| Year |
Film |
Screenwriter(s) |
Adapted from |
1990
44th |
| Goodfellas |
Nicholas Pileggi and Martin Scorsese |
Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi |
| Born on the Fourth of July |
Ron Kovic, 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 |
1991
45th |
| The Commitments |
Dick Clement, Roddy Doyle, and Ian La Frenais |
The Commitments by Roddy Doyle |
| Cyrano de Bergerac |
Jean-Claude Carrière, 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 |
1992
46th |
| The Player |
Michael Tolkin |
The Player by Michael Tolkin |
| Howards End |
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala |
Howards End by E. M. Forster |
| JFK |
Zachary Sklar, Oliver Stone |
On the Trail of the Assassins by Jim Garrison
Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy by Jim Marrs |
| Strictly Ballroom |
Baz Luhrmann, Craig Pearce |
Strictly Ballroom by Baz Luhrman |
1993
47th |
| Schindler's List |
Steven Zaillian |
Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally |
| In the Name of the Father |
Terry George, 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 |
1994
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, Amy Tan |
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan |
| Three Colours: Red (Trois couleurs: Rouge) |
Krzysztof Kieslowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz |
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1995
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 |
| The Postman (Il postino) |
Anna Pavignano, Michael Radford, Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli, Massimo Troisi |
Ardiente paciencia by Antonio Skármeta |
| Sense and Sensibility |
Emma Thompson |
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen |
1996
50th |
| The English Patient |
Anthony Minghella |
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje |
| The Crucible |
Arthur Miller |
The Crucible by Arthur Miller |
| Evita |
Alan Parker, Oliver Stone |
Evita by Eva Perón |
| Richard III |
Richard Loncraine, Ian McKellen |
Richard III by William Shakespeare |
1997
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, Brian Helgeland |
L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy |
| The Wings of the Dove |
Hossein Amini |
The Wings of the Dove by Henry James |
1998
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, David Mamet |
American Hero by Larry Beinhart |
1999
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 |