Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Screenplay

Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Screenplay (Original / Adapted)
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Screenplay (Original / Adapted)
	The 2021 recipients: ; Emerald Fennell (Original) / Chloé Zhao (Adapted)
Awarded for	Best Screenwriting of a Motion Picture
Location	Los Angeles, California
Presented by	Critics Choice Association
First awarded	Emma Thompson for Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Currently held by	Original: Emerald Fennell for Promising Young Woman (2020) ; Adapted: Chloé Zhao for Nomadland (2020)
Website	www.criticschoice.com

The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Original and Adapted Screenplay (previously known as Critics' Choice Award for Best Writer) is one of the awards presented by the Critics Choice Association at the annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards.

List of winners and nominees[]

1995–1996 (Best Screenplay)[]

Year	Writer(s)	Film
1995	Emma Thompson^[1]	Sense and Sensibility
1996	Anthony Minghella	The English Patient

1997–2000 (Best Screenplay – Original / Adaptation)[]

Year	Original		Adaptation
Year	Writer(s)	Film	Writer(s)	Film
1997	Matt Damon and Ben Affleck	Good Will Hunting	Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson	L.A. Confidential
1998	Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard	Shakespeare in Love	Scott Smith	A Simple Plan
1999	Alan Ball	American Beauty	Frank Darabont	The Green Mile
2000	Cameron Crowe	Almost Famous	Stephen Gaghan	Traffic

2001–2008 (Best Writer)[]

Year	Writer(s)	Film
2001	Christopher Nolan	Memento
	Joel Coen and Ethan Coen	The Man Who Wasn't There
	Akiva Goldsman	A Beautiful Mind
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

2009–present (Best Original Screenplay / Best Adapted Screenplay)[]

Year	Original Screenplay		Adapted Screenplay
Year	Writer(s)	Film	Writer(s)	Film
2009 ^[2]	Quentin Tarantino	Inglourious Basterds	Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner	Up in the Air
	Mark Boal	The Hurt Locker	Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach	Fantastic Mr. Fox
	Joel Coen and Ethan Coen	A Serious Man	Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell	District 9
	Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber	(500) Days of Summer	Geoffrey Fletcher	Precious
	Bob Peterson and Pete Docter	Up	Tom Ford and David Scearce	A Single Man
			Nick Hornby	An Education
2010 ^[3]	David Seidler	The King's Speech	Aaron Sorkin	The Social Network
	Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg	The Kids Are All Right	Ben Affleck, Peter Craig, and Aaron Stockard	The Town
	Keith Dorrington, Eric Johnson, Scott Silver, and Paul Tamasy	The Fighter	Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, and Lee Unkrich	Toy Story 3
	Andres Heinz, Mark Heyman, and John McLaughlin	Black Swan	Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy	127 Hours
	Mike Leigh	Another Year	Joel Coen and Ethan Coen	True Grit
	Christopher Nolan	Inception	Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini	Winter's Bone
2011 ^[4]	Woody Allen	Midnight in Paris	Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, and Stan Chervin	Moneyball
	Diablo Cody	Young Adult	John Logan	Hugo
	Michel Hazanavicius	The Artist	Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash	The Descendants
	Tom McCarthy and Joe Tiboni	Win Win	Eric Roth	Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
	Will Reiser	50/50	Tate Taylor	The Help
2012 ^[5]	Quentin Tarantino	Django Unchained	Tony Kushner	Lincoln
	Paul Thomas Anderson	The Master	Stephen Chbosky	The Perks of Being a Wallflower
	Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola	Moonrise Kingdom	David Magee	Life of Pi
	Mark Boal	Zero Dark Thirty	David O. Russell	Silver Linings Playbook
	John Gatins	Flight	Chris Terrio	Argo
	Rian Johnson	Looper
2013 ^[6]	Spike Jonze	Her	John Ridley	12 Years a Slave
	Woody Allen	Blue Jasmine	Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope	Philomena
	Joel Coen and Ethan Coen	Inside Llewyn Davis	Tracy Letts	August: Osage County
	Bob Nelson	Nebraska	Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, and Julie Delpy	Before Midnight
	Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell	American Hustle	Billy Ray	Captain Phillips
			Terence Winter	The Wolf of Wall Street
2014 ^[7]	Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bó	Birdman	Gillian Flynn	Gone Girl
	Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness	The Grand Budapest Hotel	Paul Thomas Anderson	Inherent Vice
	Damien Chazelle	Whiplash	Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Richard LaGravenese, and William Nicholson	Unbroken
	Dan Gilroy	Nightcrawler	Nick Hornby	Wild
	Richard Linklater	Boyhood	Anthony McCarten	The Theory of Everything
			Graham Moore	The Imitation Game
2015 ^[8]	Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer	Spotlight	Adam McKay and Charles Randolph	The Big Short
	Matt Charman, Joel Coen, and Ethan Coen	Bridge of Spies	Emma Donoghue	Room
	Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, and Josh Cooley	Inside Out	Drew Goddard	The Martian
	Alex Garland	Ex Machina	Nick Hornby	Brooklyn
	Quentin Tarantino	The Hateful Eight	Aaron Sorkin	Steve Jobs
2016 ^[9]	Damien Chazelle	La La Land	Eric Heisserer	Arrival
	Kenneth Lonergan	Manchester by the Sea	Luke Davies	Lion
	Barry Jenkins	Moonlight	Tom Ford	Nocturnal Animals
	Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou	The Lobster	Todd Komarnicki	Sully
	Jeff Nichols	Loving	Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi	Hidden Figures
	Taylor Sheridan	Hell or High Water	August Wilson (posthumous)	Fences
2017 ^[10]	Jordan Peele	Get Out	James Ivory	Call Me by Your Name
	Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor	The Shape of Water	Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber	The Disaster Artist
	Greta Gerwig	Lady Bird	Dee Rees and Virgil Williams	Mudbound
	Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani	The Big Sick	Aaron Sorkin	Molly's Game
	Liz Hannah and Josh Singer	The Post	Jack Thorne, Steven Conrad, and Stephen Chbosky	Wonder
	Martin McDonagh	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2018 ^[11]	Paul Schrader	First Reformed	Barry Jenkins	If Beale Street Could Talk
	Bo Burnham	Eighth Grade	Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole	Black Panther
	Alfonso Cuarón	Roma	Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty	Can You Ever Forgive Me?
	Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara	The Favourite	Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, and Will Fetters	A Star Is Born
	Adam McKay	Vice	Josh Singer	First Man
	Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie, and Peter Farrelly	Green Book	Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, and Spike Lee	BlacKkKlansman
	Bryan Woods, Scott Beck, and John Krasinski	A Quiet Place
2019 ^[12]	Quentin Tarantino	Once Upon a Time in Hollywood	Greta Gerwig	Little Women
	Noah Baumbach	Marriage Story	Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster	A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
	Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won	Parasite	Anthony McCarten	The Two Popes
	Rian Johnson	Knives Out	Todd Phillips and Scott Silver	Joker
	Lulu Wang	The Farewell	Taika Waititi	Jojo Rabbit
			Steven Zaillian	The Irishman
2020 ^[13]	Emerald Fennell	Promising Young Woman	Chloé Zhao	Nomadland
	Lee Isaac Chung	Minari	Paul Greengrass and Luke Davies	News of the World
	Jack Fincher (posthumous)	Mank	Kemp Powers	One Night in Miami...
	Eliza Hittman	Never Rarely Sometimes Always	Jonathan Raymond and Kelly Reichardt	First Cow
	Darius Marder and Abraham Marder	Sound of Metal	Ruben Santiago-Hudson	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
	Aaron Sorkin	The Trial of the Chicago 7	Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton	The Father

References[]

^ Osborn, Jacob (January 9, 2020). "Critics' Choice Best Picture winners from worst to first". Stacker. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
^ Accomando, Beth (January 15, 2010). "Critics Choice Gives Top Awards to Hurt Locker". KPBS. Retrieved January 15, 2010.
^ "Critics' Choice Awards Spread The Gold: 'Social Network', Fincher, Firth, Portman". Deadline Hollywood. January 14, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2011.
^ Chaney, Jen (January 13, 2012). "Critics' Choice Awards 2012: 'The Artist' wins, Viola Davis cries and more memorable moments". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
^ "Critics' Choice Movie Awards: 'Argo' Best Picture, Director; Daniel Day-Lewis, Jessica Chastain Take Acting Honors". Deadline Hollywood. January 10, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2013.
^ "Critics' Choice Movie Awards: '12 Years A Slave' Named Best Picture; 'Gravity' Leads Field With 7 Wins". Deadline Hollywood. January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
^ Pedersen, Erik (January 15, 2015). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'Boyhood' Wins Best Picture; 'Birdman' Leads With 7 Nods". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
^ Hipes, Patrick (January 17, 2016). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'Spotlight' Wins Best Picture; 'Mr. Robot' Best Drama Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
^ A. Lincoln, Ross; Grobar, Matt (December 11, 2016). "2016 Critics' Choice Awards: 'La La Land' Leads With 8 Wins Including Best Picture; Donald Glover Unveils Lando Calrissian 'Stache". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
^ Hayes, Dade; Hipes, Patrick (January 11, 2018). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'The Shape Of Water' Wins Best Picture, 'Big Little Lies' Dominates – Full Winners List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 11, 2018.
^ de Moraes, Lisa; Blyth, Antonia; Hipes, Patrick (January 13, 2019). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'Roma' Wins Best Picture To Lead Night; 'The Americans' & 'Mrs. Maisel' Top TV – The Complete Winners List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
^ Boucher, Geoff; Ramos, Dino-Ray (January 12, 2020). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' Wins Best Picture, Netflix And HBO Among Top Honorees – Full Winners List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (March 7, 2021). "Critics Choice Awards: 'Nomadland', 'The Crown' Among Top Honorees – Complete Winners List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 7, 2021.

[1] Osborn, Jacob (January 9, 2020). "Critics' Choice Best Picture winners from worst to first". Stacker. Retrieved January 9, 2020.

[2] Accomando, Beth (January 15, 2010). "Critics Choice Gives Top Awards to Hurt Locker". KPBS. Retrieved January 15, 2010.

[3] "Critics' Choice Awards Spread The Gold: 'Social Network', Fincher, Firth, Portman". Deadline Hollywood. January 14, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2011.

[4] Chaney, Jen (January 13, 2012). "Critics' Choice Awards 2012: 'The Artist' wins, Viola Davis cries and more memorable moments". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 13, 2012.

[5] "Critics' Choice Movie Awards: 'Argo' Best Picture, Director; Daniel Day-Lewis, Jessica Chastain Take Acting Honors". Deadline Hollywood. January 10, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2013.

[6] "Critics' Choice Movie Awards: '12 Years A Slave' Named Best Picture; 'Gravity' Leads Field With 7 Wins". Deadline Hollywood. January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2014.

[7] Pedersen, Erik (January 15, 2015). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'Boyhood' Wins Best Picture; 'Birdman' Leads With 7 Nods". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 15, 2015.

[8] Hipes, Patrick (January 17, 2016). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'Spotlight' Wins Best Picture; 'Mr. Robot' Best Drama Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 17, 2016.

[9] A. Lincoln, Ross; Grobar, Matt (December 11, 2016). "2016 Critics' Choice Awards: 'La La Land' Leads With 8 Wins Including Best Picture; Donald Glover Unveils Lando Calrissian 'Stache". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 11, 2016.

[10] Hayes, Dade; Hipes, Patrick (January 11, 2018). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'The Shape Of Water' Wins Best Picture, 'Big Little Lies' Dominates – Full Winners List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 11, 2018.

[11] Moraes, Lisa; Blyth, Antonia; Hipes, Patrick (January 13, 2019). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'Roma' Wins Best Picture To Lead Night; 'The Americans' & 'Mrs. Maisel' Top TV – The Complete Winners List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 13, 2019.

[12] Boucher, Geoff; Ramos, Dino-Ray (January 12, 2020). "Critics' Choice Awards: 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' Wins Best Picture, Netflix And HBO Among Top Honorees – Full Winners List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 12, 2020.

[13] Ramos, Dino-Ray (March 7, 2021). "Critics Choice Awards: 'Nomadland', 'The Crown' Among Top Honorees – Complete Winners List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 7, 2021.

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show v t Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Screenplay
Screenplay (1995–1996, 2001–2008)	Emma Thompson (1995) Anthony Minghella (1996) Christopher Nolan (2001) Charlie Kaufman (2002) Jim Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan, and Naomi Sheridan (2003) Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004) Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco (2005) Michael Arndt (2006) Diablo Cody (2007) Simon Beaufoy (2008)
Original Screenplay (1997–2000, 2009–present)	Matt Damon and Ben Affleck (1997) Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman (1998) Alan Ball (1999) Cameron Crowe (2000) Quentin Tarantino (2009) David Seidler (2010) Woody Allen (2011) Quentin Tarantino (2012) Spike Jonze (2013) Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bo (2014) Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (2015) Damien Chazelle / Kenneth Lonergan (2016) Jordan Peele (2017) Paul Schrader (2018) Quentin Tarantino (2019) Emerald Fennell (2020)
Adapted Screenplay (1997–2000, 2009–present)	Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland (1997) Scott Smith (1998) Frank Darabont (1999) Stephen Gaghan (2000) Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner (2009) Aaron Sorkin (2010) Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, and Stan Chervin (2011) Tony Kushner (2012) John Ridley (2013) Gillian Flynn (2014) Adam McKay and Charles Randolph (2015) Eric Heisserer (2016) James Ivory (2017) Barry Jenkins (2018) Greta Gerwig (2019) Chloé Zhao (2020)

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Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA)
Awards	Acting Ensemble Actor Actress Cinematography Comedy Costume Design Director Editing Foreign Language Film Hair and Makeup Picture Production Design Score Screenplay (Adapted / Original) Song Supporting Actor Supporting Actress Visual Effects Young Performer
Retired	Action Movie (2008–2019) Actor in an Action Movie (2012–2016) Actress in an Action Movie (2012–2016) Actor in a Comedy (2012–2018) Actress in a Comedy (2012–2018) Animated Feature (1998–2019) Documentary Feature (1995–2015) Family Film (1995–2007) Sci-Fi/Horror Movie (2012–2019) Sound (2009–2011)
Ceremonies	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 (years are of film release; ceremonies are the next year)