NBR – Best Original Screenplay

List of winners and nominees for the National Board of Review - Best Original Screenplay!

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2019 National Board of Review – Best Original Screenplay

Uncut Gems

Josh Safdie

2018 National Board of Review – Best Original Screenplay

First Reformed

Paul Schrader

2017 National Board of Review – Best Original Screenplay

Phantom Thread

Paul Thomas Anderson

2016 National Board of Review – Best Original Screenplay

Manchester by the Sea

Kenneth Lonergan

2015 National Board of Review – Best Original Screenplay

The Hateful Eight

Quentin Tarantino

2014 National Board of Review – Best Original Screenplay

The Lego Movie

Phil Lord

2013 National Board of Review – Best Original Screenplay

Inside Llewyn Davis

Joel Coen

2012 National Board of Review – Best Original Screenplay

Looper

Rian Johnson

2011 National Board of Review – Best Original Screenplay

50/50

Will Reiser

2010 National Board of Review – Best Original Screenplay

Buried

Chris Sparling

2009 National Board of Review – Best Original Screenplay

A Serious Man

Joel Coen

2008 National Board of Review – Best Original Screenplay

Gran Torino

Nick Schenk

2007 National Board of Review – Best Original Screenplay

Juno

Diablo Cody

2007 National Board of Review – Best Original Screenplay

Lars and the Real Girl

Nancy Oliver

2006 National Board of Review – Best Original Screenplay

Stranger Than Fiction

Zach Helm

2005 National Board of Review – Best Original Screenplay

The Squid and the Whale

Noah Baumbach

2004 National Board of Review – Best Original Screenplay

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Charlie Kaufman

2003 National Board of Review – Best Original Screenplay

In America

Jim Sheridan