Online Film Critics Society Awards / Best Original Screenplay
The OFCSA for the best original screenplay has been awarded every year since 1998 (exception: 2000).
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| Most frequently honored author | Wes Anderson , Charlie Kaufman (2 wins each) |
| Most frequently nominated author with a win | Quentin Tarantino (4 nominations) |
| Most nominated author without a win | Paul Thomas Anderson , Noah Baumbach (4 nominations each) |
Winners and nominees
All nominees for a year are listed, the winner is always on top.
1998 to 1999
1998
The Truman Show - Andrew Niccol
1999
Being John Malkovich - Charlie Kaufman
- American Beauty - Alan Ball
- Magnolia - Paul Thomas Anderson
- The Sixth Sense - M. Night Shyamalan
- Toy Story 2 - Andrew Stanton , Rita Hsiao , Doug Chamberlain, and Chris Webb
2001 to 2009
2001
The Others - Alejandro Amenábar
Mulholland Drive - David Lynch
- The Royal Tenenbaums - Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson
- The Man Who Wasn't There - Ethan and Joel Coen
- Gosford Park - Julian Fellowes
2002
So far from heaven - Todd Haynes
- Demonic (Frailty) - Brett Hanley
- Punch-Drunk Love - Paul Thomas Anderson
- Sex for Beginners - Dylan Kidd
- Signs - Signs - M. Night Shyamalan
2003
Lost in Translation - Sofia Coppola
- 21 grams - Guillermo Arriaga
- In America - Jim Sheridan , Kirsten Sheridan and Naomi Sheridan
- Kill Bill - Volume 1 - Quentin Tarantino
- Station Agent - Tom McCarthy
2004
Forget Me Not! - Charlie Kaufman , Michel Gondry and Pierre Bismuth
- Garden State - Zach Braff
- The Incredibles - Brad Bird
- Kill Bill - Volume 2 - Quentin Tarantino
- Shaun of the Dead - Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright
2005
Good Night, and Good Luck - George Clooney and Grant Heslov
- Match Point - Woody Allen
- The squid and the whale - Noah Baumbach
- LA Crash - Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco
- Broken Flowers - Jim Jarmusch
2006
Pan's Labyrinth - Guillermo del Toro
- Babel - Guillermo Arriaga
- Little Miss Sunshine - Michael Arndt
- The Queen - Peter Morgan
- Flight 93 - Paul Greengrass
2007
- Deadly Decision - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead - Kelly Masterson
- Michael Clayton - Tony Gilroy
- Ratatouille - Brad Bird
- Deadly Promises - Eastern Promises - Steven Knight
2008
WALL · E - The last one is cleaning up the earth - Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon
- See Bruges ... and die? - Martin McDonagh
- Milk - Dustin Lance Black
- Synecdoche, New York - Charlie Kaufman
- The Wrestler - Fame, Love, Pain - Robert D. Siegel
2009
Inglourious Basterds - Quentin Tarantino
- (500) Days of Summer - Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber
- A Serious Man - Ethan and Joel Coen
- Above - Bob Peterson
- Deadly Command - The Hurt Locker - Mark Boal
2010 to 2019
2010
- Black Swan - Mark Heyman , Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin
- Greenberg - Noah Baumbach
- The Kids Are All Right - Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg
- The King's Speech - David Seidler
2011
Midnight in Paris - Woody Allen
- The Tree of Life - Terrence Malick
- Martha Marcy May Marlene - Sean Durkin
- Win Win - Tom McCarthy
- Nader and Simin - A Separation - Asghar Farhadi
2012
Moonrise Kingdom - Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
- The Cabin in the Woods - Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard
- Looper - Rian Johnson
- The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson
- Zero Dark Thirty - Mark Boal
2013
- American Hustle - Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
- Blue Jasmine - Woody Allen
- Inside Llewyn Davis - Joel and Ethan Coen
- Museum Hours - Jem Cohen
2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel - Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness
- Boyhood - Richard Linklater
- Selma - Paul Webb
- Two days, one night - Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
- Whiplash - Damien Chazelle
2015
Spotlight - Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer
- Ex Machina - Alex Garland
- Everything is upside down - Pete Docter , Meg LeFauve and Josh Cooley
- Mistress America - Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig
- Sicario - Taylor Sheridan
2016
Hell or High Water - Taylor Sheridan
- Jackie: The First Lady - Noah Oppenheim
- La La Land - Damien Chazelle
- The Lobster - Giorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou
- Manchester by the Sea - Kenneth Lonergan
2017
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Martin McDonagh
- The silk thread - Paul Thomas Anderson
- Shape of Water - The whisper of the water - Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor
- Lady Bird - Greta Gerwig
2018
First Reformed - Paul Schrader
- Eighth Grade - Bo Burnham
- The Favorite - Intrigue and Insanity - Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara
- Roma - Alfonso Cuarón
- Sorry to Bother You - Boots Riley
2019
Parasite - Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won