SimplyScripts - WGA 101 Greatest Screenplays

Writers Guilds 101 Greatest Screenplays! On April 7, 2006, The Writers Guild of America, west (WGAw) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) announced the 101 Greatest Screenplays of all time. I've been able to find most of them on the 'net for download. If there is only one draft on the 'net, I've linked directly to the draft. If there are multiple drafts available, I've linked to the Simply Scripts Script Search result page. If there is no link for a script, then that means I couldn't find a copy of the script on the 'net. Note also that the below are Screenplays. I am aware that there may be dialogue transcripts of some of these movies on the 'net, however, I've chosen not to include them here.
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Rank	Script	Location	Info	Writer
1	Casablanca	Weekly Script	Multiple drafts available	Screenplay by Julius J. & Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch. Based on the play "Everybody Comes to Rick's" by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison.
2	The Godfather	The Daily Script	May 29, 1971 3rd draft	Screenplay by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola. Based on the novel by Mario Puzo.
3	Chinatown	The Daily Script	Undated 3rd draft	Written by Robert Towne
4	Citizen Kane	Multiple drafts	Multiple drafts available	Written by Herman Mankiewicz and Orson Welles
5	All About Eve	Daily Script	Undated, unspecified draft	Screenplay by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Based on "The Wisdom of Eve," a short story and radio play by Mary Orr
6	Annie Hall	aellea's Classic Movie Scripts	Undated, unspecified draft	Written by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman
7	Sunset Blvd.	Daily Script	May 21, 1949 draft	Written by Charles Brackett & Billy Wilder and D.M. Marshman Jr.
8	Network	Multiple drafts	Multiple drafts available	Written by Paddy Chayefsky
9	Some Like It Hot	aellea's Classic Movie Scripts	November 12, 1958 draft	Screenplay by Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond. Based on "Fanfare of Love," a German film written by Robert Thoeren and M. Logan
10	The Godfather II	Daily Script	September 24, 1973 second draft	Screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo. Based on Mario Puzo's novel "The Godfather"
11	Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid		Daily Script	Written by William Goldman
12	Dr. Strangelove	Multiple drafts	Multiple drafts available	Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick and Peter George and Terry Southern. Based on novel "Red Alert" by Peter George
13	The Graduate	AwesomeFilm	March 29, 1967 final draft	Screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry. Based on the novel by Charles Webb
14	Lawrence Of Arabia		Daily Script	Screenplay by Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson. Based on the life and writings of Col. T.E. Lawrence
15	The Apartment	Daily Script	Undated, unspecified draft	Written by Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond
16	Pulp Fiction	The Daily Script	May 1993 final draft	Written by Quentin Tarantino. Stories by Quentin Tarantino & Roger Avary
17	Tootsie		Writing Classes	Screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal. Story by Don McGuire and Larry Gelbart
18	On The Waterfront	Daily Script	Undated, unspecified draft	Screen Story and Screenplay by Budd Schulberg. Based on "Crime on the Waterfront" articles by Malcolm Johnson
19	To Kill A Mockingbird		Mental Slap Stick	Screenplay by Horton Foote. Based on the novel by Harper Lee.
20	It's A Wonderful Life	The Daily Script	Undated, unspecified draft	Screenplay by Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett & Frank Capra. Based on short story "The Greatest Gift" by Philip Van Doren Stern. Contributions to screenplay Michael Wilson and Jo Swerling
21	North By Northwest	Daily Script	August 12, 1958 shooting draft	Written by Ernest Lehman
22	The Shawshank Redemption	Daily Script	Undated, unspecified draft	Screenplay by Frank Darabont. Based on the short story "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" by Stephen King
23	Gone With The Wind		Not available on the 'net	Screenplay by Sidney Howard. Based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell
24	Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind	Multiple drafts	Multiple drafts available	Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman. Story by Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth.
25	The Wizard Of Oz	SciFi Scripts	March 13, 1939 draft	Screenplay by Noel Langley and Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf. Adaptation by Noel Langley. Based on the novel by L. Frank Baum
26	Double Indemnity	The Daily Script	Undated, unspecified draft	Screenplay by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler. Based on the novel by James M. Cain
27	Groundhog Day	Daily Script	January 7, 1992 second revised draft	Screenplay by Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis. Story by Danny Rubin.
28	Shakespeare In Love	The Daily Script	Undated, unspecified draft	Written by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard
29	Sullivan's Travels		Not available on the 'net	Written by Preston Sturges
30	Unforgiven	Daily Script	April 23, 1984 production draft	Written by David Webb Peoples
31	His Girl Friday	The Daily Script	1939 Shooting Draft	Screenplay by Charles Lederer. Based on the play "The Front Page" by Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur
32	Fargo	Daily Script	Undated, unspecified draft	Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
33	The Third Man	Daily Script	Undated, unspecified draft	Screenplay by Graham Greene. Story by Graham Greene. Based on the short story by Graham Greene.
34	The Sweet Smell Of Success	Daily Script	Undated, unspecified, working	Screenplay by Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman. From a novelette by Ernest Lehman
35	The Usual Suspects	Daily Script	May 25, 1994 draft	Written by Christopher McQuarrie
36	Midnight Cowboy	The Daily Script	February 2, 1968 draft	Screenplay by Waldo Salt. Based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy
37	The Philadelphia Story		Not available on the 'net	Screenplay by Donald Ogden Stewart. Based on the play by Philip Barry
38	American Beauty	Multiple drafts	Multiple drafts available	Written by Alan Ball
39	The Sting	Daily Script	Undated, unspecified draft	Written by David S. Ward
40	When Harry Met Sally	Daily Script	Undated, unspecified draft	Written by Nora Ephron
41	Goodfellas	Multiple drafts	Multiple drafts available	Screenplay by Nicholas Pileggi & Martin Scorsese. Based on book "Wise Guy" by Nicholas Pileggi.
42	Raiders Of The Lost Ark	The Daily Script	Undated, unspecified draft	Screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan. Story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman
43	Taxi Driver	Daily Script	Undated, unspecified draft	Written by Paul Schrader
44	The Best Years Of Our Lives		Not available on the 'net	Screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood. Based on novel "Glory For Me" by MacKinley Kantor
45	One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest	Daily Script	Undated, unspecified draft	Screenplay by Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman. Based on the novel by Ken Kesey
46	The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre		January 1, 1947 first temporary white draft	Screenplay by John Huston. Based on the novel by B. Traven
47	The Maltese Falcon	Daily Script	1941 final version	Screenplay by John Huston. Based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett
48	The Bridge On The River Kwai		Not available on the 'net	Screenplay by Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson. Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle
49	Schindler's List	Multiple drafts	Multiple drafts available	Screenplay by Steven Zaillian. Based on the novel by Thomas Keneally
50	The Sixth Sense	Multiple drafts	Multiple drafts available	Written by M. Night Shyamalan
51	Broadcast News	Daily Script	Undated, unspecified draft	Written by James L. Brooks
52	The Lady Eve		Not available on the 'net	Screenplay by Preston Sturges. Story by Monckton Hoffe
53	All The President's Men	Daily Script	March, 1975 pre-rehearsal draft	Screenplay by William Goldman. Based on the book by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward
54	Manhattan		Not available on the 'net	Written by Woody Allen & Marshall Brickman
55	Apocalypse Now	Multiple drafts	Multiple drafts available	Written by John Milius and Francis Coppola. Narration by Michael Herr
56	Back To The Future	Multiple drafts	Multiple drafts available	Written by Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale
57	Crimes And Misdemeanors		Not available on the 'net	Written by Woody Allen
58	Ordinary People		Not available on the 'net	Screenplay by Alvin Sargent. Based on the novel by Judith Guest
59	It Happened One Night	The Daily Script	Undated, unspecified draft	Screenplay by Robert Riskin. Based on the story "Night Bus" by Samuel Hopkins Adams
60	L.A. Confidential	Daily Script	November 16, 1995 revised draft	Screenplay by Brian Helgeland & Curtis Hanson. Based on the novel by James Ellroy
61	The Silence Of The Lambs	Multiple drafts	Multiple drafts available	Screenplay by Ted Tally. Based on the novel by Thomas Harris
62	Moonstruck	SciFi Scripts	Final draft	Written by John Patrick Shanley
63	Jaws	Multiple drafts	Multiple drafts available	Screenplay by Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb. Based on the novel by Peter Benchley
64	Terms Of Endearment		Not available on the 'net	Screenplay by James L. Brooks. Based on the novel by Larry McMurtry
65	Singin' In The Rain		Not available on the 'net	Screen Story and Screenplay by Betty Comden & Adolph Green. Based on the song by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown
66	Jerry Maguire	AwesomeFilm	Undated, unspecified draft	Written by Cameron Crowe
67	E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial		Not available on the 'net	Written by Melissa Mathison
68	Star Wars	Multiple drafts	Multiple drafts available	Written by George Lucas
69	Dog Day Afternoon	The Daily Script	Final draft	Screenplay by Frank Pierson. Based on a magazine article by P.F. Kluge and Thomas Moore
70	The African Queen	The Daily Script	Shooting draft	Screenplay by James Agee and John Huston. Based on the novel by C.S. Forester
71	The Lion In Winter		Not available on the 'net	Screenplay by James Goldman. Based on the play by James Goldman
72	Thelma & Louise	The Daily Script	June 5, 1990 final shooting	Written by Callie Khouri
73	Amadeus	The Daily Script	Undated, unspecified draft	Screenplay by Peter Shaffer. Based on his play.
74	Being John Malkovich	Daily Script	Undated, unspecified draft	Written by Charlie Kaufman
75	High Noon		Not available on the 'net	Screenplay by Carl Foreman. Based on short story "The Tin Star" by John W. Cunningham
76	Raging Bull	Daily Script	Undated, unspecified draft	Screenplay by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin. Based on the book by Jake La Motta with Joseph Carter and Peter Savage
77	Adaptation	Multiple drafts	Multiple drafts available	Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman. Based on the book "The Orchid Thief" by Susan Orlean
78	Rocky	Daily Script	January 7, 1976 revised	Written by Sylvester Stallone
79	The Producers	Daily Script	March 1967 draft	Written by Mel Brooks
80	Witness	Multiple drafts	Multiple drafts available	Screenplay by Earl W. Wallace & William Kelley. Story by William Kelley and Pamela Wallace & Earl W. Wallace
81	Being There	Multiple drafts	Multiple drafts available	Screenplay by Jerzy Kosinski. Inspired by the novel by Jerzy Kosinski
82	Cool Hand Luke	aellea's Classic Movie Scripts	Undated shooting draft	Screenplay by Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson. Based on the novel by Donn Pearce.
83	Rear Window	Daily Script	December 1, 1953 final white draft	Screenplay by John Michael Hayes. Based on the short story by Cornell Woolrich
84	The Princess Bride	Daily Script	1987 shooting draft	Screenplay by William Goldman. Based on his novel.
85	La Grande Illusion		Not available on the 'net	Written by Jean Renoir and Charles Spaak
86	Harold & Maude	The Movie-Page	May 29, 1970 draft	Written by Colin Higgins
87	8.5		Not available on the 'net	Screenplay by Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, Brunello Rondi. Story by Fellini, Flaiano.
88	Field Of Dreams		Not available on the 'net	Screenplay by Phil Alden Robinson. Based on the book by W.P. Kinsella
89	Forrest Gump	The Daily Script	Undated, unspecified draft	Screenplay by Eric Roth. Based on the novel by Winston Groom
90	Sideways	Multiple drafts	Multiple drafts available	Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor. Based on the novel by Rex Pickett
91	The Verdict	SciFi Scripts	Undated, unspecified draft	Screenplay by David Mamet. Based on the novel by Barry Reed
92	Psycho	Daily Script	December 1, 1959 revised draft	Screenplay by Joseph Stefano. Based on the novel by Robert Bloch
93	Do The Right Thing	AwesomeFilm	March 1, 1988 2nd draft	Written by Spike Lee
94	Patton		Not available on the 'net	Screen Story and Screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North. Based on "A Soldier's Story" by Omar H. Bradley and "Patton: Ordeal and Triumph" by Ladislas Farago
95	Hannah And Her Sisters	Daily Script	Undated, unspecified draft	Written by Woody Allen
96	The Hustler		Not available on the 'net	Screenplay by Sidney Carroll & Robert Rossen. Based on the novel by Walter Tevis
97	The Searchers	aellea's Classic Movie Scripts	Revised final screenplay	Screenplay by Frank S. Nugent. Based on the novel by Alan Le May
98	The Grapes Of Wrath	Daily Script	Undated, unspecified draft	Screenplay by Nunnally Johnson. Based on the novel by John Steinbeck
99	The Wild Bunch		Not available on the 'net	Screenplay by Walon Green and Sam Peckinpah. Story by Walon Green and Roy Sickner
100	Memento	Daily Script	October 4, 1999 shooting draft	Screenplay by Christopher Nolan. Based on the short story "Memento Mori" by Jonathan Nolan
101	Notorious		Not available on the 'net	Written by Ben Hecht