Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay

The Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay is one of the three film writing awards given by the Writers Guild of America.

Writers Guild of America Award for Original Screenplay
Awarded forOutstanding Writing for a Film Written Directly for the Screen
CountryUnited States
Presented byWriters Guild of America
First awarded1970
Currently held byBong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won for
Parasite (2019)
Websitehttp://www.wga.org/

Winners and nominees

Notes
  • "±±±" indicates a place on the 101 Greatest Screenplays list[1]

1960s
Year Film Writer(s)
1969
(22nd)[2]		 Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid William Goldman±±±
Alice's Restaurant Venable Herndon, and Arthur Penn
Downhill Racer James Salter
Easy Rider Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern
Me, Natalie A. Martin Zwelback
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium David Shaw
Popi Tina Pine, and Lester Pine
Support Your Local Sheriff William Bowers
Take the Money and Run Woody Allen, and Mickey Rose

1970s
Year Film Writer(s)
1970
(23rd)[3]		 Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen
Patton Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North±±±
Five Easy Pieces Carole Eastman (as Adrien Joyce)
Love Story Erich Segal
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
The Out-of-Towners Neil Simon
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes Billy Wilder, and I.A.L. Diamond
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronk Gabriel Walsh
Start the Revolution Without Me Fred Freeman, and Lawrence J. Cohen
The Cheyenne Social Club James Lee Barrett
1971
(24th)[4]		 Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen
Sunday Bloody Sunday Penelope Gilliatt
Klute Andy Lewis, and David E. Lewis
Summer of '42 Hernan Raucher
The Hellstrom Chronicle David Seltzer
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
The Hospital Paddy Chayefsky
Bananas Woody Allen, and Mickey Rose
Carnal Knowledge Jules Feiffer
Made for Each Other Renée Taylor, and Joseph Bologna
Taking Off Miloṡ Forman, Jean-Claude Carrière, John Guare, and Jon Klein
1972
(25th)[5]		 Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen
The Candidate Jeremy Larner
Bad Company David Newman, and Robert Benton
Images Robert Altman
The Culpepper Cattle Co. Eric Bercovici, and Gregory Prentiss
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid Philip Kaufman
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
What’s Up, Doc? Peter Bogdanovich, Buck Henry, David Newman, and Robert Benton
Get to Know Your Rabbit Jordan Crittenden
Hammersmith Is Out Stanford Whitmore
Minnie and Moskowitz John Cassavetes
The War Between Men and Women Melville Shavelson, and Danny Arnold
1973
(26th)[6]		 Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen
Save the Tiger Steve Shagan
Mean Streets Martin Scorsese, and Mardik Martin
Payday Don Carpenter
The Sting David S. Ward ±±±
The Way We Were Arthur Laurents
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
A Touch of Class Melvin Frank and Jack Rose
American Graffiti George Lucas, Gloria Katz, and Willard Huyck
Blume in Love Paul Mazursky
Sleeper Woody Allen, and Marshall Brickman
Slither W.D. Richter
1974
(27th)[7]		 Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen
Chinatown Robert Towne ±±±
A Woman Under the Influence John Cassavetes
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Robert Getchell
Harry and Tonto Paul Mazursky, and Josh Greenfeld
The Conversation Francis Ford Coppola
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
Blazing Saddles Mel Brooks, Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, and Alan Uger
California Split Joseph Walsh
Claudine Tina Pine, and Lester Pine
Phantom of the Paradise Brian de Palma
The Sugarland Express Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins, and Steven Spielberg
1975
(28th)[8]		 Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen
Dog Day Afternoon Frank Pierson ±±±
French Connection II Alexander Jacobs, Robert Dillon, and Laurie Dillon
Nashville Joan Twekesbury
The Wind and the Lion John Milius
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
Shampoo Robert Towne and Warren Beatty
Heats of the West Rob Thompson
Smile Jerry Belson
The Return of the Pink Panther Frank Waldman, and Blake Edwards
1976
(29th)[9]		 Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen
Network Paddy Chayefsky ±±±
The Omen David Seltzer
Rocky Sylvester Stallone ±±±
Taxi Driver Paul Schrader ±±±
The Front Walter Bernstein
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
The Bad News Bears Bill Lancaster
Murder by Death Neil Simon
Next Stop, Greenwich Village Paul Mazursky
Silent Movie Mel Brooks, Ron Clark, Rudy De Luca, and Barry Levinson
Silver Streak Colin Higgins
1977
(30th)[10]		 Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen
The Turning Point Arthur Laurents
Close Encounters of the Third Kind Steven Spielberg
Saturday Night Fever Norman Wexler
The Late Show Robert Benton
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
Annie Hall Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman ±±±
Star Wars George Lucas ±±±
Slap Shot Nancy Dowd
The Goodbye Girl Neil Simon
1978
(31st)[11]		 Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen
Coming Home Nancy Dowd, Robert C. Jones, and Waldo Salt
An Unmarried Woman Paul Mazursky
Days of Heaven Terrence Malick
Interiors Woody Allen
The Deer Hunter Deric Washburn, Michael Cimino, Louis Garfinkle, and Quinn K. Redeker
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
Movie Movie Larry Gelbart and Sheldon Keller
A Wedding John Considine, Patricia Resnick, Allan F. Nicholls, and Robert Altman
Animal House Harold Ramis, Douglas Kenney, and Chris Miller
House Calls Max Shulman, Julius J. Epstein, Alan Mandel, and Charles Shyer
Once in Paris... Frank D. Gilroy
1979
(32nd)[12]		 Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen
The China Syndrome Mike Gray, T. S. Cook, and James Bridges
Apocalypse Now John Milius, and Francis Ford Coppola ±±±
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
Breaking Away Steve Tesich
10 Blake Edwards
Manhattan Woody Allen, and Marshall Brickman ±±±

1980s
Year Film Writer(s)
1980
(33rd)[13]		 Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen
Melvin and Howard Bo Goldman
Fame Christopher Gore
My Bodyguard Alan Ornsby
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
Private Benjamin Nancy Meyers, Harvey Miller, and Charles Shyer
Nine to Five Coling Higgins, and Patricia Resnick
Return of the Secaucus John Sayles
Stardust Memories Woody Allen
1981
(34th)[14]		 Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen
Reds Warren Beatty and Trevor Griffiths
Absence of Malice Kurt Luedtke
Atlantic City John Guare
Body Heat Lawrence Kasdan
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
Arthur Steve Gordon
Raiders of the Lost Ark Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas, and Philip Kaufman ±±±
S.O.B. Blake Edwards
The Four Seasons Alan Alda
1982
(35th)[15]		 Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Melissa Mathison ±±±
An Officer and a Gentleman Douglas Day Stewart
Shoot the Moon Bo Goldman
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
Tootsie Don McGuire, Larry Gelbart, and Murray Schisgal ±±±
Diner Barry Levinson
My Favorite Year Norman Steinberg, and Dennis Palumbo
1983
(36th)[16]		 Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen
Tender Mercies Horton Foote
Silkwood Nora Ephron, and Alice Arlen
WarGames Lawrence Lasker, and Walter F. Parkes
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
The Big Chill Lawrence Kasdan, and Barbara Benedek
Risky Business Paul Brickman
Zelig Woody Allen
1984
(37th)[17]		 Broadway Danny RoseWoody Allen
El NorteGregory Nava, and Anna Thomas
Places in the HeartRobert Benton
Romancing the StoneDiane Thomas
SplashLowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, Bruce Jay Friedman and Brian Grazer
1985
(38th)[18]		 WitnessWilliam Kelley, and Earl W. Wallace ±±±
Back to the FutureRobert Zemeckis, and Bob Gale ±±±
CocoonTom Benedek
MaskAnna Hamilton Phelan
The Purple Rose of CairoWoody Allen
1986
(39th)[19]		 Hannah and Her SistersWoody Allen ±±±
Blue VelvetDavid Lynch
Mona LisaNeil Jordan, and David Leland
PlatoonOliver Stone
SalvadorRichard Boyle, and Oliver Stone
1987
(40th)[20]		 MoonstruckJohn Patrick Shanley ±±±
Broadcast NewsJames L. Brooks ±±±
Hope and GloryJohn Boorman
The Last EmperorBernardo Bertolucci, and Mark Peploe
Radio DaysWoody Allen
1988
(41st)[21]		 Bull DurhamRon Shelton
BigGary Ross, and Anne Spielberg
A Fish Called WandaJohn Cleese and Charles Crichton
Rain ManRonald Bass and Barry Morrow
Working GirlKevin Wade
1989
(42nd)[22]		 Crimes and MisdemeanorsWoody Allen ±±±
Dead Poets SocietyTom Schulman
The Fabulous Baker BoysSteve Kloves
Sex, Lies, and VideotapeSteven Soderbergh
When Harry Met Sally...Nora Ephron ±±±

1990s
Year Film Writer(s)
1990
(43rd)[23]		 AvalonBarry Levinson
AliceWoody Allen
Ghost †Bruce Joel Rubin
Green CardPeter Weir
Pretty WomanJ. F. Lawton
1991
(44th)[24]		 Thelma & Louise †Callie Khouri ±±±
Boyz n the HoodJohn Singleton
BugsyJames Toback
The Fisher KingRichard LaGravenese
Grand CanyonLawrence and Meg Kasdan
1992
(45th)[25]		 The Crying Game †Neil Jordan
Husbands and WivesWoody Allen
Lorenzo's OilNick Enright and George Miller
Passion FishJohn Sayles
UnforgivenDavid Webb Peoples
1993
(46th)[26]		 The Piano †Jane Campion
DaveGary Ross
In the Line of FireJeff Maguire
PhiladelphiaRon Nyswaner
Sleepless in SeattleJeff Arch, Nora Ephron, and David S. Ward
1994
(47th)[27]		 Four Weddings and a FuneralRichard Curtis
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the DesertStephan Elliott
Bullets over BroadwayWoody Allen and Douglas McGrath
Ed WoodScott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski
Heavenly CreaturesPeter Jackson and Fran Walsh
1995
(48th)[28]		 BraveheartRandall Wallace
The American PresidentAaron Sorkin
CluelessAmy Heckerling
Mighty AphroditeWoody Allen
Muriel's WeddingP. J. Hogan
1996
(49th)[29]		 Fargo †Joel Coen and Ethan Coen±±±
Jerry MaguireCameron Crowe ±±±
Lone StarJohn Sayles
Secrets & LiesMike Leigh
ShineScott Hicks and Jan Sardi
1997
(50th)[30]		 As Good as It GetsJames L. Brooks and Mark Andrus
Boogie NightsPaul Thomas Anderson
The Full MontySimon Beaufoy
Good Will Hunting †Ben Affleck and Matt Damon
TitanicJames Cameron
1998
(51st)[31]		 Shakespeare in Love †Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard ±±±
BulworthWarren Beatty and Jeremy Pikser
The Opposite of SexDon Roos
Saving Private RyanRobert Rodat
The Truman ShowAndrew Niccol
1999
(52nd)[32]		 American Beauty †Alan Ball ±±±
Being John MalkovichCharlie Kaufman ±±±
MagnoliaPaul Thomas Anderson
The Sixth SenseM. Night Shyamalan ±±±
Three KingsJohn Ridley and David O. Russell

2000s
Year Film Writer(s)
2000
(53rd)[33]		 You Can Count On MeKenneth Lonergan
Almost Famous †Cameron Crowe
Best in ShowChristopher Guest and Eugene Levy
Billy ElliotLee Hall
Erin BrockovichSusannah Grant
2001
(54th)[34]		 Gosford Park †Julian Fellowes
The Man Who Wasn't ThereJoel Coen and Ethan Coen
Monster's BallMilo Addica and Will Rokos
Moulin Rouge!Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce
The Royal TenenbaumsWes Anderson and Owen Wilson
2002
(55th)[35]		 Bowling for ColumbineMichael Moore
Antwone FisherAntwone Fisher
Far from HeavenTodd Haynes
Gangs of New YorkJay Cocks, Kenneth Lonergan, and Steven Zaillian
My Big Fat Greek WeddingNia Vardalos
2003
(56th)[36]		 Lost in Translation †Sofia Coppola
Bend It Like BeckhamPaul Mayeda Berges, Guljit Bindra, and Gurinder Chadha
Dirty Pretty ThingsSteven Knight
In AmericaJim Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan, and Naomi Sheridan
The Station AgentThomas McCarthy
2004
(57th)[37]		 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind †Charlie Kaufman ±±±
The AviatorJohn Logan
Garden StateZach Braff
Hotel RwandaTerry George and Keir Pearson
KinseyBill Condon
2005
(58th)[38]		 Crash †Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco
The 40-Year-Old VirginJudd Apatow and Steve Carell
Cinderella ManAkiva Goldsman and Cliff Hollingsworth
Good Night, and Good Luck.George Clooney and Grant Heslov
The Squid and the WhaleNoah Baumbach
2006
(59th)[39]		 Little Miss Sunshine †Michael Arndt
BabelGuillermo Arriaga
The QueenPeter Morgan
Stranger than FictionZach Helm
United 93Paul Greengrass
2007
(60th)[40]		 Juno †Diablo Cody
Knocked UpJudd Apatow
Lars and the Real GirlNancy Oliver
Michael ClaytonTony Gilroy
The SavagesTamara Jenkins
2008
(61st)[41]		 Milk †Dustin Lance Black
Burn After ReadingJoel Coen and Ethan Coen
Vicky Cristina BarcelonaWoody Allen
The VisitorTom McCarthy
The WrestlerRobert Siegel
2009
(62nd)[42]		 The Hurt Locker †Mark Boal
(500) Days of SummerScott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber
AvatarJames Cameron
The HangoverJon Lucas and Scott Moore
A Serious ManJoel Coen and Ethan Coen

2010s
Year Film Writer(s)
2010
(63rd)[43]		 InceptionChristopher Nolan
Black SwanMark Heyman, Andres Heinz, and John McLaughlin
The FighterScott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, and Keith Dorrington
The Kids Are All RightLisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg
Please GiveNicole Holofcener
2011
(64th)[44]		 Midnight in Paris †Woody Allen
50/50Will Reiser
BridesmaidsAnnie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig
Win WinTom McCarthy
Young AdultDiablo Cody
2012
(65th)[45]		 Zero Dark ThirtyMark Boal
FlightJohn Gatins
LooperRian Johnson
The MasterPaul Thomas Anderson
Moonrise KingdomWes Anderson and Roman Coppola
2013
(66th)[46]		 Her †Spike Jonze
American HustleEric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
Blue JasmineWoody Allen
Dallas Buyers ClubCraig Borten and Melisa Wallack
NebraskaBob Nelson
2014
(67th)[47]		 The Grand Budapest HotelWes Anderson and Hugo Guinness
BoyhoodRichard Linklater
FoxcatcherE. Max Frye and Dan Futterman
NightcrawlerDan Gilroy
WhiplashDamien Chazelle
2015
(68th)[48]		 Spotlight †Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer
Bridge of SpiesMatt Charman, Joel Coen, and Ethan Coen
SicarioTaylor Sheridan
Straight Outta ComptonJonathan Herman, Andrea Berloff, S. Leigh Savidge, and Alan Wenkus
TrainwreckAmy Schumer
2016
(69th)[49]		 MoonlightBarry Jenkins; story by Tarell Alvin McCraney
Hell or High WaterTaylor Sheridan
La La LandDamien Chazelle
LovingJeff Nichols
Manchester by the Sea †Kenneth Lonergan
2017
(70th)[50]		 Get Out †Jordan Peele
The Big SickEmily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani
I, TonyaSteven Rogers
Lady BirdGreta Gerwig
The Shape of WaterGuillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor
2018
(71st)[51]		 Eighth GradeBo Burnham
Green Book †Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie & Peter Farrelly
A Quiet PlaceBryan Woods & Scott Beck and John Krasinski
RomaAlfonso Cuarón
ViceAdam McKay
2019
(72nd)[52]		 Parasite †Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won
1917Sam Mendes & Krysty Wilson-Cairns
BooksmartEmily Halpern & Sarah Haskins and Susanna Fogel and Katie Silberman
Knives OutRian Johnson
Marriage StoryNoah Baumbach

Writers with multiple awards
5 Awards
2 Awards

Writers with multiple nominations

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