Oscar voor beste verhaal

De Academy Award voor beste verhaal (Engels: Academy Award for Best (Motion Picture) Story, ook bekend als de Oscar voor beste verhaal) was een jaarlijkse filmprijs van de Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Deze prijs werd uitgereikt sinds het begin van de Academy Awards in 1927 tot 1957. De categorie bestond naast de Academy Award voor beste bewerkte scenario en vanaf 1940 ook naast de Academy Award voor beste originele scenario.

Winnaars en genomineerden

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De winnaars staan bovenaan in vette letters op een gele achtergrond. De overige films en scenaristen die werden genomineerd staan eronder vermeld in alfabetische volgorde.[1]

1927-1929

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Jaar Film Scenarist(en)
192728
Underworld Ben Hecht
The Last Command Lajos Bíró
192829
(2de)
Geen uitreiking in deze categorie.

1930-1939

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Jaar Film Scenarist(en)
192930
(3de)
Geen uitreiking in deze categorie.
193031
(4de)
The Dawn Patrol John Monk Saunders
The Doorway to Hell Rowland Brown
Laughter Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast, Douglas Doty en Donald Ogden Stewart
The Public Enemy John Bright en Kubec Glasmon
Smart Money Lucien Hubbard en Joseph Jackson
193132
(5de)
The Champ Frances Marion
Lady and Gent Grover Jones en William Slavens McNutt
The Star Witness Lucien Hubbard
What Price Hollywood? Adela Rogers St. Johns en Jane Murfin
193233
(6de)
[noot 1]
One Way Passage Robert Lord
The Prizefighter and the Lady Frances Marion
Rasputin and the Empress Charles MacArthur
1934
(7de)
[noot 2]
Manhattan Melodrama Arthur Caesar
Hide-Out Mauri Grashin
The Richest Girl in the World Norman Krasna
1935
[noot 3]
The Scoundrel Ben Hecht en Charles MacArthur
Broadway Melody of 1936 Moss Hart
G-Men [noot 4] Gregory Rogers
The Gay Deception Don Hartman en Stephen Avery
1936
(9de)
The Story of Louis Pasteur Pierre Collings en Sheridan Gibney
Fury Norman Krasna
The Great Ziegfeld William Anthony McGuire
San Francisco Robert Hopkins
Three Smart Girls Adele Comandini
1937
A Star Is Born William A. Wellman en Robert Carson
Black Legion Robert Lord
In Old Chicago Niven Busch
The Life of Emile Zola Heinz Herald en Geza Herczeg
One Hundred Men and a Girl Hanns Kräly
1938
Boys Town Dore Schary en Eleanore Griffin
Alexander's Ragtime Band Irving Berlin
Angels with Dirty Faces Rowland Brown
Blockade John Howard Lawson
Mad About Music Marcella Burke en Frederick Kohner
Test Pilot Frank Wead
1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Lewis R. Foster
Bachelor Mother Felix Jackson
Love Affair Mildred Cram en Leo McCarey
Ninotchka Melchior Lengyel
Young Mr. Lincoln Lamar Trotti

1940-1949

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Jaar Film Scenarist(en)
1940
Arise, My Love Benjamin Glazer en John S. Toldy
Comrade X Walter Reisch
Edison, the Man Dore Schary en Hugo Butler
My Favorite Wife Bella Spewack, Samuel Spewack en Leo McCarey
The Westerner Stuart N. Lake
1941
Here Comes Mr. Jordan Harry Segall
Ball of Fire Billy Wilder en Thomas Monroe
The Lady Eve Monckton Hoffe
Meet John Doe Richard Connell en Robert Presnell
Night Train Gordon Wellesley
1942
The Invaders Emeric Pressburger
Holiday Inn Irving Berlin
The Pride of the Yankees Paul Gallico
The Talk of the Town Sidney Harmon
Yankee Doodle Dandy Robert Buckner
1943
The Human Comedy William Saroyan
Action in the North Atlantic Guy Gilpatric
Destination Tokyo Steve Fisher
The More the Merrier Robert Russell en Frank Ross
Shadow of a Doubt Gordon McDonell
1944
Going My Way Leo McCarey
A Guy Named Joe Chandler Sprague en David Boehm
Lifeboat John Steinbeck
None Shall Escape Alfred Neumann en Joseph Than
The Sullivans Edward Doherty en Jules Schermer
1945
The House on 92nd Street Charles G. Booth
The Affairs of Susan Thomas Monroe en Laszlo Gorog
A Medal for Benny John Steinbeck en Jack Wagner
Objective, Burma! Alvah Bessie
A Song to Remember Ernst Marischka
1946
Vacation from Marriage Clemence Dane
The Dark Mirror Vladimir Pozner
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers John Patrick
The Stranger Victor Trivas
To Each His Own Charles Brackett
1947
Miracle on 34th Street Valentine Davies
A Cage of Nightingales Georges Chaperot en René Wheeler
It Happened on Fifth Avenue Herbert Clyde Lewis en Frederick Stephani
Kiss of Death Eleazar Lipsky
Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman Dorothy Parker en Frank Cavett
1948
The Search Richard Schweizer en David Wechsler
Louisiana Story Frances Flaherty en Robert Flaherty
The Naked City Malvin Wald
Red River Borden Chase
The Red Shoes Emeric Pressburger
1949
The Stratton Story Douglas Morrow
Come to the Stable Clare Boothe Luce
It Happens Every Spring Shirley W. Smith en Valentine Davies
Sands of Iwo Jima Harry Brown
White Heat Virginia Kellogg

1950-1956

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Jaar Film Scenarist(en)
1950
Panic in the Streets Edna Anhalt en Edward Anhalt
Bitter Rice Giuseppe De Santis en Carlo Lizzani
The Gunfighter William Bowers en André de Toth
Mystery Street Leonard Spigelgass
When Willie Comes Marching Home Sy Gomberg
1951
Seven Days to Noon Paul Dehn en James Bernard
Bullfighter and the Lady Budd Boetticher en Ray Nazarro
The Frogmen Oscar Millard
Here Comes the Groom Robert Riskin en Liam O'Brien
Teresa Alfred Hayes en Stewart Stern
1952
The Greatest Show on Earth Fredric M. Frank, Theodore St. John en Frank Cavett
My Son John Leo McCarey
The Narrow Margin Martin Goldsmith en Jack Leonard
The Pride of St. Louis Guy Trosper
The Sniper Edna Anhalt en Edward Anhalt
1953
Roman Holiday Dalton Trumbo [noot 5]
Above and Beyond Beirne Lay jr.
The Captain's Paradise Alec Coppel
Hondo [noot 6] Louis L'Amour
Little Fugitive Ray Ashley, Morris Engel en Ruth Orkin
1954
Broken Lance Philip Yordan
Bread, Love and Dreams Ettore Margadonna
Forbidden Games François Boyer
Night People Jed Harris en Tom Reed
There's No Business Like Show Business Lamar Trotti
1955
Love Me or Leave Me Daniel Fuchs
The Private War of Major Benson Joe Connelly en Bob Mosher
Rebel Without a Cause Nicholas Ray
The Sheep Has Five Legs Jean Marsan, Henri Troyat, Jacques Perret, Henri Verneuil en Raoul Ploquin
Strategic Air Command Beirne Lay jr.
1956
The Brave One Dalton Trumbo [noot 7]
The Eddy Duchin Story Leo Katcher
High Society [noot 8] Edward Bernds en Elwood Ullman
The Proud and the Beautiful Jean-Paul Sartre
Umberto D. Cesare Zavattini