En İyi Hikâye Akademi Ödülü, Akademi Ödülleri'nin başlangıcından 1957 yılına kadar Akademi Ödülü'ne layık görülerek, En İyi Özgün Senaryo için Akademi Ödülü lehine kaldırıldı.
The Narrow Margin – Martin Goldsmith, Jack Leonard
The Pride of St. Louis – Guy Trosper
The Sniper – Edward Anhalt, Edna Anhalt
1953: Roma Tatili – Dalton Trumbo (ödülü aslında Trumbo için bir arkadaşı olan Ian McLellan Hunter'a verildi. 15 Aralık 1992'de Guvernörler Kurulu, ödülü Trumbo'ya geçmişe dönük olarak onayladılar ve Hunter'ın adı kaldırıldı.)
Above and Beyond – Beirne Lay, Jr.
The Captain's Paradise – Alec Coppel
Hondo – Louis L'Amour
Little Fugitive – Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin
1954: Broken Lance – Philip Yordan
Bread, Love and Dreams (Italian: Pane, amore e fantasia) – Ettore Margadonna
Forbidden Games (French: Jeux interdits) – François Boyer
Night People – Jed Harris, (Tom Reed)
There's No Business Like Show Business – Lamar Trotti (posthumous nomination)
1955: Love Me or Leave Me – Daniel Fuchs
The Private War of Major Benson – Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher
Rebel Without a Cause – Nicholas Ray
The Sheep Has Five Legs (French: Le Mouton à cinq pattes) – Jean Marsan, Henri Troyat, Jacques Perret, Henri Verneuil, Raoul Ploquin
High Society – Edward Bernds, Elwood Ullman (Note: The authors of this Bowery Boys film respectfully withdrew their own names and the nomination. They were aware that voters had probably mistaken their film with the 1956 MGM musical of the same name starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly and Frank Sinatra which was based on The Philadelphia Story. This nomination was not included on the final ballot.)
The Proud and the Beautiful (French: Les Orgueilleux) – Jean-Paul Sartre