The following is a list of Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture, one of the Edgar Awards awarded to authors and others by the Mystery Writers of America. The "Best Motion Picture" award was first presented in 1946 and was discontinued after 2009.
Winners
1940s YearWriter(s)Title1946Murder, My Sweet19471948Crossfire1949, Jay Dratler, Leonard Hoffman, and Quentin ReynoldsCall Northside 777 1950s YearWriter(s)Title1950 and Cornell Woolrich19511952Detective Story1953 and Otto LangFive Fingers19541955Rear Window19561957No Award Presented195812 Angry Men1959 and Harold Jacob Smith 1960s YearWriter(s)Title1960North By Northwest1961Psycho1962 and Truman Capote1963No Award Presented1964Charade1965 and Lukas HellerHush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte1966 and Guy Trosper1967Harper1968In The Heat of the Night1969 and Alan TrustmanBullitt 1970s YearWriter(s)Title1970 and Jorge SemprúnZ1971 and Ugo PirroInvestigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion19721973Sleuth1974 and Stephen Sondheim1975Chinatown1976 and Lorenzo Semple, Jr.Three Days of the Condor1977Family Plot19781979Magic 1980s YearWriter(s)Title198019811982Cutter's Way19831984Gorky Park19851986 and Earl W. WallaceWitness1987Something Wild1988Stakeout1989
1990s YearWriter(s)Title1990Heathers1991199219931994Falling Down1995Pulp Fiction19961997Sling Blade1998 and Brian HelgelandL.A. Confidential1999 (screenplay) Elmore Leonard (novel)Out of Sight 2000s YearWriter(s)TitleRef.2000 (screenplay)Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels2001 (screenplay) Simon Moore (original mini-series)Traffic2002Memento2003Chicago2004Dirty Pretty Things2005 (screenplay) Sébastien Japrisot (novel)2006 (screenplay) Robert Baer (book)Syriana20072008Michael Clayton2009In Bruges See also :Category:Edgar Award winners :Category:Edgar Award–winning works
References
External links Search the Edgar Award Winners And Nominees from the Edgar Awards website Edgar Allan Poe Awards from the Internet Movie Database