| Awards/Nominations for
1999 Best Screenplay 
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Win:
 
John Irving,
  The Cider House Rules   (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Win:
 
Alan Ball,
  American Beauty   (Best Original Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
Anthony Minghella,
  The Talented Mr. Ripley   (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
Frank Darabont,
  The Green Mile   (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
	
Alexander Payne, 
Jim Taylor
,
  Election   (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
	
Eric Roth, 
Michael Mann
,
  The Insider   (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
Mike Leigh,
  Topsy-Turvy   (Best Original Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
Paul Thomas Anderson,
  Magnolia   (Best Original Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
,
  Being John Malkovich   (Best Original Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
M. Night Shyamalan,
  The Sixth Sense   (Best Original Screenplay)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Win:
 
	
Kimberly Peirce, 
Andy Bienen
,
  Boys Don't Cry   (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Win:
 
Charlie Kaufman,
  Being John Malkovich   (Best Original Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
	
Eric Roth, 
Michael Mann
,
  The Insider   (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
	
Alexander Payne, 
Jim Taylor
,
  Election   (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
Anthony Minghella,
  The Talented Mr. Ripley   (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
Alan Ball,
  American Beauty   (Best Original Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
M. Night Shyamalan,
  The Sixth Sense   (Best Original Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
Kevin Smith,
  Dogma   (Best Original Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
	
Andy Wachowski, 
Larry Wachowski
,
  The Matrix   (Best Original Screenplay)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Win:
 
Alexander Payne,
  Election   (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Win:
 
,
  Being John Malkovich   (Best Original Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
Anthony Minghella,
  The Talented Mr. Ripley   (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
Frank Darabont,
  The Green Mile   (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
Jim Uhls,
  Fight Club   (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
	
Eric Roth, 
Michael Mann
,
  The Insider   (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
	
John Lasseter, 
Peter Docter
,
  Toy Story 2   (Best Original Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
Paul Thomas Anderson,
  Magnolia   (Best Original Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
M. Night Shyamalan,
  The Sixth Sense   (Best Original Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
Alan Ball,
  American Beauty   (Best Original Screenplay)
 
 
 
 
 
Win:
 
	
Alexander Payne, 
Jim Taylor
,
  Election   (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Win:
 
Alan Ball,
  American Beauty   (Best Original Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
Anthony Minghella,
  The Talented Mr. Ripley   (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
Lewis Colick,
  October Sky   (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
John Irving,
  The Cider House Rules   (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
	
Eric Roth, 
Michael Mann
,
  The Insider   (Best Adapted Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
	
David O. Russell, 
John Ridley
,
  Three Kings   (Best Original Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
Paul Thomas Anderson,
  Magnolia   (Best Original Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
M. Night Shyamalan,
  The Sixth Sense   (Best Original Screenplay)
Runner-Up:
 
,
  Being John Malkovich   (Best Original Screenplay)
 
 
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