The Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay is an award given by the Florida Film Critics Circle to honor the finest achievements in film-making. The award has been split into two categories, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay, since 2010.
Winners 1990s YearWinnerWriter(s)Source1996 Fargo Joel Coen and Ethan Coen 1997 L.A. Confidential Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland novel by James Ellroy1998 Shakespeare in Love Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard 1999 Election Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor novel by Tom Perrotta
2000s YearWinnerWriter(s)Source2000 State and Main David Mamet 2001 Memento Christopher Nolan short story by Jonathan Nolan2002 Adaptation. Charlie and Donald Kaufman book by Susan Orlean2003 Lost in Translation Sofia Coppola 2004 Sideways Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor novel by Rex Pickett2005 Brokeback Mountain Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana short story by E. Annie Proulx2006 The Departed William Monahan film by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak2007 Juno Diablo Cody 2008 Slumdog Millionaire Simon Beaufoy novel by Vikas Swarup2009 (500) Days of Summer Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber
2010s YearWinnerWriter(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 YearWinnerWriter(s)Source 2020 I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Adapted) Charlie Kaufman novel by Iain Reid Minari (Original) Lee Isaac Chung 2021 The Power of the Dog (Adapted) Jane Campion novel by Thomas Savage The French Dispatch (Original) Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, Hugo Guinness, and Jason Schwartzman2022Women Talking (Adapted) Sarah Polleynovel by Miriam ToewsDecision to Leave (Original)Park Chan-wook and Jeong Seo-Gyeong2023 Poor Things (Adapted) Tony McNamara novel by Alasdair Gray Past Lives (Original) Celine Song2024 Queer (Adapted) Justin Kuritzkes novel by William S. Burroughs I Saw the TV Glow (Original) Jane Schoenbrun2025 One Battle After Another (Adapted) Paul Thomas Anderson Vineland by Thomas Pynchon It Was Just an Accident (Original) Jafar Panahi
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