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| ปี | ภาพยนตร์ | นักเขียนบท | ดัดแปลงจาก |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
1950 (23rd): 
| 1950 (23rd) | All About Eve | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | The short story "The Wisdom of Eve" by Mary Orr |
| 1950 (23rd) | The Asphalt Jungle | Ben Maddow John Huston | The novel The Asphalt Jungle by W. R. Burnett |
| 1950 (23rd) | Born Yesterday | Albert Mannheimer | The play Born Yesterday by Garson Kanin |
| 1950 (23rd) | Broken Arrow | Albert Maltz (front: Michael Blankfort) | The novel Blood Brother by Elliott Arnold |
| 1950 (23rd) | Father of the Bride | Frances Goodrich Albert Hackett | The novel Father of the Bride by Edward Streeter |
1951 (24th): 
| 1951 (24th) | A Place in the Sun | Harry Brown Michael Wilson | The novel An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser The play An American Tragedy by Patrick Kearney |
| 1951 (24th) | The African Queen | James Agee John Huston | The novel The African Queen by C. S. Forester |
| 1951 (24th) | Detective Story | Robert Wyler Philip Yordan | The play Detective Story by Sidney Kingsley |
| 1951 (24th) | La Ronde | Jacques Natanson Max Ophüls | The play Reigen by Arthur Schnitzler |
| 1951 (24th) | A Streetcar Named Desire | Tennessee Williams | The play A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams |
1952 (25th): 
| 1952 (25th) | The Bad and the Beautiful | Charles Schnee | The story "Tribute to a Badman" by George Bradshaw |
| 1952 (25th) | 5 Fingers | Michael Wilson | The novel Operation Cicero by L.C. Moyzisch |
| 1952 (25th) | High Noon | Carl Foreman | The story "The Tin Star" by John W. Cunningham |
| 1952 (25th) | The Man in the White Suit | John Dighton Roger MacDougall Alexander Mackendrick | The play The Man in the White Suit by Roger MacDougall |
| 1952 (25th) | The Quiet Man | Frank S. Nugent | The story "Green Rushes" by Maurice Walsh |
1953 (26th): 
| 1953 (26th) | From Here to Eternity | Daniel Taradash | The novel From Here to Eternity by James Jones |
| 1953 (26th) | The Cruel Sea | Eric Ambler | The novel The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat |
| 1953 (26th) | Lili | Helen Deutsch | The story "Love of Seven Dolls" by Paul Gallico |
| 1953 (26th) | Roman Holiday | Ian McLellan Hunter John Dighton | A story by Dalton Trumbo (front: Ian McLellan Hunter) |
| 1953 (26th) | Shane | A.B. Guthrie Jr. | The novel Shane by Jack Schaefer |
1954 (27th): 
| 1954 (27th) | The Country Girl | George Seaton | The play The Country Girl by Clifford Odets |
| 1954 (27th) | The Caine Mutiny | Stanley Roberts | The novel The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk |
| 1954 (27th) | Rear Window | John Michael Hayes | The story "It Had to Be Murder" by Cornell Woolrich |
| 1954 (27th) | Sabrina | Billy Wilder Samuel Taylor Ernest Lehman | The novel Sabrina Fair by Samuel Taylor |
| 1954 (27th) | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | Albert Hackett Frances Goodrich Dorothy Kingsley | The story "The Sobbin' Women" by Stephen Vincent Benét |
1955 (28th): 
| 1955 (28th) | Marty | Paddy Chayefsky | The teleplay Marty, written by Paddy Chayefsky |
| 1955 (28th) | Bad Day at Black Rock | Millard Kaufman | The short story "Bad Time at Honda" by Howard Breslin |
| 1955 (28th) | Blackboard Jungle | Richard Brooks | The novel Blackboard Jungle by Evan Hunter |
| 1955 (28th) | East of Eden | Paul Osborn | The novel East of Eden by John Steinbeck |
| 1955 (28th) | Love Me or Leave Me | Daniel Fuchs Isobel Lennart | A story by Daniel Fuchs |
1956 (29th): 
| 1956 (29th) | Around the World in 80 Days | John Farrow S. J. Perelman James Poe | The novel Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne |
| 1956 (29th) | Baby Doll | Tennessee Williams | The short play Twenty-seven Wagons Full of Cotton by Tennessee Williams The short play The Unsatisfactory Supper by Tennessee Williams |
| 1956 (29th) | Friendly Persuasion | Michael Wilson (withdrawn from final ballot) | The novel The Friendly Persuasion by Jessamyn West |
| 1956 (29th) | Giant | Fred Guiol Ivan Moffat | The novel Giant by Edna Ferber |
| 1956 (29th) | Lust for Life | Norman Corwin | The novel Lust for Life by Irving Stone |
1957 (30th): 
| 1957 (30th) | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Pierre Boulle Carl Foreman (front: Pierre Boulle) Michael Wilson (front: Pierre Boulle) | The novel The Bridge over the River Kwai by Pierre Boulle |
| 1957 (30th) | Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison | John Huston John Lee Mahin | The novel Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison by Charles Shaw |
| 1957 (30th) | Peyton Place | John Michael Hayes | The novel Peyton Place by Grace Metalious |
| 1957 (30th) | Sayonara | Paul Osborn | The novel Sayonara by James Michener |
| 1957 (30th) | 12 Angry Men | Reginald Rose | The teleplay Twelve Angry Men, written by Reginald Rose |
1958 (31st): 
| 1958 (31st) | Gigi | Alan Jay Lerner | The novella Gigi by Colette |
| 1958 (31st) | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Richard Brooks James Poe | The play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams |
| 1958 (31st) | The Horse's Mouth | Alec Guinness | The novel The Horse's Mouth by Joyce Cary |
| 1958 (31st) | I Want to Live! | Nelson Gidding Don Mankiewicz | Articles by Ed Montgomery Letters by Barbara Graham |
| 1958 (31st) | Separate Tables | John Gay Terence Rattigan | The play Separate Tables by Terence Rattigan |
1959 (32nd): 
| 1959 (32nd) | Room at the Top | Neil Paterson | The novel Room at the Top by John Braine |
| 1959 (32nd) | Anatomy of a Murder | Wendell Mayes | The novel Anatomy of a Murder by Robert Traver |
| 1959 (32nd) | Ben-Hur | Karl Tunberg | The novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by General Lew Wallace |
| 1959 (32nd) | The Nun's Story | Robert Anderson | The novel The Nun's Story by Kathryn Hulme |
| 1959 (32nd) | Some Like It Hot | Billy Wilder I. A. L. Diamond | A story suggested by Robert Thoeren and M. Logan |