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

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

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

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