Oscar za najbolju originalnu priču (eng. Academy Award for Best Story) dodjeljivao se do 1957. godine, kada je konačno zamijenjen Oscarom za najbolji originalni scenarij, koji je uveden 1940.
Dobitnici i nominirani
1920-e GodinaFilmDobitnikNominirani 1927./1928. Podzemlje – Ben Hecht Posljednja zapovijed – Lajos Biró 1928./1929. nagrada nije dodijeljena
1930-e GodinaFilmDobitnikNominirani 1929./1930. nagrada nije dodijeljena 1930./1931. Patrola u zoru – John Monk Saunders Vrata pakla – Rowland Brown Laughter – Harry D'Arrast, Douglas Doty, Donald Stewart Državni neprijatelj – John Bright, Kubec Glasmon Smart Money – Lucien Hubbard, Joseph Jackson 1931./1932. Šampion – Frances Marion Lady and Gent – Grover Jones, William Slavens McNuttStar Witness – Lucien HubbardWhat Price Hollywood? – Adela St. John, Jane Murfin 1932./1933. One Way Passage – Robert Lord The Prizefighter and the Lady – Frances MarionRasputin and the Empress – Charles MacArthur 1934. Manhattan Melodrama – Arthur Caesar Hide Out – Mauri GrashinThe Richest Girl in the World – Norman Krasna 1935. The Scoundrel – Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur The Gay Deception – Stephen Avery, Don HartmanRat gangsterima – Darryl F. Zanuck 1936. Louis Pasteur – Pierre Collings, Sheridan Gibney Zakon linča – Norman KrasnaVeliki Ziegfeld – William McGuireSan Francisco – Robert HopkinsTri pametne djevojke – Adele Commandini 1937. Zvijezda je rođena – Robert Carson, William Wellman Black Legion – Robert LordU starom Chicagu – Niven BuschŽivot Emila Zole – Heinz Herald, Geza HerczegSto muškaraca i djevojka – Hans Kraly 1938. Grad dječaka – Eleanore Griffin, Dore Schary Alexanderov ragtime bend – Irving BerlinAnđeli garava lica – Rowland BrownOpsada – John Howard LawsonLudi za glazbom – Marcella Burke, Frederick KohnerPokusni pilot – Frank Wead 1939. Gospodin Smith ide u Washington – Lewis R. Foster Neženjina majka – Felix JacksonLjubavna afera – Mildred Cram, Leo McCareyNinočka – Melchior LengyelMladi g. Lincoln – Lamar Trotti
1940-e GodinaFilmDobitnikNominirani 1940. Arise, My Love – Benjamin Glazer, John Toldy Comrade X – Walter ReischEdison, the Man – Hugo Butler, Dore ScharyMoja omiljena supruga – Leo McCarey, Samuel Spewack, Bella SpewackZapadnjak – Stuart N. Lake 1941. Dolazi g. Jordan – Harry Segall Vatrena kugla – Thomas Monroe, Billy WilderLady Eve – Monckton HoffeUpoznajte Johna Doea – Richard Connell, Robert PresnellNoćni vlak za München – Gordon Wellesley 1942. 49. paralela – Emeric Pressburger Holiday Inn – Irving BerlinPonos Jenkija – Paul GallicoGradska šaputanja – Sidney HarmonYankee Doodle Dandy – Robert Buckner 1943. Ljudska komedija – William Saroyan Akcija na Sjevernom Atlantiku – Guy GilpatricPravac Tokio – Steve FisherŠto brojniji, to veseliji – Frank Ross, Robert RussellSjenka sumnje – Gordon McDonell 1944. Idući svojim putem – Leo McCarey Momak zvan Joe – David Boehm, Chandler SpragueČamac za spašavanje – John SteinbeckNone Shall Escape – Alfred Neumann, Joseph ThanThe Sullivans – Edward Doherty, Jules Schermer 1945. Kuća u 92. ulici – Charles G. Booth The Affairs of Susan – Laszlo Gorog, Thomas MonroeOdličje za Bennyja – John Steinbeck, Jack WagnerCilj Burma – Alvah BessiePjesma za pamćenje – Ernst Marischka 1946. Odmor od braka – Clemence Dane Tamno zrcalo – Vladimir PoznerNeobična ljubav Marthe Ivers – Jack PatrickStranac – Victor TrivasSvakom svoje – Charles Brackett 1947. Čudo u 34. ulici – Valentine Davies A Cage of Nightingales – Georges Chaperot, René WheelerDogodilo se na 5. aveniji – Herbert Clyde Lewis, Frederick StephaniPoljubac smrti – Eleazar LipskySmash-Up, the Story of a Woman – Frank Cavett, Dorothy Parker 1948. Potraga – Richard Schweizer, David Wechsler Priča iz Louisiane – Robert J. Flaherty, Frances H. FlahertyGoli grad – Malvin WaldCrvena rijeka – Borden ChaseCrvene cipelice – Emeric Pressburger 1949. Priča o Strattonu – Douglas Morrow Pridružite se stadu – Clare LuceIt Happens Every Spring – Valentine Davies, Shirley SmithPijesak Iwo Jime – Harry BrownUsijanje – Virginia Kellogg
1950-e GodinaFilmDobitnikNominirani 1950. Panika na ulicama – Edna Anhalt, Edward Anhalt Gorka riža – Giuseppe De Santis, Carlo LizzaniRevolveraš – William Bowers, Andre de TothTajanstvena ulica – Leonard SpigelglassWhen Willie Comes Marching Home – Sy Gomberg 1951. Sedam dana do podneva – James Bernard, Paul Dehn The Frogmen – Oscar MillardDolazi mladoženja – Liam O'Brien, Robert RiskinDama i borac s bikovima – Budd Boetticher, Ray NazarroTeresa – Alfred Hayes, Stewart Stern 1952. Najveća predstava na svijetu – Frank Cavett, Frederic Frank, Theodore St. John My Son John – Leo McCareyUski prolaz – Martin Goldsmith, Jack LeonardThe Pride of St. Louis – Guy TrosperSnajper – Edward Anhalt, Edna Anhalt 1953. Praznik u Rimu – Dalton Trumbo Above and Beyond – Beirne LayThe Captain's Paradise – Alec CoppelHondo – Louis L'AmourMali bjegunac – Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin 1954. Slomljeno koplje – Philip Yordan Kruh, ljubav i fantazija – Ettore MargadonnaZabranjene igre – Francois BoyerLjudi noći – Jed Harris, Tom ReedNema biznisa do šoubiznisa – Lamar Trotti 1955. Voli me ili ostavi – Daniel Fuchs Privatni rat bojnika Bensona – Joe Connelly, Bob MosherBuntovnik bez razloga – Nicholas RayLe Mouton a Cinq Pattes – Jean Marsan, Henri Troyat, Jacques Perret, Henri Verneuil, Raoul PloquinZrakoplovni stožer – Beirne Lay 1956. The Brave One – Dalton Trumbo Priča o Eddyju Duchinu – Leo KatcherVisoko društvo – Edward Burnds, Elwood UllmanPonosni – Jean-Paul SartreUmberto D – Cesare Zavattini
Vanjski linkovi Scenariji nagrađeni Oscarom 1928. - 2005.
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