Last Five Best Original Screenplay Winners

A man struggling to recover from the worst grief imaginable. A team of journalists uncovering one of the biggest scandals of the century. Behind the scenes of a former star's production of a play. A young woman stuck in limbo as everything she knows changes round her. A woman's long journey to finding OBL.

Best Original Screenplay Winners:

2016: Manchester by the Sea

2015: Spotlight

2014: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

2013: Frances Ha

2012: Zero Dark Thirty

Lucas Hedges

In the last year, Lucas Hedges has appeared in Lady Bird, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and Manchester by the Sea. Nominated for an Oscar at an age where that doesn't happen for men. Has Boy Erased coming out next year, and Moonrise Kingdom and The Grand Budapest Hotel in his past. Is Lucas Hedges the best script reader in the business or is his agent?

Speaking of Hedges, I think he is great in both of 2017's releases but especially in Lady Bird. The role fades in the second half of the film, but man does he nail his moment.