Writers Guild Awards 2019 — Best Adapted Film Screenplay
by urbanemovies | created - 31 May 2016 | updated - 09 Jan 2019 | PublicWhich 2019 Writers Guild of America Awards' category nominee for 'Best Adapted Film Screenplay' do you think should win?
The 70st Annual DGA Awards will be held on Sunday, February 17, 2019. Discuss the topic here.
- Instant Watch Options
- Genres
- Movies or TV
- IMDb Rating
- In Theaters
- Release Year
- Keywords
1. BlacKkKlansman (2018)
R | 135 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, Colorado, successfully infiltrates the local Ku Klux Klan branch aided by a Jewish surrogate who eventually becomes its leader. Based on actual events.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier, Topher Grace
Votes: 291,017 | Gross: $49.28M
Screenplay written by Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee
based on the book by Ron Stallworth
2. Black Panther (2018)
PG-13 | 134 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
T'Challa, heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda, must step forward to lead his people into a new future and must confront a challenger from his country's past.
Director: Ryan Coogler | Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira
Votes: 837,331 | Gross: $700.06M
Screenplay written by Ryan Coogler & Joe Robert Cole
based on the Marvel Comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
3. Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)
R | 106 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
When Lee Israel falls out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception.
Director: Marielle Heller | Stars: Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant, Dolly Wells, Ben Falcone
Votes: 56,145 | Gross: $8.80M
Screenplay written by Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty
based on the memoir by Lee Israel
4. If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
R | 119 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman embraces her pregnancy while she and her family set out to prove her childhood friend and lover innocent of a crime he didn't commit.
Director: Barry Jenkins | Stars: KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Regina King, Teyonah Parris
Votes: 52,487 | Gross: $14.92M
Screenplay written by Barry Jenkins
based on the book by James Baldwin
5. A Star Is Born (2018)
R | 136 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A musician helps a young singer find fame as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
Director: Bradley Cooper | Stars: Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Sam Elliott, Greg Grunberg
Votes: 419,227 | Gross: $215.29M
Screenplay written by Eric Roth and Bradley Cooper & Will Fetters
based on the 1954 screenplay by Moss Hart,
based on the 1976 screenplay by John Gregory Dunne & Joan Didion and Frank Pierson,
based on a story by William A. Wellman and Robert Carson
Tell Your Friends