The National Board of Review Award for Best Original Screenplay is an annual award given (since 2003) by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.[1]
| Year | Winner | Writer(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Human Nature and Adaptation | Charlie Kaufman | |
| 2003 | In America | Jim Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan, and Naomi Sheridan | |
| 2004 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Charlie Kaufman | |
| 2005 | The Squid and the Whale | Noah Baumbach | |
| 2006 | Stranger than Fiction | Zach Helm[2] | |
| 2007 | Juno | Diablo Cody | |
| Lars and the Real Girl | Nancy Oliver | ||
| 2008 | Gran Torino | Nick Schenk | |
| 2009 | A Serious Man | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen |
| Year | Winner | Writer(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Buried | Chris Sparling | |
| 2011 | 50/50 | Will Reiser[3] | |
| 2012 | Looper | Rian Johnson | |
| 2013 | Inside Llewyn Davis | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | |
| 2014 | The Lego Movie | Phil Lord and Christopher Miller[4] | |
| 2015 | The Hateful Eight | Quentin Tarantino | |
| 2016 | Manchester by the Sea | Kenneth Lonergan | |
| 2017 | Phantom Thread | Paul Thomas Anderson[5] | |
| 2018 | First Reformed | Paul Schrader | |
| 2019 | Uncut Gems | Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie |
| Year | Winner | Writer(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Minari | Lee Isaac Chung | |
| 2021 | A Hero | Asghar Farhadi | |
| 2022 | The Banshees of Inisherin | Martin McDonagh | |
| 2023 | The Holdovers | David Hemingson |