Premiul Edgar pentru cel mai bun scenariu al unui film este acordat din 1946 de către Mystery Writers of America.
Lista câștigătorilor
Anii 1940
- 1946: Murder, My Sweet – John Paxton
- 1947: The Killers – Anthony Veiller
- 1948: Crossfire – John Paxton
- 1949: Call Northside 777 – Jerome Cady (postum), Jay Dratler, Leonard Hoffman, Quentin Reynolds
Anii 1950
- 1950: The Window - Mel Dinelli; Cornell Woolrich
- 1951: The Asphalt Jungle – Ben Maddow
- 1952: Detective Story – Michael Wilson
- 1953: Five Fingers – Michael Wilson; Otto Lang
- 1954: The Big Heat – Sydney Boehm
- 1955: Rear Window – John Michael Hayes
- 1956: The Desperate Hours – Joseph Hayes
- 1957: No Award Presented
- 1958: 12 Angry Men – Reginald Rose
- 1959: The Defiant Ones – Nathan E. Douglas; Harold Jacob Smith
Anii 1960
- 1960: North By Northwest - Ernest Lehman
- 1961: Psycho – Joseph Stefano
- 1962: The Innocents – William Archibald; Truman Capote
- 1963: No Award Presented
- 1964: Charade – Peter Stone
- 1965: Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte – Henry Farrell; Lukas Heller
- 1966: The Spy Who Came In From the Cold – Paul Dehn; Guy Trosper
- 1967: Harper – William Goldman
- 1968: In The Heat of the Night – Stirling Silliphant
- 1969: Bullitt – Harry Kleiner; Alan Trustman
Anii 1970
- 1970: Z - Costa Gavras; Jorge Semprún
- 1971: Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion – Elio Petri; Ugo Pirro
- 1972: The French Connection – Ernest Tidyman
- 1973: Sleuth – Anthony Shaffer
- 1974: The Last of Sheila – Anthony Perkins; Stephen Sondheim
- 1975: Chinatown – Robert Towne
- 1976: Three Days of the Condor – David Rayfiel; Lorenzo Semple, Jr.
- 1977: Family Plot – Ernest Lehman
- 1978: The Late Show – Robert Benton
- 1979: Magic – William Goldman
Anii 1980
- 1980: The Great Train Robbery – Michael Crichton
- 1981: The Black Marble – Joseph Wambaugh
- 1982: Cutter's Way – Jeffrey Alan Fiskin
- 1983: The Long Good Friday – Barrie Keeffe
- 1984: Gorky Park – Dennis Potter
- 1985: A Soldier's Story – Charles Fuller
- 1986: Witness – William Kelley, Earl W. Wallace
- 1987: Something Wild – E. Max Frye
- 1988: Stakeout – Jim Kouf
- 1989: The Thin Blue Line – Errol Morris
Anii 1990
- 1990: Heathers – Daniel Waters
- 1991: The Grifters – Donald E. Westlake
- 1992: The Silence of the Lambs – Ted Tally
- 1993: The Player – Michael Tolkin
- 1994: Falling Down – Ebbe Roe Smith
- 1995: Pulp Fiction – Quentin Tarantino
- 1996: The Usual Suspects – Christopher McQuarrie
- 1997: Sling Blade – Billy Bob Thornton
- 1998: L.A. Confidential – Curtis Hanson; Brian Helgeland
- 1999: Out of Sight – Scott Frank (scenariu); Elmore Leonard (roman)
Anii 2000
Anii 2010
Referințe și note
- ^ „Mystery Writers of America Announces the 2008 Edgar Award Winners”. . Accesat în .
- ^ „Mystery Writers of America Announces the 2009 Edgar Award Winners” (PDF). . Arhivat din original (PDF) la . Accesat în .
Legături externe
MWA - Premiul Edgar pentru cel mai bun scenariu | | - John Paxton (1946)
- Anthony Veiller (1947)
- John Paxton (1948)
- Jerome Cady, Jay Dratler, Leonard Hoffman și Quentin Reynolds (1949)
- Mel Dinelli și Cornell Woolrich (1950)
- Ben Maddow (1951)
- Michael Wilson (1952)
- Michael Wilson și Otto Lang (1953)
- Sydney Boehm (1954)
- John Michael Hayes (1955)
- Joseph Hayes (1956)
- Reginald Rose (1958)
- Nathan E. Douglas și Harold Jacob Smith (1959)
- Ernest Lehman (1960)
- Joseph Stefano (1961)
- William Archibald și Truman Capote (1962)
- Peter Stone (1964)
- Henry Farrell și Lukas Heller (1965)
- Paul Dehn și Guy Trosper (1966)
- William Goldman (1967)
- Stirling Silliphant (1968)
- Harry Kleiner și Alan Trustman (1969)
- Costa Gavras și Jorge Semprún (1970)
- Elio Petri și Ugo Pirro (1971)
- Ernest Tidyman (1972)
- Anthony Shaffer (1973)
- Anthony Perkins și Stephen Sondheim (1974)
- Robert Towne (1975)
- David Rayfiel și Lorenzo Semple, Jr. (1976)
- Ernest Lehman (1977)
- Robert Benton (1978)
- William Goldman (1979)
- Michael Crichton (1980)
- Joseph Wambaugh (1981)
- Jeffrey Alan Fiskin (1982)
- Barrie Keeffe (1983)
- Dennis Potter (1984)
- Charles Fuller (1985)
- William Kelley și Earl W. Wallace (1986)
- E. Max Frye (1987)
- Jim Kouf (1988)
- Errol Morris (1989)
- Daniel Waters (1990)
- Donald E. Westlake (1991)
- Ted Tally (1992)
- Michael Tolkin (1993)
- Ebbe Roe Smith (1994)
- Quentin Tarantino (1995)
- Christopher McQuarrie (1996)
- Billy Bob Thornton (1997)
- Curtis Hanson și Brian Helgeland (1998)
- Scott Frank și Elmore Leonard (1999)
- Guy Ritchie (2000)
- Stephen Gaghan și Simon Moore (2001)
- Christopher Nolan (2002)
- Bill Condon (2003)
- Steven Knight (2004)
- Jean-Pierre Jeunet și Sébastien Japrisot (2005)
- Stephen Gaghan și Robert Baer (2006)
- William Monahan (2007)
- Tony Gilroy (2008)
- Martin McDonagh (2009)
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