British Academy Film Award / Best Adapted Screenplay
The British Academy Film Award for Best Adapted Screenplay has been presented since 1984 after the former Best Screenplay category, which had been awarded since 1968, was split into "Adapted Screenplay" and "Original Screenplay".
1980s
1984
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - Heat and Dust (Heat and Dust)
- Harold Pinter - Fraud (Betrayal)
- Willy Russell - Rita finally wants to know (Educating Rita)
- Larry Gelbart , Murray Schisgal - Tootsie
1985
Bruce Robinson - The Killing Fields - Schreiendes Land (Killing Fields)
- Julian Mitchell - Another Country
- Ronald Harwood - An Unequal Couple (The Dresser)
- Sam Shepard - Paris, Texas
1986
Richard Condon , Janet Roach - Prizzi's Honor (Prizzi's Honor)
- Peter Shaffer - Amadeus
- David Lean - Journey to India (A Passage to India)
- Julian Bond - The Last Hunt (The Shooting Party)
1987
Kurt Luedtke - Out Of Africa (Out of Africa)
- Hesper Anderson , Mark Medoff - Children of a Lesser God (Children of a Lesser God)
- Menno Meyjes - The Color Purple (The Color Purple)
- Masato Ide , Akira Kurosawa , Hideo Oguni - Ran
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - Room with a View (Room With a View)
1988
Claude Berri , Gérard Brach - Jean Florette (Jean de Florette)
- Hugh Whitemore - Between the Lines (84 Charing Cross Road)
- Christine Edzard - Little Dorrit (Little Dorrit)
- Alan Bennett - The Stormy Life of Joe Orton (Prick Up Your Ears)
1989
Jean-Claude Carrière , Philip Kaufman - The Unbearable Lightness of Being (The Unbearable Lightness of Being)
- Gabriel Axel - Babette's Feast (Babettes gæstebud)
- Tom Stoppard - Empire of the Sun (Empire of the Sun)
- Jeffrey Price , Peter S. Seaman - Wrong Game with Roger Rabbit (Who Framed Roger Rabbit)
1990s
1990
Christopher Hampton - Dangerous Liaisons (Dangerous Liaisons)
- Frank Galati , Lawrence Kasdan - The Accidental Tourist
- Shane Connaughton , Jim Sheridan - My Left Foot (My Left Foot)
- Willy Russell - Shirley Valentine - Goodbye, my dear man (Shirley Valentine)
1991
Nicholas Pileggi , Martin Scorsese - Goodfellas
- Ron Kovic , Oliver Stone - Born on 4 July (Born on the Fourth of July)
- Alfred Uhry - Miss Daisy and her chauffeur (Driving Miss Daisy)
- Carrie Fisher - Greetings from Hollywood (Postcards from the Edge)
- Michael J. Leeson - The War of the Roses (The War of the Roses)
1992
Dick Clement , Roddy Doyle , Ian La Frenais - The Commitments (The Commitments)
- Jean-Claude Carrière and Jean-Paul Rappeneau - Cyrano von Bergerac (Cyrano de Bergerac)
- Michael Blakeu - the Dances with Wolves (Dances with Wolves)
- Ted Tally - The Silence of the Lambs (The Silence of the Lambs)
1993
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - See you in Howards End (Howards End)
- Zachary Sklar , Oliver Stone - JFK - Tatort Dallas (JFK)
- Baz Luhrmann , Craig Pearce - Strictly Ballroom - Those who dance against all the rules (Strictly Ballroom)
1994
Steven Zaillian - Schindler's List (Schindler's List)
- Terry George , Jim Sheridan - In the Name of the Father
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - The Remains of the Day (The Remains of the Day)
- William Nicholsonu - Shadowlands
- Bo Goldman - The Scent of a Woman
1995
- Ronald Harwood - Scream to the Past (The Browning Version)
- Eric Roth - Forrest Gump
- Ronald Bass , Amy Tan - Daughters of Heaven (The Joy Luck Club)
- Krzysztof Kieslowski , Krzysztof Piesiewicz - Three colors: Red (Trois couleurs: Rouge)
1996
John Hodge - Trainspotting - New Heroes (Trainspotting)
- George Miller , Chris Noonan - A Piggy Called Babe (Babe)
- Mike Figgis - Leaving Las Vegas
- Alan Bennett - King George - The Madness of King George
- Anna Pavignano , Michael Radford , Furio Scarpelli , Giacomo Scarpelli , Massimo Troisi - The Postman (Il postino)
- Emma Thompson - Sense and Sensibility (Sense and Sensibility)
1997
Anthony Minghella - The English Patient (The English Patient)
- Arthur Miller - The Witch Hunt (The Crucible)
- Alan Parker , Oliver Stone - Evita
- Richard Loncraine , Ian McKellen - Richard III. (Richard III)
1998
Baz Luhrmann , Craig Pearce - William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (Romeo + Juliet)
- James Schamus - The Ice Storm (The Ice Storm)
- Curtis Hanson , Brian Helgeland - LA Confidential
- Hossein Amini - Wings of the Dove - Wings of the Dove
1999
Elaine May - With all might (Primary Colors)
- Frank Cottrell Boyce - Hilary & Jackie (Hilary and Jackie)
- Mark Herman - Little Voice
- Hilary Henkin , David Mamet - Wag the Dog - When the tail wags the dog (Wag the Dog)
2000s
2000
Neil Jordan - The End of the Affair (The End of the Affair)
- Ayub Khan-Din - East Is East
- Oliver Parker - A Perfect Husband (To Ideal Husband)
- Anthony Minghella - The Talented Mr. Ripley (The Talented Mr. Ripley)
2001
Stephen Gaghan - Traffic - Power of the Cartel (Traffic)
- Robert Nelson Jacobs - Chocolat - A small bite is enough (Chocolat)
- James Schamus , Hui-Ling Wang , Kuo Jung Tsai - Tiger and Dragon (Wo hu cang long)
- John Cusack , DV DeVincentis , Steve Pink , Scott Rosenberg - High Fidelity
- Steve Kloves - The WonderBoys (Wonder Boys)
2002
Ted Elliott , Terry Rossio , Roger SH Schulman , Joe Stillman - Shrek - The daredevil hero (Shrek)
- Akiva Goldsman - A Beautiful Mind
- Richard Curtis , Andrew Davies , Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones - Chocolate for Breakfast (Bridget Jones's Diary)
- Richard Eyre , Charles Wood - Iris
- Philippa Boyens , Peter Jackson , Fran Walsh - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)
2003
Charlie Kaufman , Donald Kaufman - adaptation.
- Peter Hedges , Chris Weitz , Paul Weitz - About a Boy or: The Day of the Dead Duck (About a Boy)
- Jeff Nathanson - Catch Me If You Can
- David Hare - The Hours - From Eternity to Eternity (The Hours)
- Ronald Harwood - The Pianist (The Pianist)
2004
Philippa Boyens , Peter Jackson , Fran Walsh - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)
- John August - Big Fish
- Anthony Minghella - On the Road to Cold Mountain (Cold Mountain)
- Olivia Hetreed - Girl with a Pearl Earring (Girl with a Pearl Earring)
- Brian Helgeland - Mystic River
2005
Alexander Payne , Jim Taylor - Sideways
- Christophe Barratier , Philippe Lopes-Curval - The children of Monsieur Mathieu (Les choristes)
- Patrick Marber - Up Close (Closer)
- David Magee - When Dreams Learn To Fly (Finding Neverland)
- José Rivera - The Journey of Young Che (Diarios de motocicleta)
Larry McMurtry , Diana Ossana - Brokeback Mountain
- Dan Futterman - Capote
- Jeffrey Caine - The Constant Gardener (The Constant Gardener)
- Josh Olson - A History of Violence
- Deborah Moggach - Pride and Prejudice (Pride and Prejudice)
Jeremy Brock , Peter Morgan - The Last King of Scotland (The Last King of Scotland)
- Paul Haggis , Neal Purvis , Robert Wade - James Bond 007: Casino Royale (Casino Royale)
- William Monahan - The Departed - The Departed (The Departed)
- Aline Brosh McKenna - The Devil Wears Prada (The Devil Wears Prada)
- Patrick Marber - Notes on a Scandal (Notes on a Scandal)
Ronald Harwood - Butterfly and Diving Bell (Le scaphandre et le papillon)
- Christopher Hampton - Atonement (Atonement)
- David Benioff - The Kite Runner (The Kite Runner)
- Ethan Coen , Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men
- Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire
- Eric Roth - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
- Peter Morgan - Frost / Nixon -
- David Hare - The Reader
- Justin Haythe - Times of Turmoil (Revolutionary Road)
2010s
Jason Reitman , Sheldon Turner - Up in the Air
- Geoffrey S. Fletcher - Precious - Life is Precious (Precious)
- Neill Blomkamp , Terri Tatchell - District 9
- Nick Hornby - An Education
- Simon Blackwell , Jesse Armstrong , Armando Iannucci , Tony Roche - Cabinet Out of Control (In the Loop)
Aaron Sorkin - The Social Network
- Danny Boyle , Simon Beaufoy - 127 Hours
- Rasmus Heisterberg , Nikolaj Arcel - Verblendung (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
- Michael Arndt - Toy Story 3
- Joel Coen , Ethan Coen - True Grit
Bridget O'Connor , Peter Straughan - Queen, King, Ace, Spy (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
- George Clooney , Beau Wilmon , Grant Heslov - The Ides of March (The Ides of March)
- Alexander Payne , Nat Faxon , Jim Rash - The Descendants - Family and Other Affairs (The Descendants)
- Tate Taylor - The Help
- Steven Zaillian , Aaron Sorkin - The Art of Winning - Moneyball (Moneyball)
David O. Russell - Silver Linings (Silver Linings Playbook)
- Chris Terrio - Argo
- Lucy Alibar , Benh Zeitlin - Beasts of the Southern Wild
- David Magee - Life of Pi: Shipwreck with Tiger (Life of Pi)
- Tony Kushner - Lincoln
Steve Coogan , Jeff Pope - Philomena
- John Ridley - 12 Years a Slave
- Richard LaGravenese - Liberace - Too Much of a Good is Wonderful (Behind the Candelabra)
- Billy Ray - Captain Phillips
- Terence Winter - The Wolf of Wall Street
Anthony McCarten - The Theory of Everything (The Theory of Everything)
- Gillian Flynn - Gone Girl - Gone Girl
- Jason Hall - American sniper
- Paul King - Paddington
- Graham Moore - The Imitation Game - A Top Secret Life (The Imitation Game)
Adam McKay and Charles Randolph - The Big Short
- Emma Donoghue - Room (Room)
- Nick Hornby - Brooklyn - A Love Between Two Worlds (Brooklyn)
- Phyllis Nagy - Carol
- Aaron Sorkin - Steve Jobs
Luke Davies - Lion - The Long Road Home (Lion)
- Tom Ford - Nocturnal Animals
- Eric Heisserer - Arrival
- Andrew Knight , Robert Schenkkan - Hacksaw Ridge - The Decision (Hacksaw Ridge)
- Theodore Melfi , Allison Schroeder - Hidden Figures - Unrecognized Heldinnen (Hidden Figures)
James Ivory - Call Me by Your Name
- Armando Iannucci , Ian Martin , David Schneider - The Death of Stalin
- Matt Greenhalgh - Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
- Aaron Sorkin - Molly's Game - Everything on one card (Molly's Game)
- Simon Farnaby , Paul King - Paddington 2
Spike Lee , David Rabinowitz , Charlie Wachtel and Kevin Willmott - BlacKkKlansman
- Josh Singer - Journey to the Moon (First Man)
- Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty - Can You Ever Forgive Me?
- Barry Jenkins - If Beale Street Could Talk
- Bradley Cooper , Will Fetters and Eric Roth - A Star Is Born
2020s
- Greta Gerwig - Little Women
- Anthony McCarten - The Two Popes
- Todd Phillips and Scott Silver - Joker
- Steven Zaillian - The Irishman