Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay
The Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay.
winner
1980s
- 1980 : Melvin and Howard
 
Screenplay: Bo Goldman
- 1981 : My meal with André
 
Script: Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn
- 1982 : American Diner
 
Screenplay: Barry Levinson
- 1983 : Pauline on the beach
 
Script: Eric Rohmer
- 1984 : Repoman
 
Script: Alex Cox
- 1985 : The Purple Rose of Cairo
 
Script: Woody Allen
- 1986 : Hannah and her sisters
 
Script: Woody Allen
- 1987 : News Fever - Broadcast News
 
Screenplay: James L. Brooks
- 1988 : Bull Durham
 
Screenplay: Ron Shelton
- 1989 : Crimes and Misdemeanors
 
Script: Woody Allen
1990s
- 1990 : The Sunny affair of B.
 
Screenplay: Nicholas Kazan based on a novel by Alan Dershowitz
- 1991 : Naked Lunch
 
Screenplay: David Cronenberg
- 1992 : no information
 - 1993 : short cuts
 
Script: Robert Altman and Frank Barhydt
- 1994 : Pulp Fiction
 
Script: Roger Avary and Quentin Tarantino
- 1995 : Sense and sensuality
 
Screenplay: Emma Thompson
- 1996 : Big Night
 
Script: Joseph Tropiano and Stanley Tucci
- 1997 : LA Confidential
 
Screenplay: Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland based on the novel City of Devils by James Ellroy
- 1998 : Out of Sight
 
Script: Scott Frank
- 1999 : Being John Malkovich
 
Script: Charlie Kaufman
2000s
| year | winner | Author (s) | basis | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Almost Famous | Cameron Crowe | - | 
| Wonder Boys | Steve Kloves | "Wonder Boys" by Michael Chabon | |
| 2001 | Memento | Christopher Nolan | The short story Memento Mori by Jonathan Nolan | 
| 2002 | Adaptation. | Charlie and the fictional Donald Kaufman | The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean | 
| 2003 | American Splendor | Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini | The comic American Splendor by Harvey Pekar and  the novel Our Cancer Year by Joyce Brabner  | 
| 2004 | Sideways | Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor | The novel Sideways by Rex Pickett | 
| 2005 | Capote | Dan Futterman | Capote: A Biography , Gerald Clarke biography | 
| 2006 | Departed - Among enemies | William Monahan | Infernal Affairs by Siu Fai Mak and Felix Chong | 
| 2007 | Ratatouille | Brad Bird | - | 
| 2008 | Milk | Dustin Lance Black | - | 
| 2009 | A serious man | Ethan Coen and Joel Coen | - | 
2010s
| year | winner | Author (s) | basis | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The social network | Aaron Sorkin | The novel The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich | 
| 2011 | The art of winning - Moneyball | Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin | Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis | 
| 2012 | Lincoln | Tony Kushner | Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin | 
| 2013 | Enough said | Nicole Holofcener | - | 
| 2014 | Birdman | Alejandro González Iñárritu , Nicolás Giacobone , Alexander Dinelaris , Armando Bó | - | 
| Boyhood | Richard Linklater | - | |
| 2015 | Spotlight | Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer | - |