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Story Template
Screenwriting Journey Story Template
An all in one template that will help you structure and plan your story before and during writing.
Screenplays you must read!
Note: Screenplay drafts will be from various sources and various stages of development and will not necessarily represent the shooting draft of the script.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
William Goldman
The Sting (1972)
David S. Ward
Jaws (1975)
Carl Gottlieb and Peter Benchley; Original Novel by Peter Benchley
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Lawrence Kasdan; Story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman
Die Hard (1988)
Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza; Original Novel by Roderick Thorp
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Frank Darabont; Original Short Story by Stephen King
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Quentin Tarantino, Stories by Quentin Tarantino & Roger Avary
Se7en (1995)
Andrew Kevin Walker
Fargo (1996)
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
Boogie Nights (1997)
Paul Thomas Anderson
There's Something About Mary (1997)
Ed Decter & John Strauss, and Peter Farrelly & Bobby Farrelly
The Sixth Sense (1999)
M. Night Shyamalan
Election (1999)
Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor
School of Rock (2003)
Mike White
Mean Girls (2003)
Tina Fey; Based on the Book by Rosalind Wiseman
The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)
Judd Apatow & Steve Carell
Moneyball (2011)
Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin; Story by Stan Chervin; Based on the Book by Michael Lewis
Whiplash (2014)
Damien Chazelle
Spotlight (2015)
Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy
Get Out (2017)
Jordan Peele
Knives Out (2019)
Rian Johnson