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Wednesday, July 29, 2015

The All-Time Oscars: Third Preliminaries

In our third day of whittling down a whole bunch of initial nominees in multiple categories notable for stints at the Academy Awards, we are going to be tackling the writing nominees. Today is all about screenplays, both original and adapted. Every day it gets a little bit tougher. Now, which scripts deserve to be among the best ever written? Each category now has sixty nominees! Please, help get it to thirty if you feel up to it.

Best Original Screenplay

The Great Dictator, Citizen Kane, On the Waterfront, Pillow Talk, North by Northwest, How the West Was Won, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Bonnie and Clyde, The Producers, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Patton, American Graffiti, Rocky, Annie Hall, Star Wars, Chariots of Fire, Gandhi, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Tootsie, Beverly Hills Cop, Back to the Future, The Way Way Back, Rain Man, Big, Dead Poets Society, Bull Durham, When Harry Met Sally..., Thelma & Louise, Philadelphia, Pulp Fiction, Toy Story, Fargo, Good Will Hunting, Jerry Maguire, Boogie Nights, Shakespeare in Love, The Truman Show, Saving Private Ryan, Being John Malkovich, Airplane!, Moonrise Kingdom, Finding Nemo, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Crash, Good Night, and Good Luck, Little Miss Sunshine, The Breakfast Club, Juno, Ratatouille, Milk, In Bruges, The Hurt Locker, The King's Speech, Inception, Wet Hot American Summer, Her, American Hustle, Birdman, The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Wizard of Oz, The Jazz Singer, The Thin Man, Mutiny on the Bounty, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, A Christmas Story, Gone with the Wind, Casablanca, It's a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, All the King's Men, A Streetcar Named Desire, Rear Window, Around the World in 80 Days, The Bridge on the River Kwai, 12 Angry Men, Gigi, Ben-Hur, Some Like It Hot, Breakfast at Tiffany's, To Kill a Mockingbird, Lolita, Dr. Strangelove, Mary Poppins, The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Young Frankenstein, Sophie's Choice, Amadeus, The Color Purple, Stand by Me, Dangerous Liaisons, Driving Miss Daisy, Goodfellas, The Silence of the Lambs, Schindler's List, Forrest Gump, The Shawshank Redemption, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Finding Neverland, The Departed, Frost/Nixon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Social Network, Toy Story 3, The Descendants, Moneyball, Argo, The Imitation Game, The Wolf of Wall Street, Iron Man, Jurassic Park, Jaws, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Saving Mr. Banks, Ocean's Eleven, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, The Princess Bride, Clue, The Blues Brothers

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  1. Best Original Screenplay

    Citizen Kane, On the Waterfront, Pillow Talk, North by Northwest, How the West Was Won, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Patton, American Graffiti, Rocky, Star Wars, Gandhi, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Tootsie, Beverly Hills Cop, Back to the Future, Big, Dead Poets Society, Pulp Fiction, Toy Story, Fargo, Saving Private Ryan, Airplane!, Finding Nemo, The Breakfast Club, Ratatouille, Milk, Birdman, The Grand Budapest Hotel

    Best Adapted Screenplay

    The Wizard of Oz, The Thin Man, Mutiny on the Bounty, A Christmas Story, Gone with the Wind, Casablanca, It's a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, A Streetcar Named Desire, Rear Window, Around the World in 80 Days, 12 Angry Men, To Kill a Mockingbird, Mary Poppins, The Godfather, Young Frankenstein, Driving Miss Daisy, Goodfellas, The Silence of the Lambs, Schindler's List, Forrest Gump, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Toy Story 3, Jurassic Park, Jaws, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, The Princess Bride, Clue, The Blues Brothers

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  2. Best Original Screenplay

    Pillow Talk, North by Northwest, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Bonnie and Clyde, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, American Graffiti, Rocky, Star Wars, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Tootsie, Beverly Hills Cop, Back to the Future, Rain Man, Big, When Harry Met Sally..., Thelma & Louise, Philadelphia, Toy Story, Jerry Maguire, Airplane!, Finding Nemo, Little Miss Sunshine, The Breakfast Club, Ratatouille, Grand Budapest Hotel

    Best Adapted Screenplay

    The Wizard of Oz, A Christmas Story, Gone with the Wind, Casablanca, It's a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, Rear Window, 12 Angry Men, Some Like It Hot, Breakfast at Tiffany's, To Kill a Mockingbird, Mary Poppins, The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Young Frankenstein, Driving Miss Daisy, Goodfellas, The Silence of the Lambs, Schindler's List, Forrest Gump, The Departed, Toy Story 3, Man, Jurassic Park, Jaws, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Ocean's Eleven, The Princess Bride, Clue, The Blues Brothers

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