National Board of Review Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

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The National Board of Review Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is an annual film award given (since 2003) by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. [1] The years in the table indicate the evaluated films years, the award ceremonies took place in the following year.

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2000s

YearWinnerWriter(s)Source
2000 All the Pretty Horses Ted Tally novel by Cormac McCarthy
2001 In the Bedroom Robert Festinger and Todd Field short story by Andre Dubus
2002 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Charlie Kaufman novel by Chuck Barris
2003 Cold Mountain Anthony Minghella novel by Charles Frazier
2004 Sideways Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor novel by Rex Pickett
2005 Syriana Stephen Gaghan book by Robert Baer [2]
2006 The Painted Veil Ron Nyswaner novel by W. Somerset Maugham
2007 No Country for Old Men Joel Coen and Ethan Coen novel by Cormac McCarthy
2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Eric Roth short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Slumdog Millionaire Simon Beaufoy novel by Vikas Swarup
2009 Up in the Air Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner novel by Walter Kirn

2010s

YearWinnerWriter(s)Source
2010 The Social Network Aaron Sorkin book by Ben Mezrich
2011 The Descendants Nat Faxon, Alexander Payne, and Jim Rash novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings [3]
2012 Silver Linings Playbook David O. Russell novel by Matthew Quick
2013 The Wolf of Wall Street Terence Winter novel by Jordan Belfort [4]
2014 Inherent Vice Paul Thomas Anderson novel by Thomas Pynchon
2015 The Martian Drew Goddard novel by Andy Weir [5]
2016 Silence Jay Cocks and Martin Scorsese novel by Shūsaku Endō
2017 The Disaster Artist Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber book by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell
2018 If Beale Street Could Talk Barry Jenkins novel by James Baldwin
2019 The Irishman Steven Zaillian book by Charles Brandt

2020s

YearWinnerWriter(s)Source
2020 News of the World Paul Greengrass and Luke Davies novel by Paulette Jiles
2021 The Tragedy of Macbeth Joel Coen play by William Shakespeare
2022 All Quiet on the Western Front Ian Stokell, Lesley Paterson and Edward Berger novel by Erich Maria Remarque
2023 Poor Things Tony McNamara novel by Alasdair Gray

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References

  1. "Best Adapted Screenplay Archives – National Board of Review". National Board of Review . Retrieved February 2, 2015.
  2. Syriana (2005) - Notes - TCM.com
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  4. 'The Wolf of Wall Street,' a Scorsese epic of American greed - Reuters
  5. 'The Martian' screenwriter Drew Goddard dishes Oscar nomination and working with Ridley Scott (Exclusive Video) - GoldDerby