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