Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

The Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is an annual film award given by the Online Film Critics Society to honor the best screenplay (adapted from another medium) of the year.

Winners and nominees

Winners are in bold.

1990s

Year	Winner	Writer(s)	Source
1998	Out of Sight	Scott Frank	Out of Sight by Elmore Leonard
	Primary Colors	Elaine May	Primary Colors by Joe Klein
	A Simple Plan	Scott Smith	A Simple Plan by Scott B. Smith
1999	Election	Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor	Election by Tom Perrotta
	Fight Club	Jim Uhls	Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
	The Green Mile	Frank Darabont	The Green Mile by Stephen King
	The Insider	Eric Roth and Michael Mann	"The Man Who Knew Too Much" by Marie Brenner
	The Talented Mr. Ripley	Anthony Minghella	The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith

2000s

Year	Winner	Writer(s)	Source
2000	No Best Adapted Screenplay Award this year.
2001	Memento	Christopher Nolan	"Memento Mori" by Jonathan Nolan
	A.I. Artificial Intelligence	Steven Spielberg	"Supertoys Last All Summer Long" by Brian Aldiss
	Ghost World	Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff	Ghost World by Daniel Clowes
	In the Bedroom	Todd Field and Rob Festinger	"Killings" by Andre Dubus
	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson	The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien
2002	Adaptation.	Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman	The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean
	About Schmidt	Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor	About Schmidt by Louis Begley
	Catch Me If You Can	Jeff Nathanson	Catch Me If You Can by Frank Abagnale Jr. & Stan Redding
	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair, and Peter Jackson	The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien
	Minority Report	Scott Frank and Jon Cohen	"The Minority Report" by Philip K. Dick
2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Fran Walsh	The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien
	American Splendor	Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini	American Splendor by Harvey Pekar and Our Cancer Year by Harvey Pekar &Joyce Brabner
	Bubba Ho-Tep	Don Coscarelli	Bubba Ho-Tep by Joe R. Lansdale
	Mystic River	Brian Helgeland	Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
	Shattered Glass	Billy Ray	"Shattered Glass" by H. G. Bissinger
2004	Sideways	Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor	Sideways by Rex Pickett
	Before Sunset	Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, and Ethan Hawke	Characters by Richard Linklater and Kim Krizan
	Closer	Patrick Marber	Closer by Patrick Marber
	Million Dollar Baby	Paul Haggis	Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner by F.X. Toole
	The Motorcycle Diaries	José Rivera	The Motorcycle Diaries by Che Guevara & Che Guevara: The Making of a Revolutionary by Alberto Granado
2005	Brokeback Mountain	Larry McMurty & Diana Ossana	Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
	Capote	Dan Futterman	Capote by Gerald Clarke
	The Constant Gardener	Jeffrey Caine	The Constant Gardener by John le Carré
	A History of Violence	Josh Olson	A History of Violence by John Wagner & Vince Locke
	Munich	Tony Kushner & Eric Roth	Vengeance by George Jonas
2006	Children of Men	Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, & Hawk Ostby	The Children of Men by P. D. James
	The Departed	William Monahan	Infernal Affairs by Alan Mak & Felix Chong
	Little Children	Todd Field & Tom Perrotta	Little Children by Tom Perrotta
	The Prestige	Jonathan Nolan & Christopher Nolan	The Prestige by Christopher Priest
	Thank You for Smoking	Jason Reitman	Thank You for Smoking by Christopher Buckley
2007	No Country for Old Men	Joel and Ethan Coen	No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
	Atonement	Christopher Hampton	Atonement by Ian McEwan
	The Diving Bell and the Butterfly	Ronald Harwood	The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
	There Will Be Blood	Paul Thomas Anderson	Oil! by Upton Sinclair
	Zodiac	James Vanderbilt	Zodiac and Zodiac Unmasked by Robert Graysmith
2008	Let the Right One In	John Ajvide Lindqvist	Låt den rätte komma in by John Ajvide Lindqvist
	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Eric Roth	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald
	The Dark Knight	Jonathan Nolan & Christopher Nolan	Comic books published by DC Comics
	Frost/Nixon	Peter Morgan	Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan
	Slumdog Millionaire	Simon Beaufoy	Q & A by Vikas Swarup
2009	Fantastic Mr. Fox	Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach	Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl
	District 9	Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell	Alive in Joburg by Neill Blomkamp
	In the Loop	Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, & Tony Roche	The Thick of It by Armando Iannucci
	Up in the Air	Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner	Up in the Air by Walter Kirn
	Where the Wild Things Are	Spike Jonze & Dave Eggers	Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

2010s

Year	Winner	Writer(s)	Source
2010	The Social Network	Aaron Sorkin	The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich
	127 Hours	Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy	Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston
	Scott Pilgrim vs. the World	Michael Bacall & Edgar Wright	Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O'Malley
	True Grit	Joel Coen & Ethan Coen	True Grit by Charles Portis
	Winter’s Bone	Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini	Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell
2011	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carré
	The Descendants	Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, & Alexander Payne	The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings
	Drive	Hossein Amini	Drive by James Sallis
	Moneyball	Steven Zaillian & Aaron Sorkin	Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis
	We Need to Talk About Kevin	Lynne Ramsay & Rory Stewart Kinnear	We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
2012	Argo	Chris Terrio	The Master of Disguise by Antonio J. Mendez and "The Great Escape: How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran" by Joshuah Bearman
	Beasts of the Southern Wild	Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin	Juicy and Delicious by Lucy Alibar
	Cloud Atlas	Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, & Andy Wachowski	Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
	Cosmopolis	David Cronenberg	Cosmopolis by Don DeLillo
	Lincoln	Tony Kushner	Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
2013	12 Years a Slave	John Ridley	Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
	Before Midnight	Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, & Ethan Hawke	Characters by Richard Linklater and Kim Krizan
	In the House	Juan Mayorga & François Ozon	The Boy in the Last Row by Juan Mayorga
	Short Term 12	Destin Cretton	Short Term 12 (short) by Destin Daniel Cretton
	The Wind Rises	Hayao Miyazaki	風立ちぬ (The Wind Has Risen) by Hayao Miyazaki
2014	Gone Girl	Gillian Flynn	Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
	Inherent Vice	Paul Thomas Anderson	Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon
	Snowpiercer	Bong Joon-ho & Kelly Masterson	Le Transperceneige by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand, &Jean-Marc Rochette
	Under the Skin	Walter Campbell & Jonathan Glazer	Under the Skin by Michel Faber
	We Are the Best!	Lukas Moodysson	Never Goodnight by Coco Moodysson
2015	Carol	Phyllis Nagy	The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith
	Brooklyn	Nick Hornby	Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
	The Martian	Drew Goddard	The Martian by Andy Weir
	Room	Emma Donoghue	Room by Emma Donoghue
	Steve Jobs	Aaron Sorkin	Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
2016	Arrival	Eric Heisserer	"Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang
	Elle	David Birke & Philippe Djian	Oh... by Philippe Djian
	Love & Friendship	Whit Stillman	Lady Susan by Jane Austen
	Moonlight	Barry Jenkins & Tarell Alvin McCraney	In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue by
	Nocturnal Animals	Tom Ford	Tony and Susan by Austin Wright
2017	Call Me by Your Name	James Ivory	Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman
	The Beguiled	Sofia Coppola	The Beguiled by Thomas P. Cullinan & The Beguiled by Albert Maltz
	The Disaster Artist	Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber	The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made by Greg Sestero & Tom Bissell
	The Lost City of Z	James Gray	The Lost City of Z by David Grann
	Molly's Game	Aaron Sorkin	Molly's Game by Molly Bloom
2018	If Beale Street Could Talk	Barry Jenkins	If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin
	BlacKkKlansman	Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, & Spike Lee	Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth
	Can You Ever Forgive Me?	Nicole Holofcener & Jeff Whitty	Can You Ever Forgive Me? by Lee Israel
	Leave No Trace	Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini	My Abandonment by Peter Rock
	Widows	Gillian Flynn & Steve McQueen	Widows by Lynda La Plante
2019	The Irishman	Steven Zaillian	I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt
	A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood	Micah Fitzerman-Blue & Noah Harpster	"Can You Say ... Hero?" by Tom Junod
	Hustlers	Lorene Scafaria	"The Hustlers at Scores" by Jessica Pressler
	Jojo Rabbit	Taika Waititi	Caging Skies by Christine Leunens
	Little Women	Greta Gerwig	Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

2020s

Year	Winner	Writer(s)	Source
2020	Nomadland	Chloé Zhao	Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder
	First Cow	Jonathan Raymond & Kelly Reichardt	The Half-Life by Jonathan Raymond
	I'm Thinking of Ending Things	Charlie Kaufman	I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom	Ruben Santiago-Hudson	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson
	One Night in Miami	Kemp Powers	One Night in Miami by Kemp Powers
2021	The Power of the Dog	Jane Campion	novel by Thomas Savage
	Drive My Car	Ryusuke Hamaguchi & Takamasa Oe	"Drive My Car" by Haruki Murakami
	Dune	Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, & Eric Roth	Dune by Frank Herbert
	The Lost Daughter	Maggie Gyllenhaal	The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante
	Passing	Rebecca Hall	Passing by Nella Larsen
2022	Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery	Rian Johnson	characters from the film Knives Out by Rian Johnson
	Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio	Guillermo del Toro & Patrick McHale	Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
	She Said	Rebecca Lenkiewicz	She Said by Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey
	White Noise	Noah Baumbach	White Noise by Don DeLillo
	Women Talking	Sarah Polley	Women Talking by Miriam Toews
2023	Oppenheimer	Christopher Nolan	American Prometheus by Kai Bird & Martin J. Sherwin
	American Fiction	Cord Jefferson	Erasure by Percival Everett
	Killers of the Flower Moon	Eric Roth & Martin Scorsese	Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
	Poor Things	Tony McNamara	Poor Things by Alasdair Gray
	The Zone of Interest	Jonathan Glazer	The Zone of Interest by Martin Amis
2024	Conclave	Peter Straughan	Conclave by Robert Harris
	Dune: Part Two	Denis Villeneuve & Jon Spaihts	Dune by Frank Herbert
	Nickel Boys	RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes	The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
	Nosferatu	Robert Eggers	Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror by Henrik Galeen & Dracula by Bram Stoker
	Sing Sing	Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar	"The Sing Sing Follies" by John H. Richardson & Breakin' the Mummy's Code by Brent Buell

External links

• OFCS - Awards