Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis Series
Semi-regularly, we spend a week reading and breaking down a movie script with some in-depth analysis. To date: 121 movie scripts. Here are the links to those scripts in that series.
12 Years a Slave [Drama]
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1917 [War Drama]
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(500) Days of Summer [Romantic Comedy]
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Aeronauts, The [Adventure Drama]
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After the Wedding [Drama]
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Aftersun [Drama]
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All Is Lost [Drama]
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American Hustle [Drama]
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Antebellum [Horror Thriller]
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Argo [Drama]
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Arrival [Science Fiction]
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The Artist [Drama]
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Avengers: Endgame [Action Superhero]
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Barney’s Version [Drama]
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A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood [Drama]
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The Big Sick [Romantic Comedy]
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Birdman: (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) [Comedy Drama]
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Black Swan [Horror Thriller]
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BlacKkKlansman [Crime Drama]
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Blade Runner [Science Fiction]
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Boyhood [Drama]
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Bridesmaids [Comedy]
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Buried [Contained Thriller]
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Cloverfield [Found Footage]
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Coco [Animated Family]
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CODA [Drama]
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Crazy Rich Asians [Romantic Comedy]
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Dallas Buyers Club [Drama]
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Destroyer [Crime Drama]
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Drag Me To Hell [Horror-Humor]
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Eighth Grade [Drama Comedy]
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Elvis [Biopic]
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The End of the Tour [Drama]
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Enough Said [Drama Comedy]
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind [Charlie Kaufman]
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Everything Everywhere All At Once [Action Adventure Comedy]
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Ex Machina [Drama-Science Fiction]
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The Farewell [Drama Comedy]
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The Father [Drama]
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First Cow [Indie Drama]
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First Reformed [Drama]
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Flight [Drama-Thriller]
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The Florida Project [Drama]
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Ford v Ferrari [Drama Action]
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Frankenweenie [Horror-Fantasy]
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Galaxy Quest [Science Fiction Comedy]
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Get Out [Social Thriller]
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Gladiator [Action]
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Gone Girl [Drama]
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The Good Dinosaur [Family Animation]
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Good Will Hunting [Drama]
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The Grand Budapest Hotel [Wes Anderson Comedy]
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Gravity [Science Fiction]
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Groundhog Day [Comedy]
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Hanna [Action]
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Hell or High Water [Drama]
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Honey Boy [Drama]
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Hustlers [Crime Drama Comedy]
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I, Tonya [Bio Comedy Drama]
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I’m Your Woman [Crime Drama]
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The Imitation Game [Drama]
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The Incredibles [Animation Action]
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The Invitation [Thriller]
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It’s A Wonderful Life [Drama]
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Jackie [Biopic / Drama]
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Jojo Rabbit [Comedy Drama]
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Joker [Crime Drama]
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Juno [Drama]
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Knives Out [Mystery Drama Comedy]
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Kubo and the Two Strings [Animated Adventure]
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La La Land [Drama Musical]
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The Lighthouse [Horror]
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Lincoln [Drama]
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Little Women [Drama]
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Living [Drama]
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Logan [Action]
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Looper [Science Fiction]
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Luca [Family Animation]
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Man Up [Romantic Comedy]
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The Menu [Horror Thriller]
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Michael Clayton [Drama]
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Midsommar [Horror Mystery]
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Minari [Drama]
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The Mitchells vs. the Machines [Family Animation]
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Moonrise Kingdom [Drama / Wes Anderson]
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Mudbound [Drama]
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Nebraska [Drama Comedy]
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Nightcrawler [Drama]
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Nightmare Alley [Thriller]
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No Country For Old Men [Drama / Coen Brothers]
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Nomadland [Drama]
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Nope [Horror Science Fiction]
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One Night in Miami [Drama]
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Palm Springs [Indie Comedy]
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Pan’s Labyrinth [Fantasy]
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Panic Room [Thriller]
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Parasite [Drama Thriller]
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Prisoners [Drama Thriller]
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Promising Young Woman [Crime Drama Thriller]
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A Quiet Place [Horror]
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Raiders of the Lost Ark [Action Adventure]
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Rocketman [Musical Biopic]
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Roma [Drama]
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Shakespeare in Love [Romantic Comedy]
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Short Term 12 [Drama]
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The Silence of the Lambs [Thriller]
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The Sixth Sense [Supernatural Thriller]
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The Social Network [Drama]
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Sound of Metal [Drama]
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Spencer [Biopic Drama]
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse [Animation Superhero]
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Tár [Drama]
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The Thing [Horror]
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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri [Drama]
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The Tomorrow War [Science Fiction]
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Toy Story 3 [Family]
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Toy Story 4 [Family]
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Trainwreck [Comedy]
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 [Historical Drama]
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Up In The Air [Drama]
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Us [Horror]
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Waves [Drama]
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Whiplash [Drama]
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The White Tiger [Drama]
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The Wolf of Wall Street [Drama]
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Women Talking [Drama]
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Zootopia [Animation Family]
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