Best Original Screenplay

1982 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay WinnerRedsWarren BeattyA radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia, and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States.Amazon1982 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay NomineesAbsence of MaliceKurt LuedtkeAmazonAtlantic CityJohn GuareAmazonBody HeatLawrence KasdanAmazon

1994 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay WinnerThe PianoJane CampionIn the mid-19th century, a mute woman is sent to New Zealand along with her young daughter and prized piano for an arranged marriage to a wealthy landowner, but is soon lusted after by a local worker on the plantation.Amazon1994 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay NomineesDaveGary RossAmazonIn the Line of FireJeff MaguireAmazonPhiladelphiaRon NyswanerAmazonSleepless in SeattleNora EphronAmazon

1993 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay WinnerThe Crying GameNeil JordanA British soldier kidnapped by IRA terrorists soon befriends one of his captors, who then becomes drawn into the soldier's world.Amazon1993 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay NomineesHusbands and WivesWoody AllenAmazonLorenzo's OilGeorge MillerAmazonPassion FishJohn SaylesAmazonUnforgivenDavid Webb PeoplesAmazon

1992 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay WinnerThelma & LouiseCallie KhouriTwo best friends set out on an adventure, but it soon turns around to a terrifying escape from being hunted by the police, as these two girls escape for the crimes they committed.Amazon1992 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay NomineesBoyz n the HoodJohn SingletonAmazonBugsyJames TobackAmazonGrand CanyonLawrence KasdanAmazonThe Fisher KingRichard LaGraveneseAmazon

1991 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay WinnerAvalonBarry LevinsonA Polish-Jewish family comes to the USA at the beginning of the Twentieth Century. There, the family and their children try to make themselves a better future in the so-called promised land.Amazon1991 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay NomineesAliceWoody AllenAmazonGhostBruce Joel RubinAmazonGreen CardPeter WeirAmazonPretty WomanJ.F. LawtonAmazon

1990 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay WinnerCrimes and MisdemeanorsWoody AllenAn ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman.Amazon1990 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay NomineesDead Poets SocietyTom SchulmanAmazonSex, Lies, and VideotapeSteven SoderberghAmazonThe Fabulous Baker BoysSteve KlovesAmazonWhen Harry Met Sally...Nora EphronAmazon

1989 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay WinnerBull DurhamRon SheltonA fan who has an affair with one minor-league baseball player each season meets an up-and-coming pitcher and the experienced catcher assigned to him.Amazon1989 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay NomineesA Fish Called WandaJohn CleeseAmazonBigGary RossAmazonRain ManRonald BassAmazonWorking GirlKevin WadeAmazon

1988 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay WinnerMoonstruckJohn Patrick ShanleyLoretta Castorini, a bookkeeper from Brooklyn, New York, finds herself in a difficult situation when she falls for the brother of the man she has agreed to marry.Amazon1988 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay NomineesBroadcast NewsJames L. BrooksAmazonHope and GloryJohn BoormanAmazonRadio DaysWoody AllenAmazonThe Last EmperorMark PeploeAmazon

1987 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay WinnerHannah and Her SistersWoody AllenBetween two Thanksgivings two years apart, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.Amazon1987 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay NomineesBlue VelvetDavid LynchAmazonMona LisaNeil JordanAmazonPlatoonOliver StoneAmazonSalvadorOliver StoneAmazon

1986 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay WinnerWitnessEarl W. WallaceWhen a young Amish boy is sole witness to a murder, policeman John Book goes into hiding in Amish country to protect him until the trial.Amazon1986 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay NomineesBack to the FutureRobert ZemeckisAmazonCocoonTom BenedekAmazonMaskAnna Hamilton PhelanAmazonThe Purple Rose of CairoWoody AllenAmazon