BAFTA de melhor roteiro adaptado

BAFTA de melhor roteiro adaptado (no original em inglês BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay) é um prêmio entregue anualmente pela British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) ao(s) roteirista(s) responsável(is) pela melhor adaptação de um roteiro em cinema do ano. Roteiristas de qualquer nacionalidade são elegíveis.

Lista dos roteiristas premiados com o BAFTA de Melhor Roteiro Adaptado:

Vencedores e indicados

Década de 1980

Ano	Filme	Roteirista(s)	Adaptado e
1984
	Heat and Dust	Ruth Prawer Jhabvala	Heat and Dust, de Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
	Betrayal	Harold Pinter	Betrayal, de Harold Pinter
	Educating Rita	Willy Russell	Educating Rita, de Willy Russell
	Tootsie	Larry Gelbart e Murray Schisgal	Argumento de Larry Gelbart e Don McGuire
1985
	The Killing Fields	Bruce Robinson	The Death and Life of Dith Pran, de Sydney Schanberg
	Another Country	Julian Mitchell	Another Country, de Julian Mitchell
	The Dresser	Ronald Harwood	The Dresser, de Ronald Harwood
	Paris, Texas	Sam Shepard	Paris, Texas, de L. M. Kit Carson
1986
	Prizzi's Honor	Richard Condon e Janet Roach	Prizzi's Honor, de Richard Condon
	Amadeus	Peter Shaffer	Amadeus, de Peter Shaffer
	A Passage to India	David Lean	A Passage to India, de E. M. Forster
	The Shooting Party	Julian Bond	The Shooting Party, de Isabel Colegate
1987
	Out of Africa	Kurt Luedtke	Den afrikanske Farm, de Isak Dinesen
	Children of a Lesser God	Hesper Anderson e Mark Medoff	Children of a Lesser God, de Mark Medoff
	The Color Purple	Menno Meyjes	The Color Purple, de Alice Walker
	Ran	Masato Ide, Akira Kurosawa e Hideo Oguni	Biografia do daimyō Mōri Motonari e elementos da peça King Lear, de William Shakespeare.
	A Room with a View	Ruth Prawer Jhabvala	A Room with a View, de E. M. Forster
1988
	Jean de Florette	Claude Berri e Gérard Brach	L'Eau des collines, de Marcel Pagnol
	84 Charing Cross Road	Hugh Whitemore	84 Charing Cross Road, de James Roose-Evans
	Little Dorrit	Christine Edzard	Little Dorrit, de Charles Dickens
	Prick Up Your Ears	Alan Bennett	Prick Up Your Ears, de John Lahr
1989
	The Unbearable Lightness of Being	Jean-Claude Carrière e Philip Kaufman	The Unbearable Lightness of Being, de Milan Kundera
	Babettes gæstebud	Gabriel Axel	Babette's Feast, de Isak Dinesan
	Empire of the Sun	Tom Stoppard	Empire of the Sun, de J. G. Ballard
	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	Jeffrey Price e Peter S. Seaman	Who Censored Roger Rabbit?, de Gary K. Wolf
1990
	Dangerous Liaisons	Christopher Hampton	Les Liaisons Dangereuses, de Christopher Hampton
	The Accidental Tourist	Frank Galati e Lawrence Kasdan	The Accidental Tourist, de Anne Tyler
	My Left Foot	Shane Connaughton e Jim Sheridan	My Left Foot, de Christy Brown
	Shirley Valentine	Willy Russell	Shirley Valentine, de Willy Russell

Década de 1990

Ano	Filme	Roteirista(s)	Adaptado de
1991
	Goodfellas	Nicholas Pileggi e Martin Scorsese	Wiseguy, de Nicholas Pileggi
	Born on the Fourth of July	Ron Kovic e Oliver Stone	Born on the Fourth of July, de Ron Kovic
	Driving Miss Daisy	Alfred Uhry	Driving Miss Daisy, de Alfred Uhry
	Postcards from the Edge	Carrie Fisher	Postcards from the Edge, de Carrie Fisher
	The War of the Roses	Michael J. Leeson	The War of the Roses, de Warren Adler
1992
	The Commitments	Dick Clement, Roddy Doyle e Ian La Frenais	The Commitments, de Roddy Doyle
	Cyrano de Bergerac	Jean-Claude Carrière e Jean-Paul Rappeneau	Cyrano de Bergerac, de Edmond Rostand
	Dances with Wolves	Michael Blake	Dances with Wolves, de Michael Blake
	The Silence of the Lambs	Ted Tally	The Silence of the Lambs, de Thomas Harris
1993
	The Player	Michael Tolkin	The Player, de Michael Tolkin
	Howards End	Ruth Prawer Jhabvala	Howards End, de E. M. Forster
	JFK	Zachary Sklar e Oliver Stone	On the Trail of the Assassins, de Jim Garrison; Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy, de Jim Marrs
	Strictly Ballroom	Baz Luhrmann e Craig Pearce	Strictly Ballroom, de Baz Luhrmann
1994
	Schindler's List	Steven Zaillian	Schindler's Ark, de Thomas Keneally
	In the Name of the Father	Terry George e Jim Sheridan	Proved Innocent: The Story of Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four, de Gerry Conlon
	The Remains of the Day	Ruth Prawer Jhabvala	The Remains of the Day, de Kazuo Ishiguro
	Shadowlands	William Nicholson	Shadowlands, de William Nicholson
	Scent of a Woman	Bo Goldman	Il buio e il miele, de Giovanni Arpino
1995
	Quiz Show	Paul Attanasio	Remembering America, de Richard N. Goodwin
	Forrest Gump	Eric Roth	Forrest Gump, de Winston Groom
	The Browning Version	Ronald Harwood	The Browning Version, de Terence Rattigan
	The Joy Luck Club	Ronald Bass e Amy Tan	The Joy Luck Club, de Amy Tan
1996
	Trainspotting	John Hodge	Trainspotting, de Irvine Welsh
	Babe	George Miller e Chris Noonan	The Sheep-Pig, de Dick King-Smith
	Leaving Las Vegas	Mike Figgis	Leaving Las Vegas, de John O'Brien
	The Madness of King George	Alan Bennett	The Madness of George III, de Alan Bennett
	Il postino (The Postman)	Anna Pavignano, Michael Radford, Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli e Massimo Troisi	Ardiente paciencia, de Antonio Skármeta
	Sense and Sensibility	Emma Thompson	Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen
1997
	The English Patient	Anthony Minghella	The English Patient, de Michael Ondaatje
	The Crucible	Arthur Miller	The Crucible, de Arthur Miller
	Richard III	Richard Loncraine e Ian McKellen	Richard III, de William Shakespeare
	Evita	Alan Parker e Oliver Stone	Evita, de Tim Rice
1998
	Romeo + Juliet	Baz Luhrmann e Craig Pearce	Romeo e Juliet, de William Shakespeare
	The Ice Storm	James Schamus	The Ice Storm, de Rick Moody
	L.A. Confidential	Curtis Hanson e Brian Helgeland	L.A. Confidential, de James Ellroy
	The Wings of the Dove	Hossein Amini	The Wings of the Dove, de Henry James
1999
	Primary Colors	Elaine May	Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics, de Joe Klein
	Hilary and Jackie	Frank Cottrell Boyce	A Genius in the Family, de Piers e Hilary du Pré
	Little Voice	Mark Herman	The Rise e Fall of Little Voice, de Jim Cartwright
	Wag the Dog	Hilary Henkin e David Mamet	American Hero, de Larry Beinhart
2000
	The End of the Affair	Neil Jordan	The End of the Affair, de Graham Greene
	East Is East	Ayub Khan-Din	East Is East, de Ayub Khan-Din
	An Ideal Husband	Oliver Parker	An Ideal Husband, de Oscar Wilde
	The Talented Mr. Ripley	Anthony Minghella	The Talented Mr. Ripley, de Patricia Highsmith

Década de 2000

Ano	Filme	Roteirista(s)	Adaptado de
2001
	Traffic	Stephen Gaghan	Traffik, de Alastair Reid
	Chocolat	Robert Nelson Jacobs	Chocolat, de Joanne Harris
	Wo hu cang long (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)	James Schamus, Wang Hui-ling e Kuo Jung Tsai	Wo hu cang long, de Wang Dulu
	High Fidelity	John Cusack, D. V. DeVincentis, Steve Pink e Scott Rosenberg	High Fidelity, de Nick Hornby
	Wonder Boys	Steve Kloves	Wonder Boys, de Michael Chabon
2002
	Shrek	Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Roger S. H. Schulman e Joe Stillman	Shrek!, de William Steig
	A Beautiful Mind	Akiva Goldsman	A Beautiful Mind, de Sylvia Nasar
	Bridget Jones's Diary	Richard Curtis, Andrew Davies e Helen Fielding	Bridget Jones's Diary, de Helen Fielding
	Iris	Richard Eyre e Charles Wood	Elegy for Iris, de John Bayley
	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson e Fran Walsh	The Fellowship of the Ring, de J. R. R. Tolkien
2003
	Adaptation.	Charlie Kaufman e Donald Kaufman	The Orchid Thief, de Susan Orlean
	About a Boy	Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz e Paul Weitz	About a Boy, de Nick Hornby
	Catch Me if You Can	Jeff Nathanson	Catch Me if You Can, de Frank Abagnale, Jr. e Stan Redding
	The Hours	David Hare	The Hours, de Michael Cunningham
	The Pianist	Ronald Harwood	The Pianist, de Władysław Szpilman
2004
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson e Fran Walsh	The Return of the King, de J. R. R. Tolkien
	Big Fish	John August	Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions, de Daniel Wallace
	Cold Mountain	Anthony Minghella	Cold Mountain, de Charles Frazier
	Mystic River	Brian Helgeland	Mystic River, de Dennis Lehane
	Girl with a Pearl Earring	Olivia Hetreed	Girl with a Pearl Earring, de Tracy Chevalier
2005
	Sideways	Alexander Payne e Jim Taylor	Sideways, de Rex Pickett
	Les choristes (The Chorus)	Christophe Barratier e Philippe Lopes-Curval	La Cage aux rossignols directed, de Jean Dréville
	Closer	Patrick Marber	Closer, de Patrick Marber
	Finding Neverland	David Magee	The Man Who Was Peter Pan, de Allan Knee
	Diários de Motocicleta (The Motorcycle Diaries)	José Rivera	Diarios de motocicleta, de Che Guevara
2006
	Brokeback Mountain	Larry McMurtry e Diana Ossana	Brokeback Mountain, de Annie Proulx
	Capote	Dan Futterman	Capote, de Gerald Clarke
	The Constant Gardener	Jeffrey Caine	The Constant Gardener, de John le Carré
	A History of Violence	Josh Olson	A History of Violence, de John Wagner e Vince Locke
	Pride & Prejudice	Deborah Moggach	Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen
2007
	The Last King of Scotland	Jeremy Brock e Peter Morgan	The Last King of Scotland, de Giles Foden
	Casino Royale	Paul Haggis, Neal Purvis e Robert Wade	Casino Royale, de Ian Fleming
	The Departed	William Monahan	Mou gaan dou, de Alan Mak e Felix Chong
	The Devil Wears Prada	Aline Brosh McKenna	The Devil Wears Prada, de Lauren Weisberger
	Notes on a Scandal	Patrick Marber	Notes on a Scandal, de Zoë Heller
2008
	Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)	Ronald Harwood	O Escafandro e a Borboleta, de Jean-Dominique Bauby
	Atonement	Christopher Hampton	Atonement, de Ian McEwan
	The Kite Runner	David Benioff	The Kite Runner, de Khaled Hosseini
	No Country for Old Men	Joel e Ethan Coen	No Country for Old Men, de Cormac McCarthy
	There Will Be Blood	Paul Thomas Anderson	Oil!, de Upton Sinclair
2009
	Slumdog Millionaire	Simon Beaufoy	Q & A, de Vikas Swarup
	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Eric Roth	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, de F. Scott Fitzgerald
	The Reader	David Hare	Der vorleser, de Bernhard Schlink
	Revolutionary Road	Justin Haythe	Revolutionary Road, de Richard Yates
	Frost/Nixon	Peter Morgan	Frost/Nixon, de Peter Morgan
2010
	Up in the Air	Jason Reitman e Sheldon Turner	Up in the Air, de Walter Kirn
	District 9	Neill Blomkamp e Terri Tatchell	Alive in Joburg, de Neill Blomkamp
	An Education	Nick Hornby	An Education, de Lynn Barber
	In the Loop	Simon Blackwell, Jesse Armstrong, Armando Iannucci e Tony Roche	The Thick of It, de Armando Iannucci
	Precious	Geoffrey S. Fletcher	Push, de Sapphire

Década de 2010

Ano	Filme	Roteirista(s)	Adaptado de
2011
	The Social Network	Aaron Sorkin	The Accidental Billionaires, de Ben Mezrich
	127 Hours	Danny Boyle e Simon Beaufoy	Between a Rock and a Hard Place, de Aron Ralston
	Män som hatar kvinnor	Rasmus Heisterberg e Nikolaj Arcel	Män som hatar kvinnor, de Stieg Larsson
	Toy Story 3	Michael Arndt	Lista Personagens do filme Toy Story, criados por John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton, Joe Ranft, Joss Whedon, Joel Cohen e Alec Sokolow Personagens do filme Toy Story 2, criados por John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Ash Brannon, Andrew Stanton, Rita Hsiao, Doug Chamberlin e Chris Webb
	True Grit	Joel e Ethan Coen	True Grit, de Charles Portis
2012
	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	Bridget O'Connor e Peter Straughan	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, de John le Carré
	The Descendants	Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon e Jim Rash	The Descendants, de Kaui Hart Hemmings
	The Help	Tate Taylor	The Help, de Kathryn Stockett
	The Ides of March	George Clooney, Beau Willimon e Grant Heslov	Farragut North, de Beau Willimon
	Moneyball	Steven Zaillian e Aaron Sorkin	Moneyball, de Michael Lewis
2013
	Silver Linings Playbook	David O. Russell	The Silver Linings Playbook, de Matthew Quick
	Argo	Chris Terrio	The Master of Disguise, de Tony Mendez The Great Escape, de Joshuah Bearman
	Beasts of the Southern Wild	Lucy Alibar e Benh Zeitlin	Juicy and Delicious, de Lucy Alibar
	Life of Pi	David Magee	Life of Pi, de Yann Martel
	Lincoln	Tony Kushner	Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, de Doris Kearns Goodwin
2014
	Philomena	Steve Coogan e Jeff Pope	The Lost Child of Philomena Lee, de Martin Sixsmith
	12 Years a Slave	John Ridley	Twelve Years a Slave, de Solomon Northup
	Behind the Candelabra	Richard LaGravenese	Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace, de Scott Thorson
	Captain Phillips	Billy Ray	A Captain's Duty, de Richard Phillips com Stephan Talty
	The Wolf of Wall Street	Terence Winter	The Wolf of Wall Street, de Jordan Belfort
2015
	The Theory of Everything	Anthony McCarten	Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen, de Jane Hawking
	American Sniper	Jason Hall	American Sniper, de Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen e Jim DeFelice
	Gone Girl	Gillian Flynn	Gone Girl, de Gillian Flynn
	The Imitation Game	Graham Moore	Alan Turing: The Enigma, de Andrew Hodges
	Paddington	Paul King	Paddington Bear, de Michael Bond
2016
	The Big Short	Adam McKay e Charles Randolph	The Big Short, de Michael Lewis
	Brooklyn	Nick Hornby	Brooklyn, de Colm Tóibín
	Carol	Phyllis Nagy	The Price of Salt, de Patricia Highsmith
	Room	Emma Donoghue	Room, de Emma Donoghue
	Steve Jobs	Aaron Sorkin	Steve Jobs, de Walter Isaacson
2017
	Lion	Luke Davies	A Long Way Home, de Saroo Brierley e Larry Buttrose
	Arrival	Eric Heisserer	Story of Your Life, de Ted Chiang
	Hacksaw Ridge	Andrew Knight e Robert Schenkkan	The Conscientious Objector, de Terry Benedict
	Hidden Figures	Allison Schroeder e Theodore Melfi	Hidden Figures, de Margot Lee Shetterly
	Nocturnal Animals	Tom Ford	Tony and Susan, de Austin Wright
2018
	Call Me by Your Name	James Ivory	Call Me by Your Name, de André Aciman
	The Death of Stalin	Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin e David Schneider	The Death of Stalin, de Fabien Nury e Thierry Robin
	Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool	Matt Greenhalgh	Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool, de Peter Turner
	Molly's Game	Aaron Sorkin	Molly's Game, de Molly Bloom
	Paddington 2	Simon Farnaby e Paul King	Paddington Bear, de Michael Bond
2019
	BlacKkKlansman	Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Spike Lee e Kevin Willmott	Black Klansman, de Ron Stallworth
	Can You Ever Forgive Me?	Nicole Holofcener e Jeff Whitty	Can You Ever Forgive Me?, de Lee Israel
	First Man	Josh Singer	First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong, de James R. Hansen
	If Beale Street Could Talk	Barry Jenkins	If Beale Street Could Talk, de James Baldwin
	A Star Is Born	Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper e Will Fetters	A Star Is Born, de William A. Wellman, Robert Carson, Dorothy Parker e Alan Campbell
2020
	Jojo Rabbit	Taika Waititi	Caging Skies, de Christine Leunens
	The Irishman	Steven Zaillian	I Heard You Paint Houses, de Charles Brandt
	Joker	Todd Phillips e Scott Silver	Personagens da DC Comics
	Little Women	Greta Gerwig	Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott
	The Two Popes	Anthony McCarten	The Pope, de Anthony McCarten

Década de 2020

Ano	Filme	Roteirista(s)	Adaptado de
2021
	The Father	Christopher Hampton e Florian Zeller	Le Père, de Florian Zeller
	The Dig	Moira Buffini	The Dig, de John Preston
	The Mauritanian	Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani e M.B. Traven	Guantánamo Diary, de Mohamedou Ould Slahi
	Nomadland	Chloé Zhao	Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century, de Jessica Bruder
	The White Tiger	Ramin Bahrani	The White Tiger, de Aravind Adiga
2022
	CODA	Sian Heder	La Famille Bélier, de Victoria Bedos e Éric Lartigau
	Doraibu mai kā (Drive My Car)	Ryūsuke Hamaguchi e Takamasa Oe	Drive My Car, de Haruki Murakami
	Dune	Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts e Denis Villeneuve	Dune, de Frank Herbert
	The Lost Daughter	Maggie Gyllenhaal	La figlia oscura, de Elena Ferrante
	The Power of the Dog	Jane Campion	The Power of the Dog, de Thomas Savage
2023
	Im Westen nichts Neues	Edward Berger	Im Westen nichts Neues, de Erich Maria Remarque
	An Cailín Ciúin	Colm Bairéad	Foster, de Claire Keegan
	The Whale	Samuel D. Hunter	The Whale, de Samuel D. Hunter
	Living	Kazuo Ishiguro	Ikiru, de Akira Kurosawa
	She Said	Rebecca Lenkiewicz	She Said, de Jodi Kantor e Megan Twohey
2024
	American Fiction	Cord Jefferson	Erasure, de Percival Everett
	Oppenheimer	Christopher Nolan	American Prometheus, de Kai Bird e Martin Jay Sherwin
	Poor Things	Tony McNamara	Poor Things, de Alasdair Gray
	All of Us Strangers	Andrew Haigh	Strangers, de Taichi Yamada
	The Zone of Interest	Jonathan Glazer	The Zone of Interest, de Martin Amis