije. Nagrada se dodeljuje svake godine piscu ili spisateljici filmskog scenarija napisanog na osnovu knjige, predstave, pripovetke ili na osnovu nekog drugog filma. Po ovom standardu, svi nastavci filmova se automatski računaju kao filmovi sa adaptiranim scenariom.

Akademija dodeljuje još jednu nagradu za scenario (Oscar za najbolji originalni scenario), ali za scenario koji nije adaptiran.

1920-e

Nagrada je počela da se dodeljuje kao „Najbolji adaptirani scenario“

  • 1927/1928 Seventh Heaven - Benjamin Glazer po predstavi autora Austin Stong
    • Glorious Betsy - Anthony Coldeway po predstavi autora Rida Johnson Young
    • The Jazz Singer - Alfred A. Cohn na osnovu predstave Day of Atonement autora Samson Raphaelsona

Druge i treće godine dodeljivana je sam jedna nagrada za „Najbolji scenario“, koja nije pravila razliku između originalnog i prerađenog scenarija.

  • 1928/1929 The Patriot - Hanns Kräly po predstavi, Ashley Dukes preveo predstavu Der Patriot autora Alfreda Neumanna nastaloj po priči Paul I autora Dmirtija Merazhkovskog
    • The Cop - William Taylor Garnett po priči autora Elliott Judd Clawson
    • In Old Arizona - Tom Barry po priči The Caballero's Way autora O. Henry
    • The Last of Mrs. Cheyney - Hanns Kräly po predstavi autora Frederick Lonsdale
    • The Leatherneck - Elliott Judd Clawson original
    • Our Dancing Daughters - Josephine Lovett original
    • Sal of Singapore - Elliott Judd Clawson po priči The Sentimentalists autor Dale Collinsa
    • Skyscraper - Elliott Judd Clawson, William Taylor Garnett po priči autora Dudley Murphya
    • The Valiant - Tom Barry, John Hunter Booth po predstavi autora Halworthy Halla i Roberta Middlemassa
    • A Woman of Affairs - Bess Meredyth po romanu The Green Hat autora Michael Arlena
    • Wonder of Women - Bess Meredyth po romanu Die Frau des Steffen Tromholt, autor Hermanna Sudermanna
  • 1929/1930 The Big House - Joseph Farnham, Martin Flavin, Frances Marion, Lennox Marion original
    • All Quiet on the Western Front - Maxwell Anderson, George Abbott, Del Andrews po romanu autora Erich Marije Remarquea
    • Disraeli - Julien Josephson po predstavi autora Louis N. Parkera
    • The Divorcee - John Meehan po romanu Ex-Wife autorke Ursule Parrott
    • Street of Chance - Lenore J. Coffee, Howard Estabrook po priči autor Oliver H. P. Garretta

1930-e

Godine 1930/31 Nagrada je ponovo podeljena na originalni i adaptirani scenario.

Godine 1935. nagrada se dodeljuje kao Oscar za najbolji scenario.

1940-e

1950-e

For 1956 the Category was renamed Screenplay—Adapted:

  • 1956 Around the World in Eighty Days - John Farrow, S. J. Perelman, James Poe po romanu, autor Jules Verne
    • Ba, autor Doll - Tennessee Williams po svojoj predstavi Twenty-seven Wagons Full of Cotton and The Unsatisfactory Supper
    • Friendly Persuasion - Michael Wilson po romanu, autor Jessamyn West (N.B.: Početkom 1956. godine, ime pisca Michaela Wilsona – dobitnika Osacara – izbrisano je sa filma Friendly Persuasion od strane Allied Artists, producenta i drugih kompanija. Ugovor potpisan sa Screen Writers Guild-om odobravao je izostavljanje imena svih onih koji su optuženi za komunističke stavove.)
    • Giant - Fred Guiol, Ivan Moffat po romanu, autor Edna Ferber
    • Lust for Life - Norman Corwin po romanu, autor Irving Stone

For 1957 the category was renamed Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium:

  • 1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai - Carl Foreman, Michael Wilson (potpisan: Pierre Boulle) bazirano na romanu, autor Pierre Boulle (N.B.: Iako je Pierre Boulle primio nagradu, bilo je poznato da su scenario napisali Carl Foreman i Michael Wilson, koji su bili na crnoj sliti.). Godine 1984, Oscar je posthumno dodeljen Wilsonu i Foremanu.
    • Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison - John Huston, John Lee Mahin po romanu, autor Charles Shaw
    • Peyton Place - John Michael Hayes po romanu, autor Grace Metalious
    • Sayonara - Paul Osborn po romanu, autor James Michener
    • 12 Angry Men - Reginald Rose po svojoj predstavi
  • 1958 Gigi - Alan Jay Lerner based on the novel , autor Colette
  • 1959 Room at the Top - Neil Paterson po romanu, autor John Braine
    • Anatomy of a Murder - Wendell Mayes, autora Robert Travera (pseudonim John D. Voelkera
    • Ben-Hur - Karl Tunberg po romanu, autor Lew Wallace
    • The Nun's Story - Robert Anderson po knjizi, autor Kathryn Hulme
    • Some Like it Hot - Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond po pričisuggested , autor Robert Thoeren and M. Logan

1960-e

1970-e

From 1974 the Category was renamed Screenplay Adapted From Other Material:

Od 1976. ova nagrada nosi ime Oscar za scenario zasnovan na materijalu iz drugog medija.

1980-e

  • 1980 Ordinary People - Alvin Sargent po romanu, autor Judith Guest
    • Breaker Morant - Jonathan Hardy, David Stevens, Bruce Beresford iz predstave , autor Kenneth Ross
    • Coal Miner's Daughter - Tom Rickman na osnovu autobiografije , autor Loretta Lynn i George Vecsey
    • The Elephant Man - Christopher De Vore, Eric Bergren, David Lynch po knjizi The Elephant Man and Other Reminiscences , autora Sir Frederick Trevesa i The Elephant Man: A Study in Human Dignity , autora Ashley Montagua
    • The Stunt Man - Lawrence B. Marcus, Richard Rush po romanu, autor Paul Brodeur
  • 1981 On Golden Pond - Ernest Thompson po svojoj predstavi
    • The French Lieutenant's Woman - Harold Pinter po romanu, autor John Fowles
    • Pennies From Heaven - Dennis Potter na osnovu svoje miniserije
    • Prince of the City - Jay Presson Allen, Sidney Lumet po knjizi, autor Robert Daley
    • Ragtime - Michael Weller po romanu, autor E.L. Doctorow
  • 1982 Missing - Constantin Costa-Gavras, Donald Stewart po knjizi, autor Thomas Hauser
  • 1983 Terms of Endearment - James L. Brooks po romanu, autor Larry McMurtry
    • The Betrayal - Harold Pinter po svojoj predstavi
    • The Dresser - Ronald Harwood po svojoj predstavi
    • Educating Rita - Willy Russell po svojoj predstavi
    • Reuben, Reuben - Julius J. Epstein po romanu, autor Peter De Vries and the play Spoonford , autor Herman Shumlin
  • 1984 Amadeus - Peter Shaffer iz predstave Amadeus
  • 1985 Out of Africa - Kurt Luedtke na osnovu memoara Isak Dinesena, knjige Silence Will Speak , autora Errol Trzebinskija i knjige Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller, autorke Judith Thurman
    • The Color Purple - Menno Meyjes po romanu, autor Alice Walker
    • Kiss of the Spider Woman - Leonard Schrader po romanu, autor Manuel Puig
    • Prizzi's Honor - Richard Condon, Janet Roach po romanu, autor Richard Condon
    • The Trip to Bountiful - Horton Foote po svojoj predstavi
  • 1986 A Room with a View - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala po romanu, autor E.M. Forster
    • Children of a Lesser God - Hesper Anderson, Mark Medoff iz predstave , autor Mark Medoff
    • The Color of Money - Richard Price po romanu, autor Walter Tevis
    • Crimes of the Heart - Beth Henley from her play
    • Stand , autor Me - Raynold Gideon, Bruce A. Evans from the novella The Body , autor Stephen King
  • 1987 The Last Emperor - Bernardo Bertolucci, Mark Peploe from the autobiography From Emperor to Citizen: The Autobiography of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi , autor Henry Pu Yi
    • The Dead - Tony Huston po priči , autor James Joyce
    • Fatal Attraction - James Dearden na osnovu scenarija, autor James Dearden (Ovo je bio rimejk ranijeg televizijskog filma)
    • Full Metal Jacket - Gustav Hasford, Michael Herr, Stanley Kubrick po romanu The Short-Timers , autor Gustav Hasford
    • Mitt liv som hund - Brasse Brännström, Per Berglund, Lasse Hallström, Reidar Jönsson po romanu, autor Reidar Jönsson
  • 1988 Dangerous Liaisons - Christopher Hampton po romanu, autor Choderlos de Laclos and the play , autor Christopher Hampton
    • The Accidental Tourist - Frank Galati, Lawrence Kasdan from the novel , autor Anne Tyler
    • Gorillas in the Mist - Anna Hamilton Phelan from the article , autor Harold T.P. Hayes
    • Little Dorrit - Christine Edzard po romanu, autor Charles Dickens
    • The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Jean-Claude Carrière, Philip Kaufman po romanu, autor Milan Kundera
  • 1989 Driving Miss Daisy - Alfred Uhry iz predstave , autor Alfred Uhry

1990-e

  • 1990 Dances with Wolves - Michael Blake po romanu autora Michael Blake
    • Awakenings - Steven Zaillian po knjizi autora Olivera Sacksa
    • Goodfellas - Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese po romanu Wise Guy autora Nicholasa Pileggia
    • The Grifters - Donald E. Westlake po romanu autora Jima Thompsona
    • Reversal of Fortune - Nicholas Kazan po romanu autora Alan M. Dershowitza

Od 1991. godine nagrada nosi ime Oscar za najbolji scenario zasnovan na prethodno objavljenom materijalu.

2000-e

  • 2000 Traffic - Stephen Gaghan na osnovu drame Traffik , autora Simona Moorea
    • Chocolat - Robert Nelson Jacobs po istoimenom romanu autorke Joanne Harris
    • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Hui-Ling Wang, James Schamus i Kuo Jung Tsai po romanu autora Du Lu Wanga
    • O Brother, Where Art Thou? - Ethan i Joel Coen na osnovu Homerove Odiseje
    • Wonder Boys - Steven Kloves po istoimenom romanu autora Michael Chabona
  • 2001 A Beautiful Mind - Akiva Goldsman na osnovu biografije autorke Sylvije Nasar
    • Ghost World - Daniel Clowes i Terry Zwigoff na osnovu stripova autora Daniel Clowesa
    • In the Bedroom - Todd Field and Robert Festinger na osnovu priče Killings autora Andre Dubus
    • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens i Peter Jackson po romanu, autora J.R.R. Tolkiena
    • Shrek - Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman i Roger S.H. Schulman na osnovu knjige za decu autora William Steig

Od 2002. nagrada nosi današnje ime.

  • 2002 The Pianist - Ronald Harwood po knjizi autora Władysław Szpilmana
    • About a Boy - Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz i Paul Weitz po romanu autora Nick Horna
    • Adaptation. - Charlie i Donald Kaufman po knjiziThe Orchid Thief autorke Susan Orlean
    • Chicago - Bill Condon iz predstave autorke Maurine Dallas Watkins
    • The Hours - David Hare po romanu autora Michaela Cunninghama
  • 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens i Peter Jackson po romanu autora Tolkiena
    • American Splendor - Robert Pulcini i Shari Springer Berman na osnovu stripova autora Harvey Pekara i stripova Our Cancer Year autora Joyce Brabnera
    • City of God - Braulio Mantovani po romanu autora Paulo Linsa
    • Mystic River - Brian Helgeland po romanu autora Dennis Lehanea
    • Seabiscuit - Gary Ross po knjizi autorke Laura Hillenbrand
  • 2004 Sideways - Alexander Payne i Jim Taylor po romanu, autor Rex Pickett
    • Before Sunset - Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy i Ethan Hawke po priči autora Richarda Linklatera i Kim Krizan
    • Finding Neverland - David Magee na osnovu predstave autor Allan Kneea
    • Million Dollar Ba, autor - Paul Haggis po Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner , autora F.X. Toolea
    • The Motorcycle Diaries - José Rivera na osnovu knjiga Con el Che por America Latina autora Alberta Ganadoa i Notas de viaje autora Ernesta Guevara
  • 2005 Brokeback Mountain - Larry McMurtry i Diana Ossana na osnovu priče autorke E. Annie Proulx
    • A History of Violence - Josh Olson po romanu autora Jona Wagnera i Vince Lockea
    • Capote - Dan Futterman po knjizi autor Geralda Clarka
    • The Constant Gardener - Jeffrey Caine po romanu autora John le Carréa
    • Munich - Tony Kushner i Eric Roth po knjizi Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team autora Georga Jonasa
  • 2006 The Departed - William Monahan na osnovu filma Infernal Affairs. Na dodeli Oscara komentator je pogrešno rekao da je na osnovu japanskog filma. Film je, zapravo, iz Hong Konga.
    • Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan - Sacha Baron Cohen, Peter Baynham, Anthony Hines, Dan Mazer i Todd Phillips na osnovu TV serije Da Ali G Show
    • Children of Men - Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ost, po romanu The Children of Men autora P. D. Jamesa
    • Notes on a Scandal - Patrick Marber na osnovu istoimenog romana autorke Zoë Hellera
    • Little Children - Todd Field iTom Perrotta po romanu autora Toma Perrotta
  • 2007 No Country for Old Men - Ethan i Joel Coen prema romanu Cormac McCarthya
  • 2008 - Slumdog Millionaire – Simon Beaufoy prema romanu Q & A autor: Vikas Swarup
  • 2009 - Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire' – Geoffrey Fletcher prema romanu Push spisateljice Sapphire
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Oscar za najbolji adaptirani scenarij
1928–1940

Benjamin Glazer (1928) • Hanns Kräly (1929) • Joseph Farnham, Martin Flavin, Frances Marion i Lennox Robinson (1930) • Howard Estabrook (1931) • Edwin J. Burke (1932) • Victor Heerman i Sarah Y. Mason (1933) • Robert Riskin (1934) • Dudley Nichols (1935) • Pierre Collings i Sheridan Gibney (1936) • Heinz Herald, Geza Herczeg i Norman Raine (1937) • Ian Dalrymple, Cecil Arthur Lewis, W.P. Lipscomb i George Bernard Shaw (1938) • Sidney Howard (1939) • Donald Ogden Stewart (1940)

1941–1960

Sidney Buchman i Seton Miller (1941) • George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West i Arthur Wimperis (1942) • Philip G. Epstein, Julius J. Epstein i Howard Koch (1943) • Frank Butler i Frank Cavett (1944) • Charles Brackett i Billy Wilder (1945) • Robert Sherwood (1946) • George Seaton (1947) • John Huston (1948) • Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1949) • Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1950) • Harry Brown i Michael Wilson (1951) • Charles Schnee (1952) • Daniel Taradash (1953) • George Seaton (1954) • Paddy Chayefsky (1955) • John Farrow, S.J. Perelman i James Poe (1956) • Carl Foreman i Michael Wilson (1957) • Alan Jay Lerner (1958) • Neil Paterson (1959) • Richard Brooks (1960)

1961–1980

Abby Mann (1961) • Horton Foote (1962) • John Osborne (1963) • Edward Anhalt (1964) • Robert Bolt (1965) • Robert Bolt (1966) • Stirling Silliphant (1967) • James Goldman (1968) • Waldo Salt (1969) • Ring Lardner, Jr. (1970) • Ernest Tidyman (1971) • Francis Ford Coppola i Mario Puzo (1972) • William Peter Blatty (1973) • Francis Ford Coppola i Mario Puzo (1974) • Bo Goldman i Laurence Hauben (1975) • William Goldman (1976) • Alvin Sargent (1977) • Oliver Stone (1978) • Robert Benton (1979) • Alvin Sargent (1980)

1981–2000

Ernest Thompson (1981) • Costa Gavras i Donald E. Stewart (1982) • James L. Brooks (1983) • Peter Shaffer (1984) • Kurt Luedtke (1985) • Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1986) • Bernardo Bertolucci i Mark Peploe (1987) • Christopher Hampton (1988) • Alfred Uhry (1989) • Michael Blake (1990) • Ted Tally (1991) • Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1992) • Steven Zaillian (1993) • Eric Roth (1994) • Emma Thompson (1995) • Billy Bob Thornton (1996) • Curtis Hanson i Brian Helgeland (1997) • Bill Condon (1998) • John Irving (1999) • Stephen Gaghan (2000)

2001–2023

Akiva Goldsman (2001) • Ronald Harwood (2002) • Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens i Peter Jackson (2003) • Alexander Payne i Jim Taylor (2004) • Larry McMurty i Diana Ossana (2005) • William Monahan (2006) • Joel i Ethan Coen (2007) • Simon Beaufoy (2008) • Geoffrey S. Fletcher (2009) • Aaron Sorkin (2010) • Nat Faxon & Alexander Payne (2011) • Chris Terrio (2012) • John Ridley (2013) • Graham Moore (2014) • Adam McKay i Charles Randolph (2015) • Barry Jenkins i Tarell Alvin McCraney (2016) • James Ivory (2017) • Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott i Spike Lee (2018) • Taika Waititi (2019) • Chrisopher Hampton i Florian Zeller (2020) • Sian Heder (2021) • Sarah Polley (2022) • Cord Jefferson (2023)