Writers Guild’s 101 Greatest Screenplays List Starts with Casablanca, Ends with Notorious
As part of its ongoing mission to push forward the oft-overlooked writer in the moviemaking process, the Writers Guild of America has posted its 101 Greatest Screenplays list. I’m not going to argue with the top ten, which are posted below.
But what about the full list? Any major mistakes or omissions?
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 Alison2. THE GODFATHER
Screenplay by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola. Based on the novel by Mario Puzo3. CHINATOWN
Written by Robert Towne4. CITIZEN KANE
Written by Herman Mankiewicz and Orson Welles5. ALL ABOUT EVE
Screenplay by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Based on “The Wisdom of Eve,” a short story and radio play by Mary Orr6. ANNIE HALL
Written by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman7. SUNSET BLVD.
Written by Charles Brackett & Billy Wilder and D.M. Marshman, Jr.8. NETWORK
Written by Paddy Chayefsky9. 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. Logan10. THE GODFATHER II
Screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo. Based on Mario Puzo’s novel “The Godfather”
