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The Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is one of the three screenwriting Writers Guild of America Awards, one that is specifically for film. The Writers Guild of America began making the distinction between an original screenplay and an adapted screenplay in 1970, when Waldo Salt, screenwriter for Midnight Cowboy, won for "Best Adapted Drama" and Arnold Schulman won "Best Adapted Comedy" for his screenplay of Goodbye, Columbus. Separate awards for dramas and comedies continued until 1985.

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Notes

  • "†" indicates the winner of the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
  • "‡" indicates a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

    • 1970s

    Best Adapted Drama

  • 1970: Midnight Cowboy – Waldo Salt †
  • 1971: I Never Sang for My Father – Robert Anderson ‡
  • 1972: The French Connection – Ernest Tidyman †
  • 1973: The Godfather – Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo †
  • 1974: Serpico – Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler ‡
  • 1975: The Godfather Part II – Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo †
  • 1976: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Bo Goldman and Lawrence Hauben †
  • 1977: All the President’s Men – William Goldman †
  • 1978: Islands in the Stream – Denne Bart Petitclerc
  • 1979: Midnight Express – Oliver Stone †

    • Best Adapted Comedy

  • 1970: Goodbye, Columbus – Arnold Schulman ‡
  • 1971: MASH – Ring Lardner Jr. †
  • 1972: Kotch – John Paxton
  • 1973: Cabaret – Jay Presson Allen ‡
  • 1974: Paper Moon – Alvin Sargent ‡
  • 1975: The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz – Lionel Chetwynd and Mordecai Richler ‡
  • 1976: The Sunshine Boys – Neil Simon ‡
  • 1977: The Pink Panther Strikes Again – Blake Edwards and Frank Waldman
  • 1978: Oh, God! – Larry Gelbart ‡
  • 1979: Heaven Can Wait – Elaine May and Warren Beatty ‡ and Same Time, Next Year – Bernard Slade ‡

    • 1980s

    Best Adapted Drama

  • 1980: Kramer vs. Kramer – Robert Benton †
  • 1981: Ordinary People – Alvin Sargent †
  • 1982: On Golden Pond – Ernest Thompson †
  • 1983: Missing – Costa-Gavras and Donald E. Stewart †
  • 1984: Reuben, Reuben – Julius J. Epstein ‡

    • Best Adapted Comedy

  • 1980: Being There – Jerzy Kosiński
  • 1981: Airplane! – Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker
  • 1982: Rich and Famous – Gerard Ayres
  • 1983: Victor Victoria – Blake Edwards ‡
  • 1984: Terms of Endearment – James L. Brooks †

    • References

    Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Wikipedia
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