| 1. |
CASABLANCA
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
Screenplay by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola. Based on the novel by Mario Puzo |
| 3. |
CHINATOWN
Written by Robert Towne |
| 4. |
CITIZEN KANE
Written by Herman Mankiewicz and Orson Welles |
| 5. |
ALL ABOUT EVE
Screenplay by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Based on "The Wisdom of Eve," a short story and radio play by Mary Orr |
| 6. |
ANNIE HALL
Written by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman |
| 7. |
SUNSET BLVD.
Written by Charles Brackett & Billy Wilder and D.M. Marshman, Jr. |
| 8. |
NETWORK
Written by Paddy Chayefsky |
| 9. |
SOME LIKE IT HOT
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
Screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo. Based on Mario Puzo's novel "The Godfather" |
| 11. |
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
Written by William Goldman |
| 12. |
DR. STRANGELOVE
Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick and Peter George and Terry Southern. Based on novel "Red Alert" by Peter George |
| 13. |
THE GRADUATE
Screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry. Based on the novel by Charles Webb |
| 14. |
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
Screenplay by Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson. Based on the life and writings of Col. T.E. Lawrence |
| 15. |
THE APARTMENT
Written by Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond |
| 16. |
PULP FICTION
Written by Quentin Tarantino. Stories by Quentin Tarantino & Roger Avary |
| 17. |
TOOTSIE
Screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal. Story by Don McGuire and Larry Gelbart |
| 18. |
ON THE WATERFRONT
Screen Story and Screenplay by Budd Schulberg. Based on "Crime on the Waterfront" articles by Malcolm Johnson |
| 19. |
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Screenplay by Horton Foote. Based on the novel by Harper Lee |
| 20. |
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
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
Written by Ernest Lehman |
| 22. |
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
Screenplay by Frank Darabont. Based on the short story "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" by Stephen King |
| 23. |
GONE WITH THE WIND
Screenplay by Sidney Howard. Based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell |
| 24. |
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman. Story by Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth |
| 25. |
THE WIZARD OF OZ
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
Screenplay by Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler. Based on the novel by James M. Cain |
| 27. |
GROUNDHOG DAY
Screenplay by Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis. Story by Danny Rubin |
| 28. |
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Written by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard |
| 29. |
SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS
Written by Preston Sturges |
| 30. |
UNFORGIVEN
Written by David Webb Peoples |
| 31. |
HIS GIRL FRIDAY
Screenplay by Charles Lederer. Based on the play "The Front Page" by Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur |
| 32. |
FARGO
Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen |
| 33. |
THE THIRD MAN
Screenplay by Graham Greene. Story by Graham Greene. Based on the short story by Graham Greene |
| 34. |
THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS
Screenplay by Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman. From a novelette by Ernest Lehman |
| 35. |
THE USUAL SUSPECTS
Written by Christopher McQuarrie |
| 36. |
MIDNIGHT COWBOY
Screenplay by Waldo Salt. Based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy |
| 37. |
THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
Screenplay by Donald Ogden Stewart. Based on the play by Philip Barry |
| 38. |
AMERICAN BEAUTY
Written by Alan Ball |
| 39. |
THE STING
Written by David S. Ward |
| 40. |
WHEN HARRY MET SALLY
Written by Nora Ephron |
| 41. |
GOODFELLAS
Screenplay by Nicholas Pileggi & Martin Scorsese. Based on book "Wise Guy" by Nicholas Pileggi |
| 42. |
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
Screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan. Story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman |
| 43. |
TAXI DRIVER
Written by Paul Schrader |
| 44. |
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
Screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood. Based on novel "Glory For Me" by MacKinley Kantor |
| 45. |
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
Screenplay by Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman. Based on the novel by Ken Kesey |
| 46. |
THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE
Screenplay by John Huston. Based on the novel by B. Traven |
| 47. |
THE MALTESE FALCON
Screenplay by John Huston. Based on the novel by Dashiell Hammett |
| 48. |
THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI
Screenplay by Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson. Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle |
| 49. |
SCHINDLER'S LIST
Screenplay by Steven Zaillian. Based on the novel by Thomas Keneally |
| 50. |
THE SIXTH SENSE
Written by M. Night Shyamalan |
| 51. |
BROADCAST NEWS
Written by James L. Brooks |
| 52. |
THE LADY EVE
Screenplay by Preston Sturges. Story by Monckton Hoffe |
| 53. |
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN
Screenplay by William Goldman. Based on the book by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward |
| 54. |
MANHATTAN
Written by Woody Allen & Marshall Brickman |
| 55. |
APOCALYPSE NOW
Written by John Milius and Francis Coppola. Narration by Michael Herr |
| 56. |
BACK TO THE FUTURE
Written by Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale |
| 57. |
CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS
Written by Woody Allen |
| 58. |
ORDINARY PEOPLE
Screenplay by Alvin Sargent. Based on the novel by Judith Guest |
| 59. |
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
Screenplay by Robert Riskin. Based on the story "Night Bus" by Samuel Hopkins Adams |
| 60. |
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
Screenplay by Brian Helgeland & Curtis Hanson. Based on the novel by James Ellroy |
| 61. |
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
Screenplay by Ted Tally. Based on the novel by Thomas Harris |
| 62. |
MOONSTRUCK
Written by John Patrick Shanley |
| 63. |
JAWS
Screenplay by Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb. Based on the novel by Peter Benchley |
| 64. |
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
Screenplay by James L. Brooks. Based on the novel by Larry McMurtry |
| 65. |
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
Screen Story and Screenplay by Betty Comden & Adolph Green. Based on the song by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown |
| 66. |
JERRY MAGUIRE
Written by Cameron Crowe |
| 67. |
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
Written by Melissa Mathison |
| 68. |
STAR WARS
Written by George Lucas |
| 69. |
DOG DAY AFTERNOON
Screenplay by Frank Pierson. Based on a magazine article by P.F. Kluge and Thomas Moore |
| 70. |
THE AFRICAN QUEEN
Screenplay by James Agee and John Huston. Based on the novel by C.S. Forester |
| 71. |
THE LION IN WINTER
Screenplay by James Goldman. Based on the play by James Goldman |
| 72. |
THELMA & LOUISE
Written by Callie Khouri |
| 73. |
AMADEUS
Screenplay by Peter Shaffer. Based on his play |
| 74. |
BEING JOHN MALKOVICH
Written by Charlie Kaufman |
| 75. |
HIGH NOON
Screenplay by Carl Foreman. Based on short story "The Tin Star" by John W. Cunningham |
| 76. |
RAGING BULL
Screenplay by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin. Based on the book by Jake La Motta with Joseph Carter and Peter Savage |
| 77. |
ADAPTATION
Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman. Based on the book "The Orchid Thief" by Susan Orlean |
| 78. |
ROCKY
Written by Sylvester Stallone |
| 79. |
THE PRODUCERS
Written by Mel Brooks |
| 80. |
WITNESS
Screenplay by Earl W. Wallace & William Kelley. Story by William Kelley and Pamela Wallace & Earl W. Wallace |
| 81. |
BEING THERE
Screenplay by Jerzy Kosinski. Inspired by the novel by Jerzy Kosinski |
| 82. |
COOL HAND LUKE
Screenplay by Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson. Based on the novel by Donn Pearce |
| 83. |
REAR WINDOW
Screenplay by John Michael Hayes. Based on the short story by Cornell Woolrich |
| 84. |
THE PRINCESS BRIDE
Screenplay by William Goldman. Based on his novel |
| 85. |
LA GRANDE ILLUSION
Written by Jean Renoir and Charles Spaak |
| 86. |
HAROLD & MAUDE
Written by Colin Higgins |
| 87. |
8 1/2
Screenplay by Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, Brunello Rond. Story by Fellini, Flaiano |
| 88. |
FIELD OF DREAMS
Screenplay by Phil Alden Robinson. Based on the book by W.P. Kinsella |
| 89. |
FORREST GUMP
Screenplay by Eric Roth. Based on the novel by Winston Groom |
| 90. |
SIDEWAYS
Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor. Based on the novel by Rex Pickett |
| 91. |
THE VERDICT
Screenplay by David Mamet. Based on the novel by Barry Reed |
| 92. |
PSYCHO
Screenplay by Joseph Stefano. Based on the novel by Robert Bloch |
| 93. |
DO THE RIGHT THING
Written by Spike Lee |
| 94. |
PATTON
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
Written by Woody Allen |
| 96. |
THE HUSTLER
Screenplay by Sidney Carroll & Robert Rossen. Based on the novel by Walter Tevis |
| 97. |
THE SEARCHERS
Screenplay by Frank S. Nugent. Based on the novel by Alan Le May |
| 98. |
THE GRAPES OF WRATH
Screenplay by Nunnally Johnson. Based on the novel by John Steinbeck |
| 99. |
THE WILD BUNCH
Screenplay by Walon Green and Sam Peckinpah. Story by Walon Green and Roy Sickner |
| 100. |
MEMENTO
Screenplay by Christopher Nolan. Based on the short story "Memento Mori" by Jonathan Nolan |
| 101. |
NOTORIOUS
Written by Ben Hecht |
