The San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is a film award given by the San Diego Film Critics Society.
| Year | Winner | Writer(s) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | L.A. Confidential | Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland | |
| 1998 | A Simple Plan | Scott B. Smith | novel by Scott B. Smith |
| 1999 | Election | Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor | |
| Year | Winner | Writer(s) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Chocolat | Robert Nelson Jacobs | |
| 2001 | Ghost World | Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff | |
| 2002 | Adaptation. | Charlie and Donald Kaufman | |
| 2003 | American Splendor | Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini | |
| 2004 | Sideways | Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor | |
| 2005 | Capote | Dan Futterman | |
| 2006 | Thank You for Smoking | Jason Reitman | novel by Christopher Buckley |
| 2007 | There Will Be Blood | Paul Thomas Anderson | |
| 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire | Simon Beaufoy | novel by Vikas Swarup |
| 2009 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach | novel by Roald Dahl |
| Year | Winner | Writer(s) | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The Social Network | Aaron Sorkin | ||
| 2011 | Moneyball | Steve Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin | ||
| 2012 | Argo | Chris Terrio | The Master of Disguise by Tony Mendez The Great Escape by Joshuah Bearman | |
| 2013 | Before Midnight | Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, and Ethan Hawke | Characters created by Richard Linklater and Kim Krizan | |
| 2014 | Gone Girl | Gillian Flynn | novel by Gillian Flynn | |
| 2015 | Room | Emma Donoghue | novel by Emma Donoghue | |
| 2016 | Love & Friendship | Whit Stillman | novel by Jane Austen | |
| 2017 | The Disaster Artist | Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber | book by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell | |
| 2018 | The Death of Stalin | Peter Fellows, Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, and David Schneider | La Mort de Staline by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin | |
| 2019 | Luce | J.C. Lee and Julius Onah | Luce by Julius Onah |
| Year | Winner | Writer(s) | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | The Father | Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller | Le Père by Florian Zeller | |
| 2021 | The Power of the Dog | novel by Thomas Savage | ||
| 2022 | All Quiet on the Western Front | Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, and Ian Stokell | novel by Erich Maria Remarque | |
| 2023 | Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. | Kelly Fremon Craig and Judy Blume | novel by Judy Blume |