1986 Writers Guild of America Awards – Best Original Screenplay Winner
![Witness Earl W. Wallace](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/witness-peter-weir-image.jpg)
Witness
Earl W. Wallace
When a young Amish boy is sole witness to a murder, policeman John Book goes into hiding in Amish country to protect him until the trial.
1986 Writers Guild of America Awards – Best Original Screenplay Nominees
![Back to the Future Robert Zemeckis](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/back-to-the-future-robert-zemeckis-image.jpg)
Back to the Future
Robert Zemeckis
![Cocoon Tom Benedek](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cocoon-ron-howard-image.jpg)
Cocoon
Tom Benedek
![Mask Anna Hamilton Phelan](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mask-peter-bogdanovich-image.jpg)
Mask
Anna Hamilton Phelan
![The Purple Rose of Cairo Woody Allen](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-purple-rose-of-cairo-woody-allen-image.jpg)