The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is presented by the Critics Choice Association at the annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards.
History The categories for screenplays have gone through several changes since their inception in 1995:
From 1995 to 1996, the category Best Screenplay was presented, with no official nominees being announced but instead only a winner. From 1997 to 2000, the category was split into two, divided into Best Original Screenplay and Best Screenplay Adaptation. In 2001, the categories were merged into Best Screenplay again. From 2002 to 2008, the category was renamed to Best Writer.
In 2009, the distinction between original and adapted was implemented again, with two categories presented ever since, Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Winners and nominees
1990s
Best Screenplay YearWriterFilm 1995 Emma Thompson Sense and Sensibility † 1996 Anthony Minghella The English Patient
Best Screenplay Adaptation YearWriter(s)FilmSource material 1997 Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson L.A. Confidential † The novel by James Ellroy 1998 Scott Smith A Simple Plan The novel by Smith 1999 Frank Darabont The Green Mile The novel by Stephen King
2000s
Best Screenplay Adaptation YearWriter(s)FilmSource material 2000 Stephen Gaghan (TIE) Traffic † The British television serial Traffik by Simon Moore Steve Kloves (TIE) Wonder Boys The novel by Michael Chabon
Best Screenplay YearWriter(s)Film 2001 Christopher Nolan Memento Joel Coen and Ethan Coen The Man Who Wasn't There Akiva Goldsman A Beautiful Mind †
Best Writer YearWriter(s)Film(s) 2002 Charlie Kaufman Adaptation. and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor About Schmidt Nia Vardalos My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2003 Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan, and Kirsten Sheridan In America John August Big Fish Sofia Coppola Lost in Translation Brian Helgeland Mystic River Gary Ross Seabiscuit 2004 Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor Sideways † Bill Condon Kinsey Charlie Kaufman Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind John Logan The Aviator David Magee Finding Neverland 2005 Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco Crash Noah Baumbach The Squid and the Whale George Clooney and Grant Heslov Good Night, and Good Luck. Dan Futterman Capote Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana Brokeback Mountain † 2006 Michael Arndt Little Miss Sunshine Guillermo Arriaga Babel Todd Field and Tom Perrotta Little Children Zach Helm Stranger than Fiction William Monahan The Departed † Peter Morgan The Queen 2007 Diablo Cody Juno Joel Coen and Ethan Coen No Country for Old Men † Tony Gilroy Michael Clayton Nancy Oliver Lars and the Real Girl Sean Penn Into the Wild Aaron Sorkin Charlie Wilson's War 2008 Simon Beaufoy Slumdog Millionaire † Dustin Lance Black Milk Peter Morgan Frost/Nixon Eric Roth The Curious Case of Benjamin Button John Patrick Shanley Doubt
Best Adapted Screenplay YearWriter(s)FilmSource material 2009 Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner Up in the Air The novel by Walter Kirn Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach Fantastic Mr. Fox The novel by Roald Dahl Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell District 9 The short film Alive in Joburg by Bloomkamp Geoffrey Fletcher Precious † The novel Push by Sapphire Tom Ford and David Scearce A Single Man The novel by Christopher Isherwood Nick Hornby An Education The memoir by Lynn Barber
2010s YearWriter(s)FilmSource material(s) 2010 Aaron Sorkin The Social Network † The book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich Ben Affleck, Peter Craig, and Aaron Stockard The Town The novel Prince of Thieves by Chuck Hogan Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, and Lee Unkrich Toy Story 3 The Toy Story films by Pete Docter, Lasseter, Stanton, et al. Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy 127 Hours The book Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston Joel Coen and Ethan Coen True Grit The novel by Charles Portis Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini Winter's Bone The novel by Daniel Woodrell 2011 Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, and Stan Chervin Moneyball The book by Michael Lewis John Logan Hugo The book The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash The Descendants † The novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings Eric Roth Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close The novel by Jonathan Safran Foer Tate Taylor The Help The novel by Kathryn Stockett 2012 Tony Kushner Lincoln The book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin Stephen Chbosky The Perks of Being a Wallflower The novel by Chbosky David Magee Life of Pi The novel by Yann Martel David O. Russell Silver Linings Playbook The novel by Matthew Quick Chris Terrio Argo † The book The Master of Disguise by Antonio J. Mendez and article "The Great Escape: How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran" by Joshuah Bearman 2013 John Ridley 12 Years a Slave † The memoir by Solomon Northup Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope Philomena The book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by Martin Sixsmith Tracy Letts August: Osage County The play by Letts Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, and Julie Delpy Before Midnight The characters from the film Before Sunrise by Linklater and Kim Krizan Billy Ray Captain Phillips The book A Captain's Duty by Richard Phillips and Stephan Talty Terence Winter The Wolf of Wall Street The book by Jordan Belfort 2014 Gillian Flynn Gone Girl The novel by Flynn Paul Thomas Anderson Inherent Vice The novel by Thomas Pynchon Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Richard LaGravenese, and William Nicholson Unbroken The book by Laura Hillenbrand Nick Hornby Wild The memoir by Cheryl Strayed Anthony McCarten The Theory of Everything The memoir Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen by Jane Hawking Graham Moore The Imitation Game † The book Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges 2015 Adam McKay and Charles Randolph The Big Short † The book by Michael Lewis Emma Donoghue Room The novel by Emma Donoghue Drew Goddard The Martian The novel by Andy Weir Nick Hornby Brooklyn The novel by Colm Tóibín Aaron Sorkin Steve Jobs The book by Walter Isaacson 2016 Eric Heisserer Arrival The novella "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang Luke Davies Lion The book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley and Larry Buttrose Tom Ford Nocturnal Animals The novel Tony and Susan by Austin Wright Todd Komarnicki Sully The memoir Highest Duty by Chesley Sullenberger and Jeffrey Zaslow Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi Hidden Figures The book by Margot Lee Shetterly August Wilson (posthumous) Fences The play by Wilson 2017 James Ivory Call Me by Your Name † The novel by André Aciman Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber The Disaster Artist The book by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell Dee Rees and Virgil Williams Mudbound The novel by Hillary Jordan Aaron Sorkin Molly's Game The memoir by Molly Bloom Jack Thorne, Steven Conrad, and Stephen Chbosky Wonder The novel by R. J. Palacio 2018 Barry Jenkins If Beale Street Could Talk The novel by James Baldwin Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole Black Panther † The Marvel Comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty Can You Ever Forgive Me? The memoir by Lee Israel Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, and Will Fetters A Star Is Born The 1954 screenplay by Moss Hart and 1976 screenplay by John Gregory Dunne, Joan Didion and Frank Pierson; story by Robert Carson and William Wellman Josh Singer First Man The book by James R. Hansen Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, and Spike Lee BlacKkKlansman The memoir Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth 2019 Greta Gerwig Little Women The novel by Louisa May Alcott Noah Harpster and Micah Fitzerman-Blue A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood The article "Can You Say ... Hero?" by Tom Junod Anthony McCarten The Two Popes The play The Pope by McCarten Todd Phillips and Scott Silver Joker The characters by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson Taika Waititi Jojo Rabbit † The novel Caging Skies by Christine Leunens Steven Zaillian The Irishman The book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt
2020s YearWriter(s)FilmSource material 2020 Chloé Zhao Nomadland The book by Jessica Bruder Paul Greengrass and Luke Davies News of the World The novel by Paulette Jiles Kemp Powers One Night in Miami... The play by Powers Jonathan Raymond and Kelly Reichardt First Cow The novel The Half Life by Raymond Ruben Santiago-Hudson Ma Rainey's Black Bottom The play by August Wilson Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton The Father † The play Le Père by Zeller 2021 Jane Campion The Power of the Dog The novel by Thomas Savage Maggie Gyllenhaal The Lost Daughter The novel by Elena Ferrante Sian Heder CODA † The film La Famille Bélier by Victoria Bedos, Thomas Bidegain, Stanislas Carré de Malberg, and Éric Lartigau Tony Kushner West Side Story The stage play book by Arthur Laurents Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, and Eric Roth Dune The novel by Frank Herbert 2022 Sarah Polley Women Talking † The novel by Miriam Toews Samuel D. Hunter The Whale The play by Hunter Kazuo Ishiguro Living The film Ikiru by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, and Hideo Oguni Rian Johnson Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery The film Knives Out by Johnson Rebecca Lenkiewicz She Said The book by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey2023 Cord Jefferson American Fiction † The novel Erasure by Percival Everett Kelly Fremon Craig Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. The novel by Judy Blume Andrew Haigh All of Us Strangers The novel Strangers by Taichi Yamada Tony McNamara Poor Things The novel by Alasdair Gray Christopher Nolan Oppenheimer The book American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese Killers of the Flower Moon The book by David Grann2024 Peter Straughan Conclave † The novel by Robert Harris Jacques Audiard Emilia Pérez The play by Audiard Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox Wicked The musical by Stephen Schwartz and Holzman, and the novel by Gregory Maguire Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar Sing Sing The article "The Sing Sing Follies" by John Richardson RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes Nickel Boys The novel by Colson Whitehead Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts Dune: Part Two The novel Dune by Frank Herbert2025 Paul Thomas Anderson One Battle After Another The novel Vineland by Thomas Pynchon Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar Train Dreams The novel novel by Denis Johnson Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, and Jahye Lee No Other Choice The novel The Ax by Donald E. Westlake Guillermo del Toro Frankenstein Based on novel by Mary Shelley Will Tracy Bugonia The film Save the Green Planet! by Jang Joon-hwan Chloé Zhao and Maggie O'Farrell Hamnet The novel by O'Farrell
See also Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay AACTA International Award for Best Screenplay Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
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