The Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay is an annual award given by the International Press Academy.

Winners

1990s

• 1996(t): Lone Star

written by John Sayles

• 1996(t): The People vs. Larry Flynt

written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski

Fargo

Shine

Sling Blade

• 1997: Good Will Hunting

written by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon

Boogie Nights

The Full Monty

Mrs Brown

Titanic

• 1998: Pleasantville

written by Gary Ross

American History X

Central do Brasil

Saving Private Ryan

Shakespeare in Love

• 1999: The Sixth Sense

written by M. Night Shyamalan

American Beauty

Being John Malkovich

Magnolia

Three Kings

A Walk on the Moon

2000s

• 2000: You Can Count on Me

written by Kenneth Lonergan

Almost Famous

Billy Elliot

Erin Brockovich

State and Main

• 2001: Monster's Ball

written by Milo Addica and Will Rokos

Memento

Moulin Rouge!

The Others

Sexy Beast

• 2002: Talk to Her (Hable con ella)

written by Pedro Almodóvar

All or Nothing

Far from Heaven

The Good Girl

Igby Goes Down

Lovely & Amazing

• 2003: Lost in Translation

written by Sofia Coppola

21 Grams

The Cooler

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

The Station Agent

Thirteen

• 2004: Ray

written by James L. White

The Aviator

Hotel Rwanda

Kinsey

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

• 2005: Good Night, and Good Luck.

written by George Clooney and Grant Heslov

Crash

Happy Endings

Nine Lives

The Squid and the Whale

The War Within

• 2006: The Queen

written by Peter Morgan

Babel

House of Sand (Casa de Areia)

Changing Times (Les temps qui changent)

To Return (Volver)

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

• 2007: Juno

written by Diablo Cody

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Eastern Promises

Lars and the Real Girl

The Lookout

Michael Clayton