Drama
Zero Dark Thirty
(2012)
Mark Boal
Won 1 Oscar. Another 83 wins & 157 nominations.
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L.s Team 6 in May 2011.
Zodiac
(2007)
James Vanderbilt (screenplay), Robert Graysmith (book)
2 wins & 60 nominations.
A San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac killer.
Zulu
(1964)
John Prebble (original screenplay), Cy Endfield (original screenplay), John Prebble (suggested by an article written by)
N/A
Outnumbered British soldiers do battle with Zulu warriors at Rorke's Drift.