| Rank
|
Title
|
Screenplay Credits
|
Year
|
| 1
|
Casablanca
|
Julius J. Epstein; Philip G. Epstein; Howard Koch; based on play "Everybody Comes to Rick's"
by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison
|
1942
|
| 2
|
The Godfather
|
Mario Puzo; Francis Ford Coppola; based on novel of the same name by Mario Puzo
|
1972
|
| 3
|
Chinatown
|
Robert Towne
|
1974
|
| 4
|
Citizen Kane
|
Herman J. Mankiewicz; Orson Welles
|
1941
|
| 5
|
All About Eve
|
Joseph L. Mankiewicz; based on short story and radio play "The Wisdom of Eve" by Mary Orr
|
1950
|
| 6
|
Annie Hall
|
Woody Allen; Marshall Brickman
|
1977
|
| 7
|
Sunset Boulevard
|
Charles Brackett; Billy Wilder; D. M. Marshman Jr.
|
1950
|
| 8
|
Network
|
Paddy Chayefsky
|
1976
|
| 9
|
Some Like It Hot
|
Billy Wilder; I.A.L. Diamond; based on film "Fanfare of Love" by Robert Thoeren and M. Logan
|
1959
|
| 10
|
The Godfather Part II
|
Francis Ford Coppola; Mario Puzo; based on novel "The Godfather" by Mario Puzo
|
1974
|
| 11
|
Butch Cassidy and the
Sundance Kid
|
William Goldman
|
1969
|
| 12
|
Dr. Strangelove
|
Stanley Kubrick; Peter George; Terry Southern; based on novel "Red Alert" by Peter George
|
1964
|
| 13
|
The Graduate
|
Calder Willingham; Buck Henry; based on novel of the same name by Charles Webb
|
1967
|
| 14
|
Lawrence of Arabia
|
Robert Bolt; Michael Wilson; based on life and writings of T.E. Lawrence
|
1962
|
| 15
|
The Apartment
|
Billy Wilder; I.A.L. Diamond
|
1960
|
| 16
|
Pulp Fiction
|
Quentin Tarantino; stories by Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary
|
1994
|
| 17
|
Tootsie
|
Larry Gelbart; Murray Schisgal; story by Don McGuire and Larry Gelbart
|
1982
|
| 18
|
On the Waterfront
|
Budd Schulberg; based on novel "Crime on the Waterfront" by Malcolm Johnson
|
1954
|
| 19
|
To Kill a Mockingbird
|
Horton Foote; based on novel of the same name by Harper Lee
|
1962
|
| 20
|
It's a Wonderful Life
|
Frances Goodrich; Albert Hackett; Frank Capra; based on short story "The Greatest Gift" by Philip Van Doren Stern; contributions by Michael Wilson and Jo Swerling
|
1946
|
| 21
|
North by Northwest
|
Ernest Lehman
|
1959
|
| 22
|
The Shawshank Redemption
|
Frank Darabont; based on short story "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" by Stephen King
|
1994
|
| 23
|
Gone with the Wind
|
Sidney Howard; based on novel of the same name by Margaret Mitchell
|
1939
|
| 24
|
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
|
Charlie Kaufman; story by Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry, and Pierre Bismuth
|
2004
|
| 25
|
The Wizard of Oz
|
Noel Langley; Florence Ryerson; Edgar Allan Woolf; adaptation by Noel Langley; based on novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum
|
1939
|
| 26
|
Double Indemnity
|
Billy Wilder; Raymond Chandler; based on novel of the same name by James M. Cain
|
1944
|
| 27
|
Groundhog Day
|
Danny Rubin; Harold Ramis; story by Danny Rubin
|
1993
|
| 28
|
Shakespeare in Love
|
Marc Norman; Tom Stoppard
|
1998
|
| 29
|
Sullivan's Travels
|
Preston Sturges
|
1941
|
| 30
|
Unforgiven
|
David Peoples
|
1992
|
| 31
|
His Girl Friday
|
Charles Lederer; based on play "The Front Play" by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
|
1940
|
| 32
|
Fargo
|
Joel Coen; Ethan Coen
|
1996
|
| 33
|
The Third Man
|
Graham Greene; story by Graham Greene; based on short story by Graham Greene
|
1949
|
| 34
|
Sweet Smell of Success
|
Clifford Odets; Ernest Lehman; from novelette by Ernest Lehman
|
1957
|
| 35
|
The Usual Suspects
|
Christopher McQuarrie
|
1995
|
| 36
|
Midnight Cowboy
|
Waldo Salt; based on novel of the same name by James Leo Herlihy
|
1969
|
| 37
|
The Philadelphia Story
|
Donald Ogden Stewart; based on play of the same name by Phillip Barry
|
1940
|
| 38
|
American Beauty
|
Alan Ball
|
1999
|
| 39
|
The Sting
|
David S. Ward
|
1973
|
| 40
|
When Harry Met Sally...
|
Nora Ephron
|
1989
|
| 41
|
Goodfellas
|
Nicholas Pillegi; Martin Scorsese; based on book "Wise Guy" by Nicholas Pillegi
|
1990
|
| 42
|
Raiders of the Lost Ark
|
Lawrence Kasdan; story by George Lucas and Phillip Kaufman
|
1981
|
| 43
|
Taxi Driver
|
Paul Schrader
|
1976
|
| 44
|
The Best Years of Our Lives
|
Robert E. Sherwood; based on novel "Glory For Me" by MacKinlay Kantor
|
1946
|
| 45
|
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
|
Lawrence Hauben; Bo Goldman; based on novel of the same name by Ken Kesey
|
1975
|
| 46
|
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
|
John Huston; based on novel of the same name by B. Traven
|
1948
|
| 47
|
The Maltese Falcon
|
John Huston; based on novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett
|
1941
|
| 48
|
The Bridge on the River Kwai
|
Carl Foreman; Michael Wilson; based on novel of the same name by Pierre Boulle
|
1957
|
| 49
|
Schindler's List
|
Steven Zaillian; based on novel "Schindler's Ark" by Thomas Keneally
|
1993
|
| 50
|
The Sixth Sense
|
M. Night Shyamalan
|
1999
|
| 51
|
Broadcast News
|
James L. Brooks
|
1987
|
| 52
|
The Lady Eve
|
Preston Sturges; story by Monckton Hoffe
|
1941
|
| 53
|
All the President's Men
|
William Goldman; based on book of the same name by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
|
1976
|
| 54
|
Manhattan
|
Woody Allen; Marshall Brickman
|
1979
|
| 55
|
Apocalypse Now
|
John Milius; Francis Ford Coppola; narration by Michael Herr
|
1979
|
| 56
|
Back to the Future
|
Rob Zemeckis; Bob Gale
|
1985
|
| 57
|
Crimes and Misdemeanors
|
Woody Allen
|
1989
|
| 58
|
Ordinary People
|
Alvin Sargent; based on novel of the same name by Judith Guest
|
1980
|
| 59
|
It Happened One Night
|
Robert Riskin; based on story "Night Bus" by Samuel Hopkins Adams
|
1934
|
| 60
|
L.A. Confidential
|
Brian Helgeland; Curtis Hanson; based on novel of the same name by James Ellroy
|
1997
|
| 61
|
The Silence of the Lambs
|
Ted Tally; based on novel of the same name by Thomas Harris
|
1991
|
| 62
|
Moonstruck
|
John Patrick Shanley
|
1987
|
| 63
|
Jaws
|
Peter Benchley; Carl Gottlieb; based on novel of the same name by Peter Benchley
|
1975
|
| 64
|
Terms of Endearment
|
James L. Brooks; based on novel of the same name by Larry McMurtry
|
1983
|
| 65
|
Singin' in the Rain
|
Betty Comden; Adolph Green; based on song of the same name by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown
|
1952
|
| 66
|
Jerry Maguire
|
Cameron Crowe
|
1996
|
| 67
|
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
|
Melissa Mathison
|
1982
|
| 68
|
Star Wars
|
George Lucas
|
1977
|
| 69
|
Dog Day Afternoon
|
Frank Pierson; based on magazine article by P.F. Kluge and Thomas Moore
|
1975
|
| 70
|
The African Queen
|
James Agee; John Huston; based on novel of the same name by C. S. Forester
|
1951
|
| 71
|
The Lion in Winter
|
James Goldman; based on play of the same name by James Goldman
|
1968
|
| 72
|
Thelma and Louise
|
Callie Khouri
|
1991
|
| 73
|
Amadeus
|
Peter Shaffer; based on play of the same name by Peter Shaffer
|
1984
|
| 74
|
Being John Malkovich
|
Charlie Kaufman
|
1999
|
| 75
|
High Noon
|
Carl Foreman; based on short story "The Tin Star" by John W. Cunningham
|
1952
|
| 76
|
Raging Bull
|
Paul Schrader; Mardik Martin; based on book by Jake LaMotta with Joseph Carter and Peter Savage
|
1980
|
| 77
|
Adaptation.
|
Charlie Kaufman; Donald Kaufman; based on book "The Orchid Thief" by Susan Orlean
|
2002
|
| 78
|
Rocky
|
Sylvester Stallone
|
1976
|
| 79
|
The Producers
|
Mel Brooks
|
1968
|
| 80
|
Witness
|
Earl W. Wallace; William Kelley; story by William Kelley, Pamela Wallace, and Earl W. Wallace
|
1985
|
| 81
|
Being There
|
Jerzy Kosiński; inspired by novel of the same name by Jerzy Kosiński
|
1979
|
| 82
|
Cool Hand Luke
|
Donn Pearce; Frank Pierson; based on novel of the same name by Donn Pearce
|
1967
|
| 83
|
Rear Window
|
John Michael Hayes; based on short story by Cornell Woolrich
|
1954
|
| 84
|
The Princess Bride
|
William Goldman; based on novel of the same name by William Goldman
|
1987
|
| 85
|
La Grande Illusion
|
Jean Renoir; Charles Spaak
|
1937
|
| 86
|
Harold and Maude
|
Colin Higgins
|
1971
|
| 87
|
8½
|
Federico Fellini; Tullio Pinelli; Ennio Flaiano; Brunello Rond; story by Federico Fellini and Ennio Flaiano
|
1963
|
| 88
|
Field of Dreams
|
Phil Alden Robinson; based on book "Shoeless Joe" by W. P. Kinsella
|
1989
|
| 89
|
Forrest Gump
|
Eric Roth; based on novel of the same name by Winston Groom
|
1994
|
| 90
|
Sideways
|
Alexander Payne; Jim Taylor; based on novel of the same name by Rex Pickett
|
2004
|
| 91
|
The Verdict
|
David Mamet; based on novel of the same name by Barry Reed
|
1982
|
| 92
|
Psycho
|
Joseph Stefano; based on novel of the same name by Robert Bloch
|
1960
|
| 93
|
Do The Right Thing
|
Spike Lee
|
1989
|
| 94
|
Patton
|
Francis Ford Coppola; Edmund H. North; based on books "A Soldier's Story" by Omar Bradley and "Patton: Ordeal and Triumph" by Ladislas Farago
|
1970
|
| 95
|
Hannah and Her Sisters
|
Woody Allen
|
1986
|
| 96
|
The Hustler
|
Sidney Carroll; Robert Rossen; based on novel of the same name by Walter Tevis
|
1961
|
| 97
|
The Searchers
|
Frank S. Nugent; based on novel of the same name by Alan Le May
|
1956
|
| 98
|
The Grapes of Wrath
|
Nunnally Johnson; based on novel of the same name by John Steinbeck
|
1940
|
| 99
|
The Wild Bunch
|
Walon Green; Sam Peckinpah; story by Walon Green and Roy Sickner
|
1969
|
| 100
|
Memento
|
Christopher Nolan; based on short story "Memento Mori" by Jonathan Nolan
|
2000
|
| 101
|
Notorious
|
Ben Hecht
|
1946
|
