Poll: WGA's Greatest Screenplays

Results of 251 votes:

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   The Godfather (1972)

    

   Screenplay by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola. Based on the novel by Mario Puzo
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   Pulp Fiction (1994)

    

   Written by Quentin Tarantino. Stories by Quentin Tarantino & Roger Avary
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   The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

    

   Screenplay by Frank Darabont. Based on the short story "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" by Stephen King
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   It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

    

   Screenplay by Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett & Frank Capra. Based on short story "The Greatest Gift" by Philip Van Doren Stern. Contributions to screenplay Michael Wilson and Jo S…
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   Casablanca (1942)

    

   Screenplay by Julius J. & Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch. Based on the play "Everybody Comes to Rick's" by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison
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   The Usual Suspects (1995)

    

   Written by Christopher McQuarrie
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   The Godfather Part II (1974)

    

   Screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo. Based on Mario Puzo's novel "The Godfather"
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   Chinatown (1974)

    

   Written by Robert Towne
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   Citizen Kane (1941)

    

   Written by Herman Mankiewicz and Orson Welles
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    Fargo (1996)

     

    Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
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    To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

     

    Screenplay by Horton Foote. Based on the novel by Harper Lee
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    North by Northwest (1959)

     

    Written by Ernest Lehman
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    Gone with the Wind (1939)

     

    Screenplay by Sidney Howard. Based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell
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    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

     

    Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman. Story by Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth
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    Groundhog Day (1993)

     

    Screenplay by Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis. Story by Danny Rubin
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    Some Like It Hot (1959)

     

    Screenplay by Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond. Based on "Fanfare of Love," a German film written by Robert Thoeren and M. Logan
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    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

     

    Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick and Peter George and Terry Southern. Based on novel "Red Alert" by Peter George
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    Annie Hall (1977)

     

    Written by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman
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    Sunset Boulevard (1950)

     

    Written by Charles Brackett & Billy Wilder and D.M. Marshman, Jr.
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    Network (1976)

     

    Written by Paddy Chayefsky
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    The Graduate (1967)

     

    Screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry. Based on the novel by Charles Webb
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    The Apartment (1960)

     

    Written by Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond
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    The Wizard of Oz (1939)

     

    Screenplay by Noel Langley and Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf Adaptation by Noel Langley. Based on the novel by L. Frank Baum
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    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

     

    Written by William Goldman
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    Double Indemnity (1944)

     

    Screenplay by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler. Based on the novel by James M. Cain
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    Shakespeare in Love (1998)

     

    Written by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard
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    Unforgiven (1992)

     

    Written by David Webb Peoples
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    Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

     

    Screenplay by Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman. From a novelette by Ernest Lehman
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    All About Eve (1950)

     

    Screenplay by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Based on "The Wisdom of Eve," a short story and radio play by Mary Orr
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    Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

     

    Screenplay by Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson. Based on the life and writings of Col. T.E. Lawrence
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    On the Waterfront (1954)

     

    Screen Story and Screenplay by Budd Schulberg. Based on "Crime on the Waterfront" articles by Malcolm Johnson
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    Tootsie (1982)

     

    Screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal. Story by Don McGuire and Larry Gelbart
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    Sullivan's Travels (1941)

     

    Written by Preston Sturges
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    His Girl Friday (1940)

     

    Screenplay by Charles Lederer. Based on the play "The Front Page" by Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur
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    The Third Man (1949)

     

    Screenplay by Graham Greene. Story by Graham Greene. Based on the short story by Graham Greene