The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Original Screenplay is presented by the Critics Choice Association at the annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards.
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Original Screenplay | |
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Awarded for | Best Original Screenwriting of a Motion Picture |
Location | Los Angeles, California |
Presented by | Critics Choice Association |
First awarded | Emma Thompson for Sense and Sensibility (1995) |
Currently held by | Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach for Barbie (2023) |
Website | www.criticschoice.com |
The categories for screenplays have gone through several changes since their inception in 1995:
In 2009, the distinction between original and adapted was implemented again, with two categories presented ever since, Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Year | Writer (s) | Film |
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1995 [1] |
Emma Thompson | Sense and Sensibility |
1996 [2] |
Anthony Minghella | The English Patient |
Year | Writer (s) | Film |
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1997 | Matt Damon and Ben Affleck | Good Will Hunting |
1998 | Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard | Shakespeare in Love |
1999 | Alan Ball | American Beauty |
Year | Writer (s) | Film |
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2000 [3] |
Cameron Crowe | Almost Famous |
Year | Writer (s) | Film |
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2001 [4] |
Christopher Nolan | Memento |
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | The Man Who Wasn't There | |
Akiva Goldsman | A Beautiful Mind |