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 76 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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1
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
May 29, 1971 3rd draft
Screenplay by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola. Based on the novel by Mario Puzo.
3
Undated 3rd draft
Written by Robert Towne
4
Multiple drafts available
Written by Herman Mankiewicz and Orson Welles
5
Undated, unspecified draft
Screenplay by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Based on "The Wisdom of Eve," a short story and radio play by Mary Orr
6
Undated, unspecified draft
Written by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman
7
May 21, 1949 draft
Written by Charles Brackett & Billy Wilder and D.M. Marshman Jr.
8
Multiple drafts available
Written by Paddy Chayefsky
9
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
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
Not available on the 'net
Written by William Goldman
12
Multiple drafts available
Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick and Peter George and Terry Southern. Based on novel "Red Alert" by Peter George
13
March 29, 1967 final draft
Screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry. Based on the novel by Charles Webb
14
Lawrence Of Arabia
Not available on the 'net
Screenplay by Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson. Based on the life and writings of Col. T.E. Lawrence
15
Undated, unspecified draft
Written by Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond
16
May 1993 final draft
Written by Quentin Tarantino. Stories by Quentin Tarantino & Roger Avary
17
Tootsie
Not available on the 'net
Screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal. Story by Don McGuire and Larry Gelbart
18
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
Not available on the 'net
Screenplay by Horton Foote. Based on the novel by Harper Lee.
20
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
August 12, 1958 shooting draft
Written by Ernest Lehman
22
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
Multiple drafts available
Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman. Story by Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth.
25
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
Undated, unspecified draft
Screenplay by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler. Based on the novel by James M. Cain
27
January 7, 1992 second revised draft
Screenplay by Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis. Story by Danny Rubin.
28
Undated, unspecified draft
Written by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard
29
Sullivan's Travels
Not available on the 'net
Written by Preston Sturges
30
April 23, 1984 production draft
Written by David Webb Peoples
31
1939 Shooting Draft
Screenplay by Charles Lederer. Based on the play "The Front Page" by Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur
32
Undated, unspecified draft
Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
33
Undated, unspecified draft
Screenplay by Graham Greene. Story by Graham Greene. Based on the short story by Graham Greene.
34
Undated, unspecified, working
Screenplay by Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman. From a novelette by Ernest Lehman
35
May 25, 1994 draft
Written by Christopher McQuarrie
36
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
Multiple drafts available
Written by Alan Ball
39
Undated, unspecified draft
Written by David S. Ward
40
Undated, unspecified draft
Written by Nora Ephron
41
Multiple drafts available
Screenplay by Nicholas Pileggi & Martin Scorsese. Based on book "Wise Guy" by Nicholas Pileggi.
42
Undated, unspecified draft
Screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan. Story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman
43
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
Undated, unspecified draft
Screenplay by Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman. Based on the novel by Ken Kesey
46
January 1, 1947 first temporary white draft
Screenplay by John Huston. Based on the novel by B. Traven
47
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
Multiple drafts available
Screenplay by Steven Zaillian. Based on the novel by Thomas Keneally
50
Multiple drafts available
Written by M. Night Shyamalan
51
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
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
Multiple drafts available
Written by John Milius and Francis Coppola. Narration by Michael Herr
56
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
Undated, unspecified draft
Screenplay by Robert Riskin. Based on the story "Night Bus" by Samuel Hopkins Adams
60
November 16, 1995 revised draft
Screenplay by Brian Helgeland & Curtis Hanson. Based on the novel by James Ellroy
61
Multiple drafts available
Screenplay by Ted Tally. Based on the novel by Thomas Harris
62
Final draft
Written by John Patrick Shanley
63
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
Undated, unspecified draft
Written by Cameron Crowe
67
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Not available on the 'net
Written by Melissa Mathison
68
Multiple drafts available
Written by George Lucas
69
Final draft
Screenplay by Frank Pierson. Based on a magazine article by P.F. Kluge and Thomas Moore
70
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
June 5, 1990 final shooting
Written by Callie Khouri
73
Undated, unspecified draft
Screenplay by Peter Shaffer. Based on his play.
74
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
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
Multiple drafts available
Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman. Based on the book "The Orchid Thief" by Susan Orlean
78
January 7, 1976 revised
Written by Sylvester Stallone
79
March 1967 draft
Written by Mel Brooks
80
Multiple drafts available
Screenplay by Earl W. Wallace & William Kelley. Story by William Kelley and Pamela Wallace & Earl W. Wallace
81
Multiple drafts available
Screenplay by Jerzy Kosinski. Inspired by the novel by Jerzy Kosinski
82
Undated shooting draft
Screenplay by Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson. Based on the novel by Donn Pearce.
83
December 1, 1953 final white draft
Screenplay by John Michael Hayes. Based on the short story by Cornell Woolrich
84
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
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
Undated, unspecified draft
Screenplay by Eric Roth. Based on the novel by Winston Groom
90
Multiple drafts available
Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor. Based on the novel by Rex Pickett
91
Undated, unspecified draft
Screenplay by David Mamet. Based on the novel by Barry Reed
92
December 1, 1959 revised draft
Screenplay by Joseph Stefano. Based on the novel by Robert Bloch
93
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
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
Revised final screenplay
Screenplay by Frank S. Nugent. Based on the novel by Alan Le May
98
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
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
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