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What are the top screenplays ever written?
Posted on 12/31/20 at 6:15 pm
Posted on 12/31/20 at 6:15 pm
I don’t mean a movie like Gladiator where they basically made it up as they went along and retconned it into a script after the fact. And I don’t mean a movie that turned out great, so the screenplay must have been good. I mean the original screenplay—not even the shooting script—separate from the film as its own piece of art.
This will obviously be hard to do, because it’s so hard to separate the screenplay from the film. But I want to read some good screenplays in 2021. I’ll throw out a few:
A Few Good Men
Sunset Boulevard
Goodwill Hunting
Raising Arizona
This will obviously be hard to do, because it’s so hard to separate the screenplay from the film. But I want to read some good screenplays in 2021. I’ll throw out a few:
A Few Good Men
Sunset Boulevard
Goodwill Hunting
Raising Arizona
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Posted on 12/31/20 at 6:20 pm to Hot Carl
The pre-packaged answer is always Chinatown.
My personal favorite is Adaptation (2002).
My personal favorite is Adaptation (2002).
Posted on 12/31/20 at 6:25 pm to UndercoverBryologist
True Romance
Network
Network
Posted on 12/31/20 at 6:27 pm to Hot Carl
Chinatown
Posted on 12/31/20 at 6:31 pm to Hot Carl
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Posted on 12/31/20 at 6:33 pm to Hot Carl
China town is definitely one of the best. Speaking of I need to rewatch that soon, I wonder if its on prime.
But in modern terms, I would never argue that this is a "top screenplay" but I find the film Coherence to be very well written and intriguing, and proof that screenplay and story beats budget every time.
But in modern terms, I would never argue that this is a "top screenplay" but I find the film Coherence to be very well written and intriguing, and proof that screenplay and story beats budget every time.
Posted on 12/31/20 at 6:48 pm to Hot Carl
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Posted on 12/31/20 at 6:52 pm to Hot Carl
tarantino scripts are some of the best ever written
Posted on 12/31/20 at 7:03 pm to UndercoverBryologist
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My personal favorite is Adaptation (2002).
This absolutely has to be in the conversation.
Posted on 12/31/20 at 7:04 pm to Hot Carl
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Apartment
Daisy Kenyon
Vertigo
The Godfather
Memories of Murder
A Separation
On the Waterfront
Notorious
The Big Sleep
Only Angels Have Wings
Pickup on South Street
Local Hero
Design for Living
Those are my faves. I certainly recognize the greatness of several previously mentioned. Choosing between Billy Wilder scripts (some like it hot, the apartment, sunset Boulevard, double indemnity) is a fool's errand. Same goes for Wilder's hero, Ernst Lubitsch, king of 30s and 40s comedy (Ninotchka, design for living, trouble in paradise, the shop around the corner).
The Apartment
Daisy Kenyon
Vertigo
The Godfather
Memories of Murder
A Separation
On the Waterfront
Notorious
The Big Sleep
Only Angels Have Wings
Pickup on South Street
Local Hero
Design for Living
Those are my faves. I certainly recognize the greatness of several previously mentioned. Choosing between Billy Wilder scripts (some like it hot, the apartment, sunset Boulevard, double indemnity) is a fool's errand. Same goes for Wilder's hero, Ernst Lubitsch, king of 30s and 40s comedy (Ninotchka, design for living, trouble in paradise, the shop around the corner).
Posted on 12/31/20 at 7:07 pm to TomBuchanan
Love L.A. Confidential as well.
My vote for adapted would be "A River Runs Through It".
My vote for adapted would be "A River Runs Through It".
Posted on 12/31/20 at 7:10 pm to AtticusOSullivan
Definitely LA Confidential. Also, Social Network
Posted on 12/31/20 at 7:13 pm to Hot Carl
Not sure about all-time, but recent contenders I would throw in Whiplash and Ex Machina.
Posted on 12/31/20 at 7:21 pm to Hot Carl
Big Trouble in Little China
Posted on 12/31/20 at 7:30 pm to Hot Carl
Most likely ones that never got made
Posted on 12/31/20 at 7:30 pm to Hot Carl
Casablanca
Ben Hur
Goodfellas
The Departed
Ben Hur
Goodfellas
The Departed
Posted on 12/31/20 at 9:01 pm to Hot Carl
The Room
Posted on 12/31/20 at 9:25 pm to Hot Carl
Good Will Hunting is up there for sure.
Posted on 12/31/20 at 9:31 pm to Hot Carl
Lots of Tarantino in here he requires too much delivery to have good screenplays. It's typically not in the words, but in the delivery and reparte. Pulp Fiction is his best by a considerable margin, the rest, not so much.
I'd say:
Casablanca
On the Waterfront
Fargo
Dr. Strangelove
Double Indemnity
Noirs would dominate the list honestly - Detour, The Third Man, etc. I really like The Sting as underrated, additionally Rocky as one of the best working class renditions outside of Waterfront. It's definitely underrated.
I'd say:
Casablanca
On the Waterfront
Fargo
Dr. Strangelove
Double Indemnity
Noirs would dominate the list honestly - Detour, The Third Man, etc. I really like The Sting as underrated, additionally Rocky as one of the best working class renditions outside of Waterfront. It's definitely underrated.
Posted on 12/31/20 at 9:36 pm to Jay Are
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Local Hero
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