Produced Screenplays
Check out our links to FREE downloadable screenplays. Here you will find some of the best of current and classic scripts. Reading produced screenplays is an excellent way to improve your own craft. See what it takes to get your script made into a movie!
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2006 Babel Guillermo Arriaga
Genre: Drama, Political Dramas, Social Issue Dramas, Indie Dramas, Blu-ray, Paramount Home Entertainment
Synopsis: When an American couple (Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett) vacationing in Morocco fall victim to a random act of violence, a series of events unfolds across four countries that demonstrates both the necessity and impossibility of human communication. Director Alejandro González Iñárritu artfully weaves together three seemingly disparate stories of strangers in strange lands in this Oscar nominee for Best Picture and Golden Globe winner for Best Drama.
Actors: Cate Blanchett, Brad Pitt, Gael García Bernal, Rinko Kikuchi, Adriana Barraza, Jamie McBride, Koji Yakusho, Paul Terrell Clayton, Elle Fanning
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1985 Back to the Future Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale
Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Family Comedies, Family Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Ages 8-10, Ages 11-12, Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Synopsis: In this long-time favorite, eccentric inventor Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) turns a DeLorean into a time machine that inadvertently sends his young friend Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) back to 1955. Not only is Marty stuck in the past, but he also risks throwing the time-space continuum for a real loop when he disrupts his parents' destiny. It's a race against time (literally!) to get them to pucker up -- and to get him back to 1985!
Actors: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson, Claudia Wells, Marc McClure, Wendie Jo Sperber, James Tolkan, J.J. Cohen, Casey Siemaszko, Billy Zane, Harry Waters Jr., Huey Lewis
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1989 Back to the Future Part II Bob Gale
Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Family Comedies, Family Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Ages 8-10, Ages 11-12
Synopsis: Marty (Michael J. Fox) and Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) are at it again in this sequel to the smash hit Back to the Future. This time, the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud, but things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen (Thomas F. Wilson) and a pesky sports almanac. Ultimately, Marty finds himself 1955-bound again in a last-ditch attempt to set things straight -- before the clock runs out!
Actors: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson, Elisabeth Shue, James Tolkan, Jeffrey Weissman, Casey Siemaszko, Billy Zane, J.J. Cohen, Charles Fleischer, E. Casanova Evans, Jay Koch, Charles Gherardi, Ricky Dean Logan, Flea, Jason Sc
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1992 Basic Instinct Joe Eszterhas
Genre: Thrillers, Erotic Thrillers, Psychological Thrillers, Mystery, Lionsgate Home Entertainment, Paramount Home Entertainment, Blu-ray
Synopsis: Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone star in this Oscar-nominated erotic thriller about a troubled cop and a seductive novelist entwined in an alluring game of whodunit. Facing internal inquiry, Detective Tom Curran (Douglas) doggedly pursues a case involving Catherine Tramell (Stone), a writer and temptress who's suspected in a murder reminiscent of a crime detailed in her book. But as the body count rises, so does Curran's obsession with Tramell.
Actors: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Denis Arndt, Leilani Sarelle, Bruce A. Young, Chelcie Ross, Dorothy Malone, Wayne Knight, Daniel Von Bargen, Stephen Tobolowsky, Benjamin Mouton, Jack McGee, Bill Cable
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2001 A Beautiful Mind Akiva Goldsman
Genre: Drama, Biographies, Psychological Thrillers, Romantic Dramas, Period Pieces, 20th Century Period Pieces, Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Synopsis: John Forbes Nash Jr. (Russell Crowe) was a brilliant economist -- when his mind was clear. But life changed forever with the revelation that he was a schizophrenic. Nash's brilliance persisted amidst the anguish his mental illness caused for him and his wife (Jennifer Connolly), and 40 years after his diagnosis, he won the Nobel Prize for economics. Connolly's acting and Ron Howard's direction won Oscars, and the film was named Best Picture.
Actors: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris, Paul Bettany, Adam Goldberg, Judd Hirsch, Clint Howard, Josh Lucas, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Rapp
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1988 Beetlejuice Michael McDowell
Genre: Comedy, Dark Humor & Black Comedies, Fantasy, Blu-ray, Warner Home Video
Synopsis: Thanks to an untimely demise, a young couple (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) ends up as poltergeists in their New England farmhouse, where they fail to meet the challenge of scaring away the insufferable new owners in this creepy comic classic. In desperation, the undead newlyweds turn to an expert frightmeister named Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton) -- who has a diabolical agenda behind his scheme to help them. The movie snagged an Oscar for Best Makeup.
Actors: Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Winona Ryder, Michael Keaton, Catherine O'Hara, Jeffrey Jones, Annie McEnroe, Hugo Stanger, Rachel Mittelman, Glenn Shadix, Sylvia Sidney, Robert Goulet, Dick Cavett
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1999 Being John Malkovich Charlie Kaufman
Genre: Comedy, Cult Comedies, Fantasy, Indie Comedies, Dark Humor & Black Comedies, Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Synopsis: Take a hallucinogenic trip minus the drugs but with all the fun. Puppeteer Craig Schwartz (John Cusack) discovers a door that's in fact a portal into actor John Malkovich's brain. For 15 minutes, Schwartz experiences the ultimate head trip: He's John Malkovich! More wacky adventure ensues when Schwartz plans to sell trips into Malkovich's brain for $200 a pop. Not your average comedy!
Actors: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, John Malkovich, Mary Kay Place, Orson Bean
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1983 The Big Chill Lawrence Kasdan & Barbara Benedek
Genre: Drama, 20th Century Period Pieces, Period Pieces, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Synopsis: Never trust anyone over 30 … except this group of erstwhile buddies and former college radicals. After years apart, friends who've followed divergent paths reunite at the funeral of one of their own. Watch as the top-notch ensemble (William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Glenn Close, JoBeth Williams, Mary Kay Place, Tom Berenger and Jeff Goldblum) reconnects and cavorts to an irresistible soundtrack of 1960s hits.
Actors: Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Mary Kay Place, JoBeth Williams, Meg Tilly
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1982 Blade Runner Hampton Fancher and David Peoples
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Synopsis: In the dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) is called out of retirement to snuff a quartet of escaped "replicants" -- androids consigned to slave labor on remote planets -- seeking a way to extend their short life spans. This version includes both the theatrical cut and director Ridley Scott's cut that comes with a different ending and the omission of Ford's narration, giving the film a different tone.
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1999 The Blair Witch Project Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sánchez
Genre: Horror, Supernatural Horror, Cult Horror, Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Synopsis: This shot-on-a-shoestring-budget indie sensation earned instant cult status. Brash student filmmakers Heather (Heather Donahue), Josh (Joshua Leonard) and Mike (Michael Williams) march into the woods near Burkittsville, Md., to make a documentary about the legendary Blair Witch, who's credited with a string of heinous murders dating back 200 years. But the trio loses their way and soon find themselves surrounded by a malignant terror.
Actors: Heather Donahue, Michael Williams, Joshua Leonard
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