The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay is one of the annual film awards given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
Winners
1970s YearWinnerWriter(s) 1975 Nashville Joan Tewkesbury 1976 Network Paddy Chayefsky 1977 Annie Hall Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman 1978 An Unmarried Woman Paul Mazursky 1979 Kramer vs. Kramer Robert Benton
1980s YearWinnerWriter(s) 1980 Return of the Secaucus 7 John Sayles 1981 Atlantic City John Guare 1982 Tootsie Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal 1983 Terms of Endearment James L. Brooks 1984 Amadeus Peter Shaffer 1985 Brazil Terry Gilliam, Charles McKeown, and Tom Stoppard 1986 Hannah and Her Sisters Woody Allen 1987 Hope and Glory John Boorman 1988 Bull Durham Ron Shelton 1989 Drugstore Cowboy Gus Van Sant and Daniel Yost
1990s YearWinnerWriter(s) 1990 Reversal of Fortune Nicholas Kazan 1991 Bugsy James Toback 1992 Unforgiven David Webb Peoples 1993 The Piano Jane Campion 1994 Pulp Fiction Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary 1995 Sense and Sensibility Emma Thompson 1996 Fargo Joel Coen and Ethan Coen 1997 L.A. Confidential Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland 1998 Bulworth Warren Beatty and Jeremy Pikser 1999 Being John Malkovich Charlie Kaufman
2000s YearWinner(s)Writer(s) 2000 You Can Count on Me Kenneth Lonergan 2001 Memento Christopher Nolan 2002 About Schmidt Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor 2003 American Splendor Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini 2004 Sideways Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor 2005 Capote Dan FuttermanThe Squid and the Whale Noah Baumbach 2006 The Queen Peter Morgan 2007 The Savages Tamara Jenkins 2008 Happy-Go-Lucky Mike Leigh 2009 Up in the Air Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
2010s YearWinnerWriter(s) 2010 The Social Network Aaron Sorkin 2011 A Separation (Jodái-e Náder az Simin) Asghar Farhadi 2012 Argo Chris Terrio 2013 Before Midnight Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, and Julie Delpy 2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson 2015 Spotlight Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer 2016 The Lobster Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou 2017 Get Out Jordan Peele 2018 Can You Ever Forgive Me? Nicole Holofcener and Jeff WhittyLos Angeles Film Critics Association 2018 Winners|IndieWire 2019 Marriage Story Noah BaumbachLos Angeles Film Critics Awards 2019 Winners — Full List — Deadline
2020s YearWinnerWriter(s) 2020 Promising Young Woman Emerald Fennell'Small Axe' Wins LAFCA Best Picture Despite Not Submitted for Oscars - Variety 2021 Drive My Car Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa OeLos Angeles Film Critics 2021 Winners List - Variety 2022 TÁR Todd FieldLos Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) 2022 Winners - Variety 2023 All of Us Strangers Andrew Haigh 2024 A Real Pain Jesse Eisenberg 2025 It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
See also Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
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