Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay
# Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay

The Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay is an award presented by the Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. It is given in honor of a screenwriter who has delivered an outstanding screenplay while working in the film industry.

## Winners

### 1990s

| Year | Winner(s) | Film | Source |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1990 | Michael Blake | Dances with Wolves | novel by Michael Blake |
| 1991 | Callie Khouri | Thelma & Louise | |
| 1992 | David Webb Peoples | Unforgiven | |
| 1993 | Steven Zaillian | Schindler's List | novel by Thomas Keneally |
| 1994 | Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary | Pulp Fiction | |
| 1995 | Christopher McQuarrie | The Usual Suspects | |
| 1996 | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | Fargo | |
| 1997 | Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson | L.A. Confidential | novel by James Ellroy |
| 1998 | Andrew Niccol | The Truman Show | |
| 1999 | Alan Ball | American Beauty | |

### 2000s

| Year | Winner(s) | Film | Source |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2000 | Cameron Crowe | Almost Famous | |
| 2001 | Akiva Goldsman | A Beautiful Mind | book by Sylvia Nasar |
| 2002 | Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman | Adaptation | book by Susan Orlean |
| 2003 | Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | book by J. R. R. Tolkien |
| 2004 | Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor | Sideways | novel by Rex Pickett |
| 2005 | Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana | Brokeback Mountain | short story by Annie Proulx |
| 2006 | Michael Arndt | Little Miss Sunshine | |
| 2007 | Diablo Cody | Juno | |
| 2008 | Dustin Lance Black | Milk | |
| 2009 | Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner | Up in the Air | novel by Walter Kirn |

### 2010s

| Year | Winner(s) | Film | Source |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2010 | Aaron Sorkin | The Social Network | novel by Ben Mezrich |
| 2011 | Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash | The Descendants | novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings |
| 2012 | Mark Boal | Zero Dark Thirty | |
| 2013 | John Ridley | 12 Years a Slave | memoir by Solomon Northup |
| 2014 | Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bó | Birdman | |
| 2015 | Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer | Spotlight | |
| 2016 | Kenneth Lonergan | Manchester by the Sea | |
| 2017 | Greta Gerwig | Lady Bird | |
| 2018 | Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara | The Favourite | |
| 2019 | Noah Baumbach | Marriage Story | |

### 2020s

| Year | Winner | Film | Source |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2020 | Emerald Fennell | Promising Young Woman | |
| 2021 | Jane Campion | The Power of the Dog | novel by Thomas Savage |
| 2022 | Martin McDonagh | The Banshees of Inisherin | |
