The Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay is an award given by the Florida Film Critics Circle to honor the finest achievementes in film-making. The award has been split into two categories, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay, since 2010.
Winners
1990s
| Year | Winner | Writer(s) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Fargo | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | |
| 1997 | L.A. Confidential | Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland | novel by James Ellroy |
| 1998 | Shakespeare in Love | Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard | |
| 1999 | Election | Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor | novel by Tom Perrotta |
2000s
| Year | Winner | Writer(s) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | State and Main | David Mamet | |
| 2001 | Memento | Christopher Nolan | short story by Jonathan Nolan |
| 2002 | Adaptation. | Charlie and Donald Kaufman | book by Susan Orlean |
| 2003 | Lost in Translation | Sofia Coppola | |
| 2004 | Sideways | Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor | novel by Rex Pickett |
| 2005 | Brokeback Mountain | Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana | short story by E. Annie Proulx |
| 2006 | The Departed | William Monahan | film by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak |
| 2007 | Juno | Diablo Cody | |
| 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire | Simon Beaufoy | novel by Vikas Swarup |
| 2009 | (500) Days of Summer | Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber |
2010s
| Year | Winner | Writer(s) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The Social Network (Adapted) | Aaron Sorkin | novel by Ben Mezrich |
| Inception (Original) | Christopher Nolan | ||
| 2011 | The Descendants (Adapted) | Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash | novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings |
| The Artist (Original) | Michel Hazanavicius | ||
| 2012 | Argo (Adapted) | Chris Terrio | novel by Tony Mendez article by Joshuah Bearman |
| Looper (Original) | Rian Johnson | ||
| 2013 | 12 Years a Slave (Adapted) | John Ridley | memoir by Solomon Northup |
| Her (Original) | Spike Jonze | ||
| 2014 | Gone Girl (Adapted) | Gillian Flynn | novel by Gillian Flynn |
| The Grand Budapest Hotel (Original) | Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness | ||
| 2015 | The Big Short (Adapted) | Adam McKay and Charles Randolph | book by Michael Lewis |
| Spotlight (Original) | Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer | ||
| 2016 | Love & Friendship (Adapted) | Whit Stillman | novel by Jane Austen |
| The Lobster (Original) | Efthymis Filippou and Yorgos Lanthimos | ||
| 2017 | Call Me by Your Name (Adapted) | James Ivory | novel by André Aciman |
| Get Out (Original) | Jordan Peele | ||
| 2018 | Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Adapted) | Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty | memoir by Lee Israel |
| Sorry to Bother You (Original) | Boots Riley | ||
| 2019 | Little Women (Adapted) | Greta Gerwig | novel by Louisa May Alcott |
| Uncut Gems (Original) | Ronald Bronstein and Benny and Josh Safdie |
2020s
| Year | Winner | Writer(s) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Adapted) | Charlie Kaufman | novel by Iain Reid |
| Minari (Original) | Lee Isaac Chung |