65 Great Screenplays to Read
Below is a list of perhaps the best, most well-crafted screenplays ever written which ended up being turned into outstanding motion pictures. Reading any of these scripts will give you an outstanding, well-rounded education of scripts, as well as insight into how to get a story down on paper in screenplay form. And you should watch and study them all. Note almost all different genres are well represented here.
TONY SAVANT’S TOP 25 SCREENPLAYS TO READ
1. CHINATOWN 2. BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID 3. COOL HAND LUKE 4. ALL THE PRESIDENTS MEN 5. KRAMER VS. KRAMER 6. CASABLANCA 7. IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT 8. THE GRADUATE 9. NETWORK 10. THE APARTMENT 11. DOG DAY AFTERNOON 12. ABSENCE OF MALICE 13. THE AFRICAN QUEEN 14. ON THE WATERFRONT 15. THE MISFITS 16. THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR 17. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 18. JAWS 19. TERMS OF ENDEARMENT 20. EAST OF EDEN 21. MARTY 22. TOOTSIE 23. AND JUSTICE FOR ALL 24. ORDINARY PEOPLE 25. THE CINCINNATI KID |
OTHER 40 SCRIPTS TO CONSIDER READING
26. A FACE IN THE CROWD 27. A PLACE IN THE SUN 28. ALL ABOUT EVE 29. ANNIE HALL 30. AS GOOD AS IT GETS 31. CITIZEN KANE 32. E.T. 33. FORREST GUMP 34. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY 35. GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT 36. HANNAH AND HER SISTERS 37. HUD 38. JERRY MCGUIRE 39. LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE 40. MIDNIGHT COWBOY 41. MISSISSIPPI BURNING 42. NORTH BY NORTHWEST 43. ON GOLDEN POND 44. ONE FLEW OVER A CUCKOO’S NEST 45. OUT OF AFRICA 46. PAPILLON 47. RAGING BULL 48. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE 49. SCHINDLER’S LIST 50. SERPICO 51. SOPHIE’S CHOICE 52. SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS 53. TENDER MERCIES 54. THE CHAMP 55. THE COLOR PURPLE 56. THE FRENCH CONNECTION 57. THE GODFATHER (& GODFATHER II) 58. THE GREAT SANTINI 59. THE HUSTLER 60. THE LONG HOT SUMMER 61. THE MALTESE FALCON 62. THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION 63. THELMA & LOUISE 64. WHEN HARRY MET SALLY 65. WITNESS |