The winners of the Star Screen Awards for Best Screenplay are listed below:
| Year | Screenplay writer/s | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Sooraj Barjatya | Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! |
| 1996 | Rajesh Kaul, Praful Parikh | Haqeeqat |
| 1997 | Robin Bhatt | Raja Hindustani |
| 1998 | J. P. Dutta | Border |
| 1999 | Saurabh Shukla, Anurag Kashyap | Satya |
| 2000 | Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Kenneth Philips | Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam |
| 2001 | Honey Irani, Ravi Kapoor | Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai |
| 2002 | Ashutosh Gowarikar, Kumar Dave, Sanjay Dayma | Lagaan |
| 2003 | Jaideep Sahni | Company |
| 2004 | Karan Johar | Kal Ho Naa Ho |
| 2005 | Pooja Ladha Surti | Ek Hasina Thi |
| 2006 | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Black |
| 2007 | Rensil D'Silva, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | Rang De Basanti |
| 2008 | Anurag Basu | Life In A... Metro |
| 2009 | Shiraz Ahmed | Race |
| 2010 | Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra | 3 Idiots |
| 2011 | Anjum Rajabali, Prakash Jha | Raajneeti |
| 2012 | Akshat Verma | Delhi Belly |
| 2013 | Sanjay Chouhan, Tigmanshu Dhulia | Paan Singh Tomar |
| 2014 | Hansal Mehta, Apurva Asrani | Shahid |
| 2015 | Sandeep A. Varma | Manjunath |
| 2016 | Vishal Bhardwaj | Talvar |
| 2017 | Saiwyn Quadras | Neerja |
| 2018 |