Every Oscars Best Original Screenplay winner

26 ceremonies, 2000–2025. 26 different winners.

One band per year, because no winner here has ever gone back-to-back. Colored by distributor; scroll sideways for the full run.

Alan Ball'00

Cameron Crowe'01

Julian Fellowes'02

Pedro Almodóvar'03

Sofia Coppola'04

Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth'05

Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco'06

Michael Arndt'07

Diablo Cody'08

Dustin Lance Black'09

Mark Boal'10

David Seidler'11

Woody Allen'12

Quentin Tarantino'13

Spike Jonze'14

Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr. & Armando Bo'15

Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy'16

Kenneth Lonergan'17

Jordan Peele'18

Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie & Peter Farrelly'19

Bong Joon-ho & Han Jin-won'20

Emerald Fennell'21

Kenneth Branagh'22

Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert'23

Justine Triet & Arthur Harari'24

Sean Baker'25

Wins by distributor

Universal9Neon3Searchlight3Sony2The Weinstein Company2A241Other6

Who kept losing

Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2025.

Most nominated, never won

Mike Leigh4 noms
Martin McDonagh3 noms
Noah Baumbach2 noms
Paul Thomas Anderson2 noms

Most losses

Mike Leigh4L · 0W
Martin McDonagh3L · 0W
Noah Baumbach2L · 0W
Paul Thomas Anderson2L · 0W
Quentin Tarantino2L · 1W
Woody Allen2L · 1W

The full list

Year	Winner	Distributor
2025	Sean Baker (Anora) beat 4 others Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold (The Brutalist) Jesse Eisenberg (A Real Pain) Moritz Binder, Alex David & Tim Fehlbaum (September 5) Coralie Fargeat (The Substance)	Neon
2024	Justine Triet & Arthur Harari (Anatomy of a Fall) beat 4 others David Hemingson (The Holdovers) Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer (Maestro) Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik (May December) Celine Song (Past Lives)	Neon
2023	Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All at Once) beat 4 others Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin) Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner (The Fabelmans) Todd Field (Tár) Ruben Östlund (Triangle of Sadness)	A24
2022	Kenneth Branagh (Belfast) beat 4 others Adam McKay & David Sirota (Don't Look Up) Zach Baylin (King Richard) Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza) Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier (The Worst Person in the World)	Focus Features
2021	Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman) beat 4 others Will Berson, Shaka King, Kenny Lucas & Keith Lucas (Judas and the Black Messiah) Lee Isaac Chung (Minari) Darius Marder, Abraham Marder & Derek Cianfrance (Sound of Metal) Aaron Sorkin (The Trial of the Chicago 7)	Focus Features
2020	Bong Joon-ho & Han Jin-won (Parasite) beat 4 others Rian Johnson (Knives Out) Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story) Sam Mendes & Krysty Wilson-Cairns (1917) Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)	Neon
2019	Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie & Peter Farrelly (Green Book) beat 4 others Deborah Davis & Tony McNamara (The Favourite) Paul Schrader (First Reformed) Alfonso Cuarón (Roma) Adam McKay (Vice)	Universal Pictures
2018	Jordan Peele (Get Out) beat 4 others Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani (The Big Sick) Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird) Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor (The Shape of Water) Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)	Universal Pictures
2017	Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea) beat 4 others Taylor Sheridan (Hell or High Water) Damien Chazelle (La La Land) Yorgos Lanthimos & Efthymis Filippou (The Lobster) Mike Mills (20th Century Women)	Amazon Studios
2016	Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy (Spotlight) beat 4 others Matt Charman, Joel Coen & Ethan Coen (Bridge of Spies) Alex Garland (Ex Machina) Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley & Ronnie del Carmen (Inside Out) Jonathan Herman, Andrea Berloff, S. Leigh Savidge & Alan Wenkus (Straight Outta Compton)	Open Road Films
2015	Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr. & Armando Bo (Birdman) beat 4 others Richard Linklater (Boyhood) E. Max Frye & Dan Futterman (Foxcatcher) Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness (The Grand Budapest Hotel) Dan Gilroy (Nightcrawler)	Fox Searchlight Pictures
2014	Spike Jonze (Her) beat 4 others Eric Warren Singer & David O. Russell (American Hustle) Woody Allen (Blue Jasmine) Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack (Dallas Buyers Club) Bob Nelson (Nebraska)	Warner Bros.
2013	Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained) beat 4 others Michael Haneke (Amour) John Gatins (Flight) Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola (Moonrise Kingdom) Mark Boal (Zero Dark Thirty)	The Weinstein Company
2012	Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris) beat 4 others Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist) Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids) J. C. Chandor (Margin Call) Asghar Farhadi (A Separation)	Sony Pictures Classics
2011	David Seidler (The King's Speech) beat 4 others Mike Leigh (Another Year) Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson & Keith Dorrington (The Fighter) Christopher Nolan (Inception) Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg (The Kids Are All Right)	The Weinstein Company
2010	Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker) beat 4 others Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds) Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman (The Messenger) Joel Coen & Ethan Coen (A Serious Man) Bob Peterson, Pete Docter & Tom McCarthy (Up)	Summit Entertainment
2009	Dustin Lance Black (Milk) beat 4 others Courtney Hunt (Frozen River) Mike Leigh (Happy-Go-Lucky) Martin McDonagh (In Bruges) Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon & Pete Docter (WALL-E)	Focus Features
2008	Diablo Cody (Juno) beat 4 others Nancy Oliver (Lars and the Real Girl) Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton) Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava & Jim Capobianco (Ratatouille) Tamara Jenkins (The Savages)	Fox Searchlight Pictures
2007	Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine) beat 4 others Guillermo Arriaga (Babel) Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis (Letters from Iwo Jima) Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth) Peter Morgan (The Queen)	Fox Searchlight Pictures
2006	Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco (Crash) beat 4 others George Clooney & Grant Heslov (Good Night, and Good Luck) Woody Allen (Match Point) Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale) Stephen Gaghan (Syriana)	Lionsgate
2005	Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) beat 4 others John Logan (The Aviator) Terry George & Keir Pearson (Hotel Rwanda) Brad Bird (The Incredibles) Mike Leigh (Vera Drake)	Focus Features
2004	Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation) beat 4 others Denys Arcand (The Barbarian Invasions) Steven Knight (Dirty Pretty Things) Bob Peterson, David Reynolds & Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo) Jim Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan & Naomi Sheridan (In America)	Focus Features
2003	Pedro Almodóvar (Talk to Her) beat 4 others Todd Haynes (Far from Heaven) Jay Cocks, Kenneth Lonergan & Steven Zaillian (Gangs of New York) Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding) Alfonso Cuarón & Carlos Cuarón (Y Tu Mamá También)	Sony Pictures Classics
2002	Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park) beat 4 others Jean-Pierre Jeunet & Guillaume Laurant (Amélie) Christopher Nolan & Jonathan Nolan (Memento) Milo Addica & Will Rokos (Monster's Ball) Wes Anderson & Owen Wilson (The Royal Tenenbaums)	USA Films
2001	Cameron Crowe (Almost Famous) beat 4 others Lee Hall (Billy Elliot) Susannah Grant (Erin Brockovich) David Franzoni, John Logan & William Nicholson (Gladiator) Kenneth Lonergan (You Can Count on Me)	DreamWorks Pictures
2000	Alan Ball (American Beauty) beat 4 others Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich) Paul Thomas Anderson (Magnolia) M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense) Mike Leigh (Topsy-Turvy)	DreamWorks Pictures

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