List of Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay winners
The following is a list of Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture, one of the
Edgar Awards awarded to authors and others by the Mystery Writers of America
. The "Best Motion Picture" award was first presented in 1946 and was discontinued after 2009.
Winners
1940s
Year | Writer(s) | Title |
---|---|---|
1946 | John Paxton | Murder, My Sweet |
1947 | Anthony Veiller | The Killers |
1948 | John Paxton | Crossfire |
1949 | Jerome Cady, Jay Dratler, Leonard Hoffman, and Quentin Reynolds | Call Northside 777 |
1950s
Year | Writer(s) | Title |
---|---|---|
1950 | Mel Dinelli and Cornell Woolrich | The Window |
1951 | Ben Maddow | The Asphalt Jungle |
1952 | Michael Wilson | Detective Story |
1953 | Michael Wilson and Otto Lang | Five Fingers |
1954 | Sydney Boehm | The Big Heat |
1955 | John Michael Hayes | Rear Window |
1956 | Joseph Hayes | The Desperate Hours |
1957 | No Award Presented | |
1958 | Reginald Rose | 12 Angry Men |
1959 | Nathan E. Douglas and Harold Jacob Smith
|
The Defiant Ones |
1960s
Year | Writer(s) | Title |
---|---|---|
1960 | Ernest Lehman | North By Northwest |
1961 | Joseph Stefano | Psycho |
1962 | William Archibald and Truman Capote | The Innocents |
1963 | No Award Presented | |
1964 | Peter Stone | Charade |
1965 | Henry Farrell and Lukas Heller | Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte |
1966 | Paul Dehn and Guy Trosper | The Spy Who Came In From the Cold |
1967 | William Goldman | Harper |
1968 | Stirling Silliphant | In The Heat of the Night |
1969 | Harry Kleiner and Alan Trustman | Bullitt |
1970s
Year | Writer(s) | Title |
---|---|---|
1970 | Costa Gavras and Jorge Semprún
|
Z |
1971 | Elio Petri and Ugo Pirro | Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion |
1972 | Ernest Tidyman | The French Connection |
1973 | Anthony Shaffer | Sleuth |
1974 | Anthony Perkins and Stephen Sondheim | The Last of Sheila |
1975 | Robert Towne | Chinatown |
1976 | Lorenzo Semple, Jr.
|
Three Days of the Condor |
1977 | Ernest Lehman | Family Plot |
1978 | Robert Benton | The Late Show |
1979 | William Goldman | Magic |
1980s
Year | Writer(s) | Title |
---|---|---|
1980 | Michael Crichton | The Great Train Robbery |
1981 | Joseph Wambaugh | The Black Marble |
1982 | Jeffrey Alan Fiskin | Cutter's Way |
1983 | Barrie Keeffe | The Long Good Friday |
1984 | Dennis Potter | Gorky Park |
1985 | Charles Fuller | A Soldier's Story |
1986 | William Kelley and Earl W. Wallace | Witness |
1987 | E. Max Frye | Something Wild |
1988 | Jim Kouf | Stakeout |
1989 | Errol Morris | The Thin Blue Line |
1990s
Year | Writer(s) | Title |
---|---|---|
1990 | Daniel Waters | Heathers |
1991 | Donald E. Westlake | The Grifters |
1992 | Ted Tally | The Silence of the Lambs |
1993 | Michael Tolkin | The Player |
1994 | Ebbe Roe Smith | Falling Down |
1995 | Quentin Tarantino | Pulp Fiction |
1996 | Christopher McQuarrie | The Usual Suspects |
1997 | Billy Bob Thornton | Sling Blade |
1998 | Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland | L.A. Confidential |
1999 | Scott Frank (screenplay)
Elmore Leonard (novel) |
Out of Sight |
2000s
Year | Writer(s) | Title | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
2000 | Guy Ritchie (screenplay) | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | |
2001 | Stephen Gaghan (screenplay)
Simon Moore (original mini-series) |
Traffic | |
2002 | Christopher Nolan | Memento | |
2003 | Bill Condon | Chicago | |
2004 | Steven Knight | Dirty Pretty Things | |
2005 | Jean-Pierre Jeunet (screenplay)
Sébastien Japrisot (novel) |
A Very Long Engagement | |
2006 | Stephen Gaghan (screenplay)
Robert Baer (book) |
Syriana | [1] |
2007 | William Monahan | The Departed | [2] |
2008 | Tony Gilroy | Michael Clayton | [3][4] |
2009 | Martin McDonagh | In Bruges | [5][6] |
See also
References
- ^ "Prizes: The Edgar Winners". Shelf Awareness. 2006-05-01. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
- ^ "Awards: The Edgars; L.A. Times; Yale Drama Series". Shelf Awareness . 2007-04-30. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
- ^ "Awards: The Edgars; Arthur C. Clarke Prize". Shelf Awareness. 2008-05-02. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
- ^ "Mystery Writers of America Announces the 2008 Edgar Award Winners". 2008-05-01. Archived from the original on 2009-04-29. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
- ^ "Awards: Edgars; Arthur C. Clarke". Shelf Awareness. 2009-05-01. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
- ^ "Mystery Writers of America Announces the 2009 Edgar Award Winners" (PDF). 2009-04-30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
External links
- Search the Edgar Award Winners And Nominees from the Edgar Awards website
- Edgar Allan Poe Awards from the Internet Movie Database