Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Award given by the Critics Choice Association
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The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is presented by the Critics Choice Association at the annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards.
Awarded forBest Adapted Screenwriting of a Motion Picture
LocationLos Angeles, California
Presented byCritics Choice Association
First awardEmma Thompson for Sense and Sensibility (1995)
| Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | |
|---|---|
2025 recipient: Paul Thomas Anderson | |
| Awarded for | Best Adapted Screenwriting of a Motion Picture |
| Location | Los Angeles, California |
| Presented by | Critics Choice Association |
| First award | Emma Thompson for Sense and Sensibility (1995) |
| Currently held by | Paul Thomas Anderson for One Battle After Another (2025) |
| Website | www.criticschoice.com |
History
The categories for screenplays have gone through several changes since their inception in 1995:
- From 1995 to 1996, the category Best Screenplay was presented, with no official nominees being announced but instead only a winner.
- From 1997 to 2000, the category was split into two, divided into Best Original Screenplay and Best Screenplay Adaptation.
- In 2001, the categories were merged into Best Screenplay again. From 2002 to 2008, the category was renamed to Best Writer.
In 2009, the distinction between original and adapted was implemented again, with two categories presented ever since, Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Winners and nominees
1990s
Best Screenplay
| Year | Writer | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 [1] |
Emma Thompson | Sense and Sensibility † |
| 1996 [2] |
Anthony Minghella | The English Patient |
Best Screenplay Adaptation
| Year | Writer(s) | Film | Source material |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson | L.A. Confidential † | The novel by James Ellroy |
| 1998 | Scott Smith | A Simple Plan | The novel by Smith |
| 1999 | Frank Darabont | The Green Mile | The novel by Stephen King |
2000s
Best Screenplay Adaptation
| Year | Writer(s) | Film | Source material |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 [3] |
Stephen Gaghan (TIE) | Traffic † | The British television serial Traffik by Simon Moore |
| Steve Kloves (TIE) | Wonder Boys | The novel by Michael Chabon |
Best Screenplay
Best Writer
Best Adapted Screenplay
| Year | Writer(s) | Film | Source material |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 [5] |
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner | Up in the Air | The novel by Walter Kirn |
| Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach | Fantastic Mr. Fox | The novel by Roald Dahl | |
| Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell | District 9 | The short film Alive in Joburg by Bloomkamp | |
| Geoffrey Fletcher | Precious † | The novel Push by Sapphire | |
| Tom Ford and David Scearce | A Single Man | The novel by Christopher Isherwood | |
| Nick Hornby | An Education | The memoir by Lynn Barber |
