# Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

The Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is an annual award given by the International Press Academy.

## Winners and nominees
### 1990s

| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
| 1996 | The English Patient | Anthony Minghella |
| 1996 | The Crucible | Arthur Miller |
| 1996 | Jude | Hossein Amini |
| 1996 | The Portrait of a Lady | Laura Jones |
| 1996 | Trainspotting | John Hodge |
| 1997 | L.A. Confidential | Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland |
| 1997 | Amistad | David Franzoni |
| 1997 | The Ice Storm | James Schamus |
| 1997 | The Sweet Hereafter | Atom Egoyan |
| 1997 | The Wings of the Dove | Hossein Amini |
| 1998 | Gods and Monsters | Bill Condon |
| 1998 | Beloved | Adam Brooks, Akosua Busia, and Richard LaGravenese |
| 1998 | Hilary and Jackie | Frank Cottrell Boyce |
| 1998 | Little Voice | Mark Herman |
| 1998 | The Thin Red Line | Terrence Malick |
| 1999 | The Cider House Rules | John Irving |
| 1999 | Felicia's Journey | Atom Egoyan |
| 1999 | A Map of the World | Peter Hedges and Polly Platt |
| 1999 | Onegin | Peter Ettedgui and Michael Ignatieff |
| 1999 | The Talented Mr. Ripley | Anthony Minghella |
| 1999 | Titus | Julie Taymor |

### 2000s

| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Quills | Doug Wright |
| 2000 | The House of Mirth | Terence Davies |
| 2000 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen |
| 2000 | Thirteen Days | David Self |
| 2000 | Traffic | Stephen Gaghan |
| 2001 | In the Bedroom | Robert Festinger and Todd Field |
| 2001 | A Beautiful Mind | Akiva Goldsman |
| 2001 | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | John Cameron Mitchell |
| 2001 | Last Orders | Fred Schepisi |
| 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Fran Walsh |
| 2002 | Adaptation. | Charlie and Donald Kaufman |
| 2002 | Chicago | Bill Condon |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Stephen Sinclair, and Fran Walsh |
| 2002 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | Nia Vardalos |
| 2002 | The Pianist | Ronald Harwood |
| 2003 | Mystic River | Brian Helgeland |
| 2003 | American Splendor | Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini |
| 2003 | Cold Mountain | Anthony Minghella |
| 2003 | Seabiscuit | Gary Ross |
| 2003 | Shattered Glass | Billy Ray |
| 2003 | Whale Rider | Niki Caro |
| 2004 | Million Dollar Baby | Paul Haggis |
| 2004 | Closer | Patrick Marber |
| 2004 | The Phantom of the Opera | Joel Schumacher |
| 2004 | Sideways | Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor |
| 2005 | Memoirs of a Geisha | Robin Swicord |
| 2005 | Brokeback Mountain | Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana |
| 2005 | Capote | Dan Futterman |
| 2005 | Jarhead | William Broyles Jr. |
| 2005 | Shopgirl | Steve Martin |
| 2005 | Walk the Line | Gill Dennis and James Mangold |
| 2006 | The Departed | William Monahan |
| 2006 | Dreamgirls | Bill Condon |
| 2006 | Flags of Our Fathers | William Broyles, Jr. and Paul Haggis |
| 2006 | Little Children | Todd Field and Tom Perrotta |
| 2006 | A Prairie Home Companion | Garrison Keillor |
| 2006 | Thank You for Smoking | Jason Reitman |
| 2007 | Atonement | Christopher Hampton |
| 2007 | Away from Her | Sarah Polley |
| 2007 | The Kite Runner | David Benioff |
| 2007 | Lust, Caution (Se, jie) | Hui-Ling Wang and James Schamus |
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen |
| 2007 | Zodiac | James Vanderbilt |
| 2008 | Frost/Nixon | Peter Morgan |
| 2008 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Eric Roth and Robin Swicord |
| 2008 | Doubt | John Patrick Shanley |
| 2008 | Elegy | Philip Roth |
| 2008 | The Reader | David Hare |
| 2008 | Revolutionary Road | Justin Haythe |
| 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire | Simon Beaufoy |
| 2009 | Precious | Geoffrey S. Fletcher |
| 2009 | District 9 | Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell |
| 2009 | An Education | Nick Hornby |
| 2009 | Julie & Julia | Nora Ephron |
| 2009 | Up in the Air | Sheldon Turner and Jason Reitman |

### 2010s

| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
| 2010 | The Social Network | Aaron Sorkin |
| 2010 | 127 Hours | Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy |
| 2010 | Fair Game | Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth |
| 2010 | The Ghost Writer | Robert Harris and Roman Polanski |
| 2010 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Nikolaj Arcel and Rasmus Heisterberg |
| 2010 | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | Michael Bacall and Edgar Wright |
| 2010 | The Town | Ben Affleck, Peter Craig, and Aaron Stockard |
| 2010 | Winter's Bone | Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini |
| 2011 | The Descendants | Alexander Payne, Jim Rash, and Nat Faxon |
| 2011 | The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn | Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish, and Steven Moffat |
| 2011 | Albert Nobbs | Glenn Close and John Banville |
| 2011 | The Help | Tate Taylor |
| 2011 | Moneyball | Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian |
| 2011 | War Horse | Lee Hall and Richard Curtis |
| 2012 | Life of Pi | David Magee |
| 2012 | Anna Karenina | Tom Stoppard |
| 2012 | Argo | Chris Terrio |
| 2012 | Lincoln | Tony Kushner |
| 2012 | Silver Linings Playbook | David O. Russell |
| 2012 | The Sessions | Ben Lewin |
| 2013 | Philomena | Jeff Pope and Steve Coogan |
| 2013 | 12 Years a Slave | John Ridley |
| 2013 | Before Midnight | Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, and Julie Delpy |
| 2013 | Captain Phillips | Billy Ray |
| 2013 | Lone Survivor | Peter Berg |
| 2013 | The Wolf of Wall Street | Terence Winter |
| 2014 | The Imitation Game | Graham Moore |
| 2014 | American Sniper | Jason Hall |
| 2014 | Gone Girl | Gillian Flynn |
| 2014 | Inherent Vice | Paul Thomas Anderson |
| 2014 | The Theory of Everything | Anthony McCarten |
| 2014 | Wild | Cheryl Strayed and Nick Hornby |
| 2015 | Steve Jobs | Aaron Sorkin |
| 2015 | Black Mass | Jez Butterworth and Mark Mallouk |
| 2015 | The Danish Girl | Lucinda Coxon |
| 2015 | The Martian | Drew Goddard |
| 2015 | The Revenant | Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Mark L. Smith |
| 2015 | Room | Emma Donoghue |
| 2016 | Snowden | Kieran Fitzgerald and Oliver Stone |
| 2016 | Hacksaw Ridge | Andrew Knight and Robert Schenkkan |
| 2016 | Hidden Figures | Theodore Melfi and Allison Schroeder |
| 2016 | The Jungle Book | Justin Marks |
| 2016 | Lion | Luke Davies |
| 2016 | Sully | Todd Komarnicki |
| 2017 | The Disaster Artist | Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber |
| 2017 | Call Me by Your Name | James Ivory |
| 2017 | Molly's Game | Aaron Sorkin |
| 2017 | Victoria & Abdul | Lee Hall |
| 2017 | Wonderstruck | Brian Selznick |
| 2017 | Wonder Woman | Allan Heinberg, Zack Snyder, and Jason Fuchs |
| 2018 | Can You Ever Forgive Me? | Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty |
| 2018 | BlacKkKlansman | Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, and Charlie Wachtel |
| 2018 | The Death of Stalin | Armando Iannucci, David Schneider, Ian Martin, and Peter Fellows |
| 2018 | If Beale Street Could Talk | Barry Jenkins |
| 2018 | Leave No Trace | Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini |
| 2018 | A Star Is Born | Bradley Cooper and Eric Roth |
| 2019 | Joker | Todd Phillips and Scott Silver |
| 2019 | Dark Waters | Matthew Michael Carnahan, Mario Correa, and Nathaniel Rich |
| 2019 | The Irishman | Steven Zaillian |
| 2019 | Jojo Rabbit | Taika Waititi |
| 2019 | Motherless Brooklyn | Edward Norton |
| 2019 | The Two Popes | Anthony McCarten |

### 2020s

| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
| 2020 | The Father | Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller |
| 2020 | The Life Ahead | Edoardo Ponti |
| 2020 | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Ruben Santiago-Hudson |
| 2020 | News of the World | Luke Davies and Paul Greengrass |
| 2020 | Nomadland | Jessica Bruder and Chloé Zhao |
| 2020 | One Night in Miami... | Kemp Powers |
| 2021 | CODA | Sian Heder |
| 2021 | Dune | Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts, and Denis Villeneuve |
| 2021 | The Lost Daughter | Maggie Gyllenhaal |
| 2021 | Passing | Rebecca Hall and Nella Larsen |
| 2021 | The Power of the Dog | Jane Campion |
| 2021 | The Tragedy of Macbeth | Joel Coen |
| 2022 | Women Talking | Sarah Polley |
| 2022 | Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery | Rian Johnson |
| 2022 | Living | Kazuo Ishiguro |
| 2022 | She Said | Rebecca Lenkiewicz |
| 2022 | Top Gun: Maverick | Peter Craig, Ehren Kruger, Justin Marks, Christopher McQuarrie, and Eric Warren Singer |
| 2022 | The Whale | Samuel D. Hunter |
| 2023 | American Fiction | Cord Jefferson |
| 2023 | All of Us Strangers | Andrew Haigh |
| 2023 | Killers of the Flower Moon | Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer | Christopher Nolan |
| 2023 | Poor Things | Tony McNamara |
| 2023 | The Zone of Interest | Jonathan Glazer |