Compiling Script Recommendations: Flashbacks

We are compiling lists of excellent screenplays per various categories as a resource for writers to read and analyze.

Today: Scripts that are notable in their use of flashbacks. My recommendations:

Casablanca
Citizen Kane
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Forrest Gump
Hours, The
Ordinary People
Robocop
Shawshank Redemption, The
Silence of the Lambs, The
Sixth Sense, The
Slumdog Millionaire
Sunset Blvd.

I also recommend the movie Nuts which uses a flashback at the end to convey the resolution to the story’s mystery. Can’t find that script anywhere however.

Please post your suggestions in comments. And bear in mind, this is about scripts, so whatever movie you reference, make sure that there is a screenplay publicly available for reading.

Tomorrow: Voiceover.

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