The Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay – Motion Picture is a Golden Globe Award first given by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, now awarded by Dick Clark Productions since 2023.
Winners and nominees
† marks the winner of the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Motion Picture Story
‡ marks the winner of the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
1940s Year Film Nominees 1947 Miracle on 34th Street George Seaton † 1948 The Search † Richard Schweizer 1949 Battleground ‡ Robert Pirosh Rope of Sand Walter Doniger
1950s Year Film Nominees 1950 All About Eve † Joseph L. Mankiewicz The Asphalt Jungle Ben Maddow and John Huston Sunset Boulevard ‡ Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, and D. M. Marshman Jr. 1951 Bright Victory Robert Buckner 1952 5 Fingers Michael Wilson High Noon Carl Foreman The Thief Clarence Greene and Russell Rouse 1953 Lili Helen Deutsch 1954 Sabrina Billy Wilder, Ernest Lehman, and Samuel A. Taylor
1960s Year Film Nominees 1965 Doctor Zhivago † Robert Bolt The Agony and the Ecstasy Philip Dunne The Collector John Kohn and Stanley Mann A Patch of Blue Guy Green The Slender Thread Stirling Silliphant 1966 A Man for All Seasons † Robert Bolt Alfie Bill Naughton The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming William Rose The Sand Pebbles Robert Anderson Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Ernest Lehman 1967 In the Heat of the Night † Stirling Silliphant Bonnie and Clyde Robert Benton and David Newman The Fox Lewis John Carlino and Howard Koch The Graduate Buck Henry and Calder Willingham Guess Who's Coming to Dinner ‡ William Rose 1968 CHAЯLY Stirling Silliphant The Fixer Dalton Trumbo The Lion in Winter † James Goldman The Producers ‡ Mel Brooks Rosemary's Baby Roman Polanski 1969 Anne of the Thousand Days Bridget Boland, John Hale, and Richard Sokolove Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ‡ William Goldman If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium David Shaw John and Mary John Mortimer Midnight Cowboy † Waldo Salt
1970s Year Film Nominees 1970 Love Story Erich Segal Five Easy Pieces Carole Eastman and Bob Rafelson Husbands John Cassavetes M*A*S*H † Ring Lardner Jr. Scrooge Leslie Bricusse 1971 The Hospital ‡ Paddy Chayefsky The French Connection † Ernest Tidyman Klute Andy and Dave Lewis Kotch John Paxton Mary, Queen of Scots John Hale 1972 The Godfather † Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo Avanti! Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond Cabaret Jay Presson Allen Deliverance James Dickey Frenzy Anthony Shaffer The Heartbreak Kid Neil Simon 1973 The Exorcist † William Peter Blatty Cinderella Liberty Darryl Ponicsan The Day of the Jackal Kenneth Ross The Sting ‡ David S. Ward A Touch of Class Melvin Frank and Jack Rose 1974 Chinatown ‡ Robert Towne The Conversation Francis Ford Coppola The Godfather Part II † Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo The Towering Inferno Stirling Silliphant A Woman Under the Influence John Cassavetes 1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest † Bo Goldman and Lawrence Hauben Dog Day Afternoon ‡ Frank Pierson Jaws Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb Nashville Joan Tewkesbury The Sunshine Boys Neil Simon 1976 Network ‡ Paddy Chayefsky All the President's Men † William Goldman Marathon Man William Goldman Rocky Sylvester Stallone Taxi Driver Paul Schrader Voyage of the Damned David Butler and Steve Shagan 1977 The Goodbye Girl Neil Simon Annie Hall ‡ Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman Close Encounters of the Third Kind Steven Spielberg Julia † Alvin Sargent The Turning Point Arthur Laurents 1978 Midnight Express † Oliver Stone Coming Home ‡ Robert C. Jones and Waldo Salt The Deer Hunter Deric Washburn Foul Play Colin Higgins Interiors Woody Allen An Unmarried Woman Paul Mazursky 1979 Kramer vs. Kramer † Robert Benton Being There Jerzy Kosinski Breaking Away ‡ Steve Tesich The China Syndrome James Bridges, T. S. Cook, and Mike Gray Norma Rae Harriet Frank, Jr. and Irving Ravetch
1980s Year Film Nominees 1980 The Ninth Configuration William Peter Blatty The Elephant Man Eric Bergren and Christopher De Vore Ordinary People † Alvin Sargent Raging Bull Mardik Martin and Paul Schrader The Stunt Man Lawrence B. Marcus 1981 On Golden Pond † Ernest Thompson Absence of Malice Kurt Luedtke The Four Seasons Alan Alda The French Lieutenant's Woman Harold Pinter Reds Warren Beatty and Trevor Griffiths 1982 Gandhi ‡ John Briley E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Melissa Mathison Missing † Costa-Gavras and Donald E. Stewart Tootsie Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal The Verdict David Mamet 1983 Terms of Endearment † James L. Brooks The Big Chill Barbara Benedek and Lawrence Kasdan The Dresser Ronald Harwood Educating Rita Willy Russell Reuben, Reuben Julius J. Epstein 1984 Amadeus † Peter Shaffer The Killing Fields Bruce Robinson A Passage to India David Lean Places in the Heart ‡ Robert Benton A Soldier's Story Charles Fuller 1985 The Purple Rose of Cairo Woody Allen Back to the Future Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale Out of Africa † Kurt Luedtke Prizzi's Honor Richard Condon and Janet Roach Witness ‡ William Kelley and Earl W. Wallace 1986 The Mission Robert Bolt Blue Velvet David Lynch Hannah and Her Sisters ‡ Woody Allen Mona Lisa Neil Jordan and David Leland Platoon Oliver Stone 1987 The Last Emperor † Bernardo Bertolucci, Mark Peploe, and Enzo Ungari Broadcast News James L. Brooks Hope and Glory John Boorman House of Games David Mamet Moonstruck ‡ John Patrick Shanley 1988 Running on Empty Naomi Foner A Cry in the Dark Robert Caswell and Fred Schepisi Mississippi Burning Chris Gerolmo Rain Man ‡ Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow Working Girl Kevin Wade 1989 Born on the Fourth of July Oliver Stone and Ron Kovic Dead Poets Society ‡ Tom Schulman Do the Right Thing Spike Lee Glory Kevin Jarre Sex, Lies, and Videotape Steven Soderbergh When Harry Met Sally... Nora Ephron
1990s Year Film Nominees 1990 Dances with Wolves † Michael Blake Avalon Barry Levinson The Godfather Part III Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo Goodfellas Nicholas Pileggi and Martin Scorsese Reversal of Fortune Nicholas Kazan 1991 Thelma & Louise ‡ Callie Khouri Bugsy James Toback Grand Canyon Lawrence Kasdan and Meg Kasdan JFK Zachary Sklar and Oliver Stone The Silence of the Lambs † Ted Tally 1992 Scent of a Woman Bo Goldman A Few Good Men Aaron Sorkin Howards End † Ruth Prawer Jhabvala The Player Michael Tolkin Unforgiven David Webb Peoples 1993 Schindler's List † Steven Zaillian Philadelphia Ron Nyswaner The Piano ‡ Jane Campion The Remains of the Day Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Short Cuts Robert Altman and Frank Barhydt 1994 Pulp Fiction ‡ Quentin Tarantino Forrest Gump † Eric Roth Four Weddings and a Funeral Richard Curtis Quiz Show Paul Attanasio The Shawshank Redemption Frank Darabont 1995 Sense and Sensibility † Emma Thompson The American President Aaron Sorkin Braveheart Randall Wallace Dead Man Walking Tim Robbins Get Shorty Scott Frank Mr. Holland's Opus Patrick Sheane Duncan 1996 The People vs. Larry Flynt Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski The English Patient Anthony Minghella Fargo ‡ Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Lone Star John Sayles Shine Jan Sardi 1997 Good Will Hunting ‡ Matt Damon and Ben Affleck As Good as It Gets Mark Andrus and James L. Brooks L.A. Confidential † Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson Titanic James Cameron Wag the Dog Hilary Henkin and David Mamet 1998 Shakespeare in Love ‡ Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard Bulworth Warren Beatty and Jeremy Pikser Happiness Todd Solondz Saving Private Ryan Robert Rodat The Truman Show Andrew Niccol 1999 American Beauty ‡ Alan Ball Being John Malkovich Charlie Kaufman The Cider House Rules † John Irving The Insider Eric Roth and Michael Mann The Sixth Sense M. Night Shyamalan
2000s Year Film Nominees 2000 Traffic † Stephen Gaghan Almost Famous ‡ Cameron Crowe Quills Doug Wright Wonder Boys Steve Kloves You Can Count on Me Kenneth Lonergan 2001 A Beautiful Mind † Akiva Goldsman Gosford Park ‡ Julian Fellowes The Man Who Wasn't There Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Memento Christopher Nolan Mulholland Drive David Lynch 2002 About Schmidt Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor Adaptation. Charlie and Donald Kaufman Chicago Bill Condon Far from Heaven Todd Haynes The Hours David Hare 2003 Lost in Translation ‡ Sofia Coppola Cold Mountain Anthony Minghella In America Jim Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan, and Naomi Sheridan Love Actually Richard Curtis Mystic River Brian Helgeland 2004 Sideways † Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor The Aviator John Logan Closer Patrick Marber Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ‡ Charlie Kaufman Finding Neverland David Magee 2005 Brokeback Mountain † Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana Crash ‡ Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco Good Night, and Good Luck. George Clooney and Grant Heslov Match Point Woody Allen Munich Tony Kushner and Eric Roth 2006 The Queen Peter Morgan Babel Guillermo Arriaga The Departed † William Monahan Little Children Todd Field and Tom Perrotta Notes on a Scandal Patrick Marber 2007 No Country for Old Men † Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Atonement Christopher Hampton Charlie Wilson's War Aaron Sorkin The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon) Ronald Harwood Juno ‡ Diablo Cody 2008 Slumdog Millionaire † Simon Beaufoy The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Eric Roth Doubt John Patrick Shanley Frost/Nixon Peter Morgan The Reader David Hare 2009 Up in the Air Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner District 9 Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell The Hurt Locker ‡ Mark Boal Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino It's Complicated Nancy Meyers
2010s Year Film Nominees 2010 The Social Network † Aaron Sorkin 127 Hours Simon Beaufoy and Danny Boyle Inception Christopher Nolan The Kids Are All Right Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg The King's Speech ‡ David Seidler 2011 Midnight in Paris ‡ Woody Allen The Artist Michel Hazanavicius The Descendants † Alexander Payne, Jim Rash, and Nat Faxon The Ides of March George Clooney, Grant Heslov, and Beau Willimon Moneyball Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin 2012 Django Unchained ‡ Quentin Tarantino Argo † Chris Terrio Lincoln Tony Kushner Silver Linings Playbook David O. Russell Zero Dark Thirty Mark Boal 2013 Her ‡ Spike Jonze 12 Years a Slave † John Ridley American Hustle Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell Nebraska Bob Nelson Philomena Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope 2014 Birdman ‡ Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bo Boyhood Richard Linklater Gone Girl Gillian Flynn The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson The Imitation Game † Graham Moore2015 Steve Jobs Aaron Sorkin The Big Short † Adam McKay and Charles Randolph The Hateful Eight Quentin Tarantino Room Emma Donoghue Spotlight ‡ Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer2016 La La Land Damien Chazelle Hell or High Water Taylor Sheridan Manchester by the Sea ‡ Kenneth Lonergan Moonlight † Barry Jenkins Nocturnal Animals Tom Ford2017 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Martin McDonagh Lady Bird Greta Gerwig Molly's Game Aaron Sorkin The Post Liz Hannah and Josh Singer The Shape of Water Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor 2018 Green Book ‡ Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie, and Peter Farrelly The Favourite Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara If Beale Street Could Talk Barry Jenkins Roma Alfonso Cuarón Vice Adam McKay 2019 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Quentin TarantinoThe IrishmanSteven Zaillian Marriage StoryNoah Baumbach Parasite ‡Bong Joon-Ho and Han Jin Won The Two Popes Anthony McCarten
2020s