Compiling Script Recommendations: Subplots

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

Today: Scripts that are notable for how they handle subplots. My recommendations:

A Serious Man
Adaptation
American Graffiti
As Good As It Gets
Back to the Future
Big Chill, The
Dark Knight, The
Diner
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Little Miss Sunshine
MASH
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Pan’s Labyrinth
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Pulp Fiction
Syriana
Traffic

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

Tomorrow: Non-Linear Structure.

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