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

Actors : Cheech Marin, Rene Russo, Don Johnson, Kevin Costner,
Directors : Ron Shelton,

A washed up golf pro working at a driving range tries to qualify for the US Open in order to win the heart of his succesful rival's girlfriend.

Actors : Dermot Mulroney, Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz, Rupert Everett,
Directors : P.J. Hogan,

When a woman's long-time friend reveals he's engaged, she realizes she loves him herself and sets out to get him, with only days before the wedding.

Actors : Iosif Diego Pirvu, Ibrahima Gueye, Renato Carpentieri, Sophia Loren,
Directors : Edoardo Ponti,

In seaside Italy, a Holocaust survivor with a daycare business takes in a 12-year-old street kid who recently robbed her.

Actors : Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, George C. Scott, Peter Sellers,
Directors : Stanley Kubrick,

An insane general triggers a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.

Actors : Rita Karin, Peter MacNicol, Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline,
Directors : Alan J. Pakula,

After spending time with his new neighbors, an aspiring writer realizes they are harboring deep secrets that will forever change him.

Actors : Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Kim Basinger, Glenn Close,
Directors : Barry Levinson,

An unknown comes out of seemingly nowhere to become a legendary player with almost divine talent.

Actors : Charles Martin Smith, Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Richard Jaeckel,
Directors : John Carpenter,

An alien takes the form of a young widow's husband and asks her to drive him from Wisconsin to Arizona. The government tries to stop them.

Actors : Paul Hogan, David Gulpilil, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon,
Directors : Peter Faiman,

An American reporter goes to the Australian outback to meet an eccentric crocodile poacher and invites him to New York City.

Actors : Warwick Davis, Jean Marsh, Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley,
Directors : Ron Howard,

A reluctant dwarf must play a critical role in protecting a special baby from an evil queen.

Actors : John Amos, Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones,
Directors : John Landis,

An extremely pampered African Prince travels to Queens, New York, and goes undercover to find a wife whom he can respect for her intelligence and will.

Actors : Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, William Baldwin, Kevin Bacon,
Directors : Joel Schumacher,

Five medical students experiment on "near death" experiences that involve past tragedies until the dark consequences begin to jeopardize their lives.

Actors : J.E. Freeman, Willem Dafoe, Laura Dern, Nicolas Cage,
Directors : David Lynch,

Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.

Actors : Jeanne Tripplehorn, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Michael Douglas,
Directors : Paul Verhoeven,

A violent, suspended police detective investigates a brutal murder, in which a manipulative and seductive woman could be involved.

Actors : Julia Ormond, Anthony Hopkins, Brad Pitt, Aidan Quinn,
Directors : Edward Zwick,

In the early 1900s, three brothers and their father living in the remote wilderness of Montana are affected by betrayal, history, love, nature, and war.

Actors : Gene Hackman, David Andrews, Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid,
Directors : Lawrence Kasdan,

Wyatt Earp is a movie about a man and his family. The movie shows us the good times and the bad times of one of the West's most famous individuals.

Actors : Susan Sarandon, Mary-Louise Parker, Brad Renfro, Tommy Lee Jones,
Directors : Joel Schumacher,

A young boy who witnessed the suicide of a mafia lawyer hires an attorney to protect him when the District Attorney tries to use him to take down a mob family.

Actors : Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton,
Directors : Jerry Zaks,

A leukemia patient attempts to end a 20-year feud with her sister to get her bone marrow.

Actors : Robin Williams, Max von Sydow, Cuba Gooding Jr., Annabella Sciorra,
Directors : Vincent Ward,

After he dies in a car crash, a man searches heaven and hell for his beloved wife.

Actors : Toni Collette, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Christian Bale, Ewan McGregor,
Directors : Todd Haynes,

In 1984, British journalist Arthur Stuart investigates the career of 1970s glam superstar Brian Slade, who was heavily influenced in his early years by hard-living and rebellious American singer Curt Wild.

Actors : Susan Sarandon, Hart Bochner, Natalie Portman, Eileen Ryan,
Directors : Wayne Wang,

A mother and daughter search for success in Beverly Hills.