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 | BUGONIA (Will Tracy) |
| 2 | ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson) |
| 3 | FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro) |
| 4 | HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao) |
| 5 | WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson) |
| 6 | WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman) |
| 7 | NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar) |
| 8 | TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar) |
| 9 | SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper) |
| 10 | HIGHEST 2 LOWEST (William Alan Fox) |
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| 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) |
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| Alyssa Christian | |
|---|---|
| 1 | BUGONIA (Will Tracy) |
| 2 | WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson) |
| 3 | FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro) |
| 4 | HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao) |
| 5 | ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson) |
| 6 | WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman) |
| 7 | SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper) |
| 8 | HIGHEST 2 LOWEST (William Alan Fox) |
| 9 | NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar) |
| 10 | DIE, MY LOVE (Alice Birch, Lynne Ramsay & Enda Walsh) |
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| Sara Clements | |
|---|---|
| 1 | ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson) |
| 2 | BUGONIA (Will Tracy) |
| 3 | FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro) |
| 4 | HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao) |
| 5 | WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson) |
| 6 | WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman) |
| 7 | NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar) |
| 8 | TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar) |
| 9 | SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper) |
| 10 | HIGHEST 2 LOWEST (William Alan Fox) |
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| Nadia Dalimonte | |
|---|---|
| 1 | FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro) |
| 2 | ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson) |
| 3 | BUGONIA (Will Tracy) |
| 4 | SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper) |
| 5 | WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson) |
| 6 | WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman) |
| 7 | HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao) |
| 8 | HIGHEST 2 LOWEST (William Alan Fox) |
| 9 | NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar) |
| 10 | DIE, MY LOVE (Alice Birch, Lynne Ramsay & Enda Walsh) |
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| Cody Dericks | |
|---|---|
| 1 | ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson) |
| 2 | HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao) |
| 3 | DIE, MY LOVE (Alice Birch, Lynne Ramsay & Enda Walsh) |
| 4 | BUGONIA (Will Tracy) |
| 5 | WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson) |
| 6 | SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper) |
| 7 | HIGHEST 2 LOWEST (William Alan Fox) |
| 8 | TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar) |
| 9 | WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman) |
| 10 | NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar) |
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| Daniel Howat | |
|---|---|
| 1 | ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson) |
| 2 | WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson) |
| 3 | BUGONIA (Will Tracy) |
| 4 | DIE, MY LOVE (Alice Birch, Lynne Ramsay & Enda Walsh) |
| 5 | SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper) |
| 6 | THE SMASHING MACHINE (Benny Safdie) |
| 7 | WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman) |
| 8 | HIGHEST 2 LOWEST (William Alan Fox) |
| 9 | TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar) |
| 10 | HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao) |
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| Megan Lachinski | |
|---|---|
| 1 | ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson) |
| 2 | FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro) |
| 3 | HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao) |
| 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) |
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| Giovanni Lago | |
|---|---|
| 1 | ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson) |
| 2 | WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson) |
| 3 | FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro) |
| 4 | HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao) |
| 5 | SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper) |
| 6 | BUGONIA (Will Tracy) |
| 7 | THE SMASHING MACHINE (Benny Safdie) |
| 8 | DIE, MY LOVE (Alice Birch, Lynne Ramsay & Enda Walsh) |
| 9 | HEDDA (Nia DaCosta) |
| 10 | LATE FAME (Sammy Burch) |
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| Will Mavity | |
|---|---|
| 1 | BUGONIA (Will Tracy) |
| 2 | FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro) |
| 3 | SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper) |
| 4 | ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson) |
| 5 | HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao) |
| 6 | WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman) |
| 7 | THE BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER (Rowan Joffe) |
| 8 | TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar) |
| 9 | NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar) |
| 10 | LATE FAME (Sammy Burch) |
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| Tom O'Brien | |
|---|---|
| 1 | ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson) |
| 2 | BUGONIA (Will Tracy) |
| 3 | HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao) |
| 4 | SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper) |
| 5 | WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson) |
| 6 | WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman) |
| 7 | FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro) |
| 8 | TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar) |
| 9 | NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar) |
| 10 | HIGHEST 2 LOWEST (William Alan Fox) |
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| Josh Parham | |
|---|---|
| 1 | ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson) |
| 2 | BUGONIA (Will Tracy) |
| 3 | SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper) |
| 4 | WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson) |
| 5 | FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro) |
| 6 | HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao) |
| 7 | WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman) |
| 8 | NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar) |
| 9 | TRAIN DREAMS (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar) |
| 10 | DIE, MY LOVE (Alice Birch, Lynne Ramsay & Enda Walsh) |
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| Joselyn Safadi | |
|---|---|
| 1 | WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson) |
| 2 | ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson) |
| 3 | HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao) |
| 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) |
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| Ema Sasic | |
|---|---|
| 1 | ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (Paul Thomas Anderson) |
| 2 | BUGONIA (Will Tracy) |
| 3 | FRANKENSTEIN (Guillermo Del Toro) |
| 4 | SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (Scott Cooper) |
| 5 | WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Rian Johnson) |
| 6 | HAMNET (Maggie O’Farrell & Chloe Zhao) |
| 7 | WICKED: FOR GOOD (Dana Fox & Winnie Holzman) |
| 8 | THE LIFE OF CHUCK (Mike Flanagan) |
| 9 | NO OTHER CHOICE (Lee Ja-hye, Lee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook & Don McKellar) |
| 10 | HIGHEST 2 LOWEST (William Alan Fox) |
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