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2019 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![Marriage Story Noah Baumbach](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/marriage-story-noah-baumbach-image.jpg)
Marriage Story
Noah Baumbach
2018 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![Can You Ever Forgive Me? Nicole Holofcener](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/can-you-ever-forgive-me-marielle-heller-image.jpg)
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Nicole Holofcener
2017 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![Get Out Jordan Peele](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/get-out-jordan-peele-image.jpg)
Get Out
Jordan Peele
2016 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![The Lobster Yorgos Lanthimos](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-lobster-yorgos-lanthimos-image.jpg)
The Lobster
Yorgos Lanthimos
2015 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![Spotlight Josh Singer](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/spotlight-tom-mccarthy-image.jpg)
Spotlight
Josh Singer
2014 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-grand-budapest-hotel-wes-anderson-image.jpg)
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Wes Anderson
2013 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![Before Midnight Richard Linklater](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/before-midnight-richard-linklater-image.jpg)
Before Midnight
Richard Linklater
2012 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![Argo Chris Terrio](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/argo-image.jpg)
Argo
Chris Terrio
2011 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![A Separation Asghar Farhadi](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-separation-image.jpg)
A Separation
Asghar Farhadi
2010 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![The Social Network Aaron Sorkin](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-social-network-david-fincher-image.jpg)
The Social Network
Aaron Sorkin
2009 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![Up in the Air Jason Reitman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/up-in-the-air-jason-reitman-image.jpg)
Up in the Air
Jason Reitman
2008 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![Happy-Go-Lucky Mike Leigh](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/happy-go-lucky-mike-leigh-image.jpg)
Happy-Go-Lucky
Mike Leigh
2007 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![The Savages Tamara Jenkins](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-savages-tamara-jenkins-image.jpg)
The Savages
Tamara Jenkins
2006 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![The Queen Peter Morgan](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-queen-stephen-frears-image.jpg)
The Queen
Peter Morgan
2005 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![Capote Dan Futterman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/capote-image.jpg)
Capote
Dan Futterman
2005 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![The Squid and the Whale Noah Baumbach](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-squid-and-the-whale-noah-baumbach-image.jpg)
The Squid and the Whale
Noah Baumbach
2004 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![Sideways Alexander Payne](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sideways-image.jpg)
Sideways
Alexander Payne
2003 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![American Splendor Shari Springer Berman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/american-splendor-shari-springer-berman-robert-pulcini-image.jpg)
American Splendor
Shari Springer Berman
2002 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![About Schmidt Alexander Payne](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/about-schmidt-image.jpg)
About Schmidt
Alexander Payne
2001 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![Memento Christopher Nolan](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/memento-christopher-nolan-image.jpg)
Memento
Christopher Nolan
2000 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![You Can Count on Me Kenneth Lonergan](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/you-can-count-on-me-kenneth-lonergan-image.jpg)
You Can Count on Me
Kenneth Lonergan
1999 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![Being John Malkovich Charlie Kaufman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/being-john-malkovich-spike-jonze-image.jpg)
Being John Malkovich
Charlie Kaufman
1998 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![Bulworth Warren Beatty](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/bulworth-warren-beatty-image.jpg)
Bulworth
Warren Beatty
1997 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![L.A. Confidential Curtis Hanson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/l.a.-confidential-curtis-hanson-image.jpg)
L.A. Confidential
Curtis Hanson
1996 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![Fargo Ethan Coen](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/fargo-joel-coen-ethan-coen-image.jpg)
Fargo
Ethan Coen
1995 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![Sense and Sensibility Emma Thompson](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sense-and-sensibility-image.jpg)
Sense and Sensibility
Emma Thompson
1994 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![Pulp Fiction Quentin Tarantino](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/pulp-fiction-quentin-tarantino-image.jpg)
Pulp Fiction
Quentin Tarantino
1993 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![The Piano Jane Campion](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-piano-jane-campion-image.jpg)
The Piano
Jane Campion
1992 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![Unforgiven David Webb Peoples](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/unforgiven-clint-eastwood-image.jpg)
Unforgiven
David Webb Peoples
1991 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![Bugsy James Toback](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/bugsy-image.jpg)
Bugsy
James Toback
1990 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![Reversal of Fortune Nicholas Kazan](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/reversal-of-fortune-image.jpg)
Reversal of Fortune
Nicholas Kazan
1989 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![Drugstore Cowboy Gus Van Sant](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/drugstore-cowboy-gus-van-sant-image.jpg)
Drugstore Cowboy
Gus Van Sant
1988 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![Bull Durham Ron Shelton](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/bull-durham-ron-shelton-image.jpg)
Bull Durham
Ron Shelton
1987 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![Hope and Glory John Boorman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hope-and-glory-john-boorman-image.jpg)
Hope and Glory
John Boorman
1986 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![Hannah and Her Sisters Woody Allen](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hannah-and-her-sisters-woody-allen-image.jpg)
Hannah and Her Sisters
Woody Allen
1985 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![Brazil Terry Gilliam](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/brazil-terry-gilliam-image.jpg)
Brazil
Terry Gilliam
1984 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![Amadeus Peter Shaffer](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/amadeus-image.jpg)
Amadeus
Peter Shaffer
1983 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![Terms of Endearment James L. Brooks](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/terms-of-endearment-image.jpg)
Terms of Endearment
James L. Brooks
1982 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![Tootsie Larry Gelbart](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/tootsie-image.jpg)
Tootsie
Larry Gelbart
1981 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![Atlantic City John Guare](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/atlantic-city-louis-malle-image.jpg)
Atlantic City
John Guare
1980 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![Return of the Secaucus Seven John Sayles](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/return-of-the-secaucus-seven-john-sayles-image.jpg)
Return of the Secaucus Seven
John Sayles
1979 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![Kramer vs. Kramer Robert Benton](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/kramer-vs.-kramer-robert-benton-image.jpg)
Kramer vs. Kramer
Robert Benton
1978 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![An Unmarried Woman Paul Mazursky](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/an-unmarried-woman-paul-mazursky-image.jpg)
An Unmarried Woman
Paul Mazursky
1977 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![Annie Hall Woody Allen](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/annie-hall-woody-allen-image.jpg)
Annie Hall
Woody Allen
1976 LAFCA Award – Best Screenplay
![Network Paddy Chayefsky](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/network-sidney-lumet-image.jpg)