Sarah Polley, who recently won the Writers Guild of America Award for Women Talking, was previously nominated for Away from Her in 2007. Rian Johnson is back for Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery after being cited for the first Knives Out in 2019. From the Top Gun: Maverick team, Christopher McQuarrie won in 1995 for The Usual Suspects and Eric Warren Singer was nominated in 2013 for American Hustle. All Quiet on the Western Front won the BAFTA Award, and Living rounds out the list.

Should win: Women Talking

Will win: Women Talking

Alternate: All Quiet on the Western Front