London Film Critics' Circle Award for Screenwriter of the Year

The London Film Critics' Circle Award for Screenwriter of the Year is an annual award given by the London Film Critics' Circle.

List of winners

Year	Screenwriter(s)	Film(s)(2)
1980	Steve Tesich	Breaking Away
1981	Colin Welland	Chariots of Fire
1982	Costa-Gavras and Donald E. Stewart	Missing
1983	Ruth Prawer Jhabvala	Heat and Dust
1984	Philip Kaufman	The Right Stuff
1985	Alan Bennett	A Private Function
1986	Woody Allen	Hannah and Her Sisters
1987	Alan Bennett (2)	Prick Up Your Ears
1988	David Mamet	House of Games
1989	Christopher Hampton	Dangerous Liaisons
1990	Woody Allen (2)	Crimes and Misdemeanors
1991	David Mamet (2)	Homicide
1992	Michael Tolkin	The Player
1993	Harold Ramis and Danny Rubin	Groundhog Day
1994	Quentin Tarantino	Pulp Fiction
1995	Paul Attanasio	Quiz Show and Disclosure
1996	Joel Coen and Ethan Coen	Fargo
1997	Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland	L.A. Confidential
1998[1]	Andrew Niccol	The Truman Show and Gattaca
1999	Alan Ball	American Beauty
2000	Charlie Kaufman	Being John Malkovich
2001	Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2)	The Man Who Wasn't There
2002	Andrew Bovell	Lantana
2003[2]	John Collee and Peter Weir	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2004[3]	Charlie Kaufman (2)	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2005[4]	Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco	Crash
2006[5]	Peter Morgan	The Queen
2007[6]	Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck	The Lives of Others
2008[7]	Simon Beaufoy	Slumdog Millionaire
2009[8]	Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, and Tony Roche	In the Loop
2010[9]	Aaron Sorkin	The Social Network
2011[10]	Asghar Farhadi	A Separation
2012[11]	Michael Haneke	Amour
2013[12]	Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (3)	Inside Llewyn Davis
2014[13]	Wes Anderson	The Grand Budapest Hotel
2015[14]	Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer	Spotlight
2016[15]	Kenneth Lonergan	Manchester by the Sea
2017[16]	Martin McDonagh	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2018[17]	Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara	The Favourite
2019[18]	Noah Baumbach	Marriage Story
2020[19]	Chloé Zhao	Nomadland
2021[20]	Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe	Drive My Car
2022[21]	Martin McDonagh	The Banshees of Inisherin
2023[22]	Justine Triet & Arthur Harari	Poor Things
2024[23]	Jesse Eisenberg	A Real Pain

Multiple winners

The following screenwriters have won multiple awards:

• 3 wins – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (1996, 2001, 2013)
• 2 wins – Alan Bennett (1985, 1987)
• 2 wins – Woody Allen (1986, 1990)
• 2 wins – David Mamet (1988, 1991)
• 2 wins – Charlie Kaufman (2000, 2004)
• 2 wins - Martin McDonagh (2017, 2022)