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GREATEST SCREENPLAYS |
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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. |
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| 2. THE GODFATHER |
Screenplay by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola. Based on the novel by Mario Puzo. |
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| 3. CHINATOWN |
Written by Robert Towne |
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| 4. CITIZEN KANE |
Written by Herman Mankiewicz and Orson Welles |
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| 5. ALL ABOUT EVE |
Screenplay by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Based on "The Wisdom of Eve," a short story and radio play by Mary Orr |
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| 6. ANNIE HALL |
Written by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman |
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| 7. SUNSET BLVD. |
Written by Charles Brackett & Billy Wilder and D.M. Marshman Jr. |
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| 8. NETWORK |
Written by Paddy Chayefsky |
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| 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 |
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| 10. THE GODFATHER II |
Screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo. Based on Mario Puzo's novel "The Godfather" |
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| 11. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID |
Written by William Goldman |
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| 12. DR. STRANGELOVE |
Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick and Peter George and Terry Southern. Based on novel "Red Alert" by Peter George |
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| 13. THE GRADUATE |
Screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry. Based on the novel by Charles Webb |
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| 14. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA |
Screenplay by Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson. Based on the life and writings of Col. T.E. Lawrence |
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| 15. THE APARTMENT |
Written by Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond |
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| 16. PULP FICTION |
Written by Quentin Tarantino. Stories by Quentin Tarantino & Roger Avary |
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| 17. TOOTSIE |
Screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal. Story by Don McGuire and Larry Gelbart |
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| 18. ON THE WATERFRONT |
Screen Story and Screenplay by Budd Schulberg. Based on "Crime on the Waterfront" articles by Malcolm Johnson |
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| 19. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD |
Screenplay by Horton Foote. Based on the novel by Harper Lee. |
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| 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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| 21. NORTH BY NORTHWEST |
Written by Ernest Lehman |
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| 22. THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION |
Screenplay by Frank Darabont. Based on the short story "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" by Stephen King |
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| 23. GONE WITH THE WIND |
Screenplay by Sidney Howard. Based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell |
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| 24. ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND |
Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman. Story by Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth. |
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| 25. 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 |
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| 26. DOUBLE INDEMNITY |
Screenplay by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler. Based on the novel by James M. Cain |
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| 27. GROUNDHOG DAY |
Screenplay by Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis. Story by Danny Rubin. |
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| 28. SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE |
Written by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard |
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| 29. SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS |
Written by Preston Sturges |
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| 30. UNFORGIVEN |
Written by David Webb Peoples |
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| 31. HIS GIRL FRIDAY |
Screenplay by Charles Lederer. Based on the play "The Front Page" by Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur |
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| 32. FARGO |
Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen |
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| 33. THE THIRD MAN |
Screenplay by Graham Greene. Story by Graham Greene. Based on the short story by Graham Greene. |
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| 34. THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS |
Screenplay by Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman. From a novelette by Ernest Lehman |
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| 35. THE USUAL SUSPECTS |
Written by Christopher McQuarrie |
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| 36. MIDNIGHT COWBOY |
Screenplay by Waldo Salt. Based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy |
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| 37. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY |
Screenplay by Donald Ogden Stewart. Based on the play by Philip Barry |
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| 38. AMERICAN BEAUTY |
Written by Alan Ball |
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| 39. THE STING |
Written by David S. Ward |
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| 40. WHEN HARRY MET SALLY |
Written by Nora Ephron |
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| 41. GOODFELLAS |
Screenplay by Nicholas Pileggi & Martin Scorsese. Based on book "Wise Guy" by Nicholas Pileggi. |
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| 42. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK |
Screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan. Story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman |
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| 43. TAXI DRIVER |
Written by Paul Schrader |
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| 44. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES |
Screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood. Based on novel "Glory For Me" by MacKinley Kantor |
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| 45. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST |
Screenplay by Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman. Based on the novel by Ken Kesey |
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| 46. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE |
Screenplay by John Huston. Based on the novel by B. Traven |
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| 47. THE MALTESE FALCON |
Screenplay by John Huston. Based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett |
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| 48. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI |
Screenplay by Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson. Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle |
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| 49. SCHINDLER'S LIST |
Screenplay by Steven Zaillian. Based on the novel by Thomas Keneally |
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| 50. THE SIXTH SENSE |
Written by M. Night Shyamalan |
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| 51. BROADCAST NEWS |
Written by James L. Brooks |
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| 52. THE LADY EVE |
Screenplay by Preston Sturges. Story by Monckton Hoffe |
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| 53. ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN |
Screenplay by William Goldman. Based on the book by Carl Bernstein &
Bob Woodward |
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| 54. MANHATTAN |
Written by Woody Allen & Marshall Brickman |
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| 55. APOCALYPSE NOW |
Written by John Milius and Francis Coppola. Narration by Michael Herr |
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| 56. BACK TO THE FUTURE |
Written by Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale |
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| 57. CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS |
Written by Woody Allen |
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| 58. ORDINARY PEOPLE |
Screenplay by Alvin Sargent. Based on the novel by Judith Guest |
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| 59. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT |
Screenplay by Robert Riskin. Based on the story "Night Bus" by Samuel Hopkins Adams |
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| 60. L.A. CONFIDENTIAL |
Screenplay by Brian Helgeland & Curtis Hanson. Based on the novel by James Ellroy |
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| 61. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS |
Screenplay by Ted Tally. Based on the novel by Thomas Harris |
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| 62. MOONSTRUCK |
Written by John Patrick Shanley |
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| 63. JAWS |
Screenplay by Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb. Based on the novel by Peter Benchley |
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| 64. TERMS OF ENDEARMENT |
Screenplay by James L. Brooks. Based on the novel by Larry McMurtry |
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| 65. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN |
Screen Story and Screenplay by Betty Comden & Adolph Green. Based on the song by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown |
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| 66. JERRY MAGUIRE |
Written by Cameron Crowe |
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| 67. E.T. THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL |
Written by Melissa Mathison |
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| 68. STAR WARS |
Written by George Lucas |
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| 69. DOG DAY AFTERNOON |
Screenplay by Frank Pierson. Based on a magazine article by P.F. Kluge and Thomas Moore |
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| 70. THE AFRICAN QUEEN |
Screenplay by James Agee and John Huston. Based on the novel by C.S. Forester |
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| 71. THE LION IN WINTER |
Screenplay by James Goldman. Based on the play by James Goldman |
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| 72. THELMA & LOUISE |
Written by Callie Khouri |
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| 73. AMADEUS |
Screenplay by Peter Shaffer. Based on his play. |
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| 74. BEING JOHN MALKOVICH |
Written by Charlie Kaufman |
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| 75. HIGH NOON |
Screenplay by Carl Foreman. Based on short story "The Tin Star" by John W. Cunningham |
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| 76. RAGING BULL |
Screenplay by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin. Based on the book by Jake La Motta with Joseph Carter and Peter Savage |
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| 77. ADAPTATION |
Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman. Based on the book "The Orchid Thief" by Susan Orlean |
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| 78. ROCKY |
Written by Sylvester Stallone |
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| 79. THE PRODUCERS |
Written by Mel Brooks |
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| 80. WITNESS |
Screenplay by Earl W. Wallace & William Kelley. Story by William Kelley and Pamela Wallace & Earl W. Wallace |
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| 81. BEING THERE |
Screenplay by Jerzy Kosinski. Inspired by the novel by Jerzy Kosinski |
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| 82. COOL HAND LUKE |
Screenplay by Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson. Based on the novel by Donn Pearce. |
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| 83. REAR WINDOW |
Screenplay by John Michael Hayes. Based on the short story by Cornell Woolrich |
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| 84. THE PRINCESS BRIDE |
Screenplay by William Goldman. Based on his novel. |
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| 85. LA GRANDE ILLUSION |
Written by Jean Renoir and Charles Spaak |
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| 86. HAROLD & MAUDE |
Written by Colin Higgins |
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| 87. 8 1/2 |
Screenplay by Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, Brunello Rondi. Story by Fellini, Flaiano. |
| 88. FIELD OF DREAMS |
Screenplay by Phil Alden Robinson. Based on the book by W.P. Kinsella |
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| 89. FORREST GUMP |
Screenplay by Eric Roth. Based on the novel by Winston Groom |
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| 90. SIDEWAYS |
Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor. Based on the novel by Rex Pickett |
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| 91. THE VERDICT |
Screenplay by David Mamet. Based on the novel by Barry Reed |
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| 92. PSYCHO |
Screenplay by Joseph Stefano. Based on the novel by Robert Bloch |
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| 93. DO THE RIGHT THING |
Written by Spike Lee |
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| 94. 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 |
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| 95. HANNAH AND HER SISTERS |
Written by Woody Allen |
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| 96. THE HUSTLER |
Screenplay by Sidney Carroll & Robert Rossen. Based on the novel by Walter Tevis |
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| 97. THE SEARCHERS |
Screenplay by Frank S. Nugent. Based on the novel by Alan Le May |
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| 98. THE GRAPES OF WRATH |
Screenplay by Nunnally Johnson. Based on the novel by John Steinbeck |
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| 99. THE WILD BUNCH |
Screenplay by Walon Green and Sam Peckinpah. Story by Walon Green and Roy Sickner |
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| 100. MEMENTO |
Screenplay by Christopher Nolan. Based on the short story "Memento Mori" by Jonathan Nolan |
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| 101. NOTORIOUS |
Written by Ben Hecht |
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Source : Writers Guilds, west and East |
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