# Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay

The Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay is an annual award given by the International Press Academy.

## Winners and nominees
### 1990s

| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
| 1996 | Lone Star (TIE) | John Sayles |
| 1996 | The People vs. Larry Flynt (TIE) | Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski |
| 1996 | Fargo | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen |
| 1996 | Shine | Scott Hicks and Jan Sardi |
| 1996 | Sling Blade | Billy Bob Thornton |
| 1997 | Good Will Hunting | Ben Affleck and Matt Damon |
| 1997 | Boogie Nights | Paul Thomas Anderson |
| 1997 | The Full Monty | Simon Beaufoy |
| 1997 | Mrs Brown | Jeremy Brock |
| 1997 | Titanic | James Cameron |
| 1998 | Pleasantville | Gary Ross |
| 1998 | American History X | David McKenna |
| 1998 | Central Station (Central do Brasil) | Walter Salles, João Emanuel Carneiro, and Marcos Bernstein |
| 1998 | Saving Private Ryan | Robert Rodat |
| 1998 | Shakespeare in Love | Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard |
| 1999 | The Sixth Sense | M. Night Shyamalan |
| 1999 | American Beauty | Alan Ball |
| 1999 | Being John Malkovich | Charlie Kaufman |
| 1999 | Magnolia | Paul Thomas Anderson |
| 1999 | Three Kings | David O. Russell and John Ridley |
| 1999 | A Walk on the Moon | Pamela Gray |

### 2000s

| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | You Can Count on Me | Kenneth Lonergan |
| 2000 | Almost Famous | Cameron Crowe |
| 2000 | Billy Elliot | Lee Hall |
| 2000 | Erin Brockovich | Susannah Grant |
| 2000 | State and Main | David Mamet |
| 2001 | Monster's Ball | Milo Addica and Will Rokos |
| 2001 | Memento | Christopher Nolan |
| 2001 | Moulin Rouge! | Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce |
| 2001 | The Others | Alejandro Amenábar |
| 2001 | Sexy Beast | Louis Mellis and David Scinto |
| 2002 | Talk to Her (Hable con ella) | Pedro Almodóvar |
| 2002 | All or Nothing | Mike Leigh |
| 2002 | Far from Heaven | Todd Haynes |
| 2002 | The Good Girl | Mike White |
| 2002 | Igby Goes Down | Burr Steers |
| 2002 | Lovely & Amazing | Nicole Holofcener |
| 2003 | Lost in Translation | Sofia Coppola |
| 2003 | 21 Grams | Guillermo Arriaga |
| 2003 | The Cooler | Frank Hannah and Wayne Kramer |
| 2003 | Kill Bill: Volume 1 | Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman |
| 2003 | The Station Agent | Tom McCarthy |
| 2003 | Thirteen | Catherine Hardwicke and Nikki Reed |
| 2004 | Ray | James L. White |
| 2004 | The Aviator | John Logan |
| 2004 | Hotel Rwanda | Keir Pearson and Terry George |
| 2004 | Kinsey | Bill Condon |
| 2004 | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach |
| 2005 | Good Night, and Good Luck | George Clooney and Grant Heslov |
| 2005 | Crash | Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco |
| 2005 | Happy Endings | Don Roos |
| 2005 | Nine Lives | Rodrigo García |
| 2005 | The Squid and the Whale | Noah Baumbach |
| 2005 | The War Within | Ayad Akhtar, Joseph Castelo, and Tom Glynn |
| 2006 | The Queen | Peter Morgan |
| 2006 | Babel | Guillermo Arriaga |
| 2006 | Changing Times (Les temps qui changent) | Pascal Bonitzer, Laurent Guyot, and André Téchiné |
| 2006 | The House of Sand (Casa de areia) | Elena Soarez |
| 2006 | Volver | Pedro Almodóvar |
| 2006 | The Wind That Shakes the Barley | Paul Laverty |
| 2007 | Juno | Diablo Cody |
| 2007 | Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | Kelly Masterson |
| 2007 | Eastern Promises | Steven Knight |
| 2007 | Lars and the Real Girl | Nancy Oliver |
| 2007 | The Lookout | Scott Frank |
| 2007 | Michael Clayton | Tony Gilroy |
| 2008 | The Visitor | Tom McCarthy |
| 2008 | Australia | Baz Luhrmann |
| 2008 | Frozen River | Courtney Hunt |
| 2008 | Milk | Dustin Lance Black |
| 2008 | Seven Pounds | Grant Nieporte |
| 2009 | (500) Days of Summer | Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber |
| 2009 | Bright Star | Jane Campion |
| 2009 | The Hurt Locker | Mark Boal |
| 2009 | A Serious Man | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen |
| 2009 | Up | Pete Docter and Bob Peterson |

### 2010s

| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
| 2010 | The King's Speech | David Seidler |
| 2010 | Biutiful | Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, and Armando Bó |
| 2010 | The Eclipse | Conor McPherson and Billy Roche |
| 2010 | Get Low | Chris Provenzano and C. Gaby Mitchell |
| 2010 | Inception | Christopher Nolan |
| 2010 | The Kids Are All Right | Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg |
| 2010 | Toy Story 3 | Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, and Lee Unkrich |
| 2011 | The Tree of Life | Terrence Malick |
| 2011 | The Artist | Michel Hazanavicius |
| 2011 | The Guard | John Michael McDonagh |
| 2011 | Mozart's Sister | René Féret |
| 2011 | Shame | Abi Morgan and Steve McQueen |
| 2011 | Tyrannosaur | Paddy Considine |
| 2012 | Zero Dark Thirty | Mark Boal |
| 2012 | Flight | John Gatins |
| 2012 | The Intouchables | Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano |
| 2012 | The Master | Paul Thomas Anderson |
| 2012 | Moonrise Kingdom | Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola |
| 2012 | Pietà | Kim Ki-duk |
| 2013 | American Hustle | David O. Russell and Eric Warren Singer |
| 2013 | Blue Jasmine | Woody Allen |
| 2013 | Enough Said | Nicole Holofcener |
| 2013 | Her | Spike Jonze |
| 2013 | Inside Llewyn Davis | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen |
| 2013 | Saving Mr. Banks | Kelly Marcel and Sue Smith |
| 2014 | Nightcrawler | Dan Gilroy |
| 2014 | Birdman | Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bó |
| 2014 | Boyhood | Richard Linklater |
| 2014 | The Lego Movie | Phil Lord and Christopher Miller |
| 2014 | Love Is Strange | Ira Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias |
| 2014 | Selma | Paul Webb |
| 2015 | Spotlight | Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer |
| 2015 | Bridge of Spies | Matt Charman, Ethan Coen, and Joel Coen |
| 2015 | Inside Out | Josh Cooley, Pete Docter, and Meg LeFauve |
| 2015 | Love & Mercy | Michael Alan Lerner and Oren Moverman |
| 2015 | Straight Outta Compton | Andrea Berloff and Jonathan Herman |
| 2015 | Suffragette | Abi Morgan |
| 2016 | Moonlight | Barry Jenkins |
| 2016 | Captain Fantastic | Matt Ross |
| 2016 | Hell or High Water | Taylor Sheridan |
| 2016 | La La Land | Damien Chazelle |
| 2016 | The Lobster | Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou |
| 2016 | Manchester by the Sea | Kenneth Lonergan |
| 2017 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Martin McDonagh |
| 2017 | Dunkirk | Christopher Nolan |
| 2017 | The Florida Project | Sean Baker and Chris Bergoch |
| 2017 | Get Out | Jordan Peele |
| 2017 | Lady Bird | Greta Gerwig |
| 2017 | The Shape of Water | Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor |
| 2018 | Roma | Alfonso Cuarón |
| 2018 | Eighth Grade | Bo Burnham |
| 2018 | The Favourite | Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara |
| 2018 | First Reformed | Paul Schrader |
| 2018 | Green Book | Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly, and Nick Vallelonga |
| 2018 | A Quiet Place | Scott Beck, John Krasinski, and Bryan Woods |
| 2019 | Marriage Story | Noah Baumbach |
| 2019 | The Farewell | Lulu Wang |
| 2019 | Ford v Ferrari | Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, and Jason Keller |
| 2019 | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Quentin Tarantino |
| 2019 | Pain and Glory | Pedro Almodóvar |
| 2019 | Parasite | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won |

### 2020s

| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
| 2020 | Promising Young Woman | Emerald Fennell |
| 2020 | Mank | Jack Fincher |
| 2020 | Minari | Lee Isaac Chung |
| 2020 | Palm Springs | Andy Siara |
| 2020 | Soul | Pete Docter, Mike Jones, and Kemp Powers |
| 2020 | The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Aaron Sorkin |
| 2021 | Belfast | Kenneth Branagh |
| 2021 | C'mon C'mon | Mike Mills |
| 2021 | A Hero | Asghar Farhadi |
| 2021 | King Richard | Zach Baylin |
| 2021 | Licorice Pizza | Paul Thomas Anderson |
| 2021 | Parallel Mothers | Pedro Almodóvar |
| 2022 | The Banshees of Inisherin | Martin McDonagh |
| 2022 | Close | Lukas Dhont and Angelo Tijssens |
| 2022 | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert |
| 2022 | The Fabelmans | Tony Kushner and Steven Spielberg |
| 2022 | Tár | Todd Field |
| 2022 | Triangle of Sadness | Ruben Östlund |
| 2023 | Maestro | Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer |
| 2023 | Anatomy of a Fall | Justine Triet and Arthur Harari |
| 2023 | Barbie | Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach |
| 2023 | The Holdovers | David Hemingson |
| 2023 | May December | Samy Burch |
| 2023 | Past Lives | Celine Song |
| Anora | Sean Baker |
| The Brutalist | Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold |
| Hard Truths | Mike Leigh |
| Seed of the Sacred Fig | Mohammad Rasoulof |
| The Substance | Coralie Fargeat |