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 2000: Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels – Guy Ritchie (screenplay) 2001: Traffic – Stephen Gaghan (screenplay); Simon Moore (original mini-series) 2002: Memento – Christopher Nolan 2003: Chicago – Bill Condon 2004: Dirty Pretty Things – Steven Knight 2005: A Very Long Engagement – Jean-Pierre Jeunet (screenplay); Sébastien Japrisot (roman) 2006: Syriana – Stephen Gaghan (screenplay); Robert Baer (book) 2007: ''The Departed – William Monahan 2008: Michael Clayton – Tony Gilroy 2009: In Bruges '' – Martin McDonagh

Anii 2010 2010: Neacordat

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