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Classic Movie Screenplays Collection

This document lists the top 100 screenplays as voted on by the Writers Guild of America, including classics such as Casablanca, Citizen Kane, The Godfather, and Pulp Fiction. Many of the screenplays were adapted from novels or short stories, while others were original works. The list demonstrates the wide variety of genres represented in highly acclaimed screenwriting, from comedies to dramas to thrillers spanning nearly a century of film.

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Classic Movie Screenplays Collection

This document lists the top 100 screenplays as voted on by the Writers Guild of America, including classics such as Casablanca, Citizen Kane, The Godfather, and Pulp Fiction. Many of the screenplays were adapted from novels or short stories, while others were original works. The list demonstrates the wide variety of genres represented in highly acclaimed screenwriting, from comedies to dramas to thrillers spanning nearly a century of film.

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  • Film List Introduction
  • Film Continuation
  • Additional Films
  • Film Compilation
  • Film Collection
  • Conclusion of Film List

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CASABLANCA

Screenplay by Julius J. & Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch. Based on the play "Everybody Comes to R
Murray Burnett and Joan Alison
THE GODFATHER
Screenplay by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola. Based on the novel by Mario Puzo
CHINATOWN
Written by Robert Towne
CITIZEN KANE
Written by Herman Mankiewicz and Orson Welles
ALL ABOUT EVE

Screenplay by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Based on "The Wisdom of Eve," a short story and radio play by M
ANNIE HALL
Written by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman
SUNSET BLVD.
Written by Charles Brackett & Billy Wilder and D.M. Marshman, Jr.
NETWORK
Written by Paddy Chayefsky
SOME LIKE IT HOT

Screenplay by Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond. Based on "Fanfare of Love," a German film written by Rob
Thoeren and M. Logan
THE GODFATHER II
Screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo. Based on Mario Puzo's novel "The Godfather"
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
Written by William Goldman
DR. STRANGELOVE

Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick and Peter George and Terry Southern. Based on novel "Red Alert" by Pe
George
THE GRADUATE
Screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry. Based on the novel by Charles Webb
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
Screenplay by Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson. Based on the life and writings of Col. T.E. Lawrence

THE APARTMENT
Written by Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond
PULP FICTION
Written by Quentin Tarantino. Stories by Quentin Tarantino & Roger Avary
TOOTSIE
Screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal. Story by Don McGuire and Larry Gelbart
ON THE WATERFRONT

Screen Story and Screenplay by Budd Schulberg. Based on "Crime on the Waterfront" articles by Malc
Johnson
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Screenplay by Horton Foote. Based on the novel by Harper Lee
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE

Screenplay by Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett & Frank Capra. Based on short story "The Greatest G
Philip Van Doren Stern. Contributions to screenplay Michael Wilson and Jo Swerling
NORTH BY NORTHWEST
Written by Ernest Lehman
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION

Screenplay by Frank Darabont. Based on the short story "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redempti
Stephen King
GONE WITH THE WIND
Screenplay by Sidney Howard. Based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman. Story by Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth
THE WIZARD OF OZ

Screenplay by Noel Langley and Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf Adaptation by Noel Langley. B
the novel by L. Frank Baum
DOUBLE INDEMNITY
Screenplay by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler. Based on the novel by James M. Cain
GROUNDHOG DAY
Screenplay by Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis. Story by Danny Rubin
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Written by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard
SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS
Written by Preston Sturges
UNFORGIVEN
Written by David Webb Peoples
HIS GIRL FRIDAY

Screenplay by Charles Lederer. Based on the play "The Front Page" by Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur
FARGO
Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
THE THIRD MAN

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

THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS


Screenplay by Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman. From a novelette by Ernest Lehman
THE USUAL SUSPECTS
Written by Christopher McQuarrie
MIDNIGHT COWBOY
Screenplay by Waldo Salt. Based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy
THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
Screenplay by Donald Ogden Stewart. Based on the play by Philip Barry
AMERICAN BEAUTY
Written by Alan Ball
THE STING
Written by David S. Ward
WHEN HARRY MET SALLY
Written by Nora Ephron
GOODFELLAS
Screenplay by Nicholas Pileggi & Martin Scorsese. Based on book "Wise Guy" by Nicholas Pileggi
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
Screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan. Story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman
TAXI DRIVER
Written by Paul Schrader
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
Screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood. Based on novel "Glory For Me" by MacKinley Kantor
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
Screenplay by Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman. Based on the novel by Ken Kesey
THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE
Screenplay by John Huston. Based on the novel by B. Traven
THE MALTESE FALCON
Screenplay by John Huston. Based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett
THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI
Screenplay by Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson. Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle
SCHINDLER'S LIST
Screenplay by Steven Zaillian. Based on the novel by Thomas Keneally
THE SIXTH SENSE
Written by M. Night Shyamalan
BROADCAST NEWS
Written by James L. Brooks
THE LADY EVE
Screenplay by Preston Sturges. Story by Monckton Hoffe
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN
Screenplay by William Goldman. Based on the book by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward
MANHATTAN
Written by Woody Allen & Marshall Brickman
APOCALYPSE NOW
Written by John Milius and Francis Coppola. Narration by Michael Herr
BACK TO THE FUTURE

Written by Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale


CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS
Written by Woody Allen
ORDINARY PEOPLE
Screenplay by Alvin Sargent. Based on the novel by Judith Guest
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
Screenplay by Robert Riskin. Based on the story "Night Bus" by Samuel Hopkins Adams
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
Screenplay by Brian Helgeland & Curtis Hanson. Based on the novel by James Ellroy
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
Screenplay by Ted Tally. Based on the novel by Thomas Harris
MOONSTRUCK
Written by John Patrick Shanley
JAWS
Screenplay by Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb. Based on the novel by Peter Benchley
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
Screenplay by James L. Brooks. Based on the novel by Larry McMurtry
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN

Screen Story and Screenplay by Betty Comden & Adolph Green. Based on the song by Arthur Freed an
Herb Brown
JERRY MAGUIRE
Written by Cameron Crowe
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
Written by Melissa Mathison
STAR WARS
Written by George Lucas
DOG DAY AFTERNOON
Screenplay by Frank Pierson. Based on a magazine article by P.F. Kluge and Thomas Moore
THE AFRICAN QUEEN
Screenplay by James Agee and John Huston. Based on the novel by C.S. Forester
THE LION IN WINTER
Screenplay by James Goldman. Based on the play by James Goldman
THELMA & LOUISE
Written by Callie Khouri
AMADEUS
Screenplay by Peter Shaffer. Based on his play
BEING JOHN MALKOVICH
Written by Charlie Kaufman
HIGH NOON
Screenplay by Carl Foreman. Based on short story "The Tin Star" by John W. Cunningham
RAGING BULL

Screenplay by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin. Based on the book by Jake La Motta with Joseph Carte
Peter Savage
ADAPTATION

Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman. Based on the book "The Orchid Thief" by Susan
ROCKY
Written by Sylvester Stallone
THE PRODUCERS
Written by Mel Brooks
WITNESS

Screenplay by Earl W. Wallace & William Kelley. Story by William Kelley and Pamela Wallace & Earl W. W
BEING THERE
Screenplay by Jerzy Kosinski. Inspired by the novel by Jerzy Kosinski
COOL HAND LUKE
Screenplay by Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson. Based on the novel by Donn Pearce
REAR WINDOW
Screenplay by John Michael Hayes. Based on the short story by Cornell Woolrich
THE PRINCESS BRIDE
Screenplay by William Goldman. Based on his novel
LA GRANDE ILLUSION
Written by Jean Renoir and Charles Spaak
HAROLD & MAUDE
Written by Colin Higgins

Screenplay by Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, Brunello Rond. Story by Fellini, Flaiano
FIELD OF DREAMS
Screenplay by Phil Alden Robinson. Based on the book by W.P. Kinsella
FORREST GUMP
Screenplay by Eric Roth. Based on the novel by Winston Groom
SIDEWAYS
Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor. Based on the novel by Rex Pickett
THE VERDICT
Screenplay by David Mamet. Based on the novel by Barry Reed
PSYCHO
Screenplay by Joseph Stefano. Based on the novel by Robert Bloch
DO THE RIGHT THING
Written by Spike Lee
PATTON

Screen Story and Screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North. Based on "A Soldier's Sto
Omar H. Bradley and "Patton: Ordeal and Triumph" by Ladislas Farago
HANNAH AND HER SISTERS
Written by Woody Allen
THE HUSTLER
Screenplay by Sidney Carroll & Robert Rossen. Based on the novel by Walter Tevis
THE SEARCHERS
Screenplay by Frank S. Nugent. Based on the novel by Alan Le May

THE GRAPES OF WRATH


Screenplay by Nunnally Johnson. Based on the novel by John Steinbeck
THE WILD BUNCH
Screenplay by Walon Green and Sam Peckinpah. Story by Walon Green and Roy Sickner
MEMENTO
Screenplay by Christopher Nolan. Based on the short story "Memento Mori" by Jonathan Nolan
NOTORIOUS
Written by Ben Hecht

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CASABLANCA
THE GODFATHER
Screenplay by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola. Based on the novel by Mario Puzo
CHINATOWN
Writte
THE APARTMENT
Written by Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond
PULP FICTION
Written by Quentin Tarantino. Stories by Quentin Tarantin
THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS
Screenplay by Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman. From a novelette by Ernest Lehman
THE USUAL SUSPEC
Written by Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale
CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS
Written by Woody Allen
ORDINARY PEOPLE
Screenplay by Alvin Sarg

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