Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Unlike the Oscars, the Globes put original and adapted scripts in a single category. Paul Thomas Anderson won for One Battle After Another.

1. PT
   Paul Thomas Anderson
   Winner
2. CZ
   Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell
3. JP
   Jafar Panahi
4. JT
   Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt
5. RB
   Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
6. RC
   Ryan Coogler