London Critics' Circle Film Award / Best Screenplay

Since 1981 , at the London Film Critics' Circle Film Awards the Best screenwriter honored.

Ethan and Joel Coen have received three awards; Alan Bennett , Woody Allen , David Mamet and Charlie Kaufman each won twice.

Award winners

Note: The award ceremony always relates to films from the previous year, so 2007 winners were recognized for their 2006 achievements.

year	Award winners	Movie
1981	Steve Tesich	Four crazy guys - we can all make it, nobody can make us (Breaking Away)
1982	Colin Welland	The Hour of the Victory (Chariots of Fire)
1983	Constantin Costa-Gavras and Donald Stewart	Misses (missing)
1984	Ruth Prawer Jhabvala	Heat and Dust (Heat and Dust)
1985	Philip Kaufman	The Right Stuff (The Right Stuff)
1986	Alan Bennett	Lean Times - The Movie with the Pig (A private Function)
1987	Woody Allen	Hannah and Her Sisters
1988	Alan Bennett	The Stormy Life of Joe Orton (Prick Up Your Ears)
1989	David Mamet	House of Games
1990	Christopher Hampton	Dangerous liaisons (Dangerous liaisons)
1991	Woody Allen	Crimes and Misdemeanors (Crimes and Misdemeanors)
1992	David Mamet	Homicide - Homicide
1993	Michael Tolkin	The Player
1994	Harold Ramis and Danny Rubin	And marmot greets every day (Groundhog Day)
1995	Quentin Tarantino	pulp Fiction
1996	Paul Attanasio	Quiz Show , unveiling (Disclosure)
1997	Ethan and Joel Coen	Fargo
1998	Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson	LA Confidential
1999	Andrew Niccol	The Truman Show (The Truman Show) , Gattaca
2000	Alan Ball	American Beauty
2001	Charlie Kaufman	Being John Malkovich
2002	Ethan and Joel Coen	The Man Who Wasn't There
2003	Andrew Bovell	Lantana
2004	Peter Weir and John Collee	Master & Commander : The Far Side of the World
2005	Charlie Kaufman	Forget Me Not! (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
2006	Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco	LA crash (crash)
2007	Peter Morgan	The Queen (The Queen)
2008	Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck	The Lives of Others
2009	Simon Beaufoy	Slumdog Millionaire (Slumdog Millionaire)
2010	Jesse Armstrong , Simon Blackwell , Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche	Cabinet out of control (In the Loop)
2011	Aaron Sorkin	The social network
2012	Asghar Farhadi	Nader and Simin - A separation
2013	Michael Haneke	Love (amour)
2014	Ethan and Joel Coen	Inside Llewyn Davis
2015	Wes Anderson	Grand Budapest Hotel (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
2016	Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer	Spotlight
2017	Kenneth Lonergan	Manchester by the Sea
2018	Martin McDonagh	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2019	Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara	The Favorite - intrigue and madness
2020	Bong Joon-ho	Parasite