Premiul Oscar pentru cel mai bun scenariu original

Premiul Oscar pentru cel mai bun scenariu original (engleză Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay) este unul dintre premiile Oscar, acordate de „Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences” pentru cel mai bun scenariu care nu a fost inspirat de o operă publicată. Se acordă începând cu 1951.

Anii 2010

• 2012 Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen
  • Artistul – Michel Hazanavicius
  • Bridesmaids –Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo
  • Margin Call – J.C. Chandor
  • A Separation (جدایی نادر از سیمین/Jodái-e Náder az Simin) – Asghar Farhadi

• 2011 The King's Speech – David Seidler
  • Another Year – Mike Leigh
  • Toy Story 3 – Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich
  • True Grit – Joel & Ethan Coen
  • Winter's BOne – Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini

• 2010 The Hurt Locker – Mark Boal
  • Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino
  • The Messenger – Alessandro Camon și Oren Moverman
  • A Serious Man – Joel & Ethan Coen
  • Up – Bob Peterson, Pete Docter și Tom McCarthy

Anii 2000

• 2009 Milk - Dustin Lance Black
  • Frozen River - Courtney Hunt
  • Happy-Go-Lucky - Mike Leigh
  • In Bruges - Martin McDonagh
  • WALL-E - Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon și Pete Docter

• 2008 Juno - Diablo Cody
  • Lars and the Real Girl - Nancy Oliver
  • Michael Clayton - Tony Gilroy
  • Ratatouille - Brad Bird
  • The Savages - Tamara Jenkins

• 2007 Little Miss Sunshine - Michael Arndt
  • Babel - Guillermo Arriaga
  • Letters from Iwo Jima - Iris Yamashita, Iris Yamashita și Paul Haggis
  • Pan's Labyrinth - Guillermo del Toro
  • The Queen - Peter Morgan

• 2006 Crash - Paul Haggis, Bobby Moresco
  • Good Night, and Good Luck. - George Clooney, Grant Heslov
  • Match Point - Woody Allen
  • The Squid and the Whale - Noah Baumbach
  • Syriana - Stephen Gaghan

• 2005 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Charlie Kaufman
  • The Aviator - John Logan
  • Hotel Rwanda - Keir Pearson, Terry George
  • The Incredibles - Brad Bird
  • Vera Drake - Mike Leigh

• 2004 Lost in Translation - Sofia Coppola
  • Invaziile barbare - Denys Arcand
  • Dirty Pretty Things - Steven Knight
  • În căutarea lui Nemo - Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, David Reynolds
  • In America - Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan

• 2003 Hable con ella (Vorbește cu ea) - Pedro Almodóvar
  • Far from Heaven - Todd Haynes
  • Gangs of New York - Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, Kenneth Lonergan
  • My Big Fat Greek Wedding - Nia Vardalos
  • Y tu mamá también - Carlos Cuarón, Alfonso Cuarón

• 2002 Gosford Park - Julian Fellowes
  • Amélie - Guillaume Laurant, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
  • Memento - Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan
  • Monster's Ball - Milo Addica, Will Rokos
  • The Royal Tenenbaums - Wes Anderson, Owen Wilson

• 2001 Almost Famous - Cameron Crowe
  • Billy Elliot - Lee Hall
  • Erin Brockovich - Susannah Grant
  • Gladiator - David Franzoni, John Logan, William Nicholson
  • You Can Count on Me - Kenneth Lonergan

• 2000 American Beauty - Alan Ball
  • Being John Malkovich - Charlie Kaufman
  • Magnolia - Paul Thomas Anderson
  • The Sixth Sense - M. Night Shyamalan
  • Topsy-Turvy - Mike Leigh

Anii 1990

• 1999 Shakespeare in Love - Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard
  • Bulworth - Warren Beatty, Jeremy Pikser
  • Life Is Beautiful - Vincenzo Cerami, Roberto Benigni
  • Saving Private Ryan - Robert Rodat
  • The Truman Show - Andrew Niccol

• 1998 Good Will Hunting - Ben Affleck, Matt Damon
  • As Good as It Gets - Mark Andrus, James L. Brooks și Mark Andrus
  • Boogie Nights - Paul Thomas Anderson
  • Deconstructing Harry - Woody Allen
  • The Full Monty - Simon Beaufoy

• 1997 Fargo - Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
  • Jerry Maguire - Cameron Crowe
  • Lone Star - John Sayles
  • Secrets & Lies - Mike Leigh
  • Shine - Jan Sardi și Scott Hicks

• 1996 The Usual Suspects - Christopher McQuarrie
  • Braveheart - Randall Wallace
  • Mighty Aphrodite - Woody Allen
  • Nixon - Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson, Oliver Stone
  • Toy Story - Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow, John Lasseter, Peter Docter, Joe Ranft

• 1995 Pulp Fiction - Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary
  • Bullets Over Broadway - Woody Allen, Douglas McGrath
  • Patru nunți și o înmormântare - Richard Curtis
  • Heavenly Creatures - Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson
  • Roșu - Krzysztof Piesiewicz, Krzysztof Kieślowski

• 1994 The Piano - Jane Campion
  • Dave - Gary Ross
  • In the Line of Fire - Jeff Maguire
  • Philadelphia - Ron Nyswaner
  • Sleepless in Seattle - Nora Ephron, David S. Ward, Jeff Arch

• 1993 The Crying Game - Neil Jordan
  • Husbands and Wives - Woody Allen
  • Lorenzo's Oil - George Miller, Nick Enright
  • Passion Fish - John Sayles
  • Unforgiven - David Peoples

• 1992 Thelma and Louise - Callie Khouri
  • Boyz N the Hood - John Singleton
  • Bugsy - James Toback
  • The Fisher King - Richard LaGravenese
  • Grand Canyon - Lawrence Kasdan, Meg Kasdan

• 1991 Ghost - Bruce Rubin
  • Alice - Woody Allen
  • Avalon - Barry Levinson
  • Green Card - Peter Weir
  • Metropolitan - Whit Stillman

• 1990 Dead Poets Society - Tom Schulman
  • Crimes and Misdemeanors - Woody Allen
  • Do the Right Thing - Spike Lee
  • Sex, Lies, and Videotape - Steven Soderbergh
  • When Harry Met Sally... - Nora Ephron

Anii 1980

• 1989 Rain Man - Ronald Bass, Barry Morrow
  • Big - Gary Ross, Anne Spielberg
  • Bull Durham - Ron Shelton
  • A Fish Called Wanda - John Cleese și Charles Crichton
  • Running on Empty - Naomi Foner

• 1988 Moonstruck - John Patrick Shanley
  • Au revoir, les enfants - Louis Malle
  • Broadcast News - James L. Brooks
  • Hope and Glory - John Boorman
  • Radio Days - Woody Allen

• 1987 Hannah and Her Sisters - Woody Allen
  • Crocodile Dundee - Paul Hogan, Ken Shadie, John Cornell
  • My Beautiful Laundrette - Hanif Kureishi
  • Platoon - Oliver Stone
  • Salvador - Oliver Stone, Richard Boyle

• 1986 Witness - William Kelley, Earl Wallace, Pamela Wallace
  • Back to the Future - Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale
  • Brazil - Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard, Charles McKeown
  • The Official Story - Luis Puenzo, Aida Bortnik
  • The Purple Rose of Cairo - Woody Allen

• 1985 Places in the Heart - Robert Benton
  • Beverly Hills Cop - Daniel Petrie, Jr., Danilo Bach
  • Broadway Danny Rose - Woody Allen
  • El Norte - Gregory Nava, Anna Thomas
  • Splash - Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, Bruce Jay Friedman, Brian Grazer

• 1984 Tender Mercies - Horton Foote
  • The Big Chill - Lawrence Kasdan, Barbara Benedek
  • Fanny and Alexander - Ingmar Bergman
  • Silkwood - Nora Ephron, Alice Arlen
  • WarGames - Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes

• 1983 Gandhi - John Briley
  • Diner - Barry Levinson
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - Melissa Mathison
  • An Officer and a Gentleman - Douglas Day Stewart
  • Tootsie - Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal, Don McGuire

• 1982 Chariots of Fire - Colin Welland
  • Absence of Malice - Kurt Luedtke
  • Arthur - Steve Gordon
  • Atlantic City - John Guare
  • Reds - Warren Beatty, Trevor Griffiths

• 1981 Melvin and Howard - Bo Goldman
  • Brubaker - W. D. Richter, Arthur Ross
  • Fame - Christopher Gore
  • Mon oncle d'Amérique - Jean Gruault, Henri Laborit
  • Private Benjamin - Nancy Meyers, Charles Shyer, Harvey Miller

• 1980 Breaking Away - Steve Tesich
  • All That Jazz - Robert Alan Aurthur, Bob Fosse
  • ...And Justice for All - Valerie Curtin, Barry Levinson
  • The China Syndrome - Mike Gray, T.S. Cook, James Bridges
  • Manhattan - Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman

Anii 1970

• 1979 Coming Home - Robert C. Jones, Waldo Salt, Nancy Dowd
  • Autumn Sonata - Ingmar Bergman
  • The Deer Hunter - Deric Washburn, Michael Cimino, Louis Garfinkle, Quinn K. Redeker
  • Interiors - Woody Allen
  • An Unmarried Woman - Paul Mazursky

- În 1978, categoria a fost renumită: "Scenariu scris direct pentru ecran"

• 1978 Annie Hall - Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman
  • The Goodbye Girl - Neil Simon
  • The Late Show - Robert Benton
  • Star Wars - George Lucas
  • The Turning Point - Arthur Laurents

• 1977 Network - Paddy Chayefsky
  • Cousin, cousine - Jean-Charles Tacchella, Daniele Thompson
  • The Front - Walter Bernstein
  • Rocky - Sylvester Stallone
  • Seven Beauties - Lina Wertmüller

• 1976 Dog Day Afternoon - Frank Pierson
  • Amarcord - Federico Fellini, Tonino Guerra
  • And Now My Love - Claude LeLouch, Pierre Uytterhoeven
  • Lies My Father Told Me - Ted Allan
  • Shampoo - Robert Towne, Warren Beatty

• 1975 Chinatown - Robert Towne
  • Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore - Robert Getchell
  • The Conversation - Francis Ford Coppola
  • Day for Night - François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard, Suzanne Schiffman
  • Harry and Tonto - Paul Mazursky, Josh Greenfeld

• 1974 The Sting - David S. Ward
  • American Graffiti - George Lucas, Gloria Katz, Willard Huyck
  • Cries and Whispers - Ingmar Bergman
  • Save the Tiger - Steve Shagan
  • A Touch of Class - Melvin Frank, Jack Rose

• 1973 The Candidate - Jeremy Larner
  • The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie - Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carrière
  • Lady Sings the Blues - Terrence McCloy, Chris Clark, Suzanne de Passe
  • Murmur of the Heart - Louis Malle
  • Young Winston - Carl Foreman

• 1972 The Hospital - Paddy Chayefsky
  • Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion - Elio Petri, Ugo Pirro
  • Klute - Andy and Dave Lewis
  • Summer of '42 - Herman Raucher
  • Sunday Bloody Sunday - Penelope Gilliatt

• 1971 Patton - Francis Ford Coppola, Edmund North
  • Five Easy Pieces - Adrien Joyce, Bob Rafelson
  • Joe - Norman Wexler
  • Love Story - Erich Segal
  • My Night at Maud's - Éric Rohmer

• 1970 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - William Goldman
  • Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice - Paul Mazursky, Larry Tucker
  • The Damned - Nicola Badalucco, Enrico Medioli, Luchino Visconti
  • Easy Rider - Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Terry Southern
  • The Wild Bunch - Walon Green, Roy N. Sickner, Sam Peckinpah

Anii 1960

• 1969 The Producers - Mel Brooks
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey - Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke
  • The Battle of Algiers - Franco Solinas, Gillo Pontecorvo
  • Faces - John Cassavetes
  • Hot Millions - Iro Wallach, Peter Ustinov

(În 1969, categoria a fosr redenumită: "Scenariu bazat pe material nepublicat anterior")

• 1968 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner - William Rose
  • Bonnie and Clyde - David Newman, Robert Benton
  • Divorce, American Style - Robert Kaufman, Norman Lear
  • La Guerre Est Finie - Jorge Semprún
  • Two for the Road - Frederic Raphael

• 1967 A Man and a Woman - Claude Lelouch, Pierre Uytterhoeven
  • Blowup - Michelangelo Antonioni, Tonino Guerra, Edward Bond
  • The Fortune Cookie - Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond
  • Khartoum - Robert Ardrey
  • The Naked Prey - Clinkt Johnston, Don Peters

• 1966 Darling - Frederic Raphael
  • Casanova 70 - Age Monicelli, Scarpelli Monicelli, Mario Monicelli, Tonino Guerra, Giorgio Salvioni, Suso Cecchi D'Amico
  • Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines - Jack Davies, Ken Annakin
  • The Train - Franklin Coen, Frank Davis
  • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg - Jacques Demy

• 1965 Father Goose - Peter Stone, Frank Tarloff
  • A Hard Day's Night - Alun Owen
  • One Potato, Two Potato - Raphael Hayes, Orville H. Hampton
  • The Organizer - Age Monicelli, Scarpelli Monicelli, Mario Monicelli
  • That Man from Rio - Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Ariane Mnouchkine, Daniel Boulanger, Philippe de Broca

• 1964 How the West Was Won - James Webb
  • 8½ - Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli, Brunello Rondi
  • America, America - Elia Kazan
  • The Four Days of Naples - Pasquale Festa Campanile, Massimo Franciosa, Nanni Loy, Vasco Pratolini, Carlo Bernari
  • Love with the Proper Stranger - Arnold Schulman

• 1963 Divorce, Italian Style - Ennio de Concini, Pietro Germi, Alfredo Giannetti
  • Freud - Charles Kaufman, Wolfgang Reinhardt
  • Last Year at Marienbad - Alain Robbe-Grillet
  • That Touch of Mink - Stanley Shapiro, Nate Monaster
  • Through a Glass Darkly - Ingmar Bergman

• 1962 Splendor in the Grass - William Inge
  • Ballad of a Soldier - Valentin Yoshov, Grigori Chukhrai
  • La dolce vita - Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, Brunello Rondi
  • General Della Rovere - Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabbi, Indro Montanelli
  • Lover Come Back - Stanley Shapiro, Paul Henning

• 1961 The Apartment - I.A.L. Diamond, Billy Wilder
  • The Angry Silence - Bryan Forbes, Richard Gregson, Michael Craig
  • The Facts of Life - Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
  • Hiroshima Mon Amour - Marguerite Duras
  • Never on Sunday - Jules Dassin