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. 1978
    The Turning Point
    by Herbert Ross

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  2. 1978
    Islands in the Stream
    by Franklin J. Schaffner

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  3. 1978
    Annie Hall

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  4. 1978
    Oh, God!

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  5. 1979
    Coming Home
    by Greg Carson

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  6. 1979
    Midnight Express
    by Alan Parker

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  7. 1979
    Movie Movie
    by Stanley Donen

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  8. 1979
    Heaven Can Wait
    by Buck Henry

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  9. 1979
    Same Time, Next Year
    by Robert Mulligan

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  10. 1980
    The China Syndrome (Special Edition)
    by James Bridges

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  11. 1980
    Kramer vs. Kramer
    by Robert Benton

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  12. 1980
    Breaking Away

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  13. 1980
    Being There

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  14. 1981
    Melvin and Howard
    by Jonathan Demme

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  15. 1981
    Ordinary People
    by Robert Redford

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  16. 1981
    Private Benjamin
    by Howard Zieff

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  17. 1981
    Airplane!
    by David Zucker

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  18. 1982
    Reds (1981)
    by Warren Beatty

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  19. 1982
    On Golden Pond
    by Mark Rydell

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  20. 1982
    Arthur
    by Steve Gordon

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  21. 1982
    Rich and Famous
    by Taylor Wong

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  22. 1983
    Missing
    by Costa-Gavras

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  23. 1983
    Tootsie

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  24. 1983
    Victor/Victoria

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  25. 1984
    Tender Mercies
    by Bruce Beresford

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  26. 1984
    Reuben, Reuben (1983)
    by Robert Ellis Miller

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  27. 1984
    The Big Chill
    by Lawrence Kasdan

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  28. 1984
    Terms of Endearment
    by James L. Brooks

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  29. 1985
    Broadway Danny Rose

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  30. 1985
    The Killing Fields
    by Roland Joffé

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  31. 1986
    Witness (Special Collector's Edition)
    by Peter Weir

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  32. 1986
    Prizzi's Honor
    by John Huston

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  33. 1987
    Hannah and Her Sisters

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  34. 1987
    A Room With A View
    by James Ivory

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  35. 1988
    Moonstruck
    by Norman Jewison

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  36. 1988
    Roxanne
    by Fred Schepisi

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  37. 1989
    Bull Durham
    by Ron Shelton

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  38. 1989
    Dangerous Liaisons
    by Stephen Frears

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  39. 1990
    Crimes and Misdemeanors

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  40. 1990
    Driving Miss Daisy (Special Edition)
    by Bruce Beresford

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  41. 1991
    Avalon
    by Barry Levinson

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  42. 1992
    Thelma & Louise (Special Edition)
    by Ridley Scott

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  43. 1992
    The Silence of the Lambs (Widescreen Special Edition)
    by Jonathan Demme

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  44. 1993
    The Crying Game (Collector's Edition)
    by Neil Jordan

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  45. 1993
    The Player (Special Edition) (New Line Platinum Series)
    by Robert Altman

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  46. 1994
    The Piano
    by Jane Campion

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  47. 1994
    Schindler's List (Widescreen Edition)
    by Steven Spielberg

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  48. 1995
    Four Weddings and a Funeral
    by Mike Newell

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