The National Board of Review Award for Best Original Screenplay is an annual award given (since 2003) by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.
Winners 2000s Year Winner Writer(s) 2002 Human Nature and Adaptation Charlie Kaufman 2003 In America Jim Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan, and Naomi Sheridan 2004 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Charlie Kaufman 2005 The Squid and the Whale Noah Baumbach 2006 Stranger than Fiction Zach HelmMovies Like Dogma|10 Must See Similar Movies - Cinemaholic 2007 Juno Diablo Cody Lars and the Real Girl Nancy Oliver 2008 Gran Torino Nick Schenk 2009 A Serious Man Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
2010s Year Winner Writer(s) 2010 Buried Chris Sparling 2011 50/50 Will Reiser50|50|Highbrow Magazine 2012 Looper Rian Johnson 2013 Inside Llewyn Davis Joel Coen and Ethan Coen 2014 The Lego Movie Phil Lord and Christopher MillerMonmouth University To Honor "Lego Movie" Filmmakers ( NewJerseyStage.com ) 2015 The Hateful Eight Quentin Tarantino 2016 Manchester by the Sea Kenneth Lonergan 2017 Phantom Thread Paul Thomas AndersonPaul Thomas Anderson is the stitcher behind 'Phantom Thread' - Chicago Tribune 2018 First Reformed Paul Schrader 2019 Uncut Gems Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie
2020s Year Winner Writer(s) 2020 Minari Lee Isaac Chung 2021 A Hero Asghar Farhadi 2022 The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh 2023 The Holdovers David Hemingson 2024 Hard Truths Mike Leigh 2025 Sinners Ryan Coogler
Multiple winners Charlie Kaufman - 2 Coen brothers - 2
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