The National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay is the award given for best screenwriting at the annual National Society of Film Critics (NSFC) Awards. The category was introduced in 1967, in the 2nd awards ceremony.
List of winners 1960s YearScreenwriter(s)Film1967 and Robert BentonBonnie and Clyde1968Faces1969 and Larry TuckerBob & Carol & Ted & Alice
1970s YearScreenwriter(s)Film1970My Night at Maud's1971Sunday Bloody Sunday1972Cries and Whispers1973, Gloria Katz, and Willard HuyckAmerican Graffiti1974Scenes from a Marriage1975 and Warren BeattyShampoo1976 and John BergerJonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 20001977 and Marshall BrickmanAnnie Hall1978An Unmarried Woman1979Breaking Away
1980s YearScreenwriter(s)Film1980Melvin and Howard1981Atlantic City1982 and Larry GelbartTootsie1983Local Hero1984, Babaloo Mandel, and Bruce Jay FriedmanSplash1985 and Monica JohnsonLost in America1986My Beautiful Laundrette1987Hope and Glory1988Bull Durham1989 and Daniel YostDrugstore Cowboy
1990s YearScreenwriter(s)Film1990To Sleep with Anger1991Naked Lunch1992Unforgiven1993The Piano1994 and Roger AvaryPulp Fiction1995Clueless1996 and Monica JohnsonMother1997 and Brian HelgelandL.A. Confidential1998Out of Sight1999Being John Malkovich
2000s YearScreenwriter(s)Film2000You Can Count on Me2001Gosford Park2002The Pianist2003American Splendor2004 and Jim TaylorSideways2005The Squid and the Whale2006The Queen2007The Savages2008Happy-Go-Lucky2009A Serious Man
2010s YearScreenwriter(s)Film2010The Social Network2011A Separation2012Lincoln2013, Ethan Hawke, and Julie DelpyBefore Midnight2014The Grand Budapest Hotel2015 and Josh SingerSpotlight2016Manchester by the Sea2017Lady Bird2018, David Schneider, Ian Martin and Peter FellowsThe Death of Stalin2019 and Han Jin-wonParasite
2020s YearScreenwriter(s)Film2020Never Rarely Sometimes Always‘Nomadland’ Named Best Film by National Society of Film Critics|The Wrap2021 and Takamasa OeDrive My CarNational Society of Film Critics 2022 Winners List - The Hollywood Reporter2022 Todd Field TÁR‘TÁR’ and ‘Aftersun’ Win Big at National Society of Film Critics Awards (Complete Winners List)|IndieWire2023 Samy Burch May December2024Jesse Eisenberg A Real Pain2025Jafar Panahi It Was Just an Accident
External links List of winners at National Society of Film Critics official website National Society of Film Critics Awards at the Internet Movie Database
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