Sample Film Scripts
As a scriptwriter you can never read too many scripts. Think of reading scripts as your study time, with your scriptwriting as your actual work. The more film scripts you read the better the influences you can draw on.
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Here I’ve tried to pluck a script from every genre of film. If you are writing a script on a specific genre, it’s helpful to read through other scripts in that genre to see how the story was structured and how the characters were bought to life.
All these sample scripts are for educational purposes only and not to be resold. Check out the sample film scripts bellow…
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Alien by Dan O’Bannon & Ronald Shusett – Action, Sci-Fi
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American Outlaws by Roderick Taylor and John Rogers – Western
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An Officer and a Gentleman by Douglas Day Stewart – Drama, Romance
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Antz by Todd Alcott, Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz – Adventure, Animation, Comedy
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Apocalypse Now by Francis Ford Coppola – Action, Drama, War
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The Big Lebowski by Ethan & Joel Coen – Comedy, Crime, Mystery
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Blade by David S. Goyer – Action, Horror, Thriller
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The Blues Brothers by Dan Aykroyd and John Landis – Comedy, Musical
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| The Bourne Identity by Tony Gilroy –Action, Mystery, Thriller |
Braveheart by Randall Wallace –Action, Biography, Drama, War
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| The Cable Guy by Judd Apatow & Lou Holtz Jr – Comedy | Clerks by Kevin Smith – Comedy |
| The Crow by David Schow – Action, Fantasy, Thriller | Dawn of the Dead (1978) by George A. Romero – Horror |
| Dead Poets Society by Tom Schulman –Drama | Die Hard by Jeb Stuart – Action, Thriller, Crime |
| The Empire Strikes Back by George Lucas – Sci-Fi |
Fight Club by Jim Uhls & Chuck Palahnuik – Action, Drama
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Good Will Hunting by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck – Drama
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The Green Mile by Frank Darabont –Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
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The Graduate by Buck Henry – Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Highlander by Gregory Widen – Action, Fantasy |
| I Am Legend by Mark Protosevich –Horror, Sci-Fi, Action | Independence Day by Dean Devlin & Roland Emmerich – Sci-Fi |
| Jaws by Peter Benchly & Howard Sackler – Adventure, Horror, Thriller | Jerry Maguire by Cameron Crowe –Romance, Comedy |
| JFK by Jim Marrs & Jim Garrison –Drama | Jurassic Park by David Koepp – Action, Thriller |
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Little Miss Sunshine by Michael Arndt –Comedy, Drama
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The Mask by Michael Fallon & Mark Verheiden – Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
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Misery by William Goldman – Horror
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Midnight Run by George Gallo – Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
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The Nightmare Before Christmas by Caroline Thompson – Animation, Horror
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North By Northwest by Ernest Lehman– Adventure
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Office Space by Mike Judge – Comedy, Romance
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The Patriot by Robert Rodat – War, Drama, History
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Pirates of the Caribbean by T. Elliott & T. Rossio – Action, Adventure, Comedy
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Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary – Action, Crime Drama |
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Raiders Of The Lost Ark by Lawrence Kasdan – Adventure
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Rocky by Sylvester Stallone – Drama, Sports
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Sister Act by Paul Rudnick – Comedy, Crime, Musical
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The Silence Of The Lambs by Ted Tally – Horror, Thriller
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Sixth Sense by M. Night Shyamalan –Thriller, Horror, Mystery, Suspense
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South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut by Trey Parker, Matt Stone, & Pam Brady –Comedy, Animation
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| Thelma & Louise by Callie Khouri –Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller |
The Truman Show by Andrew Niccol –Comedy, Thriller
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When Harry Met Sally by Nora Ephron –Romance, Comedy
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The X-Files Movie by Chris Carter – Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Young Frankenstein by Gene Wilder & Mel Brooks – Comedy, Horror
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