6 Best Golden Globe Best Screenplay Winning Movies

By Vlad Zakh · June 18, 2026

The Golden Globe for Best Screenplay has crowned some of cinema’s most inventive, sharply written, and structurally daring scripts. In Pulp Fiction (1994): The lives of two hitmen, a boxer, and a gangster’s wife intertwine in a nonlinear tale of crime and redemption. Worth seeking out is Django Unchained (2012): A freed slave partners with a bounty hunter to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner.

Belfast (2021)

IMDb ★ 7.2 RT 86% Metacritic 75

A young boy's idyllic childhood in Northern Ireland is upended by the sudden outbreak of sectarian violence.

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 the Manson murders.

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 publicly shame the local police for failing to solve 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

The founding of Facebook is shadowed by lawsuits and betrayed friendships among its creators.

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

The lives of two hitmen, a boxer, and a gangster's wife intertwine in a nonlinear tale of crime and redemption.

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, built to fix a specific annoyance: most recommendation sites are just algorithm-driven noise. Our lists are researched and organized by who's in a film, where it's from, and the mood you're actually 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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