# Golden Horse Award for Best Original Screenplay

The Golden Horse Award for Best Original Screenplay (Chinese: 金馬獎最佳原著劇本) is given at the Golden Horse Film Awards.

## Winners and nominees
### 1990s

| Year | Winner and Nominees | Film | Original Title |
| 1990 (27th) |
| 1990 (27th) | Wu Nien-jen | Song of the Exile | 客途秋恨 |
| 1991 (28th) |
| 1991 (28th) | Edward Yang, Yan Hong-ya, Yang Shun-ching and Lai Ming-tang | A Brighter Summer Day | 牯嶺街少年殺人事件 |
| 1992 (29th) |
| 1992 (29th) | Wu Nien-jen | Hill of No Return | 無言的山丘 |
| 1993 (30th) |
| 1993 (30th) | Ang Lee and Neil Peng | The Wedding Banquet | 喜宴 |
| 1994 (31st) |
| 1994 (31st) | Edward Yang | A Confucian Confusion | 獨立時代 |
| 1995 (32nd) |
| 1995 (32nd) | Chen Yu-hsun | Tropical Fish | 熱帶魚 |
| 1996 (33rd) |
| 1996 (33rd) | Zhang Zeming | Foreign Moon | 月滿英倫 |
| 1997 (34th) |
| 1997 (34th) | Fruit Chan | Made in Hong Kong | 香港製造 |
| 1998 (35th) |
| 1998 (35th) | Mabel Cheung and Alex Law | City of Glass | 玻璃之城 |
| 1999 (36th) |
| 1999 (36th) | Chang Tso-chi | Darkness and Light | 黑暗之光 |

### 2000s

| Year | Winner and Nominees | Film | Original Title |
| 2000 (37th) |
| 2000 (37th) | Fruit Chan | Little Cheung | 細路祥 |
| 2001 (38th) |
| 2001 (38th) | Fruit Chan | Durian Durian | 榴槤飄飄 |
| 2002 (39th) |
| 2002 (39th) | Ivy Ho | July Rhapsody | 男人四十 |
| 2003 (40th) |
| 2003 (40th) | Yau Nai-hoi and Au Kin-yee | PTU | PTU |
| 2004 (41st) |
| 2004 (41st) | Yau Nai-hoi, Yip Tin-shing and Au Kin-yee | Throw Down | 柔道龍虎榜 |
| 2005 (42nd) |
| 2005 (42nd) | Yau Nai-hoi and Yip Tin-shing | Election | 黑社會 |
| 2006 (43rd) |
| 2006 (43rd) | Ning Hao | Crazy Stone | 瘋狂的石頭 |
| 2007 (44th) |
| 2007 (44th) | Tony Ayres | The Home Song Stories | 意 |
| 2008 (45th) |
| 2008 (45th) | Tsai Tsung-han and Lin Shu-yu | Winds of September | 九降風 |
| 2009 (46th) |
| 2009 (46th) | Leon Dai and Akira Chen | Cannot Live Without You | 不能没有你 |

### 2010s

| Year | Winner and Nominees | Film | Original Title |
| 2010 (47th) |
| 2010 (47th) | Jie Liu and Shan Gao | Judge | 透析 |
| 2011 (48th) |
| 2011 (48th) | Yang Nan-chian, Yung-Shing Teng, Qin Hailu, Ge Wen-zhe and Shi Ran | Return Ticket | 到阜陽六百里 |
| 2012 (49th) |
| 2012 (49th) | Milkyway Creative Team, Au Kin-yee and Ben Wong | Life Without Principle | 奪命金 |
| 2013 (50th) |
| 2013 (50th) | Anthony Chen | Ilo Ilo | 爸媽不在家 |
| 2013 (50th) | Jia Zhangke | A Touch of Sin | 天註定 |
| 2013 (50th) | Chu Yu-Ning | To My Dear Granny | 親愛的奶奶 |
| 2013 (50th) | Wai Ka-Fai, Yau Nai-hoi, Ryker Chan and Yu Xi | Drug War | 毒戰 |
| 2013 (50th) | Zhi-Yong Zhou, Ji Zhang and Oi Wah Lam | American Dreams in China | 海闊天空 |
| 2014 (51st) |
| 2014 (51st) | Yee Chin-yen | Meeting Dr.Sun | 行動代號：孫中山 |
| 2014 (51st) | Yuanliang Feng and Xin Yukun | The Coffin in the Mountain | 殯棺 |
| 2014 (51st) | Diao Yinan | Black Coal, Thin Ice | 白日焰火 |
| 2014 (51st) | Li Qiang | The Golden Era | 黃金時代 |
| 2014 (51st) | Wang Xiaoshuai, Fang Lei and Li Fei | Red Amnesia | 闖入者 |
| 2015 (52nd) |
| 2015 (52nd) | Jia Zhangke | Mountains May Depart | 山河故人 |
| 2015 (52nd) | Chang Tso-chi | Thanatos, Drunk | 醉.生夢死 |
| 2015 (52nd) | Tom Lin Shu-yu and Liu Wei-Jan | Zinnia Flower | 百日告別 |
| 2015 (52nd) | Philip Yung | Port of Call | 踏血尋梅 |
| 2015 (52nd) | Guan Hu and Dong Runnian | Mr. Six | 老炮兒 |
| 2016 (53rd) |
| 2016 (53rd) | Loong Man-hong, Thomas Ng and Mak Tin-shu | Trivisa | 樹大招風 |
| 2016 (53rd) | Laha Mebow | Hang in There, Kids! | 只要我長大 |
| 2016 (53rd) | Xue Xiaolu and Mia Jiao | Book of Love | 北京遇上西雅圖之不二情書 |
| 2016 (53rd) | Midi Z | The Road to Mandalay | 再見瓦城 |
| 2016 (53rd) | Zhang Dalei | The Summer Is Gone | 八月 |