McQuarrie wrote "The Usual Suspects" (1995), for which he received best screenplay awards from the British and American Academy Awards, as well as from "Premiere Magazine", the Texas Board of Review, and the Chicago Critics as well as the Edgar Award, and The Independent Spirit Awards. The film was later included on the "New York Times" list of the 1000 greatest films ever made, and the character Verbal Kint was included on AFI's list of the 100 greatest Heroes and Villains of all time. In 2006, the Writers Guild of America voted "The Usual Suspects" No. 35 on their list of 101 Greatest Screenplays. In his third collaboration with Singer, McQuarrie performed an extensive rewrite on "X-Men", but ultimately removed his name from the project.