National Board of Review Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

The National Board of Review Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is an annual award given (since 2003) by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.[1] The years in the table indicate the evaluated films years; the award ceremonies took place in the following year.

Winners

2000s

Best Screenplay
Year Winner Writer(s) Source material Ref.
2000 All the Pretty Horses Ted Tally novel by Cormac McCarthy [2]
2001 In the Bedroom Rob Festinger and Todd Field short story by Andre Dubus [3]
2002 Adaptation
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Human Nature		 Charlie Kaufman book by Susan Orlean
novel by Chuck Barris
(Original Screenplay)		 [4]
Best Adapted Screenplay
Year Winner Writer(s) Source material Ref.
2003 Cold Mountain Anthony Minghella novel by Charles Frazier [5]
2004 Sideways Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor novel by Rex Pickett [6]
2005 Syriana Stephen Gaghan book by Robert Baer [7]
2006 The Painted Veil Ron Nyswaner novel by W. Somerset Maugham [8]
2007 No Country for Old Men Joel Coen and Ethan Coen novel by Cormac McCarthy [9]
2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Eric Roth short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald [10]
Slumdog Millionaire Simon Beaufoy novel by Vikas Swarup
2009 Up in the Air Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner novel by Walter Kirn [11]

2010s

Year Winner Writer(s) Source material Ref.
2010 The Social Network Aaron Sorkin book by Ben Mezrich [12]
2011 The Descendants Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings [13]
2012 Silver Linings Playbook David O. Russell novel by Matthew Quick [14]
2013 The Wolf of Wall Street Terence Winter book by Jordan Belfort [15]
2014 Inherent Vice Paul Thomas Anderson novel by Thomas Pynchon [16]
2015 The Martian Drew Goddard novel by Andy Weir [17]
2016 Silence Jay Cocks and Martin Scorsese novel by Shūsaku Endō [18]
2017 The Disaster Artist Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber book by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell [19]
2018 If Beale Street Could Talk Barry Jenkins novel by James Baldwin [20]
2019 The Irishman Steven Zaillian book by Charles Brandt [21]

2020s

Year Winner Writer(s) Source material Ref.
2020 News of the World Paul Greengrass and Luke Davies novel by Paulette Jiles [22]
2021 The Tragedy of Macbeth Joel Coen play by William Shakespeare [23]
2022 All Quiet on the Western Front Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, and Ian Stokell novel by Erich Maria Remarque [24]
2023 Poor Things Tony McNamara novel by Alasdair Gray [25]
2024 Sing Sing Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar book by John H. Richardson [26]
2025 Train Dreams novella by Denis Johnson [27]

Multiple winners

2 wins

See also

References

  1. ^ "Best Adapted Screenplay | Archive". National Board of Review. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
  2. ^ "2000 Award Winners". National Board of Review. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
  3. ^ "2001 Award Winners". National Board of Review. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
  4. ^ "2002 Award Winners". National Board of Review. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
  5. ^ "2003 Award Winners". National Board of Review. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
  6. ^ "2004 Award Winners". National Board of Review. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
  7. ^ "2005 Award Winners". National Board of Review. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
  8. ^ "2006 Award Winners". National Board of Review. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
  9. ^ "2007 Award Winners". National Board of Review. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
  10. ^ "2008 Award Winners". National Board of Review. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
  11. ^ "2009 Award Winners". National Board of Review. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
  12. ^ "2010 Award Winners". National Board of Review. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
  13. ^ "2011 Award Winners". National Board of Review. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
  14. ^ "2012 Award Winners". National Board of Review. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
  15. ^ "2013 Award Winners". National Board of Review. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
  16. ^ "2014 Award Winners". National Board of Review. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
  17. ^ "2015 Award Winners". National Board of Review. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
  18. ^ "2016 Award Winners". National Board of Review. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
  19. ^ "2017 Award Winners". National Board of Review. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
  20. ^ "2018 Award Winners". National Board of Review. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
  21. ^ "2019 Award Winners". National Board of Review. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
  22. ^ "2020 Award Winners". National Board of Review. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
  23. ^ "2021 Award Winners". National Board of Review. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
  24. ^ "2022 Award Winners". National Board of Review. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
  25. ^ "2023 Award Winners". National Board of Review. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
  26. ^ "2024 Award Winners". National Board of Review. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
  27. ^ "2025 Award Winners". National Board of Review. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
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