New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay

The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay is an annual film award given by the New York Film Critics Circle.

History

The most successful in this category were Woody Allen, Robert Benton, Ingmar Bergman, Kenneth Lonergan, Paul Mazursky, Quentin Tarantino and the author duo Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, who each won the award twice. The Film Critics Association was able to present the Oscar winners in advance 20 times (13 times original screenplays, seven times adaptations).

Winners

1950s YearWinnerWriter(s)Source1956 Around the World in 80 Days James Poe, John Farrow, and S. J. Perelman novel by Jules Verne1957No award given1958 The Defiant Ones Nedrick Young and Harold Jacob Smith —1959 Anatomy of a Murder Wendell Mayes novel by Robert Traver

1960s YearWinnerWriter(s)Source1960 The Apartment I. A. L. Diamond and Billy Wilder —1961 Judgment at Nuremberg Abby Mann teleplay by Abby Mann1962No award given (newspaper strike)1963 Hud Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr. novel by Larry McMurtry1964 The Servant Harold Pinter novel by Robin Maugham1965No award given1966 A Man for All Seasons Robert Bolt play by Robert Bolt1967 Bonnie and Clyde David Newman and Robert Benton —1968 Pretty Poison Lorenzo Semple Jr. novel by Stephen Geller1969 Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker —

1970s YearWinnerWriter(s)Source1970 My Night at Maud's Éric Rohmer —1971 The Last Picture Show Larry McMurtry and Peter Bogdanovich novel by Larry McMurtry Sunday Bloody Sunday Penelope Gilliatt —1972 Cries and Whispers Ingmar Bergman —1973 American Graffiti George Lucas, Gloria Katz, and Willard Huyck —1974 Scenes from a Marriage Ingmar Bergman —1975 The Story of Adele H. François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman, and Jean Gruault diaries by Adèle Hugo1976 Network Paddy Chayefsky —1977 Annie Hall Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman —1978 An Unmarried Woman Paul Mazursky —1979 Breaking Away Steve Tesich —

1980s YearWinnerWriter(s)Source1980 Melvin and Howard Bo Goldman —1981 Atlantic City John Guare —1982 Tootsie Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal —1983 Local Hero Bill Forsyth —1984 Places in the Heart Robert Benton —1985The Purple Rose of Cairo Woody Allen —1986 My Beautiful Laundrette Hanif Kureishi —1987 Broadcast News James L. Brooks —1988 Bull Durham Ron Shelton —1989 Drugstore Cowboy Gus Van Sant and Daniel Yost —

1990s YearWinnerWriter(s)Source1990 Mr. & Mrs. Bridge Ruth Prawer Jhabvala novels by Evan S. Connell1991 Naked Lunch David Cronenberg novel by William S. Burroughs1992 The Crying Game Neil Jordan —1993 The Piano Jane Campion —1994 Pulp Fiction Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary —1995Sense and Sensibility Emma Thompson novel by Jane Austen1996 Mother Albert Brooks and Monica Johnson —1997 L.A. Confidential Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland novel by James Ellroy1998 Shakespeare in Love Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard —1999 Election Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor novel by Tom Perrotta

2000s YearWinnerWriter(s)Source2000 You Can Count on Me Kenneth Lonergan —2001 Gosford Park Julian Fellowes —2002 Adaptation. Charlie and Donald Kaufman nonfiction book by Susan Orlean2003 The Secret Lives of Dentists Craig Lucas novel by Jane Smiley2004 Sideways Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor novel by Rex Pickett2005The Squid and the Whale Noah Baumbach —2006 The Queen Peter Morgan —2007 No Country for Old Men Joel Coen and Ethan Coen novel by Cormac McCarthy2008 Rachel Getting Married Jenny Lumet —2009 In the Loop Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, and Tony Roche —

2010s YearWinnerWriter(s)Source2010 The Kids Are All Right Stuart Blumberg and Lisa Cholodenko —2011 Moneyball Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, and Stan Chervin nonfiction book by Michael Lewis2012 Lincoln Tony Kushner historical study by Doris Kearns Goodwin2013 American Hustle Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell —2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson —2015 Carol Phyllis Nagy novel by Patricia Highsmith2016 Manchester by the Sea Kenneth Lonergan —2017 Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson2017 New York Film Critics Circle winners: Full list|EW.com —2018 First Reformed Paul Schrader2018 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|IndieWire —2019 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino 2019 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Full List|Deadline —

2020s YearWinnerWriter(s)Source 2020 Never Rarely Sometimes Always Eliza HittmanCHADWICK BOSEMAN WINS BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR AT THE 2020 NEW YORK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS < < Rotten Tomatoes —2021 Licorice Pizza Paul Thomas AndersonNew York Film Critics Circle: 2021 Winners List — Deadline —2022 The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh —2023 May December Samy Burch —2024 Anora Sean Baker —2025 Marty Supreme Josh Safdie and Ronald Bronstein—

Multiple winners Nine writers have won the award multiple times.

Wins Writer 2 Woody Allen Paul Thomas Anderson Robert Benton Ingmar Bergman Kenneth Lonergan Paul Mazursky Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor Quentin Tarantino

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