TheNew York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay is an annual film award given by theNew York Film Critics Circle.
The most successful in this category were Woody Allen, Robert Benton, Ingmar Bergman, Kenneth Lonergan, Paul Mazursky, Quentin Tarantino and the author duo Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, who each won the award twice. The Film Critics Association was able to present the Oscar winners in advance 20 times (13 times original screenplays, seven times adaptations).[citation needed]
| Year | Winner | Writer(s) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Around the World in 80 Days | James Poe,John Farrow, andS. J. Perelman | novel byJules Verne |
| 1957 | No award given | ||
| 1958 | The Defiant Ones | Nedrick Young andHarold Jacob Smith | — |
| 1959 | Anatomy of a Murder | Wendell Mayes | novel byRobert Traver |
| Year | Winner | Writer(s) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | The Apartment | I. A. L. Diamond andBilly Wilder | — |
| 1961 | Judgment at Nuremberg | Abby Mann | teleplay byAbby Mann |
| 1962 | No award given (newspaper strike) | ||
| 1963 | Hud | Irving Ravetch andHarriet Frank Jr. | novel byLarry McMurtry |
| 1964 | The Servant | Harold Pinter | novel byRobin Maugham |
| 1965 | No award given | ||
| 1966 | A Man for All Seasons | Robert Bolt | play byRobert Bolt |
| 1967 | Bonnie and Clyde | David Newman andRobert Benton | — |
| 1968 | Pretty Poison | Lorenzo Semple Jr. | novel byStephen Geller |
| 1969 | Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice | Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker | — |
| Year | Winner | Writer(s) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Melvin and Howard | Bo Goldman | — |
| 1981 | Atlantic City | John Guare | — |
| 1982 | Tootsie | Larry Gelbart andMurray Schisgal | — |
| 1983 | Local Hero | Bill Forsyth | — |
| 1984 | Places in the Heart | Robert Benton | — |
| 1985 | The Purple Rose of Cairo | Woody Allen | — |
| 1986 | My Beautiful Laundrette | Hanif Kureishi | — |
| 1987 | Broadcast News | James L. Brooks | — |
| 1988 | Bull Durham | Ron Shelton | — |
| 1989 | Drugstore Cowboy | Gus Van Sant and Daniel Yost | — |
| Year | Winner | Writer(s) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Mr. & Mrs. Bridge | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | novels byEvan S. Connell |
| 1991 | Naked Lunch | David Cronenberg | novel byWilliam S. Burroughs |
| 1992 | The Crying Game | Neil Jordan | — |
| 1993 | The Piano | Jane Campion | — |
| 1994 | Pulp Fiction | Quentin Tarantino andRoger Avary | — |
| 1995 | Sense and Sensibility | Emma Thompson | novel byJane Austen |
| 1996 | Mother | Albert Brooks andMonica Johnson | — |
| 1997 | L.A. Confidential | Curtis Hanson andBrian Helgeland | novel byJames Ellroy |
| 1998 | Shakespeare in Love | Marc Norman andTom Stoppard | — |
| 1999 | Election | Alexander Payne andJim Taylor | novel byTom Perrotta |
| Year | Winner | Writer(s) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Never Rarely Sometimes Always | Eliza Hittman[4] | — |
| 2021 | Licorice Pizza | Paul Thomas Anderson[5] | — |
| 2022 | The Banshees of Inisherin | Martin McDonagh | — |
| 2023 | May December | Samy Burch | — |
| 2024 | Anora | Sean Baker | — |
Nine writers have won the award multiple times.
| Wins | Writer |
|---|---|
| 2 |  Woody Allen |
| Paul Thomas Anderson | |
| Robert Benton | |
 Ingmar Bergman | |
| Kenneth Lonergan | |
| Paul Mazursky | |
| Alexander Payne | |
| Quentin Tarantino |