# David di Donatello for Best Screenplay

The David di Donatello Award for Best Screenplay (Italian: David di Donatello per la migliore sceneggiatura) was a film award presented by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, Academy of Italian Cinema) to recognize outstanding screenwriting in a film released in Italy during the year preceding the ceremony. The award was presented annually from 1975 to 2016, when it was split between the Original and Adapted Screenplay categories.
Nominees and winners were selected via runoff voting by all the members of the Accademia.

## Winners and nominees

Below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by other nominees.

### 1970s

| Year | Film | Nominees |
| 1974/75 (20th) |
| 1974/75 (20th) | Come Home and Meet My Wife | Age & Scarpelli |
| 1975/76 (21st) |
| 1975/76 (21st) | Eye of the Cat | Alberto Bevilacqua and Nino Manfredi |
| 1976/77 (22nd) |
| 1976/77 (22nd) | The Bishop's Bedroom | Leo Benvenuti and Piero De Bernardi |
| 1977/78 (23rd) |
| 1977/78 (23rd) | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 1978/79 (24th) |
| 1978/79 (24th) | Not awarded | Not awarded |

### 1980s

| Year | Film | Nominees |
| 1979/80 (25th) |
| 1979/80 (25th) | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| 1980/81 (26th) |
| 1980/81 (26th) | Three Brothers | Tonino Guerra and Francesco Rosi |
| 1980/81 (26th) | Passion of Love | Ruggero Maccari and Ettore Scola |
| 1980/81 (26th) | I'm Starting from Three | Massimo Troisi and Anna Pavignano |
| 1981/82 (27th) | | |
| 1981/82 (27th) | Tales of Ordinary Madness | Sergio Amidei and Marco Ferreri |
| 1981/82 (27th) | Piso pisello | Bernardino Zapponi |
| 1981/82 (27th) | Talcum Powder | Carlo Verdone and Enrico Oldoini |
| 1982/83 (28th) | | |
| 1982/83 (28th) | That Night in Varennes | Sergio Amidei and Ettore Scola |
| 1982/83 (28th) | Blow to the Heart | Gianni Amelio and Vincenzo Cerami |
| 1982/83 (28th) | The Night of the Shooting Stars | Paolo and Vittorio Taviani |
| 1983/84 (29th) | | |
| 1983/84 (29th) | And the Ship Sails On | Federico Fellini and Tonino Guerra |
| 1983/84 (29th) | Le Bal | Ruggero Maccari, Jean-Claude Penchenat, Furio Scarpelli, and Ettore Scola |
| 1983/84 (29th) | Sweet Body of Bianca | Nanni Moretti and Sandro Petraglia |
| 1983/84 (29th) | Where's Picone? | Nanni Loy and Elvio Porta |
| 1984/85 (30th) | | |
| 1984/85 (30th) | Kaos | Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, and Tonino Guerra |
| 1984/85 (30th) | A Proper Scandal | Suso Cecchi D'Amico |
| 1984/85 (30th) | The Three of Us | Pupi Avati and Antonio Avati |
| 1985/86 (31st) | | |
| 1985/86 (31st) | Let's Hope It's a Girl | Leo Benvenuti, Suso Cecchi D'Amico, Piero De Bernardi, Mario Monicelli, and Tullio Pinelli |
| 1985/86 (31st) | Ginger and Fred | Tonino Guerra and Tullio Pinelli |
| 1985/86 (31st) | The Mass Is Ended | Nanni Moretti and Sandro Petraglia |
| 1986/87 (32nd) | | |
| 1986/87 (32nd) | The Family | Ruggero Maccari, Furio Scarpelli, and Ettore Scola |
| 1986/87 (32nd) | Christmas Present | Pupi Avati and Giovanni Bruzzi |
| 1986/87 (32nd) | A Tale of Love | Francesco Maselli |
| 1987/88 (33rd) | | |
| 1987/88 (33rd) | Io e mia sorella | Leo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi, and Carlo Verdone |
| 1987/88 (33rd) | The Last Emperor | Bernardo Bertolucci and Mark Peploe |
| 1987/88 (33rd) | Dark Eyes | Aleksandr Adabashyan, Nikita Mikhalkov, and Suso Cecchi D'Amico |
| 1988/89 (34th) | | |
| 1988/89 (34th) | Mignon Has Come to Stay | Francesca Archibugi, Gloria Malatesta, and Claudia Sbarigia |
| 1988/89 (34th) | Compagni di scuola | Leo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi, and Carlo Verdone |
| 1988/89 (34th) | The Legend of the Holy Drinker | Ermanno Olmi and Tullio Kezich |

### 1990s

| Year | Film | Nominees |
| 1989/90 (35th) |
| 1989/90 (35th) | The Story of Boys & Girls | Pupi Avati |
| 1989/90 (35th) | Dark Illness | Suso Cecchi D'Amico and Tonino Guerra |
| 1989/90 (35th) | Open Doors | Gianni Amelio, Vincenzo Cerami, and Alessandro Sermoneta |
| 1989/90 (35th) | Red Wood Pigeon | Nanni Moretti |
| 1989/90 (35th) | Scugnizzi | Nanni Loy and Elvio Porta |
| 1990/91 (36th) | | |
| 1990/91 (36th) | To Want to Fly | Maurizio Nichetti and Guido Manuli |
| 1990/91 (36th) | The Yes Man | Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli and Daniele Luchetti |
| 1990/91 (36th) | The House of Smiles | Liliane Betti, Marco Ferreri, and Antonino Marino |
| 1990/91 (36th) | Mediterraneo | Enzo Monteleone |
| 1990/91 (36th) | The Station | Filippo Ascione, Umberto Marino, and Sergio Rubini |
| 1991/92 (37th) | | |
| 1991/92 (37th) | Damned the Day I Met You | Carlo Verdone and Francesca Marciano |
| 1991/92 (37th) | Parenti serpenti | Carmine Amoroso, Suso Cecchi D'Amico, Piero De Bernardi, and Mario Monicelli |
| 1991/92 (37th) | The Invisible Wall | Sandro Petraglia, Andrea Purgatori, and Stefano Rulli |
| 1991/92 (37th) | The Stolen Children | Gianni Amelio, Sandro Petraglia, and Stefano Rulli |
| 1992/93 (38th) | | |
| 1992/93 (38th) | The Great Pumpkin | Francesca Archibugi |
| 1992/93 (38th) | The Escort | Graziano Diana and Simona Izzo |
| 1992/93 (38th) | Jonah Who Lived in the Whale | Roberto Faenza and Filippo Ottoni |
| 1993/94 (39th) | | |
| 1993/94 (39th) | For Love, Only for Love | Ugo Chiti and Giovanni Veronesi |
| 1993/94 (39th) | Caro diario | Nanni Moretti |
| 1993/94 (39th) | Let's Not Keep in Touch | Francesca Marciano and Carlo Verdone |
| 1994/95 (40th) | | |
| 1994/95 (40th) | Nemici d'infanzia | Luigi Magni and Carla Vistarini |
| 1994/95 (40th) | No Skin | Alessandro D'Alatri |
| 1994/95 (40th) | Belle al Bar | Alessandro Benvenuti, Ugo Chiti, and Nicola Zavagli |
| 1995/96 (41st) | | |
| 1995/96 (41st) | Celluloide | Furio Scarpelli, Ugo Pirro, and Carlo Lizzani |
| 1995/96 (41st) | August Vacation | Francesco Bruni and Paolo Virzì |
| 1995/96 (41st) | The Star Maker | Fabio Rinaudo and Giuseppe Tornatore |
| 1996/97 (42nd) | | |
| 1996/97 (42nd) | Nel profondo paese straniero | Fabio Carpi |
| 1996/97 (42nd) | The Cyclone | Leonardo Pieraccioni and Giovanni Veronesi |
| 1996/97 (42nd) | The Game Bag | Marco Bechis, Umberto Contarello, Lara Fremder, Gigi Riva, and Maurizio Zaccaro |
| 1996/97 (42nd) | Nirvana | Pino Cacucci, Gloria Corica, and Gabriele Salvatores |
| 1996/97 (42nd) | The Truce | Sandro Petraglia, Francesco Rosi, and Stefano Rulli |
| 1997/98 (43rd) | | |
| 1997/98 (43rd) | Life Is Beautiful | Vincenzo Cerami and Roberto Benigni |
| 1997/98 (43rd) | Notes of Love | Mimmo Calopresti |
| 1997/98 (43rd) | Ovosodo | Paolo Virzì |
| 1998/99 (44th) | | |
| 1998/99 (44th) | Not of this World | Giuseppe Piccioni, Gualtiero Rosella, and Lucia Zei |
| 1998/99 (44th) | The Legend of 1900 | Giuseppe Tornatore |
| 1998/99 (44th) | Marriages | Cristina Comencini |

### 2000s

| Year | Film | Nominees |
| 1999/00 (45th) |
| 1999/00 (45th) | Bread and Tulips | Doriana Leondeff and Silvio Soldini |
| 1999/00 (45th) | Canone inverso | Simona Izzo and Ricky Tognazzi |
| 1999/00 (45th) | Olympic Garage | Marco Bechis and Lara Fremder |
| 2000/01 (46th) | | |
| 2000/01 (46th) | One Hundred Steps | Claudio Fava, Monica Capelli, and Marco Tullio Giordana |
| 2000/01 (46th) | The Last Kiss | Gabriele Muccino |
| 2000/01 (46th) | The Son's Room | Linda Ferri, Nanni Moretti, and Heidrun Schleef |
| 2001/02 (47th) | | |
| 2001/02 (47th) | The Profession of Arms | Ermanno Olmi |
| 2001/02 (47th) | Burning in the Wind | Doriana Leondeff and Silvio Soldini |
| 2001/02 (47th) | One Man Up | Paolo Sorrentino |
| 2002/03 (48th) | | |
| 2002/03 (48th) | The Embalmer | Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso, and Ugo Chiti |
| 2002/03 (48th) | Casomai | Alessandro D'Alatri and Anna Pavignano |
| 2002/03 (48th) | Facing Windows | Gianni Romoli and Ferzan Özpetek |
| 2002/03 (48th) | It Can't Be All Our Fault | Piero De Bernardi, Pasquale Plastino, Fiamma Satta, and Carlo Verdone |
| 2002/03 (48th) | My Mother's Smile | Marco Bellocchio |
| 2002/03 (48th) | Remember Me, My Love | Gabriele Muccino and Heidrun Schleef |
| 2003/04 (49th) | | |
| 2003/04 (49th) | The Best of Youth | Sandro Petraglia and Stefano Rulli |
| 2003/04 (49th) | Caterina in the Big City | Francesco Bruni and Paolo Virzì |
| 2003/04 (49th) | Don't Move | Margaret Mazzantini and Sergio Castellitto |
| 2003/04 (49th) | Good Morning, Night | Marco Bellocchio |
| 2003/04 (49th) | What Will Happen to Us | Giovanni Veronesi and Silvio Muccino |
| 2004/05 (50th) | | |
| 2004/05 (50th) | The Consequences of Love | Paolo Sorrentino |
| 2004/05 (50th) | After Midnight | Davide Ferrario |
| 2004/05 (50th) | Sacred Heart | Gianni Romoli and Ferzan Özpetek |
| 2004/05 (50th) | The Keys to the House | Gianni Amelio, Sandro Petraglia, and Stefano Rulli |
| 2004/05 (50th) | Manual of Love | Ugo Chiti and Giovanni Veronesi |
| 2005/06 (51st) | | |
| 2005/06 (51st) | Romanzo criminale | Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli, Giancarlo De Cataldo, and Michele Placido |
| 2005/06 (51st) | The Caiman | Nanni Moretti, Francesco Piccolo, and Federica Pontremoli |
| 2005/06 (51st) | My Best Enemy | Silvio Muccino, Pasquale Plastino, Silvia Ranfagni, and Carlo Verdone |
| 2005/06 (51st) | Notte prima degli esami | Fausto Brizzi, Massimiliano Bruno, and Marco Martani |
| 2005/06 (51st) | Our Land | Angelo Pasquini, Carla Cavallucci, and Sergio Rubini |
| 2006/07 (52nd) | | |
| 2006/07 (52nd) | My Brother is an Only Child | Daniele Luchetti, Sandro Petraglia, and Stefano Rulli |
| 2006/07 (52nd) | Along the Ridge | Linda Ferri, Francesco Giammusso, Kim Rossi Stuart, and Federico Starnone |
| 2006/07 (52nd) | Nuovomondo | Emanuele Crialese |
| 2006/07 (52nd) | One Hundred Nails | Ermanno Olmi |
| 2006/07 (52nd) | The Unknown Woman | Giuseppe Tornatore |
| 2007/08 (53rd) | | |
| 2007/08 (53rd) | The Girl by the Lake | Sandro Petraglia |
| 2007/08 (53rd) | Days and Clouds | Doriana Leondeff, Francesco Piccolo, Federica Pontremoli, and Silvio Soldini |
| 2007/08 (53rd) | Quiet Chaos | Nanni Moretti, Laura Paolucci, and Francesco Piccolo |
| 2007/08 (53rd) | The Right Distance | Doriana Leondeff, Carlo Mazzacurati, Marco Pettenello, and Claudio Piersanti |
| 2007/08 (53rd) | The Wind Blows Round | Giorgio Diritti and Fredo Valla |
| 2008/09 (54th) | | |
| 2008/09 (54th) | Gomorrah | Maurizio Braucci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni Di Gregorio, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso, and Roberto Saviano |
| 2008/09 (54th) | Il Divo | Paolo Sorrentino |
| 2008/09 (54th) | Many Kisses Later | Fausto Brizzi, Marco Martani, and Massimiliano Bruno |
| 2008/09 (54th) | We Can Do That | Fabio Bonifacci and Giulio Manfredonia |
| 2008/09 (54th) | Your Whole Life Ahead of You | Francesco Bruni and Paolo Virzì |

### 2010s

| Year | Film | Nominees |
| 2009/10 (55th) |
| 2009/10 (55th) | The First Beautiful Thing | Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo, and Paolo Virzì |
| 2009/10 (55th) | Fort Apache Napoli | Jim Carrington, Andrea Purgatori, Marco Risi, and Maurizio Cerino |
| 2009/10 (55th) | Loose Cannons | Ivan Cotroneo and Ferzan Özpetek |
| 2009/10 (55th) | The Man Who Will Come | Giorgio Diritti, Giovanni Galavotti, and Tania Pedroni |
| 2009/10 (55th) | Vincere | Marco Bellocchio and Daniela Ceselli |
| 2010/11 (56th) | | |
| 2010/11 (56th) | Noi credevamo | Mario Martone and Giancarlo De Cataldo |
| 2010/11 (56th) | Basilicata Coast to Coast | Rocco Papaleo and Valter Lupo |
| 2010/11 (56th) | The Immature | Paolo Genovese |
| 2010/11 (56th) | La nostra vita | Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli, and Daniele Luchetti |
| 2010/11 (56th) | A Quiet Life | Filippo Gravino, Guido Iuculano, and Claudio Cupellini |
| 2011/12 (57th) | | |
| 2011/12 (57th) | This Must Be the Place | Paolo Sorrentino and Umberto Contarello |
| 2011/12 (57th) | Caesar Must Die | Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, and Fabio Cavalli |
| 2011/12 (57th) | Easy! | Francesco Bruni |
| 2011/12 (57th) | Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy | Marco Tullio Giordana, Sandro Petraglia, and Stefano Rulli |
| 2011/12 (57th) | We Have a Pope | Nanni Moretti, Francesco Piccolo and Federica Ponteremoli |
| 2012/13 (58th) | | |
| 2012/13 (58th) | Long Live Freedom | Roberto Andò and Angelo Pasquini |
| 2012/13 (58th) | The Best Offer | Giuseppe Tornatore |
| 2012/13 (58th) | A Five Star Life | Ivan Cotroneo, Francesca Marciano, and Maria Sole Tognazzi |
| 2012/13 (58th) | Me and You | Niccolò Ammaniti, Umberto Contarello, Francesca Marciano, and Bernardo Bertolucci |
| 2012/13 (58th) | Reality | Maurizio Braucci, Ugo Chiti, Matteo Garrone, and Massimo Gaudioso |
| 2013/14 (59th) | | |
| 2013/14 (59th) | Human Capital | Francesco Piccolo, Francesco Bruni, and Paolo Virzì |
| 2013/14 (59th) | The Great Beauty | Paolo Sorrentino and Umberto Contarello |
| 2013/14 (59th) | I Can Quit Whenever I Want | Valerio Attanasio, Andrea Garello, and Sydney Sibilia |
| 2013/14 (59th) | The Mafia Kills Only in Summer | Michele Astori, Pif, and Marco Martani |
| 2013/14 (59th) | Miele | Francesca Marciano, Valia Santola, and Valeria Golino |
| 2014/15 (60th) | | |
| 2014/15 (60th) | Black Souls | Francesco Munzi, Fabrizio Ruggirello, and Maurizio Braucci |
| 2014/15 (60th) | Hungry Hearts | Saverio Costanzo |
| 2014/15 (60th) | The Legendary Giulia and Other Miracles | Edoardo Leo and Marco Bonini |
| 2014/15 (60th) | Leopardi | Mario Martone and Ippolita Di Majo |
| 2014/15 (60th) | Mia Madre | Nanni Moretti, Francesco Piccolo, and Valia Santella |
| 2015/16 (61st) | | |
| 2015/16 (61st) | Perfect Strangers | Paolo Genovese, Filippo Bologna, Paolo Costella, Paola Mammini, and Rolando Ravello |
| 2015/16 (61st) | Don't Be Bad | Claudio Caligari, Francesca Serafini, and Giordano Meacci |
| 2015/16 (61st) | Tale of Tales | Matteo Garrone, Edoardo Albinati, Ugo Chiti, and Massimo Gaudioso |
| 2015/16 (61st) | They Call Me Jeeg | Nicola Guaglianone and Menotti |
| 2015/16 (61st) | Youth | Paolo Sorrentino |