National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay explained

The National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay is the award given for best screenwriting at the annual National Society of Film Critics (NSFC) Awards. The category was introduced in 1967, in the 2nd awards ceremony.

At the last awards ceremony in 2022, Japanese screenwriters Ryūsuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Ōe (Drive My Car, 46 points) won ahead of Spaniard Pedro Almodóvar (Parallel Mothers, 22 points) and Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza, 20 points).^[1]

List of winners

1960s

Year	Screenwriter(s)	Film
1967	scope=row	and Robert Benton	Bonnie and Clyde
1968	scope=row		Faces
1969	scope=row	and Larry Tucker	Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

1970s

Year	Screenwriter(s)	Film
1970	scope=row		My Night at Maud's
1971	scope=row		Sunday Bloody Sunday
1972	scope=row		Cries and Whispers
1973	scope=row	, Gloria Katz, and Willard Huyck	American Graffiti
1974	scope=row		Scenes from a Marriage
1975	scope=row	and Warren Beatty	Shampoo
1976	scope=row	and John Berger	Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000
1977	scope=row	and Marshall Brickman	Annie Hall
1978	scope=row		An Unmarried Woman
1979	scope=row		Breaking Away

1980s

Year	Screenwriter(s)	Film
1980	scope=row		Melvin and Howard
1981	scope=row		Atlantic City
1982	scope=row	and Larry Gelbart	Tootsie
1983	scope=row		Local Hero
1984	scope=row	, Babaloo Mandel, and Bruce Jay Friedman	Splash
1985	scope=row	and Monica Johnson	Lost in America
1986	scope=row		My Beautiful Laundrette
1987	scope=row		Hope and Glory
1988	scope=row		Bull Durham
1989	scope=row	and Daniel Yost	Drugstore Cowboy

1990s

Year	Screenwriter(s)	Film
1990	scope=row		To Sleep with Anger
1991	scope=row		Naked Lunch
1992	scope=row		Unforgiven
1993	scope=row		The Piano
1994	scope=row	and Roger Avary	Pulp Fiction
1995	scope=row		Clueless
1996	scope=row	and Monica Johnson	Mother
1997	scope=row	and Brian Helgeland	L.A. Confidential
1998	scope=row		Out of Sight
1999	scope=row		Being John Malkovich

2000s

Year	Screenwriter(s)	Film
2000	scope=row		You Can Count on Me
2001	scope=row		Gosford Park
2002	scope=row		The Pianist
2003	scope=row		American Splendor
2004	scope=row	and Jim Taylor	Sideways
2005	scope=row		The Squid and the Whale
2006	scope=row		The Queen
2007	scope=row		The Savages
2008	scope=row		Happy-Go-Lucky
2009	scope=row		A Serious Man

2010s

Year	Screenwriter(s)	Film
2010	scope=row		The Social Network
2011	scope=row		A Separation
2012	scope=row		Lincoln
2013	scope=row	, Ethan Hawke, and Julie Delpy	Before Midnight
2014	scope=row		The Grand Budapest Hotel
2015	scope=row	and Josh Singer	Spotlight
2016	scope=row		Manchester by the Sea
2017	scope=row		Lady Bird
2018	scope=row	, David Schneider, Ian Martin and Peter Fellows	The Death of Stalin^[2]
2019	scope=row	and Han Jin-won	Parasite^[3]

2020s

Year	Screenwriter(s)	Film
2020	scope=row		Never Rarely Sometimes Always^[4]
2021	scope=row	and Takamasa Oe	Drive My Car^[5]
	scope=row		TÁR^[6]
	scope=row		May December^[7]

External links

• List of winners at National Society of Film Critics official website
• National Society of Film Critics Awards at the Internet Movie Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Society of Film Critics . 2022-08-15 . National Society of Film Critics . en.
2. Web site: 'The Rider' Named Best Picture by the National Society of Film Critics . Katie Kilkenny . The Hollywood Reporter . January 5, 2019 . January 17, 2020.
3. Web site: 'Parasite' Named Best Picture by National Society of Film Critics . Trilby Beresford . Sharareh Drury . The Hollywood Reporter . January 4, 2020 . January 17, 2020.
4. https://www.thewrap.com/nomadland-named-best-film-by-national-society-of-film-critics/ ‘Nomadland’ Named Best Film by National Society of Film Critics|The Wrap
5. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/national-society-of-film-critics-2022-winners-list-1235071481/ National Society of Film Critics 2022 Winners List - The Hollywood Reporter
6. https://www.indiewire.com/2023/01/national-society-of-film-critics-awards-2023-winners-list-1234797151/ ‘TÁR’ and ‘Aftersun’ Win Big at National Society of Film Critics Awards (Complete Winners List)|IndieWire
7. News: Lewis . Hilary . 2024-01-06 . National Society of Film Critics Voting Underway . . 2024-01-06. none.