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Unforgettable Stories & Great Screenplays

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8.6

8.9

1. 12 Angry Men (1957)

Movie: 8/10
Story: 9/10
Script: 9/10

Story by Reginald Rose
Written by Reginald Rose

- WreckMe - 's rating:

5554

7.8

8.5

2. American Beauty (1999)

Movie: 9/10
Story: 9/10
Script: 9/10

Story by Alan Ball
Written by Alan Ball

- WreckMe - 's rating:

2987

8.1

8.6

3. Apocalypse Now (1979)

Movie: 10/10
Story: 10/10
Script: 10/10

Story by Francis Ford Coppola, John Milius, Joseph Conrad
Written by Francis Ford Coppola, John Milius, Michael Herr

- WreckMe - 's rating:

4052

7.6

8.1

4. A Beautiful Mind (2001)

Movie: 10/10
Story: 10/10
Script: 10/10

Story by Sylvia Nasar (Based on a True Story & Real People)
Written by Akiva Goldsman

- WreckMe - 's rating:

4755

7.6

5. Big Fish (2003)

Movie: 10/10
Story: 10/10
Script: 10/10

Story by Daniel Wallace
Written by John August

- WreckMe - 's rating:

3634

7.3

7.7

6. Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Movie: 8/10
Story: 10/10
Script: 8/10

Story by Annie Proulx
Written by Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana

- WreckMe - 's rating:

3703

7.4

7.8

7. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Movie: 8/10
Story: 10/10
Script: 9/10

Story by Robin Swicord, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Written by Eric Roth

- WreckMe - 's rating:

4300

8.5

8. The Departed (2006)

Movie: 9/10
Story: 7/10
Script: 8/10

Story by Alan Mak, Felix Chong
Written by William Monahan

- WreckMe - 's rating:

4709

7.7

8.1

9. Donnie Darko (2001)

Movie: 8/10
Story: 10/10
Script: 9/10

Story by Richard Kelly
Written by Richard Kelly

- WreckMe - 's rating:

2585

7.2

7.4

10. Dracula (1992)

Movie: 8/10
Story: 9/10
Script: 7/10

Story by Bram Stoker
Written by James V. Hart

- WreckMe - 's rating:

7241

7.7

11. Edward Scissorhands (1990)

Movie: 9/10
Story: 10/10
Script: 9/10

Story by Tim Burton, Caroline Thompson
Written by Caroline Thompson

- WreckMe - 's rating:

7491

8.4

8.9

12. Fight Club (1999)

Movie: 10/10
Story: 10/10
Script: 9/10

Story by Chuck Palahniuk
Written by Jim Uhls

- WreckMe - 's rating:

7764

7.9

8.7

13. Forrest Gump (1994)

Movie: 10/10
Story: 10/10
Script: 10/10

Story by Winston Groom
Written by Eric Roth

- WreckMe - 's rating:

4829

8.7

9.2

14. The Godfather (1972)

Movie: 10/10
Story: 10/10
Script: 10/10

Story by Mario Puzo
Written by Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola

- WreckMe - 's rating:

3352

8.6

15. The Godfather: Part II (1974)

Movie: 10/10
Story: 10/10
Script: 10/10

Story by Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola
Written by Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola

- WreckMe - 's rating:

2228

7.3

7.6

16. The Godfather: Part III (1990)

Movie: 8/10
Story: 9/10
Script: 9/10

Story by Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola
Written by Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola

- WreckMe - 's rating:

4427

8.5

17. The Green Mile (1999)

Movie: 10/10
Story: 10/10
Script: 10/10

Story by Stephen King
Written by Frank Darabont

- WreckMe - 's rating:

4466

8.4

8.8

18. Inception (2010)

Movie: 8/10
Story: 9/10
Script: 8/10

Story by Christopher Nolan
Written by Christopher Nolan

- WreckMe - 's rating:

4167

8.1

8.3

19. Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Movie: 9/10
Story: 8/10
Script: 9/10

Story by Quentin Tarantino
Written by Quentin Tarantino

- WreckMe - 's rating:

2635

8.2

20. Into the Wild (2007)

Movie: 9/10
Story: 10/10
Script: 10/10

Story by Jon Krakauer (Based on a True Story & Real People)
Written by Sean Penn

- WreckMe - 's rating:

3055

7.7

21. The Last Samurai (2003)

Movie: 9/10
Story: 8/10
Script: 8/10

Story by John Logan
Written by Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz

- WreckMe - 's rating:

4117

8.1

8.6

22. Memento (2000)

Movie: 8/10
Story: 10/10
Script: 10/10

Story by Jonathan Nolan
Written by Christopher Nolan

- WreckMe - 's rating:

1486

8.2

8.4

23. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

Movie: 10/10
Story: 10/10
Script: 10/10

Story by Sergio Leone, Harry Grey, ???
Written by Sergio Leone, Piero De Bernardi, Enrico Medioli, Franco Arcalli, Franco Ferrini

- WreckMe - 's rating:

6800

8.3

24. Pulp Fiction (1994)

Movie: 8/10
Stories: 8/10
Script: 9/10

Story by Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary
Written by Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary

- WreckMe - 's rating:

3998

7.9

8.4

25. The Prestige (2006)

Movie: 8/10
Story: 10/10
Script: 10/10

Story by Christopher Priest
Written by Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan

- WreckMe - 's rating:

3089

8.3

8.6

26. Psycho (1960)

Movie: 8/10
Story: 8/10
Script: 8/10

Story by Robert Bloch
Written by Joseph Stefano

- WreckMe - 's rating:

2029

8.5

8.7

27. Rear Window (1954)

Movie: 9/10
Story: 9/10
Script: 10/10

Story by Cornell Woolrich
Written by John Michael Hayes

- WreckMe - 's rating:

4197

8.2

8.4

28. Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Movie: 8/10
Story: 9/10
Script: 9/10

Story by Quentin Tarantino
Written by Quentin Tarantino

- WreckMe - 's rating:

2139

7.4

8.1

29. Rocky (1976)

Movie: 10/10
Story: 8/10
Script: 8/10

Story by Sylvester Stallone
Written by Sylvester Stallone

- WreckMe - 's rating:

1539

8.6

8.8

30. Seven Samurai (1954)

Movie: 9/10
Story: 8/10
Script: 9/10

Story by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni
Written by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni

- WreckMe - 's rating:

4640

8.6

9.3

31. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Movie: 9/10
Story: 10/10
Script: 10/10

Story by Stephen King
Written by Frank Darabont

- WreckMe - 's rating:

5051

8.2

8.5

32. The Shining (1980)

Movie: 9/10
Story: 9/10
Script: 9/10

Story by Stephen King
Written by Stanley Kubrick, Diane Johnson

- WreckMe - 's rating:

6084

7.5

8.2

33. The Sixth Sense (1999)

Movie: 8/10
Story: 9/10
Script: 8/10

Story by M. Night Shyamalan
Written by M. Night Shyamalan

- WreckMe - 's rating:

2996

6.5

34. The Village (2004)

Movie: 8/10
Story: 9/10
Script: 8/10

Story by M. Night Shyamalan
Written by M. Night Shyamalan

- WreckMe - 's rating:

588

8.2

8.4

35. Yojimbo (1961)

Movie: 8/10
Story: 8/10
Script: 8/10

Story by Akira Kurosawa
Written by Ryûzô Kikushima

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Comments

propelas

Posted: 2 years, 7 months ago at Oct 20 18:07

great list
very good choices

Jennifer

Posted: 1 year, 4 months ago at Dec 29 17:45

Great list!

Xanadon't

Posted: 1 year, 4 months ago at Dec 31 4:52

Great looking list. Nice picks and some great choices in pictures!

SpG

Posted: 1 year, 2 months ago at Mar 2 6:56

I made a very similar list. But this one is great too.

SFG¿mystic

Posted: 1 year ago at May 2 10:47

Great choices.

JPHOLT

Posted: 9 months, 3 weeks ago at Jul 27 9:56

Great list.