43rd Writers Guild of America Awards

The 43rd Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best television, and film writers of 1990. Winners were announced in 1991.

Winners and nominees

Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

Avalon, Written by Barry Levinson
* Alice, Written by Woody Allen
* Ghost, Written by Bruce Joel Rubin
* Green Card, Written by Peter Weir
* Pretty Woman, Written by J.F. Lawton

Dances with Wolves, Screenplay by Michael Blake; based on his novel

* Awakenings, Screenplay by Steven Zaillian; based on the book by Oliver Sacks

* Goodfellas, Screenplay by Nicholas Pileggi, and Martin Scorsese; based on his book

* Reversal of Fortune, Screenplay by Nicholas Kazan; based on the book by Alan Dershowitz

* The Grifters, Screenplay by Donald E. Westlake; based on the novel by Jim Thompson