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

  2. 1949

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

  4. 1949
    Sitting Pretty (1948)
    by Walter Lang

  5. 1950
    All the King's Men

  6. 1950
    Yellow Sky
    by William A. Wellman

  7. 1950
    On the Town
    by Gene Kelly

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

  9. 1951
    The Men

  10. 1951
    Broken Arrow
    by Delmer Daves

  11. 1951
    Annie Get Your Gun
    by George Sidney

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

  13. 1951
    All About Eve
    by Joseph L. Mankiewicz

  14. 1952
    Bright Victory
    by Mark Robson

  15. 1952
    An American in Paris
    by Vincente Minnelli

  16. 1952
    The Steel Helmet
    by Samuel Fuller

  17. 1952
    A Place in the Sun
    by George Stevens

  18. 1952
    Father's Little Dividend
    by Vincente Minnelli

  19. 1953
    Singin' in the Rain (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Gene Kelly

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

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

  22. 1954
    Lili (1953)
    by Charles Walters

  23. 1954
    From Here to Eternity
    by Fred Zinnemann

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

  25. 1955
    Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

  26. 1955
    On the Waterfront (Special Edition)
    by Elia Kazan

  27. 1955
    Sabrina

  28. 1956
    Love Me or Leave Me
    by Charles Vidor

  29. 1956
    Marty
    by Delbert Mann

  30. 1956
    Mister Roberts

  31. 1957
    The King and I
    by Walter Lang

  32. 1957
    Friendly Persuasion
    by William Wyler

  33. 1958
    Les Girls
    by George Cukor

  34. 1958
    12 Angry Men
    by Sidney Lumet

  35. 1958
    Love in the Afternoon
    by Billy Wilder

  36. 1959
    Gigi
    by Vincente Minnelli

  37. 1959
    The Defiant Ones
    by Stanley Kramer

  38. 1959
    Me and the Colonel
    by Peter Glenville

  39. 1960
    The Five Pennies

  40. 1960
    The Diary of Anne Frank
    by Frankie Glass

  41. 1960
    Some Like It Hot
    by Billy Wilder

  42. 1961
    Bells Are Ringing

  43. 1961
    Elmer Gantry
    by Richard Brooks

  44. 1961
    The Apartment

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

  46. 1962
    The Hustler
    by Robert Rossen

  47. 1962
    Breakfast at Tiffany's
    by Blake Edwards

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

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

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Created by Mark Kaiserman on Aug 16, 2006.
 

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Rich and Famous — 3 years ago

Should be the Cukor film from 1982, I believe.




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