Best movies that are award winners or nominees in writing (screenplay based on material previously produced or published) category

Actors : Toni Collette, Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Olivia Williams,
Directors : M. Night Shyamalan,

A boy who communicates with spirits that don't know they're dead seeks the help of a disheartened child psychologist.

Actors : Chloë Sevigny, Hilary Swank, Peter Sarsgaard, Brendan Sexton III,
Directors : Kimberly Peirce,

Female-born Teena Brandon adopts his male identity of Brandon Teena and attempts to find himself and love in Nebraska.

Actors : Stephen Graham, Elisabeth Shue, Tom Hanks, Matt Helm,
Directors : Aaron Schneider,

Several months after the U.S. entry into World War II, an inexperienced U.S. Navy commander must lead an Allied convoy being stalked by a German submarine wolf pack.

Actors : Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Barry Keoghan, Kerry Condon,
Directors : Martin McDonagh,

Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.

Actors : Salma Hayek, Antonio Banderas, Florence Pugh, Harvey Guillen,

When Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll and he has burned through eight of his nine lives, he launches an epic journey to restore them by finding the mythical Last Wish.

Actors : Jason Clarke, Carey Mulligan, Jonathan Banks, Garrett Hedlund,
Directors : Dee Rees,

Two men return home from World War II to work on a farm in rural Mississippi, where they struggle to deal with racism and adjusting to life after war.

Actors : Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy,
Directors : Bryan Singer,

A chronicle of the years leading up to Queen's legendary appearance at the Live Aid (1985) concert.

Actors : Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Jean Heywood, Jamie Draven,
Directors : Stephen Daldry,

A talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.

Actors : Jennifer Coolidge, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, Fred Willard,
Directors : Christopher Guest,

A colorful array of characters compete at a national dog show.

Actors : Halle Berry, Taylor Simpson, Gabrielle Witcher, Billy Bob Thornton,
Directors : Marc Forster,

After a family tragedy, a racist prison guard reexamines his attitudes while falling in love with the African American wife of the last prisoner he executed.

Actors : John Cameron Mitchell, Stephen Trask, Theodore Liscinski, Miriam Shor,
Directors : John Cameron Mitchell,

A transgender punk-rock girl from East Berlin tours the U.S. with her band as she tells her life story and follows the former lover/band-mate who stole her songs.

Actors : Goran Visnjic, John Leguizamo, Ray Romano, Denis Leary,

Set during the Ice Age, a sabertooth tiger, a sloth, and a wooly mammoth find a lost human infant, and they try to return him to his tribe.

Actors : Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Martine McCutcheon,
Directors : Richard Curtis,

Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.

Actors : Billy Connolly, Tom Cruise, William Atherton, Ken Watanabe,
Directors : Edward Zwick,

An American military advisor embraces the Samurai culture he was hired to destroy after he is captured in battle.

Actors : Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Jim Moret, Eugene Levy,
Directors : Christopher Guest,

Mockumentary captures the reunion of 1960s folk trio the Folksmen as they prepare for a show at The Town Hall to memorialize a recently deceased concert promoter.

Actors : Imelda Staunton, Richard Graham, Heather Craney, Jim Broadbent,
Directors : Mike Leigh,

Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain--a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.

Actors : Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom, Jack Davenport,
Directors : Gore Verbinski,

Jack Sparrow races to recover the heart of Davy Jones to avoid enslaving his soul to Jones' service, as other friends and foes seek the heart for their own agenda as well.

Actors : Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, Naomi Watts, Catherine An,
Directors : John Curran,

A British medical doctor fights a cholera epidemic in a small Chinese village, while being trapped at home in a loveless marriage to an unfaithful wife.

Actors : Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Bruno Ganz, Jeanette Hain,
Directors : Stephen Daldry,

Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.

Actors : Paul Schneider, Ben Whishaw, Abbie Cornish, Kerry Fox,
Directors : Jane Campion,

The three-year romance between 19th-century poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne near the end of his life.