6 Best Golden Globe Best Screenplay Winning Movies

By Vlad Zakh · June 18, 2026

The Golden Globe for Best Screenplay has gone to some wonderfully sharp scripts. Belfast sees a young boy’s idyllic childhood upended by sectarian violence, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood follows a fading TV star and his stunt double through a changing Hollywood, and Three Billboards has a grieving mother shaming the local police. Django Unchained, The Social Network and Pulp Fiction round out the six.

Belfast (2021)

IMDb ★ 7.2 RT 86% Metacritic 75

A young boy's childhood in Belfast is upended by the outbreak of the Troubles.

Directed by Kenneth Branagh · 1h 38m · Rated PG-13

Won 1 Oscar63 wins & 259 nominations

Where to watch

Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)

TMDB ★ 7.5

A fading television star and his stunt double navigate a changing Hollywood on the eve of a shocking tragedy.

Directed by Quentin Tarantino · 2h 42m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, YouTube TV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

IMDb ★ 8.1 RT 90% Metacritic 88

A grieving mother rents three billboards to pressure police into solving her daughter's murder.

Directed by Martin McDonagh · 1h 55m · Rated R

Won 2 Oscars132 wins & 233 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Cinemax Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Cinemax Apple TV channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Django Unchained (2012)

IMDb ★ 8.5 RT 87% Metacritic 81

A freed slave partners with a bounty hunter to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner.

Directed by Quentin Tarantino · 2h 45m · Rated R

Won 2 Oscars58 wins & 158 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, YouTube TV, Starz Apple TV channel, MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Social Network (2010)

TMDB ★ 7.4

A founding-myth drama about Facebook that plays like a genuine thriller.

Directed by David Fincher · 2h 01m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: Apple TV, fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, YouTube TV, Criterion Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Pulp Fiction (1994)

IMDb ★ 8.8 RT 92% Metacritic 95

Two hitmen, a boxer and a gangster's wife weave through a nonlinear crime saga in Los Angeles.

Directed by Quentin Tarantino · 2h 34m · Rated R

Won 1 Oscar69 wins & 72 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, YouTube TV · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Golden Globe Best Screenplay Winning Movies

Belfast (2021)

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

Django Unchained (2012)

The Social Network (2010)

Pulp Fiction (1994)

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