Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

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Academy Award category film award screenwriting award

The Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is a prestigious Oscar given annually to honor the most outstanding screenplay adapted from previously existing material, such as novels, plays, or other films.

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Label	Occurrences
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay canonical	506
Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay	20
Academy Award for Best Writing, Adaptation	13
Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay	12
Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium	11
Best Adapted Screenplay	11
Academy Award for Best Screenplay	7
Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay	6
Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published	5
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nomination	4
Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay	3
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (If Beale Street Could Talk)	1
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (Million Dollar Baby)	1
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (for District 9)	1
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (for Joker)	1
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (for Slumdog Millionaire)	1
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (for The Exorcist 1973)	1
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)	1
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (for Winter's Bone)	1
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (for film "Missing")	1
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (nomination)	1
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for "Children of Men"	1
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for "To Kill a Mockingbird"	1
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for A Beautiful Mind	1
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for A Star Is Born (2018 film)	1
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Beasts of the Southern Wild	1
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Birdman of Alcatraz	1
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan	1
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Capote	1
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Cold Mountain	1
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Forrest Gump	1
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Hud	1
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Kiss of the Spider Woman	1
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Leaving Las Vegas	1
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Life of Pi	1
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Midnight Cowboy	1
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Munich	1
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Norma Rae	1
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Rebecca	1
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Color Purple	1
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The English Patient	1
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Ides of March	1
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Player	1
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Silence of the Lambs	1
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Talented Mr. Ripley	1
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay – Chicago	1
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay – Gods and Monsters	1
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay: Toy Story 3	1
Academy Award for Best Writing (Adaptation)	1
Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)	1
Academy Award for Best Writing, Adaptation for 7th Heaven	1
Academy Award for Best Writing, Adaptation nomination	1
Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay nomination	1
Academy Award for Best Writing, Best Screenplay – Adapted	1
Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay (The Grapes of Wrath)	1
Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium for Serpico	1
Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay for All About Eve	1
Academy Award for Writing (adapted screenplay) nomination	1
Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay	1
Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay for Julia	1
Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay for Ordinary People	1
Academy Awards (for film adaptations)	1
Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for Dances with Wolves	1
Oscar for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay	1

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NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Context triple: [Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, awardsPresented, Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay]

A. Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is a prestigious Oscar presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor the year’s most outstanding script written directly for the screen.
B. Golden Globe Award for Best Director
The Golden Globe Award for Best Director is a prestigious annual honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievement in film directing.
C. Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
The Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama is a major annual film honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievement in dramatic feature filmmaking.
D. Academy Award for Best Picture
The Academy Award for Best Picture is the film industry's most prestigious Oscar, honoring the overall best feature-length motion picture of the year.
E. Academy Award for Best Director
The Academy Award for Best Director is a prestigious Oscar presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor outstanding achievement in film directing.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Target entity description: The Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is a prestigious Oscar given annually to honor the most outstanding screenplay adapted from previously existing material, such as novels, plays, or other films.

A. Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is a prestigious Oscar presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor the year’s most outstanding script written directly for the screen.
B. Golden Globe Award for Best Director
The Golden Globe Award for Best Director is a prestigious annual honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievement in film directing.
C. Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
The Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama is a major annual film honor presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievement in dramatic feature filmmaking.
D. Academy Award for Best Picture
The Academy Award for Best Picture is the film industry's most prestigious Oscar, honoring the overall best feature-length motion picture of the year.
E. Academy Award for Best Director
The Academy Award for Best Director is a prestigious Oscar presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor outstanding achievement in film directing.
F. None of above. chosen

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alsoKnownAs	Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ linked to: Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
awardFor	best adapted screenplay ⓘ
basedOn	novels ⓘ other films ⓘ other previously produced material ⓘ plays ⓘ previously existing material ⓘ short stories ⓘ television works ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
firstAwardedForFilmYear	1927–1928 ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	screenwriting ⓘ
hasCategoryType	writing ⓘ
hasCriterion	screenplay must be adapted from previously produced or published material ⓘ source material must be credited ⓘ
hasNotableMultipleWinners	Alexander Payne ⓘ Billy Wilder ⓘ Christopher Hampton ⓘ Ethan Coen ⓘ Francis Ford Coppola ⓘ James Ivory ⓘ Joel Coen ⓘ Joseph L. Mankiewicz ⓘ Mario Puzo ⓘ Michael Wilson ⓘ Philippe Claudel ⓘ Ruth Prawer Jhabvala ⓘ
hasNotableWinner	12 Years a Slave ⓘ Coda ⓘ No Country for Old Men ⓘ One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ⓘ Schindler's List ⓘ The Departed ⓘ The Godfather ⓘ The Godfather Part II ⓘ The Imitation Game ⓘ The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ⓘ The Social Network ⓘ To Kill a Mockingbird ⓘ
inception	1929 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
partOf	Academy Awards ⓘ linked to: Academy Award
presentedAt	annual Academy Awards ceremony ⓘ
presentedBy	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
relatedTo	Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ Academy Award for Best Writing ⓘ linked to: Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story
selectionProcess	final winners voted on by all eligible Academy members ⓘ voted on by members of the Writers Branch of the Academy ⓘ
shortName	Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ linked to: Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

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A Beautiful Mind (2001 film) → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ

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Gone with the Wind → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ

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subject linked to: The Insider (film)

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Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay → shortName → Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ

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Billy Wilder → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ

The Irishman → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ

Sense and Sensibility (1995 film) → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay ⓘ

subject linked to: Sense and Sensibility

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Lawrence Kasdan → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nomination ⓘ

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Howards End → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ

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Aaron Sorkin → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ

Lawrence of Arabia → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ

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Warren Beatty → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ

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Life of Pi → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ

Silver Linings Playbook → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ

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Doctor Zhivago → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ

Breakfast at Tiffany's → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ

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Viva Villa! → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Writing, Adaptation ⓘ

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Joseph L. Mankiewicz → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay for All About Eve ⓘ

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Precious → award → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ

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L.A. Confidential → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ

Julius J. Epstein → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ

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Spike Lee → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ

Albert Hackett → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay ⓘ

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Alan Jay Lerner → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium ⓘ

linked to: Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

Forrest Gump → hasAward → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ

Wuthering Heights (1939 film) → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Screenplay ⓘ

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Rebecca (1940 film) → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ

Sleuth (1972 film) → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ

The Shawshank Redemption → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ

subject linked to: The Shawshank Redemption (1994 film)

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