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List of Aaron Sorkin
Oscar nominations, wins
Updated: June 2025
List of Oscar nominations and wins for Aaron Sorkin. Aaron Sorkin has been nominated for 4 Academy Awards and won 1. Year indicates year/period for which films were released, not year of ceremony. Sources: Oscars.org, Internet Movie Database.
2020: The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Best Original Screenplay) — lost to Promising Young Woman (Emerald Fennell). Other nominees: Minari (Lee Isaac Chung), Judas and the Black Messiah (Will Berson, Shaka King, Kenny Lucas, Keith Lucas), Sound of Metal (Darius Marder, Abraham Marder, Derek Cianfrance)
2017: Molly’s Game (Best Adapted Screenplay) — lost to Call Me by Your Name (James Ivory). Other nominees: Logan (Scott Frank, James Mangold, Michael Green), The Disaster Artist (Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber), Mudbound (Dee Rees, Virgil Williams)
2011: Moneyball (Best Adapted Screenplay) (shared with Steven Zaillian, Stan Chervin) — lost The Descendants (Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash), Hugo (John Logan), The Ides of March (George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan)
WON: 2010 The Social Network (Best Adapted Screenplay) — Other nominees:True Grit (Joel Coen, Ethan Coen), 127 Hours (Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy), Winter’s Bone (Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini), Toy Story 3 (Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich)