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
1930-e
Godine 1930/31 Nagrada je ponovo podeljena na originalni i adaptirani scenario.
Godine 1935. nagrada se dodeljuje kao Oscar za najbolji scenario.
- 1935 The Informer - Dudley Nichols po romanu autora Liam O'Flaherty. Ovo je prva ikada odbijena nagrada Oscar.
- Captain Blood - Casey Robinson po romanu autora Rafael Sabatini
- The Lives of a Bengal Lancer - Waldemar Young, John L. Balderston, Achmed Abdullah, Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt po romanu autora Francis Yeats-Brown
- Mutiny on the Bounty - Talbot Jennings, Jules Furthman, Carey Wilson po romanu autora Charles Nordhoffa i James Norman Halla
- 1936 The Story of Louis Pasteur - Pierre Collings, Sheridan Gibney po njihovoj priči
- 1937 The Life of Emile Zola - Heinz Herald, Geza Herczeg, Norman Raine po knjizi Zola and His Time autora Matthew Josephsona
- 1938 Pygmalion - Ian Dalrymple, Cecil Lewis, W.P. Lipscomb, George Bernard Shaw po predstavi autora George Bernard Shawa
- 1939 Gone with the Wind - Sidney Howard po romanu autorke Margaret Mitchell
1940-e
- 1940 The Philadelphia Story - Donald Ogden Stewart iz predstave , autor Philip Barry
- 1941 Here Comes Mr. Jordan - Sidney Buchman, Seton Miller iz predstave Heaven Can Wait , autor Harry Segall
- 1942 Mrs. Miniver - George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West, Arthur Wimperis based on the novel , autor Jan Struther
- 1943 Casablanca - Philip Epstein, Julius J. Epstein, Howard Koch iz predstave Everybody Comes to Rick's , autor Murray Burnett and Joan Alison
- 1944 Going My Way - Frank Butler, Frank Cavett po priči , autor Leo McCarey
- Double Indemnity - Billy Wilder, Raymond Chandler po romanu Double Indemnity in Three of a Kind , autor James M. Cain
- Gaslight - John Van Druten, Walter Reisch, John L. Balderston iz predstave Angel Street , autor Patrick Hamilton
- Laura - Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein, Betty Reinhardt po romanu, autor Vera Caspary
- Meet Me in St. Louis - Irving Brecher, Fred F. Finklehoffe po romanu, autor Sally Benson
- 1945 The Lost Weekend - Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder po romanu, autor Charles R. Jackson
- Mildred Pierce - Ranald MacDougall po romanu, autor James M. Cain
- The Pride of the Marines - Albert Maltz po knjizi, autor Roger Butterfield
- Story of G.I. Joe - Leopold Atlas, Guy Endore, Philip Stevenson from the books Brave Men and Here Is Your War , autor Ernie Pyle
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Frank Davis, Tess Slesinger po romanu, autor Betty Smith
- 1946 The Best Years of Our Lives - Robert Sherwood po romanu Glory for Me , autor MacKinlay Kantor
- Anna and the King of Siam - Sally Benson, Talbot Jennings po knjizi, autor Margaret Landon
- Brief Encounter - Anthony Havelock-Allan, David Lean, Ronald Neame iz predstave Still Life , autor Noel Coward
- The Killers - Anthony Veiller from the short story , autor Ernest Hemingway
- Rome, Open City - Sergio Amidei, Federico Fellini po priči , autor Sergio Amidei, Alberto Consiglio
- 1947 Miracle on 34th Street - George Seaton po priči , autor Valentine Davies
- 1948 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - John Huston po romanu, autor B. Traven
- 1949 A Letter to Three Wives - Joseph Mankiewicz po romanu Letter to Five Wives , autor John Klempner
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.
- 1958 Gigi - Alan Jay Lerner based on the novel , autor Colette
- 1959 Room at the Top - Neil Paterson po romanu, autor John Braine
1960-e
- 1960 Elmer Gantry - Richard Brooks po romanu, autor Sinclair Lewis
- 1961 Judgment at Nuremberg - Ab, autor Mann po svojoj drami
- 1962 To Kill a Mockingbird - Horton Foote po romanu, autor Harper Lee
- 1963 Tom Jones - John Osborne po romanu The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling , autor Henry Fielding
- Captain Newman, M.D. - Richard L. Breen, Henry Ephron, Phoebe Ephron po romanu, autor Leo Rosten
- Hud - Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr. po romanu Horseman, Pass , autor , autor Larry McMurtry
- Lilies of the Field - James Poe po romanu, autor William E. Barrett
- Sundays and Cybele - Serge Bourguignon, Bernard Eschassériaux po romanu Les Dimanches de Ville d'Avray , autor Bernard Eschassériaux
- 1964 Becket - Edward Anhalt iz predstave , autor Jean Anouilh
- 1965 Doctor Zhivago - Robert Bolt po romanu, autor Boris Pasternak
- Cat Ballou - Walter Newman, Frank Pierson po romanu The Ballad of Cat Ballou , autor Roy Chanslor
- The Collector - Stanley Mann, John Kohn po romanu, autor John Fowles
- Ship of Fools - Ab, autor Mann po romanu, autor Katherine Anne Porter
- A Thousand Clowns - Herb Gardner po svojoj predstavi
- 1966 A Man for All Seasons - Robert Bolt po svojoj predstavi
- 1967 In the Heat of the Night - Stirling Silliphant po romanu, autor John Ball
- 1968 The Lion in Winter - James Goldman po svojoj predstavi
- The Odd Couple - Neil Simon po svojoj predstavi
- Oliver! - Vernon Harris from the musical , autor Lionel Bart and the novel Oliver Twist , autor Charles Dickens
- Rachel, Rachel - Stewart Stern po romanu A Jest of God , autor Margaret Laurence
- Rosemary's Ba, autor - Roman Polanski po romanu, autor Ira Levin
- 1969 Midnight Cowboy - Waldo Salt po romanu, autor James Leo Herlihy
- Anne of the Thousand Days - John Hale, Bridget Boland, Richard Sokolove iz predstave , autor Maxwell Anderson
- Good, autor e, Columbus - Arnold Schulman po romanu, autor Philip Roth
- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? - James Poe, Robert E. Thompson po romanu, autor Horace McCoy
- Z - Jorge Semprún, Costa-Gavras po romanu, autor Vassilis Vassilikos
1970-e
- 1970 M*A*S*H - Ring Lardner Jr. po romanu, autor Richard Hooker
- 1971 The French Connection - Ernest Tidyman po romanu, autor Robin Moore
- 1972 The Godfather - Mario Puzo, Francis Coppola po romanu, autor Mario Puzo
- Cabaret - Jay Preston Allen from the musical , autor Joe Masteroff, the play I Am a Camera , autor John Van Druten and the book Berlin Stories , autor Christopher Isherwood
- The Emigrants - Bengt Forslund, Jan Troell from the novels Utvandrarna and Invandrarna , autor Vilhelm Moberg
- Pete 'n' Tillie - Julius J. Epstein po priči Witch's Milk , autor Peter De Vries
- Sounder - Lonne Elder III po knjizi, autor William H. Armstrong
- 1973 The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty po romanu of William Blatty
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.
- 1976 All the President's Men - William Goldman po knjizi, autor Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
- 1977 Julia - Alvin Sargent po romanu Pentimento , autor Lillian Hellman
- Equus - Peter Shaffer po svojoj predstavi
- I Never Promised You a Rose Garden - Gavin Lambert, Lewis John Carlino po romanu, autor Hannah Greene
- Oh, God! - Larry Gelbart po romanu, autor Avery Corman
- That Obscure Object of Desire - Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carrière po romanu La femme et le pantin , autor Pierre Louÿs
- 1978 Midnight Express - Oliver Stone po knjizi, autor Billy Hayes and William Hoffer
- 1979 Kramer vs. Kramer - Robert Benton po romanu, autor Avery Corman
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
- 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
Od 1991. godine nagrada nosi ime Oscar za najbolji scenario zasnovan na prethodno objavljenom materijalu.
- 1991 The Silence of the Lambs - Ted Tally po romanu, autor Thomas Harris
- Europa Europa - Agnieszka Holland na osnovu autobiografije autora Salomon Perel
- Fried Green Tomatoes - Fannie Flagg, Carol Sobieski po romanu Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe autorke Fannie Flagg
- JFK - Oliver Stone, Zachary Sklar po romanu Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy autora Jim Marrsa i knjizi On the Trail of the Assassins autora Jim Garrisona
- The Prince of Tides - Pat Conroy, Becky Johnston po romanu autorke Pat Conroy
- 1992 Howards End - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala po romanu autora E.M. Forstera
- Enchanted April - Peter Barnes po romanu autorke Elizabeth von Arnim
- The Player - Michael Tolkin po romanu autora Michael Tolkina
- A River Runs Through It - Richard Friedenberg po priči autora Norman Macleana
- Scent of a Woman - Bo Goldman po romanu Il Buio E Il Miele autora Giovanni Arpinoa
- 1993 Schindler's List - Steven Zaillian po romanu autora Thomas Keneallya
- 1994 Forrest Gump - Eric Roth po romanu autora Winston Groom
- The Madness of King George - Alan Bennett iz predstave The Madness of George III autora Alan Bennetta
- Nobody's Fool - Robert Benton po romanu autora Richard Russoa
- Quiz Show - Paul Attanasio po romanu autora Richard N. Goodwin
- The Shawshank Redemption - Frank Darabont na osnovu priče Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption , autora Stephen Kinga
- 1995 Sense and Sensibility - Emma Thompson po romanu autorke Jane Austen
- Apollo 13 - William Broyles Jr., Al Reinert po romanu Lost Moon , autora Jim Lovella i Jeffrey Klugera
- Babe - George Miller, Chris Noonan po romanu The Sheep Pig , autora Dick King-Smitha
- Leaving Las Vegas - Mike Figgis po romanua autor John O'Brien
- Il Postino - Anna Pavignano, Michael Radford, Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli, Massimo Troisi po romanu Ardiente Paciencia autora Antonio Skármeta
- 1996 Sling Blade - Billy Bob Thornton na osnovu svoje predstave
- 1997 L.A. Confidential - Curtis Hanson, Brian Helgeland po romanu autora James Ellroya
- 1998 Gods and Monsters - Bill Condon po romanu Father of Frankenstein autora Christopher Brama
- 1999 The Cider House Rules - John Irving po romanu autora John Irvinga
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.
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