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 Wallace Michael Shawn (born November 12, 1943) is an American actor, playwright, and essayist. His film roles include Wally Shawn (a fictionalized version of himself) in '' My Dinner with Andre'' (1981), Vizzini in ''The Princess Bride'' (1987), ...

* 1982: ''

Diner A diner is a small, inexpensive restaurant found across the United States, as well as in Canada and parts of Western Europe. Diners offer a wide range of foods, mostly American cuisine, a casual atmosphere, and, characteristically, a com ...

'' :written by Barry Levinson * 1983: '' Pauline à la plage (Pauline at the Beach)'' :written by Éric Rohmer * 1984: '' Repo Man'' :written by Alex Cox * 1985: '' The Purple Rose of Cairo'' :written by Woody Allen * 1986: ''

Hannah and Her Sisters ''Hannah and Her Sisters'' is a 1986 American comedy-drama film which tells the intertwined stories of an extended family over two years that begins and ends with a family Thanksgiving dinner. The film was written and directed by Woody Allen, who ...

'' :written by Woody Allen * 1987: '' Broadcast News'' :written by

James L. Brooks James Lawrence Brooks (born May 9, 1940) is an American director, producer, screenwriter and co-founder of Gracie Films. His television and film work includes ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'', ''Taxi'', ''The Simpsons'', '' Broadcast News'', ''As G ...

* 1988: '' Bull Durham'' :written by Ron Shelton * 1989: '' Crimes and Misdemeanors'' :written by Woody Allen

1990s

* 1990: ''

Reversal of Fortune ''Reversal of Fortune'' is a 1990 American drama film adapted from the 1985 book ''Reversal of Fortune: Inside the von Bülow Case'', written by law professor Alan Dershowitz. It recounts the true story of the unexplained coma of socialite Sunny ...

'' :written by Nicholas Kazan * 1991: '' Naked Lunch'' :written by

David Cronenberg David Paul Cronenberg (born March 15, 1943) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is one of the principal originators of what is commonly known as the body horror genre, with his films exploring visceral bodily transformation ...

* 1992: '' The Crying Game'' :written by Neil Jordan * 1993: '' Short Cuts'' :written by

Robert Altman Robert Bernard Altman ( ; February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was a five-time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Director and is considered an enduring figure from the New H ...

and Frank Barhydt * 1994: '' Pulp Fiction'' :written by Roger Avary and Quentin Tarantino * 1995: '' Sense and Sensibility'' :written by

Emma Thompson Dame Emma Thompson (born 15 April 1959) is a British actress. Regarded as one of the best actresses of her generation, she has received numerous accolades throughout her four-decade-long career, including two Academy Awards, two British A ...

* 1996: '' Big Night'' :written by Joseph Tropiano and Stanley Tucci * 1997: ''

L.A. Confidential ''L.A. Confidential'' (1990) is a neo-noir novel by James Ellroy and the third of his L.A. Quartet series. It is dedicated to Mary Doherty Ellroy. The epigraph is "A glory that costs everything and means nothing"— Steve Erickson. Plot The s ...

'' :written by Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland * 1998: '' Out of Sight'' :written by Scott Frank * 1999: ''

Being John Malkovich ''Being John Malkovich'' is a 1999 American fantasy comedy film directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman, both making their feature film debut. The film stars John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, and Catherine Keener, with John Malkovich as a ...

'' :written by

Charlie Kaufman Charles Stuart Kaufman (; born November 19, 1958) is an American filmmaker and novelist. He wrote the films ''Being John Malkovich'' (1999), ''Adaptation'' (2002), and ''Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'' (2004). He made his directorial de ...

2000s

2010s

2020s

References

{{BSFC Awards Chron Boston Society of Film Critics Awards Screenwriting awards for film