The 101 Greatest Screenplays of All Time
Big-name stars and special effects can take a movie pretty far these days, but there's still no substitute for a good script. In that spirit, PREMIERE and the Writer's Guild of America salute the best screenplays ever penned. Write on!
101. Notorious
(1946; dir. Alfred Hitchcock)
Written by Ben Hecht
Memorable Line: "I'm a fatheaded guy, full of pain. It tore me up not having you."
—Cary Grant as T.R. Devlin
100. Memento
(2001; dir. Christopher Nolan)
Screenplay by Christopher Nolan. Based on the short story "Memento Mori" by Jonathan Nolan
Memorable Line: "Just because there are things I don't remember, doesn't mean my actions are meaningless. The whole world doesn't just disappear when you close your eyes, does it?"
—Guy Pearce as Leonard
99. The Wild Bunch
(1969; dir. Sam Peckinpah)
Screenplay by Walon Green and Sam Peckinpah. Story by Walon Green and Roy Sickner
Memorable Line: "When you side with a man, you stay with him. And if you can't do that, you're like some animal. You're finished."
98. The Grapes of Wrath
(1940; dir. John Ford)
Screenplay by Nunnally Johnson. Based on the novel by John Steinbeck
Memorable Line: "We are the people that live."
—Jane Darwell as Ma Joad
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#98. The Grapes of Wrath.
Screenplay by Nunnally Johnson.
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