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48 Hours
127 Hours
2001: A Space
Odyssey
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A
The Abyss
Ace Ventura
Adaptation
Adaptation (2000)
Alice (Wonderland 2008)
Aliens
Almost Famous
American, The
American Gangster (Zaillian)
The American President
American History X
Apartment, The
Apocalypse Now
Arcade
Aristotle's Poetics
Armageddon
As Good as It Gets
Assassins
At First Sight
The Avengers
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B
Back to the Future
Badlands
Barney's Version
Barton Fink
Basic Instinct
Batman Begins
Batman Forever
Being John Malkovich
Being There
Big
Big Fish
The Big Lebowski
The Birds
Black Swan (2010)
Blade
Blade Runner
Blind Side, The
Bloodmoon
Blow
The Blues Brothers
Blue Valentine
Body Heat
Body of Evidence
Boogie Nights
Bound
Bourne Identity
Bourne Supremacy
Bourne Ultimatum
Braveheart
Break
Breakdown
Breakfast Club
Broadcast News
Broken Arrow
Bruce Almighty
Bull Durham
Burn After Reading
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C
Casablanca
Castaway
Chinatown
Chinatown (Treatment)
A Clockwork Orange
Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind
Collateral (10/12/03)
Company Men, The
Copycat
The Corruptor
Courage
Crash
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
The Crying Game
Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The
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D
Dances With Wolves
Dark Knight, The
Day of the Dead
Day the Earth Stood Still, The
Deadman's 11
Death Minister
Deja Vu
Deliverance
Departed, The
Devil Wears Prada, The
Die Hard
Dogma
Don Flagrante (Play)
Dr. Strangelove
The Duchess (Final with Cover)
Duel
Dumb and Dumber
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E
Eastern Promises
Education, An
Election
The Elephant Man
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Erin Brockovich
E.T. (1981.09.08)
E.T. (Treatment)
Eyes Wide Shut
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F
Face/Off (Early Draft)
Family Man
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Far from Heaven
Fargo
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
The Fifth Element
Fight Club
Flight Plan
For Colored Girls
Forest Gump
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Frequency
Frost/Nixon
Fugitive, The
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G
The Game
Gattaca
Get Shorty
Ghostbuster II
Ghostbusters
GI Jane
Gods of Comedy
Godzilla
Good Will Hunting
Good Night and Good Luck
Goodfellas
Go (Shooting Script)
Go (Spec Script)
The Green Mile
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H
H20
Hangover, The
Hard to Kill
Heat
Heathers
Heavenly Creatures
Highlander
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I
I Still Know What YOu Did Last Summer
In
Bruges
Inception
Inglourious Basterds
Insider, The (Shooting)
International, The
Interview With the Vampire
Invictus
It's a Wonderful Life
It's Complicated
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J
Jackie Brown
Jerry Maguire
Judgment Day
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K
Karate Kid, The
Kids Are All Right, The
Killing Zoe
King's Speech, The
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Kite Runner (Benioff)
Knight Moves
Kramer Vs. Kramer
Kundun
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L
LA Confidential
Labyrinth
The Last Samurai
The Last Samurai (Early Draft)
Last of the Mohicans
Laws of Attraction
Lethal Weapon
Lord Edgware Dies
The Lost World
Lost In Space
Lost In Translation
The Lost Son
The Lost World
Love Actually
Luna
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M
Man Who Knew Too Much, The
Manhunter
Margot at the Wedding (Baumbach)
Marriage (Production Draft)
M.A.S.H.
Matchstick Men
The Matrix
Memento
Men In Black
Men Who Stare At Goats, The
Midnight Brainwash (Play Revival)
Midnight Cowboy
Midnight Express (Final)
Mimic
Minority Report
Misery
Moonstruck
The Mummy
My Best Friend's Wedding
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N
Natural Born Killers
Network
Night Rider: Knight of 1000 Evils
North By Northwest
Notorious (1946)
Notting Hill
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O
O Brother Where Art Thou
Oceans 11
An Officer and a Gentleman
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Only You
Opus
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P
Parent Trap
The Patriot (1998)
The Patriot (1999)
Pearl Harbor
Pirates of the Carribean 2
Pitch Black
Pleasantville
Poetic Justice
Pretty Woman
Pretty Woman ($3,000)
Producers, The
Psycho
Pulp Fiction
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Q
Quebecois (Unproduced)
Quills
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R
Rabbithole
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Rear Window
Resident
Ronin
Rope
The Royal Tanenbaums
Runaway Bride
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S
Saving Private Ryan
Scarface (Final Script)
Scary Movie
Schindler's List
Scorsese Club, The (Unproduced)
Scream
Scream 2
Serious Man, A
Seven Pounds
Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Shades Within (Unproduced)
Shadows 2
Shakespeare In Love
Shallow Grave
Shutter Island
Silence of the Lambs
The Sixth Sense
Slash
Sleepy Hollow
Slumdog Millionaire
Social Network, The
Sneakers
Some Like It Hot
Spanglish
Spanish Lessons (Unproduced)
Speed
State & Main
Steel Sharks
Stranger Than Fiction
Strangers on a Train
SubUrbia
Sunset Boulevard
Superbad
Super Fights
Sweeney Todd
The Sweet Hereafter
Syriana
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T
Taken
Terminator 2
Three Days of the Condor
Three Kings
Titanic
To Catch A Thief
Tombstone
Town, The
Toy Story
Traffic
Training Day
True Lies
True Romance
Twilight
Twilight: New Moon
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U
Ugly Truth, The
Unbreakable
Unforgiven
Up In the Air
The Usual Suspects
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V
Verdict
Vertigo
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
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W
Wall-E
Want's Unwished Work
War of the Worlds
Wedding Crashers
What Lies Beneath
When Harry Met Sally
Where the Wild Things Are
Whip It
The Wild Wild West
Willow
Witness
The Wizard of Oz
The World Is Not Enough
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Y
You've Got Mail
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Z
Zapper
Zodiac
Zombieland
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