The National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay is the award given for best screenwriting at the annual National Society of Film Critics (NSFC) Awards. The category was introduced in 1967, in the 2nd awards ceremony. At the last awards ceremony in 2022, Japanese screenwriters Ryūsuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Ōe (Drive My Car, 46 points) won ahead of Spaniard Pedro Almodóvar (Parallel Mothers, 22 points) and Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza, 20 points).