The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Original 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 Year Writer (s) Film 1995 Emma Thompson Sense and Sensibility 1996 Anthony Minghella The English Patient
Best Original Screenplay Year Writer (s) Film 1997 Matt Damon and Ben Affleck Good Will Hunting † 1998 Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard Shakespeare in Love † 1999 Alan Ball American Beauty †
2000s
Best Original Screenplay Year Writer (s) Film 2000 Cameron Crowe Almost Famous †
Best Screenplay Year Writer (s) Film 2001 Christopher Nolan Memento Joel Coen and Ethan Coen The Man Who Wasn't There Akiva Goldsman A Beautiful Mind
Best Writer Year Writer (s) Film 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 Original Screenplay Year Writer (s) Film 2009 Quentin Tarantino Inglourious Basterds Mark Boal The Hurt Locker † Joel Coen and Ethan Coen A Serious Man Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (500) Days of Summer Bob Peterson and Pete Docter Up
2010s Year Writer (s) Film 2010 David Seidler The King's Speech † Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg The Kids Are All Right Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, and John McLaughlin Black Swan Mike Leigh Another Year Christopher Nolan Inception Scott Silver, Eric Johnson, Paul Tamasy, and Keith Dorrington The Fighter 2011 Woody Allen Midnight in Paris † Diablo Cody Young Adult Michel Hazanavicius The Artist Tom McCarthy and Joe Tiboni Win Win Will Reiser 50/50 2012 Quentin Tarantino Django Unchained † Paul Thomas Anderson The Master Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola Moonrise Kingdom Mark Boal Zero Dark Thirty John Gatins Flight Rian Johnson Looper 2013 Spike Jonze Her † Woody Allen Blue Jasmine Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Inside Llewyn Davis Bob Nelson Nebraska Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell American Hustle 2014 Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bó Birdman † Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness The Grand Budapest Hotel Damien Chazelle Whiplash Dan Gilroy Nightcrawler Richard Linklater Boyhood 2015 Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Spotlight † Matt Charman, Ethan Coen, and Joel Coen Bridge of Spies Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, and Josh Cooley Inside Out Alex Garland Ex Machina Quentin Tarantino The Hateful Eight 2016 Damien Chazelle (TIE) La La Land Kenneth Lonergan (TIE) Manchester by the Sea † Efthimis Filippou and Yorgos Lanthimos The Lobster Barry Jenkins Moonlight ‡ Jeff Nichols Loving Taylor Sheridan Hell or High Water 2017 Jordan Peele Get Out † Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor The Shape of Water Greta Gerwig Lady Bird Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani The Big Sick Liz Hannah and Josh Singer The Post Martin McDonagh Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 2018 Paul Schrader First Reformed Bo Burnham Eighth Grade Alfonso Cuarón Roma Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara The Favourite Adam McKay Vice Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie, and Peter Farrelly Green Book † Bryan Woods, Scott Beck, and John Krasinski A Quiet Place 2019 Quentin Tarantino Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Noah Baumbach Marriage Story Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won Parasite † Rian Johnson Knives Out Lulu Wang The Farewell
2020s Year Writer (s) Film 2020 Emerald Fennell Promising Young Woman † Lee Isaac Chung Minari Jack Fincher (posthumous) Mank Eliza Hittman Never Rarely Sometimes Always Darius Marder and Abraham Marder Sound of Metal Aaron Sorkin The Trial of the Chicago 7 2021 Kenneth Branagh Belfast † Paul Thomas Anderson Licorice Pizza Zach Baylin King Richard Adam McKay and David Sirota Don't Look Up Aaron Sorkin Being the Ricardos 2022 Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert Everything Everywhere All at Once † Todd Field Tár Martin McDonagh The Banshees of Inisherin Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner The Fabelmans Charlotte Wells Aftersun 2023 Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach Barbie Samy Burch May December Alex Convery Air Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer Maestro David Hemingson The Holdovers Celine Song Past Lives 2024 Coralie Fargeat The Substance Sean Baker Anora † Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, and Alex David September 5 Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold The Brutalist Jesse Eisenberg A Real Pain Justin Kuritzkes Challengers 2025 Ryan Coogler Sinners † Noah Baumbach and Emily Mortimer Jay Kelly Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie Marty Supreme Zach Cregger Weapons Eva Victor Sorry, Baby Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier Sentimental Value
See also Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay AACTA International Award for Best Screenplay Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay
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