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Writer's Guild of America (WGA) Best Screenplay

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.

(found at: http://www.wga.org/awards/awards.aspx)

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1. The Snake Pit
by Anatole Litvak
  
2. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by John Huston
  
3. Easter Parade (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Charles Walters
  
4.
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 Sitting Pretty (1948)
by Walter Lang
  
5. All the King's Men
by Robert Rossen
  
6. Yellow Sky
by William A. Wellman
  
7. On the Town
by Gene Kelly
  
8. A Letter to Three Wives
by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  
9. The Men
by Fred Zinnemann
  
10. Broken Arrow [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.4 Import - Australia ]
by Delmer Daves
  
11. Annie Get Your Gun  
12. Sunset Boulevard (Special Collector's Edition)
by Billy Wilder
  
13. All About Eve
by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  
14.
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 Bright Victory
by Mark Robson
  
15. An American in Paris
by Vincente Minnelli
  
16.
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 The Steel Helmet
by Samuel Fuller
  
17. A Place in the Sun  
18. Father's Little Dividend
by Vincente Minnelli
  
19. Singin' in the Rain (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Donen, Stanley
  
20. High Noon (Collector's Edition)
by Fred Zinnemann
  
21. The Quiet Man (Collector's Edition)
by John Ford
  
22.
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 Lili (1953)
by Charles Walters
  
23. From Here to Eternity  
24. Roman Holiday (Special Collector's Edition)
by William Wyler
  
25. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
by Stanley Donen
  
26. On the Waterfront (Special Edition)  
27. Sabrina  
28. Love Me or Leave Me
by Charles Vidor
  
29. Marty
by Delbert Mann
  
30. Mister Roberts
by Joshua Logan
  
31. The King and I
by Walter Lang
  
32. Friendly Persuasion
by William Wyler
  
33. Around the World in 80 Days (Two-Disc Special Edition)  
34. Les Girls
by George Cukor
  
35. 12 Angry Men
by Sidney Lumet
  
36. Love in the Afternoon
by Billy Wilder
  
37. Gigi
by Charles Walters
  
38. The Defiant Ones
by Stanley Kramer
  
39.
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 Me and the Colonel
by Peter Glenville
  
40. The Five Pennies
by Melville Shavelson
  
41. The Diary of Anne Frank
by George Stevens
  
42. Some Like It Hot (Special Edition)  
43. Bells Are Ringing
by Vincente Minnelli
  
44. Elmer Gantry
by Richard Brooks
  
45. The Apartment  
46. West Side Story (Special Edition DVD Collector's Set)
by Jerome Robbins
  
47. The Hustler
by Robert Rossen
  
48. Breakfast at Tiffany's
by Blake Edwards
  
49. The Music Man (Special Edition)
by Morton DaCosta
  
50. To Kill a Mockingbird (Collector's Edition)
by Robert Mulligan
  
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Created by MKaiserman on Aug 16, 2006.