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101 Greatest Screenplays

According to the Writers Guild of America West

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  1. CASABLANCA - 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
    2. \n
  2. THE GODFATHER - Screenplay by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola. Based on the novel by Mario Puzo
    3. \n
  3. CHINATOWN - Written by Robert Towne
    4. \n
  4. CITIZEN KANE - Written by Herman Mankiewicz and Orson Welles
    5. \n
  5. ALL ABOUT EVE - Screenplay by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Based on “The Wisdom of Eve,” a short story and radio play by Mary Orr
    6. \n
  6. ANNIE HALL - Written by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman
    7. \n
  7. SUNSET BLVD. - Written by Charles Brackett & Billy Wilder and D.M. Marshman, Jr.
    8. \n
  8. NETWORK - Written by Paddy Chayefsky
    \n9.. SOME LIKE IT HOT - Screenplay by Billy Wider & I.A.L. Diamond. Based on “Fanfare of Love,” a German film written by Robert Thoeren and M. Logan
    9. \n
  9. THE GODFATHER II - Screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo. Based on Mario Puzo’s novel “The Godfather”
    10. \n
  10. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID - Written by William Goldman
    11. \n
  11. DR. STRANGELOVE - Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick and Peter George and Terry Southern. Based on novel “Red Alert” by Peter George
    12. \n
  12. THE GRADUATE - Screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry. Based on the novel by Charles Webb
    13. \n
  13. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA - Screenplay by Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson. Based on the life and writings of Col. T.E. Lawrence
    14. \n
  14. THE APARTMENT - Written by Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond
    15. \n
  15. PULP FICTION - Written by Quentin Tarantino. Stories by Quentin Tarantino & Roger Avary
    16. \n
  16. TOOTSIE - Screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal. Story by Don McGuire and Larry Gelbart
    17. \n
  17. ON THE WATERFRONT - Screen Story and Screenplay by Budd Schulberg. Based on “Crime on the Waterfront” articles by Malcolm Johnson
    18. \n
  18. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD - Screenplay by Horton Foote. Based on the novel by Harper Lee
    19. \n
  19. IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE - 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 Swerling
    20. \n
  20. NORTH BY NORTHWEST - Written by Ernest Lehman
    21. \n
  21. THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION - Screenplay by Frank Darabont. Based on the short story “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption” by Stephen King
    22. \n
  22. GONE WITH THE WIND - Screenplay by Sidney Howard. Based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell
    23. \n
  23. ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND - Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman. Story by Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth
    24. \n
  24. THE WIZARD OF OZ - Screenplay by Noel Langley and Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf Adaptation by Noel Langley. Based on the novel by L. Frank Baum
    25. \n
  25. DOUBLE INDEMNITY - Screenplay by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler. Based on the novel by James M. Cain
    26. \n
  26. GROUNDHOG DAY - Screenplay by Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis. Story by Danny Rubin
    27. \n
  27. SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE - Written by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard
    28. \n
  28. SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS - Written by Preston Sturges
    29. \n
  29. UNFORGIVEN - Written by David Webb Peoples
    30. \n
  30. HIS GIRL FRIDAY - Screenplay by Charles Lederer. Based on the play “The Front Page” by Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur
    31. \n
  31. FARGO - Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
    32. \n
  32. THE THIRD MAN - Screenplay by Graham Greene. Story by Graham Greene. Based on the short story by Graham Greene
    33. \n
  33. THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS - Screenplay by Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman. From a novelette by Ernest Lehman
    34. \n
  34. THE USUAL SUSPECTS - Written by Christopher McQuarrie
    35. \n
  35. MIDNIGHT COWBOY - Screenplay by Waldo Salt. Based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy
    36. \n
  36. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY - Screenplay by Donald Ogden Stewart. Based on the play by Philip Barry
    37. \n
  37. AMERICAN BEAUTY - Written by Alan Ball
    38. \n
  38. THE STING - Written by David S. Ward
    39. \n
  39. WHEN HARRY MET SALLY - Written by Nora Ephron
    40. \n
  40. GOODFELLAS - Screenplay by Nicholas Pileggi & Martin Scorsese. Based on book “Wise Guy” by Nicholas Pileggi
    41. \n
  41. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK - Screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan. Story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman
    42. \n
  42. TAXI DRIVER - Written by Paul Schrader
    43. \n
  43. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES - Screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood. Based on novel “Glory For Me” by MacKinley Kantor
    44. \n
  44. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST - Screenplay by Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman. Based on the novel by Ken Kesey
    45. \n
  45. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE - Screenplay by John Huston. Based on the novel by B. Traven
    46. \n
  46. THE MALTESE FALCON - Screenplay by John Huston. Based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett
    47. \n
  47. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI - Screenplay by Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson. Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle
    48. \n
  48. SCHINDLER’S LIST - Screenplay by Steven Zaillian. Based on the novel by Thomas Keneally
    49. \n
  49. THE SIXTH SENSE - Written by M. Night Shyamalan
    50. \n
  50. BROADCAST NEWS - Written by James L. Brooks
    51. \n
  51. THE LADY EVE - Screenplay by Preston Sturges. Story by Monckton Hoffe
    52. \n
  52. ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN - Screenplay by William Goldman. Based on the book by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward
    53. \n
  53. MANHATTAN - Written by Woody Allen & Marshall Brickman
    54. \n
  54. APOCALYPSE NOW - Written by John Milius and Francis Coppola. Narration by Michael Herr
    55. \n
  55. BACK TO THE FUTURE - Written by Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale
    56. \n
  56. CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS - Written by Woody Allen
    57. \n
  57. ORDINARY PEOPLE - Screenplay by Alvin Sargent. Based on the novel by Judith Guest
    58. \n
  58. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT - Screenplay by Robert Riskin. Based on the story “Night Bus” by Samuel Hopkins Adams
    59. \n
  59. L.A. CONFIDENTIAL - Screenplay by Brian Helgeland & Curtis Hanson. Based on the novel by James Ellroy
    60. \n
  60. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS - Screenplay by Ted Tally. Based on the novel by Thomas Harris
    61. \n
  61. MOONSTRUCK - Written by John Patrick Shanley
    62. \n
  62. JAWS - Screenplay by Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb. Based on the novel by Peter Benchley
    63. \n
  63. TERMS OF ENDEARMENT - Screenplay by James L. Brooks. Based on the novel by Larry McMurtry
    64. \n
  64. SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN - Screen Story and Screenplay by Betty Comden & Adolph Green. Based on the song by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown
    65. \n
  65. JERRY MAGUIRE - Written by Cameron Crowe
    66. \n
  66. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL - Written by Melissa Mathison
    67. \n
  67. STAR WARS - Written by George Lucas
    68. \n
  68. DOG DAY AFTERNOON - Screenplay by Frank Pierson. Based on a magazine article by P.F. Kluge and Thomas Moore
    69. \n
  69. THE AFRICAN QUEEN - Screenplay by James Agee and John Huston. Based on the novel by C.S. Forester
    70. \n
  70. THE LION IN WINTER - Screenplay by James Goldman. Based on the play by James Goldman
    71. \n
  71. THELMA & LOUISE - Written by Callie Khouri
    72. \n
  72. AMADEUS - Screenplay by Peter Shaffer. Based on his play
    73. \n
  73. BEING JOHN MALKOVICH - Written by Charlie Kaufman
    74. \n
  74. HIGH NOON - Screenplay by Carl Foreman. Based on short story “The Tin Star” by John W. Cunningham
    75. \n
  75. RAGING BULL - Screenplay by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin. Based on the book by Jake La Motta with Joseph Carter and Peter Savage
    76. \n
  76. ADAPTATION - Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman. Based on the book “The Orchid Thief” by Susan Orlean
    77. \n
  77. ROCKY - Written by Sylvester Stallone
    78. \n
  78. THE PRODUCERS - Written by Mel Brooks
    79. \n
  79. WITNESS - Screenplay by Earl W. Wallace & William Kelley. Story by William Kelley and Pamela Wallace & Earl W. Wallace
    80. \n
  80. BEING THERE - Screenplay by Jerzy Kosinski. Inspired by the novel by Jerzy Kosinski
    81. \n
  81. COOL HAND LUKE - Screenplay by Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson. Based on the novel by Donn Pearce
    82. \n
  82. REAR WINDOW - Screenplay by John Michael Hayes. Based on the short story by Cornell Woolrich
    83. \n
  83. THE PRINCESS BRIDE - Screenplay by William Goldman. Based on his novel
    84. \n
  84. LA GRANDE ILLUSION - Written by Jean Renoir and Charles Spaak
    85. \n
  85. HAROLD & MAUDE - Written by Colin Higgins
    86. \n
  86. 8 ½ - Screenplay by Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, Brunello Rond. Story by Fellini, Flaiano
    87. \n
  87. FIELD OF DREAMS - Screenplay by Phil Alden Robinson. Based on the book by W.P. Kinsella
    88. \n
  88. FORREST GUMP - Screenplay by Eric Roth. Based on the novel by Winston Groom
    89. \n
  89. SIDEWAYS - Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor. Based on the novel by Rex Pickett
    90. \n
  90. THE VERDICT - Screenplay by David Mamet. Based on the novel by Barry Reed
    91. \n
  91. PSYCHO - Screenplay by Joseph Stefano. Based on the novel by Robert Bloch
    92. \n
  92. DO THE RIGHT THING - Written by Spike Lee
    93. \n
  93. PATTON - Screen Story and Screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North. Based on “A Soldier’s Story” by Omar H. Bradley and “Patton: Ordeal and Triumph” by Ladislas Farago
    94. \n
  94. HANNAH AND HER SISTERS - Written by Woody Allen
    95. \n
  95. THE HUSTLER - Screenplay by Sidney Carroll & Robert Rossen. Based on the novel by Walter Tevis
    96. \n
  96. THE SEARCHERS - Screenplay by Frank S. Nugent. Based on the novel by Alan Le May
    97. \n
  97. THE GRAPES OF WRATH - Screenplay by Nunnally Johnson. Based on the novel by John Steinbeck
    98. \n
  98. THE WILD BUNCH - Screenplay by Walon Green and Sam Peckinpah. Story by Walon Green and Roy Sickner
    99. \n
  99. MEMENTO - Screenplay by Christopher Nolan. Based on the short story “Memento Mori” by Jonathan Nolan
    100. \n
  100. NOTORIOUS - Written by Ben Hecht
    101. \n
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ANNIE HALL - _Written by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman_\n7. SUNSET BLVD. - _Written by Charles Brackett & Billy Wilder and D.M. Marshman, Jr._\n8. NETWORK - _Written by Paddy Chayefsky_\n9.. SOME LIKE IT HOT - _Screenplay by Billy Wider & I.A.L. Diamond. Based on \"Fanfare of Love,\" a German film written by Robert Thoeren and M. Logan_\n10. THE GODFATHER II - _Screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo. Based on Mario Puzo's novel \"The Godfather\"_\n11. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID - _Written by William Goldman_\n12. DR. STRANGELOVE - _Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick and Peter George and Terry Southern. Based on novel \"Red Alert\" by Peter George_\n13. THE GRADUATE - _Screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry. Based on the novel by Charles Webb_\n14. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA - _Screenplay by Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson. Based on the life and writings of Col. T.E. Lawrence_\n15. THE APARTMENT - _Written by Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond_\n16. PULP FICTION - _Written by Quentin Tarantino. Stories by Quentin Tarantino & Roger Avary_\n17. TOOTSIE - _Screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal. Story by Don McGuire and Larry Gelbart_\n18. ON THE WATERFRONT - _Screen Story and Screenplay by Budd Schulberg. Based on \"Crime on the Waterfront\" articles by Malcolm Johnson_\n19. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD - _Screenplay by Horton Foote. Based on the novel by Harper Lee_\n20. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE - _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 Swerling_\n21. NORTH BY NORTHWEST - _Written by Ernest Lehman_\n22. THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION - _Screenplay by Frank Darabont. Based on the short story \"Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption\" by Stephen King_\n23. GONE WITH THE WIND - _Screenplay by Sidney Howard. Based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell_\n24. ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND - _Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman. Story by Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth_\n25. THE WIZARD OF OZ - _Screenplay by Noel Langley and Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf Adaptation by Noel Langley. Based on the novel by L. Frank Baum_\n26. DOUBLE INDEMNITY - _Screenplay by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler. Based on the novel by James M. Cain_\n27. GROUNDHOG DAY - _Screenplay by Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis. Story by Danny Rubin_\n28. SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE - _Written by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard_\n29. SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS - _Written by Preston Sturges_\n30. UNFORGIVEN - _Written by David Webb Peoples_\n31. HIS GIRL FRIDAY - _Screenplay by Charles Lederer. Based on the play \"The Front Page\" by Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur_\n32. FARGO - _Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen_\n33. THE THIRD MAN - _Screenplay by Graham Greene. Story by Graham Greene. Based on the short story by Graham Greene_\n34. THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS - _Screenplay by Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman. From a novelette by Ernest Lehman_\n35. THE USUAL SUSPECTS - _Written by Christopher McQuarrie_\n36. MIDNIGHT COWBOY - _Screenplay by Waldo Salt. Based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy_\n37. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY - _Screenplay by Donald Ogden Stewart. Based on the play by Philip Barry_\n38. AMERICAN BEAUTY - _Written by Alan Ball_\n39. THE STING - _Written by David S. Ward_\n40. WHEN HARRY MET SALLY - _Written by Nora Ephron_\n41. GOODFELLAS - _Screenplay by Nicholas Pileggi & Martin Scorsese. Based on book \"Wise Guy\" by Nicholas Pileggi_\n42. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK - _Screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan. Story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman_\n43. TAXI DRIVER - _Written by Paul Schrader_\n44. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES - _Screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood. Based on novel \"Glory For Me\" by MacKinley Kantor_\n45. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST - _Screenplay by Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman. Based on the novel by Ken Kesey_\n46. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE - _Screenplay by John Huston. Based on the novel by B. Traven_\n47. THE MALTESE FALCON - _Screenplay by John Huston. Based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett_\n48. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI - _Screenplay by Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson. Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle_\n49. SCHINDLER'S LIST - _Screenplay by Steven Zaillian. Based on the novel by Thomas Keneally_\n50. THE SIXTH SENSE - _Written by M. Night Shyamalan_\n51. BROADCAST NEWS - _Written by James L. Brooks_\n52. THE LADY EVE - _Screenplay by Preston Sturges. Story by Monckton Hoffe_\n53. ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN - _Screenplay by William Goldman. Based on the book by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward_\n54. MANHATTAN - _Written by Woody Allen & Marshall Brickman_\n55. APOCALYPSE NOW - _Written by John Milius and Francis Coppola. Narration by Michael Herr_\n56. BACK TO THE FUTURE - _Written by Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale_\n57. CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS - _Written by Woody Allen_\n58. ORDINARY PEOPLE - _Screenplay by Alvin Sargent. Based on the novel by Judith Guest_\n59. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT - _Screenplay by Robert Riskin. Based on the story \"Night Bus\" by Samuel Hopkins Adams_\n60. L.A. CONFIDENTIAL - _Screenplay by Brian Helgeland & Curtis Hanson. Based on the novel by James Ellroy_\n61. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS - _Screenplay by Ted Tally. Based on the novel by Thomas Harris_\n62. MOONSTRUCK - _Written by John Patrick Shanley_\n63. JAWS - _Screenplay by Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb. Based on the novel by Peter Benchley_\n64. TERMS OF ENDEARMENT - _Screenplay by James L. Brooks. Based on the novel by Larry McMurtry_\n65. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN - _Screen Story and Screenplay by Betty Comden & Adolph Green. Based on the song by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown_\n66. JERRY MAGUIRE - _Written by Cameron Crowe_\n67. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL - _Written by Melissa Mathison_\n68. STAR WARS - _Written by George Lucas_\n69. DOG DAY AFTERNOON - _Screenplay by Frank Pierson. Based on a magazine article by P.F. Kluge and Thomas Moore_\n70. THE AFRICAN QUEEN - _Screenplay by James Agee and John Huston. Based on the novel by C.S. Forester_\n71. THE LION IN WINTER - _Screenplay by James Goldman. Based on the play by James Goldman_\n72. THELMA & LOUISE - _Written by Callie Khouri_\n73. AMADEUS - _Screenplay by Peter Shaffer. Based on his play_\n74. BEING JOHN MALKOVICH - _Written by Charlie Kaufman_\n75. HIGH NOON - _Screenplay by Carl Foreman. Based on short story \"The Tin Star\" by John W. Cunningham_\n76. RAGING BULL - _Screenplay by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin. Based on the book by Jake La Motta with Joseph Carter and Peter Savage_\n77. ADAPTATION - _Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman. Based on the book \"The Orchid Thief\" by Susan Orlean_\n78. ROCKY - _Written by Sylvester Stallone_\n79. THE PRODUCERS - _Written by Mel Brooks_\n80. WITNESS - _Screenplay by Earl W. Wallace & William Kelley. Story by William Kelley and Pamela Wallace & Earl W. Wallace_\n81. BEING THERE - _Screenplay by Jerzy Kosinski. Inspired by the novel by Jerzy Kosinski_\n82. COOL HAND LUKE - _Screenplay by Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson. Based on the novel by Donn Pearce_\n83. REAR WINDOW - _Screenplay by John Michael Hayes. Based on the short story by Cornell Woolrich_\n84. THE PRINCESS BRIDE - _Screenplay by William Goldman. Based on his novel_\n85. LA GRANDE ILLUSION - _Written by Jean Renoir and Charles Spaak_\n86. HAROLD & MAUDE - _Written by Colin Higgins_\n87. 8 1/2 - _Screenplay by Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, Brunello Rond. Story by Fellini, Flaiano_\n88. FIELD OF DREAMS - _Screenplay by Phil Alden Robinson. Based on the book by W.P. Kinsella_\n89. FORREST GUMP - _Screenplay by Eric Roth. Based on the novel by Winston Groom_\n90. SIDEWAYS - _Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor. Based on the novel by Rex Pickett_\n91. THE VERDICT - _Screenplay by David Mamet. Based on the novel by Barry Reed_\n92. PSYCHO - _Screenplay by Joseph Stefano. Based on the novel by Robert Bloch_\n93. DO THE RIGHT THING - _Written by Spike Lee_\n94. PATTON - _Screen Story and Screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North. Based on \"A Soldier's Story\" by Omar H. Bradley and \"Patton: Ordeal and Triumph\" by Ladislas Farago_\n95. HANNAH AND HER SISTERS - _Written by Woody Allen_\n96. THE HUSTLER - _Screenplay by Sidney Carroll & Robert Rossen. Based on the novel by Walter Tevis_\n97. THE SEARCHERS - _Screenplay by Frank S. Nugent. Based on the novel by Alan Le May_\n98. THE GRAPES OF WRATH - _Screenplay by Nunnally Johnson. Based on the novel by John Steinbeck_\n99. THE WILD BUNCH - _Screenplay by Walon Green and Sam Peckinpah. Story by Walon Green and Roy Sickner_\n101. MEMENTO - _Screenplay by Christopher Nolan. 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PULP FICTION - _Written by Quentin Tarantino. Stories by Quentin Tarantino & Roger Avary_\n17. TOOTSIE - _Screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal. Story by Don McGuire and Larry Gelbart_\n18. ON THE WATERFRONT - _Screen Story and Screenplay by Budd Schulberg. Based on \"Crime on the Waterfront\" articles by Malcolm Johnson_\n19. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD - _Screenplay by Horton Foote. Based on the novel by Harper Lee_\n20. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE - _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 Swerling_\n21. NORTH BY NORTHWEST - _Written by Ernest Lehman_\n22. THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION - _Screenplay by Frank Darabont. Based on the short story \"Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption\" by Stephen King_\n23. GONE WITH THE WIND - _Screenplay by Sidney Howard. Based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell_\n24. ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND - _Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman. Story by Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth_\n25. THE WIZARD OF OZ - _Screenplay by Noel Langley and Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf Adaptation by Noel Langley. Based on the novel by L. Frank Baum_\n26. DOUBLE INDEMNITY - _Screenplay by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler. Based on the novel by James M. Cain_\n27. GROUNDHOG DAY - _Screenplay by Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis. Story by Danny Rubin_\n28. SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE - _Written by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard_\n29. SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS - _Written by Preston Sturges_\n30. UNFORGIVEN - _Written by David Webb Peoples_\n31. HIS GIRL FRIDAY - _Screenplay by Charles Lederer. Based on the play \"The Front Page\" by Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur_\n32. FARGO - _Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen_\n33. THE THIRD MAN - _Screenplay by Graham Greene. Story by Graham Greene. Based on the short story by Graham Greene_\n34. THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS - _Screenplay by Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman. From a novelette by Ernest Lehman_\n35. THE USUAL SUSPECTS - _Written by Christopher McQuarrie_\n36. MIDNIGHT COWBOY - _Screenplay by Waldo Salt. Based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy_\n37. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY - _Screenplay by Donald Ogden Stewart. Based on the play by Philip Barry_\n38. AMERICAN BEAUTY - _Written by Alan Ball_\n39. THE STING - _Written by David S. Ward_\n40. WHEN HARRY MET SALLY - _Written by Nora Ephron_\n41. GOODFELLAS - _Screenplay by Nicholas Pileggi & Martin Scorsese. Based on book \"Wise Guy\" by Nicholas Pileggi_\n42. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK - _Screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan. Story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman_\n43. TAXI DRIVER - _Written by Paul Schrader_\n44. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES - _Screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood. Based on novel \"Glory For Me\" by MacKinley Kantor_\n45. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST - _Screenplay by Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman. Based on the novel by Ken Kesey_\n46. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE - _Screenplay by John Huston. Based on the novel by B. Traven_\n47. THE MALTESE FALCON - _Screenplay by John Huston. Based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett_\n48. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI - _Screenplay by Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson. Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle_\n49. SCHINDLER'S LIST - _Screenplay by Steven Zaillian. Based on the novel by Thomas Keneally_\n50. THE SIXTH SENSE - _Written by M. Night Shyamalan_\n51. BROADCAST NEWS - _Written by James L. Brooks_\n52. THE LADY EVE - _Screenplay by Preston Sturges. Story by Monckton Hoffe_\n53. ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN - _Screenplay by William Goldman. Based on the book by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward_\n54. MANHATTAN - _Written by Woody Allen & Marshall Brickman_\n55. APOCALYPSE NOW - _Written by John Milius and Francis Coppola. Narration by Michael Herr_\n56. BACK TO THE FUTURE - _Written by Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale_\n57. CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS - _Written by Woody Allen_\n58. ORDINARY PEOPLE - _Screenplay by Alvin Sargent. Based on the novel by Judith Guest_\n59. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT - _Screenplay by Robert Riskin. Based on the story \"Night Bus\" by Samuel Hopkins Adams_\n60. L.A. CONFIDENTIAL - _Screenplay by Brian Helgeland & Curtis Hanson. Based on the novel by James Ellroy_\n61. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS - _Screenplay by Ted Tally. Based on the novel by Thomas Harris_\n62. MOONSTRUCK - _Written by John Patrick Shanley_\n63. JAWS - _Screenplay by Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb. Based on the novel by Peter Benchley_\n64. TERMS OF ENDEARMENT - _Screenplay by James L. Brooks. Based on the novel by Larry McMurtry_\n65. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN - _Screen Story and Screenplay by Betty Comden & Adolph Green. Based on the song by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown_\n66. JERRY MAGUIRE - _Written by Cameron Crowe_\n67. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL - _Written by Melissa Mathison_\n68. STAR WARS - _Written by George Lucas_\n69. DOG DAY AFTERNOON - _Screenplay by Frank Pierson. Based on a magazine article by P.F. Kluge and Thomas Moore_\n70. THE AFRICAN QUEEN - _Screenplay by James Agee and John Huston. Based on the novel by C.S. Forester_\n71. THE LION IN WINTER - _Screenplay by James Goldman. Based on the play by James Goldman_\n72. THELMA & LOUISE - _Written by Callie Khouri_\n73. AMADEUS - _Screenplay by Peter Shaffer. Based on his play_\n74. BEING JOHN MALKOVICH - _Written by Charlie Kaufman_\n75. HIGH NOON - _Screenplay by Carl Foreman. Based on short story \"The Tin Star\" by John W. Cunningham_\n76. RAGING BULL - _Screenplay by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin. Based on the book by Jake La Motta with Joseph Carter and Peter Savage_\n77. ADAPTATION - _Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman. Based on the book \"The Orchid Thief\" by Susan Orlean_\n78. ROCKY - _Written by Sylvester Stallone_\n79. THE PRODUCERS - _Written by Mel Brooks_\n80. WITNESS - _Screenplay by Earl W. Wallace & William Kelley. Story by William Kelley and Pamela Wallace & Earl W. Wallace_\n81. BEING THERE - _Screenplay by Jerzy Kosinski. Inspired by the novel by Jerzy Kosinski_\n82. COOL HAND LUKE - _Screenplay by Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson. Based on the novel by Donn Pearce_\n83. REAR WINDOW - _Screenplay by John Michael Hayes. Based on the short story by Cornell Woolrich_\n84. THE PRINCESS BRIDE - _Screenplay by William Goldman. Based on his novel_\n85. LA GRANDE ILLUSION - _Written by Jean Renoir and Charles Spaak_\n86. HAROLD & MAUDE - _Written by Colin Higgins_\n87. 8 1/2 - _Screenplay by Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, Brunello Rond. Story by Fellini, Flaiano_\n88. FIELD OF DREAMS - _Screenplay by Phil Alden Robinson. Based on the book by W.P. Kinsella_\n89. FORREST GUMP - _Screenplay by Eric Roth. Based on the novel by Winston Groom_\n90. SIDEWAYS - _Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor. Based on the novel by Rex Pickett_\n91. THE VERDICT - _Screenplay by David Mamet. Based on the novel by Barry Reed_\n92. PSYCHO - _Screenplay by Joseph Stefano. Based on the novel by Robert Bloch_\n93. DO THE RIGHT THING - _Written by Spike Lee_\n94. PATTON - _Screen Story and Screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North. Based on \"A Soldier's Story\" by Omar H. Bradley and \"Patton: Ordeal and Triumph\" by Ladislas Farago_\n95. HANNAH AND HER SISTERS - _Written by Woody Allen_\n96. THE HUSTLER - _Screenplay by Sidney Carroll & Robert Rossen. Based on the novel by Walter Tevis_\n97. THE SEARCHERS - _Screenplay by Frank S. Nugent. Based on the novel by Alan Le May_\n98. THE GRAPES OF WRATH - _Screenplay by Nunnally Johnson. Based on the novel by John Steinbeck_\n99. THE WILD BUNCH - _Screenplay by Walon Green and Sam Peckinpah. Story by Walon Green and Roy Sickner_\n101. MEMENTO - _Screenplay by Christopher Nolan. Based on the short story \"Memento Mori\" by Jonathan Nolan_\n102. NOTORIOUS - _Written by Ben Hecht_\n" } ], "sizeInBytes": 9413, "source": "According to the [Writers Guild of America West](https://www.wga.org/writers-room/101-best-lists/101-greatest-screenplays/list)\n\n1. CASABLANCA - _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_\n2. THE GODFATHER - _Screenplay by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola. Based on the novel by Mario Puzo_\n3. CHINATOWN - _Written by Robert Towne_\n4. CITIZEN KANE - _Written by Herman Mankiewicz and Orson Welles_\n5. ALL ABOUT EVE - _Screenplay by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Based on \"The Wisdom of Eve,\" a short story and radio play by Mary Orr_\n6. ANNIE HALL - _Written by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman_\n7. SUNSET BLVD. - _Written by Charles Brackett & Billy Wilder and D.M. Marshman, Jr._\n8. NETWORK - _Written by Paddy Chayefsky_\n9.. SOME LIKE IT HOT - _Screenplay by Billy Wider & I.A.L. Diamond. Based on \"Fanfare of Love,\" a German film written by Robert Thoeren and M. Logan_\n10. THE GODFATHER II - _Screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo. Based on Mario Puzo's novel \"The Godfather\"_\n11. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID - _Written by William Goldman_\n12. DR. STRANGELOVE - _Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick and Peter George and Terry Southern. Based on novel \"Red Alert\" by Peter George_\n13. THE GRADUATE - _Screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry. Based on the novel by Charles Webb_\n14. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA - _Screenplay by Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson. Based on the life and writings of Col. T.E. Lawrence_\n15. THE APARTMENT - _Written by Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond_\n16. PULP FICTION - _Written by Quentin Tarantino. Stories by Quentin Tarantino & Roger Avary_\n17. TOOTSIE - _Screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal. Story by Don McGuire and Larry Gelbart_\n18. ON THE WATERFRONT - _Screen Story and Screenplay by Budd Schulberg. Based on \"Crime on the Waterfront\" articles by Malcolm Johnson_\n19. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD - _Screenplay by Horton Foote. Based on the novel by Harper Lee_\n20. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE - _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 Swerling_\n21. NORTH BY NORTHWEST - _Written by Ernest Lehman_\n22. THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION - _Screenplay by Frank Darabont. Based on the short story \"Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption\" by Stephen King_\n23. GONE WITH THE WIND - _Screenplay by Sidney Howard. Based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell_\n24. ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND - _Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman. Story by Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth_\n25. THE WIZARD OF OZ - _Screenplay by Noel Langley and Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf Adaptation by Noel Langley. Based on the novel by L. Frank Baum_\n26. DOUBLE INDEMNITY - _Screenplay by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler. Based on the novel by James M. Cain_\n27. GROUNDHOG DAY - _Screenplay by Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis. Story by Danny Rubin_\n28. SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE - _Written by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard_\n29. SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS - _Written by Preston Sturges_\n30. UNFORGIVEN - _Written by David Webb Peoples_\n31. HIS GIRL FRIDAY - _Screenplay by Charles Lederer. Based on the play \"The Front Page\" by Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur_\n32. FARGO - _Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen_\n33. THE THIRD MAN - _Screenplay by Graham Greene. Story by Graham Greene. Based on the short story by Graham Greene_\n34. THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS - _Screenplay by Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman. From a novelette by Ernest Lehman_\n35. THE USUAL SUSPECTS - _Written by Christopher McQuarrie_\n36. MIDNIGHT COWBOY - _Screenplay by Waldo Salt. Based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy_\n37. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY - _Screenplay by Donald Ogden Stewart. Based on the play by Philip Barry_\n38. AMERICAN BEAUTY - _Written by Alan Ball_\n39. THE STING - _Written by David S. Ward_\n40. WHEN HARRY MET SALLY - _Written by Nora Ephron_\n41. GOODFELLAS - _Screenplay by Nicholas Pileggi & Martin Scorsese. Based on book \"Wise Guy\" by Nicholas Pileggi_\n42. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK - _Screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan. Story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman_\n43. TAXI DRIVER - _Written by Paul Schrader_\n44. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES - _Screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood. Based on novel \"Glory For Me\" by MacKinley Kantor_\n45. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST - _Screenplay by Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman. Based on the novel by Ken Kesey_\n46. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE - _Screenplay by John Huston. Based on the novel by B. Traven_\n47. THE MALTESE FALCON - _Screenplay by John Huston. Based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett_\n48. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI - _Screenplay by Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson. Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle_\n49. SCHINDLER'S LIST - _Screenplay by Steven Zaillian. Based on the novel by Thomas Keneally_\n50. THE SIXTH SENSE - _Written by M. Night Shyamalan_\n51. BROADCAST NEWS - _Written by James L. Brooks_\n52. THE LADY EVE - _Screenplay by Preston Sturges. Story by Monckton Hoffe_\n53. ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN - _Screenplay by William Goldman. Based on the book by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward_\n54. MANHATTAN - _Written by Woody Allen & Marshall Brickman_\n55. APOCALYPSE NOW - _Written by John Milius and Francis Coppola. Narration by Michael Herr_\n56. BACK TO THE FUTURE - _Written by Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale_\n57. CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS - _Written by Woody Allen_\n58. ORDINARY PEOPLE - _Screenplay by Alvin Sargent. Based on the novel by Judith Guest_\n59. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT - _Screenplay by Robert Riskin. Based on the story \"Night Bus\" by Samuel Hopkins Adams_\n60. L.A. CONFIDENTIAL - _Screenplay by Brian Helgeland & Curtis Hanson. Based on the novel by James Ellroy_\n61. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS - _Screenplay by Ted Tally. Based on the novel by Thomas Harris_\n62. MOONSTRUCK - _Written by John Patrick Shanley_\n63. JAWS - _Screenplay by Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb. Based on the novel by Peter Benchley_\n64. TERMS OF ENDEARMENT - _Screenplay by James L. Brooks. Based on the novel by Larry McMurtry_\n65. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN - _Screen Story and Screenplay by Betty Comden & Adolph Green. Based on the song by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown_\n66. JERRY MAGUIRE - _Written by Cameron Crowe_\n67. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL - _Written by Melissa Mathison_\n68. STAR WARS - _Written by George Lucas_\n69. DOG DAY AFTERNOON - _Screenplay by Frank Pierson. Based on a magazine article by P.F. Kluge and Thomas Moore_\n70. THE AFRICAN QUEEN - _Screenplay by James Agee and John Huston. Based on the novel by C.S. Forester_\n71. THE LION IN WINTER - _Screenplay by James Goldman. Based on the play by James Goldman_\n72. THELMA & LOUISE - _Written by Callie Khouri_\n73. AMADEUS - _Screenplay by Peter Shaffer. Based on his play_\n74. BEING JOHN MALKOVICH - _Written by Charlie Kaufman_\n75. HIGH NOON - _Screenplay by Carl Foreman. Based on short story \"The Tin Star\" by John W. Cunningham_\n76. RAGING BULL - _Screenplay by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin. Based on the book by Jake La Motta with Joseph Carter and Peter Savage_\n77. ADAPTATION - _Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman. Based on the book \"The Orchid Thief\" by Susan Orlean_\n78. ROCKY - _Written by Sylvester Stallone_\n79. THE PRODUCERS - _Written by Mel Brooks_\n80. WITNESS - _Screenplay by Earl W. Wallace & William Kelley. Story by William Kelley and Pamela Wallace & Earl W. Wallace_\n81. BEING THERE - _Screenplay by Jerzy Kosinski. Inspired by the novel by Jerzy Kosinski_\n82. COOL HAND LUKE - _Screenplay by Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson. Based on the novel by Donn Pearce_\n83. REAR WINDOW - _Screenplay by John Michael Hayes. Based on the short story by Cornell Woolrich_\n84. THE PRINCESS BRIDE - _Screenplay by William Goldman. Based on his novel_\n85. LA GRANDE ILLUSION - _Written by Jean Renoir and Charles Spaak_\n86. HAROLD & MAUDE - _Written by Colin Higgins_\n87. 8 1/2 - _Screenplay by Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, Brunello Rond. Story by Fellini, Flaiano_\n88. FIELD OF DREAMS - _Screenplay by Phil Alden Robinson. Based on the book by W.P. Kinsella_\n89. FORREST GUMP - _Screenplay by Eric Roth. Based on the novel by Winston Groom_\n90. SIDEWAYS - _Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor. Based on the novel by Rex Pickett_\n91. THE VERDICT - _Screenplay by David Mamet. Based on the novel by Barry Reed_\n92. PSYCHO - _Screenplay by Joseph Stefano. Based on the novel by Robert Bloch_\n93. DO THE RIGHT THING - _Written by Spike Lee_\n94. PATTON - _Screen Story and Screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North. Based on \"A Soldier's Story\" by Omar H. Bradley and \"Patton: Ordeal and Triumph\" by Ladislas Farago_\n95. HANNAH AND HER SISTERS - _Written by Woody Allen_\n96. THE HUSTLER - _Screenplay by Sidney Carroll & Robert Rossen. Based on the novel by Walter Tevis_\n97. THE SEARCHERS - _Screenplay by Frank S. Nugent. Based on the novel by Alan Le May_\n98. THE GRAPES OF WRATH - _Screenplay by Nunnally Johnson. Based on the novel by John Steinbeck_\n99. THE WILD BUNCH - _Screenplay by Walon Green and Sam Peckinpah. Story by Walon Green and Roy Sickner_\n101. MEMENTO - _Screenplay by Christopher Nolan. Based on the short story \"Memento Mori\" by Jonathan Nolan_\n102. NOTORIOUS - _Written by Ben Hecht_\n", "title": "101 Greatest Screenplays", "untracked": false, "uri": "/101_Greatest_Screenplays", "relativePath": "101 Greatest Screenplays.md" }