Through the Years

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The Usual Suspects

Christopher McQuarrie
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Secrets & Lies

Mike Leigh
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Nil By Mouth

Gary Oldman
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The Truman Show

Andrew Niccol
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Being John Malkovich

Charlie Kaufman
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Almost Famous

Cameron Crowe
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Amélie

  • Guillaume Laurant
  • Jean-Pierre Jeunet
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Talk To Her (Hable Con Ella)

Pedro Almodóvar
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Through The Years

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    A Real Pain

    Jesse Eisenberg
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    The Substance

    Coralie Fargeat
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    The Brutalist

    • Brady Corbet
    • Mona Fastvold
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    Kneecap

    • Rich Peppiatt
    • Naoise Ó Cairealláin
    • Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh
    • JJ Ó Dochartaigh
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    Anora

    Sean Baker
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    Anatomy of a Fall

    • Justine Triet
    • Arthur Harari
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    Past Lives

    Celine Song
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    Maestro

    • Bradley Cooper
    • Josh Singer
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    The Holdovers

    David Hemingson
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    Barbie

    • Greta Gerwig
    • Noah Baumbach
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    The Banshees of Inisherin

    Martin McDonagh
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    Triangle of Sadness

    Ruben Östlund
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    The Fabelmans

    • Tony Kushner
    • Steven Spielberg
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    Tár

    Todd Field
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    Everything Everywhere All At Once

    • Daniel Kwan
    • Daniel Scheinert
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    Licorice Pizza

    Paul Thomas Anderson
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    King Richard

    Zach Baylin
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    Belfast

    Kenneth Branagh
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    Don't Look Up

    Adam McKay
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    Being The Ricardos

    Aaron Sorkin
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    Promising Young Woman

    Emerald Fennell
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    Rocks

    • Theresa Ikoko
    • Claire Wilson
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    The Trial of the Chicago 7

    Aaron Sorkin
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    Mank

    Jack Fincher
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    Another Round

    • Tobias Lindholm
    • Thomas Vinterberg
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    Parasite

    • Han Jin Won
    • Bong Joon Ho
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    Once Upon a Time.. in Hollywood

    Quentin Tarantino
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    Knives Out

    Rian Johnson
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    Marriage Story

    Noah Baumbach
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    Booksmart

    • Susanna Fogel
    • Emily Halpern
    • Sarah Haskins
    • Katie Silberman
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    The Favourite

    • Deborah Davis
    • Tony McNamara
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    Vice

    Adam McKay
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    Roma

    Alfonso Cuaron
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    Green Book

    • Brian Currie
    • Peter Farrelly
    • Nick Vallelonga
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    Cold War

    • Janusz Glowacki
    • Pawel Pawlikowski
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    Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

    Martin McDonagh
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    The Shape of Water

    • Guillermo del Toro
    • Vanessa Taylor
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    I, Tonya

    Steven Rogers
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    Lady Bird

    Greta Gerwig
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    Get Out

    Jordan Peele
    Original Screenplay
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    Manchester by the Sea

    Kenneth Lonergan
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    Moonlight

    Barry Jenkins
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    I, Daniel Blake

    Paul Laverty
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    La La Land

    Damien Chazelle
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    Hell or High Water

    Taylor Sheridan
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    Spotlight

    • Tom McCarthy
    • Josh Singer
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    Inside Out

    • Josh Cooley
    • Pete Docter
    • Meg LeFauve
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    Ex Machina

    Alex Garland
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    The Hateful Eight

    Quentin Tarantino
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    Bridge Of Spies

    • Matthew Charman
    • Ethan Coen
    • Joel Coen
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    The Grand Budapest Hotel

    Wes Anderson
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    Whiplash

    Damien Chazelle
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    Nightcrawler

    Dan Gilroy
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    Boyhood

    Richard Linklater
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    Birdman

    • Alejandro G. Iñárritu
    • Nicolás Giacobone
    • Alexander Dinelaris Jr
    • Armando Bo
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    American Hustle

    • Eric Warren Singer
    • David O. Russell
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    Nebraska

    Bob Nelson
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    Inside Llewyn Davis

    • Joel Coen
    • Ethan Coen
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    Gravity

    • Alfonso Cuarón
    • Jonás Cuarón
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    Blue Jasmine

    Woody Allen
    Original Screenplay
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    Django Unchained

    Quentin Tarantino
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    Zero Dark Thirty

    Mark Boal
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    Moonrise Kingdom

    • Wes Anderson
    • Roman Coppola
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    The Master

    Paul Thomas Anderson
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    Amour

    Michael Haneke
    Original Screenplay
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    The Artist

    Michel Hazanavicius
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    Midnight In Paris

    Woody Allen
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    The Iron Lady

    Abi Morgan
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    The Guard

    John Michael McDonagh
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    Bridesmaids

    • Annie Mumolo
    • Kristen Wiig
    Original Screenplay
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    The King's Speech

    David Seidler
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    The Kids Are All Right

    • Lisa Cholodenko
    • Stuart Blumberg
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    The Fighter

    • Scott Silver
    • Paul Tamasy
    • Eric Johnson
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    Inception

    Christopher Nolan
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    Black Swan

    • Mark Heyman
    • Andrés Heinz
    • John McLaughlin
    Original Screenplay
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    The Hurt Locker

    Mark Boal
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    Up

    • Bob Peterson
    • Pete Docter
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    A Serious Man

    • Joel Coen
    • Ethan Coen
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    Inglourious Basterds

    Quentin Tarantino
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    The Hangover

    • Jon Lucas
    • Scott Moore
    Original Screenplay
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    In Bruges

    Martin McDonagh
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    I've Loved You So Long

    Philippe Claudel
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    Burn After Reading

    • Joel Coen
    • Ethan Coen
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    Changeling

    J Michael Straczynski
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    Milk

    Dustin Lance Black
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    Juno

    Diablo Cody
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    This Is England

    Shane Meadows
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    Michael Clayton

    Tony Gilroy
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    The Lives Of Others

    Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
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    American Gangster

    Steven Zaillian
    Original Screenplay
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    Little Miss Sunshine

    Michael Arndt
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    United 93

    Paul Greengrass
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    The Queen

    Peter Morgan
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    Pan's Labyrinth

    Guillermo Del Toro
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    Babel

    Guillermo Arriaga
    Original Screenplay
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    Crash

    • Paul Haggis
    • Bobby Moresco
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    Mrs Henderson Presents

    Martin Sherman
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    Hotel Rwanda

    • Keir Pearson
    • Terry George
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    Good Night, And Good Luck

    • George Clooney
    • Grant Heslov
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    Cinderella Man

    • Cliff Hollingsworth
    • Akiva Goldsman
    Original Screenplay
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    Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind

    Charlie Kaufman
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    Vera Drake

    Mike Leigh
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    Ray

    James L White
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    Collateral

    Stuart Beattie
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    The Aviator

    John Logan
    Original Screenplay
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    The Station Agent

    Tom McCarthy
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    21 Grams

    Guillermo Arriaga
    Original Screenplay
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    Finding Nemo

    • Andrew Stanton
    • Bob Peterson
    • David Reynolds
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    Lost In Translation

    Sofia Coppola
    Original Screenplay
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    The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions Barbares)

    Denys Arcand
    Original Screenplay
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    Talk To Her (Hable Con Ella)

    Pedro Almodóvar
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    The Magdalene Sisters

    Peter Mullan
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    Dirty Pretty Things

    Steven Knight
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    Gangs Of New York

    • Jay Cocks
    • Steven Zaillian
    • Kenneth Lonergan
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    And Your Mother Too (Y Tu Mama Tambien)

    • Carlos Cuarón
    • Alfonso Cuarón
    Original Screenplay
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    Amélie

    • Guillaume Laurant
    • Jean-Pierre Jeunet
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    The Royal Tenenbaums

    • Wes Anderson
    • Owen Wilson
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    The Others

    Alejandro Amen bar
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    Moulin Rouge

    • Baz Luhrmann
    • Craig Pearce
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    Gosford Park

    Julian Fellowes
    Original Screenplay
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    Almost Famous

    Cameron Crowe
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    O Brother Where Art Thou?

    • Ethan Coen
    • Joel Coen
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    Gladiator

    • David Franzoni
    • John Logan
    • William Nicholson
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    Erin Brockovich

    Susannah Grant
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    Billy Elliot

    Lee Hall
    Original Screenplay
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    Being John Malkovich

    Charlie Kaufman
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    Topsy-Turvy

    Mike Leigh
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    The Sixth Sense

    M Night Shyamalan
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    American Beauty

    Alan Ball
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    All About My Mother (Todo Sobre Mi Madre)

    Pedro Almodóvar
    Original Screenplay
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    The Truman Show

    Andrew Niccol
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    Life Is Beautiful (La Vita E Bella)

    • Vincenzo Cerami
    • Roberto Benigni
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    Shakespeare In Love

    • Marc Norman
    • Tom Stoppard
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    Elizabeth

    Michael Hirst
    Original Screenplay
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    Nil By Mouth

    Gary Oldman
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    The Full Monty

    Simon Beaufoy
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    Mrs Brown

    Jeremy Brock
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    Boogie Nights

    Paul Thomas Anderson
    Original Screenplay
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    Secrets & Lies

    Mike Leigh
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    Shine

    Jan Sardi
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    Fargo

    • Ethan Coen
    • Joel Coen
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    Lone Star

    John Sayles
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    Brassed Off

    Mark Herman
    Original Screenplay
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    The Usual Suspects

    Christopher McQuarrie
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    Muriel's Wedding

    PJ Hogan
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    Seven

    Andrew Kevin Walker
    Original Screenplay
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    Bullets Over Broadway

    • Woody Allen
    • Douglas McGrath
    Original Screenplay
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    Pulp Fiction

    • Quentin Tarantino
    • Roger Avary
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    Three Colours Red (Trois Couleurs: Rouge)

    • Krzysztof Kieslowski
    • Krzysztof Piesiewicz
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    Four Weddings And A Funeral

    Richard Curtis
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    Philadelphia

    Ron Nyswaner
    Original Screenplay
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    The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert

    Stephan Elliott
    Original Screenplay
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    Groundhog Day

    • Danny Rubin
    • Harold Ramis
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    Sleepless In Seattle

    • Nora Ephron
    • David S Ward
    • Jeff Arch
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    The Piano

    Jane Campion
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    In The Line Of Fire

    Jeff Maguire
    Original Screenplay
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    Husbands And Wives

    Woody Allen
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    Unforgiven

    David Webb Peoples
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    Hear My Song

    • Peter Chelsom
    • Adrian Dunbar
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    The Crying Game

    Neil Jordan
    Original Screenplay
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    Truly, Madly, Deeply

    Anthony Minghella
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    Green Card

    Peter Weir
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    Thelma And Louise

    Callie Khouri
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    The Fisher King

    Richard LaGravenese
    Original Screenplay
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    Cinema Paradiso

    Giuseppe Tornatore
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    Pretty Woman

    JF Lawton
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    Ghost

    Bruce Joel Rubin
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    Crimes And Misdemeanors

    Woody Allen
    Original Screenplay
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    When Harry Met Sally

    Nora Ephron
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    Rain Man

    • Ronald Bass
    • Barry Morrow
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    Sex, Lies And Videotape

    Steven Soderbergh
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    Dead Poets Society

    Tom Schulman
    Original Screenplay
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    A World Apart

    Shawn Slovo
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    A Fish Called Wanda

    John Cleese
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    Moonstruck

    John Patrick Shanley
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    Goodbye, Children (Au Revoir Les Enfants)

    Louis Malle
    Original Screenplay
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    Wish You Were Here

    David Leland
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    Personal Services

    David Leland
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    Radio Days

    Woody Allen
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    Hope And Glory

    John Boorman
    Original Screenplay
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    Hannah And Her Sisters

    Woody Allen
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    Mona Lisa

    • Neil Jordan
    • David Leland
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    The Mission

    Robert Bolt
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    Crocodile Dundee

    • Paul Hogan
    • Ken Shadie
    • John Cornell
    Original Screenplay
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    The Purple Rose Of Cairo

    Woody Allen
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    Witness

    • Earl W Wallace
    • William Kelley
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    My Beautiful Laundrette

    Hanif Kureishi
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    Back To The Future

    • Robert Zemeckis
    • Bob Gale
    Original Screenplay
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    Broadway Danny Rose

    Woody Allen
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    A Private Function

    Alan Bennett
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    Comfort And Joy

    Bill Forsyth
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    The Big Chill

    • Lawrence Kasdan
    • Barbara Benedek
    Original Screenplay
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    The King Of Comedy

    Paul D Zimmerman
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    Zelig

    Woody Allen
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    Trading Places

    • Timothy Harris
    • Herschel Weingrod
    Original Screenplay
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    Local Hero

    Bill Forsyth
    Original Screenplay