# Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay

The Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay is one of the annual film awards given by the Boston Society of Film Critics.

## Winners
### 1980s

* 1980: Melvin and Howard
    written by Bo Goldman
* 1981: My Dinner with Andre
    written by Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn
* 1982: Diner
    written by Barry Levinson
* 1983: Pauline à la plage (Pauline at the Beach)
    written by Éric Rohmer
* 1984: Repo Man
    written by Alex Cox
* 1985: The Purple Rose of Cairo
    written by Woody Allen
* 1986: Hannah and Her Sisters
    written by Woody Allen
* 1987: Broadcast News
    written by James L. Brooks
* 1988: Bull Durham
    written by Ron Shelton
* 1989: Crimes and Misdemeanors
    written by Woody Allen

### 1990s

* 1990: Reversal of Fortune
    written by Nicholas Kazan
* 1991: Naked Lunch
    written by David Cronenberg
* 1992: The Crying Game
    written by Neil Jordan
* 1993: Short Cuts
    written by Robert Altman and Frank Barhydt
* 1994: Pulp Fiction
    written by Roger Avary and Quentin Tarantino
* 1995: Sense and Sensibility
    written by Emma Thompson
* 1996: Big Night
    written by Joseph Tropiano and Stanley Tucci
* 1997: L.A. Confidential
    written by Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland
* 1998: Out of Sight
    written by Scott Frank
* 1999: Being John Malkovich
    written by Charlie Kaufman

### 2000s

| Year | Winner | Writer(s) | Source |
| 2000 | Almost Famous | Cameron Crowe | — |
| 2000 | Wonder Boys | Steve Kloves | novel by Michael Chabon |
| 2001 | Memento | Christopher Nolan | short story by Jonathan Nolan |
| 2002 | Adaptation. | Charlie and Donald Kaufman | novel by Susan Orlean |
| 2003 | American Splendor | Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini | graphic novel by Joyce Brabner & Harvey Pekar comic book series by Harvey Pekar |
| 2004 | Sideways | Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor | novel by Rex Pickett |
| 2005 | Capote | Dan Futterman | book by Gerald Clarke |
| 2006 | The Departed | William Monahan | film by Siu Fai Mak and Felix Chong |
| 2007 | Ratatouille | Brad Bird | — |
| 2008 | Milk | Dustin Lance Black | — |
| 2009 | A Serious Man | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | — |

### 2010s

| Year | Winner | Writer(s) | Source |
| 2010 | The Social Network | Aaron Sorkin | novel by Ben Mezrich |
| 2011 | Moneyball | Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin | novel by Michael Lewis |
| 2012 | Lincoln | Tony Kushner | novel by Doris Kearns Goodwin |
| 2013 | Enough Said | Nicole Holofcener | — |
| 2014 | Birdman | Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bo | — |
| 2014 | Boyhood | Richard Linklater | — |
| 2015 | Spotlight | Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer | — |
| 2016 | Manchester by the Sea | Kenneth Lonergan | — |
| 2017 | Lady Bird | Greta Gerwig | — |
| 2018 | Can You Ever Forgive Me? | Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty | memoir by Lee Israel |
| 2019 | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Quentin Tarantino | — |

### 2020s

| Year | Winner | Writer(s) | Source |
| 2020 | I'm Thinking of Ending Things | Charlie Kaufman | novel by Iain Reid |
| 2021 | Drive My Car | Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe | Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami |
| 2022 | Original Screenplay: The Banshees of Inisherin | Martin McDonagh | — |
| 2022 | Adapted Screenplay: After Yang | Kogonada | short story "Saying Goodbye to Yang" by Alexander Weinstein |
| 2023 | Original Screenplay: The Holdovers | David Hemingson | — |
| 2023 | Adapted Screenplay: The Zone of Interest | Jonathan Glazer | The Zone of Interest by Martin Amis |
| 2024 | Original Screenplay: Anora | Sean Baker | - |
| 2024 | Adapted Screenplay: Nickel Boys | RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes | The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead |