Liz's List I: Original Screenplays

i must admit i have become a bit fascinated in learning that some movies i have watched, and often those i would be willing to watch again and again, really came from books.  Some of these movies have the exact same name like Brewster's Million, but are drastically different, as i am learning from now reading the book.  i have always listed and had Roger Rabbit as a favorite and was shocked to learn that Roger Rabbit was written about first in a book, which i will be reading soon.  But the title of this post is Original Screenplays, i must tilt toward the other side of movie scripts.

i utilized the infamous Wikipedia site for a reference on the Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) to gather some information about the Original Screenplay.  Some stats:

*  Since 1970, the Academy has listed 5 movies per year in this category.  That means there are at least 200 movies over 40 years that could be considered noteworthy each year.
*  i have seen 56 of the 200 movies listed which can be stated as i have seen at this writing a little over the 1/4th of the list.  Of the 56 movies, 6 are animated movies, which 3 are on my favorite lists. for Original Screenplays.
*  On a future list, Movies everyone should see and why, there are 4 on this Original Screenplay List.

My Favorite Original Screenplay Movies

that i have seen

                                        10.   Dave

                               9.     Big

                               8.     Toy Story

                               7.     Ratatouille

                               6.     ET

                               5.     Philadelphia

                               4.     Finding Nemo

                               3.     Dead Poets Society

                               2.     Back to the Future

                               1.     Star Wars

Check out the link to the Original Screenplay on Wikipedia and let me know which movies you have seen?  Which movie would be on your ownTop Ten  list?