Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay

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These are the winners only. The Best Original Screenplay award didn't exist until 1940 (when Best Story was split into two categories).

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  1. 2 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  2. 54 -

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  3. 10 -

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  4. 37 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  5. 14 -

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  6. 34 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  7. 20 -

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  8. 64 -

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  9. 56 -

    Fargo

    1996, in 27 top lists Check
  10. 59 -

    American Beauty

    1999, in 25 top lists Check
  11. 55 -

    The Usual Suspects

    1995, in 24 top lists Check
  12. 35 -

    Dog Day Afternoon

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  13. 79 -

    Gisaengchung

    2019 — a.k.a. Parasite, in 22 top lists
    Check
  14. 29 -

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    1969, in 21 top lists Check
  15. 63 -

    Lost in Translation

    2003, in 19 top lists Check
  16. 11 -

    An American in Paris

    1951, in 18 top lists Check
  17. 33 -

    The Sting

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  18. 77 -

    Get Out

    2017, in 16 top lists Check
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    Gandhi

    1982, in 15 top lists Check
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    Chariots of Fire

    1981, in 14 top lists Check
  21. 36 -

    Network

    1976, in 14 top lists Check
  22. 53 -

    The Piano

    1993, in 14 top lists Check
  23. 28 -

    The Producers

    1967, in 14 top lists Check
  24. 48 -

    Rain Man

    1988, in 14 top lists Check
  25. 69 -

    The Hurt Locker

    2008, in 13 top lists Check
  26. 70 -

    The King's Speech

    2010, in 13 top lists Check
  27. 30 -

    Patton

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  28. 51 -

    Thelma & Louise

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  29. 49 -

    Dead Poets Society

    1989, in 12 top lists Check
  30. 72 -

    Django Unchained

    2012, in 12 top lists Check
  31. 57 -

    Good Will Hunting

    1997, in 12 top lists Check
  32. 78 -

    Green Book

    2018, in 12 top lists
    Check
  33. 62 -

    Hable con ella

    2002 — a.k.a. Talk to Her, in 12 top lists Check
  34. 67 -

    Juno

    2007, in 12 top lists Check
  35. 58 -

    Shakespeare in Love

    1998, in 12 top lists Check
  36. 16 -

    Le ballon rouge

    1956 — a.k.a. The Red Balloon, in 11 top lists Check
  37. 52 -

    The Crying Game

    1992, in 11 top lists Check
  38. 73 -

    Her

    2013, in 10 top lists Check
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    Moonstruck

    1987, in 10 top lists Check
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    Almost Famous

    2000, in 9 top lists Check
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    Ghost

    1990, in 9 top lists Check
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    The Lavender Hill Mob

    1951, in 9 top lists Check
  43. 74 -

    Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

    2014, in 8 top lists Check
  44. 39 -

    Breaking Away

    1979, in 8 top lists Check
  45. 46 -

    Hannah and Her Sisters

    1986, in 8 top lists Check
  46. 26 -

    Un homme et une femme

    1966 — a.k.a. A Man and a Woman, in 8 top lists Check
  47. 75 -

    Spotlight

    2015, in 8 top lists Check
  48. 45 -

    Witness

    1985, in 8 top lists Check
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    Darling

    1965, in 7 top lists Check
  50. 18 -

    The Defiant Ones

    1958, in 7 top lists Check
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