Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay

The Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay was an annual award 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
• State and Main – David Mamet
• Traffic – Stephen Gaghan
• Wonder Boys – Steve Kloves
• You Can Count on Me – Kenneth Lonergan
• 2001: Memento – Christopher Nolan
• A Beautiful Mind – Akiva Goldsman
• Ghost World – Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff
• Gosford Park – Julian Fellowes
• The Royal Tenenbaums – Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson
• 2002: Adaptation. – Charlie and Donald Kaufman
• About a Boy – Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz, and Paul Weitz
• About Schmidt – Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
• Far from Heaven – Todd Haynes
• Punch-Drunk Love – Paul Thomas Anderson
• 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

References

• http://www.chicagofilmcritics.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=59
• https://web.archive.org/web/20120515203059/http://www.chicagofilmcritics.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48&Itemid=58
• https://web.archive.org/web/20100224070822/http://www.chicagofilmcritics.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62&Itemid=60