# BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay

The BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay is a British Academy Film Award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to a screenwriter for a specific film.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, and video games (and formerly also for children's film and television). Since 1983, selected films have been awarded with the BAFTA award for Best Adapted Screenplay at an annual ceremony.
In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a gold background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the remaining nominees. The winner is also the first name listed in each category.

## History

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) award for Best Original Screenplay has been presented to its winners since 1984, when the original category (BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay) was split into two awards, the other being the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay.
Woody Allen holds the record for the most wins with four awards.

## Winners and nominees
### 1980s

| Year | Film | Screenwriter(s) |
| 1983 (37th) | The King of Comedy | Paul D. Zimmerman |
| 1983 (37th) | Local Hero | Bill Forsyth |
| 1983 (37th) | Trading Places | Timothy Harris and Herschel Weingrod |
| 1983 (37th) | Zelig | Woody Allen |
| 1984 (38th) | Broadway Danny Rose | Woody Allen |
| 1984 (38th) | The Big Chill | Barbara Benedek and Lawrence Kasdan |
| 1984 (38th) | Comfort and Joy | Bill Forsyth |
| 1984 (38th) | A Private Function | Alan Bennett |
| 1985 (39th) | The Purple Rose of Cairo | Woody Allen |
| 1985 (39th) | Back to the Future | Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale |
| 1985 (39th) | My Beautiful Laundrette | Hanif Kureishi |
| 1985 (39th) | Witness | William Kelley and Earl W. Wallace |
| 1986 (40th) | Hannah and Her Sisters | Woody Allen |
| 1986 (40th) | Crocodile Dundee | John Cornell, Paul Hogan and Ken Shadie |
| 1986 (40th) | The Mission | Robert Bolt |
| 1986 (40th) | Mona Lisa | Neil Jordan and David Leland |
| 1987 (41st) | Wish You Were Here | David Leland |
| 1987 (41st) | Hope and Glory | John Boorman |
| 1987 (41st) | Personal Services | David Leland |
| 1987 (41st) | Radio Days | Woody Allen |
| 1988 (42nd) | A World Apart | Shawn Slovo |
| 1988 (42nd) | Au revoir les enfants | Louis Malle |
| 1988 (42nd) | A Fish Called Wanda | John Cleese |
| 1988 (42nd) | Moonstruck | John Patrick Shanley |
| 1989 (43rd) | When Harry Met Sally... | Nora Ephron |
| 1989 (43rd) | Dead Poets Society | Tom Schulman |
| 1989 (43rd) | Rain Man | Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow |
| 1989 (43rd) | Sex, Lies and Videotape | Steven Soderbergh |

### 1990s

| Year | Film | Screenwriter(s) |
| 1990 (44th) | Cinema Paradiso | Giuseppe Tornatore |
| 1990 (44th) | Crimes and Misdemeanors | Woody Allen |
| 1990 (44th) | Ghost | Bruce Joel Rubin |
| 1990 (44th) | Pretty Woman | J. F. Lawton |
| 1991 (45th) | Truly, Madly, Deeply | Anthony Minghella |
| 1991 (45th) | The Fisher King | Richard LaGravenese |
| 1991 (45th) | Green Card | Peter Weir |
| 1991 (45th) | Thelma & Louise | Callie Khouri |
| 1992 (46th) | Husbands and Wives | Woody Allen |
| 1992 (46th) | The Crying Game | Neil Jordan |
| 1992 (46th) | Hear My Song | Peter Chelsom and Adrian Dunbar |
| 1992 (46th) | Unforgiven | David Webb Peoples |
| 1993 (47th) | Groundhog Day | Harold Ramis and Danny Rubin |
| 1993 (47th) | In the Line of Fire | Jeff Maguire |
| 1993 (47th) | The Piano | Jane Campion |
| 1993 (47th) | Sleepless in Seattle | Jeff Arch, Nora Ephron and David S. Ward |
| 1994 (48th) | Pulp Fiction | Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary |
| 1994 (48th) | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Stephan Elliott |
| 1994 (48th) | Four Weddings and a Funeral | Richard Curtis |
| 1994 (48th) | Philadelphia | Ron Nyswaner |
| 1995 (49th) | The Usual Suspects | Christopher McQuarrie |
| 1995 (49th) | Bullets over Broadway | Woody Allen and Douglas McGrath |
| 1995 (49th) | Muriel's Wedding | P. J. Hogan |
| 1995 (49th) | Se7en | Andrew Kevin Walker |
| 1996 (50th) | Secrets & Lies | Mike Leigh |
| 1996 (50th) | Brassed Off | Mark Herman |
| 1996 (50th) | Fargo | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen |
| 1996 (50th) | Lone Star | John Sayles |
| 1996 (50th) | Shine | Jan Sardi |
| 1997 (51st) | Nil by Mouth | Gary Oldman |
| 1997 (51st) | Boogie Nights | Paul Thomas Anderson |
| 1997 (51st) | The Full Monty | Simon Beaufoy |
| 1997 (51st) | Mrs Brown | Jeremy Brock |
| 1998 (52nd) | The Truman Show | Andrew Niccol |
| 1998 (52nd) | Elizabeth | Michael Hirst |
| 1998 (52nd) | Life Is Beautiful | Roberto Benigni and Vincenzo Cerami |
| 1998 (52nd) | Shakespeare in Love | Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard |
| 1999 (53rd) | Being John Malkovich | Charlie Kaufman |
| 1999 (53rd) | All About My Mother | Pedro Almodóvar |
| 1999 (53rd) | American Beauty | Alan Ball |
| 1999 (53rd) | The Sixth Sense | M. Night Shyamalan |
| 1999 (53rd) | Topsy-Turvy | Mike Leigh |

### 2000s

| Year | Film | Screenwriter(s) |
| 2000 (54th) | Almost Famous | Cameron Crowe |
| 2000 (54th) | Billy Elliot | Lee Hall |
| 2000 (54th) | Erin Brockovich | Susannah Grant |
| 2000 (54th) | Gladiator | David Franzoni, John Logan and William Nicholson |
| 2000 (54th) | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen |
| 2001 (55th) | Amélie | Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Guillaume Laurant |
| 2001 (55th) | Gosford Park | Julian Fellowes |
| 2001 (55th) | Moulin Rouge! | Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce |
| 2001 (55th) | The Others | Alejandro Amenábar |
| 2001 (55th) | The Royal Tenenbaums | Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson |
| 2002 (56th) | Talk to Her | Pedro Almodóvar |
| 2002 (56th) | Y tu mamá también | Alfonso Cuarón and Carlos Cuarón |
| 2002 (56th) | Dirty Pretty Things | Steven Knight |
| 2002 (56th) | Gangs of New York | Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan |
| 2002 (56th) | The Magdalene Sisters | Peter Mullan |
| 2003 (57th) | The Station Agent | Tom McCarthy |
| 2003 (57th) | 21 Grams | Guillermo Arriaga |
| 2003 (57th) | The Barbarian Invasions | Denys Arcand |
| 2003 (57th) | Finding Nemo | Bob Peterson, David Reynolds and Andrew Stanton |
| 2003 (57th) | Lost in Translation | Sofia Coppola |
| 2004 (58th) | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Charlie Kaufman |
| 2004 (58th) | The Aviator | John Logan |
| 2004 (58th) | Collateral | Stuart Beattie |
| 2004 (58th) | Ray | James L. White |
| 2004 (58th) | Vera Drake | Mike Leigh |
| 2005 (59th) | Crash | Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco |
| 2005 (59th) | Cinderella Man | Akiva Goldsman and Cliff Hollingsworth |
| 2005 (59th) | Good Night and Good Luck | George Clooney and Grant Heslov |
| 2005 (59th) | Hotel Rwanda | Terry George and Keir Pearson |
| 2005 (59th) | Mrs Henderson Presents | Martin Sherman |
| 2006 (60th) | Little Miss Sunshine | Michael Arndt |
| 2006 (60th) | Babel | Guillermo Arriaga |
| 2006 (60th) | Pan's Labyrinth | Guillermo del Toro |
| 2006 (60th) | The Queen | Peter Morgan |
| 2006 (60th) | United 93 | Paul Greengrass |
| 2007 (61st) | Juno | Diablo Cody |
| 2007 (61st) | American Gangster | Steven Zaillian |
| 2007 (61st) | The Lives of Others | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck |
| 2007 (61st) | Michael Clayton | Tony Gilroy |
| 2007 (61st) | This Is England | Shane Meadows |
| 2008 (62nd) | In Bruges | Martin McDonagh |
| 2008 (62nd) | Burn After Reading | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen |
| 2008 (62nd) | Changeling | J. Michael Straczynski |
| 2008 (62nd) | I've Loved You So Long | Philippe Claudel |
| 2008 (62nd) | Milk | Dustin Lance Black |
| 2009 (63rd) | The Hurt Locker | Mark Boal |
| 2009 (63rd) | The Hangover | Jon Lucas and Scott Moore |
| 2009 (63rd) | Inglourious Basterds | Quentin Tarantino |
| 2009 (63rd) | A Serious Man | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen |
| 2009 (63rd) | Up | Pete Docter and Bob Peterson |

### 2010s

| Year | Film | Screenwriter(s) |
| 2010 (64th) | The King's Speech | David Seidler |
| 2010 (64th) | Black Swan | Mark Heyman andres Heinz and John McLaughlin |
| 2010 (64th) | The Fighter | Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson |
| 2010 (64th) | Inception | Christopher Nolan |
| 2010 (64th) | The Kids Are All Right | Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg |
| 2011 (65th) | The Artist | Michel Hazanavicius |
| 2011 (65th) | Bridesmaids | Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo |
| 2011 (65th) | The Guard | John Michael McDonagh |
| 2011 (65th) | The Iron Lady | Abi Morgan |
| 2011 (65th) | Midnight in Paris | Woody Allen |
| 2012 (66th) | Django Unchained | Quentin Tarantino |
| 2012 (66th) | Amour | Michael Haneke |
| 2012 (66th) | The Master | Paul Thomas Anderson |
| 2012 (66th) | Moonrise Kingdom | Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola |
| 2012 (66th) | Zero Dark Thirty | Mark Boal |
| 2013 (67th) | American Hustle | Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell |
| 2013 (67th) | Blue Jasmine | Woody Allen |
| 2013 (67th) | Gravity | Alfonso Cuarón and Jonás Cuarón |
| 2013 (67th) | Inside Llewyn Davis | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen |
| 2013 (67th) | Nebraska | Bob Nelson |
| 2014 (68th) | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness |
| 2014 (68th) | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr. and Armando Bo |
| 2014 (68th) | Boyhood | Richard Linklater |
| 2014 (68th) | Nightcrawler | Dan Gilroy |
| 2014 (68th) | Whiplash | Damien Chazelle |
| 2015 (69th) | Spotlight | Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer |
| 2015 (69th) | Bridge of Spies | Matt Charman, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen |
| 2015 (69th) | Ex Machina | Alex Garland |
| 2015 (69th) | The Hateful Eight | Quentin Tarantino |
| 2015 (69th) | Inside Out | Pete Docter, Josh Cooley and Meg LeFauve |
| 2016 (70th) | Manchester by the Sea | Kenneth Lonergan |
| 2016 (70th) | Hell or High Water | Taylor Sheridan |
| 2016 (70th) | I, Daniel Blake | Paul Laverty |
| 2016 (70th) | La La Land | Damien Chazelle |
| 2016 (70th) | Moonlight | Barry Jenkins |
| 2017 (71st) | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Martin McDonagh |
| 2017 (71st) | Get Out | Jordan Peele |
| 2017 (71st) | I, Tonya | Steven Rogers |
| 2017 (71st) | Lady Bird | Greta Gerwig |
| 2017 (71st) | The Shape of Water | Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor |
| 2018 (72nd) | The Favourite | Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara |
| 2018 (72nd) | Cold War | Paweł Pawlikowski and Janusz Głowacki |
| 2018 (72nd) | Green Book | Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie and Peter Farrelly |
| 2018 (72nd) | Roma | Alfonso Cuarón |
| 2018 (72nd) | Vice | Adam McKay |
| 2019 (73rd) | Parasite | Han Jin Won and Bong Joon-ho |
| 2019 (73rd) | Booksmart | Susanna Fogel, Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins and Katie Silberman |
| 2019 (73rd) | Marriage Story | Noah Baumbach |
| 2019 (73rd) | Knives Out | Rian Johnson |
| 2019 (73rd) | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Quentin Tarantino |

### 2020s

| Year | Film | Screenwriter(s) |
| 2020 (74th) | Promising Young Woman | Emerald Fennell |
| 2020 (74th) | Another Round | Tobias Lindholm and Thomas Vinterberg |
| 2020 (74th) | Mank | Jack Fincher |
| 2020 (74th) | Rocks | Theresa Ikoko and Claire Wilson |
| 2020 (74th) | The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Aaron Sorkin |
| 2021 (75th) | Licorice Pizza | Paul Thomas Anderson |
| 2021 (75th) | Being the Ricardos | Aaron Sorkin |
| 2021 (75th) | Belfast | Kenneth Branagh |
| 2021 (75th) | Don't Look Up | Adam McKay |
| 2021 (75th) | King Richard | Zach Baylin |
| 2022 (76th) | The Banshees of Inisherin | Martin McDonagh |
| 2022 (76th) | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert |
| 2022 (76th) | The Fabelmans | Tony Kushner and Steven Spielberg |
| 2022 (76th) | Tár | Todd Field |
| 2022 (76th) | Triangle of Sadness | Ruben Östlund |
| 2023 (77th) | Anatomy of a Fall | Justine Triet and Arthur Harari |
| 2023 (77th) | Barbie | Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach |
| 2023 (77th) | The Holdovers | David Hemingson |
| 2023 (77th) | Maestro | Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer |
| 2023 (77th) | Past Lives | Celine Song |
| 2024 (78th) | A Real Pain | Jesse Eisenberg |
| 2024 (78th) | Anora | Sean Baker |
| 2024 (78th) | The Brutalist | Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold |
| 2024 (78th) | Kneecap | Rich Peppiatt, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, and JJ Ó Dochartaigh |
| 2024 (78th) | The Substance | Coralie Fargeat |