Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

The Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is one of the annual awards given by the Chicago Film Critics Association.

Winners 2000s YearWinnerWriter(s)Source2006 The Departed William Monahan film by Alan Mak Siu-fai and Felix ChongLittle Children Todd Field and Tom Perrotta novel by Tom PerrottaNotes on a Scandal Patrick Marber novel by Zoë HellerA Prairie Home Companion Garrison Keillor radio variety show by Garrison KeillorThank You for Smoking Jason Reitman novel by Christopher Buckley2007 No Country for Old Men Joel Coen and Ethan Coen novel by Cormac McCarthyAtonement Christopher Hampton novel by Ian McEwanInto the Wild Sean Penn book by Jon KrakauerThere Will Be Blood Paul Thomas Anderson novel by Upton SinclairZodiac James Vanderbilt book by Robert Graysmith2008 Slumdog Millionaire Simon Beaufoy novel by Vikas SwarupThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button Eric Roth short story by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Dark Knight Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan comic by Bob KaneDoubt John Patrick Shanley play by John Patrick ShanleyFrost/Nixon Peter Morgan play by Peter Morgan2009 Up in the Air Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner novel by Walter KirnAn Education Nick Hornby memoir by Lynn BarberIn the Loop Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, and Tony Roche The Informant! Scott Z. Burns book by Kurt EichenwaldWhere the Wild Things Are Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers book by Maurice Sendak

2010s YearWinnerWriter(s)Source2010 The Social Network Aaron Sorkin novel by Ben MezrichRabbit Hole David Lindsay-Abaire play by David Lindsay-AbaireToy Story 3 Michael Arndt True Grit Joel Coen and Ethan Coen novel by Charles PortisWinter's Bone Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini novel by Daniel Woodrell2011 Moneyball Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin book by Michael LewisThe Descendants Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash novel by Kaui Hart HemmingsDrive Hossein Amini book by James SallisHugo John Logan novel by Brian SelznickTinker Tailor Soldier Spy Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan book by John le Carré2012 Lincoln Tony Kushner novel by Doris Kearns GoodwinArgo Chris Terrio novel by Tony Mendez article by Joshuah BearmanBeasts of the Southern Wild Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin novel by Lucy AlibarThe Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky book by Stephen ChboskySilver Linings Playbook David O. Russell novel by Matthew Quick2013 12 Years a Slave John Ridley memoir by Solomon NorthupAugust: Osage County Tracy Letts play by Tracy LettsBefore Midnight Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, and Julie Delpy characters by Richard Linklater and Kim KrizanPhilomena Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope novel by Martin SixsmithThe Wolf of Wall Street Terence Winter memoir by Jordan Belfort2014 Gone Girl Gillian Flynn novel by Gillian FlynnThe Imitation Game Graham Moore novel by Andrew HodgesInherent Vice Paul Thomas Anderson book by Thomas PynchonUnder the Skin Walter Campbell novel by Michel FaberWild Nick Hornby memoir by Cheryl Strayed2015 The Big Short Adam McKay and Charles Randolph novel by Michael LewisAnomalisa Charlie Kaufman play by Charlie KaufmanBrooklyn Nick Hornby novel by Colm TóibínRoom Emma Donoghue novel by Emma DonoghueSteve Jobs Aaron Sorkin book by Walter Isaacson2016 The Handmaiden Seo-Kyung Chung and Chan-wook Park novel by Sarah WatersArrival Eric Heisserer short story by Ted ChiangElle David Birke novel by Philippe DjianLove & Friendship Whit Stillman novel by Jane AustenSilence Jay Cocks and Martin Scorsese novel by Shūsaku Endō2017 Call Me by Your Name James Ivory novel by André AcimanBlade Runner 2049 Hampton Fancher and Michael Green short story by Philip K. DickThe Disaster Artist Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber book by Greg Sestero and Tom BissellLogan Scott Frank, James Mangold & Michael Green character by Roy Thomas, Len Wein and John Romita Sr.Mudbound Dee Rees and Virgil Williams novel by Hillary Jordan2018 If Beale Street Could Talk Barry Jenkins novel by James BaldwinBlacKkKlansman Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee memoir by Ron StallworthCan You Ever Forgive Me? Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty memoir by Lee IsraelThe Death of Stalin Armando Iannucci, David Schneider, Ian Martin and Peter Fellowsgraphic novel by Fabien Nury and A Star Is Born Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters and Eric Roth script by William A. Wellman, Robert Carson, Dorothy Parker and Alan Campbell2019 Little Women Greta Gerwig novel by Louisa May AlcottA Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster Can You Say... Hero? by Tom JunodHustlers Lorene Scafaria The Hustlers at Scores: The Ex-Strippers Who Stole From (Mostly) Rich Men and Gave to, Well, Themselves by Jessica PresslerThe Irishman Steven Zaillian I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles BrandtJojo Rabbit Taika Waititi Caging Skies by Christine Leunens

2020s YearWinnerWriter(s)Source2020Nomadland Chloé Zhao Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica BruderThe Father Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller Le Père by Florian ZellerFirst Cow Jonathan Raymond and Kelly Reichardt The Half Life by Jonathan RaymondI'm Thinking of Ending Things Charlie Kaufman novel by Iain ReidOne Night in Miami... Kemp Powers play by Kemp Powers2021The Power of the Dog Jane CampionThe Power of the Dog by Thomas SavageDrive My CarRyûsuke Hamaguchi, Haruki Murakami and Takamasa Ôe"Drive My Car" by Haruki MurakamiThe Green KnightDavid LowerySir Gawain and the Green Knight by AnonymousThe Lost DaughterMaggie GyllenhaalThe Lost Daughter by Elena FerranteWest Side StoryTony KushnerWest Side Story by Jerome Robbins, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim & Arthur Laurents2022Women Talking Sarah PolleyWomen Talking by Miriam ToewsAfter Yang Kogonada"Saying Goodbye to Yang" by Alexander WeinsteinBones and AllDavid KajganichBones & All by Camille DeAngelisGlass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryRian JohnsonThe character Benoit Blanc, from the film Knives Out by Rian JohnsonGuillermo del Toro's PinocchioGuillermo del Toro and Patrick McHaleThe Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, Illustrations by Gris Grimly2023Killers of the Flower MoonEric Roth & Martin ScorseseKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannAre You There, God? It's Me, MargaretKelly Fremon CraigAre You There God? It's Me, Margaret. by Judy BlumeOppenheimerChristopher NolanAmerican Prometheus by Kai Bird & Martin J. SherwinPoor ThingsTony McNamaraPoor Things by Alasdair GrayThe Zone of InterestJonathan GlazerThe Zone of Interest by Martin Amis2024Brady Corbet's THE BRUTALIST Leads With Nine Nominations At Chicago Film Critics Association 2024 Awards, December 10, 2024, chicagofilmcritics.orgNickel BoysNICKEL BOYS Earns Four Awards at 2024 Chicago Film Critics Association Honors; THE BRUTALIST named year's best film, December 11, 2024, chicagofilmcritics.orgRaMell Ross & Joslyn BarnesThe Nickel Boys by Colson WhiteheadThe BeastBertrand Bonello, Guillaume Bréaud & Benjamin CharbitThe Beast in the Jungle by Henry JamesConclave Peter StraughanConclave by Robert HarrisNosferatuRobert EggersNosferatu by F. W. MurnauSing SingClint Bentley & Greg KwedarRehabilitation Through the Arts program at the Sing Sing Correctional Facility in New York

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