Here are the NBP staff predictions for Best Adapted Screenplay. For an overview of all awards predictions, visit our Oscar Predictions page.
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NBP Staff Picks
| Matt Neglia | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson) | |
| 2 | HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao) | |
| 3 | FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro) | |
| 4 | TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar) | |
| 5 | BUGONIA (Will Tracy) | ▲ 1 |
| 6 | NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar) | ▼ 1 |
| 7 | WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson) | |
| 8 | THE LIFE OF CHUCK (Mike Flanagan) | |
| 9 | HEDDA (Nia DaCosta) | |
| 10 | THE LIFE OF CHUCK (Mike Flanagan) |
Last Updated:
| 12/16/2025 11:20 PM |
| 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 | TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar) | ▲ 1 |
| 6 | BUGONIA (Will Tracy) | ▼ 1 |
| 7 | WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman) | |
| 8 | HEDDA (Nia DaCosta) | |
| 9 | HIGHEST 2 LOWEST (William Alan Fox) | |
| 10 | DIE, MY LOVE (Alice Birch, Lynne Ramsay & Enda Walsh) |
Last Updated:
| 12/3/2025 9:50 PM |
| Alyssa Christian | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson) | |
| 2 | HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao) | |
| 3 | FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro) | |
| 4 | TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar) | |
| 5 | BUGONIA (Will Tracy) | |
| 6 | NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar) | |
| 7 | WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson) | |
| 8 | THE LIFE OF CHUCK (Mike Flanagan) | |
| 9 | PILLION (Harry Lighton) | NEW |
| 10 | HEDDA (Nia DaCosta) |
Last Updated:
| 12/22/2025 11:35 AM |
| Sara Clements | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| 7 | FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro) | ▲ 2 |
| 8 | NUREMBERG (James Vanderbilt) | NEW |
| 9 | THE LIFE OF CHUCK (Mike Flanagan) | NEW |
| 10 | HEDDA (Nia DaCosta) |
Last Updated:
| 11/29/2025 12:06 PM |
| Nadia Dalimonte | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson) | |
| 2 | HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao) | |
| 3 | FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro) | ▲ 1 |
| 4 | TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar) | ▲ 2 |
| 5 | BUGONIA (Will Tracy) | |
| 6 | NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar) | ▲ 1 |
| 7 | WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson) | ▼ 4 |
| 8 | HEDDA (Nia DaCosta) | |
| 9 | WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman) | |
| 10 | NUREMBERG (James Vanderbilt) |
Last Updated:
| 12/14/2025 12:05 PM |
| Cody Dericks | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson) | |
| 2 | HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao) | |
| 3 | TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar) | |
| 4 | BUGONIA (Will Tracy) | |
| 5 | NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar) | |
| 6 | FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro) | |
| 7 | WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson) | |
| 8 | HEDDA (Nia DaCosta) | |
| 9 | THE LIFE OF CHUCK (Mike Flanagan) | |
| 10 | THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB (Kaouther Ben Hania) | NEW |
Last Updated:
| 12/23/2025 4:50 PM |
| Daniel Howat | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson) | |
| 2 | HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao) | |
| 3 | TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar) | ▲ 1 |
| 4 | BUGONIA (Will Tracy) | ▼ 1 |
| 5 | FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro) | |
| 6 | NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar) | |
| 7 | WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson) | |
| 8 | NUREMBERG (James Vanderbilt) | |
| 9 | HEDDA (Nia DaCosta) | |
| 10 | THE LIFE OF CHUCK (Mike Flanagan) |
Last Updated:
| 12/10/2025 9:35 PM |
| Megan Lachinski | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson) | |
| 2 | HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao) | |
| 3 | FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro) | |
| 4 | TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar) | |
| 5 | WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson) | NEW |
| 6 | DIE, MY LOVE (Alice Birch, Lynne Ramsay & Enda Walsh) | ▼ 1 |
| 7 | BUGONIA (Will Tracy) | ▼ 1 |
| 8 | NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar) | NEW |
| 9 | THE SMASHING MACHINE (Benny Safdie) | |
| 10 | HEDDA (Nia DaCosta) | ▼ 2 |
Last Updated:
| 10/27/2025 8:20 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 | FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro) | |
| 5 | TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar) | ▲ 1 |
| 6 | BUGONIA (Will Tracy) | ▲ 2 |
| 7 | WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson) | ▼ 2 |
| 8 | WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman) | ▼ 1 |
| 9 | HEDDA (Nia DaCosta) | NEW |
| 10 | THE LIFE OF CHUCK (Mike Flanagan) |
Last Updated:
| 12/7/2025 11:50 AM |
| Will Mavity | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson) | |
| 2 | HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao) | |
| 3 | TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar) | |
| 4 | FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro) | |
| 5 | BUGONIA (Will Tracy) | |
| 6 | NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar) | |
| 7 | WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson) | |
| 8 | NUREMBERG (James Vanderbilt) | |
| 9 | THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB (Kaouther Ben Hania) | NEW |
| 10 | WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman) |
Last Updated:
| 12/12/2025 7:21 PM |
| Tom O'Brien | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson) | |
| 2 | HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao) | |
| 3 | TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar) | |
| 4 | FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro) | ▲ 4 |
| 5 | BUGONIA (Will Tracy) | ▼ 1 |
| 6 | WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson) | ▼ 1 |
| 7 | NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar) | |
| 8 | SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper) | ▼ 2 |
| 9 | NUREMBERG (James Vanderbilt) | |
| 10 | HEDDA (Nia DaCosta) | NEW |
Last Updated:
| 12/13/2025 3:21 PM |
| Josh Parham | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson) | |
| 2 | HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao) | |
| 3 | TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar) | |
| 4 | FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro) | |
| 5 | NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar) | |
| 6 | BUGONIA (Will Tracy) | |
| 7 | NUREMBERG (James Vanderbilt) | ▲ 1 |
| 8 | WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson) | ▼ 1 |
| 9 | HEDDA (Nia DaCosta) | |
| 10 | THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB (Kaouther Ben Hania) |
Last Updated:
| 12/16/2025 5:05 PM |
| Joselyn Safadi | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson) | |
| 5 | HEDDA (Nia DaCosta) | |
| 6 | TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar) | NEW |
| 7 | FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro) | ▼ 1 |
| 8 | WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman) | NEW |
| 9 | BUGONIA (Will Tracy) | ▼ 2 |
| 10 | DIE, MY LOVE (Alice Birch, Lynne Ramsay & Enda Walsh) | ▼ 2 |
Last Updated:
| 11/5/2025 10:06 AM |
| Ema Sasic | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson) | |
| 2 | HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao) | |
| 3 | TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar) | |
| 4 | FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro) | ▲ 2 |
| 5 | BUGONIA (Will Tracy) | ▲ 3 |
| 6 | NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar) | ▼ 2 |
| 7 | WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson) | ▼ 2 |
| 8 | WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman) | ▼ 1 |
| 9 | NUREMBERG (James Vanderbilt) | |
| 10 | HEDDA (Nia DaCosta) |
Last Updated:
| 12/20/2025 7:50 PM |