The Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is an annual film award given by the Online Film Critics Society to honor the best screenplay (adapted from another medium) of the year.
Winners
edit1990s
edit| Year | Winner | Writer(s) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Out of Sight | Scott Frank | novel by Elmore Leonard |
| 1999 | Election | Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor | novel by Tom Perrotta |
2000s
edit| Year | Winner | Writer(s) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | No Information | ||
| 2001 | Memento | Christopher Nolan | short story by Jonathan Nolan |
| 2002 | Adaptation. | Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman | novel by Susan Orlean |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Fran Walsh | novel by J. R. R. Tolkien |
| 2004 | Sideways | Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor | novel by Rex Pickett |
| 2005 | Brokeback Mountain | Larry McMurty and Diana Ossana | short story by Annie Proulx |
| 2006 | Children of Men | Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, and Hawk Ostby | novel by P.D. James |
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Joel and Ethan Coen | novel by Cormac McCarthy |
| 2008 | Let the Right One In | John Ajvide Lindqvist | novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist |
| 2009 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach | novel by Roald Dahl |
2010s
edit| Year | Winner | Writer(s) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The Social Network | Aaron Sorkin | novel by Ben Mezrich |
| 2011 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan | novel by John le Carré |
| 2012 | Argo | Chris Terrio | book by Tony Mendez and Wired article by Joshuah Bearman |
| 2013 | 12 Years a Slave | John Ridley | memoir by Solomon Northup |
| 2014 | Gone Girl | Gillian Flynn | novel by Gillian Flynn |
| 2015 | Carol | Phyllis Nagy | novel by Patricia Highsmith |
| 2016 | Arrival | Eric Heisserer | novel by Ted Chiang |
| 2017 | Call Me by Your Name | James Ivory | novel by André Aciman |
| 2018 | If Beale Street Could Talk | Barry Jenkins | novel by James Baldwin |
| 2019 | The Irishman | Steven Zaillian | memoir by Charles Brandt |
2020s
edit| Year | Winner | Writer(s) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Nomadland | Chloé Zhao | nonfiction book by Jessica Bruder |
| 2021 | The Power of the Dog | Jane Campion | novel by Thomas Savage |
| 2022 | Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery | Rian Johnson | characters from the film Knives Out by Rian Johnson |
| 2023 | Oppenheimer | Christopher Nolan | biography by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin |