# AACTA International Award for Best Screenplay

The AACTA International Award for Best Screenplay is an accolade given by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), a non-profit organisation whose aim is to "identify, award, promote, and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements in film and television". The award is presented at the annual AACTA International Awards, which rewards achievements in feature films, regardless of the country the film was made. The winners and nominees are determined by the international chapter of the academy, which comprises eighty members of Australian filmmakers and executives.
The prize was first handed out at the 1st AACTA International Awards presentation, and awarded to George Clooney, Grant Heslov, and Beau Willimon for The Ides of March, and to J. C. Chandor for Margin Call.

## Winners and nominees

In the following table, the winner is marked in a separate colour, and highlighted in boldface; the nominees are those that are not highlighted or in boldface.

### 2010s

| Year | Film | Screenwriter(s) | Notes |
| 2011 (1st) |
| 2011 (1st) | The Ides of March | George Clooney, Grant Heslov, and Beau Willimon | Adaptation of the play Farragut North by Beau Willimon |
| 2011 (1st) | Margin Call | J. C. Chandor | Original screenplay |
| 2011 (1st) | The Artist | Michel Hazanavicius | Original screenplay |
| 2011 (1st) | The Descendants | Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash | Adaptation of the novel of the same name by Kaui Hart Hemmings |
| 2011 (1st) | Melancholia | Lars von Trier | Original screenplay |
| 2011 (1st) | Moneyball | Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, and Stan Chervin | Adaptation of the novel of the same name by Michael Lewis |
| 2011 (1st) | Midnight in Paris | Woody Allen | Original screenplay |
| 2011 (1st) | We Need to Talk About Kevin | Lynne Ramsay and Rory Kinnear | Adaptation of the novel of the same name by Lionel Shriver |
| 2012 (2nd) |
| 2012 (2nd) | Django Unchained | Quentin Tarantino | Original screenplay |
| 2012 (2nd) | Argo | Chris Terrio | Adaptation of the memoir Master of Disguise: My Secret Life in the CIA by Tony Mendez and Joshuah Bearman's 2007 Wired magazine article The Great Escape. |
| 2012 (2nd) | Lincoln | Tony Kushner | Adaptation of the book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin |
| 2012 (2nd) | The Master | Paul Thomas Anderson | Original screenplay |
| 2012 (2nd) | Silver Linings Playbook | David O. Russell | Adaptation of the novel of the same name by Matthew Quick |
| 2012 (2nd) | Zero Dark Thirty | Mark Boal | Original screenplay |
| 2013 (3rd) |
| 2013 (3rd) | American Hustle | Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell | Original screenplay |
| 2013 (3rd) | 12 Years a Slave | John Ridley | Adaptation of the novel of the same name by Solomon Northup |
| 2013 (3rd) | Blue Jasmine | Woody Allen | Original screenplay |
| 2013 (3rd) | Inside Llewyn Davis | Joel and Ethan Coen | Original screenplay |
| 2013 (3rd) | Saving Mr. Banks | Kelly Marcel and Sue Smith | Original screenplay |
| 2014 (4th) |
| 2014 (4th) | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr., and Armando Bo | Original screenplay |
| 2014 (4th) | Boyhood | Richard Linklater | Original screenplay |
| 2014 (4th) | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Wes Anderson | Original screenplay |
| 2014 (4th) | The Imitation Game | Graham Moore | Adaptation of the book Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges |
| 2014 (4th) | Whiplash | Damien Chazelle | Original screenplay |
| 2015 (5th) |
| 2015 (5th) | Spotlight | Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer | Original screenplay |
| 2015 (5th) | Carol | Phyllis Nagy | Adaptation of the book The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith |
| 2015 (5th) | Ex Machina | Alex Garland | Original screenplay |
| 2015 (5th) | The Martian | Drew Goddard | Adaptation of the book The Martian by Andy Weir |
| 2015 (5th) | Steve Jobs | Aaron Sorkin | Adaptation of the book Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson |
| 2016 (6th) |
| 2016 (6th) | Manchester by the Sea | Kenneth Lonergan | Original screenplay |
| 2016 (6th) | Hacksaw Ridge | Andrew Knight and Robert Schenkkan | Original screenplay |
| 2016 (6th) | Hell or High Water | Taylor Sheridan | Original screenplay |
| 2016 (6th) | La La Land | Damien Chazelle | Original screenplay |
| 2016 (6th) | Lion | Luke Davies | Adaptation of the book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley and Larry Buttrose |
| 2017 (7th) |
| 2017 (7th) | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Martin McDonagh | Original screenplay |
| 2017 (7th) | Call Me by Your Name | James Ivory | Adaptation of the book Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman |
| 2017 (7th) | Dunkirk | Christopher Nolan | Original screenplay |
| 2017 (7th) | Get Out | Jordan Peele | Original screenplay |
| 2017 (7th) | Lady Bird | Greta Gerwig | Original screenplay |
| 2018 (8th) |
| 2018 (8th) | The Favourite | Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara | Original screenplay |
| 2018 (8th) | A Quiet Place | Scott Beck, John Krasinski, Bryan Woods | Original screenplay |
| 2018 (8th) | BlacKkKlansman | Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel, Kevin Willmott | Adaptation of the memoir Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth |
| 2018 (8th) | Bohemian Rhapsody | Anthony McCarten | Original screenplay |
| 2018 (8th) | Roma | Alfonso Cuarón | Original screenplay |
| 2019 (9th) |
| 2019 (9th) | Jojo Rabbit | Taika Waititi | Adaptation of the book Caging Skies by Christine Leunens |
| 2019 (9th) | The Irishman | Steven Zaillian | Adaptation of the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt |
| 2019 (9th) | Joker | Todd Phillips, Scott Silver | Based on the character by DC Comics |
| 2019 (9th) | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Quentin Tarantino | Original screenplay |
| 2019 (9th) | Parasite | Bong Joon-ho, Han Jin-won | Original screenplay |

### 2020s

| Year | Film | Screenwriter(s) | Notes |
| 2020 (10th) |
| 2020 (10th) | The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Aaron Sorkin | Original screenplay |
| 2020 (10th) | The Father | Florian Zeller, Christopher Hampton | Adaptation of the play Le Père by Florian Zeller |
| 2020 (10th) | Nomadland | Chloé Zhao | Adaptation of the book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder |
| 2020 (10th) | Mank | Jack Fincher | Original screenplay |
| 2020 (10th) | Promising Young Woman | Emerald Fennell | Original screenplay |
| 2021 (11th) | | | Original screenplay |
| 2021 (11th) | Being the Ricardos | Aaron Sorkin | Original screenplay |
| 2021 (11th) | Belfast | Kenneth Branagh | Original screenplay |
| 2021 (11th) | Licorice Pizza | Paul Thomas Anderson | Original screenplay |
| 2021 (11th) | Nitram | Shaun Grant | Original screenplay |
| 2021 (11th) | The Power of the Dog | Jane Campion | Adaptation of the book The Power of the Dog by Thomas Savage |
| 2022 (12th) |
| 2022 (12th) | The Banshees of Inisherin | Martin McDonagh | Original screenplay |
| 2022 (12th) | Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery | Rian Johnson | Based on the character Benoit Blanc by Rian Johnson |
| 2022 (12th) | Tár | Todd Field | Original screenplay |
| 2022 (12th) | Triangle of Sadness | Ruben Östlund | Original screenplay |
| 2022 (12th) | The Woman King | Dana Stevens and Maria Bello | Original screenplay |
| 2023 (13th) |
| 2023 (13th) | Poor Things | Tony McNamara | Based on Poor Things by Alasdair Gray |
| 2023 (13th) | American Fiction | Cord Jefferson | Based on Erasure by Percival Everett |
| 2023 (13th) | Barbie | Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach | Based on Barbie by Mattel |
| 2023 (13th) | Maestro | Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer | Original screenplay |
| 2023 (13th) | Oppenheimer | Christopher Nolan | Based on American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin |
| 2024 (14th) |
| 2024 (14th) | A Real Pain | Jesse Eisenberg | Original screenplay |
| 2024 (14th) | Anora | Sean Baker | Original screenplay |
| 2024 (14th) | Better Man | Michael Gracey, Oliver Cole, and Simon Gleeson | Original screenplay |
| 2024 (14th) | Conclave | Peter Straughan | Based on Conclave by Robert Harris |
| 2024 (14th) | Oppenheimer | Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold | Original screenplay |