In 2005 The Writer’s Guild Of America asked it’s members for their top ten lists of the greatest screenplays and compiled the results into the 101 greatest film screenplays.
- 1. Casablanca (1942)
- 2. The Godfather (1972)
- 3. Chinatown (1974)
- 4. Citizen Cane (1941)
- 5. All About Eve (1950)
- 6. Annie Hall (1977)
- 7. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
- 8. Network (1976)
- 9. Some Like It Hot (1959)
- 10. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
- 11. Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid (1969)
- 12. Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (1964)
- 13. The Graduate (1967)
- 14. Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)
- 15. The Apartment (1960)
- 16. Pulp Fiction (1994)
- 17. Tootsie (1982)
- 18. On The Waterfront (1954)
- 19. To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)
- 20. It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
- 21. North By Northwest (1959)
- 22. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
- 23. Gone With The Wind (1939)
- 24. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004)
- 25. The Wizard Of Oz (1939)
- 26. Double Indemnity (1944)
- 27. Groundhog Day (1993)
- 28. Shakespeare In Love (1998)
- 29. Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
- 30. Unforgiven (1992)
- 31. His Girl Friday (1940)
- 32. Fargo (1996)
- 33. The Third Man (1949)
- 34. The Sweet Smell Of Success (1957)
- 35. The Usual Suspects (1995)
- 36. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
- 37. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
- 38. American Beauty (1999)
- 39. The Sting (1973)
- 40. When Harry Met Sally… (1989)
- 41. Goodfellas (1990)
- 42. Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981)
- 43. Taxi Driver (1976)
- 44. The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946)
- 45. One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
- 46. The Treasure Of Sierra Madre (1948)
- 47. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
- 48. The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)
- 49. Schindler’s List (1993)
- 50. The Sixth Sense (1999)
- 51. Broadcast News (1987)
- 52. The Lady Eve (1941)
- 53. All The President’s Men (1976)
- 54. Manhattan (1979)
- 55. Apocalypse Now (1979)
- 56. Back To The Future (1985)
- 57. Crimes And Misdemeanors (1989)
- 58. Ordinary People (1980)
- 59. It Happened One Night (1984)
- 60. L.A. Confidential (1997)
- 61. The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)
- 62. Moonstruck (1987)
- 63. Jaws (1975)
- 64. Terms Of Endearment (1983)
- 65. Singin’ In The Rain (1952)
- 66. Jerry Maguire (1996)
- 67. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
- 68. Star Wars (1977)
- 69. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
- 70. The African Queen (1951)
- 71. The Lion In Winter (1968)
- 72. Thelma & Louise (1991)
- 73. Amadeus (1984)
- 74. Being John Malkovich (1999)
- 75. High Noon (1952)
- 76. Raging Bull (1980)
- 77. Adaptation (2002)
- 78. Rocky (1976)
- 79. The Producers (1968)
- 80. Witness (1985)
- 81. Being There (1979)
- 82. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
- 83. Rear Window (1954)
- 84. The Princess Bride (1987)
- 85. The Grand Illusion (1937)
- 86. Harold And Maude (1971)
- 87. 8 1/2 (1963)
- 88. Field Of Dreams (1988)
- 89. Forrest Gump (1994)
- 90. Sideways (2004)
- 91. The Verdict (1982)
- 92. Psycho (1960)
- 93. Do The Right Thing (1989)
- 94. Patton (1970)
- 95. Hannah And Her Sisters (1986)
- 96. The Hustler (1961)
- 97. The Searchers (1956)
- 98. The Grapes Of Wrath (1940)
- 99. The Wild Bunch (1969)
- 100. Memento (2001)
- 101. Notorious (1946)