The Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is an annual film award given by the Online Film Critics Society to honor the best screenplay (adapted from another medium) of the year.
Winners and nominees Winners are in bold.
1990s YearWinnerWriter(s)Source1998 Out of Sight Scott Frank Out of Sight by Elmore Leonard Primary Colors Elaine May Primary Colors by Joe Klein A Simple Plan Scott Smith A Simple Plan by Scott B. Smith1999 Election Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor Election by Tom Perrotta Fight Club Jim Uhls Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk The Green Mile Frank Darabont The Green Mile by Stephen King The Insider Eric Roth and Michael Mann "The Man Who Knew Too Much" by Marie Brenner The Talented Mr. Ripley Anthony Minghella The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
2000s YearWinnerWriter(s)Source2000 No Best Adapted Screenplay Award this year.2001 Memento Christopher Nolan "Memento Mori" by Jonathan Nolan A.I. Artificial Intelligence Steven Spielberg "Supertoys Last All Summer Long" by Brian Aldiss Ghost World Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff Ghost World by Daniel Clowes In the Bedroom Todd Field and Rob Festinger "Killings" by Andre Dubus The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien2002 Adaptation. Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean|- | About Schmidt || Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor || About Schmidt by Louis Begley |- | Catch Me If You Can || Jeff Nathanson || Catch Me If You Can by Frank Abagnale Jr. & Stan Redding |- | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers || Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair, and Peter Jackson || The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien |- | Minority Report || Scott Frank and Jon Cohen || "The Minority Report" by Philip K. Dick |- |rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|2003||style="background:#B0C4DE;" | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ||style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Fran Walsh|| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien|- | American Splendor || Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini ||American Splendor by Harvey Pekar and Our Cancer Year by Harvey Pekar &Joyce Brabner |- | Bubba Ho-Tep || Don Coscarelli || Bubba Ho-Tep by Joe R. Lansdale |- | Mystic River || Brian Helgeland || Mystic River by Dennis Lehane |- | Shattered Glass || Billy Ray || "Shattered Glass" by H. G. Bissinger |- |rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|2004||style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Sideways Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor Sideways by Rex Pickett Before Sunset Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, and Ethan Hawke Characters by Richard Linklater and Kim Krizan Closer Patrick Marber Closer by Patrick Marber Million Dollar Baby Paul Haggis Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner by F.X. Toole The Motorcycle Diaries José Rivera The Motorcycle Diaries by Che Guevara & Che Guevara: The Making of a Revolutionary by Alberto Granado2005 Brokeback Mountain Larry McMurty & Diana Ossana Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx Capote Dan Futterman Capote by Gerald Clarke The Constant Gardener Jeffrey Caine The Constant Gardener by John le Carré A History of Violence Josh Olson A History of Violence by John Wagner & Vince Locke Munich Tony Kushner & Eric Roth Vengeance by George Jonas2006 Children of Men Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, & Hawk Ostby The Children of Men by P. D. JamesThe Departed William Monahan Infernal Affairs by Alan Mak & Felix Chong Little Children Todd Field & Tom Perrotta Little Children by Tom Perrotta The Prestige Jonathan Nolan & Christopher Nolan The Prestige by Christopher Priest Thank You for Smoking Jason Reitman Thank You for Smoking by Christopher Buckley2007 No Country for Old Men Joel and Ethan Coen No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy Atonement Christopher Hampton Atonement by Ian McEwan The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Ronald Harwood The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby There Will Be Blood Paul Thomas Anderson Oil! by Upton Sinclair Zodiac James Vanderbilt Zodiac and Zodiac Unmasked by Robert Graysmith2008 Let the Right One In John Ajvide Lindqvist Låt den rätte komma in by John Ajvide Lindqvist The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Eric Roth The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald The Dark Knight Jonathan Nolan & Christopher Nolan Comic books published by DC Comics Frost/Nixon Peter Morgan Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan Slumdog Millionaire Simon Beaufoy Q & A by Vikas Swarup2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl District 9 Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell Alive in Joburg by Neill Blomkamp In the Loop Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, & Tony Roche The Thick of It by Armando IannucciUp in the Air Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner Up in the Air by Walter Kirn Where the Wild Things Are Spike Jonze & Dave Eggers Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
2010s YearWinnerWriter(s)Source2010 The Social Network Aaron Sorkin The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich 127 Hours Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Michael Bacall & Edgar Wright Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O'Malley True Grit Joel Coen & Ethan Coen True Grit by Charles Portis Winter’s Bone Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell2011 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carré The Descendants Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, & Alexander Payne The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings Drive Hossein Amini Drive by James Sallis Moneyball Steven Zaillian & Aaron Sorkin Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis We Need to Talk About Kevin Lynne Ramsay & Rory Stewart Kinnear We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver2012Argo Chris Terrio The Master of Disguise by Antonio J. Mendez and "The Great Escape: How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran" by Joshuah Bearman Beasts of the Southern Wild Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin Juicy and Delicious by Lucy Alibar Cloud Atlas Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, & Lilly Wachowski Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell Cosmopolis David Cronenberg Cosmopolis by Don DeLillo Lincoln Tony Kushner Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin201312 Years a Slave John Ridley Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup Before Midnight Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, & Ethan Hawke Characters by Richard Linklater and Kim Krizan In the House Juan Mayorga & François Ozon The Boy in the Last Row by Juan Mayorga Short Term 12 Destin Cretton Short Term 12 (short) by Destin Daniel Cretton The Wind Rises Hayao Miyazaki 風立ちぬ (The Wind Has Risen) by Hayao Miyazaki2014Gone GirlGillian Flynn Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Inherent Vice Paul Thomas Anderson Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon Snowpiercer Bong Joon-ho & Kelly Masterson Le Transperceneige by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand, &Jean-Marc Rochette Under the Skin Walter Campbell & Jonathan Glazer Under the Skin by Michel Faber We Are the Best! Lukas Moodysson Never Goodnight by Coco Moodysson2015 Carol Phyllis Nagy The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith Brooklyn Nick Hornby Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín The Martian Drew Goddard The Martian by Andy Weir Room Emma Donoghue Room by Emma Donoghue Steve Jobs Aaron Sorkin Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson2016 Arrival Eric Heisserer "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang Elle David Birke & Philippe Djian Oh... by Philippe Djian Love & Friendship Whit Stillman Lady Susan by Jane Austen Moonlight Barry Jenkins & Tarell Alvin McCraney In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue by Nocturnal Animals Tom Ford Tony and Susan by Austin Wright2017 Call Me by Your Name James Ivory Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman The Beguiled Sofia Coppola The Beguiled by Thomas P. Cullinan & The Beguiled by Albert Maltz The Disaster Artist Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made by Greg Sestero & Tom Bissell The Lost City of Z James Gray The Lost City of Z by David Grann Molly's Game Aaron Sorkin Molly's Game by Molly Bloom2018 If Beale Street Could Talk Barry Jenkins If Beale Street Could Talk by James BaldwinBlacKkKlansman Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, & Spike Lee Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth Can You Ever Forgive Me? Nicole Holofcener & Jeff Whitty Can You Ever Forgive Me? by Lee Israel Leave No Trace Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini My Abandonment by Peter Rock Widows Gillian Flynn & Steve McQueen Widows by Lynda La Plante2019 The Irishman Steven Zaillian I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Micah Fitzerman-Blue & Noah Harpster "Can You Say ... Hero?" by Tom Junod Hustlers Lorene Scafaria "The Hustlers at Scores" by Jessica Pressler Jojo Rabbit Taika Waititi Caging Skies by Christine Leunens Little Women Greta Gerwig Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
2020s YearWinnerWriter(s)Source2020 Nomadland Chloé Zhao Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder|- | First Cow|| Jonathan Raymond & Kelly Reichardt || The Half-Life by Jonathan Raymond |- | I'm Thinking of Ending Things|| Charlie Kaufman || I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid |- | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom|| Ruben Santiago-Hudson || Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson |- | One Night in Miami|| Kemp Powers || One Night in Miami by Kemp Powers |- |rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|2021|| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | The Power of the Dog || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Jane Campion ||style="background:#B0C4DE;"| novel by Thomas Savage|- | Drive My Car|| Ryusuke Hamaguchi & Takamasa Oe|| "Drive My Car" by Haruki Murakami |- | Dune|| Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, & Eric Roth|| Dune by Frank Herbert |- | The Lost Daughter|| Maggie Gyllenhaal|| The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante |- | Passing|| Rebecca Hall|| Passing by Nella Larsen |- |rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|2022|| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery ||style="background:#B0C4DE;"| Rian Johnson || style="background:#B0C4DE;"|characters from the film Knives Out by Rian Johnson|- | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio || Guillermo del Toro & Patrick McHale|| Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi |- | She Said|| Rebecca Lenkiewicz|| She Said by Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey |- | White Noise|| Noah Baumbach|| White Noise by Don DeLillo |- | Women Talking|| Sarah Polley||Women Talking by Miriam Toews |- |rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|2023|| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Oppenheimer || style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Christopher Nolan ||style="background:#B0C4DE;" |American Prometheus by Kai Bird & Martin J. Sherwin|- | American Fiction|| Cord Jefferson|| Erasure by Percival Everett |- |Killers of the Flower Moon|| Eric Roth & Martin Scorsese|| Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann |- |Poor Things|| Tony McNamara|| Poor Things by Alasdair Gray |- |The Zone of Interest|| Jonathan Glazer|| The Zone of Interest by Martin Amis |- |rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|2024|| style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Conclave ||style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Peter Straughan'''|| style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Conclave by Robert Harris'''|- | Dune: Part Two|| Denis Villeneuve & Jon Spaihts|| Dune by Frank Herbert |- | Nickel Boys|| RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes|| The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead |- | Nosferatu|| Robert Eggers|| Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror by Henrik Galeen &Dracula by Bram Stoker |- | Sing Sing|| Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar|| "The Sing Sing Follies" by John H. Richardson & Breakin' the Mummy's Code'' by Brent Buell
References
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