Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay

The Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay is one of the annual awards given by the Toronto Film Critics Association.

Winners

1990s

Year	Winner	Film	Ref
1999	Charlie Kaufman	Being John Malkovich	[1]
	Paul Thomas Anderson	Magnolia
	Alan Ball	American Beauty

2000s

Year	Winner	Film	Ref
2000	Kenneth Lonergan	You Can Count on Me	[2]
	Hirokazu Kore-eda	After Life
2001	Christopher Nolan	Memento	[3]
	Wes Anderson, Owen Wilson	The Royal Tenenbaums
	Terry Zwigoff, Daniel Clowes	Ghost World
2002	Charlie Kaufman	Adaptation.	[4]
	Paul Thomas Anderson	Punch-Drunk Love
	David Hare	The Hours
2003	Sofia Coppola	Lost in Translation	[5]
	Denys Arcand	The Barbarian Invasions
2004	Charlie Kaufman	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	[6]
2005	Noah Baumbach	The Squid and the Whale	[7]
2006	Peter Morgan	The Queen	[8]
	Guillermo Arriaga	Babel
	William Monahan	The Departed
2007	Joel Coen, Ethan Coen	No Country for Old Men	[9]
	Diablo Cody	Juno
	Tony Gilroy	Michael Clayton
2008	Jenny Lumet	Rachel Getting Married	[10]
	Peter Morgan	Frost/Nixon
	John Patrick Shanley	Doubt
2009	Quentin Tarantino	Inglourious Basterds	[11]
	Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner	Up in the Air
	Joel Coen, Ethan Coen	A Serious Man

2010s

Year	Winner	Film	Ref
2010	Aaron Sorkin	The Social Network	[12]
	Joel Coen, Ethan Coen	True Grit
	David Seidler	The King's Speech
2011	Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin	Moneyball	[13]
	Terrence Malick	The Tree of Life
	Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash	The Descendants
2012	Paul Thomas Anderson	The Master	[14]
	Mark Boal	Zero Dark Thirty
	Tony Kushner	Lincoln
2013	Spike Jonze	Her	[15]
	Joel Coen, Ethan Coen	Inside Llewyn Davis
	Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy	Before Midnight
2014	Wes Anderson	The Grand Budapest Hotel	[16]
	Paul Thomas Anderson	Inherent Vice
	Richard Linklater	Boyhood
2015	Adam McKay, Charles Randolph	The Big Short	[17]
	Charlie Kaufman	Anomalisa
	Phyllis Nagy	Carol
	Josh Singer, Tom McCarthy	Spotlight
2016	Kenneth Lonergan	Manchester by the Sea	[18]
	Maren Ade	Toni Erdmann
	Barry Jenkins	Moonlight
2017	Jordan Peele	Get Out	[19]
	Greta Gerwig	Lady Bird
	Martin McDonagh	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2018	Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara	The Favourite	[20]
	Paul Schrader	First Reformed
	Alfonso Cuarón	Roma
2019	Steven Zaillian	The Irishman	[21]
	Noah Baumbach	Marriage Story
	Bong Joon-ho, Han Jin-won	Parasite

2020s

Year	Winner	Film	Ref
2020	Lee Isaac Chung	Minari	[22]
	Darius Marder, Abraham Marder	Sound of Metal
	Chloé Zhao	Nomadland
2021	Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe	Drive My Car	[23]
	Paul Thomas Anderson	Licorice Pizza
	Jane Campion	The Power of the Dog
2022	Martin McDonagh	The Banshees of Inisherin	[24]
	Todd Field	Tár
	Sarah Polley	Women Talking

Original Screenplay

Year	Winner	Film	Ref
2023	Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach	Barbie	[25]
	Justine Triet, Arthur Harari	Anatomy of a Fall
	Celine Song	Past Lives
2024	Payal Kapadia	All We Imagine as Light	[26]
	Sean Baker	Anora
	Justin Kuritzkes	Challengers

Adapted Screenplay

Year	Winner	Film	Ref
2023	Eric Roth, Martin Scorsese	Killers of the Flower Moon	[25]
	Andrew Haigh	All of Us Strangers
	Tony McNamara	Poor Things
2024	RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes	Nickel Boys	[26]
	Peter Straughan	Conclave
	Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts	Dune: Part Two

References

1. "Toronto critics pick Magnolia as best film of 1999 Yet-unreleased second picture from director of Boogie Nights follows linked stories of characters in San Fernando Valley". The Globe and Mail , December 17, 1999.
2. Peter Howell, "Toronto critics like Lee ; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon named top movie". Toronto Star , December 21, 2000.
3. "Memento named best picture". Calgary Herald , December 20, 2001.
4. "Toronto critics pick Adaptation as top film". Ottawa Citizen , December 20, 2022.
5. "Coppola's Lost in Translation honoured by Toronto critics". Waterloo Region Record , December 18, 2003.
6. "Sideways named best film of 2004 by Toronto critics". Sault Star , December 17, 2004.
7. "Cronenberg's History of Violence tops T.O. critics' best-of list". Sudbury Star , December 22, 2005.
8. Lee-Anne Goodman, "'The Queen' named best picture by Toronto's film critics". Canadian Press, December 20, 2006.
9. Bruce Kirkland, "Old Men No. 1; Coen Brothers flick tops T.O. film critics' 2007 list". Toronto Sun , December 19, 2007.
10. Chris Knight, "Toronto critics pick Wendy and Lucy". Windsor Star , December 17, 2008.
11. "Basterds, Hunger top Toronto critics' picks". Waterloo Region Record , December 17, 2009.
12. Peter Knegt, "“Social Network” Tops San Francisco and Toronto Film Critics’ Awards". IndieWire , December 14, 2010.
13. Brian D. Johnson, "Toronto critics name 'Tree of Life' Best Picture". Maclean's , December 14, 2011.
14. Cassandra Szklarski, "'The Master' rules with Toronto film critics, named best film, screenplay". Canadian Press, December 18, 2012.
15. "Toronto Film Critics Association awards for 2013". Toronto Star , December 17, 2013.
16. Norman Wilner, "Toronto film critics champion Boyhood". Now , December 16, 2014.
17. Jeremy Kay, "Toronto critics honour 'Carol'". Screen Daily , December 14, 2015.
18. Norman Wilner, "Toronto critics bask in the Moonlight". Now , December 12, 2016.
19. Jim Slotek, "Toronto film critics give best picture thumbs up to The Florida Project". Original Cin, December 10, 2017.
20. Corey Atad, "Toronto Film Critics Association Names ‘Roma’ Best Picture Of 2018". ET Canada , December 10, 2018.
21. Radheyan Simonpillai, "Toronto Film Critics Association names Parasite the year’s best movie". Now , December 9, 2019.
22. Etan Vlessing, "Chloe Zhao's 'Nomadland' Named Best Picture by Toronto Film Critics Association". The Hollywood Reporter , February 7, 2021.
23. Sarah Curran, "Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Lost Daughter’ Wins Big At Toronto Film Critics Association Awards". ET Canada , January 16, 2022.
24. Pat Mullen, "Toronto Film Critics Name All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Top Doc". Point of View , January 8, 2023.
25. Erik Anderson, "Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA) Awards: ‘The Zone of Interest’ Wins Best Picture, Director". AwardsWatch, December 17, 2023.
26. Neglia, Matt (December 16, 2024). "The 2024 Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA) Winners". Next Best Picture. Retrieved December 16, 2024.

External links

• Toronto Film Critics Association - Past Award Winners