WGA Awards 2013 – eligible films

The Writers Guild of America has listed its eligible films for the 65th annual WGA Awards. More than most guilds, the Writers Guild is very strict about enforcing eligibility requirements. They require that scripts be produced under WGA jurisdiction or under a collective bargaining agreement in Canada, Ireland, New Zealand or the U.K. As a result, major films are excluded every year.

This year, films excluded from the eligibility list include Django Unchained by Quentin Tarantino, Amour by Michael Haneke, Les Misérables by William Nicholson and others, Seven Psychopaths by Martin McDonagh, Middle of Nowhere by Ava DuVernay, Beasts of the Southern Wild by Benh Zeitlin and Lucy Alibar, Quartet by Ronald Harwood, and Anna Karenina by Tom Stoppard.

Contending films that did make the cut this year included original screenplays The Master and Zero Dark Thirty, and adapted screenplays Argo, Life of Pi, Lincoln, and Silver Linings Playbook.

Last year's omissions included eventual Academy nominees ;The Artist, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and A Separation.

The WGA announces its theatrical and documentary nominations for the 65th annual WGA Awards on January 3, 2013. The awards are presented on February 17, 2013 in simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York.

Awards season screenplays for 2012


List of eligible screenplays for the 65th annual WGA Awards

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAYS

10 Years
Act of Valor
Any Day Now
Arbitrage
As Luck Would Have It
The Bay
The Cabin in the Woods
Celeste and Jesse Forever
Chasing Mavericks
Chronicle
Crooked Arrows
Damsels in Distress
Darling Companion
The Dictator
The Divide
Downtown Express
End of Watch
The First Time
The Five Year Engagement
Flight
For a Good Time Call
For Greater Glory
Friends with Kids
Fun Size
The Good Doctor
The Guilt Trip
Haywore
Hit & Run
Hope Springs
House at the End of the Street
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Keep the Lights On
Lola Versus
Looper
The Magic of Belle Isle
The Master
Monday Morning
Nobody Walks
Not Fade Away
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
The Oranges
Parental Guidance
People Like Us
Phantom
The Possession
Promised Land
The Raven
Ruby Sparks
Safe
Safe House
Safety Not Guaranteed
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Smashed
Stand Up Guys
Ted
This Means War
To Rome with Love
Touchback
Trouble with the Curve
Wanderlust
The Watch
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Woman Thou Art Loosed
Won't Back Down
Zero Dark Thirty

ADAPTED SCREENPLAYS

360
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
The Amazing Spider-Man
Argo
The Avengers
Bachelorette
Being Flynn
Bernoe
The Bourne Legacy
The Bronx Bull
Cloud Atlas
The Dark Knight Rises
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
The Expendables 2
The Grey
Hitchcock
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Hunger Games
Jack Reacher
KIller Joe
Killing them Softly
Lawless
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Men In Black 3
Mirror Mirror
On the Road
One for the Money
The Paperboy
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Pitch Perfect
Promotheus
Red Tails
Savages
The Sessions
Silver Linings Playbook
Skyfall
Sleepwalk with Me
Snow White and the Huntsman
Sparkle
Taken 2
This is 40
Twlight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2