Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Original Screenplay

The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Original Screenplay is presented by the Critics Choice Association at the annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards.

The categories for screenplays have gone through several changes since their inception in 1995: In 2009, the distinction between original and adapted was implemented again, with two categories presented ever since, Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay.

(years are of film release; ceremonies are the next year)

Emma Thompson was the first recipient of this award originally titled, Best Screenplay in 1995
Tom Stoppard won for Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Christopher Nolan won for Memento (1999)
Cameron Crowe won for Almost Famous (2000)
Charlie Kaufman won for Adaptation (2002)
Alexander Payne won for Sideways (2004)
Diablo Cody won for Juno (2007)
Quentin Tarantino won twice for Inglorious Basterds (2009) and Django Unchained (2012)
Woody Allen won for Midnight in Paris (2011)
Spike Jonze won for Her (2013)
Alejandro González Iñárritu won for Birdman (2014)
Damien Chazelle won for La La Land (2016)
Kenneth Lonergan won for Manchester by the Sea (2016)
Jordan Peele won for Get Out (2017)
Paul Schrader won for First Reformed (2018)
Kenneth Branagh won for Belfast (2021)
Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan won for Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)