# Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Screenplay

The Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Screenplay is an annual award given by the Detroit Film Critics Society to honor the best screenplays of that year. The awards was first given in 2011, at the body's fifth annual ceremony.

## 2010s

| Year | Film | Writer(s) | Source |
| 2011 | Moneyball | Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian | Moneyball by Michael Lewis |
| 2011 | 50/50 | Will Reiser | - |
| 2011 | The Artist | Michel Hazanavicius | - |
| 2011 | Beginners | Mike Mills | - |
| 2011 | Take Shelter | Take Shelter | - |
| 2012 | Silver Linings Playbook | David O. Russell | The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick |
| 2012 | The Cabin in the Woods | Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon | - |
| 2012 | Lincoln | Tony Kushner | Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin |
| 2012 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | Stephen Chbosky | Novel by Stephen Chbosky |
| 2012 | Take This Waltz | Sarah Polley | - |
| 2013 | Her | Spike Jonze | - |
| 2013 | American Hustle | Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell | - |
| 2013 | Before Midnight | Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, and Julie Delpy | Characters by Richard Linklater and Kim Krizan |
| 2013 | Short Term 12 | Destin Daniel Cretton | - |
| 2013 | The Wolf of Wall Street | Terence Winter | Memoir by Jordan Belfort |
| 2014 | Boyhood | Richard Linklater | - |
| 2014 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Nicolás Giacobone and Alejandro G. Iñárritu | - |
| 2014 | Calvary | John Michael McDonagh | - |
| 2014 | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Wes Anderson | - |
| 2014 | Whiplash | Damien Chazelle | Short Film by Damien Chazelle |
| 2015 | Spotlight | Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer | - |
| 2015 | The Big Short | Charles Randolph and Adam McKay | The Big Short by Michael Lewis |
| 2015 | Brooklyn | Nick Hornby | Novel by Colm Tóibín |
| 2015 | The Hateful Eight | Quentin Tarantino | - |
| 2015 | Inside Out | Josh Cooley, Pete Docter, and Meg LeFauve | - |
| 2016 | La La Land | Damien Chazelle | - |
| 2016 | Arrival | Eric Heisserer | The Big Short by Ted Chiang |
| 2016 | Hell or High Water | Taylor Sheridan | - |
| 2016 | Manchester by the Sea | Kenneth Lonergan | - |
| 2016 | Moonlight | Barry Jenkins | In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue by Tarell Alvin McCraney |
| 2017 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Martin McDonagh | - |
| 2017 | The Big Sick | Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani | - |
| 2017 | Get Out | Jordan Peele | - |
| 2017 | Lady Bird | Greta Gerwig | - |
| 2017 | The Post | Liz Hannah and Josh Singer | - |
| 2017 | The Shape of Water | Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor | - |
| 2017 | Wind River | Taylor Sheridan | - |
| 2018 | Green Book | Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie and Peter Farrelly | - |
| 2018 | Vice | Adam McKay | - |
| 2018 | Eighth Grade | Bo Burnham | - |
| 2018 | The Favourite | Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara | - |
| 2018 | First Reformed | Paul Schrader | - |
| 2019 | Marriage Story | Noah Baumbach | - |
| 2019 | The Irishman | Steven Zaillian | I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt |
| 2019 | The Lighthouse | Robert Eggers & Max Eggers | - |
| 2019 | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Quentin Tarantino | - |
| 2019 | Parasite | Bong Joon-ho & Han Jin-won | - |

### 2020s

* Nomadland - Chloé Zhao (adapted)/Lee Isaac Chung, Minari (original)