| Year | Writer(s) | Film | Source material(s) |
|---|
2010 [6] | Aaron Sorkin | The Social Network † | The bookThe Accidental Billionaires byBen Mezrich |
| Ben Affleck,Peter Craig, and Aaron Stockard | The Town | The novelPrince of Thieves byChuck Hogan |
| Michael Arndt,John Lasseter,Andrew Stanton, andLee Unkrich | Toy Story 3 | TheToy Story films byPete Docter, Lasseter, Stanton, et al. |
| Danny Boyle andSimon Beaufoy | 127 Hours | The bookBetween a Rock and a Hard Place byAron Ralston |
| Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | True Grit | Thenovel byCharles Portis |
| Debra Granik andAnne Rosellini | Winter's Bone | The novel byDaniel Woodrell |
2011 [7] | Steven Zaillian,Aaron Sorkin, andStan Chervin | Moneyball | Thebook byMichael Lewis |
| John Logan | Hugo | The bookThe Invention of Hugo Cabret byBrian Selznick |
| Alexander Payne,Nat Faxon, andJim Rash | The Descendants † | Thenovel byKaui Hart Hemmings |
| Eric Roth | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | Thenovel byJonathan Safran Foer |
| Tate Taylor | The Help | Thenovel byKathryn Stockett |
2012 [8] | Tony Kushner | Lincoln | The bookTeam of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln byDoris Kearns Goodwin |
| Stephen Chbosky | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | Thenovel by Chbosky |
| David Magee | Life of Pi | Thenovel byYann Martel |
| David O. Russell | Silver Linings Playbook | Thenovel byMatthew Quick |
| Chris Terrio | Argo † | The bookThe Master of Disguise byAntonio J. Mendez and article "The Great Escape: How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran" byJoshuah Bearman |
2013 [9] | John Ridley | 12 Years a Slave † | Thememoir bySolomon Northup |
| Steve Coogan andJeff Pope | Philomena | The bookThe Lost Child of Philomena Lee byMartin Sixsmith |
| Tracy Letts | August: Osage County | Theplay by Letts |
| Richard Linklater,Ethan Hawke, andJulie Delpy | Before Midnight | The characters from the filmBefore Sunrise by Linklater andKim Krizan |
| Billy Ray | Captain Phillips | The bookA Captain's Duty byRichard Phillips andStephan Talty |
| Terence Winter | The Wolf of Wall Street | Thebook byJordan Belfort |
2014 [10] | Gillian Flynn | Gone Girl | Thenovel by Flynn |
| Paul Thomas Anderson | Inherent Vice | Thenovel byThomas Pynchon |
| Joel Coen,Ethan Coen,Richard LaGravenese, andWilliam Nicholson | Unbroken | Thebook byLaura Hillenbrand |
| Nick Hornby | Wild | Thememoir byCheryl Strayed |
| Anthony McCarten | The Theory of Everything | The memoirTravelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen byJane Hawking |
| Graham Moore | The Imitation Game † | The bookAlan Turing: The Enigma byAndrew Hodges |
2015 [11] | Adam McKay andCharles Randolph | The Big Short † | Thebook byMichael Lewis |
| Emma Donoghue | Room | Thenovel byEmma Donoghue |
| Drew Goddard | The Martian | Thenovel byAndy Weir |
| Nick Hornby | Brooklyn | Thenovel byColm Tóibín |
| Aaron Sorkin | Steve Jobs | Thebook byWalter Isaacson |
2016 [12] | Eric Heisserer | Arrival | The novella "Story of Your Life" byTed Chiang |
| Luke Davies | Lion | The bookA Long Way Home bySaroo Brierley andLarry Buttrose |
| Tom Ford | Nocturnal Animals | The novelTony and Susan byAustin Wright |
| Todd Komarnicki | Sully | The memoirHighest Duty byChesley Sullenberger andJeffrey Zaslow |
| Allison Schroeder andTheodore Melfi | Hidden Figures | Thebook byMargot Lee Shetterly |
| August Wilson(posthumous) | Fences | Theplay by Wilson |
2017 [13] | James Ivory | Call Me by Your Name † | Thenovel byAndré Aciman |
| Scott Neustadter andMichael H. Weber | The Disaster Artist | Thebook byGreg Sestero andTom Bissell |
| Dee Rees andVirgil Williams | Mudbound | Thenovel byHillary Jordan |
| Aaron Sorkin | Molly's Game | The memoir byMolly Bloom |
| Jack Thorne,Steven Conrad, andStephen Chbosky | Wonder | Thenovel byR. J. Palacio |
2018 [14] | Barry Jenkins | If Beale Street Could Talk | Thenovel byJames Baldwin |
| Ryan Coogler andJoe Robert Cole | Black Panther † | TheMarvel Comics byStan Lee andJack Kirby |
| Nicole Holofcener andJeff Whitty | Can You Ever Forgive Me? | The memoir byLee Israel |
| Eric Roth,Bradley Cooper, and Will Fetters | A Star Is Born | The1954 screenplay byMoss Hart and1976 screenplay byJohn Gregory Dunne,Joan Didion andFrank Pierson; story byRobert Carson andWilliam Wellman |
| Josh Singer | First Man | Thebook byJames R. Hansen |
| Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz,Kevin Willmott, andSpike Lee | BlacKkKlansman | The memoirBlack Klansman byRon Stallworth |
2019 [15] | Greta Gerwig | Little Women | Thenovel byLouisa May Alcott |
| Noah Harpster and Micah Fitzerman-Blue | A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood | The article "Can You Say ... Hero?" byTom Junod |
| Anthony McCarten | The Two Popes | The playThe Pope by McCarten |
| Todd Phillips andScott Silver | Joker | The characters byBill Finger,Bob Kane, andJerry Robinson |
| Taika Waititi | Jojo Rabbit † | The novelCaging Skies byChristine Leunens |
| Steven Zaillian | The Irishman | The bookI Heard You Paint Houses byCharles Brandt |