Best Film Script of the Year

Awarded to the film deemed by Cosmo voters to have the best script or screenplay for an eligible film from that award year. No distinction is made between original versus adapted screenplays.

Best Script for a 2001 Film

Winner

  • Memento (2001)

Additional Nominees

  • Amélie (2001)
  • Gosford Park (2001)
  • Moulin Rouge (2001)
  • Shrek (2001)

Best Script for a 2002 Film

Winner

  • Adaptation (2002)

Additional Nominees

  • Chicago (2002)
  • Far From Heaven (2002)
  • The Hours (2002)
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
  • Scotland, PA (2002)
  • Y Tu Mama También (2002)

Best Script for a 2003 Film

Winner

  • Lost in Translation (2003)

Additional Nominees

  • Big Fish (2003)
  • Cold Mountain (2003)
  • Finding Nemo (2003)
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

Best Script for a 2004 Film

Winner

  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

Additional Nominees

  • Closer (2004)
  • Garden State (2004)
  • Saved! (2004)
  • Sideways (2004)

Best Script of a 2005 Film

Winner

  • Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Additional Nominees

  • Crash (2005)
  • Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)
  • Mysterious Skin (2005)
  • Serenity (2005)
  • Transamerica (2005)

Best Script for a 2006 Film

Winner

  • Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Additional Nominees

  • Children of Men (2006)
  • The Departed (2006)
  • For Your Consideration (2006)
  • The Queen (2006)
  • Shortbus (2006)

Best Script of a 2010 Film

Winner

  • Inception (2010)

Additional Nominees

  • Black Swan (2010)
  • The Fighter (2010)
  • The Kids Are All Right (2010)
  • The King’s Speech (2010)
  • The Social Network (2010)

Best Script of a 2012 Film

Winner

  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

Additional Nominees

  • Cloud Atlas (2012)
  • Django Unchained (2012)
  • Lincoln (2012)
  • Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
  • Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

Best Script of a 2013 Film

Winner

  • August: Osage County (2013)

Additional Nominees

  • American Hustle (2013)
  • Much Ado About Nothing (2013)
  • Nebraska (2013)
  • Philomena (2013)
  • The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

Best Script of a 2014 Film

Winner

  • Birdman (2014)

Additional Nominees

  • Gone Girl (2014)
  • The Imitation Game (2014)
  • Nightcrawler (2014)
  • The Skeleton Twins (2014)
  • Whiplash (2014)

Best Script of a 2015 Film

Winner

  • Ex Machina (2015)

Additional Nominees

  • Bridge of Spies (2015)
  • Carol (2015)
  • Man From Reno (2015)
  • The Martian (2015)
  • Room (2015)

Best Script of a 2016 Film

Winner

  • Hidden Figures (2016)

Additional Nominees

  • Holding the Man (2016)
  • La La Land (2016)
  • Manchester by the Sea (2016)
  • Moonlight (2016)
  • Zootopia (2016)

Best Script of a 2017 Film

Winner

  • Get Out (2017)

Additional Nominees

  • The Big Sick (2017)
  • Call Me By Your Name (2017)
  • Lady Bird (2017)
  • The Shape of Water (2017)
  • Wonder Woman (2017)

Best Script of a 2018 Film

Winner

  • BlackKklansman (2018)

Additional Nominees

  • The Favourite (2018)
  • First Reformed (2018)
  • Roma (2018)
  • A Star is Born (2018)
  • Vice (2018)

Best Script of a 2019 Film

Winner

  • Knives Out

Additional Nominees

  • Booksmart
  • The Farewell
  • Jojo Rabbit
  • Little Women
  • Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood

Best Script of a 2020 Film

Winner

  • Promising Young Woman

Additional Nominees

  • First Cow
  • Never Rarely Sometimes Always
  • Nomadland
  • One Night in Miami…
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7

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