Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay

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