Metacritic: Top 100 Movies

Metacritic: Top 100 Movies

This is a list of the top 100 movies based on Metascore’s ratings. There’s no indication of when this list was put together or how multiple ties were broken. To qualify, movies had to have at least 7 ratings. 1. The Decalogue (Dekalog) (1988) 2. The Conformist (Il Conformista) (1970) 3. Three Colors: Red (Trois Couleurs: Rouge) (1994) 4. Boyhood (2014) 5. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 6. The Leopard (Il Gattopardo) (1963) 7. The Godfather (1972) 8. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953) 9. Citizen Kane (1941) 10. Rear Window (1954) 11. Casablanca (1942) 12. Notorious (1946) 13. Vertigo (1958) 14. Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) (1982) 15. Singin’ in the Rain (1952) 16. Playtime (1967) 17. Touch of Evil (1958) 18. Army of Shadows (L'Armée des Ombres) (1969) 19. City Lights (1931) 20. Moonlight (2016) 21. Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) 22. The Rules of the Game (La Règle du Jeu) (1939) 23. Pinocchio (1940) 24. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954) 25. The Wild Bunch (1969) 26. Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) 27. The Lady Vanishes (1938) 28. Pépé le Moko (1937) 29. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 30. Pan’s Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) (2006) 31. Some Like It Hot (1959) 32. North by Northwest (1959) 33. Hoop Dreams (1994) 34. Rashômon (1950) 35. The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc) (1928) 36. All About Eve (1950) 37. Metropolis (1927) 38. Jules and Jim (Jules et Jim) (1961) 39. My Left Foot (1989) 40. The Night of the Hunter (1955) 41. Ran (1985) 42. Gone with the Wind (1939) 43. The Third Man (1949) 44. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 45. Quo Vadis, Aida? (2021) 46. Rififi (Du Rififi Chez les Hommes) (1955) 47. Psycho (1960) 48. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) 49. Parasite (Gisaengchung) (2019) 50. Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potyomkin) (1925) 51. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 52. The Maltese Falcon (1941) 53. American Graffiti (1973) 54. 12 Angry Men (1957) 55. Dumbo (1941) 56. Roma (2018) 57. Man with a Movie Camera (Chelovek s Kinoapparatom) (1929) 58. Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) (2001) 59. Toy Story (1995) 60. Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021) 61. The Shop Around the Corner (1940) 62. 12 Years a Slave (2013) 63. Manchester by the Sea (2016) 64. The Battle of Algiers (La Battaglia di Algeria) (1966) 65. A Hard Day’s Night (1964) 66. Killer of Sheep (1977) 67. Nashville (1975) 68. Red River (1948) 69. Rosemary’s Baby (1968) 70. The Philadelphia Story (1940) 71. Sansho the Bailiff (Sansho Dayu) (1954) 72. Ratatouille (2007) 73. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 74. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) 75. Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis) (1945) 76. Mean Streets (1973) 77. The Lady Eve (1941) 78. Gravity (2013) 79. Fantasia (1940) 80. Beauty and the Beast (1991) 81. Small Axe: Lovers Rock (2020) 82. Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 83. Don’t Look Now (1973) 84. The Social Network (2010) 85. My Fair Lady (1964) 86. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) 87. I Am Not Your Negro (2016) 88. Woodstock (1970) 89. Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (2024) 90. Aftersun (2022) 91. Rocks (2021) 92. Amour (2012) 93. The Hurt Locker (2009) 94. Anatomy of a Murder (1959) 95. Pulp Fiction (1994) 96. Zero Dark Thirty (2012) 97. Collective (2020) 98. A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) (2011) 99. Double Indemnity (1944) 100. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) Resources: Dave’s Movie Database: Movie Lists Metacritic.com “Best Movies of All Time” Originally posted 9/13/2019; last updated 2/26/2025.

Domestic Box Office: Best of the Year

Domestic Box Office: Best of the Year

These are the top domestic grossing movies for each year based on the sources at the bottom of the page. 2024: Wicked 2023: Barbie 2022: Top Gun: Maverick 2021: Spider-Man: No Way Home 2020: Bad Boys for Life 2019: Avengers: Endgame 2018: Black Panther 2017: Star Wars – Episode VIII: The Last Jedi 2016: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 2015: Star Wars – Episode VII: The Force Awakens 2014: American Sniper 2013: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 2012: The Avengers 2011: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 2010: Toy Story 3 2009: Avatar 2008: The Dark Knight 2007: Spider-Man 3 2006: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest 2005: Star Wars – Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 2004: Shrek 2 2003: Finding Nemo 2002: Spider-Man 2001: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone 2000: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas 1999: Star Wars – Episode I: The Phantom Menace 1998: Saving Private Ryan 1997: Titanic 1996: Independence Day 1995: Toy Story 1994: The Lion King 1993: Jurassic Park 1992: Aladdin 1991: Beauty and the Beast 1990: Home Alone 1989: Batman 1988: Rain Man 1987: Three Men and a Baby 1986: Top Gun 1985: Back to the Future 1984: Ghostbusters 1983: Star Wars – Episode VI: Return of the Jedi 1982: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark 1980: Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back 1979: Kramer vs. Kramer 1978: Grease 1977: Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope 1976: Rocky 1975: Jaws 1974: Blazing Saddles 1973: The Exorcist 1972: The Godfather 1971: Billy Jack 1970: Love Story 1969: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1968: 2001: A Space Odyssey 1967: The Jungle Book 1966: The Bible: In the Beginning 1965: The Sound of Music 1964: Mary Poppins 1963: Cleopatra 1962: Lawrence of Arabia 1961: 101 Dalmations 1960: Psycho 1959: Ben-Hur 1958: South Pacific 1957: The Bridge on the River Kwai 1956: The Ten Commandments 1955: Lady and the Tramp 1954: Rear Window 1953: Peter Pan 1952: The Greatest Show on Earth 1951: Quo Vadis? 1950: Cinderella 1949: Samson and Delilah 1948: The Red Shoes 1947: Miracle on 34th Street 1946: Song of the South 1945: The Bells of St. Mary’s 1944: Going My Way 1943: This Is the Army 1942: Bambi 1941: Sergeant York 1940: Pinocchio 1939: Gone with the Wind 1938: The Adventures of Robin Hood 1937: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1936: Modern Times 1935: Mutiny on the Bounty 1934: It Happened One Night 1933: King Kong 1932: Shanghai Express 1931: Frankenstein 1930: Tom Sawyer 1929: The Broadway Melody 1928: The Singing Melody 1927: The Jazz Singer 1926: Aloma of the South Seas 1925: The Big Parade 1924: The Sea Hawk 1923: The Covered Wagon 1922: Robin Hood 1921: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 1920: Something to Think About 1919: The Miracle Man 1918: Mickey 1917: The Poor Little Rich Girl / Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm / Cleopatra 1916: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1915: The Birth of a Nation 1914: Million Dollar Mystery 1913: Traffic in Souls Resources: Dave’s Movie Database: Box Office Lists Box Office Mojo: good source to look up domestic gross for movies Box Office Mojo “Top Lifetime Adjusted Grosses” Box Office Mojo “Domestic Grosses Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation” Box Office Mojo “Domestic Grosses: Estimated Tickets Sold” Filmsite.org “Box Office Hits by Decade and Year” (1913-2023) Robert Munafo (year?). “All-Time Top 232 Movies by U.S. Theatre Attendance” TheNumbers.com (searchable database) Originally posted 6/4/2023; last updated 2/24/2025.

Dave’s Movie Database: Best Rated Movies

Dave’s Movie Database: Best-Rated Movies

This is a list of the best-rated movies according to Dave’s Movie Database. Go to the “Ratings/Reviews” page on this site to see what movie ratings have been aggregated to create this list. All the movies on this list averaged at least 4.5 out of 5 stars and had to be rated by 10 or more sources. 1. The Godfather (1972) 2. 12 Angry Men (1957) 3. Schindler’s List (1993) 4. The Godfather Part II (1974) 5. Pulp Fiction (1994) 6. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 7. Singin’ in the Rain (1952) 8. Casablanca (1942) 9. Rear Window (1954) 10. Tokyo Story (Tôkyô Monogatari) (1953) 11. Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 12. City Lights (1931) 13. Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) (1982) 14. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966) 15. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 16. The Wizard of Oz (1939) 17. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 18. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) 19. The Dark Knight (2008) 20. All About Eve (1950) 21. Sweet Smell of Success (1957) 22. Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion) (1937) 23. The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954) 24. The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) (1959) 25. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 26. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 27. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) 28. Apocalypse Now (1979) 29. The Philadelphia Story (1940) 30. Gone with the Wind (1939) 31. Strangers on a Train (1951) 32. Double Indemnity (1944) 33. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 34. Three Colors: Red (Trois Couleurs: Rouge) (1994) 35. Toy Story (1995) 36. Rashômon (1950) 37. Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) 38. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 39. Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) (2001) 40. The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc) (1928) 41. Sunset Boulevard (1950) 42. Back to the Future (1985) 43. Touch of Evil (1958) 44. The Decalogue (Dekalog) (1988) 45. Sansho the Bailiff (Sansho Dayu) (1954) 46. Raging Bull (1980) 47. Rififi (Du Rififi Chez les Hommes) (1955) 48. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 49. Psycho (1960) 50. To Live (Ikiru) (1952) 51. Modern Times (1936) 52. Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis) (1945) 53. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 54. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 55. Citizen Kane (1941) 56. Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 57. Yojimbo (Yôjinbô) (1961) 58. Forrest Gump (1994) 59. The Red Shoes (1948) 60. M – Eine Stadt Sucht Einen Mörder (1931) 61. Saving Private Ryan (1998) 62. Shoah (1985) 63. The Rules of the Game (La Règle du Jeu) (1939) 64. Trouble in Paradise (1932) 65. Alien (1979) 66. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) 67. The Third Man (1949) 68. Umberto D. (1952) 69. Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di Biciclette) (1948) 70. It Happened One Night (1934) 71. Man with a Movie Camera (Chelovek s Kinoapparatom) (1929) 72. Rebecca (1940) 73. Vertigo (1958) 74. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 75. The Third Man (1949) 76. Rosemary’s Baby (1968) 77. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 78. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 79. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 80. Chinatown (1974) 81. The Word (Ordet) (1954) 82. Laura (1944) 83. Metropolis (1927) 84. Some Like It Hot (1959) 85. North by Northwest (1959) 86. Jaws (1975) 87. The Big Sleep (1946) 88. Finding Nemo (2003) 89. Slumdog Millionaire (2008) 90. The Right Stuff (1983) 91. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) 92. Woodstock (1970) 93. Cool Hand Luke (1967) 94. West Side Story (1961) 95. Paths of Glory (1957) 96. Duck Soup (1933) 97. Network (1976) 98. The French Connection (1971) 99. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 100. Red River (1948) Resources: Dave’s Movie Database: Movie Lists DavesMovieDatabase.com “Ratings/Reviews” Originally posted 8/15/2019; last updated 2/24/2025.

Dave’s Movie Database: Top 100 Films Based on Awards Points

Dave’s Movie Database: Top 100 Films Based on Awards Points

This list was created by awarding points to movies for taking home annual best-of-movie awards from a variety of organizations such as the Academy (Oscars), the Golden Globes, the National Board of Review, the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the Online Film Critics Society, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and the Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or. Also included are awards from the Directors’ Guild of America, the Producers’ Guild of America, and the Screen Actors’ Guild. A variety of city-based critics association awards are factored in as well: Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, and San Francisco. See a full list of year-end movie awards by clicking on the Awards link. With an abundance of these awards coming about since the ‘90s, this list is heavily slanted toward modern films. Still, it is worth seeing what films have been celebrated most in the last three decades. 1. Schindler’s List (1993) 2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 3. Saving Private Ryan (1998) 4. No Country for Old Men (2007) 5. Brokeback Mountain (2005) 6. The Hurt Locker (2009) 7. The Social Network (2010) 8. Nomadland (2020) 9. American Beauty (1999) 10. The Godfather (1972) 11. L.A. Confidential (1997) 12. Fargo (1996) 13. Slumdog Millionaire (2008) 14. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 15. 12 Years a Slave (2013) 16. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 17. Titanic (1997) 18. Unforgiven (1992) 19. Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) 20. Ben-Hur (1959) 21. Moonlight (2016) 22. Parasite (Gisaengchung) (2019) 23. Goodfellas (1990) 24. The Sound of Music (1965) 25. On the Waterfront (1954) 26. Dances with Wolves (1990) 27. Amadeus (1984) 28. Argo (2012) 29. Pulp Fiction (1994) 30. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 31. West Side Story (1961) 32. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) 33. All About Eve (1950) 34. Chicago (2002) 35. Forrest Gump (1994) 36. Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) 37. The Godfather Part II (1974) 38. Patton (1970) 39. Terms of Endearment (1983) 40. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 41. La La Land (2016) 42. The Artist (2011) 43. The Apartment (1960) 44. From Here to Eternity (1953) 45. Boyhood (2014) 46. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 47. My Fair Lady (1964) 48. The Deer Hunter (1978) 49. The French Connection (1971) 50. Gladiator (2000) 51. Annie Hall (1977) 52. Spotlight (2015) 53. The Power of the Dog (2021) 54. Oppenheimer (2023) 55. Sideways (2004) 56. Rocky (1976) 57. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 58. Platoon (1986) 59. Marty (1955) 60. Apocalypse Now (1979) 61. Ordinary People (1980) 62. The Graduate (1967) 63. It Happened One Night (1934) 64. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 65. Gone with the Wind (1939) 66. A Man for All Seasons (1966) 67. Tom Jones (1963) 68. Cabaret (1972) 69. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) 70. Apollo 13 (1995) 71. Driving Miss Daisy (1989) 72. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 73. The Dark Knight (2008) 74. A Beautiful Mind (2001) 75. Citizen Kane (1941) 76. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 77. The Sting (1973) 78. The Lost Weekend (1945) 79. Going My Way (1944) 80. A Place in the Sun (1951) 81. Casablanca (1942) 82. Sunset Boulevard (1950) 83. Midnight Cowboy (1969) 84. All the King’s Men (1949) 85. M*A*S*H (1970) 86. The Departed (2006) 87. Nashville (1975) 88. Chinatown (1974) 89. All the President’s Men (1976) 90. An American in Paris (1951) 91. Shakespeare in Love (1998) 92. The Exorcist (1973) 93. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 94. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 95. Gravity (2013) 96. Gandhi (1982) 97. Around the World in 80 Days (1956) 98. In the Heat of the Night (1967) 99. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 100. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) Resources: Dave’s Movie Database: Awards Page Originally posted 8/6/2019; last updated 2/24/2025.

Screen Actors Guild - Awards for Outstanding Cast, 1995-2024

Screen Actors Guild: Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, 1995-2024

The Screen Actors Guild formed in 1933 as a union to represent actors in movies and television. In 2012, they merged with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) to form SAG-AFTRA. Since 1995, they have given out an award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. The most recent ceremony was held on February 23, 2025. 2024: Conclave 2023: Oppenheimer 2022: Everything Everywhere All at Once 2021: Coda 2020: The Trial of the Chicago 7 2019: Parasite (Gisaengchung) 2018: Black Panther 2017: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 2016: Hidden Figures 2015: Spotlight 2014: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 2013: American Hustle 2012: Argo 2011: The Help 2010: The King’s Speech 2009: Inglourious Basterds 2008: Slumdog Millionaire 2007: No Country for Old Men 2006: Little Miss Sunshine 2005: Crash 2004: Sideways 2013: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2002: Chicago 2001: Gosford Park 2000: Traffic 1999: American Beauty 1998: Shakespeare in Love 1997: The Full Monty 1996: The Birdcage 1995: Apollo 13 Resources: Dave’s Movie Database: Awards Page Screen Actors Guild/American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (official website) Screen Actors Guild Awards (official website) Wikipedia.org: “Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture” Originally posted 2/26/2023; last updated 2/23/2025.

 

Online Film & Television Association: Film Hall of Fame – Productions

Online Film & Television Assocation: Hall of Fame – Productions

Explanation: From 1997 to 2024, more than 450 films (productions) have been inducted into the Online Film & Television Association’s Film Hall of Fame. The most recent winners were announced on February 23, 2025. Note: the first year is when the movie was inducted and the second year (in parentheses) is when the film was initially released. Here’s a list of them alphabetically: A 2024: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) 2017: The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 2012: The African Queen (1951) 2019: Aladdin (1992) 2024: Alice in Wonderland (1951) 2012: Alien (1979) 2017: Aliens (1986) 1999: All About Eve (1950) 2022: All About My Mother (Todo Sobre Mi Madre) (1999) 2001: All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 2022: All That Heaven Allows (1955) 2019: All That Jazz (1979) 2017: All the President’s Men (1976) 2022: Almost Famous (2000) 2000: Amadeus (1984) 2025: Amélie (Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain) (2001) 2022: American Beauty (1999) 2016: American Graffiti (1973) 2023: An American in Paris (1951) 2019: Anatomy of a Murder (1959) 2023: Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) 2004: Annie Hall (1977) 2003: The Apartment (1960) 2000: Apocalypse Now (1979) 2023: Apollo 13 (1995) 2021: The Apu Trilogy: Pather Panchali (1955) 2024: Argo (2012) 2020: Auntie Mame(1958) 2024: Avatar (2009) 2011: The Awful Truth (1937) B 1997: Babe (1995) 2014: Back to the Future (1985) 2021: Badlands (1973) 2015: Bambi (1942) 2025: Barry Lyndon (1975) 2022: Batman (1989) 2013: Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potyomkin) (1925) 1997: Beauty and the Beast (1991) 2025: Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bete) (1946) 2007: Beauty of the Day (Belle de Jour) (1967) 2024: Being John Malkovich (1999) 2022: The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945) 1999: Ben-Hur (1959) 2007: The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 2020: Beverly Hills Cop (1984) 2008: Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di Biciclette) (1948) 2025: The Big Lebowski (1998) 2017: The Big Sleep (1946) 2018: The Birds (1963) 2000: The Birth of a Nation (1915) 2010: Black Narcissus (1947) 2016: Blade Runner (1982) 2023: The Blair Witch Project (1999) 2016: Blazing Saddles (1974) 2022: Blow-Up (1966) 2009: Blue Velvet (1986) 2011: Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 2019: Boogie Nights (1997) 2021: Boyz N the Hood (1991) 2025: Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) 2024: Brazil (1985) 2013: Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) 2020: The Breakfast Club (1985) 2022: Breathless (A Bout de Souffle) (1959) 2021: Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 2013: The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 2024: Brief Encounter (1946) 2009: Bringing Up Baby (1938) 2024: Broadcast News (1987) 2017: Brokeback Mountain (2005) 2025: Bullitt (1968) 2019: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) C 2011: Cabaret (1972) 2020: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Das Cabinet des Dr Caligari) (1920) 2023: The Caine Mutiny (1954) 2023: Carrie (1976) 1997: Casablanca (1942) 2018: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) 2024: Cat People (1942) 2023: Chicago (2002) 2019: Children of Men (2006) 2010: Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis) (1945) 2021: The China Syndrome (1979) 2001: Chinatown (1974) 2024: A Christmas Carol (1951) 2018: Cinderella (1950) 2015: Cinema Paradiso (1988) 1997: Citizen Kane (1941) 2005: City Lights (1931) 2022: Cleo from 5 to 7 (Cléo de 5 à 7) (1962) 2025: Cleopatra (1963) 2024: Clerks (1994) 1998: A Clockwork Orange (1971) 2010: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 2025: Clue (1985) 1997: The Color Purple (1985) 2025: Contact (1997) 2016: The Conversation (1974) 2017: Cool Hand Luke (1967) 2017: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) D 2023: Dances with Wolves (1990) 2019: The Dark Knight (2008) 2024: Dawn of the Dead (1978) 2019: Day for Night (La Nuit Américaine) (1973) 2010: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 1997: Dead Man Walking (1995) 2015: Dead Poets Society (1989) 2016: The Deer Hunter (1978) 2023: The Departed (2006) 2020: Dial M for Murder (1954) 2019: Die Hard (1988) 2025: Dirty Dancing (1987) 2019: Dirty Harry (1971) 2011: Do the Right Thing (1989) 2016: Doctor Zhivago (1965) 2015: Dog Day Afternoon (1975) 2005: Don’t Look Now (1973) 2007: Double Indemnity (1944) 2020: Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hyde (1931) 2020: Dr. No (1962) 1998: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 2018: Dracula (1931) 2023: Driving Miss Daisy (1989) 2011: Duck Soup (1933) 2019: Dumbo (1941) E 2013: East of Eden (1955) 2024: Easy Rider (1969) 2004: 8 ½ (Otto e Mezzo) (1963) 2022: The Elephant Man (1980) 2004: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 2018: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 2023: The Evil Dead (1981) 2009: The Exorcist (1973) 2021: Eyes Wide Shut (1999) F 1998: Fantasia (1940) 2015: Fargo (1996) 2025: Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) 2023: Fatal Attraction (1987) 2021: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) 2025: A Few Good Men (1992) 2024: Fiddler on the Roof (1971) 2024: Field of Dreams (1989) 2023: Fight Club (1999) 2015: Finding Nemo (2003) 2021: Five Easy Pieces (1970) 2022: Forbidden Planet (1956) 2014: Forrest Gump (1994) 2024: 42nd Street (1933) 2005: The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups) (1959) 2011: Frankenstein (1931) 2020: Freaks (1932) 2014: The French Connection (1971) 2019: From Here to Eternity (1953) 2019: Full Metal Jacket (1987) G 2017: Gaslight (1944) 2009: The General (1926) 2016: Ghostbusters (1984) 2016: Giant (1956) 2025: Gigi (1958) 2000: Gladiator (2000) 1997: The Godfather (1972) 1997: The Godfather: Part II (1974) 2023: Godzilla (Gojira) (1954) 2020: Goldfinger (1964) 2010: The Gold Rush (1925) 1997: Gone with the Wind (1939) 2022: Goodbye Children (Au Revoir, les Enfants) (1987) 2020: Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) 1997: Goodfellas (1990) 2016: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) 2024: Good Will Hunting (1997) 2024: The Goonies (1985) 2004: The Graduate (1967) 2025: The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) 2023: Grand Hotel (1932) 2011: Grand Illusion (1937) 2000: The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 2022: Grease (1978) 2022: The Great Dictator (1940) 2021: The Great Escape (1963) 2025: The Great Train Robbery (1903) 2020: Gremlins (1984) 2018: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967) 2021: Guys and Dolls (1955) H 2025: Hair (1979) 2019: Halloween (1978) 2024: Harold and Maude (1971) 2022: The Haunting (1999) 2013: High Noon (1952) 2017: His Girl Friday (1940) 2022: Holiday (1938) 2023: Holiday Inn (1942) 2020: Home Alone (1990) 2022: Hoop Dreams (1994) 2023: The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) 2007: How Green Was My Valley (1941) 2021: Hud (1963) I 2023: I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) 2025: In Bruges 2008) 2023: Inception (2010) 2022: The Incredibles (2004) 2023: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) 1997: Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 2019: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) 2016: In the Heat of the Night (1967) 2021: Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) 2010: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) 2021: The Invisible Man (1933) 2024: Iron Man (2008) 2006: It Happened One Night (1934) 2025: It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) 2002: It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) J 2005: Jaws (1975) 2019: The Jazz Singer (1927) 2024: The Jerk (1979) 2025: The Jetty (La Jetée) (aka “The Pier”) (1961) 2018: Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 2021: The Jungle Book (1967) 2023: Juno (2007) 2018: Jurassic Park (1993) K 2023: The Karate Kid (1984) 2019: The Kid (1921) 2020: Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 2020: Kind Hearts and Coroent (1949) 2024: The King and I (1956) 2009: King Kong (1933) L 2012: L.A. Confidential (1997) 2023: Lady and the Tramp (1955) 2008: The Last Picture Show (1971) 2017: Laura (1944) 1999: Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 2025: A League of Their Own (1992) 2022: The Lion in Winter (1968) 2015: The Lion King (1994) 2022: Little Caesar (1930) 2021: The Little Mermaid (1989) 2014: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 2015: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 2016: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 2025: Lost in Translation (2003) 2012: The Lost Weekend (1945) M 2009: M – Eine Stadt Sucht Einen Mörder (1931) 2025: The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) 2021: The Magnificent Seven (1960) 2019: Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) 2022: Malcolm X (1992) 2008: The Maltese Falcon (1941) 2024: A Man for All Seasons (1966) 2001: The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 2022: Manhattan (1979) 2012: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 2018: Marty (1955) 2013: Mary Poppins (1964) 2013: M*A*S*H (1972) 2021: The Matrix (1999) 2011: Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) 2019: Memento (2000) 2025: Men in Black (1997) 2000: Metropolis (1927) 2001: Midnight Cowboy (1969) 2022: Midnight Express (1978) 2016: Miracle on 34th Street (1947) 2025: Misery (1990) 2016: Modern Times (1936) 2014: Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 2023: Mrs. Miniver (1942) 2009: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 2024: Mulholland Drive (2001) 2020: The Muppet Movie (1979) 2022: Murder on the Orient Express (1974) 2023: Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) 2017: My Fair Lady (1964) 2022: My Man Godfrey (1936) N 2006: Nashville (1975) 2018: Network (1976) 2024: A Night at the Opera (1935) 2016: The Night of the Hunter (1955) 2022: Night of the Living Dead (1968) 2019: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) 2018: No Country for Old Men (2007) 2025: Norma Rae (1979) 2005: North by Northwest (1959) 2010: Nosferatu (1922) 2009: Notorious (1946) O 2025: Oklahoma! (1955) 2023: Oliver! (1968) 2021: The Omen (1976) 2023: Once Upon a Time in the West (C’era Una Volta il West) (1968) 1998: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) 2024: 101 Dalmatians (1961) 2002: On the Waterfront (1954) 2022: Ordinary People (1980) P 2018: Pan’s Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) (2006) 2023: Paper Moon (1973) 2010: The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) 2020: Paths of Glory (1957) 2020: Patton (1970) 2021: Persona (aka “Masks”) (1966) 2024: Peter Pan (1953) 2019: The Phantom of the Opera (1925) 2016: The Philadelphia Story (1940) 2022: The Piano (1993) 2025: The Pink Panther (1963) 2016: Pinocchio (1940) 2021: A Place in the Sun (1951) 2020: Planet of the Apes (1968) 2015: Platoon (1986) 2024: Poltergeist (1982) 2022: Princess Mononoke (Mononoke-hime) (1997) 2023: The Producers (1967) 1997: Psycho (1960) 2013: Pulp Fiction (1994) Q 2021: The Quiet Man (1952) R 1999: Raging Bull (1980) 2023: Rain Man (1988) 2024: A Raisin in the Sun (1961) 2017: Ran (1985) 2006: Rashômon (1950) 2025: Ratatouille (2007) 2002: Rear Window (1954) 2009: Rebecca (1940) 2019: Rebel Without a Cause (1954) 2012: Red River (1948) 2018: The Red Shoes (1948) 2023: Requiem for a Dream (2000) 2024: Reservoir Dogs (1992) 2017: Rififi (1955) 2024: The Right Stuff (1983) 2021: Rio Bravo (1959) 2018: Rocky (1976) 2017: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) 2019: Roman Holiday (1953) 2020: Rope (1948) 2020: Rosemary’s Baby (1968) 2021: The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) 2006: The Rules of the Game (La Règle du Jeu) (1939) S 2023: Safety Last! (1923) 2015: Saving Private Ryan (1998) 1997: Schindler’s List (1993) 2022: Scream (1996) 2005: The Searchers (1956) 2020: Serpico (1973) 2014: Seven (1995) 2002: The Seven Samurai (Schichinin no Samurai) (1954) 2018: Shane (1953) 1997: The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 2022: Sherlock Jr. (1924) 2014: The Shining (1980) 2019: Shoah (1985) 2025: The Shop Around the Corner (1940) 1997: The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 1997: Singin’ in the Rain (1952) 2021: The Sixth Sense (1999) 2020: Sleeping Beauty (1959) 2025: Slumdog Millionaire (2008) 2011: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) 2021: The Social Network (2010) 2002: Some Like It Hot (1959) 1997: The Sound of Music (1965) 2025: South Pacific (1958) 2016: Spartacus (1960) 2021: Speed (1994) 2022: Spellbound (2002) 2019: Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) (2001) 2011: Stagecoach (1939) 2022: Stand by Me (1986) 2021: A Star Is Born (1937) 2016: A Star Is Born (1954) 2025: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) 1997: Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) 1999: Star Wars – Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 2019: Star Wars – Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) 2018: The Sting (1973) 2017: Strangers on a Train (1951) 2004: A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) 2001: Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) 2003: Sunset Boulevard (1950) 2018: Superman: The Movie (1978) 2021: Suspiria (1977) 2014: The Sweet Life (La Dolce Vita) (1960) 2012: Sweet Smell of Success (1957) T 1998: Taxi Driver (1976) 2019: The Ten Commandments (1956) 2019: The Terminator (1984) 2020: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 2017: Terms of Endearment (1983) 2023: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) 2018: Thelma & Louise (1991) 2022: There Will Be Blood (2007) 2023: They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1969) 2023: The Thief of Bagdad (1940) 2017: The Thin Man (1934) 2023: The Thin Red Line (1998) 2006: The Third Man (1949) 2010: The 39 Steps (1935) 2023: This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 2024: The Throne of Blood (aka “The Castle of the Spider's Web” or “Cobweb Castle”) (Kumonosu-Jô) (1957) 2016: Titanic (1997) 2003: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 2007: Tokyo Story (1953) 2022: To Live (aka “Doomed” or “Living”) (Ikiru) (1952) 2016: Tootsie (1982) 2012: Top Hat (1935) 2008: Touch of Evil (1958) 2023: The Towering Inferno (1974) 2013: Toy Story (1995) 2017: Toy Story 2 (1999) 2024: Toy Story 3 (2010) 2012: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 2023: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) 2017: A Trip to the Moon (1902) 2012: The Truman Show (1998) 2008: 12 Angry Men (1957) 2023: 12 Monkeys (1995) 2024: 12 Years a Slave (2013) 2020: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) 1997: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) U 2022: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les Parapluies de Cherbourg) (1964) 2014: Unforgiven (1992) 2024: Up (2009) 2014: The Usual Suspects (1995) V 2003: Vertigo (1958) 2025: Victor/Victoria (1982) W 2022: Wall-E (2008) 2022: War and Peace (Voyna I mir) (1956) 2003: West Side Story (1961) 2019: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) 2024: When Harry Met Sally (1989) 2018: Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) 2013: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) 2025: Whiplash (2014) 2025: White Christmas (1954) 2009: The Wild Bunch (1969) 2017: Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället) (1957) 2018: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) 2021: Wings (1927) 2010: Witness for the Prosecution (1957) 2022: The Wiz (1978) 1997: The Wizard of Oz (1939) 2022: The Wolf Man (1941) 2022: Woman in the Dunes (Suna No Onna) (1964) 2024: A Woman Under the Influence (1974) 2020: The Women (1939) 2025: Wuthering Heights (1939) X-Y-Z 2025: Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) 2024: Yojimbo (Yôjinbô) (1961) 2016: Young Frankenstein (1974) 2020: Y Tu Mama También (2001) 2019: Z (1969) Resources: Dave’s Movie Database: Awards Page Online Film & Television Association: Film Hall of Fame: Productions” Originally posted 9/14/2019; last updated 2/23/2025.

British Academy Film Awards: Best of the Year

British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA): Movie of the Year, 1947-2024

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) was established in 1947 as the British Film Academy. Since 1949, they have given out annual film awards. The 75th awards ceremony (celebrating 2024 nominees) was held on February 16, 2025. 2024: Conclave 2023: Oppenheimer 2022: All Quiet on the Western Front 2021: The Power of the Dog 2020: Nomadland 2019: 1917 2018: Roma 2017: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 2016: La La Land 2015: The Revenant 2014: Boyhood 2013: 12 Years a Slave 2012: Argo 2011: The Artist 2010: The King’s Speech 2009: The Hurt Locker 2008: Slumdog Millionaire 2007: Atonement 2006: The Queen 2005: Brokeback Mountain 2004: The Aviator 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2002: The Pianist 2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2000: Gladiator 1999: American Beauty 1998: Shakespeare in Love 1997: The Full Monty 1996: The English Patient 1995: Sense and Sensibility 1994: Four Weddings and a Funeral 1993: Schindler’s List 1992: Howards End 1991: The Commitments 1990: Goodfellas 1989: Dead Poets Society 1988: The Last Emperor 1987: Jean de Florette / Manon of the Spring (Manon des Sources) 1986: A Room with a View 1985: The Purple Rose of Cairo 1984: The Killing Fields 1983: Educating Rita 1982: Gandhi 1981: Chariots of Fire 1980: The Elephant Man 1979: Manhattan 1978: Julia 1977: Annie Hall 1976: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 1975: Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore 1974: Lacombe, Lucien 1973: Day for Night (La Nuit Américaine) 1972: Cabaret 1971: Sunday Bloody Sunday 1970: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969: Midnight Cowboy 1968: The Graduate 1967: A Man for All Seasons 1966: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1965: My Fair Lady 1964: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1963: Tom Jones 1962: Lawrence of Arabia 1961: The Hustler / Ballad of a Soldier 1960: The Apartment 1959: Ben-Hur 1958: Room at the Top 1957: The Bridge on the River Kwai 1956: Gervaise 1955: Richard III 1954: The Wages of Fear (La Salaire de la Peur) 1953: Forbidden Games (aka “The Secret Game”) 1952: The Sound Barrier 1951: La Ronde 1950: All About Eve 1949: Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di Biciclette) 1948: Hamlet 1947: The Best Years of Our Lives Resources: Dave’s Movie Database: Awards Page BAFTA.org (official site) Wikipedia.org: BAFTA Award for Best Film Originally posted 3/30/2023; last updated 2/16/2025.

Writers Guild of America: Film Awards

Writers Guild of America: Film Awards, 1949-2024

The Writers Guild of America is a labor union organized to represent writers in film, television, radio, news, and online media. In 1949, they began giving out film awards to writers. Over the years, there have been various categories including awards for drama, comedy, and musicals as well as awards for adapted and original screenplays. The most recent ceremony was February 15, 2025. 2024: Anora (Best Original Screenplay) 2024: Nickel Boys (Best Adapted Screenplay) 2023: The Holdovers (Best Original Screenplay) 2023: American Fiction (Best Adapted Screenplay) 2022: Everything Everywhere All at Once (Best Original Screenplay) 2022: Women Talking (Best Adapted Screenplay) 2021: Coda (Best Original Screenplay) 2021: Don’t Look Up (Best Adapted Screenplay) 2020: Promising Young Woman (Best Original Screenplay) 2020: Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Best Adapted Screenplay) 2019: Parasite (Gisaengchung) (Best Original Screenplay) 2019: Jojo Rabbit (Best Adapted Screenplay) 2018: Eighth Grade (Best Original Screenplay) 2018: Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Best Adapted Screenplay) 2017: Get Out (Best Original Screenplay) 2017: Call Me by Your Name (Best Adapted Screenplay) 2016: Moonlight (Best Original Screenplay) 2016: Arrival (Best Adapted Screenplay) 2015: Spotlight (Best Original Screenplay) 2015: The Big Short (Best Adapted Screenplay) 2014: The Grand Budapest Hotel (Best Original Screenplay) 2014: The Imitation Game (Best Adapted Screenplay) 2013: Her (Best Original Screenplay) 2013: Captain Phillips (Best Adapted Screenplay) 2012: Zero Dark Thirty (Best Original Screenplay) 2012: Argo (Best Adapted Screenplay) 2011: Midnight in Paris (Best Original Screenplay) 2011: The Descendants (Best Adapted Screenplay) 2010: Inception (Best Original Screenplay) 2010: The Social Network (Best Adapted Screenplay) 2009: The Hurt Locker (Best Original Screenplay) 2009: Up in the Air (Best Adapted Screenplay) 2008: Milk (Best Original Screenplay) 2008: Slumdog Millionaire (Best Adapted Screenplay) 2007: Juno (Best Original Screenplay) 2007: No Country for Old Men (Best Adapted Screenplay) 2006: Little Miss Sunshine (Best Original Screenplay) 2006: The Departed (Best Adapted Screenplay) 2005: Crash (Best Original Screenplay) 2005: Brokeback Mountain (Best Adapted Screenplay) 2004: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Best Original Screenplay) 2004: Sideways (Best Adapted Screenplay) 2003: Lost in Translation (Best Original Screenplay) 2003: American Splendor (Best Adapted Screenplay) 2002: Bowling for Columbine (Best Original Screenplay) 2002: The Hours (Best Adapted Screenplay) 2001: Gosford Park (Best Original Screenplay) 2001: A Beautiful Mind (Best Adapted Screenplay) 2000: You Can Count on Me (Best Original Screenplay) 2000: Traffic (Best Adapted Screenplay) 1999: American Beauty (Best Original Screenplay) 1999: Election (Best Adapted Screenplay) 1998: Shakespeare in Love (Best Original Screenplay) 1998: Out of Sight (Best Adapted Screenplay) 1997: As Good As It Gets (Best Original Screenplay) 1997: L.A. Confidential (Best Adapted Screenplay) 1996: Fargo (Best Original Screenplay) 1996: Sling Blade (Best Adapted Screenplay) 1995: Braveheart (Best Original Screenplay) 1995: Sense and Sensibility (Best Adapted Screenplay) 1994: Four Weddings and a Funeral (Best Original Screenplay) 1994: Forrest Gump (Best Adapted Screenplay) 1993: The Piano (Best Original Screenplay) 1993: Schindler’s List (Best Adapted Screenplay) 1992: The Crying Game (Best Original Screenplay) 1992: The Player (Best Adapted Screenplay) 1991: Thelma & Louise (Best Original Screenplay) 1991: The Silence of the Lambs (Best Adapted Screenplay) 1990: Avalon (Best Original Screenplay) 1990: Dances with Wolves (Best Adapted Screenplay) 1989: Crimes and Misdemeanors (Best Original Screenplay) 1989: Driving Miss Daisy (Best Adapted Screenplay) 1988: Bull Durham (Best Original Screenplay) 1988: Dangerous Liaisons (Best Adapted Screenplay) 1987: Moonstruck (Best Original Screenplay) 1987: Roxanne (Best Adapted Screenplay) 1986: Hannah and Her Sisters (Best Original Screenplay) 1986: A Room with a View (Best Adapted Screenplay) 1985: Witness (Best Original Screenplay) 1985: Prizzi’s Honor (Best Adapted Screenplay) 1984: Broadway Danny Rose (Best Original Screenplay) 1984: The Killing Fields (Best Adapted Screenplay) 1984: Reuben, Reuben (Best Adapted Drama) 1984: Tender Mercies (Best Original Drama) 1984: Terms of Endearment (Best Adapted Comedy) 1984: The Big Chill (Best Original Comedy) 1983: Missing (Best Adapted Drama) 1983: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Best Original Drama) 1983: Victor/Victoria (Best Adapted Comedy) 1983: Tootsie (Best Original Comedy) 1982: On Golden Pond (Best Adapted Drama) 1982: Reds (Best Original Drama) 1982: Rich and Famous (Best Adapted Comedy) 1982: Arthur (Best Original Comedy) 1981: Ordinary People (Best Adapted Drama) 1981: Melvin and Howard (Best Original Drama) 1981: Airplane! (Best Adapted Comedy) 1981: Private Benjamin (Best Original Comedy) 1980: Kramer vs. Kramer (Best Adapted Drama) 1980: The China Syndrome (Best Original Drama) 1980: Being There (Best Adapted Comedy) 1980: Breaking Away (Best Original Comedy) 1979: Midnight Express (Best Adapted Drama) 1979: Coming Home (Best Original Drama) 1979: Heaven Can Wait / Same Time, Next Year (Best Adapted Comedy) 1979: Movie Movie (Best Original Comedy) 1978: Islands in the Stream (Best Adapted Drama) 1978: The Turning Point (Best Original Drama) 1978: Oh, God! (Best Adapted Comedy) 1978: Annie Hall (Best Original Comedy) 1977: All the President’s Men (Best Adapted Drama) 1977: Network (Best Original Drama) 1977: The Pink Panther Strikes Again (Best Adapted Comedy) 1977: The Bad News Bears (Best Original Comedy) 1976: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Best Adapted Drama) 1976: Dog Day Afternoon (Best Original Drama) 1976: The Sunshine Boys (Best Adapted Comedy) 1976: Shampoo (Best Original Comedy) 1975: The Godfather Part II (Best Adapted Drama) 1975Chinatown (Best Original Drama) 1975: The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (Best Adapted Comedy) 1975: Blazing Saddles (Best Original Comedy) 1974: Serpico (Best Adapted Drama) 1974: Save the Tiger (Best Original Drama) 1974: Paper Moon (Best Adapted Comedy) 1974: A Touch of Class (Best Original Comedy) 1973: The Godfather (Best Adapted Drama) 1973: The Candidate (Best Original Drama) 1973: Cabaret (Best Adapted Comedy) 1973: What’s Up, Doc? (Best Original Comedy) 1972: The French Connection (Best Adapted Drama) 1972: Sunday Bloody Sunday (Best Original Drama) 1972: Kotch (Best Adapted Comedy) 1972: The Hospital (Best Original Comedy) 1971: I Never Sang for My Father (Best Adapted Drama) 1971: Patton (Best Original Drama) 1971: M*A*S*H (Best Adapted Comedy) 1971: The Out-of-Towners (Best Original Comedy) 1970: Midnight Cowboy (Best Adapted Drama) 1970: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Best Original Drama) 1970: Goodbye, Columbus (Best Adapted Comedy) 1970: Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (Best Original Comedy) 1969: The Lion in Winter (Best Written Drama) 1969: The Odd Couple (Best Written Comedy) 1969: Funny Girl (Best Written Musical) 1968: The Producers (Best Original Screenplay) 1968: Bonnie and Clyde (Best Written Drama) 1968: The Graduate (Best Written Comedy) 1968: Thoroughly Modern Millie (Best Written Musical) 1967: Bonnie and Clyde (Best Original Screenplay) 1967: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Best Written Drama) 1967: The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (Best Written Comedy) 1966: The Pawnbroker (Best Written Drama) 1966: A Thousand Clowns (Best Written Comedy) 1966: The Sound of Music (Best Written Musical) 1965: Becket (Best Written Drama) 1965: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Best Written Comedy) 1965: Mary Poppins (Best Written Musical) 1964: Hud (Best Written Drama) 1964: Lilies of the Field (Best Written Comedy) 1963: To Kill a Mockingbird (Best Written Drama) 1963: That Touch of Mink (Best Written Comedy) 1963: The Music Man (Best Written Musical) 1962: The Hustler (Best Written Drama) 1962: Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Best Written Comedy) 1962: West Side Story (Best Written Musical) 1961: Elmer Gantry (Best Written Drama) 1961: The Apartment (Best Written Comedy) 1961: Bells Are Ringing (Best Written Musical) 1960: The Diary of Anne Frank (Best Written Drama) 1960: Some Like It Hot (Best Written Comedy) 1960: The Five Pennies (Best Written Musical) 1959: The Defiant Ones (Best Written Drama) 1959: Me and the Colonel (Best Written Comedy) 1959: Gigi (Best Written Musical) 1958: 12 Angry Men (Best Written Drama) 1958: Lost in the Afternoon (Best Written Comedy) 1958: Les Girls (Best Written Musical) 1957: Friendly Persuasion (Best Written Drama) 1957: Around the World in 80 Days (Best Written Comedy) 1957: The King and I (Best Written Musical) 1956: Marty (Best Written Drama) 1956: Mister Roberts (Best Written Comedy) 1956: Love Me or Leave Me (Best Written Musical) 1955: On the Waterfront (Best Written Drama) 1955: Sabrina (Best Written Comedy) 1955: Seven Bridges for Seven Brothers (Best Written Musical) 1954: From Here to Eternity (Best Written Drama) 1954: Roman Holiday (Best Written Comedy) 1954: Lili (Best Written Musical) 1953: High Noon (Best Written Drama) 1953: The Quiet Man (Best Written Comedy) 1953: Singin’ in the Rain (Best Written Musical) 1952: A Place in the Sun (Best Written Drama) 1952: Father’s Little Dividend (Best Written Comedy) 1952: An American in Paris (Best Written Musical) 1951: Sunset Boulevard (Best Written Drama) 1951: All About Eve (Best Written Comedy) 1951: Annie Get Your Gun (Best Written Musical) 1950: All the King’s Men (Best Written Drama) 1950: A Letter to Three Wives (Best Written Comedy) 1950: On the Town (Best Written Musical) 1949: The Snake Pit (Best Written Drama) 1949: Sitting Pretty (Best Written Comedy) 1949: Easter Parade (Best Written Musical) Resources: Dave’s Movie Database: Awards Page Wikipedia.org: Writers Guild of America Awards: Films WGA.org (Writers Guild of America West website) WGAeast.org (Writers Guild of America East website) Originally posted 6/5/2023; last updated 2/15/2025.