| BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Adapted Screenplay |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| Currently held by | Taika Waititi for Jojo Rabbit (2019) |
| Website | http://www.bafta.org/ |
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award for Best Adapted Screenplay has been presented to its winners since 1968, when the original category (BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay) was split into two awards, the other being the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Winners and nominees
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
| Year | Film | Screenwriter(s) | Adapted from |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 64th | |||
| The Social Network | Aaron Sorkin | The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich | |
| 127 Hours | Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy | Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston | |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Rasmus Heisterberg and Nikolaj Arcel | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson | |
| Toy Story 3 | Michael Arndt | Characters from the film Toy Story created by John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton, Joe Ranft, Joss Whedon, Joel Cohen, and Alec Sokolow Characters from the film Toy Story 2 created by John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Ash Brannon, Andrew Stanton, Rita Hsiao, Doug Chamberlin, and Chris Webb | |
| True Grit | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | True Grit by Charles Portis | |
| 2011 65th | |||
| Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carré | |
| The Descendants | Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash | The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings | |
| The Help | Tate Taylor | The Help by Kathryn Stockett | |
| The Ides of March | George Clooney, Beau Willimon, and Grant Heslov | Farragut North by Beau Willimon | |
| Moneyball | Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin | Moneyball by Michael Lewis | |
| 2012 66th | |||
| Silver Linings Playbook | David O. Russell | The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick | |
| Argo | Chris Terrio | The Master of Disguise by Tony Mendez The Great Escape by Joshuah Bearman | |
| Beasts of the Southern Wild | Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin | Juicy and Delicious by Lucy Alibar | |
| Life of Pi | David Magee | Life of Pi by Yann Martel | |
| Lincoln | Tony Kushner | Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin | |
| 2013 67th | |||
| Philomena | Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope | The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by Martin Sixsmith | |
| 12 Years a Slave | John Ridley | Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup | |
| Behind the Candelabra | Richard LaGravenese | Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace by Scott Thorson | |
| Captain Phillips | Billy Ray | A Captain's Duty by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty | |
| The Wolf of Wall Street | Terence Winter | The Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort | |
| 2014 68th | |||
| The Theory of Everything | Anthony McCarten | Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen by Jane Wilde Hawking | |
| American Sniper | Jason Hall | American Sniper by Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, and Jim DeFelice | |
| Gone Girl | Gillian Flynn | Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn | |
| The Imitation Game | Graham Moore | Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges | |
| Paddington | Paul King | Paddington Bear by Michael Bond | |
| 2015 69th | |||
| The Big Short | Adam McKay and Charles Randolph | The Big Short by Michael Lewis | |
| Brooklyn | Nick Hornby | Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín | |
| Carol | Phyllis Nagy | The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith | |
| Room | Emma Donoghue | Room by Emma Donoghue | |
| Steve Jobs | Aaron Sorkin | Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson | |
| 2016 70th | |||
| Lion | Luke Davies | A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley and Larry Buttrose | |
| Arrival | Eric Heisserer | Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang | |
| Hacksaw Ridge | Andrew Knight and Robert Schenkkan | The Conscientious Objector by Terry Benedict | |
| Hidden Figures | Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi | Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly | |
| Nocturnal Animals | Tom Ford | Tony and Susan by Austin Wright | |
| 2017 71st | |||
| Call Me by Your Name | James Ivory[3] | Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman | |
| The Death of Stalin | Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin and David Schneider | The Death of Stalin by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin | |
| Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool | Matt Greenhalgh | Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool by Peter Turner | |
| Molly's Game | Aaron Sorkin | Molly's Game by Molly Bloom | |
| Paddington 2 | Simon Farnaby and Paul King | Paddington Bear by Michael Bond | |
| 2018 72nd | |||
| BlacKkKlansman | Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee[4] | Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth | |
| Can You Ever Forgive Me? | Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty | Can You Ever Forgive Me? by Lee Israel | |
| First Man | Josh Singer | First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong by James R. Hansen | |
| If Beale Street Could Talk | Barry Jenkins | If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin | |
| A Star Is Born | Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper and Will Fetters | A Star Is Born by William A. Wellman, Robert Carson, Dorothy Parker and Alan Campbell | |
| 2019 73rd | |||
| Jojo Rabbit | Taika Waititi[5] | Caging Skies by Christine Leunens | |
| The Irishman | Steven Zaillian | I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt | |
| Joker | Todd Phillips and Scott Silver | Characters by DC | |
| Little Women | Greta Gerwig | Little Women by Louisa May Alcott | |
| The Two Popes | Anthony McCarten | The Pope by Anthony McCarten |
See also
- Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
- AACTA International Award for Best Screenplay
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Screenplay
- Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay
- Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay