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by Robert McKee


  LA NOTTE (It/Fr/1960)

  Written by Michelangelo Antonioni, Ennio Flaiano, Tonino Guerra.

  NOW, VOYAGER (US/1942)

  Screenplay by Casey Robinson.

  Based on the novel by Olive Higgins Prouty.

  AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN (US/1982)

  Written by Douglas Day Stewart.

  OH! WHAT A LOVELY WAR (UK/1969)

  Screenplay by Len Deighton.

  Based on the stage play by Joan Littlewood and Charles Chilton.

  THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA (US/1958)

  Screenplay by Peter Viertel.

  Based on the novella by Ernest Hemingway.

  ON GOLDEN POND (US/1981)

  Screenplay by Ernest Thompson.

  Based on the play by Ernest Thompson.

  ON THE WATERFRONT (US/1954)

  Screenplay by Budd Schulberg.

  Based on the novel by Budd Schulberg.

  ORDINARY PEOPLE (US/1980)

  Screenplay by Alvin Sargent.

  Based on the novel by Judith Guest.

  OUT OF AFRICA (US/1985)

  Screenplay by Kurt Luedtke.

  Based on Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen, Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Story-Teller by Judith Thurman, and Silence Will Speak by Errol Trzebinski.

  OUTBREAK (US/1995)

  Written by Lawrence Dworet, Robert Roy Pool.

  PAISAN (It/1946)

  Written by Sergio Amidei, Federico Fellini, Roberto Rossellini.

  THE PAPER CHASE (US/1973)

  Screenplay by James Bridges.

  Based on the novel by John Jay Osborn, Jr.

  PARENTHOOD (US/1989)

  Written by Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel.

  PARIS, TEXAS (WGer/Fr/1984)

  Written by Sam Shepard.

  PASCALI’S ISLAND (UK/1988)

  Screenplay by James Dearden.

  Based on the novel by Barry Unsworth.

  THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC (Fr/1928)

  Written by Carl Dreyer, Joseph Delteil.

  Based on a book by Joseph Delteil.

  PASSION FISH (US/1992)

  Written by John Sayles.

  PAT AND MIKE (US/1952)

  Written by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin.

  PATHS OF GLORY (US/1957)

  Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, Calder Willingham, Jim Thompson.

  Based on the novel by Humphrey Cobb.

  PELLE THE CONQUEROR (Den/Swe/1987)

  Screenplay by Bille August.

  Based on the novel by Martin Andersen Nexo.

  THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT (US/1996)

  Written by Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski.

  PERSONA (Swe/1966)

  Written by Ingmar Bergman.

  THE PHANTOM OF LIBERTY (Fr/It/1974)

  Written by Luis Bunuel, Jean-Claude Carriere.

  THE PIANO (Aust/1993)

  Written by Jane Campion.

  THE PLAYER (US/1992)

  Screenplay by Michael Tolkin.

  Based on the novel by Michael Tolkin.

  POLICE ACADEMY (US/1984)

  Written by Neal Israel, Pat Proft, Hugh Wilson.

  THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (US/1972)

  Screenplay by Stirling Silliphant, Wendell Mayes.

  Based on the novel by Paul Gallico.

  POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE (US/1990)

  Screenplay by Carrie Fisher.

  Based on the novel by Carrie Fisher.

  THE POSTMAN (IL POSTINO) (It/Fr/Bel/1995)

  Screenplay by Anna Pavignano, Michael Radford, Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli, Massimo Troisi.

  Based on the novel Burning Patience by Antonio Skarmeta.

  PRIVATE BENJAMIN (US/1980)

  Written by Nancy Meyers and Charles Shyer, Harvey Miller.

  PRIZZI’S HONOR (US/1985)

  Screenplay by Richard Condon, Janet Roach.

  Based on the novel by Richard Condon.

  THE PRODUCERS (US/1968)

  Written by Mel Brooks.

  LA PROMESSE (Bel/Fr/Lux/1996)

  Written by Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne.

  PSYCHO (US/1960)

  Screenplay by Joseph Stefano.

  Based on the novel by Robert Bloch.

  PULP FICTION (US/1994)

  Written by Quentin Tarantino.

  Based on stories by Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary.

  Q & A (US/1990)

  Screenplay by Sidney Lumet.

  Based on the novel by Edwin Torres.

  QUEST FOR FIRE (US/1982)

  Screenplay by Gerard Brach.

  Based on the novel La Guerre du Feu by J. H. Rosny, Sr.

  QUIZ SHOW (US/1994)

  Screenplay by Paul Attanasio.

  Based on the book Remembering America: A Voice from the Sixties, by Richard N. Goodwin.

  RADIO DAYS (US/1987)

  Written by Woody Allen.

  RAGING BULL (US/1980)

  Screenplay by Paul Schrader, Mardik Martin.

  Based on the book by Jake La Motta with Peter Savage.

  RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (US/1981)

  Screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan.

  Based on a story by George Lucas and Phillip Kaufman.

  RAIN (US/1932)

  Screenplay by Maxwell Anderson.

  Based on the play by John Colton and Clemence Randolph from the story by W. Somerset Maugham.

  RAIN MAN (US/1988)

  Written by Ronald Bass, Barry Morrow.

  THE RAINMAKER (US/1956)

  Screenplay by N. Richard Nash.

  Based on the play by N. Richard Nash.

  RASHOMON (Jap/1950)

  Screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto.

  Based on two short stories by Ryunosuke Akutugawa.

  RED (Fr/Pol/Swi/1994)

  Written by Krzysztof Piesiwicz, Krzysztof Kieslowski.

  THE RED DESERT (It/Fr/1964)

  Written by Michelangelo Antonioni, Tonino Guerra.

  REGARDING HENRY (US/1991)

  Written by Jeffrey Abrams.

  THE REMAINS OF THE DAY (UK/US/1993)

  Screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.

  Based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro.

  REPULSION (UK/1995)

  Written by Roman Polanski, Gerard Brach.

  RESERVOIR DOGS (US/1992)

  Written by Quentin Tarantino.

  THE RETURN OF THE JEDI (US/1983)

  Written by Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas.

  Based on an original story for the screen by George Lucas.

  REVERSAL OF FORTUNE (US/1990)

  Screenplay by Nicholas Kazan.

  Based on the nonfiction book by Alan Dershowitz.

  RISKY BUSINESS (US/1983)

  Written by Paul Brickman.

  A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT (US/1992)

  Screenplay by Richard Friedenberg.

  Based on the novella by Norman Maclean.

  THE ROAD TO MOROCCO (US/1942)

  Written by Frank Butler, Don Hartman.

  THE ROAD WARRIOR (Aust/1981)

  Written by Terry Hayes, George Miller, Brian Hannant.

  ROBOCOP (US/1987)

  Written by Edward Neumeier, Michael Miner.

  ROCKY (US/1976)

  Written by Sylvester Stallone.

  ROGER & ME (US/1989)

  Written by Michael Moore.

  ROMY AND MICHELLE’S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION (US/1997)

  Written by Robin Schiff.

  THE ROSE (US/1979)

  Screenplay by Bill Kerby, Bo Goldman.

  Based on a story by Bill Kerby.

  ROSEMARY’S BABY (US/1968)

  Screenplay by Roman Polanski.

  Based on the novel by Ira Levin.

  THE RULING CLASS (UK/1972)

  Screenplay by Peter Barnes.

  Based on the play by Peter Barnes.

  THE RUNNING, JUMPING AND STANDING STILL FILM (UK/1959)

  “Devised” by Peter Sellers and Dick Lester.

  RUNNING ON EMPTY (US/1988)

>   Written by Naomi Foner.

  RUTHLESS PEOPLE (US/1986)

  Written by Dale Launer.

  THE SACRIFICE (Swe/Fr/1986)

  Written by Andrei Tarkovsky.

  SALVADOR (US/1986)

  Written by Oliver Stone, Richard Boyle.

  SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (US/1977)

  Screenplay by Norman Wexler.

  Based in part on a magazine article “Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night” by Nik Cohn.

  THE SCARLET LETTER (US/1995)

  Screenplay by Douglas Day Stewart.

  Based on the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

  THE SCENT OF GREEN PAPAYA (Fr/Vietnam/1993)

  Written by Tran Anh Hung.

  SCHINDLER’S LIST (US/1993)

  Screenplay by Steven Zaillian.

  Based on the novel by Thomas Keneally.

  SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC (UK/1948)

  Written by Ivor Montagu, Walter Meade, Mary Hayley Bell.

  SEA OF LOVE (US/1989)

  Written by Richard Price.

  SERPICO (US/1973)

  Screenplay by Waldo Salt, Norman Wexler.

  Based on the nonfiction book by Peter Maas.

  SEVEN (US/1995)

  Written by Andrew Kevin Walker.

  THE SEVEN SAMURAI (Jap/1954)

  Written by Shinobu Hashimoto, Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni.

  THE SEVENTH SEAL (Swe/1957)

  Written by Ingmar Bergman.

  SHALL WE DANCE (Jap/1996)

  Written by Masayuki Suo.

  THE SHELTERING SKY (UK/It/1990)

  Screenplay by Mark Peploe, Bernardo Bertolucci.

  Based on the novel by Paul Bowles.

  SHINE (Aust/1996)

  Screenplay by Jan Sardi.

  Based on a story by Scott Hicks.

  THE SHINING (US/1980)

  Screenplay by Diane Johnson, Stanley Kubrick.

  Based on the novel by Stephen King.

  SHIP OF FOOLS (US/1965)

  Screenplay by Abby Mann.

  Based on the novel by Katherine Anne Porter.

  A SHOT IN THE DARK (UK/US/1964)

  Screenplay by Blake Edwards, William Peter Blatty.

  Based on the stage play by Harry Kurnitz from the play by Marchel Achard.

  SHORT CUTS (US/1993)

  Screenplay by Robert Altman, Frank Barhydt.

  Based on stories by Raymond Carver.

  THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (US/1991)

  Screenplay by Ted Tally.

  Based on the novel by Thomas Harris.

  SINGLE WHITE FEMALE (US/1992)

  Screenplay by Don Roos.

  Based on the novel SWF Seeks Same by John Lutz.

  SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY (US/1991)

  Screenplay by Ronald Bass.

  Based on the novel by Nancy Price.

  SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE (US/1993)

  Written by Nora Ephron, David S. Ward, Jeff Arch.

  SLING BLADE (US/1996)

  Screenplay by Billy Bob Thornton.

  THE SNAKE PIT (US/1948)

  Screenplay by Frank Partos, Millen Brand.

  Based on the novel by Mary Jane Ward.

  SNOW WHITE AND THE THREE STOOGES (US/1961)

  Written by Noel Langley, Elwood Ullman.

  SOLARIS (USSR/1972)

  Screenplay by Andrei Tarkovsky, Friedrich Gorenstein.

  Based on the novel by Stanislaw Lemm.

  SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME (US/1956)

  Screenplay by Ernest Lehman.

  Based on the autobiography by Rocky Graziano with Rowland Barber.

  SOMEWHERE IN TIME (US/1980)

  Screenplay by Richard Matheson.

  Based on the novel Bid Time Return by Richard Matheson.

  THE SOUND OF MUSIC (US/1965)

  Screenplay by Ernest Lehman.

  Based on the stage musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.

  SPARTACUS (US/1960)

  Screenplay by Dalton Trumbo.

  Based on the novel by Howard Fast.

  SPEED (US/1994)

  Written by Graham Yost.

  STAND BY ME (US/1986)

  Screenplay by Raynold Gideon, Bruce A. Evans.

  Based on the novella The Body by Stephen King.

  STAR 80 (US/1983)

  Screenplay by Bob Fosse.

  Based in part on the magazine article “Death of a Playmate” by Teresa Carpenter.

  STAR WARS (US/1977)

  Written by George Lucas.

  STEEL MAGNOLIAS (US/1989)

  Screenplay by Robert Harling.

  Based on the play by Robert Harling.

  THE STOLEN CHILDREN (It/Fr/1992)

  Written by Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli, Gianni Amelio.

  STORM OVER ASIA (USSR/1928)

  Written by Osip Brik.

  LA STRADA (It/1954)

  Written by Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli with Ennio Flaiano.

  STRANGER THAN PARADISE (US/1984)

  Written by Jim Jarmusch.

  STRANGERS WHEN WE MEET (US/1960)

  Screenplay by Evan Hunter.

  Based on the novel by Evan Hunter.

  STRAW DOGS (UK/1971)

  Screenplay by David Zelag Goodman, Sam Peckinpah.

  Based on the novel The Siege of Trencher’s Farm by Gordon M. Williams.

  A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (US/1951)

  Screenplay by Tennessee Williams.

  Based on Oscar Saul’s adaptation of the play by Tennessee Williams.

  STRIPES (US/1981)

  Written by Len Blum and Dan Goldberg, Harold Ramis.

  SUDDEN IMPACT (US/1983)

  Written by Joseph C. Stinson.

  SULLIVAN’s TRAVELS (US/1941)

  Written by Preston Sturges.

  SUNRISE (US/1927)

  Scenario by Carl Mayer.

  Based on the novel The Journey to Tilsit by Hermann Sudermann.

  SUNSET BOULEVARD (US/1950)

  Screenplay by Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D.M. Marshman. Jr.

  Based on the story “A Can of Beans” by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder.

  SUPERMAN (UK/1978)

  Written by Mario Puzo, David Newman, Leslie Newman, Robert Benton.

  THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (US/1957)

  Screenplay by Clifford Odets, Ernest Lehman.

  Based on the short story “Tell Me About It Tomorrow” by Ernest Lehman.

  THE SWIMMER (US/1968)

  Screenplay by Eleanor Perry.

  Based on the short story by John Cheever.

  THE SWORD IN THE STONE (US/1963)

  Screenplay by Bill Peet.

  Based on the novel The Once and Future King by T. H. White.

  SYBIL (US/1977)

  Screenplay by Stewart Stern.

  Based on the book by Flora Rheta Schreiber.

  TAXI DRIVER (US/1976)

  Written by Paul Schrader.

  10 (US/1979)

  Written by Blake Edwards.

  THE TENANT (Fr/1976)

  Screenplay by Gerard Brach, Roman Polanski.

  Based on the novel by Roland Topor.

  TENDER MERCIES (US/1983)

  Written by Horton Foote.

  THE TERMINATOR (US/1984)

  Written by James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd.

  TERMS OF ENDEARMENT (US/1983)

  Screenplay by James L. Brooks.

  Based on the novel by Larry McMurtry.

  THAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE (Fr/Sp/1977)

  Screenplay by Luis Bunuel, Jean-Claude Carriere.

  Based on the novel La Femme et le Pantin by Pierre Louys.

  THELMA & LOUISE (US/1991)

  Written by Callie Khouri.

  THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON’T THEY? (US/1969)

  Screenplay by James Poe, Robert E. Thompson.

  Based on the novel by Horace McCoy.

  THIS IS SPINAL TAP (US/1984)

  Written by Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Rob Reiner.

  3 WOMEN (US/1977
)

  Written by Robert Altman.

  THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY (Swe/1961)

  Written by Ingmar Bergman.

  TIGHTROPE (US/1984)

  Written by Richard Tuggle.

  TO DIE FOR (US/1995)

  Screenplay by Buck Henry.

  Based on the novel by Joyce Maynard.

  TO LIVE (China/1994)

  Screenplay by Yu Hua, Lu Wei.

  Based on the novel Lifetimes by Yu Hua.

  TOOTSIE (US/1982)

  Written by Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal.

  TOP HAT (US/1935)

  Written by Dwight Taylor and Allan Scott.

  TOTAL RECALL (US/1990)

  Written by Ronald Shusett, Dan O’Bannon, Gary Goldman.

  Based on a story by Ronald Shusett, Dan O’Bannon, Jon Povill. Inspired by the short story “We Can Remember It for You” by Phillip K. Dick.

  TRADING PLACES (US/1983)

  Written by Timothy Harris, Herschel Weingrod.

  TRANS-EUROPE EXPRESS (Fr/1966)

  Written by Alain Robbe-Grillet.

  THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (US/1948)

  Screenplay by John Huston.

  Based on the novel by B. Traven.

  TWELVE ANGRY MEN (US/1957)

  Written by Reginald Rose.

  Based on the teleplay by Reginald Rose.

  TWENTY BUCKS (US/1993)

  Written by Leslie Bohem, Endre Bohem.

  2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (UK/US/1968)

  Written by Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke.

  Based on a short story by Arthur C. Clarke.

  UMBERTO D (It/1952)

  Written by Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio De Sica.

  THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING (US/1988)

  Screenplay by Jean-Claude Carriere, Philip Kaufman.

  Based on the novel by Milan Kundera.

  UNFORGIVEN (US/1992)

  Written by David Webb Peoples

  UNLAWFUL ENTRY (US/1992)

  Written by Lewis Colick.

  AN UNMARRIED WOMAN (US/1978)

  Written by Paul Mazursky.

  THE USUAL SUSPECTS (US/1995)

  Written by Christopher McQuarrie.

  THE VERDICT (US/1982)

  Screenplay by David Mamet.

  Based on the novel by Barry Reed.

  VERTIGO (US/1958)

  Screenplay by Alec Coppel, Samuel Taylor.

  Based on the novel D’Entre les Morts by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac.

  VIRIDIANA (Sp/Mex/1961)

  Written by Luis Bunuel, Julio Alejandro.

  Based on story by Luis Bunuel.

  I VITELLONI (It/Fr/1953)

  Written by Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli.

  VIVA ZAPATA (US/1952)

  Written by John Steinbeck.

  WALL STREET (US/1987)

  Written By Stanley Weiser, Oliver Stone.

  THE WAR OF THE ROSES (US/1989)

  Screenplay by Michael Leeson.

  Based on the novel by Warren Adler.

  WATERSHIP DOWN (UK/1978)

  Screenplay by Martin Rosen.

  Based on the novel by Richard Adams.

 

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