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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
