39th Writers Guild of America Awards


The 39th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best television, and film writers of 1986. Winners were announced in 1987.

Winners and nominees

Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.
Hannah and Her Sisters, Written by Woody Allen
A Room with a View, Screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala; based on the novel by E.M. Forster
  • * Children of a Lesser God, Screenplay by Hesper Anderson, and Mark Medoff; based on the stage play by Mark Medoff
  • * Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Screenplay by Paul Mazursky, and Leon Capetanos; based on the play by René Fauchois
  • * Little Shop of Horrors, Screenplay by Howard Ashman; based on his musical play, and the 1960 screenplay by Charles B. Griffith
  • * Stand by Me, Screenplay by Raynold Gideon, and Bruce A. Evans; based on the novel by Stephen King