Best Adapted Screenplay

WOMEN TALKING

Sarah Polley

This magnificent adaptation of Miriam Toews' novel deserves the Oscar. The tough story triumphs, debating what to do after a group of men attacked a religious community.

Best Adapted Screenplay

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Nominees for: Best Adapted Screenplay

Rian Johnson

GLASS ONION:  A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY

An entertaining comedy with hints of Agatha Christie. The first movie of the saga was also nominated for an Oscar, but for Best Original Screenplay.  

Nominee for Best Adapted Screenplay:

Nominee for Best Adapted Screenplay:

LIVING

Kazuo Ishiguro

Imagine if the Nobel Prize in literature won the Oscar. Well, Kazuo Ishiguro could do it for his adaptation of the complex story of Akira Kurosawa's film ‘Ikiru’ (To Live) .

Nominee for Best Adapted Screenplay:

Nominee for Best Adapted Screenplay:

Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT

Being among the ten candidates makes this a very tough rival. Three times this magnificent novel from 1929 has been adapted to the cinema. Even Elton John made a song based on the book.

Nominee for Best Adapted Screenplay:

Nominee for Best Adapted Screenplay:

Peter Craig, Justin Marks, Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, Christopher McQuarrie

TOP GUN: MAVERICK

Up to five people are nominated for this screenplay. They won't win, thus saving five insufferable thank you speeches during the ceremony.

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