Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay

The Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay is one of the annual film awards given by the Boston Society of Film Critics.

Winners

1980s

• 1980: Melvin and Howard

written by Bo Goldman

• 1981: My Dinner with Andre

written by Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn

• 1982: Diner

written by Barry Levinson

• 1983: Pauline à la plage (Pauline at the Beach)

written by Eric Rohmer

• 1984: Repo Man

written by Alex Cox

• 1985: The Purple Rose of Cairo

written by Woody Allen

• 1986: Hannah and Her Sisters

written by Woody Allen

• 1987: Broadcast News

written by James L. Brooks

• 1988: Bull Durham

written by Ron Shelton

• 1989: Crimes and Misdemeanors

written by Woody Allen

1990s

• 1990: Reversal of Fortune

written by Nicholas Kazan

• 1991: Naked Lunch

written by David Cronenberg

• 1992: The Crying Game

written by Neil Jordan

• 1993: Short Cuts

written by Robert Altman and Frank Barhydt

• 1994: Pulp Fiction

written by Roger Avary and Quentin Tarantino

• 1995: Sense and Sensibility

written by Emma Thompson

• 1996: Big Night

written by Joseph Tropiano and Stanley Tucci

• 1997: L.A. Confidential

written by Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland

• 1998: Out of Sight

written by Scott Frank

• 1999: Being John Malkovich

written by Charlie Kaufman

2000s

Year	Winner	Writer(s)	Source
2000	Almost Famous	Cameron Crowe	—
	Wonder Boys	Steve Kloves	novel by Michael Chabon
2001	Memento	Christopher Nolan	"Memento Mori" by Jonathan Nolan
2002	Adaptation.	Charlie and Donald Kaufman	The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean
2003	American Splendor	Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini	comic book series by Harvey Pekar and Our Cancer Year by Joyce Brabner
2004	Sideways	Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor	novel by Rex Pickett
2005	Capote	Dan Futterman	book by Gerald Clarke
2006	The Departed	William Monahan	Infernal Affairs by Siu Fai Mak and Felix Chong
2007	Ratatouille	Brad Bird	—
2008	Milk	Dustin Lance Black	—
2009	A Serious Man	Joel and Ethan Coen	—

2010s

Year	Winner	Writer(s)	Source
2010	The Social Network	Aaron Sorkin	The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich
2011	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, Jr., Armando Bo	—
	Boyhood	Richard Linklater	—
2015	Spotlight	Thomas McCarthy and Josh Singer	—