Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay

The Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay is one of the annual awards given by the Chicago Film Critics Association.

Winners

2000s

YearWinnerWriter(s)
2006The QueenPeter Morgan
BabelGuillermo Arriaga
Letters from Iwo JimaIris Yamashita
Little Miss SunshineMichael Arndt
United 93Paul Greengrass
2007JunoDiablo Cody
Before the Devil Knows You're DeadKelly Masterson
Michael ClaytonTony Gilroy
RatatouilleBrad Bird
The SavagesTamara Jenkins
2008WALL-EAndrew Stanton and Jim Reardon
In BrugesMartin McDonagh
MilkDustin Lance Black
Rachel Getting MarriedJenny Lumet
Synecdoche, New YorkCharlie Kaufman
2009The Hurt LockerMark Boal
A Serious ManJoel Coen and Ethan Coen
Away We GoDave Eggers and Vendela Vida
Inglourious BasterdsQuentin Tarantino
UpBob Peterson

2010s

YearWinnerWriter(s)
2010InceptionChristopher Nolan
Black SwanMark Heyman, Andres Heinz, and John McLaughlin
Four LionsJesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, and Chris Morris
The Kids Are All RightLisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg
The King's SpeechDavid Seidler
2011The ArtistMichel Hazanavicius
Martha Marcy May MarleneSean Durkin
Midnight in ParisWoody Allen
A SeparationAsghar Farhadi
The Tree of LifeTerrence Malick
2012Zero Dark ThirtyMark Boal
Django UnchainedQuentin Tarantino
LooperRian Johnson
The MasterPaul Thomas Anderson
Moonrise KingdomWes Anderson and Roman Coppola
2013HerSpike Jonze
American HustleEric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
Blue JasmineWoody Allen
Inside Llewyn DavisJoel Coen and Ethan Coen
NebraskaBob Nelson
2014The Grand Budapest HotelWes Anderson
BirdmanAlejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bo
BoyhoodRichard Linklater
CalvaryJohn Michael McDonagh
WhiplashDamien Chazelle
2015SpotlightTom McCarthy and Josh Singer
Bridge of SpiesMatt Charman, Joel Coen, and Ethan Coen
Ex MachinaAlex Garland
The Hateful EightQuentin Tarantino
Inside OutPete Docter, Meg LeFauve, and Josh Cooley
2016Manchester by the SeaKenneth Lonergan
Hell or High WaterTaylor Sheridan
JackieNoah Oppenheim
The LobsterYorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou
MoonlightBarry Jenkins
2017Get OutJordan Peele
The Big SickEmily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani
Lady BirdGreta Gerwig
Phantom ThreadPaul Thomas Anderson
The Shape of WaterGuillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriMartin McDonagh
2018First ReformedPaul Schrader
Eighth GradeBo Burnham
The FavouriteDeborah Davis and Tony McNamara
RomaAlfonso Cuarón
ViceAdam McKay
2019ParasiteBong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won
The FarewellLulu Wang
Knives OutRian Johnson
Marriage StoryNoah Baumbach
Once Upon a Time...in HollywoodQuentin Tarantino

2020s

YearWinnerWriter(s)
2020Never Rarely Sometimes AlwaysEliza Hittman
Da 5 BloodsDanny Bilson, Paul De Meo, Spike Lee and Kevin Willmott
Promising Young WomanEmerald Fennell
SoulPete Docter, Mike Jones and Kemp Powers
The Trial of the Chicago 7Aaron Sorkin
2021Licorice PizzaPaul Thomas Anderson
The Card CounterPaul Schrader
The French DispatchWes Anderson
PigMichael Sarnoski
Red RocketSean Baker and Chris Bergoch
2022The Banshees of InisherinMartin McDonagh
AftersunCharlotte Wells
Everything Everywhere All at OnceDan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
The FabelmansTony Kushner and Steven Spielberg
TárTodd Field
2023May DecemberSamy Burch
Anatomy of a FallArthur Harari and Justine Triet
BarbieGreta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach
The HoldoversDavid Hemingson
Past LivesCeline Song

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