美国东部和西部作家行会共同发布历史上１０１个最佳剧本名单，网页见：

 

List released by The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE)

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. THE GODFATHER

Screenplay by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola. Based on the novel by Mario Puzo 

3. CHINATOWN

Written by Robert Towne 

4. CITIZEN KANE

Written by Herman Mankiewicz and Orson Welles 

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. ANNIE HALL

Written by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman 

7. SUNSET BLVD.

Written by Charles Brackett & Billy Wilder and D.M. Marshman, Jr. 

8. NETWORK

Written by Paddy Chayefsky 

9. SOME LIKE IT HOT

Screenplay by Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond. Based on "Fanfare of Love," a German film written by Robert Thoeren and M. Logan 

10. THE GODFATHER II

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

11. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID

Written by William Goldman

12. DR. STRANGELOVE

Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick and Peter George and Terry Southern. Based on novel "Red Alert" by Peter George

13. THE GRADUATE

Screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry. Based on the novel by Charles Webb

14. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA

Screenplay by Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson. Based on the life and writings of Col. T.E. Lawrence

15. THE APARTMENT

Written by Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond

16. PULP FICTION

Written by Quentin Tarantino. Stories by Quentin Tarantino & Roger Avary

17. TOOTSIE

Screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal. Story by Don McGuire and Larry Gelbart

18. ON THE WATERFRONT

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

19. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

Screenplay by Horton Foote. Based on the novel by Harper Lee

20. 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

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