Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Winners
# Underworld
Jahr: 2003 | Land: Germany, Hungary, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regisseur: Len Wiseman
Besetzung: Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Michael Sheen, Shane Brolly, Bill Nighy
Synopsis
Vampires and werewolves have waged a nocturnal war against each other for centuries. But all bets are off when a female vampire warrior named Selene, who's famous for her strength and werewolf-hunting
# The Patriot
Jahr: 2000 | Land: DE
Regisseur: Roland Emmerich
Besetzung: Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson, Jason Isaacs, Chris Cooper
Synopsis
After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But when his son Gabriel enlists in the army to defend their new nation, America, against the British, Benjamin reluctantly returns to his old life to protect his son.
# Titanic
Jahr: 1997 | Land: USA
Regisseur: James Cameron
Besetzung: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane
Synopsis
101-year-old Rose recalls her voyage on the Titanic, from its departure to its sinking on April 15, 1912.
# On the Waterfront
Jahr: 1954 | Land: United States of America
Regisseur: Elia Kazan
Besetzung: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning
Synopsis
Terry Malloy dreams about being a prize fighter, while tending his pigeons and running errands at the docks for Johnny Friendly, the corrupt boss of the dockers union. Terry witnesses a murder by two
# Pillow Talk
Jahr: 1959 | Land: United States of America
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Playboy songwriter Brad Allen's succession of romances annoys his neighbor, interior designer Jan Morrow, who shares a telephone party line with him and hears all his breezy routines. After Jan unsucc
# The Apartment
Jahr: 1960 | Land: United States of America
Regisseur: Billy Wilder
Besetzung: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen
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Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mi
# The Producers
Jahr: 2005 | Land: United States of America
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After putting together another Broadway flop, down-on-his-luck producer Max Bialystock teams up with timid accountant Leo Bloom in a get-rich-quick scheme to put on the world's worst show.
# Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Jahr: 1969 | Land: United States of America
Regisseur: George Roy Hill
Besetzung: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Strother Martin, Henry Jones
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In late 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy is the affable, clever and talkative leader of the outlaw Hole in the Wall Gang. His closest companion is the laconic dead-shot Sundance Kid. As the west rapidly b
# The Sting
Jahr: 1973 | Land: United States of America
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A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a fortune from a big-time mobster.
# Chinatown
Jahr: 1974 | Land: US
Regisseur: Roman Polanski
Besetzung: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez, John Hillerman
Synopsis
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.
# The Gods Must Be Crazy
Jahr: 1980 | Land: South Africa, Botswana
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A Coca-Cola bottle dropped from an airplane raises havoc among a normally peaceful tribe of African bushmen who believe it to be a utensil of the gods.
# Chariots of Fire
Jahr: 1981 | Land: United Kingdom
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In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in C
# Gandhi
Jahr: 1982 | Land: IN
Regisseur: Richard Attenborough
Besetzung: Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard
Synopsis
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
# Witness
Jahr: 1985 | Land: United States of America
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A sheltered Amish child is the sole witness of a brutal murder in a restroom at a Philadelphia train station, and he must be protected. The assignment falls to a taciturn detective who goes undercove
# Rain Man
Jahr: 1988 | Land: US
Regisseur: Barry Levinson
Besetzung: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria Golino, Gerald R. Molen, Jack Murdock
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When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.
# Dead Poets Society
Jahr: 1989 | Land: US
Regisseur: Peter Weir
Besetzung: Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles, Gale Hansen
Synopsis
At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.
# Ghost
Jahr: 1990 | Land: US
Regisseur: Jerry Zucker
Besetzung: Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn, Vincent Schiavelli
Synopsis
After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.
# Thelma & Louise
Jahr: 1991 | Land: GB
Regisseur: Ridley Scott
Besetzung: Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Christopher McDonald
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Taking a break from their dreary lives, close friends Thelma and Louise embark on a short weekend trip that ends in unforeseen incriminating circumstances. As fugitives, both women rediscover the strength of their bond and their newfound resilience.
# Pulp Fiction
Jahr: 1994 | Land: United States of America
Regisseur: Quentin Tarantino
Besetzung: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames
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A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that i
# The Usual Suspects
Jahr: 1995 | Land: US
Regisseur: Bryan Singer
Besetzung: Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio del Toro, Kevin Pollak, Kevin Spacey
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Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.
# Fargo
Jahr: 1996 | Land: GB
Regisseur: Joel Coen
Besetzung: Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare, Harve Presnell
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Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!
# Good Will Hunting
Jahr: 1997 | Land: United States of America
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Besetzung: Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Stellan Skarsgård, Minnie Driver
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Will Hunting has a genius-level IQ but chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. When he solves a difficult graduate-level math problem, his talents are discovered by Professor Gerald Lambeau, who decides
# American Beauty
Jahr: 1999 | Land: US
Regisseur: Sam Mendes
Besetzung: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari
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Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
# Almost Famous
Jahr: 2000 | Land: US
Regisseur: Cameron Crowe
Besetzung: Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson, Jason Lee, Patrick Fugit
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In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview and tour with the up-and-coming band, Stillwater.
# Gosford Park
Jahr: 2001 | Land: Italy, United States of America
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In 1930’s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes
# Lost in Translation
Jahr: 2003 | Land: GB
Regisseur: Sofia Coppola
Besetzung: Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Akiko Takeshita, Kazuyoshi Minamimagoe, Kazuko Shibata
Synopsis
Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.
# Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Jahr: 2004 | Land: United States of America
Regisseur: Michel Gondry
Besetzung: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood
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Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still
# Crash
Jahr: 1996 | Land: CA
Regisseur: David Cronenberg
Besetzung: James Spader, Holly Hunter, Elias Koteas, Deborah Kara Unger, Rosanna Arquette
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After getting into a serious car accident, a TV director discovers an underground sub-culture of scarred, omnisexual car-crash victims, and he begins to use car accidents and the raw sexual energy they produce to try to rejuvenate his sex life with his wife.
# Juno
Jahr: 2007 | Land: United States of America
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Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.
# Milk
Jahr: 2008 | Land: United States of America
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The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join hi
# The King's Speech
Jahr: 2010 | Land: United Kingdom, United States of America
Regisseur: Tom Hooper
Besetzung: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce, Timothy Spall
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The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dr
# Midnight in Paris
Jahr: 2011 | Land: FR
Regisseur: Woody Allen
Besetzung: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, Kurt Fuller, Adrien Brody
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While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.
# Django Unchained
Jahr: 2012 | Land: United States of America
Regisseur: Quentin Tarantino
Besetzung: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson
Synopsis
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
# Her
Jahr: 2013 | Land: United States of America
Regisseur: Spike Jonze
Besetzung: Joaquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johansson, Rooney Mara, Amy Adams, Olivia Wilde
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In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer, purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every need. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops b
# Manchester by the Sea
Jahr: 2016 | Land: US
Regisseur: Kenneth Lonergan
Besetzung: Casey Affleck, Lucas Hedges, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, C.J. Wilson
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After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.
# Get Out
Jahr: 2017 | Land: US
Regisseur: Jordan Peele
Besetzung: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener, Bradley Whitford, Caleb Landry Jones
Synopsis
Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined.
# Green Book
Jahr: 2018 | Land: US
Regisseur: Peter Farrelly
Besetzung: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini, Sebastian Maniscalco, Dimiter D. Marinov
Synopsis
Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.
# Parasite
Jahr: 2019 | Land: South Korea
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All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
# Promising Young Woman
Jahr: 2020 | Land: US
Regisseur: Emerald Fennell
Besetzung: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge
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A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.
# Everything Everywhere All at Once
Jahr: 2022 | Land: United States of America
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An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.
# Anatomy of a Fall
Jahr: 2023 | Land: FR
Regisseur: Justine Triet
Besetzung: Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado-Graner, Antoine Reinartz, Samuel Theis
Synopsis
A woman is suspected of her husband's murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness.