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

1990s

1990: Goodfellas – Nicholas Pileggi and Martin Scorsese1993: Schindler's List – Steven Zaillian1994: Pulp Fiction – Roger Avary and Quentin Tarantino1995: The Usual Suspects – Christopher McQuarrie1996: Fargo – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen1997: L.A. Confidential – Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland1998: 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 Niccol1999: 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 Lonergan2001: 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 Wilson2002: 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 Anderson2003: Lost in Translation – Sofia Coppola2004: Sideways – Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor2005: 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