Screenplays with Good Writing
By: Greg
This is a list of scripts that I think are particularly well written. Sure other films have well-written screenplays, but these are the films that make me think “Wow, I wish I could have written that.” I like dialogue that crackles. I like scripts that give actors a chance to flex their (acting) muscles without silly displays of emotion. I like good stories.

Screen Still from Adaptation
My list are all films in English. I can appreciate story and dialogue in non-English films, but I can’t verify the subtleties.
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01Delbert Mann
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02Stanley Donen
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03Arthur Hiller
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04Sidney Lumet
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05W.S. Van Dyke
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06Terrence Malick
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07John Madden
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08Woody Allen
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09Woody Allen
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10Spike Jonze
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11Spike Jonze
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12Miloš Forman
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13Orson Welles
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14Orson Welles
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15Ronald Neame
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16Whit Stillman
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17Whit Stillman
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18Wes Anderson
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19David O. Russell
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20Bryan Singer
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21James Foley
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22Charles Laughton
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23Preston Sturges
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24Joel Coen
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25Joel Coen
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26Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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27Howard Hawks