Writer's Guild of America (WGA) Best Screenplay

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Since 1949, the WGA has given out awards to films for their screenplays in multiple categories that have changed over the decades. Over the years, they have changed the awards the give – ranging from 2 to 5. They have generally bestowed the award on high quality films (no "Around the World in 80 Days" here).

Previous awards were given for Best Musical, Best Western, and Best Screenplay Dealing Most Ably with Problems of the American Scene. Currently they give the more familiar Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay, along with a Documentary Screenplay award (since 2005).

All winners from each year are listed.

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  1. 1949
    The Snake Pit
    by Anatole Litvak

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  2. 1949

  3. 1949
    Easter Parade (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Charles Walters

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  4. 1949
    Sitting Pretty (1948)
    by Walter Lang

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  5. 1950
    All the King's Men
    by Robert Rossen

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  6. 1950
    Yellow Sky
    by William A. Wellman

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  7. 1950
    On the Town
    by Gene Kelly

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  8. 1950
    A Letter to Three Wives
    by Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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  9. 1951
    The Men
    by Fred Zinnemann

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  10. 1951

  11. 1951
    Annie Get Your Gun

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  12. 1951
    Sunset Boulevard (Special Collector's Edition)
    by Billy Wilder

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  13. 1951
    All About Eve
    by Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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  14. 1952
    Bright Victory
    by Mark Robson

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  15. 1952
    An American in Paris
    by Vincente Minnelli

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  16. 1952
    The Steel Helmet
    by Samuel Fuller

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  17. 1952
    A Place in the Sun

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  18. 1952
    Father's Little Dividend
    by Vincente Minnelli

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  19. 1953
    Singin' in the Rain (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Donen, Stanley

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  20. 1953
    High Noon (Collector's Edition)
    by Fred Zinnemann

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  21. 1953
    The Quiet Man (Collector's Edition)
    by John Ford

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  22. 1954
    Lili (1953)
    by Charles Walters

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  23. 1954
    From Here to Eternity

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  24. 1954
    Roman Holiday (Special Collector's Edition)
    by William Wyler

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  25. 1955
    Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
    by Stanley Donen

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  26. 1955

  27. 1955
    Sabrina

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  28. 1956
    Love Me or Leave Me
    by Charles Vidor

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  29. 1956
    Marty
    by Delbert Mann

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  30. 1956
    Mister Roberts
    by Joshua Logan

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  31. 1957
    The King and I
    by Walter Lang

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  32. 1957
    Friendly Persuasion
    by William Wyler

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  33. 1958
    Les Girls
    by George Cukor

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  34. 1958
    12 Angry Men
    by Sidney Lumet

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  35. 1958
    Love in the Afternoon
    by Billy Wilder

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  36. 1959
    Gigi
    by Charles Walters

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  37. 1959
    The Defiant Ones
    by Stanley Kramer

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  38. 1959
    Me and the Colonel
    by Peter Glenville

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  39. 1960
    The Five Pennies
    by Melville Shavelson

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  40. 1960
    The Diary of Anne Frank
    by George Stevens

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  41. 1960

  42. 1961
    Bells Are Ringing
    by Vincente Minnelli

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  43. 1961
    Elmer Gantry
    by Richard Brooks

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  44. 1961
    The Apartment

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  45. 1962
    West Side Story (Special Edition DVD Collector's Set)
    by Jerome Robbins

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  46. 1962
    The Hustler
    by Robert Rossen

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  47. 1962
    Breakfast at Tiffany's
    by Blake Edwards

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  48. 1963
    The Music Man (Special Edition)
    by Morton DaCosta

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  49. 1963
    To Kill a Mockingbird (Collector's Edition)
    by Robert Mulligan

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