The Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Screenplay is an annual award given by the Detroit Film Critics Society to honor the best screenplays of that year. The awards was first given in 2011, at the body's fifth annual ceremony.

2010s YearFilmWriter(s)Source 2011 Moneyball Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian Moneyball by Michael Lewis50/50Will Reiser -The ArtistMichel Hazanavicius -BeginnersMike Mills -Take ShelterTake Shelter - 2012 Silver Linings Playbook David O. Russell The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew QuickThe Cabin in the WoodsDrew Goddard and Joss Whedon -LincolnTony Kushner Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Perks of Being a WallflowerStephen Chbosky Novel by Stephen ChboskyTake This WaltzSarah Polley - 2013 Her Spike Jonze -Detroit critics name 'Her' the year's best, hand Brie Larson two awards - UPROXXAmerican HustleEric Warren Singer and David O. Russell -Before MidnightRichard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, and Julie Delpy Characters by Richard Linklater and Kim KrizanShort Term 12Destin Daniel Cretton -The Wolf of Wall StreetTerence Winter Memoir by Jordan Belfort 2014 Boyhood Richard Linklater -Detroit Film Critics Society flips for 'Boyhood' - The Detroit NewsBirdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)Nicolás Giacobone and Alejandro G. Iñárritu -CalvaryJohn Michael McDonagh -The Grand Budapest HotelWes Anderson -WhiplashDamien Chazelle Short Film by Damien Chazelle 2015 Spotlight Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer -The Big ShortCharles Randolph and Adam McKay The Big Short by Michael LewisBrooklynNick Hornby Novel by Colm TóibínThe Hateful EightQuentin Tarantino -Inside OutJosh Cooley, Pete Docter, and Meg LeFauve - 2016 La La Land Damien Chazelle -ArrivalEric Heisserer The Big Short by Ted ChiangHell or High WaterTaylor Sheridan -Manchester by the SeaKenneth Lonergan -MoonlightBarry Jenkins In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue by Tarell Alvin McCraney 2017 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Martin McDonagh -The Big SickEmily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani -Get OutJordan Peele -Lady BirdGreta Gerwig -The PostLiz Hannah and Josh Singer -The Shape of WaterGuillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor -Wind RiverTaylor Sheridan - 2018 Green BookNick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie and Peter Farrelly -ViceAdam McKay -Detroit Film Critics Society 2018 Winners - AwardsdailyEighth GradeBo Burnham -The FavouriteDeborah Davis and Tony McNamara -First ReformedPaul Schrader - 2019 Marriage Story Noah Baumbach -The Irishman Steven Zaillian I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles BrandtThe Lighthouse Robert Eggers & Max Eggers -Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino -Parasite Bong Joon-ho & Han Jin-won -

2020s Nomadland - Chloé Zhao (adapted)/Lee Isaac Chung, Minari (original)

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