41st Writers Guild of America Awards

The 41st Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best television, and film writers of 1988. Winners were announced in 1989.

Winners and nominees

Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

Bull Durham, Written by Ron Shelton

* A Fish Called Wanda, Written by John Cleese, and Charles Crichton
* Big, Written by Gary Ross, and Anne Spielberg
* Rain Man, Written by Ronald Bass, and Barry Morrow; story by Barry Morrow
* Working Girl, Written by Kevin Wade

Dangerous Liaisons, Screenplay by Christopher Hampton; based on the novel by Choderlos de Laclos

* Gorillas in the Mist, Screenplay by Anna Hamilton Phelan, and Tan Murphy; based on the work by Dian Fossey, and the article of Harold T.P. Hayes

* The Accidental Tourist, Screenplay by Frank Galati, and Lawrence Kasdan; based on the book by Anne Tyler

* The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Screenplay by Jean-Claude Carrière, and Philip Kaufman; based on the novel by Milan Kundera

* Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Screenplay by Jeffrey Price, and Peter S. Seaman; based on the novel by Gary K. Wolf