In the history of the Academy, only seven films won the top award of Best Picture, without even being nominated for their screenplay (original or adapted).
Wings (1927-28)
Screenplay: Hope Loring and Louis D. Lighton. not nominated
Broadway Melody (1928-29)
Screenplay: Edmund Goulding, not nominated
Grand Hotel (1931-32)
Screenplay: Edmund Goulding, not nominated
Cavalcade (1932-33)
Screenplay: Reginald Berkeley, not nominated
Hamlet (1948)
Screenplay: Shakespeare adaptation, not nominated
The Sound of Music (1965)
Source: Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical, not nominated
Titanic (1997)
Screenplay: James Cameron, not nominated
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