The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay is one of the annual film awards given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
| Year | Winner | Writer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Nashville | Joan Tewkesbury |
| 1976 | Network | Paddy Chayefsky |
| 1977 | Annie Hall | Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman |
| 1978 | An Unmarried Woman | Paul Mazursky |
| 1979 | Kramer vs. Kramer | Robert Benton |
| Year | Winner | Writer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Return of the Secaucus 7 | John Sayles |
| 1981 | Atlantic City | John Guare |
| 1982 | Tootsie | Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal |
| 1983 | Terms of Endearment | James L. Brooks |
| 1984 | Amadeus | Peter Shaffer |
| 1985 | Brazil | Terry Gilliam, Charles McKeown, and Tom Stoppard |
| 1986 | Hannah and Her Sisters | Woody Allen |
| 1987 | Hope and Glory | John Boorman |
| 1988 | Bull Durham | Ron Shelton |
| 1989 | Drugstore Cowboy | Gus Van Sant and Daniel Yost |
| Year | Winner | Writer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Reversal of Fortune | Nicholas Kazan |
| 1991 | Bugsy | James Toback |
| 1992 | Unforgiven | David Webb Peoples |
| 1993 | The Piano | Jane Campion |
| 1994 | Pulp Fiction | Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary |
| 1995 | Sense and Sensibility | Emma Thompson |
| 1996 | Fargo | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen |
| 1997 | L.A. Confidential | Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland |
| 1998 | Bulworth | Warren Beatty and Jeremy Pikser |
| 1999 | Being John Malkovich | Charlie Kaufman |
| Year | Winner(s) | Writer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | You Can Count on Me | Kenneth Lonergan |
| 2001 | Memento | Christopher Nolan |
| 2002 | About Schmidt | Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor |
| 2003 | American Splendor | Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini |
| 2004 | Sideways | Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor |
| 2005 | Capote | Dan Futterman |
| The Squid and the Whale | Noah Baumbach | |
| 2006 | The Queen | Peter Morgan |
| 2007 | The Savages | Tamara Jenkins |
| 2008 | Happy-Go-Lucky | Mike Leigh |
| 2009 | Up in the Air | Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner |
| Year | Winner | Writer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The Social Network | Aaron Sorkin |
| 2011 | A Separation (Jodái-e Náder az Simin) | Asghar Farhadi |
| 2012 | Argo | Chris Terrio |
| 2013 | Before Midnight | Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, and Julie Delpy |
| 2014 | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Wes Anderson |
| 2015 | Spotlight | Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer |
| 2016 | The Lobster | Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou |
| 2017 | Get Out | Jordan Peele [1] |
| 2018 | Can You Ever Forgive Me? | Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty [2] |
| 2019 | Marriage Story | Noah Baumbach [3] |
| Year | Winner | Writer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Promising Young Woman | Emerald Fennell [4] |
| 2021 | Drive My Car | Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe [5] |
| 2022 | TÁR | Todd Field [6] |
| 2023 | All of Us Strangers | Andrew Haigh |
| 2024 | A Real Pain | Jesse Eisenberg [7] |