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 128 articles which include downloadable PDFs of each breakdown.

12 Years a Slave1917The AeronautsAfter the WeddingAftersunAll is LostAmerican HustleAnnetteAntebellumArgoArrivalThe ArtistBabylonBarney’s VersionA Beautiful Day in the NeighborhoodBeasts of No NationBeginnersBelleBig EyesThe Big ShortThe Big SickBirdman: Or (the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)BlacKkKlansmanBoyhoodBrosCeleste & Jesse ForeverCocoCODACrazy Rich AsiansDallas Buyers ClubDestroyerEighth GradeElvisEncounterThe End of the TourEnough SaidEverything Everywhere All At OnceEx MachinaEye in the SkyThe FarewellThe FatherThe FavouriteFirst CowFirst ManFlightFord v FerrariFrankenweenieGet OutGlass OnionGone GirlThe Good DinosaurThe Grand Budapest HotelGravityGreen BookHannaThe Harder They FallHell or High WaterHoney BoyHustlersI, TonyaI’m Your WomanThe Imitation GameThe IncrediblesThe InvitationJackieJojo RabbitJokerKnives OutLa La LandLeviathanThe LighthouseLincolnLittle WomenLivingLoganLone SurvivorLooperLovingLucaMan UpThe MenuMidsommarMiles AheadMinariThe Mitchells vs. the MachinesA Monster CallsMonsters UniversityMoonrise KingdomMudboundMy Big Fat Greek Wedding 2NebraskaNightcrawlerNightmare AlleyNine DaysNomadlandNopeOne Night in MiamiParasitePalm SpringsPrisonersPromising Young WomanA Quiet PlaceRed RocketRocketmanRomaShort Term 12The Silence of the LambsThe Social NetworkSound of MetalSpencerSpider-Man: Into the Spider-VerseStan & OllieStill AliceTárThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriThe Tender BarThe Tomorrow WarToy Story 4TrainwreckThe Trial of the Chicago 7UsViceWavesWhiplashThe White TigerThe Wolf of Wall StreetThe Woman KingWomen TalkingZootopia

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