ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- “Hell or High Water” – Taylor Sheridan
- “La La Land” – Damien Chazelle
- “Loving” – Jeff Nichols
- “Manchester by the Sea” – Kenneth Lonergan
- “Moonlight” – Barry Jenkins
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- “Arrival” – Eric Heisserer
- “Deadpool” – Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick
- “Fences” – August Wilson
- “Hidden Figures” – Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi
- “Nocturnal Animals” – Tom Ford
DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
- “Author: The JT LeRoy Story” – Jeff Feuerzeig
- “Command and Control” – Robert Kenner, Eric Schlosser, Brian Pearle and Kim Roberts
- “Zero Days” – Alex Gibney
