| Year
|
Writer(s)
|
Film
|
Source
|
| 2010 |
Aaron Sorkin |
The Social Network |
The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich
|
| Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy |
127 Hours |
Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston
|
| Michael Arndt |
Toy Story 3 |
characters by John Lasseter
|
| Joel Coen and Ethan Coen |
True Grit |
novel by Charles Portis
|
| Debra Granik and Anne Rosselini |
Winter's Bone |
novel by Daniel Woodrell
|
| 2011 |
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash |
The Descendants |
novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings
|
| Tate Taylor |
The Help |
novel by Kathryn Stockett
|
| John Logan |
Hugo |
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
|
| Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin |
Moneyball |
novel by Charles Portis
|
| Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan |
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy |
novel by John le Carré
|
| 2012 |
David O. Russell |
Silver Linings Playbook |
The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick
|
| Chris Terrio |
Argo |
The Master of Disguise by Tony Mendez
|
| David Magee |
Life of Pi |
novel by Yann Martel
|
| Tony Kushner |
Lincoln |
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
|
| Stephen Chbosky |
The Perks of Being a Wallflower |
novel by Stephen Chbosky
|
| 2013 |
John Ridley |
12 Years a Slave |
memoir by Solomon Northup
|
| Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, and Julie Delpy |
Before Midnight |
characters by Richard Linklater and Kim Krizan
|
| Billy Ray |
Captain Phillips |
A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips
|
| Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber |
The Spectacular Now |
novel by Tim Tharp
|
| Terence Winter |
The Wolf of Wall Street |
memoir by Jordan Belfort
|
| 2014 |
Gillian Flynn |
Gone Girl |
novel by Gillian Flynn
|
| Graham Moore |
The Imitation Game |
Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges
|
| Paul Thomas Anderson |
Inherent Vice |
novel by Thomas Pynchon
|
| Anthony McCarten |
The Theory of Everything |
Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen by Jane Hawking
|
| Nick Hornby |
Wild |
memoir by Cheryl Strayed
|
| 2015 |
Emma Donoghue |
Room |
novel by Emma Donoghue
|
| Nick Hornby |
Brooklyn |
novel by Colm Tóibín
|
| Phyllis Nagy |
Carol |
The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith
|
| Drew Goddard |
The Martian |
novel by Andy Weir
|
| Aaron Sorkin |
Steve Jobs |
biography by Walter Isaacson
|
| 2016 |
Eric Heisserer |
Arrival |
"Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang
|
| August Wilson |
Fences |
play by August Wilson
|
| Luke Davies |
Lion |
A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley
|
| Patrick Ness |
A Monster Calls |
novel by Patrick Ness
|
| Tom Ford |
Nocturnal Animals |
Tony and Susan by Austin Wright
|
| 2017 |
Virgil Williams and Dee Rees |
Mudbound |
novel by Hillary Jordan
|
| Hampton Fancher and Michael Green |
Blade Runner 2049 |
characters from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
|
| James Ivory |
Call Me by Your Name |
novel by André Aciman
|
| Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber |
The Disaster Artist |
memoir by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell
|
| Aaron Sorkin |
Molly's Game |
memoir by Molly Bloom
|
| 2018 |
Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty |
Can You Ever Forgive Me? |
memoir by Lee Israel
|
| Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel, and Kevin Willmott |
BlacKkKlansman |
Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth
|
| Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole |
Black Panther |
characters by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee
|
| Barry Jenkins |
If Beale Street Could Talk |
novel by James Baldwin
|
| Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters, and Eric Roth |
A Star Is Born |
A Star Is Born by William A. Wellman, Robert Carson, Dorothy Parker, and Alan Campbell
|
| 2019 |
Greta Gerwig |
Little Women |
novel by Louisa May Alcott
|
| Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster |
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood |
article "Can You Say ... Hero?" by Tom Junod
|
| Taika Waititi |
Jojo Rabbit |
Caging Skies by Christine Leunens
|
| Todd Phillips and Scott Silver |
Joker |
characters created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson
|
| Steven Zaillian |
The Irishman |
I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt
|
