How many screenplays have you read? Is reading them part of your daily routine? If it's not, it should be, as reading scripts is one of the best ways to improve as a writer.
This is a list of the best screenplays to read, grouped into the five main genres you’ll find in Hollywood today: drama, comedy, action/adventure, thriller and horror.
Writing a drama script is a great way to showcase your character development skills—and, notoriously, practically all Oscar and Nicholl contest winners are drama screenplays.
Here are twenty of the best comedy scripts that you can download and read to help make writing a comedy script that much easier. Study these funny scripts and learn how to amp up the funny in your own screenplay.
If you are a budding action/adventure writer, you’ve picked a great genre and should be reading as many of the best action scripts and adventure scripts as possible. Study them. Break them down. Note how the action scenes are handled on the page, etc.
We’re massive proponents of finding the best screenplays to read in order to improve your writing craft. So, if you're a budding horror writer (or aspiring writer of any genre) download these horror scripts and learn from the best.
Here are screenplays that've recently been in the Best Original Screenplay category or Best Adapted Screenplay category. All great examples of scripts you should study if you want to level-up your writing.
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