Here are the NBP staff predictions for Best Adapted Screenplay. For an overview of all awards predictions, visit our Oscar Predictions page.
Click each heading to view individual staff rankings, or search/sort by the drop-downs below:
NBP Staff Picks
| Dan Bayer | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson) | |
| 2 | HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao) | |
| 3 | WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson) | |
| 4 | FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro) | |
| 5 | BUGONIA (Will Tracy) | |
| 6 | SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper) | |
| 7 | WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman) | |
| 8 | TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar) | |
| 9 | HIGHEST 2 LOWEST (William Alan Fox) | |
| 10 | DIE, MY LOVE (Alice Birch, Lynne Ramsay & Enda Walsh) |
Last Updated:
| Alyssa Christian | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson) | |
| 2 | HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao) | |
| 3 | BUGONIA (Will Tracy) | |
| 4 | WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson) | |
| 5 | TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar) | |
| 6 | SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper) | |
| 7 | SONG SUNG BLUE (Craig Brewer) | NEW |
| 8 | WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman) | |
| 9 | HIGHEST 2 LOWEST (William Alan Fox) | |
| 10 | FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro) |
Last Updated:
| 10/7/2025 8:35 AM |
| Sara Clements | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson) | |
| 2 | HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao) | ▲ 2 |
| 3 | BUGONIA (Will Tracy) | ▼ 1 |
| 4 | TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar) | ▲ 4 |
| 5 | WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson) | |
| 6 | NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar) | ▲ 1 |
| 7 | SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper) | ▲ 2 |
| 8 | WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman) | ▼ 2 |
| 9 | FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro) | ▼ 6 |
| 10 | HEDDA (Nia DaCosta) | NEW |
Last Updated:
| 9/22/2025 11:21 PM |
| Nadia Dalimonte | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao) | ▲ 2 |
| 2 | ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson) | |
| 3 | WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson) | ▲ 2 |
| 4 | SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper) | |
| 5 | FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro) | ▼ 4 |
| 6 | TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar) | |
| 7 | NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar) | ▲ 3 |
| 8 | BUGONIA (Will Tracy) | NEW |
| 9 | WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman) | ▼ 2 |
| 10 | HEDDA (Nia DaCosta) | NEW |
Last Updated:
| 9/19/2025 1:05 PM |
| Cody Dericks | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson) | ▲ 1 |
| 2 | HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao) | ▼ 1 |
| 3 | WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson) | |
| 4 | TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar) | ▲ 1 |
| 5 | NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar) | ▼ 1 |
| 6 | BUGONIA (Will Tracy) | |
| 7 | WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman) | |
| 8 | SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper) | |
| 9 | HEDDA (Nia DaCosta) | |
| 10 | IS THIS THING ON? (Will Arnett, Mark Chappell, Bradley Cooper & John Bishop) |
Last Updated:
| 10/7/2025 11:51 AM |
| Daniel Howat | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson) | |
| 2 | HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao) | |
| 3 | WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson) | ▲ 2 |
| 4 | TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar) | |
| 5 | BUGONIA (Will Tracy) | ▼ 2 |
| 6 | THE SMASHING MACHINE (Benny Safdie) | |
| 7 | WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman) | |
| 8 | SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper) | |
| 9 | HEDDA (Nia DaCosta) | |
| 10 | DIE, MY LOVE (Alice Birch, Lynne Ramsay & Enda Walsh) |
Last Updated:
| 10/8/2025 11:50 PM |
| Megan Lachinski | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson) | |
| 2 | HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao) | ▲ 1 |
| 3 | FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro) | ▼ 1 |
| 4 | WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson) | |
| 5 | DIE, MY LOVE (Alice Birch, Lynne Ramsay & Enda Walsh) | |
| 6 | BUGONIA (Will Tracy) | |
| 7 | SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper) | |
| 8 | HEDDA (Nia DaCosta) | |
| 9 | THE SMASHING MACHINE (Benny Safdie) | |
| 10 | THE HISTORY OF SOUND (Ben Shattuck) |
Last Updated:
| 9/1/2025 1:36 PM |
| Giovanni Lago | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson) | |
| 2 | HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao) | |
| 3 | NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar) | |
| 4 | SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper) | |
| 5 | WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson) | |
| 6 | TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar) | |
| 7 | WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman) | ▲ 1 |
| 8 | FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro) | NEW |
| 9 | AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH (James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Josh Friedman, Shane Salerno) | NEW |
| 10 | SONG SUNG BLUE (Craig Brewer) | NEW |
Last Updated:
| 10/9/2025 1:21 PM |
| Will Mavity | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson) | |
| 2 | HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao) | |
| 3 | BUGONIA (Will Tracy) | |
| 4 | TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar) | ▲ 1 |
| 5 | NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar) | ▲ 1 |
| 6 | WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson) | ▼ 2 |
| 7 | SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper) | |
| 8 | SONG SUNG BLUE (Craig Brewer) | |
| 9 | FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro) | |
| 10 | WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman) |
Last Updated:
| 10/8/2025 11:50 PM |
| Tom O'Brien | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson) | ▲ 1 |
| 2 | HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao) | ▼ 1 |
| 3 | WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson) | ▲ 1 |
| 4 | BUGONIA (Will Tracy) | ▲ 1 |
| 5 | TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar) | ▲ 2 |
| 6 | SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper) | ▼ 3 |
| 7 | NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar) | ▼ 1 |
| 8 | HIGHEST 2 LOWEST (William Alan Fox) | NEW |
| 9 | WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman) | ▼ 1 |
| 10 | FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro) |
Last Updated:
| 10/7/2025 2:06 PM |
| Josh Parham | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson) | |
| 2 | HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao) | |
| 3 | WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson) | |
| 4 | SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper) | |
| 5 | NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar) | ▲ 3 |
| 6 | TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar) | ▲ 1 |
| 7 | BUGONIA (Will Tracy) | ▼ 1 |
| 8 | NUREMBERG (James Vanderbilt) | NEW |
| 9 | WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman) | |
| 10 | HEDDA (Nia DaCosta) |
Last Updated:
| 9/17/2025 4:51 PM |
| Joselyn Safadi | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao) | |
| 2 | ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson) | |
| 3 | NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar) | NEW |
| 4 | SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper) | |
| 5 | DIE, MY LOVE (Alice Birch, Lynne Ramsay & Enda Walsh) | |
| 6 | HEDDA (Nia DaCosta) | |
| 7 | BUGONIA (Will Tracy) | |
| 8 | THE SMASHING MACHINE (Benny Safdie) | |
| 9 | THE LIFE OF CHUCK (Mike Flanagan) | |
| 10 | THE HISTORY OF SOUND (Ben Shattuck) |
Last Updated:
| 9/5/2025 2:51 PM |
| Ema Sasic | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson) | |
| 2 | HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao) | |
| 3 | BUGONIA (Will Tracy) | ▲ 1 |
| 4 | TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar) | ▼ 1 |
| 5 | WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson) | |
| 6 | NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar) | ▲ 2 |
| 7 | SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper) | ▼ 1 |
| 8 | WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman) | ▼ 1 |
| 9 | FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro) | |
| 10 | HEDDA (Nia DaCosta) | NEW |
Last Updated:
| 10/1/2025 11:51 AM |
