Freddie Got Fingered Dissed Again

The Writers Guild Of America has released it's Top 101 screenplays of all time. Hard to argue with most of these. There are a few flicks I would have liked to have seen in (NOT the one listed in my headline. I would rather suck on balls.) and a few that I personally feel are shite. But overall, yeah, not bad.

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


21
NORTH BY NORTHWEST
Written by Ernest Lehman


22
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
Screenplay by Frank Darabont. Based on the short story "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" by Stephen King


23
GONE WITH THE WIND
Screenplay by Sidney Howard. Based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell


24
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman. Story by Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth.


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


26
DOUBLE INDEMNITY
Screenplay by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler. Based on the novel by James M. Cain


27
GROUNDHOG DAY
Screenplay by Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis. Story by Danny Rubin.


28
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Written by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard


29
SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS
Written by Preston Sturges


30
UNFORGIVEN
Written by David Webb Peoples


31
HIS GIRL FRIDAY
Screenplay by Charles Lederer. Based on the play "The Front Page" by Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur


32
FARGO
Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen


33
THE THIRD MAN
Screenplay by Graham Greene. Story by Graham Greene. Based on the short story by Graham Greene.


34
THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS
Screenplay by Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman. From a novelette by Ernest Lehman


35
THE USUAL SUSPECTS
Written by Christopher McQuarrie


36
MIDNIGHT COWBOY
Screenplay by Waldo Salt. Based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy


37
THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
Screenplay by Donald Ogden Stewart. Based on the play by Philip Barry


38
AMERICAN BEAUTY
Written by Alan Ball


39
THE STING
Written by David S. Ward


40
WHEN HARRY MET SALLY
Written by Nora Ephron


41
GOODFELLAS
Screenplay by Nicholas Pileggi & Martin Scorsese. Based on book "Wise Guy" by Nicholas Pileggi.


42
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
Screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan. Story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman


43
TAXI DRIVER
Written by Paul Schrader


44
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
Screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood. Based on novel "Glory For Me" by MacKinley Kantor


45
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
Screenplay by Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman. Based on the novel by Ken Kesey


46
THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE
Screenplay by John Huston. Based on the novel by B. Traven


47
THE MALTESE FALCON
Screenplay by John Huston. Based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett


48
THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI
Screenplay by Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson. Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle


49
SCHINDLER'S LIST
Screenplay by Steven Zaillian. Based on the novel by Thomas Keneally


50
THE SIXTH SENSE
Written by M. Night Shyamalan


51
BROADCAST NEWS
Written by James L. Brooks


52
THE LADY EVE
Screenplay by Preston Sturges. Story by Monckton Hoffe


53
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN
Screenplay by William Goldman. Based on the book by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward


54
MANHATTAN
Written by Woody Allen & Marshall Brickman


55
APOCALYPSE NOW
Written by John Milius and Francis Coppola. Narration by Michael Herr


56
BACK TO THE FUTURE
Written by Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale


57
CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS
Written by Woody Allen


58
ORDINARY PEOPLE
Screenplay by Alvin Sargent. Based on the novel by Judith Guest


59
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
Screenplay by Robert Riskin. Based on the story "Night Bus" by Samuel Hopkins Adams


60
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
Screenplay by Brian Helgeland & Curtis Hanson. Based on the novel by James Ellroy


61
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
Screenplay by Ted Tally. Based on the novel by Thomas Harris


62
MOONSTRUCK
Written by John Patrick Shanley


63
JAWS
Screenplay by Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb. Based on the novel by Peter Benchley


64
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
Screenplay by James L. Brooks. Based on the novel by Larry McMurtry


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


66
JERRY MAGUIRE
Written by Cameron Crowe


67
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
Written by Melissa Mathison


68
STAR WARS
Written by George Lucas


69
DOG DAY AFTERNOON
Screenplay by Frank Pierson. Based on a magazine article by P.F. Kluge and Thomas Moore


70
THE AFRICAN QUEEN
Screenplay by James Agee and John Huston. Based on the novel by C.S. Forester


71
THE LION IN WINTER
Screenplay by James Goldman. Based on the play by James Goldman


72
THELMA & LOUISE
Written by Callie Khouri


73
AMADEUS
Screenplay by Peter Shaffer. Based on his play.


74
BEING JOHN MALKOVICH
Written by Charlie Kaufman


75
HIGH NOON
Screenplay by Carl Foreman. Based on short story "The Tin Star" by John W. Cunningham


76
RAGING BULL
Screenplay by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin. Based on the book by Jake La Motta with Joseph Carter and Peter Savage


77
ADAPTATION
Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman. Based on the book "The Orchid Thief" by Susan Orlean


78
ROCKY
Written by Sylvester Stallone


79
THE PRODUCERS
Written by Mel Brooks


80
WITNESS
Screenplay by Earl W. Wallace & William Kelley. Story by William Kelley and Pamela Wallace & Earl W. Wallace


81
BEING THERE
Screenplay by Jerzy Kosinski. Inspired by the novel by Jerzy Kosinski


82
COOL HAND LUKE
Screenplay by Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson. Based on the novel by Donn Pearce.


83
REAR WINDOW
Screenplay by John Michael Hayes. Based on the short story by Cornell Woolrich


84
THE PRINCESS BRIDE
Screenplay by William Goldman. Based on his novel.


85
LA GRANDE ILLUSION
Written by Jean Renoir and Charles Spaak




86
HAROLD & MAUDE
Written by Colin Higgins


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


89
FORREST GUMP
Screenplay by Eric Roth. Based on the novel by Winston Groom


90
SIDEWAYS
Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor. Based on the novel by Rex Pickett


91
THE VERDICT
Screenplay by David Mamet. Based on the novel by Barry Reed


92
PSYCHO
Screenplay by Joseph Stefano. Based on the novel by Robert Bloch


93
DO THE RIGHT THING
Written by Spike Lee


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


95
HANNAH AND HER SISTERS
Written by Woody Allen


96
THE HUSTLER
Screenplay by Sidney Carroll & Robert Rossen. Based on the novel by Walter Tevis


97
THE SEARCHERS
Screenplay by Frank S. Nugent. Based on the novel by Alan Le May


98
THE GRAPES OF WRATH
Screenplay by Nunnally Johnson. Based on the novel by John Steinbeck


99
THE WILD BUNCH
Screenplay by Walon Green and Sam Peckinpah. Story by Walon Green and Roy Sickner


100
MEMENTO
Screenplay by Christopher Nolan. Based on the short story "Memento Mori" by Jonathan Nolan


101
NOTORIOUS
Written by Ben Hecht