| BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Screenplay |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| First awarded | 1968 (presented 1969) |
| Last awarded | 1982 (presented 1983) |
| Website | http://www.bafta.org/ |
The BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay is a British Academy Film Award for the best script. It was awarded from 1968 to 1982. In 1983 it was split into BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay and BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a gold background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees. The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released, not the year of the ceremony, which always takes place the following year.