Film Illiterate, wherein the proprietor records movies seen, and sporadic progress through assorted lists of the "best". Originally started after regretfully renting something forgettable for the third time. I've forgotten what, but never again! A tedious endeavour since 2005. Hello. 🙂
The 101 greatest screenplays as chosen by members of the Writer's Guild of America. The title suggests that it is the screenplays being recognized, and therefore not linked to any specific production (e.g. number 92 is both Hitchcock's Psycho and Van Sant's shot-by-shot remake of the same). As it contains no outstanding screenplays that were ruined by a bad director, however, I'm taking it as read that listings refer only to whatever specific production elevated that script to the Hollywood canon.
This list is ranked and is shown in descending order.
Rank |
Title |
Year |
Rating |
1
|
Casablanca
|
1942
|
|
2
|
Godfather, The
|
1972
|
|
3
|
Chinatown
|
1974
|
|
4
|
Citizen Kane
|
1941
|
|
5
|
All About Eve
|
1950
|
|
6
|
Annie Hall
|
1977
|
|
7
|
Sunset Boulevard
|
1950
|
|
8
|
Network
|
1976
|
|
9
|
Some Like It Hot
|
1959
|
|
10
|
Godfather: Part II, The
|
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
|
Graduate, The
|
1967
|
|
14
|
Lawrence of Arabia
|
1962
|
|
15
|
Apartment, The
|
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
|
Shawshank Redemption, The
|
1994
|
|
23
|
Gone with the Wind
|
1939
|
|
24
|
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
|
2004
|
|
25
|
Wizard of Oz, The
|
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
|
Third Man, The
|
1949
|
|
34
|
Sweet Smell of Success
|
1957
|
|
35
|
Usual Suspects, The
|
1995
|
|
36
|
Midnight Cowboy
|
1969
|
|
37
|
Philadelphia Story, The
|
1940
|
|
38
|
American Beauty
|
1999
|
|
39
|
Sting, The
|
1973
|
|
40
|
When Harry Met Sally...
|
1989
|
|
41
|
Goodfellas
|
1990
|
|
42
|
Raiders of the Lost Ark
|
1981
|
|
43
|
Taxi Driver
|
1976
|
|
44
|
Best Years of Our Lives, The
|
1946
|
|
45
|
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
|
1975
|
|
46
|
Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The
|
1948
|
|
47
|
Maltese Falcon, The
|
1941
|
|
48
|
Bridge on the River Kwai, The
|
1957
|
|
49
|
Schindler's List
|
1993
|
|
50
|
Sixth Sense, The
|
1999
|
|
51
|
Broadcast News
|
1987
|
|
52
|
Lady Eve, The
|
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
|
1934
|
|
60
|
L.A. Confidential
|
1997
|
|
61
|
Silence of the Lambs, The
|
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
|
African Queen, The
|
1951
|
|
71
|
Lion in Winter, The
|
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
|
Producers, The
|
1968
|
|
80
|
Witness
|
1985
|
|
81
|
Being There
|
1979
|
|
82
|
Cool Hand Luke
|
1967
|
|
83
|
Rear Window
|
1954
|
|
84
|
Princess Bride, The
|
1987
|
|
85
|
Grand Illusion, The
aka Grande illusion, La
|
1937
|
|
86
|
Harold and Maude
|
1971
|
|
87
|
8½
aka 8 1/2
|
1963
|
|
88
|
Field of Dreams
|
1989
|
|
89
|
Forrest Gump
|
1994
|
|
90
|
Sideways
|
2004
|
|
91
|
Verdict, The
|
1982
|
|
92
|
Psycho
|
1960
|
|
93
|
Do the Right Thing
|
1989
|
|
94
|
Patton
|
1970
|
|
95
|
Hannah and Her Sisters
|
1986
|
|
96
|
Hustler, The
|
1961
|
|
97
|
Searchers, The
|
1956
|
|
98
|
Grapes of Wrath, The
|
1940
|
|
99
|
Wild Bunch, The
|
1969
|
|
100
|
Memento
|
2000
|
|
101
|
Notorious
|
1946
|
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