# Hong Kong Film Award for Best Screenplay

The Hong Kong Film Award for Best Screenplay is an award presented annually at the Hong Kong Film Awards for best screenplay in a Hong Kong film.

## Winners and nominees
### 1980s

| Year | Film | Original Title | Nominee |
| 1982 (1st) | The Story of Woo Viet | 胡越的故事 | Alfred Cheung |
| 1983 (2nd) | Boat People | 投奔怒海 | Dai An-Ping |
| 1983 (2nd) | Nomad | 烈火青春 | Yau Kong-Kin, Chan Koonchung, Joyce Chan Wan-Man, Eddie Fong Ling-Ching, Patrick Tam, & Kam Ping-Hing |
| 1983 (2nd) | Lonely Fifteen | 靚妹仔 | Manfred Wong |
| 1983 (2nd) | Once Upon a Mirage | 細圈仔 | Lilian Lee |
| 1983 (2nd) | Tiger Killer | 武松 | Li Han-hsiang |
| 1984 (3rd) | Let's Make Laugh | 表錯七日情 | Alfred Cheung |
| 1984 (3rd) | The Dead and the Deadly | 人嚇人 | Sammo Hung & Barry Wong |
| 1984 (3rd) | Health Warning | 打擂台 | Liu Wing-Leung |
| 1984 (3rd) | Ah Ying | 半邊人 | Si Yeung-Ping & Peter Wang |
| 1984 (3rd) | Reign Behind a Curtain | 垂簾聽政 | Li Han-Xiang & Yeung Chuen-Cham |
| 1985 (4th) | Homecoming | 似水流年 | Liang Kong |
| 1985 (4th) | Teppanyaki | 鐵板燒 | Michael Hui |
| 1985 (4th) | Hong Kong 1941 | 等待黎明 | John Chan |
| 1985 (4th) | Long Arm of the Law | 省港旗兵 | Philip Chan |
| 1985 (4th) | Everlasting Love | 停不了的愛 | Manfred Wong |
| 1986 (5th) | Love With The Perfect Stranger | 錯點鴛鴦 | Lu Jianming & Deng Rongluan |
| 1986 (5th) | The Unwritten Law | 法外情 | Ng See-yuen |
| 1986 (5th) | The Illegal Immigrant | 非法移民 | Alex Law |
| 1986 (5th) | Mr Vampire | 殭屍先生 | Wong Ying, Barry Wong, & Szeto Cheuk-Hon |
| 1986 (5th) | Women | 女人心 | Kit Lai & Yau-tai On-ping |
| 1987 (6th) | Love Unto Waste | 地下情 | Kit Lai & Yau-tai On-ping |
| 1987 (6th) | Just Like Weather | 美國心 | Ng Chong Chau |
| 1987 (6th) | A Better Tomorrow | 英雄本色 | John Woo |
| 1987 (6th) | Chocolate Inspector | 神探朱古力 | Michael Hui & Philip Chan |
| 1987 (6th) | The Lunatics | 癲佬正傳 | Derek Yee |
| 1987 (6th) | The Last Emperor | 火龍 | Wong Hing Cheung & Zhou Qi Yue |
| 1988 (7th) | An Autumn's Tale | 秋天的童話 | Alex Law |
| 1988 (7th) | Final Victory | 最後勝利 | Wong Kar-wai |
| 1988 (7th) | City on Fire | 龍虎風雲 | Tommy Shum Sai-Sing |
| 1988 (7th) | Prison on Fire | 監獄風雲 | Yin Nam |
| 1988 (7th) | Wonder Women | 神奇兩女俠 / 胭脂雙響炮 | Kwok-Leung Gan |
| 1989 (8th) | Heart to Hearts | 三人世界 | Lip Wang Fung, Siu Kwok Wah, Gordon Chan, & Yip Kwong Kim |
| 1989 (8th) | Painted Faces | 七小福 | Alex Law & Mabel Cheung |
| 1989 (8th) | Last Eunuch in China | 中國最後一個太監 | Eddie Fong Ling-Ching |
| 1989 (8th) | The Other Half and the Other Half | 我愛太空人 / 私愛太空人 | Eddie Fong Ling-Ching |
| 1989 (8th) | Rouge | 胭脂扣 | Chiu-Tai An-ping & Lilian Lee |

### 1990s

| Year | Film | Original Title | Nominee |
| 1990 (9th) | Beyond the Sunset | 飛越黃昏 | Jacob Cheung & Chan Kam Cheung |
| 1990 (9th) | All About Ah Long | 阿郎的故事 | Ng Man Fai & Philip Cheng Chung Tai |
| 1990 (9th) | The Killer | 喋血雙雄 | John Woo |
| 1990 (9th) | The Yuppie Fantasia | 小男人周記 | Lip Wang Fung, Wong Man Yu, Lau Shek Yin, & Gordon Chan |
| 1990 (9th) | Bachelor's Swan Song | 再見王老五 | Derek Yee & Wong Chi Yat |
| 1990 (9th) | Eight Taels of Gold | 八両金 | Alex Law & Mabel Cheung |
| 1991 (10th) | Queen of Temple Street | 廟街皇后 | Chan Man-Keung |
| 1991 (10th) | Red Dust | 滾滾紅塵 | Sanmao & Yim Ho |
| 1991 (10th) | Farewell China | 愛在別鄉的季節 | Eddie Fong Ling Ching |
| 1991 (10th) | Days of Being Wild | 阿飛正傳 | Wong Kar-wai |
| 1991 (10th) | Song of the Exile | 客途秋恨 | Wu Nien-jen |
| 1992 (11th) | To Be Number One | 跛豪 | Johnny Mak Tong Hung & Stephen Siu |
| 1992 (11th) | This Thing Called Love | 婚姻勿語 | Lee Chi-Ngai |
| 1992 (11th) | Lee Rock | 五億探長雷洛傳 | Chan Man-Keung |
| 1992 (11th) | Alan and Eric: Between Hello and Goodbye | 雙城故事 | Barry Wong & Lee Chi-Ngai |
| 1992 (11th) | Fight Back to School | 逃學威龍 | Barry Wong & Gordon Chan |
| 1993 (12th) | Cageman | 籠民 | Yank Wong, Ng Chong Chau, & Jacob Cheung |
| 1993 (12th) | Center Stage | 阮玲玉 | Peggy Chiu |
| 1993 (12th) | Justice, My Foot! | 審死官 | Sandy Shaw |
| 1993 (12th) | 92 Legendary La Rose Noire | 92黑玫瑰對黑玫瑰 | Jeffrey Lau |
| 1993 (12th) | King of Beggars | 武狀元蘇乞兒 | Chan Kin Chong |
| 1994 (13th) | C'est la vie, mon chéri | 新不了情 | Derek Yee |
| 1994 (13th) | Yesteryou Yesterme Yesterday | 記得香蕉成熟時 | Lee Chi-Ngai |
| 1994 (13th) | Always on My Mind | 搶錢夫妻 | James Yuen |
| 1994 (13th) | Tom, Dick and Hairy | 風塵三俠 | Lee Chi-Ngai, James Yuen, & Chan Hing-Kai |
| 1994 (13th) | Legal Innocence | 溶屍奇案 | Rico Chung Kai-Cheong, Jason Lam, & Chung Oi Fan |
| 1994 (13th) | Lord of the East China Sea | 歲月風雲之上海皇帝 | Johnny Mak Tong Hung & Stephen Shiu |
| 1995 (14th) | I Have A Date With Spring | 我和春天有個約會 | Raymond To |
| 1995 (14th) | Twenty Something | 晚9朝5 | James Yuen |
| 1995 (14th) | He's A Woman, She's A Man | 金枝玉葉 | James Yuen & Lee Chi-Ngai |
| 1995 (14th) | Ashes of Time | 東邪西毒 | Wong Kar-wai |
| 1995 (14th) | Chungking Express | 重慶森林 | Wong Kar-wai |
| 1996 (15th) | Summer Snow | 女人四十 | Chan Man-Keung |
| 1996 (15th) | Full Throttle | 烈火戰車 | Derek Yee & Law Chi-leung |
| 1996 (15th) | A Chinese Odyssey Part 1: Pandora's Box | 西遊記大結局之仙履奇緣 | Jeffrey Lau |
| 1996 (15th) | A Chinese Odyssey Part 2: Cinderella | 西遊記第壹佰零壹回之月光寶盒 | Jeffrey Lau |
| 1996 (15th) | The Umbrella Story | 人間有情 | Raymond To |
| 1997 (16th) | Comrades: Almost a Love Story | 甜蜜蜜 | Ivy Ho |
| 1997 (16th) | Hu-Du-Men | 虎度門 | Raymond To |
| 1997 (16th) | Once Upon A Time in Triad Society | 旺角揸Fit人 | Rico Chung Kai-Cheong |
| 1997 (16th) | Once Upon A Time in Triad Society 2 | 去吧！揸Fit人兵團 | Rico Chung Kai-Cheong |
| 1997 (16th) | Lost and Found | 天涯海角 | Lee Chi-Ngai |
| 1997 (16th) | Love and Sex Among the Ruins | 張志成 | Cheung Chi-Sing |
| 1998 (17th) | The Mad Phoenix | 南海十三郎 | Raymond To |
| 1998 (17th) | The Soong Sisters | 宋家皇朝 | Alex Law |
| 1998 (17th) | Island of Greed | 黑金 | Johnny Mak Tong Hung |
| 1998 (17th) | Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 | 一個字頭的誕生 | Wai Ka-Fai, Matt Chow, & Szeto Kam-Yuen |
| 1998 (17th) | Made in Hong Kong | 香港製造 | Fruit Chan |
| 1999 (18th) | Beast Cops | 野獸刑警 | Chan Hing-Kai & Gordon Chan |
| 1999 (18th) | City of Glass | 玻璃之城 | Alex Law & Mabel Cheung |
| 1999 (18th) | The Longest Summer | 去年煙花特別多 | Fruit Chan |
| 1999 (18th) | Expect the Unexpected | 非常突然 | Szeto Kam-Yuen, Yau Nai-hoi, & Taures Chow |
| 1999 (18th) | The Longest Nite | 暗花 | Szeto Kam-Yuen & Yau Nai-hoi |

### 2000s

| Year | Film | Original Title | Nominee |
| 2000 (19th) | Tempting Heart | | Sylvia Chang & Cat Kwan |
| 2000 (19th) | Metade Fumaca | | Riley Yip |
| 2000 (19th) | Running Out of Time | | Yau Nai-Hoi, Laurent Courtiaud, & Julien Carbon |
| 2000 (19th) | Little Cheung | | Fruit Chan |
| 2000 (19th) | Ordinary Heroes | | Chan King-chung |
| 2001 (20th) | Durian Durian | | Fruit Chan |
| 2001 (20th) | Jiang Hu - The Triad Zone | | Chan Hing-Kai & Amy Chin |
| 2001 (20th) | In the Mood for Love | | Wong Kar-wai |
| 2001 (20th) | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | | Wang Hui-ling, James Schamus, & Tsai Kuo-jung |
| 2001 (20th) | Needing You... | | Wai Ka-Fai & Yau Nai-Hoi |
| 2002 (21st) | July Rhapsody | | Ivy Ho |
| 2002 (21st) | Shaolin Soccer | | Stephen Chow & Tsang Kan-Cheung |
| 2002 (21st) | Merry-Go-Round | | GC Goo-Bi |
| 2002 (21st) | You Shoot, I Shoot | | Vincent Kok & Pang Ho-Cheung |
| 2002 (21st) | Lan Yu | | Jimmy Ngai |
| 2003 (22nd) | Infernal Affairs | | Alan Mak & Felix Chong |
| 2003 (22nd) | Hero | | Li Feng, Zhang Yimou, & Wang Bin |
| 2003 (22nd) | Hollywood Hong Kong | | Fruit Chan |
| 2003 (22nd) | Double Vision | | Su Chao-pin, Chen Kuo-fu |
| 2003 (22nd) | Three | | Jo Jo Hui & Matt Chow |
| 2004 (23rd) | Running On Karma | | Wai Ka-Fai, Yau Nai-hoi, Au Kin-Yee, & Yip Tin-Shing |
| 2004 (23rd) | Infernal Affairs II | | Alan Mak & Felix Chong |
| 2004 (23rd) | PTU | | Yau Nai-hoi & Au Kin-Yee |
| 2004 (23rd) | Infernal Affairs III | | Alan Mak & Felix Chong |
| 2004 (23rd) | Lost In Time | | James Yuen & Jessica Fong |
| 2005 (24th) | One Nite In Mongkok | 旺角黑夜 | Derek Yee |
| 2005 (24th) | 2046 | 2046 | Wong Kar-wai |
| 2005 (24th) | A-1 | A-1頭條 | Gordon Chan & Rico Chung Kai-Cheong |
| 2005 (24th) | Kung Fu Hustle | 功夫 | Stephen Chow, Tsang Kan-Cheung, Lola Huo, & Chan Man-Keung |
| 2005 (24th) | Dumplings | 餃子 | Lilian Lee |
| 2006 (25th) | Election | 黑社會 | Yau Nai-Hoi & Yip Tin-Shing |
| 2006 (25th) | Perhaps Love | 如果·愛 | Aubrey Lam & Raymond To |
| 2006 (25th) | 2 Young | 早熟 | Derek Yee & Chun Tin-Nam |
| 2006 (25th) | Crazy N' the City | 神經俠侶 | James Yuen, Jessica Fong, & Lo Yiu-Fai |
| 2006 (25th) | Wait 'Til You're Older | 童夢奇緣 | Cheung Chi-Kwong & Susan Chan Suk-yin |
| 2007 (26th) | After This Our Exile | 父子 | Patrick Tam & Tian Koi-Leong |
| 2007 (26th) | Happy Birthday | 生日快樂 | Sylvia Chang, Mathias Woo, & Theresa Tang |
| 2007 (26th) | My Name is Fame | 我要成名 | James Yuen, Jessica Fong, & Lo Yiu-Fai |
| 2007 (26th) | Election 2 | 黑社會以和為貴 | Yau Nai-Hoi & Yip Tin-Shing |
| 2007 (26th) | Confession Of Pain | 傷城 | Felix Chong & Alan Mak |
| 2008 (27th) | Mad Detective | 神探 | Wai Ka-Fai & Au Kin-Yee |
| 2008 (27th) | The Warlords | 投名狀 | Xu Lan, Chun Tin Nam, Aubrey Lam, Huang Jianxin, Jojo Hui, Ho Kei Ping, Guo Jun-Li, James Yuen |
| 2008 (27th) | Protégé | 門徒 | Derek Yee, Chun Tin-Nam, Loong Man-Hong & Go Sun |
| 2008 (27th) | The Postmodern Life of My Aunt | 姨媽的后現代生活 | Li Qiang |
| 2008 (27th) | Eye in the Sky | 跟蹤 | Yau Nai-Hoi & Au Kin-Yee |
| 2009 (28th) | The Way We Are | 天水圍的日與夜 | Lou Shiu-Wa |
| 2009 (28th) | Run Papa Run | 一個好爸爸 | Susan Chan Suk-Yin, Sylvia Chang, & Mathias Woo |
| 2009 (28th) | Painted Skin | 畫皮 | Gordon Chan, Lau Ho-Leung, & Abe Kwong Man Wai |
| 2009 (28th) | Beast Stalker | 証人 | Jack Ng & Dante Lam |
| 2009 (28th) | Claustrophobia | 親密 | Ivy Ho |

### 2010s

| Year | Film | Original Title | Nominee |
| 2010 (29th) | Echoes of the Rainbow | 歲月神偷 | Alex Law |
| 2010 (29th) | Bodyguards and Assassins | 十月圍城 | Guo Jun-Li, Qin Tiannan, Joyce Chan, & Chan Tong-Man |
| 2010 (29th) | Written By | 再生號 | Wai Ka-fai & Au Kin-yee |
| 2010 (29th) | Accident | 意外 | Szeto Kam-yuen, Nicholl Tang & Milkyway Creative Team |
| 2010 (29th) | Overheard | 竊聽風雲 | Alan Mak & Felix Chong |
| 2011 (30th) | Love in a Puff | 志明與春嬌 | Pang Ho-cheung & Heiward Mak |
| 2011 (30th) | Break Up Club | 分手說愛你 | Lawrence Cheng Tan-shui & Wong Chun-chun |
| 2011 (30th) | Crossing Hennessy | 月滿軒尼詩 | Ivy Ho |
| 2011 (30th) | Gallants | 打擂台 | Derek Kwok, Clement Cheng & Frankie Tam Kwong-yuen |
| 2011 (30th) | The Stool Pigeon | 綫人 | Jack Ng |
| 2012 (31st) | A Simple Life | 桃姐 | Susan Chan Suk-Yin |
| 2012 (31st) | Don't Go Breaking My Heart | 單身男女 | Wai Ka-Fai, Yau Nai-hoi, Ryker Chan, & Jevons Au |
| 2012 (31st) | Life without Principle | 奪命金 | Milkyway Creative Team, Au Kin-Yee, & Wong King-Fai |
| 2012 (31st) | Overheard 2 | 竊聽風雲2 | Alan Mak & Felix Chong |
| 2012 (31st) | Let the Bullets Fly | 讓子彈飛 | Zhu Sujin, Shu Ping, Jiang Wen, Guo Jun-Li, Wei Xiao, Li Bukong |
| 2013 (32nd) | Cold War | 寒戰 | Longman Leung & Sunny Luk |
| 2013 (32nd) | Vulgaria | 低俗喜劇 | Pang Ho-cheung, Lam Chiu-wing, & Luk Yee-sum |
| 2013 (32nd) | Love in the Buff | 春嬌與志明 | Pang Ho-cheung & Luk Yee-sum |
| 2013 (32nd) | The Bullet Vanishes | 消失的子彈 | Law Chi-leung & Sin Ling Yeung |
| 2013 (32nd) | The Silent War | 聽風者 | Alan Mak Siu-fai & Felix Chong |
| 2014 (33rd) | The Grandmaster | 一代宗師 | Zou Jingzhi, Xu Haofeng, & Wong Kar-wai |
| 2014 (33rd) | American Dreams in China | 中國合伙人 | Zhou Zhiyong, Zhang Ji, & Aubrey Lam |
| 2014 (33rd) | Finding Mr. Right | 北京遇上西雅圖 | Xue Xiaolu |
| 2014 (33rd) | Blind Detective | 盲探 | Wai Ka-fai, Yau Nai-Hoi, Ryker Chan, & Yu Xi |
| 2014 (33rd) | Unbeatable | 激戰 | Jack Ng, Fung Chi-fung, & Dante Lam |
| 2015 (34th) | Overheard 3 | 竊聽風雲3 | Alan Mak & Felix Chong |
| 2015 (34th) | The Midnight After | 那夜凌晨，我坐上了旺角開往大埔的紅VAN | Chan Fai-Hung, Kong Ho-Yan, & Fruit Chan |
| 2015 (34th) | Aberdeen | 香港仔 | Pang Ho-cheung |
| 2015 (34th) | The Golden Era | 黃金時代 | Li Qiang |
| 2015 (34th) | Dearest | 親愛的 | Zhang Ji |
| 2016 (35th) | Port of Call | 踏血尋梅 | Philip Yung |
| 2016 (35th) | Little Big Master | 五個小孩的校長 | Adrian Kwan & Hannah Chang |
| 2016 (35th) | I Am Somebody | 我是路人甲 | Derek Yee |
| 2016 (35th) | She Remembers, He Forgets | 哪一天我們會飛 | Saville Chan & Adam Wong |
| 2016 (35th) | Two Thumbs Up | 衝鋒車 | Lau Ho-Leung |
| 2017 (36th) | Trivisa | 樹大招風 | Loong Man Hong, Thomas Ng, & Mak Tin-shu |
| 2017 (36th) | Mad World | 一念無明 | Florence Chan |
| 2017 (36th) | Soul Mate | 七月與安生 | Lam Wing-sum, Li Yuan, Xu Yi-meng, & Wu Nan |
| 2017 (36th) | The Mermaid | 美人魚 | Stephen Chow, Lee Si Zhen Kelvin, Ho Miu Ki, Lu Zheng Yu, Fung Chih Chiang, Chan Hing-Kai, Y. Y. Kong, Tsang Kan-Cheung |
| 2017 (36th) | Cold War 2 | 寒戰 2 | Longman Leung, Sunny Luk, Jack Ng |
| 2018 (37th) | Love Education | 相愛相親 | Sylvia Chang & You Xiaoying |
| 2018 (37th) | 29+1 | 29+1 | Kearen Pang |
| 2018 (37th) | Our Time Will Come | 明月幾時有 | Ho Kei-ping |
| 2018 (37th) | Love Off the Cuff | 春嬌救志明 | Pang Ho-cheung, Jimmy Wan, & Luk Yee-sum |
| 2018 (37th) | Somewhere Beyond the Mist | 藍天白雲 | Cheung King-wai |
| 2019 (38th) | Project Gutenberg | 無雙 | Felix Chong |
| 2019 (38th) | A Family Tour | 自由行 | Chan Wai, 33, & Ying Liang |
| 2019 (38th) | Men On The Dragon | 逆流大叔 | Sunny Chan |
| 2019 (38th) | Still Human | 淪落人 | Oliver Chan Siu-kuen |
| 2019 (38th) | Tracey | 翠絲 | Shu Kei, Erica Li, & Jun Li |

### 2020s

| Year | Film | Original Title | Nominee |
| 2020 (39th) | Better Days | 少年的你 | Lam Wing Sum, Li Yuan, & Xu Yimeng |
| 2020 (39th) | Beyond The Dream | 幻愛 | Felix Tsang & Kiwi Chow |
| 2020 (39th) | Suk Suk | 叔‧叔 | Ray Yeung |
| 2020 (39th) | Fagara | 花椒之味 | Heiward Mak |
| 2020 (39th) | My Prince Edward | 金都 | Norris Wong |
| 2022 (40th) | Limbo | 智齒 | Au Kin-yee, Shum Kwan Sin |
| 2022 (40th) | One Second Champion | 一秒拳王 | Ashley Cheung Yin Kei, Ho Siu Hong, Li Ho Tin, Ling Wai Chun |
| 2022 (40th) | Time | 殺出個黃昏 | Ho Ching Yi, Gordon Lam |
| 2022 (40th) | Zero to Hero | 媽媽的神奇小子 | Jimmy Wan, David Lo |
| 2022 (40th) | Drifting | 濁水漂流 | Jun Li |
| 2023 (41st) | Detective vs Sleuths | 神探大戰 | Wai Ka-fai, Ryker Chan, & Mak Tin Shu |
| 2023 (41st) | The Sparring Partner | 正義迴廊 | Frankie Tam, Oliver Yip, & Thomas Leung |
| 2023 (41st) | The Sunny Side of the Street | 白日青春 | Lau Kok Rui |
| 2023 (41st) | The Narrow Road | 窄路微塵 | Fean Chung |
| 2023 (41st) | Table for Six | 飯戲攻心 | Sunny Chan |
| 2024 (42nd) | Mad Fate | 命案 | Melvin Li, Yau Nai-hoi |
| 2024 (42nd) | In Broad Daylight | 白日之下 | Lawrence Kan, Li Cheuk-fung, & Tong Chui-ping |
| 2024 (42nd) | Time Still Turns the Pages | 年少日記 | Nick Cheuk |
| 2024 (42nd) | The Goldfinger | 金手指 | Felix Chong |
| 2024 (42nd) | A Guilty Conscience | 毒舌大狀 | Jack Ng, Jay Cheung, & Terry Lam |