The Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Screenplay is an annual film award given by the Online Film Critics Society to honor the best screenplay (written directly for the screen) of the year.
Awarded for the first time in 1975 as a special prize and starting the following year as a competitive prize, it was occasionally awarded in the editions of 1975-1977, 1980-1982, 1990-1992 and 2007, otherwise being replaced by the awards dedicated to the best screenplay, original and not original. [1] [2]
Year | Winner | Writer(s) |
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1998 | The Truman Show | Andrew Niccol |
1999 | Being John Malkovich | Charlie Kaufman |
Year | Winner | Writer(s) |
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2000 | No information | |
2001 | Mulholland Drive | David Lynch |
The Others | Alejandro Amenábar | |
2002 | Far from Heaven | Todd Haynes |
2003 | Lost in Translation | Sofia Coppola |
2004 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Charlie Kaufman |
2005 | Good Night, and Good Luck. | George Clooney and Grant Heslov |
2006 | Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno) | Guillermo del Toro |
2007 | Juno | Diablo Cody |
2008 | WALL-E | Jim Reardon and Andrew Stanton |
2009 | Inglourious Basterds | Quentin Tarantino |
Year | Winner | Writer(s) |
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2010 | Inception | Christopher Nolan |
2011 | Midnight in Paris | Woody Allen |
2012 | Moonrise Kingdom | Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola |
2013 | Her | Spike Jonze |
2014 | The Grand Budapest Hotel | Wes Anderson |
2015 | Spotlight | Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer |
2016 | Hell or High Water | Taylor Sheridan |
2017 | Get Out | Jordan Peele |
2018 | Sorry to Bother You | Boots Riley |
2019 | Parasite | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won |
Year | Winner | Writer(s) |
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2020 | Promising Young Woman | Emerald Fennell |
2021 | Pig | Michael Sarnoski and Vanessa Block |
2022 | The Banshees of Inisherin | Martin McDonagh |
2023 | The Holdovers | David Hemingson |
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