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 | SING SING (Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield) |
| 2 | CONCLAVE (Peter Straughan) |
| 3 | NICKEL BOYS (RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes) |
| 4 | THE PIANO LESSON (Virgil Williams, Malcolm Washington) |
| 5 | HIT MAN (Richard Linklater, Glen Powell) |
| 6 | DUNE: PART TWO (Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts) |
| 7 | NIGHTBITCH (Marielle Heller) |
| 8 | A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (Jay Cocks, James Mangold) |
| 9 | THE ROOM NEXT DOOR (Pedro Almodóvar) |
| 10 | NOSFERATU (Robert Eggers) |
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| Dan Bayer | |
|---|---|
| 1 | SING SING (Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield) |
| 2 | QUEER (Justin Kuritzkes) |
| 3 | CONCLAVE (Peter Straughan) |
| 4 | NICKEL BOYS (RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes) |
| 5 | THE ROOM NEXT DOOR (Pedro Almodóvar) |
| 6 | NOSFERATU (Robert Eggers) |
| 7 | HIGH AND LOW (Alan Fox, Spike Lee) |
| 8 | DUNE: PART TWO (Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts) |
| 9 | HERE (Eric Roth, Robert Zemeckis) |
| 10 | GLADIATOR II (David Scarpa) |
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| Alyssa Christian | |
|---|---|
| 1 | NICKEL BOYS (RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes) |
| 2 | SING SING (Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield) |
| 3 | CONCLAVE (Peter Straughan) |
| 4 | THE ROOM NEXT DOOR (Pedro Almodóvar) |
| 5 | THE PIANO LESSON (Virgil Williams, Malcolm Washington) |
| 6 | HIT MAN (Richard Linklater, Glen Powell) |
| 7 | A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (Jay Cocks, James Mangold) |
| 8 | DUNE: PART TWO (Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts) |
| 9 | NOSFERATU (Robert Eggers) |
| 10 | NIGHTBITCH (Marielle Heller) |
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| Nadia Dalimonte | |
|---|---|
| 1 | CONCLAVE (Peter Straughan) |
| 2 | SING SING (Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield) |
| 3 | NICKEL BOYS (RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes) |
| 4 | THE ROOM NEXT DOOR (Pedro Almodóvar) |
| 5 | THE PIANO LESSON (Virgil Williams, Malcolm Washington) |
| 6 | NIGHTBITCH (Marielle Heller) |
| 7 | QUEER (Justin Kuritzkes) |
| 8 | DUNE: PART TWO (Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts) |
| 9 | HIT MAN (Richard Linklater, Glen Powell) |
| 10 | INSIDE OUT 2 (Meg LeFauve, Dave Holstein) |
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| Cody Dericks | |
|---|---|
| 1 | CONCLAVE (Peter Straughan) |
| 2 | SING SING (Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield) |
| 3 | NICKEL BOYS (RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes) |
| 4 | DUNE: PART TWO (Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts) |
| 5 | THE PIANO LESSON (Virgil Williams, Malcolm Washington) |
| 6 | QUEER (Justin Kuritzkes) |
| 7 | HIT MAN (Richard Linklater, Glen Powell) |
| 8 | GLADIATOR II (David Scarpa) |
| 9 | THE ROOM NEXT DOOR (Pedro Almodóvar) |
| 10 | NOSFERATU (Robert Eggers) |
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| Daniel Howat | |
|---|---|
| 1 | SING SING (Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield) |
| 2 | NICKEL BOYS (RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes) |
| 3 | CONCLAVE (Peter Straughan) |
| 4 | QUEER (Justin Kuritzkes) |
| 5 | THE ROOM NEXT DOOR (Pedro Almodóvar) |
| 6 | DUNE: PART TWO (Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts) |
| 7 | INSIDE OUT 2 (Meg LeFauve, Dave Holstein) |
| 8 | THE PIANO LESSON (Virgil Williams, Malcolm Washington) |
| 9 | GLADIATOR II (David Scarpa) |
| 10 | NOSFERATU (Robert Eggers) |
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| Giovanni Lago | |
|---|---|
| 1 | SING SING (Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield) |
| 2 | CONCLAVE (Peter Straughan) |
| 3 | A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (Jay Cocks, James Mangold) |
| 4 | NICKEL BOYS (RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes) |
| 5 | HIT MAN (Richard Linklater, Glen Powell) |
| 6 | DUNE: PART TWO (Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts) |
| 7 | THE PIANO LESSON (Virgil Williams, Malcolm Washington) |
| 8 | GLADIATOR II (David Scarpa) |
| 9 | QUEER (Justin Kuritzkes) |
| 10 | JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX (Scott Silver, Todd Phillips) |
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| Will Mavity | |
|---|---|
| 1 | SING SING (Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield) |
| 2 | NICKEL BOYS (RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes) |
| 3 | CONCLAVE (Peter Straughan) |
| 4 | I'M STILL HERE (Murilo Hauser, Heitor Lorega) |
| 5 | THE ROOM NEXT DOOR (Pedro Almodóvar) |
| 6 | A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (Jay Cocks, James Mangold) |
| 7 | QUEER (Justin Kuritzkes) |
| 8 | GLADIATOR II (David Scarpa) |
| 9 | THE PIANO LESSON (Virgil Williams, Malcolm Washington) |
| 10 | HIT MAN (Richard Linklater, Glen Powell) |
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| Tom O'Brien | |
|---|---|
| 1 | NICKEL BOYS (RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes) |
| 2 | SING SING (Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield) |
| 3 | CONCLAVE (Peter Straughan) |
| 4 | THE PIANO LESSON (Virgil Williams, Malcolm Washington) |
| 5 | THE ROOM NEXT DOOR (Pedro Almodóvar) |
| 6 | HIT MAN (Richard Linklater, Glen Powell) |
| 7 | A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (Jay Cocks, James Mangold) |
| 8 | DUNE: PART TWO (Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts) |
| 9 | NIGHTBITCH (Marielle Heller) |
| 10 | GLADIATOR II (David Scarpa) |
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| Josh Parham | |
|---|---|
| 1 | CONCLAVE (Peter Straughan) |
| 2 | SING SING (Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield) |
| 3 | NICKEL BOYS (RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes) |
| 4 | THE PIANO LESSON (Virgil Williams, Malcolm Washington) |
| 5 | HIT MAN (Richard Linklater, Glen Powell) |
| 6 | A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (Jay Cocks, James Mangold) |
| 7 | THE ROOM NEXT DOOR (Pedro Almodóvar) |
| 8 | NOSFERATU (Robert Eggers) |
| 9 | QUEER (Justin Kuritzkes) |
| 10 | NIGHTBITCH (Marielle Heller) |
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| Ema Sasic | |
|---|---|
| 1 | SING SING (Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield) |
| 2 | CONCLAVE (Peter Straughan) |
| 3 | NICKEL BOYS (RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes) |
| 4 | THE PIANO LESSON (Virgil Williams, Malcolm Washington) |
| 5 | THE ROOM NEXT DOOR (Pedro Almodóvar) |
| 6 | DUNE: PART TWO (Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts) |
| 7 | A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (Jay Cocks, James Mangold) |
| 8 | NIGHTBITCH (Marielle Heller) |
| 9 | QUEER (Justin Kuritzkes) |
| 10 | HIT MAN (Richard Linklater, Glen Powell) |
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