Movie Script Scene-By-Scene Breakdowns

A great way to analyze screenplay structure is by studying a script’s scene-by-scene breakdown. Go Into The Story followers are contributing breakdowns of contemporary screenplays to an ongoing script analysis series. Here are links to 105 articles which include downloadable PDFs of each breakdown.

12 Years a Slave1917A Beautiful Day in the NeighborhoodA Monster CallsA Quiet PlaceAeronauts, TheAfter the WeddingAll is LostAmerican HustleAntebellumArgoArrivalArtist, TheBarney’s VersionBeasts of No NationBeginnersBelleBig EyesBig Short, TheBig Sick, TheBirdman: Or (the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)BlacKkKlansmanBoyhoodCeleste & Jesse ForeverCocoCrazy Rich AsiansDallas Buyers ClubDestroyerEighth GradeEnd of the Tour, TheEnough SaidEx MachinaEye in the SkyThe FarewellThe FatherThe FavouriteFirst CowFirst ManFlightFord v Ferrari
FrankenweenieGet OutGone GirlGood Dinosaur, TheGrand Budapest Hotel, TheGravityGreen BookHannaHell or High WaterHoney BoyHustlersI, TonyaI’m Your WomanImitation Game, TheIncredibles, TheInvitation, TheJackieJojo RabbitJokerKnives OutLa La LandLeviathanLighthouse, The
Lincoln
Little Women
LoganLone SurvivorLooperLovingMan UpMidsommarMiles AheadMinariMonsters UniversityMoonrise KingdomMudboundMy Big Fat Greek Wedding 2NebraskaNightcrawlerNomadlandOne Night in Miami
ParasitePalm SpringsPrisonersPromising Young Woman
RocketmanRomaShort Term 12Silence of the Lambs, TheSocial Network, TheSound of MetalSpider-Man: Into the Spider-VerseStan & OllieStill AliceThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriToy Story 4TrainwreckThe Trial of the Chicago 7
UsViceWavesWhiplashThe White TigerThe Wolf of Wall StreetZootopia

For extended analysis of each of these movie scripts, go here.