BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay facts for kids
Quick facts for kids BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay |
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| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Currently held by | Cord Jefferson for American Fiction (2023) |
The BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is a British Academy Film Award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to a screenwriter for a specific film.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, children's film and television, and interactive media. Since 1983, selected films have been awarded with the BAFTA award for Best Adapted Screenplay at an annual ceremony.
In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a gold background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the remaining nominees. The winner is also the first name listed in each category.
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History
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) award for Best Adapted Screenplay has been presented to its winners since 1968, when the original category (BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay) was split into two awards, the other being the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Christopher Hampton holds the record for the most wins in this category, with two. Ronald Harwood, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Eric Roth and Aaron Sorkin tie for the most nominations in this category, with four each.
Winners and nominees
indicates the winner
1980s
| Year | Film | Screenwriter(s) | Adapted from |
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(37th) |
Heat and Dust | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | Heat and Dust by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala |
| Betrayal | Harold Pinter | Betrayal by Harold Pinter | |
| Educating Rita | Willy Russell | Educating Rita by Willy Russell | |
| Tootsie | Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal | ||
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(38th) |
The Killing Fields | Bruce Robinson | The experiences of Dith Pran and Sydney Schanberg |
| Another Country | Julian Mitchell | Another Country by Julian Mitchell | |
| The Dresser | Ronald Harwood | The Dresser by Ronald Harwood | |
| Paris, Texas | Sam Shepard | Paris, Texas by L. M. Kit Carson | |
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(39th) |
Prizzi's Honor | Richard Condon and Janet Roach | Prizzi's Honor by Richard Condon |
| Amadeus | Peter Shaffer | Amadeus by Peter Shaffer | |
| A Passage to India | David Lean | A Passage to India by E. M. Forster | |
| The Shooting Party | Julian Bond | The Shooting Party by Isabel Colegate | |
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(40th) |
Out of Africa | Kurt Luedtke | Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen |
| Children of a Lesser God | Hesper Anderson and Mark Medoff | Children of a Lesser God by Mark Medoff | |
| The Color Purple | Menno Meyjes | The Color Purple by Alice Walker | |
| Ran | Masato Ide, Akira Kurosawa, and Hideo Oguni | Legends of the daimyō Mōri Motonari, as well as King Lear by William Shakespeare. | |
| A Room with a View | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | A Room with a View by E. M. Forster | |
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(41st) |
Jean de Florette | Claude Berri and Gérard Brach | L'Eau des collines by Marcel Pagnol |
| 84 Charing Cross Road | Hugh Whitemore | 84 Charing Cross Road by James Roose-Evans | |
| Little Dorrit | Christine Edzard | Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens | |
| Prick Up Your Ears | Alan Bennett | Prick Up Your Ears by John Lahr | |
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(42nd) |
The Unbearable Lightness of Being | Jean-Claude Carrière and Philip Kaufman | The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera |
| Babettes gæstebud | Gabriel Axel | Babette's Feast by Isak Dinesan | |
| Empire of the Sun | Tom Stoppard | Empire of the Sun by J. G. Ballard | |
| Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman | Who Censored Roger Rabbit? by Gary K. Wolf | |
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(43rd) |
Dangerous Liaisons | Christopher Hampton | Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Christopher Hampton |
| The Accidental Tourist | Frank Galati and Lawrence Kasdan | The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler | |
| My Left Foot | Shane Connaughton and Jim Sheridan | My Left Foot by Christy Brown | |
| Shirley Valentine | Willy Russell | Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell |
1990s
| Year | Film | Screenwriter(s) | Adapted from |
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(44th) |
Goodfellas | Nicholas Pileggi and Martin Scorsese | Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi |
| Born on the Fourth of July | Ron Kovic and Oliver Stone | Born on the Fourth of July by Ron Kovic | |
| Driving Miss Daisy | Alfred Uhry | Driving Miss Daisy by Alfred Uhry | |
| Postcards from the Edge | Carrie Fisher | Postcards from the Edge by Carrie Fisher | |
| The War of the Roses | Michael J. Leeson | The War of the Roses by Warren Adler | |
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(45th) |
The Commitments | Dick Clement, Roddy Doyle, and Ian La Frenais | The Commitments by Roddy Doyle |
| Cyrano de Bergerac | Jean-Claude Carrière and Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand | |
| Dances with Wolves | Michael Blake | Dances with Wolves by Michael Blake | |
| The Silence of the Lambs | Ted Tally | The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris | |
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(46th) |
The Player | Michael Tolkin | The Player by Michael Tolkin |
| Howards End | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | Howards End by E. M. Forster | |
| JFK | Zachary Sklar and Oliver Stone | On the Trail of the Assassins by Jim Garrison Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy by Jim Marrs |
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| Strictly Ballroom | Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce | Strictly Ballroom by Baz Luhrmann | |
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(47th) |
Schindler's List | Steven Zaillian | Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally |
| In the Name of the Father | Terry George and Jim Sheridan | Proved Innocent: The Story of Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four by Gerry Conlon | |
| The Remains of the Day | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro | |
| Shadowlands | William Nicholson | Shadowlands by William Nicholson | |
| Scent of a Woman | Bo Goldman | Il buio e il miele by Giovanni Arpino | |
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(48th) |
Quiz Show | Paul Attanasio | Remembering America by Richard N. Goodwin |
| The Browning Version | Ronald Harwood | The Browning Version by Terence Rattigan | |
| Forrest Gump | Eric Roth | Forrest Gump by Winston Groom | |
| The Joy Luck Club | Ronald Bass and Amy Tan | The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan | |
| Three Colours: Red | Krzysztof Kieślowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz | ||
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(49th) |
Trainspotting | John Hodge | Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh |
| Babe | George Miller, Chris Noonan | The Sheep-Pig by Dick King-Smith | |
| Leaving Las Vegas | Mike Figgis | Leaving Las Vegas by John O'Brien | |
| The Madness of King George | Alan Bennett | The Madness of George III by Alan Bennett | |
| Il Postino: The Postman | Anna Pavignano, Michael Radford, Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli, and Massimo Troisi | Ardiente paciencia by Antonio Skármeta | |
| Sense and Sensibility | Emma Thompson | Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen | |
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(50th) |
The English Patient | Anthony Minghella | The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje |
| The Crucible | Arthur Miller | The Crucible by Arthur Miller | |
| Evita | Alan Parker and Oliver Stone | Evita by Eva Perón | |
| Richard III | Richard Loncraine and Ian McKellen | Richard III by William Shakespeare | |
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(51st) |
Romeo + Juliet | Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce | Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare |
| The Ice Storm | James Schamus | The Ice Storm by Rick Moody | |
| L.A. Confidential | Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland | L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy | |
| The Wings of the Dove | Hossein Amini | The Wings of the Dove by Henry James | |
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(52nd) |
Primary Colors | Elaine May | Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics by Joe Klein |
| Hilary and Jackie | Frank Cottrell Boyce | A Genius in the Family by Piers and Hilary du Pré | |
| Little Voice | Mark Herman | The Rise and Fall of Little Voice by Jim Cartwright | |
| Wag the Dog | Hilary Henkin and David Mamet | American Hero by Larry Beinhart | |
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(53rd) |
The End of the Affair | Neil Jordan | The End of the Affair by Graham Greene |
| East Is East | Ayub Khan-Din | East Is East by Ayub Khan-Din | |
| An Ideal Husband | Oliver Parker | An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde | |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley | Anthony Minghella | The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith |
2000s
| Year | Film | Screenwriter(s) | Adapted from |
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(54th) |
Traffic | Stephen Gaghan | Traffik by Alastair Reid |
| Chocolat | Robert Nelson Jacobs | Chocolat by Joanne Harris | |
| Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | James Schamus, Wang Hui-ling, and Kuo Jung Tsai | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by Wang Dulu | |
| High Fidelity | John Cusack, D. V. DeVincentis, Steve Pink, and Scott Rosenberg | High Fidelity by Nick Hornby | |
| Wonder Boys | Steve Kloves | Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon | |
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(55th) |
Shrek | Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Roger S. H. Schulman, and Joe Stillman | Shrek! by William Steig |
| A Beautiful Mind | Akiva Goldsman | A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar | |
| Bridget Jones's Diary | Richard Curtis, Andrew Davies, and Helen Fielding | Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding | |
| Iris | Richard Eyre and Charles Wood | Elegy for Iris by John Bayley | |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Fran Walsh | The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien | |
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(56th) |
Adaptation. | Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman | The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean |
| About a Boy | Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz, and Paul Weitz | About a Boy by Nick Hornby | |
| Catch Me If You Can | Jeff Nathanson | Catch Me if You Can by Frank Abagnale and Stan Redding | |
| The Hours | David Hare | The Hours by Michael Cunningham | |
| The Pianist | Ronald Harwood | The Pianist by Władysław Szpilman | |
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(57th) |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Fran Walsh | The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien |
| Big Fish | John August | Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions by Daniel Wallace | |
| Cold Mountain | Anthony Minghella | Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier | |
| Girl with a Pearl Earring | Olivia Hetreed | Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier | |
| Mystic River | Brian Helgeland | Mystic River by Dennis Lehane | |
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(58th) |
Sideways | Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor | Sideways by Rex Pickett |
| The Chorus | Christophe Barratier and Philippe Lopes-Curval | A Cage of Nightingales directed by Jean Dréville | |
| Closer | Patrick Marber | Closer by Patrick Marber | |
| Finding Neverland | David Magee | The Man Who Was Peter Pan by Allan Knee | |
| The Motorcycle Diaries | José Rivera | The Motorcycle Diaries by Che Guevara | |
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(59th) |
Brokeback Mountain | Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana | Brokeback Mountain by E. Annie Proulx |
| Capote | Dan Futterman | Capote by Gerald Clarke | |
| The Constant Gardener | Jeffrey Caine | The Constant Gardener by John le Carré | |
| A History of Violence | Josh Olson | A History of Violence by John Wagner and Vince Locke | |
| Pride & Prejudice | Deborah Moggach | Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen | |
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(60th) |
The Last King of Scotland | Jeremy Brock and Peter Morgan | The Last King of Scotland by Giles Foden |
| Casino Royale | Paul Haggis, Neal Purvis, and Robert Wade | Casino Royale by Ian Fleming | |
| The Departed | William Monahan | Infernal Affairs by Alan Mak and Felix Chong | |
| The Devil Wears Prada | Aline Brosh McKenna | The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger | |
| Notes on a Scandal | Patrick Marber | Notes on a Scandal by Zoë Heller | |
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(61st) |
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Ronald Harwood | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby |
| Atonement | Christopher Hampton | Atonement by Ian McEwan | |
| The Kite Runner | David Benioff | The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini | |
| No Country for Old Men | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy | |
| There Will Be Blood | Paul Thomas Anderson | Oil! by Upton Sinclair | |
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(62nd) |
Slumdog Millionaire | Simon Beaufoy | Q & A by Vikas Swarup |
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Eric Roth | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald | |
| Frost/Nixon | Peter Morgan | Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan | |
| The Reader | David Hare | The Reader by Bernhard Schlink | |
| Revolutionary Road | Justin Haythe | Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates | |
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(63rd) |
Up in the Air | Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner | Up in the Air by Walter Kirn |
| District 9 | Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell | Alive in Joburg by Neill Blomkamp | |
| An Education | Nick Hornby | An Education by Lynn Barber | |
| In the Loop | Simon Blackwell, Jesse Armstrong, Armando Iannucci, and Tony Roche | The Thick of It by Armando Iannucci | |
| Precious | Geoffrey Fletcher | Push by Sapphire |
2010s
| Year | Film | Screenwriter(s) | Adapted from |
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(64th) |
The Social Network | Aaron Sorkin | The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich |
| 127 Hours | Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy | Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston | |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Rasmus Heisterberg and Nikolaj Arcel | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson | |
| Toy Story 3 | Michael Arndt | Characters from the film Toy Story created by John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton, Joe Ranft, Joss Whedon, Joel Cohen, and Alec Sokolow Characters from the film Toy Story 2 created by John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Ash Brannon, Andrew Stanton, Rita Hsiao, Doug Chamberlin, and Chris Webb |
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| True Grit | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | True Grit by Charles Portis | |
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(65th) |
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carré |
| The Descendants | Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash | The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings | |
| The Help | Tate Taylor | The Help by Kathryn Stockett | |
| The Ides of March | George Clooney, Beau Willimon, and Grant Heslov | Farragut North by Beau Willimon | |
| Moneyball | Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin | Moneyball by Michael Lewis | |
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(66th) |
Silver Linings Playbook | David O. Russell | The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick |
| Argo | Chris Terrio | The Master of Disguise by Tony Mendez The Great Escape by Joshuah Bearman |
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| Beasts of the Southern Wild | Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin | Juicy and Delicious by Lucy Alibar | |
| Life of Pi | David Magee | Life of Pi by Yann Martel | |
| Lincoln | Tony Kushner | Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin | |
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(67th) |
Philomena | Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope | The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by Martin Sixsmith |
| 12 Years a Slave | John Ridley | Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup | |
| Behind the Candelabra | Richard LaGravenese | Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace by Scott Thorson | |
| Captain Phillips | Billy Ray | A Captain's Duty by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty | |
| The Wolf of Wall Street | Terence Winter | The Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort | |
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(68th) |
The Theory of Everything | Anthony McCarten | Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen by Jane Wilde Hawking |
| American Sniper | Jason Hall | American Sniper by Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, and Jim DeFelice | |
| Gone Girl | Gillian Flynn | Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn | |
| The Imitation Game | Graham Moore | Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges | |
| Paddington | Paul King | Paddington Bear by Michael Bond | |
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(69th) |
The Big Short | Adam McKay and Charles Randolph | The Big Short by Michael Lewis |
| Brooklyn | Nick Hornby | Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín | |
| Carol | Phyllis Nagy | The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith | |
| Room | Emma Donoghue | Room by Emma Donoghue | |
| Steve Jobs | Aaron Sorkin | Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson | |
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(70th) |
Lion | Luke Davies | A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley and Larry Buttrose |
| Arrival | Eric Heisserer | Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang | |
| Hacksaw Ridge | Andrew Knight and Robert Schenkkan | The Conscientious Objector by Terry Benedict | |
| Hidden Figures | Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi | Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly | |
| Nocturnal Animals | Tom Ford | Tony and Susan by Austin Wright | |
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(71st) |
Call Me by Your Name | James Ivory | Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman |
| The Death of Stalin | Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, and David Schneider | The Death of Stalin by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin | |
| Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool | Matt Greenhalgh | Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool by Peter Turner | |
| Molly's Game | Aaron Sorkin | Molly's Game by Molly Bloom | |
| Paddington 2 | Simon Farnaby and Paul King | Paddington Bear by Michael Bond | |
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(72nd) |
BlacKkKlansman | Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, and Spike Lee | Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth |
| Can You Ever Forgive Me? | Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty | Can You Ever Forgive Me? by Lee Israel | |
| First Man | Josh Singer | First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong by James R. Hansen | |
| If Beale Street Could Talk | Barry Jenkins | If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin | |
| A Star Is Born | Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, and Will Fetters | A Star Is Born by William A. Wellman, Robert Carson, Dorothy Parker, and Alan Campbell | |
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(73rd) |
Jojo Rabbit | Taika Waititi | Caging Skies by Christine Leunens |
| The Irishman | Steven Zaillian | I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt | |
| Joker | Todd Phillips and Scott Silver | Characters by DC | |
| Little Women | Greta Gerwig | Little Women by Louisa May Alcott | |
| The Two Popes | Anthony McCarten | The Pope by Anthony McCarten |
2020s
| Year | Film | Screenwriter(s) | Adapted from |
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(74th) |
The Father | Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller | Le Père (The Father) by Florian Zeller |
| The Dig | Moira Buffini | The Dig by John Preston | |
| The Mauritanian | Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani, and M.B. Traven | Guantánamo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Slahi | |
| Nomadland | Chloé Zhao | Nomadland by Jessica Bruder | |
| The White Tiger | Ramin Bahrani | The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga | |
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(75th) |
CODA | Sian Heder | La Famille Bélier by Victoria Bedos |
| Drive My Car | Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe | Drive My Car by Haruki Murakami | |
| Dune | Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts, and Denis Villeneuve | Dune by Frank Herbert | |
| The Lost Daughter | Maggie Gyllenhaal | The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante | |
| The Power of the Dog | Jane Campion | The Power of the Dog by Thomas Savage | |
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(76th) |
All Quiet on the Western Front | Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, and Ian Stokell | All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque |
| Living | Kazuo Ishiguro | Ikiru by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni | |
| The Quiet Girl | Colm Bairéad | Foster by Claire Keegan | |
| She Said | Rebecca Lenkiewicz | She Said by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey | |
| The Whale | Samuel D. Hunter | The Whale by Samuel D. Hunter | |
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(77th) |
American Fiction | Cord Jefferson | Erasure by Percival Everett |
| All of Us Strangers | Andrew Haigh | Strangers by Taichi Yamada | |
| Oppenheimer | Christopher Nolan | American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin | |
| Poor Things | Tony McNamara | Poor Things by Alasdair Gray | |
| The Zone of Interest | Jonathan Glazer | The Zone of Interest by Martin Amis |
Multiple wins and nominations
Multiple wins
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Multiple nominations
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See also
In Spanish: Anexo:BAFTA al mejor guion adaptado para niños
- Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay
- Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
- AACTA International Award for Best Screenplay
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
- Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
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