Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Original Screenplay explained

Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Original Screenplay
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Awarded For:Best Original Screenwriting of a Motion Picture
Presenter:Critics Choice Association
Location:Los Angeles, California
Year:Emma Thompson for Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Holder:Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach for Barbie (2023)
Website:www.criticschoice.com

The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Original Screenplay is presented by the Critics Choice Association at the annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards.

The categories for screenplays have gone through several changes since their inception in 1995:

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
YearWriter (s) Film
1995
[1]
Emma Thompson Sense and Sensibility
1996
[2]
Anthony Minghella The English Patient
Best Original Screenplay
YearWriter (s) Film
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck Good Will Hunting
Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard Shakespeare in Love
Alan Ball American Beauty

2000s

Best Original Screenplay
Best Screenplay
YearWriter (s) Film
2001
[4]
Christopher Nolan Memento
The Man Who Wasn't There
A Beautiful Mind
Best Writer
YearWriter (s) Film
Charlie Kaufman Adaptation. and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
About Schmidt
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan, and Kirsten Sheridan In America
Big Fish
Lost in Translation
Mystic River
Seabiscuit
Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor Sideways
Kinsey
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Aviator
Finding Neverland
Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco Crash
The Squid and the Whale
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Capote
Brokeback Mountain
Michael Arndt Little Miss Sunshine
Babel
Little Children
Stranger than Fiction
The Departed
The Queen
Diablo Cody Juno
No Country for Old Men
Michael Clayton
Lars and the Real Girl
Into the Wild
Charlie Wilson's War
Simon Beaufoy Slumdog Millionaire
Milk
Frost/Nixon
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doubt
Best Original Screenplay
YearWriter (s) Film
2009
[5]
Quentin Tarantino Inglourious Basterds
The Hurt Locker
A Serious Man
(500) Days of Summer
Up

2010s

YearWriter (s) Film
2010
[6]
David Seidler The King's Speech
The Kids Are All Right
Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, and John McLaughlin Black Swan
Another Year
Inception
Scott Silver, Eric Johnson, Paul Tamasy, and Keith Dorrington The Fighter
2011
[7]
Woody Allen Midnight in Paris
Young Adult
The Artist
Tom McCarthy and Joe Tiboni Win Win
50/50
2012
[8]
Quentin Tarantino Django Unchained
The Master
Moonrise Kingdom
Zero Dark Thirty
Flight
Looper
2013
[9]
Spike Jonze Her
Blue Jasmine
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
American Hustle
2014
[10]
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bó Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Whiplash
Nightcrawler
Boyhood
2015
[11]
Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Spotlight
Bridge of Spies
Inside Out
Ex Machina
The Hateful Eight
2016
[12]
Damien Chazelle (TIE) La La Land
Kenneth Lonergan (TIE) Manchester by the Sea
The Lobster
Moonlight
Loving
Hell or High Water
2017
[13]
Jordan Peele Get Out
The Shape of Water
Lady Bird
The Big Sick
The Post
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2018
[14]
Paul Schrader First Reformed
Eighth Grade
Roma
The Favourite
Vice
Green Book
A Quiet Place
2019
[15]
Quentin Tarantino Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Marriage Story
Parasite
Knives Out
The Farewell

2020s

YearWriter (s) Film
2020
[16]
Emerald Fennell Promising Young Woman
Minari
Jack Fincher (posthumous) Mank
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Darius Marder and Abraham Marder Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
2021
[17]
Kenneth Branagh Belfast
Licorice Pizza
Zach Baylin King Richard
Don't Look Up
Being the Ricardos
2022
[18]
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert Everything Everywhere All at Once
Tár
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Fabelmans
Aftersun
2023
[19]
Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach Barbie
May December
Alex Convery Air
Maestro
The Holdovers
Past Lives

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The BFCA Critics' Choice Awards :: 1995 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20081212034353/http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/1995.php . dead . December 12, 2008.
  2. Web site: The BFCA Critics' Choice Awards :: 1996 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20081212034358/http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/1996.php . dead . December 12, 2008.
  3. Web site: Broadcast Critics Eat Crowe . Armstrong . Mark . December 19, 2000 . . November 18, 2021.
  4. Web site: Critics make it a 'Beautiful' night for Crowe . January 12, 2002 . . January 12, 2002.
  5. Web site: Broadcast Film Critics Award 'Hurt Locker' . Finke . Nikki . January 16, 2010 . . January 16, 2010.
  6. Web site: Critics' Choice Awards Spread The Gold: 'Social Network', Fincher, Firth, Portman . The Deadline Team . January 14, 2011 . . January 14, 2011.
  7. Web site: 'The Artist' Best Pic, George Clooney, Viola Davis Top Actors At Critics Choice Awards . The Deadline Team . January 12, 2012 . . January 12, 2012.
  8. Web site: Critics' Choice Movie Awards: 'Argo' Best Picture, Director; Daniel Day-Lewis, Jessica Chastain Take Acting Honors . The Deadline Team . January 10, 2013 . . January 10, 2013.
  9. Web site: Critics' Choice Movie Awards: '12 Years A Slave' Named Best Picture; 'Gravity' Leads Field With 7 Wins . The Deadline Team . January 16, 2014 . . January 16, 2014.
  10. Web site: Critics' Choice Awards: 'Boyhood' Wins Best Picture; 'Birdman' Leads With 7 Nods . Pedersen . Erik . January 15, 2015 . . January 15, 2015.
  11. Web site: Critics' Choice Awards: 'Spotlight' Wins Best Picture; 'Mr. Robot' Best Drama Series . Hipes . Patrick . January 17, 2016 . . January 17, 2016.
  12. Web site: 2016 Critics' Choice Awards: 'La La Land' Leads With 8 Wins Including Best Picture; Donald Glover Unveils Lando Calrissian 'Stache . Grobar . Matt . Lincoln . Ross A. . December 11, 2016 . . December 11, 2016.
  13. Web site: Critics' Choice Awards: 'The Shape Of Water' Wins Best Picture, 'Big Little Lies' Dominates – Full Winners List . Hipes . Patrick . Hayes . Dade . January 11, 2018 . . January 11, 2018.
  14. Web site: Critics' Choice Awards: 'Roma' Wins Best Picture To Lead Night; 'The Americans' & 'Mrs. Maisel' Top TV – The Complete Winners List . Hipes . Patrick . Blyth . Antonia . de Moraes . Lisa . January 13, 2019 . . January 13, 2019.
  15. Web site: Critics' Choice Awards: 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' Wins Best Picture, Netflix And HBO Among Top Honorees – Full Winners List . Boucher . Ramos . Geoff . Dino-Ray . January 12, 2020 . . January 12, 2020.
  16. Web site: Critics Choice Awards: 'Nomadland', 'The Crown' Among Top Honorees – Complete Winners List . Ramos . Dino-Ray . March 7, 2021 . . March 7, 2021.
  17. Web site: Critics Choice Awards 2022: ‘The Power of the Dog,’ ‘Ted Lasso,’ ‘Succession’ Win Big (Full Winners List) . Jackson . Angelique . Shanfeld . Ethan . March 13, 2022 . . January 16, 2023.
  18. Web site: Critics‘ Choice Awards 2023 Full Winners List: ’Everything Everywhere All at Once,‘ ’Abbott Elementary‘ and ‘Better Call Saul’ Take Top Honors . Panaligan . EJ . Earl . William . January 15, 2023 . . January 16, 2023.
  19. Web site: 'Oppenheimer' Leads Critics Choice Awards with 8 wins, 'Barbie' Scores 6 — Full Winners List . Shanfeld . Ethan . . January 14, 2024 . January 15, 2024.