Oscar Predictions – Best Adapted Screenplay

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



 
 

Last Updated:
10/7/2025 2:50 AM


 
 

Dan Bayer
1ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson)
2HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao)
3WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson)
4FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro)
5BUGONIA (Will Tracy)
6SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper)
7WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman)
8TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar)
9HIGHEST 2 LOWEST (William Alan Fox)
10DIE, MY LOVE (Alice Birch, Lynne Ramsay & Enda Walsh)


 
 

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Alyssa Christian
1ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson)
2HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao)
3BUGONIA (Will Tracy)
4WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson)
5TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar)
6SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper)
7SONG SUNG BLUE (Craig Brewer)NEW
8WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman)
9HIGHEST 2 LOWEST (William Alan Fox)
10FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro)


 
 

Last Updated:
10/7/2025 8:35 AM


 
 

Sara Clements
1ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson)
2HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao)▲ 2
3BUGONIA (Will Tracy)▼ 1
4TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar)▲ 4
5WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson)
6NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar)▲ 1
7SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper)▲ 2
8WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman)▼ 2
9FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro)▼ 6
10HEDDA (Nia DaCosta)NEW


 
 

Last Updated:
9/22/2025 11:21 PM


 
 

Nadia Dalimonte
1HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao)▲ 2
2ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson)
3WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson)▲ 2
4SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper)
5FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro)▼ 4
6TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar)
7NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar)▲ 3
8BUGONIA (Will Tracy)NEW
9WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman)▼ 2
10HEDDA (Nia DaCosta)NEW


 
 

Last Updated:
9/19/2025 1:05 PM


 
 

Cody Dericks
1ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson)▲ 1
2HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao)▼ 1
3WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson)
4TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar)▲ 1
5NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar)▼ 1
6BUGONIA (Will Tracy)
7WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman)
8SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper)
9HEDDA (Nia DaCosta)
10IS THIS THING ON? (Will Arnett, Mark Chappell, Bradley Cooper & John Bishop)


 
 

Last Updated:
10/7/2025 11:51 AM


 
 

Daniel Howat
1ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson)
2HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao)
3WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson)▲ 2
4TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar)
5BUGONIA (Will Tracy)▼ 2
6THE SMASHING MACHINE (Benny Safdie)
7WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman)
8SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper)
9HEDDA (Nia DaCosta)
10DIE, MY LOVE (Alice Birch, Lynne Ramsay & Enda Walsh)


 
 

Last Updated:
10/8/2025 11:50 PM


 
 

Megan Lachinski
1ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson)
2HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao)▲ 1
3FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro)▼ 1
4WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson)
5DIE, MY LOVE (Alice Birch, Lynne Ramsay & Enda Walsh)
6BUGONIA (Will Tracy)
7SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper)
8HEDDA (Nia DaCosta)
9THE SMASHING MACHINE (Benny Safdie)
10THE HISTORY OF SOUND (Ben Shattuck)


 
 

Last Updated:
9/1/2025 1:36 PM


 
 

Giovanni Lago
1ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson)
2HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao)
3NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar)
4SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper)
5WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson)
6TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar)
7WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman)▲ 1
8FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro)NEW
9AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH (James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Josh Friedman, Shane Salerno)NEW
10SONG SUNG BLUE (Craig Brewer)NEW


 
 

Last Updated:
10/9/2025 1:21 PM


 
 

Will Mavity
1ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson)
2HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao)
3BUGONIA (Will Tracy)
4TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar)▲ 1
5NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar)▲ 1
6WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson)▼ 2
7SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper)
8SONG SUNG BLUE (Craig Brewer)
9FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro)
10WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman)


 
 

Last Updated:
10/8/2025 11:50 PM


 
 

Tom O'Brien
1ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson)▲ 1
2HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao)▼ 1
3WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson)▲ 1
4BUGONIA (Will Tracy)▲ 1
5TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar)▲ 2
6SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper)▼ 3
7NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar)▼ 1
8HIGHEST 2 LOWEST (William Alan Fox)NEW
9WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman)▼ 1
10FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro)


 
 

Last Updated:
10/7/2025 2:06 PM


 
 

Josh Parham
1ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson)
2HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao)
3WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson)
4SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper)
5NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar)▲ 3
6TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar)▲ 1
7BUGONIA (Will Tracy)▼ 1
8NUREMBERG (James Vanderbilt)NEW
9WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman)
10HEDDA (Nia DaCosta)


 
 

Last Updated:
9/17/2025 4:51 PM


 
 

Joselyn Safadi
1HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao)
2ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson)
3NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar)NEW
4SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper)
5DIE, MY LOVE (Alice Birch, Lynne Ramsay & Enda Walsh)
6HEDDA (Nia DaCosta)
7BUGONIA (Will Tracy)
8THE SMASHING MACHINE (Benny Safdie)
9THE LIFE OF CHUCK (Mike Flanagan)
10THE HISTORY OF SOUND (Ben Shattuck)


 
 

Last Updated:
9/5/2025 2:51 PM


 
 

Ema Sasic
1ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson)
2HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao)
3BUGONIA (Will Tracy)▲ 1
4TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar)▼ 1
5WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson)
6NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar)▲ 2
7SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper)▼ 1
8WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman)▼ 1
9FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro)
10HEDDA (Nia DaCosta)NEW


 
 

Last Updated:
10/1/2025 11:51 AM