Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen

1984 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen WinnerThe Big ChillLawrence KasdanA group of seven former college friends gather for a week-end reunion at a South Carolina vacation home after the funeral of another of their college friends.Amazon1984 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen NomineesRisky BusinessPaul BrickmanAmazonZeligWoody AllenAmazon

1983 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen WinnerTootsieLarry GelbartMichael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap.Amazon1983 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen NomineesDinerBarry LevinsonAmazonMy Favorite YearNorman SteinbergAmazon

1982 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen WinnerArthurSteve GordonArthur spends his time with booze and whores. His dad has a wife lined up for him that he keeps rejecting - until it's her or being cut off from $750,000,000. Then he goes shopping where he falls in love with a shoplifter.Amazon1982 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen NomineesRaiders of the Lost ArkLawrence KasdanAmazonS.O.B.Blake EdwardsAmazonThe Four SeasonsAlan AldaAmazon

1981 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen WinnerPrivate BenjaminNancy MeyersA sheltered young high society woman joins the United States Army on a whim and finds herself in a more difficult situation than she ever expected.Amazon1981 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen Nominees9 to 5Colin HigginsAmazonReturn of the Secaucus SevenJohn SaylesAmazonStardust MemoriesWoody AllenAmazon

1980 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen WinnerBreaking AwaySteve TesichA small-town boy obsessed with the Italian cycling team vies for the affections of a college girl.Amazon1980 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen Nominees10Blake EdwardsAmazonManhattanWoody AllenAmazon

1979 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen WinnerMovie MovieLarry GelbartThree movie genres of the 1930s, boxing films, World War I aviation dramas, and backstage Broadway musicals, are satirized using the same cast.Amazon1979 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen NomineesA WeddingJohn ConsidineAmazonHouse CallsMax ShulmanAmazonNational Lampoon's Animal HouseHarold RamisAmazonOnce in Paris...Frank D. GilroyAmazon

1978 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen WinnerAnnie HallWoody AllenNeurotic New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditzy Annie Hall.Amazon1978 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen NomineesSlap ShotNancy DowdAmazonStar Wars: Episode IV - A New HopeGeorge LucasAmazonThe Goodbye GirlNeil SimonAmazon

1977 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen WinnerThe Bad News BearsBill LancasterAn aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.Amazon1977 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen NomineesMurder by DeathNeil SimonAmazonNext Stop, Greenwich VillagePaul MazurskyAmazonSilent MovieMel BrooksAmazonSilver StreakColin HigginsAmazon

1976 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen WinnerShampooRobert TowneLovers undo a hairdresser from Beverly Hills around Election Eve in 1968.Amazon1976 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen NomineesHearts of the WestRob ThompsonAmazonSmileJerry BelsonAmazonThe Return of the Pink PantherFrank WaldmanAmazon

1975 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen WinnerBlazing SaddlesMel BrooksIn order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black Sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.Amazon1975 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen NomineesCalifornia SplitJoseph WalshAmazonClaudineTina PineAmazonPhantom of the ParadiseBrian De PalmaAmazonThe Sugarland ExpressHal BarwoodAmazon