# Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay

The Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay (Spanish Premio Goya al mejor guión original) is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards.
For the first two editions of the Goya Awards, only one award for screenplays was presented which included both original and adapted screenplays, with both winners being adaptations, Voyage to Nowhere in 1986 (based on the novel of the same name by Fernando Fernán Gómez) and El bosque animado (based on the eponymous novel by Wenceslao Fernández Flórez) in 1987. Since the third edition, two awards are presented separately, Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Alejandro Amenábar holds the record for most wins in this category with four victories, winning for Tesis (1996), The Others (2001), The Sea Inside (2004) and Agora (2009). Pedro Almodóvar has received more nominations in this category than any other nominee, with seven nominations.

## Winners and nominees
### 1980s
#### Best Screenplay

| Year | English title | Original title | Recipient(s) |
| 1986 (1st) | Voyage to Nowhere | El viaje a ninguna parte | Fernando Fernán Gómez |
| 1986 (1st) | Dear Nanny | Tata mía | José Luis Borau |
| 1986 (1st) | Mambru Went to War | Mambrú se fue a la guerra | Fernando Fernán Gómez |
| 1987 (2nd) | The Enchanted Forest | El bosque animado | Rafael Azcona |
| 1987 (2nd) | La guerra de los locos | La guerra de los locos | Manolo Matji |
| 1987 (2nd) | Moors and Christians | Moros y cristianos | Luis García Berlanga and Rafael Azcona |

#### Best Original Screenplay

| Year | English title | Original title | Recipient(s) |
| 1988 (3rd) | Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios | Pedro Almodóvar |
| 1988 (3rd) | Baton Rouge | Baton Rouge | Agustín Díaz Yanes and Rafael Monleón |
| 1988 (3rd) | Wait for Me in Heaven | Espérame en el cielo | Antonio Mercero, Horacio Varcárcel and Román Gubern |
| 1988 (3rd) | Rowing with the Wind | Remando al viento | Gonzalo Suárez |
| 1989 (4th) | Moon Child | El niño de la luna | Agustí Villaronga |
| 1989 (4th) | Amanece, que no es poco | Amanece, que no es poco | José Luis Cuerda |
| 1989 (4th) | El baile del pato | El baile del pato | Manuel Iborra |
| 1989 (4th) | The Things of Love | Las cosas del querer | Jaime Chávarri, Fernando Colomo and Lázaro Irazábal |
| 1989 (4th) | The Flight of the Dove | El vuelo de la paloma | José Luis García Sánchez and Rafael Azcona |

### 1990s

| Year | English title | Original title | Recipient(s) |
| 1990 (5th) | Letters from Alou | Las cartas de Alou | Montxo Armendáriz |
| 1990 (5th) | Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! | ¡Átame! | Pedro Almodóvar |
| 1990 (5th) | Alone Together | A solas contigo | Agustín Díaz Yanes, Eduardo Calvo and Manolo Matji |
| 1991 (6th) | Butterfly Wings | Alas de mariposa | Juanma Bajo Ulloa and Eduardo Bajo Ulloa |
| 1991 (6th) | Lovers | Amantes | Álvaro del Amo, Carlos Pérez Merinero and Vicente Aranda |
| 1991 (6th) | Anything for Bread | Todo por la pasta | Luis Marías |
| 1992 (7th) | Belle Époque | Belle Époque | Rafael Azcona, José Luis García Sánchez and Fernando Trueba |
| 1992 (7th) | Jamón Jamón | Jamón Jamón | Cuca Canals and Bigas Luna |
| 1992 (7th) | Vacas | Vacas | Julio Médem and Michel Gaztambide |
| 1993 (8th) | Shadows in a Conflict | Sombras en una batalla | Mario Camus |
| 1993 (8th) | Madregilda | Madregilda | Ángel Fernández Santos and Francisco Regueiro |
| 1993 (8th) | Everyone Off to Jail | Todos a la cárcel | Jorge Berlanga and Luis García Berlanga |
| 1994 (9th) | All Men Are the Same | Todos los hombres sois iguales | Joaquín Oristrell, Yolanda García Serrano, Juan Luis Iborra and Manuel Gómez Pereira |
| 1994 (9th) | The Detective and Death | El detective y la muerte | Gonzalo Suárez |
| 1994 (9th) | The Worst Years of Our Lives | Los peores años de nuestra vida | David Trueba |
| 1995 (10th) | Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead | Nadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto | Agustín Díaz Yanes |
| 1995 (10th) | Mouth to Mouth | Boca a boca | Manuel Gómez Pereira, Juan Luis Iborra, Joaquín Oristrell and Naomi Wise |
| 1995 (10th) | The Day of the Beast | El día de la bestia | Jorge Guerricaechevarría and Álex de la Iglesia |
| 1996 (11th) | Thesis | Thesis | Alejandro Amenábar |
| 1996 (11th) | The Good Life | La buena vida | David Trueba |
| 1996 (11th) | Things I Never Told You | Cosas que nunca te dije | Isabel Coixet |
| 1997 (12th) | The Lucky Star | La buena estrella | Ricardo Franco and Ángeles González-Sinde |
| 1997 (12th) | Familia | Familia | Fernando León de Aranoa |
| 1997 (12th) | Secrets of the Heart | Secretos del corazón | Montxo Armendáriz |
| 1998 (13th) | Barrio | Barrio | Fernando León de Aranoa |
| 1998 (13th) | Open Your Eyes | Abre los ojos | Alejandro Amenábar and Mateo Gil |
| 1998 (13th) | Lovers of the Arctic Circle | Los amantes del círculo polar | Julio Médem |
| 1998 (13th) | The Girl of Your Dreams | La niña de tus ojos | Rafael Azcona, Miguel Ángel Egea, Carlos López and David Trueba |
| 1999 (14th) | Solas | Solas | Benito Zambrano |
| 1999 (14th) | By My Side Again | Cuando vuelvas a mi lado | Gracia Querejeta, Elías Querejeta and Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón |
| 1999 (14th) | Flores de otro mundo | Flores de otro mundo | Icíar Bollaín and Julio Llamazares |
| 1999 (14th) | All About My Mother | Todo sobre mi madre | Pedro Almodóvar |

### 2000s

| Year | English title | Original title | Recipient(s) |
| 2000 (15th) | Pellet | El Bola | Achero Mañas and Verónica Fernández |
| 2000 (15th) | Common Wealth | La comunidad | Jorge Guerricaechevarría and Álex de la Iglesia |
| 2000 (15th) | Leo | Leo | José Luis Borau |
| 2000 (15th) | You're the One | Una historia de entonces | José Luis Garci and Horacio Valcárcel |
| 2001 (16th) | The Others | Los otros | Alejandro Amenábar |
| 2001 (16th) | Sex and Lucia | Lucía y el sexo | Julio Medem |
| 2001 (16th) | Don't Tempt Me | Sin noticias de Dios | Agustín Díaz Yanes |
| 2001 (16th) | No Shame | Sin vergüenza | Dominic Harari, Joaquín Oristrell, Teresa Pelegri and Cristina Rota |
| 2002 (17th) | In the City Without Limits | En la ciudad sin límites | Enrique Brasó and Antonio Hernández |
| 2002 (17th) | Talk to Her | Hable con ella | Pedro Almodóvar |
| 2002 (17th) | Mondays in the Sun | Los lunes al sol | Ignacio del Moral and Fernando León de Aranoa |
| 2002 (17th) | Smoking Room | Smoking Room | Julio Wallovits and Roger Gual |
| 2003 (18th) | Take My Eyes | Te doy mis ojos | Icíar Bollaín and Alicia Luna |
| 2003 (18th) | In the City | En la ciudad | Tomàs Aragay [ca] and Cesc Gay |
| 2003 (18th) | The Hours of the Day | Las horas del día | Jaime Rosales and Enric Rufas [ca] |
| 2003 (18th) | Torremolinos 73 | Torremolinos 73 | Pablo Berger |
| 2004 (19th) | The Sea Inside | Mar adentro | Alejandro Amenábar and Mateo Gil |
| 2004 (19th) | Hours of Light | Horas de luz | José Ángel Esteban, Carlos López and Manolo Matji |
| 2004 (19th) | Inconscientes | Inconscientes | Joaquín Oristrell, Teresa de Pelegrí and Dominic Harari |
| 2004 (19th) | Roma | Roma | Adolfo Aristarain, Mario Camus and Kathy Saavedra |
| 2005 (20th) | The Secret Life of Words | La vida secreta de las palabras | Isabel Coixet |
| 2005 (20th) | 7 Virgins | 7 vírgenes | Alberto Rodríguez and Rafael Cobos |
| 2005 (20th) | Other Days Will Come | Otros días vendrán | Eduard Cortés and Piti Español |
| 2005 (20th) | Princesas | Princesas | Fernando León de Aranoa |
| 2006 (21st) | Pan's Labyrinth | El laberinto del fauno | Guillermo del Toro |
| 2006 (21st) | DarkBlueAlmostBlack | Azuloscurocasinegro | Daniel Sánchez Arévalo |
| 2006 (21st) | The Night of the Sunflowers | La noche de los girasoles | Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo |
| 2006 (21st) | Volver | Volver | Pedro Almodóvar |
| 2007 (22nd) | The Orphanage | El orfanato | Sergio G. Sánchez |
| 2007 (22nd) | 13 Roses | 13 rosas | Ignacio Martínez de Pisón |
| 2007 (22nd) | Mataharis | Mataharis | Icíar Bollaín and Tatiana Rodríguez |
| 2007 (22nd) | Oviedo Express | Oviedo Express | Gonzalo Suárez |
| 2007 (22nd) | Seven Billiard Tables | Siete mesas de billar francés | David Planell and Gracia Querejeta |
| 2008 (23rd) | Camino | Camino | Javier Fesser |
| 2008 (23rd) | Cenizas del cielo | Cenizas del cielo | Dionisio Pérez, José Antonio Quirós and Ignacio del Moral |
| 2008 (23rd) | Return to Hansala | Retorno a Hansala | Chus Gutiérrez and Juan Carlos Rubio |
| 2008 (23rd) | Just Walking | Sólo quiero caminar | Agustín Díaz Yanes |
| 2009 (24th) | Agora | Ágora | Alejandro Amenábar and Mateo Gil |
| 2009 (24th) | After | After | Alberto Rodríguez and Rafael Cobos |
| 2009 (24th) | Fat People | Gordos | Daniel Sánchez Arévalo |
| 2009 (24th) | Broken Embraces | Los abrazos rotos | Pedro Almodóvar |

### 2010s

| Year | English title | Original title | Recipient(s) |
| 2010 (25th) | Buried | Buried (Enterrado) | Chris Sparling |
| 2010 (25th) | The Last Circus | Balada triste de trompeta | Álex de la Iglesia |
| 2010 (25th) | Biutiful | Biutiful | Alejandro González Iñárritu, Armando Bó Jr. and Nicolás Giacobone |
| 2010 (25th) | Even the Rain | También la lluvia | Paul Laverty |
| 2011 (26th) | No Rest for the Wicked | No habrá paz para los malvados | Enrique Urbizu and Michel Gaztambide |
| 2011 (26th) | Midnight in Paris | Midnight in Paris | Woody Allen |
| 2011 (26th) | Blackthorn | Blackthorn | Miguel Barros |
| 2011 (26th) | EVA | EVA | Sergi Belbel, Cristina Clemente, Martí Roca and Aintza Serra |
| 2012 (27th) | Blancanieves | Blancanieves | Pablo Berger |
| 2012 (27th) | The Artist and the Model | El artista y la modelo | Fernando Trueba and Jean-Claude Carrière |
| 2012 (27th) | Unit 7 | Grupo 7 | Alberto Rodríguez |
| 2012 (27th) | The Impossible | Lo imposible | Sergio G. Sánchez |
| 2013 (28th) | Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed | Vivir es fácil con los ojos cerrados | David Trueba |
| 2013 (28th) | Family United | La gran familia española | Daniel Sánchez Arévalo |
| 2013 (28th) | Three Many Weddings | Tres bodas de más | Breixo Corral and Pablo Alén |
| 2013 (28th) | Wounded | La herida | Fernando Franco and Enric Rufas |
| 2014 (29th) | Marshland | La isla mínima | Alberto Rodríguez and Rafael Cobos |
| 2014 (29th) | El Niño | El Niño | Daniel Monzón and Jorge Guerricaechevarría |
| 2014 (29th) | Magical Girl | Magical Girl | Carlos Vermut |
| 2014 (29th) | Wild Tales | Relatos salvajes | Damián Szifron |
| 2015 (30th) | Truman | Truman | Cesc Gay and Tomàs Aragay [ca] |
| 2015 (30th) | Nothing in Return | A cambio de nada | Daniel Guzmán |
| 2015 (30th) | Retribution | El desconocido | Alberto Marini |
| 2015 (30th) | Negotiator | Negociador | Borja Cobeaga |
| 2016 (31st) | The Fury of a Patient Man | Tarde para la ira | Raúl Arévalo and David Pulido |
| 2016 (31st) | To Steal from a Thief | Cien años de perdón | Jorge Guerricaechevarría |
| 2016 (31st) | The Olive Tree | El olivo | Paul Laverty |
| 2016 (31st) | May God Save Us | Que Dios nos perdone | Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Isabel Peña |
| 2017 (32nd) | Giant | Handia | Aitor Arregi, Andoni de Carlos, Jon Garaño and José Mari Goenaga |
| 2017 (32nd) | Abracadabra | Abracadabra | Pablo Berger |
| 2017 (32nd) | Summer 1993 | Estiu 1993 | Carla Simón |
| 2017 (32nd) | Verónica | Verónica | Fernando Navarro and Paco Plaza |
| 2018 (33rd) | The Realm | El reino | Isabel Peña and Rodrigo Sorogoyen |
| 2018 (33rd) | Champions | Campeones | Javier Fesser and David Marqués |
| 2018 (33rd) | Carmen & Lola | Carmen y Lola | Arantxa Echevarría |
| 2018 (33rd) | Everybody Knows | Todos lo saben | Asghar Farhadi |
| 2019 (34th) | Pain and Glory | Dolor y gloria | Pedro Almodóvar |
| 2019 (34th) | The Platform | El hoyo | David Desola and Pedro Rivero |
| 2019 (34th) | The Endless Trench | La trinchera infinita | Luiso Berdejo and Jose Mari Goenaga |
| 2019 (34th) | While at War | Mientras dure la guerra | Alejandro Amenábar and Alejandro Hernández |

### 2020s

| Year | English title | Original title | Recipient(s) |
| 2020 (35th) | Schoolgirls | Las niñas | Pilar Palomero |
| 2020 (35th) | Rosa's Wedding | La boda de Rosa | Alicia Luna and Icíar Bollaín |
| 2020 (35th) | Unfortunate Stories | Historias lamentables | Javier Fesser and Claro García |
| 2020 (35th) | Adú | Adú | Alejandro Hernández |
| 2021 (36th) | The Good Boss | El buen patrón | Fernando León de Aranoa |
| 2021 (36th) | Libertad | Libertad | Clara Roquet |
| 2021 (36th) | Maixabel | Maixabel | Icíar Bollaín, Isa Campo |
| 2021 (36th) | Out of Sync | Tres | Juanjo Giménez Peña, Pere Altimira |
| 2022 (37th) | The Beasts | As bestas | Isabel Peña, Rodrigo Sorogoyen |
| 2022 (37th) | Alcarràs | Alcarràs | Arnau Vilaró, Carla Simón |
| 2022 (37th) | Lullaby | Cinco lobitos | Alauda Ruiz de Azúa |
| 2022 (37th) | Manticore | Mantícora | Carlos Vermut |
| 2022 (37th) | Prison 77 | Modelo 77 | Alberto Rodríguez, Rafael Cobos |
| 2023 (38th) | 20,000 Species of Bees | 20.000 especies de abejas | Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren |
| 2023 (38th) | Close Your Eyes | Cerrar los ojos | Víctor Erice, Michel Gaztambide |
| 2023 (38th) | Love & Revolution | Te estoy amando locamente | Carmen Garrido, Alejandro Marín |
| 2023 (38th) | Upon Entry | Upon Entry | Alejandro Rojas, Juan Sebastián Vásquez |
| 2023 (38th) | Not Such an Easy Life | Una vida no tan simple | Félix Viscarret [es] |
| 2024 (39th) | A House on Fire | Casa en flames | Eduard Sola |
| 2024 (39th) | The 47 | El 47 | Alberto Marini, Marcel Barrena |
| 2024 (39th) | The Blue Star | La estrella azul | Javier Macipe |
| 2024 (39th) | Undercover | La infiltrada | Amèlia Mora [es], Arantxa Echevarría |
| 2024 (39th) | Marco, the Invented Truth | Marco, la verdad inventada | Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño, Jorge Gil Munarriz, Jose Mari Goenaga [eu] |