Online Film Critics Society Awards / Best Adapted Screenplay
The Online Film Critics Society Awards for the best adapted screenplay has been presented every year since 1998 (exception: 2000).
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| Most frequently honored author | Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2 wins each) |
| Most frequently nominated author with a win | Alexander Payne (4 nominations) |
| Most nominated author without a win | Eric Roth (3 nominations) |
Winners and nominees
All nominees for a year are listed, the winner is always on top.
1997 to 1999
1998
1999
Election - Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
- Fight Club - Jim Uhls
- The Green Mile - Frank Darabont
- Insider (The Insider) - Eric Roth and Michael Mann
- The talented Mr. Ripley - Anthony Minghella
2001 to 2009
2001
- In the Bedroom - Todd Field and Robert Festinger
- AI - Artificial Intelligence - Steven Spielberg
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Fran Walsh , Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson
- Ghost World - Terry Zwigoff and Daniel Clowes
2002
Adaptation - The Orchid Thief - Charlie Kaufman
- About Schmidt - Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
- Catch Me If You Can - Jeff Nathanson
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Fran Walsh , Philippa Boyens , Stephen Sinclair and Peter Jackson
- Minority Report - Scott Frank and Jon Cohen
2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Philippa Boyens , Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh
- American Splendor - Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini
- Bubba Ho-Tep - Don Coscarelli
- Mystic River - Brian Helgeland
- Shattered Glass - Billy Ray
2004
Sideways - Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
- Before Sunset - Richard Linklater , Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke
- Up close (Closer) - Patrick Marber
- Million Dollar Baby - Paul Haggis
- Young Che's Journey - José Rivera
2005
Brokeback Mountain - Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana
- The Eternal Gardener - Jeffrey Caine
- Capote - Dan Futterman
- Munich - Tony Kushner and Eric Roth
- A History of Violence - Josh Olson
2006
Children of Men - Alfonso Cuarón , Timothy J. Sexton , David Arata , Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby
- Departed - Among Enemies - William Monahan
- Little Children - Todd Field and Tom Perrotta
- Prestige - The Masters of Magic - Jonathan Nolan , Christopher Nolan and Christopher Priest
- Thank You for Smoking - Jason Reitman and Christopher Buckley
2007
No Country for Old Men - Ethan and Joel Coen
- Atonement (Atonement) - Christopher Hampton
- Butterfly and diving bell - Ronald Harwood
- There Will Be Blood - Paul Thomas Anderson
- Zodiac - The Killer Trail - James Vanderbilt
2008
So dark the night - John Ajvide Lindqvist
- The Strange Case of Benjamin Button - Eric Roth
- The Dark Knight - Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan
- Frost / Nixon - Peter Morgan
- Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy
2009
The fantastic Mr. Fox - Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach
- District 9 - Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
- Cabinet Out of Control (In the Loop) - Simon Blackwell , Armando Iannucci , Jesse Armstrong and Tony Roche
- Up in the Air - Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
- Where the Wild Things Are - Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers
2010 to 2019
2010
The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin
- 127 Hours - Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy
- Scott Pilgrim versus the Rest of the World - Michael Bacall and Edgar Wright
- True Grit - Ethan and Joel Coen
- Winter's Bone - Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini
2011
Queen, King, Ace, Spy - Peter Straughan and Bridget O'Connor
- We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lynne Ramsay and Rory Kinnear
- The Art of Winning - Moneyball - Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian
- The Descendants - Family and Other Affairs - Jim Rash , Alexander Payne, and Nat Faxon
- Drive - Hossein Amini
2012
- Beasts of the Southern Wild - Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin
- Cloud Atlas - Andy Wachowski , Lana Wachowski and Tom Tykwer
- Cosmopolis - David Cronenberg
- Lincoln - Tony Kushner
2013
12 Years a Slave - John Ridley
- Before Midnight - Richard Linklater , Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke
- In their house (Dans la maison) - François Ozon and Juan Mayorga
- Short Term 12 - Destin Daniel Cretton
- As the Wind Rises (Kaze Tachinu) - Hayao Miyazaki
2014
Gone Girl - The Perfect Victim - Gillian Flynn
- Inherent Vice - Natural Defects - Paul Thomas Anderson
- Snowpiercer - Bong Joon-ho and Kelly Masterson
- Under the Skin - Jonathan Glazer and Walter Campbell
- We are the best! (Vi är bäst!) - Lukas Moodysson
2015
- Brooklyn - A Love Between Two Worlds - Nick Hornby
- The Martian - Save Mark Watney (The Martian) - Drew Goddard
- Room (Room) - Emma Donoghue
- Steve Jobs - Aaron Sorkin
2016
Arrival - Eric Heisserer , Ted Chiang
- Elle - David Birke and Philippe Djian
- Love & Friendship - Whit Stillman
- Moonlight - Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney
- Nocturnal Animals - Tom Ford
2017
Call Me by Your Name - James Ivory
- The seduced (The Beguiled) - Sofia Coppola
- The Disaster Artist - Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber
- The lost city Z (The Lost City of Z) - James Gray
- Molly's Game - All on one card - Aaron Sorkin
2018
If Beale Street Could Talk - Barry Jenkins
- BlacKkKlansman - Charlie Wachtel , David Rabinowitz , Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee
- Can You Ever Forgive Me? - Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty
- Leave No Trace - Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini
- Widows - Deadly Widows - Gillian Flynn and Steve McQueen
2019
The Irishman - Steven Zaillian
- The wonderful Mr. Rogers (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood) - Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster
- Hustlers - Lorene Scafaria
- Jojo Rabbit - Taika Waititi
- Little Women - Greta Gerwig