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‘Get Out' Tops WGA List of 101 Greatest Scripts of the 21st Century

December 7, 2021 Jordan Ruimy

There’s still 80 years left before the 21st century ends, but, hey, that hasn’t stopped numerous organizations from making best of lists.

Those pesky voters within the Writers Guild of America have decided that 29 of the 30 best written movies of the 21st century are American. The sole exception? 2019’s “Parasite” (#4). You gotta laugh.

Hey, don’t get me wrong, the below are a mighty fine bunch of films, but the all-American bent is blasphemous. I don’t see “A Separation,” “Y Tu Mamá También,” “Pain and Glory,” “Burning,” “Toni Erdmann,” “Cache” “Oldboy” and many more scripts worthy of the top 30.

Don’t even get me started on why “Jojo Rabbit” made the list, let alone at #28?!

Of course, this will be contentious, naming anything the "Greatest" of any time period is meant to be disagreed upon.
If I had a say then “Mulholland Dr”, “Zodiac”, “Manchester by the Sea”, and “Inside Llewyn Davis” would all be much higher.

You can check out the WGA’s 101 best screenplays of the 21st century on the WGA website — here’s the top 30:

1. Get Out (2017)
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
3. The Social Network (2010)
4. Parasite (2019)
5. No Country for Old Men (2007)
6. Moonlight (2016)
7. There Will Be Blood (2007)
8. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
9. Almost Famous (2000)
10. Memento (2000)
11. Adaptation. (2002)
12. Bridesmaids (2011)
13. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
14. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
15. Sideways (2004)
16. Lady Bird (2017)
17. Her (2013)
18. Children of Men (2006)
19. Lost in Translation (2003)
20. Michael Clayton (2007)
21. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
22. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
23. Promising Young Woman (2020)
24. Juno (2007)
25. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
26. The Dark Knight (2008)
27. Arrival (2016)
28. Jojo Rabbit (2019)
29. Inside Out (2015)
30. The Departed (2006)

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