The Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay is one of the annual awards given by the Chicago Film Critics Association.
Winners
1990s
- 1990: Goodfellas – Nicholas Pileggi and Martin Scorsese
- 1993: Schindler's List – Steven Zaillian
- 1994: Pulp Fiction – Roger Avary and Quentin Tarantino
- 1995: The Usual Suspects – Christopher McQuarrie
- 1996: Fargo – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
- 1997: L.A. Confidential – Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland
- 1998: Shakespeare in Love – Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard
- Bulworth – Warren Beatty and Jeremy Pikser
- Happiness – Todd Solondz
- A Simple Plan – Scott Smith
- The Truman Show – Andrew Niccol
- 1999: Being John Malkovich – Charlie Kaufman
- American Beauty – Alan Ball
- Magnolia – Paul Thomas Anderson
- The Sixth Sense – M. Night Shyamalan
- Topsy-Turvy – Mike Leigh
2000s
- 2000: Almost Famous – Cameron Crowe
- 2001: Memento – Christopher Nolan
- 2002: Adaptation. – Charlie and Donald Kaufman
- 2003: Lost in Translation – Sofia Coppola
- 2004: Sideways – Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
- 2005: Crash – Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco
- Brokeback Mountain – Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana
- Capote – Dan Futterman
- Good Night, and Good Luck. – George Clooney and Grant Heslov
- A History of Violence – Josh Olson