The first telecasts of the Golden Globes were from 1958-1963 but they were only locally aired. A year before the category for Best Screenplay was introduced; the Golden Globes was aired nationally through a special segment on The Andy Williams Show. The category Best Screenplay - Motion Picture was introduced by the HFPA at the Golden Globes in the year 1965.
List of Winners - Golden Globes Best Screenplay Motion Picture
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Year
|
Film
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Winner
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1965
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Doctor Zhivago
|
Robert Bolt
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1966
|
A Man for All Seasons
|
Robert Bolt
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1967
|
In the Heat of the Night
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Sterling Silliphant
|
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1968
|
Charly
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Stirling Silliphant
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1969
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Anne of the Thousand Days
|
Bridget Boland, John Hale and Richard Sokolove
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1970
|
Love Story
|
Erich Segal
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1971
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The Hospital
|
Paddy Chayefsky
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1972
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The Godfather
|
Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo
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1973
|
The Exorcist
|
William Peter Blatty
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1974
|
Chinatown
|
Robert Towne
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1975
|
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
|
Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman
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1976
|
Network
|
Paddy Chayefsky
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1977
|
The Goodbye Girl
|
Neil Simon
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1978
|
Midnight Express
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Oliver Stone
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1979
|
Kramer vs. Kramer
|
Robert Benton
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1980
|
The Ninth Configuration
|
William Peter Blatty
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1981
|
On Golden Pond
|
Ernest Thompson
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1982
|
Gandhi
|
John Briley
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1983
|
Terms of Endearment
|
James L. Brooks
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1984
|
Amadeus
|
Peter Shaffer
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1985
|
The Purple Rose of Cairo
|
Woody Allen
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1986
|
The Mission
|
Robert Bolt
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1987
|
The Last Emperor
|
Bernardo Bertolucci, Mark Peploe and Enzo Ungari
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1988
|
Running on Empty
|
Naomi Foner
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1989
|
Born on the Fourth of July
|
Oliver Stone and Ron Kovic
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1990
|
Dances with Wolves
|
Michael Blake
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1991
|
Thelma & Louise
|
Callie Khouri
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1992
|
Scent of a Woman
|
Bo Goldman
|
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1993
|
Schindler's List
|
Steven Zaillian
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1994
|
Pulp Fiction
|
Quentin Tarantino
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1995
|
Sense and Sensibility
|
Emma Thompson
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1996
|
The People vs. Larry Flynt
|
Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski
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1997
|
Good Will Hunting
|
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon
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1998
|
Shakespeare in Love
|
Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard
|
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1999
|
American Beauty
|
Alan Ball
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2000
|
Traffic
|
Stephen Gaghan
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2001
|
A Beautiful Mind
|
Akiva Goldsman
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2002
|
About Schmidt
|
Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
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2003
|
Lost in Translation
|
Sofia Coppola
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2004
|
Sideways
|
Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
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2005
|
Brokeback Mountain
|
Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana
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2006
|
The Queen
|
Peter Morgan
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2007
|
No Country for Old Men
|
Ethan and Joel Coen
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2008
|
Slumdog Millionaire
|
Simon Beaufoy
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2009
|
Up in the Air
|
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
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