well I believe in God and the only thing
that scares me is Keyser söze almost
every great movie begins with a great
screenplay
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
best original screenplay Oscar winners
I’ll send a boy out of your room in five
minutes you better have the money it’s
gonna be all around Chicago that your
welshed you won’t be able to get a game
of jacks for this list we’re taking a
look at the most memorable and
well-written original screenplays to
take home the Academy Award alright well
this is no place for a picnic right know
what you guys doing here never flat tire
can you help us number 10 Good Will
Hunting do you like apples yeah why not
a number how do you like their map
BFFs Matt Damon and Ben Affleck co-wrote
and co-starred in this coming-of-age
tale which initially started out as a
thriller what am I so scared huh well
well aren’t you scared of eventually
Good Will Hunting evolved into a deeply
emotional and inspiring story about a
brilliant young man afraid to unlock his
true potential their screenplay is as
smart as Will Hunting himself and as
wise as Shawn Maguire the therapist who
helps our protagonist to confront his
inner demons and it made the 25 year old
Affleck the youngest ever winner of the
Best Original Screenplay Oscar this is a
haunted by huh I thought they’d be like
the quake
the film itself is full of intelligent
dialogue and touching moments but our
favorite just might be Sean’s
exceptionally written monologue as he
gives the cocky Willy a lesson in life
loss and opening up if I ask you about
women ever give me a silver say your
personal favorites you may have even
been laid a few times
but you can’t tell me what it feels like
to wake up next to a woman feel truly
happy
number 9 / sometimes I felt everything
I’m ever gonna feel spike jonze is one
of the most creative storytellers making
movies today and for his first solo
screenplay effort he took home a
much-deserved screenplay Oscar for her a
film about an isolated man who falls in
love with an operating system what do I
played you have a name um yes Samantha
that premise might sound like a joke and
her does have its fair share of
hilarious moments was that funny yeah oh
good I’m funny
on the whole though this is a strangely
beautiful identifiable and even
important romance about human
communication I was trying to
communicate that’s how people talk so
that’s how people communicate in it I
thought they’re people they need oxygen
you’re not a person a lot of people will
have formed a strong connection to her
and we have a feeling that even more
audiences will relate to its meaningful
themes in the years to come
the past is just a story we tell
ourselves number eight Butch Cassidy and
the Sundance Kid boy I got vision the
rest of the world wears bifocals the
success of Butch Cassidy and the
Sundance Kid can largely be attributed
to the chemistry between its titular
characters there’s something I think I
ought to tell you I never shot anybody
before one hell of a time to tell me
while Paul Newman and Robert Redford
certainly made for an impeccable
on-screen duo they would have had
nothing to work with
if it weren’t for William Goldman’s sly
script I think how get saddled up and go
looking for good huh Butch and Sundance
work off each other perfectly cracking
jokes and poking fun at each other even
when certain death awaits them
because these characters are so well
written the audience finds themselves
cheering for the outlaws well that ought
to do it we gladly follow these guys to
the ends of the earth thank you enough
dynamite there bud number seven lost in
translation
I don’t want so don’ts will stay here
with me let’s turn a jazz band Sofia
Coppola is career got off to a rocky
start when her father cast her in The
Godfather Part three you haven’t kissed
me hello yet relatives always kiss Wow
no related after getting behind the
camera though Sofia’s true talents
flourished she wrote and directed her
magnum opus with this story of two
highly different people who end up
having more in common than ever thought
possible does it get easier no yes
facing lonely periods in their lives
this middle-aged man and younger woman
form an unlikely bond against the lively
backdrop of Tokyo while their encounter
is brief the impact they’ve made on each
other will last forever likewise this
exquisitely written film will stick with
audiences for sometime let’s never come
here again cuz it would never be as much
fun number six
Fargo there’s more to life than a little
money you know the message of Fargo is
pretty simple there is more to life than
a little money I got your damn money now
where’s my daughter
I am proof pick around you have that big
briefcase that may not sound like much
but the way Joel and Ethan Coen
screenplay gets this moral across is
nothing short of extraordinary
they accomplished this through clever
dialogue unforgettable characters and a
captivating plot where things just keep
spiraling out of control
Fargo not only works as a great comedy
and great entertainment but also as a
thought-provoking film about humanity
walking away from it everyone in the
audience will feel the desire to be
better people and to appreciate the
simple things in life just in and out
just little the old in-and-out number
five network I don’t have to tell you
things of bad everybody knows things are
bad it’s a depression Network came out
in 1976 but it just as easily could have
been released in 2016 the story follows
Howard Beale a news anchor who suffers a
breakdown and decides to tell American
TV audiences exactly what’s on his mind
I want you to get up right now and go to
the window open it and stick your head
out and yell I’m as mad as hell and I’m
not going to take this anyway between
Peter Finch’s iconic mad as hell
monologue and Ned Beatty s haunting the
world is a business speech paddy
Chayefsky second solo oscar-winning
screenplay makes ingenious commentary on
television and the sad truth about
society the world is a business mr.
Beale it has been since man crawled out
of the slime at the end of the day
everything comes down to the almighty
dollar it is the International System of
currency which determines the totality
of life on this get it while network was
provocative back in the 70s it’s even
more harrowing to watch today and
realize that nothing has changed didn’t
really care if the Beale show lost money
what’s how it be on the air and he wants
you kept off number four Annie Hall feel
that life is is divided up into the
horrible and the miserable Annie Hall
could have been another formulaic
romantic comedy where boy gets girl boy
loses girl and boy gets girl back
healthy let’s never break up again I
don’t want to be a part you know I know
I think we’re both much too mature
something they can
Alvie and Annie’s relationship is
certainly a relatable one but the way
Woody Allen portrays that relationship
is truly one-of-a-kind so it’s no wonder
he has
the most nominations and wins in the
screenplay category gotta see a picture
exactly from the start to the finish
because Chris I may know it’s a polite
word for what you are utilizing fourth
wall breaks split screens animation and
witty dialogue that only he could write
Allen crafted a unique romance that
examines how love works and how love
doesn’t work
Bob page love fades God that’s a
depressing thought his most mature film
at the time Annie Hall was a major
turning point for Allen who wrote an
equally insightful comedy years later
with the oscar-winning hannah and her
sisters number three Pulp Fiction
hamburgers the cornerstone of any
nutritious breakfast this breakout indie
masterpiece is full of homages to
Quentin Tarantino’s greatest creative
influences don’t you just love it when
you come back from the bathroom to find
your food waiting for you we’re lucky we
got anything at all
I don’t think Buddy Holly’s much of a
waiter that’s kind of ironic considering
Pulp Fiction would inspire a new
generation of filmmakers and is still
dominating our popular culture hot dogs
are you from Oh ain’t no country I ever
heard of they speak English in what in
addition to taking us on an entertaining
ride filled with drugs
hitmen and a gimp Tarantino challenged
his audience with an unconventional
narrative structure and even more
unconventional characters five long
years he wore this watch up his ass
then he died of dysentery you give me to
watch I hit this uncomfortable hunk of
metal up my ass two years whether these
individuals are talking about pulling
off a robbery or a Royale with cheese
they’re always fascinating to listen to
you know what they call a quarter
pounder with cheese and France no tell
them Vincent Roy our G the real star of
Pulp Fiction is its screenplay which
doesn’t have a dull line of dialogue in
it now look maybe your method a massage
differs from man but you know touching
his wife’s feet and sticking your tongue
in the holiest of Holies ain’t the same
ballpark it ain’t the same league you
ain’t need the same in sport number two
Citizen Kane
despite often being cited as the
greatest American movie of all time
Citizen Kane didn’t win the Oscar for
Best Picture
or even Best Director as it must to all
men death came to Charles Foster Kane
fortunately it did take home one Academy
Award for its revolutionary screenplay
though there was some dispute over
writing credits at the time Orson Welles
and Herman J mankiewicz script remains a
cinematic landmark portraying much of
Charles Foster Kane ‘s life through
flashbacks and rich symbolism isn’t
enough that was what a man did you’ve
got to tell us who he was from its
iconic opening line to the remarkable
final moment that brings our central
character full circle Citizen Kane is a
prime example of masterful storytelling
that nabbed the second ever Oscar in the
category mr. Kane was a man who got
everything he wanted and that lost it
maybe rosebud was something he couldn’t
get her something he lost before we get
to our top pick here are some honorable
mentions only I could meet someone
I got my chances of that happening or
somewhat diminished yeah let’s bring in
the last mater and see how loud it gets
on that would you alright mr. DeMille
I’m ready for my close-up I’m not doing
this for the sake of art you are doing
this because you want to feel relevant
again well guess what
there’s an entire world out there where
people fight to be relevant every single
day and you act like it doesn’t exist
you don’t understand I could have had
class I could have been a contender I
could have been somebody number one
Chinatown
you’ve got a nasty reputation mr. kids I
like that aside from being one of the
most well-written movies ever Chinatown
is among cinemas most absorbing
mysteries how’d you get past the guard
tell you the truth I lied a little
though director Roman Polanski
ultimately decided on the ending Robert
Towne screenplay won’t disappoint you
with its final destination
which brings everything together like a
carefully woven blanket take them home
just get them the hell out of here the
true genius of Chinatown however lies in
its incredible buildup watching this
mystery slowly unfold through the eyes
of Jake ghitis is simply enthralling
with every new development you can’t
wait to see what shocking unsettling
place the film will take its audience
next what else can be said except it’s
Chinatown Chinatown do you agree with
our list I I don’t think many couples
could handle us you know they could just
break up and remain friends what’s your
favorite Original Screenplay Oscar
winner oh man
I gave the wash to you for more
entertaining top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
and you boys
thank you
you
that scares me is Keyser söze almost
every great movie begins with a great
screenplay
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
best original screenplay Oscar winners
I’ll send a boy out of your room in five
minutes you better have the money it’s
gonna be all around Chicago that your
welshed you won’t be able to get a game
of jacks for this list we’re taking a
look at the most memorable and
well-written original screenplays to
take home the Academy Award alright well
this is no place for a picnic right know
what you guys doing here never flat tire
can you help us number 10 Good Will
Hunting do you like apples yeah why not
a number how do you like their map
BFFs Matt Damon and Ben Affleck co-wrote
and co-starred in this coming-of-age
tale which initially started out as a
thriller what am I so scared huh well
well aren’t you scared of eventually
Good Will Hunting evolved into a deeply
emotional and inspiring story about a
brilliant young man afraid to unlock his
true potential their screenplay is as
smart as Will Hunting himself and as
wise as Shawn Maguire the therapist who
helps our protagonist to confront his
inner demons and it made the 25 year old
Affleck the youngest ever winner of the
Best Original Screenplay Oscar this is a
haunted by huh I thought they’d be like
the quake
the film itself is full of intelligent
dialogue and touching moments but our
favorite just might be Sean’s
exceptionally written monologue as he
gives the cocky Willy a lesson in life
loss and opening up if I ask you about
women ever give me a silver say your
personal favorites you may have even
been laid a few times
but you can’t tell me what it feels like
to wake up next to a woman feel truly
happy
number 9 / sometimes I felt everything
I’m ever gonna feel spike jonze is one
of the most creative storytellers making
movies today and for his first solo
screenplay effort he took home a
much-deserved screenplay Oscar for her a
film about an isolated man who falls in
love with an operating system what do I
played you have a name um yes Samantha
that premise might sound like a joke and
her does have its fair share of
hilarious moments was that funny yeah oh
good I’m funny
on the whole though this is a strangely
beautiful identifiable and even
important romance about human
communication I was trying to
communicate that’s how people talk so
that’s how people communicate in it I
thought they’re people they need oxygen
you’re not a person a lot of people will
have formed a strong connection to her
and we have a feeling that even more
audiences will relate to its meaningful
themes in the years to come
the past is just a story we tell
ourselves number eight Butch Cassidy and
the Sundance Kid boy I got vision the
rest of the world wears bifocals the
success of Butch Cassidy and the
Sundance Kid can largely be attributed
to the chemistry between its titular
characters there’s something I think I
ought to tell you I never shot anybody
before one hell of a time to tell me
while Paul Newman and Robert Redford
certainly made for an impeccable
on-screen duo they would have had
nothing to work with
if it weren’t for William Goldman’s sly
script I think how get saddled up and go
looking for good huh Butch and Sundance
work off each other perfectly cracking
jokes and poking fun at each other even
when certain death awaits them
because these characters are so well
written the audience finds themselves
cheering for the outlaws well that ought
to do it we gladly follow these guys to
the ends of the earth thank you enough
dynamite there bud number seven lost in
translation
I don’t want so don’ts will stay here
with me let’s turn a jazz band Sofia
Coppola is career got off to a rocky
start when her father cast her in The
Godfather Part three you haven’t kissed
me hello yet relatives always kiss Wow
no related after getting behind the
camera though Sofia’s true talents
flourished she wrote and directed her
magnum opus with this story of two
highly different people who end up
having more in common than ever thought
possible does it get easier no yes
facing lonely periods in their lives
this middle-aged man and younger woman
form an unlikely bond against the lively
backdrop of Tokyo while their encounter
is brief the impact they’ve made on each
other will last forever likewise this
exquisitely written film will stick with
audiences for sometime let’s never come
here again cuz it would never be as much
fun number six
Fargo there’s more to life than a little
money you know the message of Fargo is
pretty simple there is more to life than
a little money I got your damn money now
where’s my daughter
I am proof pick around you have that big
briefcase that may not sound like much
but the way Joel and Ethan Coen
screenplay gets this moral across is
nothing short of extraordinary
they accomplished this through clever
dialogue unforgettable characters and a
captivating plot where things just keep
spiraling out of control
Fargo not only works as a great comedy
and great entertainment but also as a
thought-provoking film about humanity
walking away from it everyone in the
audience will feel the desire to be
better people and to appreciate the
simple things in life just in and out
just little the old in-and-out number
five network I don’t have to tell you
things of bad everybody knows things are
bad it’s a depression Network came out
in 1976 but it just as easily could have
been released in 2016 the story follows
Howard Beale a news anchor who suffers a
breakdown and decides to tell American
TV audiences exactly what’s on his mind
I want you to get up right now and go to
the window open it and stick your head
out and yell I’m as mad as hell and I’m
not going to take this anyway between
Peter Finch’s iconic mad as hell
monologue and Ned Beatty s haunting the
world is a business speech paddy
Chayefsky second solo oscar-winning
screenplay makes ingenious commentary on
television and the sad truth about
society the world is a business mr.
Beale it has been since man crawled out
of the slime at the end of the day
everything comes down to the almighty
dollar it is the International System of
currency which determines the totality
of life on this get it while network was
provocative back in the 70s it’s even
more harrowing to watch today and
realize that nothing has changed didn’t
really care if the Beale show lost money
what’s how it be on the air and he wants
you kept off number four Annie Hall feel
that life is is divided up into the
horrible and the miserable Annie Hall
could have been another formulaic
romantic comedy where boy gets girl boy
loses girl and boy gets girl back
healthy let’s never break up again I
don’t want to be a part you know I know
I think we’re both much too mature
something they can
Alvie and Annie’s relationship is
certainly a relatable one but the way
Woody Allen portrays that relationship
is truly one-of-a-kind so it’s no wonder
he has
the most nominations and wins in the
screenplay category gotta see a picture
exactly from the start to the finish
because Chris I may know it’s a polite
word for what you are utilizing fourth
wall breaks split screens animation and
witty dialogue that only he could write
Allen crafted a unique romance that
examines how love works and how love
doesn’t work
Bob page love fades God that’s a
depressing thought his most mature film
at the time Annie Hall was a major
turning point for Allen who wrote an
equally insightful comedy years later
with the oscar-winning hannah and her
sisters number three Pulp Fiction
hamburgers the cornerstone of any
nutritious breakfast this breakout indie
masterpiece is full of homages to
Quentin Tarantino’s greatest creative
influences don’t you just love it when
you come back from the bathroom to find
your food waiting for you we’re lucky we
got anything at all
I don’t think Buddy Holly’s much of a
waiter that’s kind of ironic considering
Pulp Fiction would inspire a new
generation of filmmakers and is still
dominating our popular culture hot dogs
are you from Oh ain’t no country I ever
heard of they speak English in what in
addition to taking us on an entertaining
ride filled with drugs
hitmen and a gimp Tarantino challenged
his audience with an unconventional
narrative structure and even more
unconventional characters five long
years he wore this watch up his ass
then he died of dysentery you give me to
watch I hit this uncomfortable hunk of
metal up my ass two years whether these
individuals are talking about pulling
off a robbery or a Royale with cheese
they’re always fascinating to listen to
you know what they call a quarter
pounder with cheese and France no tell
them Vincent Roy our G the real star of
Pulp Fiction is its screenplay which
doesn’t have a dull line of dialogue in
it now look maybe your method a massage
differs from man but you know touching
his wife’s feet and sticking your tongue
in the holiest of Holies ain’t the same
ballpark it ain’t the same league you
ain’t need the same in sport number two
Citizen Kane
despite often being cited as the
greatest American movie of all time
Citizen Kane didn’t win the Oscar for
Best Picture
or even Best Director as it must to all
men death came to Charles Foster Kane
fortunately it did take home one Academy
Award for its revolutionary screenplay
though there was some dispute over
writing credits at the time Orson Welles
and Herman J mankiewicz script remains a
cinematic landmark portraying much of
Charles Foster Kane ‘s life through
flashbacks and rich symbolism isn’t
enough that was what a man did you’ve
got to tell us who he was from its
iconic opening line to the remarkable
final moment that brings our central
character full circle Citizen Kane is a
prime example of masterful storytelling
that nabbed the second ever Oscar in the
category mr. Kane was a man who got
everything he wanted and that lost it
maybe rosebud was something he couldn’t
get her something he lost before we get
to our top pick here are some honorable
mentions only I could meet someone
I got my chances of that happening or
somewhat diminished yeah let’s bring in
the last mater and see how loud it gets
on that would you alright mr. DeMille
I’m ready for my close-up I’m not doing
this for the sake of art you are doing
this because you want to feel relevant
again well guess what
there’s an entire world out there where
people fight to be relevant every single
day and you act like it doesn’t exist
you don’t understand I could have had
class I could have been a contender I
could have been somebody number one
Chinatown
you’ve got a nasty reputation mr. kids I
like that aside from being one of the
most well-written movies ever Chinatown
is among cinemas most absorbing
mysteries how’d you get past the guard
tell you the truth I lied a little
though director Roman Polanski
ultimately decided on the ending Robert
Towne screenplay won’t disappoint you
with its final destination
which brings everything together like a
carefully woven blanket take them home
just get them the hell out of here the
true genius of Chinatown however lies in
its incredible buildup watching this
mystery slowly unfold through the eyes
of Jake ghitis is simply enthralling
with every new development you can’t
wait to see what shocking unsettling
place the film will take its audience
next what else can be said except it’s
Chinatown Chinatown do you agree with
our list I I don’t think many couples
could handle us you know they could just
break up and remain friends what’s your
favorite Original Screenplay Oscar
winner oh man
I gave the wash to you for more
entertaining top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
and you boys
thank you
you
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