The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is one of the annual awards given by the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association.

Winners and nominees 2000s YearWriter(s)FilmSourceRef. 2002 Charlie Kaufman Adaptation. The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean|rowspan="2"| |- |Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz, and Paul Weitz|| About a Boy|| About a Boy by Nick Hornby |- | rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2003 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Brian Helgeland || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Mystic River novel by Dennis Lehane Bráulio Mantovani City of God (Cidade de Deus) novel by Paulo Lins Peter Jackson, Frances Walsh, and Philippa Boyens The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King novel by J. R. R. Tolkien Billy Ray Shattered Glass article by H. G. Bissinger Peter Weir and John Collee Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World novels by Patrick O'Brian 2004 Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor Sideways novel by Rex Pickett 2005 Dan Futterman Capote In Cold Blood by Truman Capote| rowspan="5" | |- | Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana || Brokeback Mountain || short story by Annie Proulx |- | Arthur Golden, Robin Swicord, and Doug Wright || Memoirs of a Geisha || novel by Arthur Golden |- | Tony Kushner and Eric Roth || Munich || book by George Jonas |- | Deborah Moggach || Pride and Prejudice || novel by Jane Austen |- | style="text-align:center;"| 2006 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Jason Reitman || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Thank You for Smoking novel by Christopher Buckley 2007 Aaron Sorkin Charlie Wilson's War novel by George Crile III 2008 Simon Beaufoy Slumdog Millionaire Q & A by Vikas Swarup| |- | rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2009 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Sheldon Turner and Jason Reitman || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Up in the Air novel by Walter Kirn Nick Hornby An Education memoir by Lynn Barber Geoffrey Fletcher Precious novel by Sapphire John Lee Hancock The Blind Side book by Michael Lewis Joe Penhall The Road novel by Cormac McCarthy

2010s YearWriter(s)FilmSourceRef. 2010 Aaron Sorkin The Social Network The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich| rowspan="5" | |- | Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy || 127 Hours || Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston |- | Michael Arndt || Toy Story 3 || characters by John Lasseter |- | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen || True Grit || novel by Charles Portis |- | Debra Granik and Anne Rosselini || Winter's Bone || novel by Daniel Woodrell |- | rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2011 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | The Descendants novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings Tate Taylor The Help novel by Kathryn Stockett John Logan Hugo The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin Moneyball novel by Charles Portis Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy novel by John le Carré 2012 David O. Russell Silver Linings Playbook The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick| rowspan="5" | |- | Chris Terrio || Argo || The Master of Disguise by Tony Mendez |- | David Magee || Life of Pi || novel by Yann Martel |- | Tony Kushner || Lincoln || Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin |- | Stephen Chbosky || The Perks of Being a Wallflower || novel by Stephen Chbosky |- | rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| 2013 || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | John Ridley || style="background:#B0C4DE;" | 12 Years a Slave memoir by Solomon Northup Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, and Julie Delpy Before Midnight characters by Richard Linklater and Kim Krizan Billy Ray Captain Phillips A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber The Spectacular Now novel by Tim Tharp Terence Winter The Wolf of Wall Street memoir by Jordan Belfort 2014 Gillian Flynn Gone Girl novel by Gillian Flynn Graham Moore The Imitation Game Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges Paul Thomas Anderson Inherent Vice novel by Thomas Pynchon Anthony McCarten The Theory of Everything Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen by Jane Hawking Nick Hornby Wild memoir by Cheryl Strayed 2015 Emma Donoghue Room novel by Emma Donoghue Nick Hornby Brooklyn novel by Colm Tóibín Phyllis Nagy Carol The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith Drew Goddard The Martian novel by Andy Weir Aaron Sorkin Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson 2016 Eric Heisserer Arrival "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang August Wilson Fences play by August Wilson Luke Davies Lion A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley Patrick Ness A Monster Calls novel by Patrick Ness Tom Ford Nocturnal Animals Tony and Susan by Austin Wright 2017 Virgil Williams and Dee Rees Mudbound novel by Hillary Jordan Hampton Fancher and Michael Green Blade Runner 2049 characters from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick James Ivory Call Me by Your Name novel by André Aciman Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber The Disaster Artist memoir by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell Aaron Sorkin Molly's Game memoir by Molly Bloom 2018 Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty Can You Ever Forgive Me? memoir by Lee Israel Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel, and Kevin Willmott BlacKkKlansman Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole Black Panther characters by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee Barry Jenkins If Beale Street Could Talk novel by James Baldwin Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters, and Eric Roth A Star Is Born A Star Is Born by William A. Wellman, Robert Carson, Dorothy Parker, and Alan Campbell 2019 Greta Gerwig Little Women novel by Louisa May Alcott Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood article "Can You Say ... Hero?" by Tom Junod Taika Waititi Jojo Rabbit Caging Skies by Christine Leunens Todd Phillips and Scott Silver Joker characters created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson Steven Zaillian The Irishman I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt

2020s YearWriter(s)FilmSourceRef. 2020 Chloé Zhao Nomadland book by Jessica Bruder Charlie Kaufman I'm Thinking of Ending Things novel by Iain Reid Kemp Powers One Night in Miami... play by Kemp Powers Jonathan Raymond and Kelly Reichardt First Cow The Half-Life by Jonathan Raymond Ruben Santiago-Hudson Ma Rainey's Black Bottom play by August Wilson 2021 Jane Campion The Power of the Dog novel by Thomas Savage Sian Heder CODA La Famille Bélier by Victoria Bedos, Thomas Bidegain, Stanislas Carré de Malberg, and Éric Lartigau Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts, and Denis Villeneuve Dune novel by Frank Herbert Steven Levenson tick, tick... BOOM! musical by Jonathan Larson Tony Kushner West Side Story musical by Jerome Robbins, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, and Arthur Laurents 2022 Rian Johnson Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery characters by Rian Johnson Guillermo del Toro and Patrick McHale Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi Rebecca Lenkiewicz She Said book by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey Samuel D. Hunter The Whale play by Samuel D. Hunter Sarah Polley Women Talking novel by Miriam Toews 2023 Cord JeffersonAmerican FictionErasure by Percival Everett| rowspan="5" | |- |Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese |Killers of the Flower Moon |book by David Grann |- |Christopher Nolan |Oppenheimer |American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin |- |Ava DuVernay |Origin |Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson |- |Tony McNamara |Poor Things |novel by Alasdair Gray |- | rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;"| 2024 |style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Peter Straughan|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Conclavenovel by Robert HarrisDenis Villeneuve and Jon SpaihtsDune: Part Twonovel by Frank HerbertRaMell Ross, and Joslyn BarnesNickel Boys novel by Colson WhiteheadClint Bentley and Greg KwedarSing Sing"The Sing Sing Follies" by John H. Richardson, Breakin' the Mummy's CodeWinnie Holzman and Dana FoxWickedmusical by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman

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