1985: The Killing Fields – Bruce Robinson 1986: Prizzi's Honor – Richard Condon and Janet Roach 1987: A Room with a View – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala * 1988: Roxanne – Steve Martin 1989: Dangerous Liaisons – Christopher Hampton * 1990: Driving Miss Daisy – Alfred Uhry * 1991: Dances with Wolves – Michael Blake * 1992: The Silence of the Lambs – Ted Tally * 1993: The Player – Michael Tolkin 1994: Schindler's List – Steven Zaillian * 1995: Forrest Gump – Eric Roth * 1996: Sense and Sensibility – Emma Thompson * 1997: Sling Blade – Billy Bob Thornton * 1998: L.A. Confidential – Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson * 1999: Out of Sight – Scott Frank 2000: Election – Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor 2001: Traffic – Stephen Gaghan * 2002: A Beautiful Mind – Akiva Goldsman * 2003: The Hours – David Hare 2004: American Splendor – Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini 2005: Sideways – Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor * 2006: Brokeback Mountain – Larry McMurty and Diana Ossana * 2007: The Departed – William Monahan * 2008: No Country for Old Men – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen * 2009: Slumdog Millionaire – Simon Beaufoy * 2010: Up in the Air – Jason Reitman 2011: The Social Network – Aaron Sorkin * 2012: The Descendants – Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash * 2013: Argo – Chris Terrio * 2014: Captain Phillips – Billy Ray 2015: The Imitation Game – Graham Moore * 2016: The Big Short – Adam McKay and Charles Randolph * 2017: Arrival – Eric Heisserer 2018: Call Me by Your Name — James Ivory * 2019: Can You Ever Forgive Me? – Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty 2020: Jojo Rabbit - Taika Waititi *