Story Structure, Visualized
ScriptGraph
A visual library of screenplay structure. See how films move: tension arcs, act breaks, and pacing mapped across produced scripts.
Each screenplay in the library is read scene by scene and mapped as data: a tension curve across the whole story, the natural act breaks, the inciting incident, midpoint and climax, and scene-by-scene pacing. Open any film for its structural breakdown, or compare two films to overlay their shapes. Read about the method.
Analyzed screenplays (156)
- 1917 · Sam Mendes & Krysty Wilson-Cairns · War/Thriller
- 20th Century Women · Mike Mills · Character Drama / Coming-of-Age Ensemble
- 28 Days Later · Alex Garland · Post-apocalyptic horror thriller
- A Complete Unknown · Biographical Drama
- A Haunting in Connecticut · Adam Simon & Tim Metcalfe · Supernatural Horror
- A History of Violence · Josh Olson · Crime Thriller/Drama
- A Man Called Otto · David Magee · Drama
- A Most Violent Year · J.C. Chandor · Crime Drama / Thriller
- A Quiet Place · Scott Beck & Bryan Woods · Horror/Thriller
- A Real Pain · Jesse Eisenberg · Comedy-Drama
- Aftersun · Charlotte Wells · Drama
- Ain't Them Bodies Saints · David Lowery · Crime Drama/Romance
- Air · Alex Convery · Biographical Drama
- All Quiet on the Western Front · Ian Stokell, Lesley Paterson, Edward Berger · War Drama
- American Fiction · Cord Jefferson · Satirical Drama
- Annabelle · Gary Dauberman · Supernatural Horror
- Annihilation · Alex Garland · Science Fiction Horror
- Anora · Sean Baker · Dark Comedy / Drama
- As Above, So Below · John Erick Dowdle, Drew Dowdle · Horror / Supernatural Thriller
- Babylon · Damien Chazelle · Period Drama
- Barbie · Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach · Fantasy Comedy
- Beau Is Afraid · Ari Aster · Psychological Horror/Dark Comedy
- Beginners · Mike Mills · Drama/Romance
- Black Panther Wakanda Forever · Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole · Superhero/Action-Adventure
- Blade · David S. Goyer · Action Horror
- Blade Runner 2049 · Hampton Fancher and Michael Green · Science Fiction Thriller
- Blue Moon · Robert Kaplow · Biographical Drama
- Bone Tomahawk · S. Craig Zahler · Western Horror
- Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan · Peter Baynham • Erica Rivinoja • Dan Mazer • Jena Friedman • Lee Kern · Satirical Comedy/Mockumentary
- Bugonia · Will Tracy · Dark Comedy / Sci-Fi Thriller
- Coda · Siân Heder · Coming-of-age drama
- Conclave · Peter Straughan · Political Thriller/Drama
- Don't Breathe · Rodo Sayagues & Fede Alvarez · Thriller/Horror
- Don't Look Up · Adam McKay · Dark Comedy/Satire
- Dumb Money · Rebecca Angelo & Lauren Schuker Blum · Biographical Drama / Financial Thriller
- Dune · Jon Spaihts · Science Fiction Epic
- Dunkirk · Christopher Nolan · War/Survival Thriller
- Eddington · Ari Aster · Crime Thriller / Dark Political Drama
- Elvis · Baz Luhrmann & Sam Bromell and Baz Luhrmann & Craig Pearce and Jeremy Doner · Musical Biopic
- Emilia Pérez · Jacques Audiard in collaboration with Thomas Bidegain · Musical Crime Drama
- Enemy · Javier Gullón · Psychological Thriller
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind · Charlie Kaufman · Romantic Drama/Science Fiction
- Everything Everywhere All At Once · Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert · Science Fiction Action Comedy Drama
- Ex Machina · Alex Garland · Science Fiction Thriller
- Fight Club · Jim Uhls · Psychological Thriller
- First Reformed · Paul Schrader · Psychological Drama / Spiritual Thriller
- Get Out · Jordan Peele · Horror/Thriller
- Ghostbusters · Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis · Supernatural Comedy
- Glass Onion · Rian Johnson · Mystery/Thriller
- Hamnet · Chloé Zhao & Maggie O'Farrell · Historical Drama / Biographical
- Heat · Michael Mann · Crime Thriller
- Her · Spike Jonze · Science Fiction Romance Drama
- Hereditary · Ari Aster · Horror
- If Beale Street Could Talk · Drama
- Inception · Christopher Nolan · Science Fiction Thriller
- Inherent Vice · Paul Thomas Anderson · Neo-noir / Stoner Detective Comedy-Drama
- Insidious · Leigh Whannell · Supernatural Horror
- Interstellar · Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan · Science Fiction Drama
- It · Chase Palmer & CJ Fukunaga (Based on the novel by Stephen King) Current revisions by Gary Dauberman · Horror/Coming-of-Age
- It Was Just an Accident · Jafar Panahi · Drama
- Jackie Brown · Quentin Tarantino · Crime thriller
- Jojo Rabbit · Dark Comedy/Coming-of-Age Drama
- Joker · Todd Phillips & Scott Silver · Psychological thriller / Character study / Crime drama
- Killers of the Flower Moon · Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese · Crime Drama
- King Richard · Zach Baylin · Biographical Drama
- Knives Out · Rian Johnson · Murder Mystery
- Lights Out · Eric Heisserer · Horror
- Living · Kazuo Ishiguro · Drama
- Maestro · Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer · Biographical Drama / Romance
- Margin Call · J.C. Chandor · Financial Drama/Thriller
- Marriage Story · Noah Baumbach · Drama
- Marty Supreme · Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie · Drama / Sports
- May December · Samy Burch · Drama
- Midsommar · Ari Aster · Folk Horror
- Mimic · Horror/Sci-Fi Thriller
- Minari · Lee Isaac Chung · Drama
- Moonlight · Barry Jenkins · Drama
- Nickel Boys · RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes · Drama
- Nomadland · Chloé Zhao · Drama
- One Night in Miami... · Kemp Powers · Historical Drama
- Oppenheimer · Christopher Nolan · Historical Drama / Biographical Thriller
- Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) · Guillermo del Toro · Dark Fantasy/Historical Drama
- Past Lives · Celine Song · Drama/Romance
- Phantom Thread · Paul Thomas Anderson · Psychological Romance/Drama
- Poor Things · Tony McNamara · Dark Comedy/Fantasy/Period Drama
- Prisoners · Aaron Guzikowski · Crime Thriller
- Pulp Fiction · Quentin Tarantino & Roger Avary · Crime/Black Comedy
- Punch-Drunk Love · Paul Thomas Anderson · Romantic Drama/Dark Comedy
- Raging Bull · Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin · Biographical Drama
- Raising Arizona · Joel Coen & Ethan Coen · Crime Comedy
- Requiem for a Dream · Hubert Selby, Jr. and Darren Aronofsky · Psychological Drama
- Reservoir Dogs · Quentin Tarantino · Crime Thriller
- Scream · Horror/Slasher/Thriller
- Sentimental Value · Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier · Family Drama
- September 5 · Written by Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum. Co-Written by Alex David · Historical Drama/Thriller
- She Said · Rebecca Lenkiewicz · Drama/Thriller
- Sing Sing · Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar · Drama
- Sinister · Scott Derrickson & C. Robert Cargill · Supernatural Horror
- Sinners · Ryan Coogler · Horror/Period Thriller
- Sleepy Hollow · Andrew Kevin Walker · Gothic Horror/Mystery
- Sound of Metal · Darius Marder and Abraham Marder · Drama
- Steve Jobs · Aaron Sorkin · Biographical Drama
- Story of Your Life · Eric Heisserer · Science Fiction Drama
- Stranger Than Fiction · Zach Helm · Fantasy Drama / Romantic Comedy
- Swiss Army Man · Daniels · Surreal Comedy-Drama
- Tenet · Christopher Nolan · Science Fiction Espionage Thriller
- The Autopsy of Jane Doe · Ian Goldberg & Richard Naing · Supernatural Horror/Thriller
- The Babadook · Jennifer Kent · Psychological Horror
- The Babysitter · Brian Duffield · Horror Comedy
- The Banshees of Inisherin · Martin McDonagh · Dark Comedy/Drama
- The Batman · Matt Reeves & Peter Craig · Crime Thriller / Superhero Noir
- The Beguiled · Sofia Coppola · Gothic Southern Drama / Psychological Thriller
- The Big Short · Charles Randolph and Adam McKay · Drama/Comedy
- The Bling Ring · Sofia Coppola · Crime Drama
- The Brutalist · Brady Corbet + Mona Fastvold · Historical Drama
- The Cabin in the Woods · Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard · Horror/Thriller
- The Conjuring · Hayes Brothers · Supernatural Horror / Paranormal Thriller
- The Craft · Peter Filardi and Andrew Fleming · Supernatural Horror/Thriller
- The Crazies · Ray Wright (current revisions), Scott Kosar (from a script by), based on the film by George Romero · Horror/Thriller
- The Dark Knight · Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan · Crime thriller / Superhero drama
- The Dark Knight Rises · Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan · Superhero Action-Thriller
- The Fabelmans · Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner · Coming-of-age drama
- The Father · Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton · Drama
- The Following · Christopher Nolan · Neo-noir psychological thriller
- The Grudge · Stephen Susco · Horror
- The Holdovers · David Hemingson · Drama
- The Invitation · Phil Hay & Matt Manfredi · Psychological Thriller/Horror
- The Irishman · Steven Zaillian · Crime Drama
- The Killing of a Sacred Deer · Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filipou · Psychological Horror/Thriller
- The Lobster · Yorgos Lanthimos & Efthimis Filippou · Dystopian Dark Comedy
- The Lost Daughter · Maggie Gyllenhaal · Psychological Drama
- The Martian · Drew Goddard · Science Fiction Survival Drama
- The Power of the Dog · Jane Campion · Psychological Western Drama
- The Purge · James DeMonaco · Horror/Thriller
- The Sixth Sense · M. Night Shyamalan · Supernatural Psychological Thriller
- The Strangers · Bryan Bertino · Horror/Thriller
- The Substance · Coralie Fargeat · Body Horror
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 · Aaron Sorkin · Legal Drama
- The Two Popes · Anthony McCarten · Biographical Drama
- The Whale · Drama
- The White Tiger · Ramin Bahrani · Drama
- The Witch · Robert Eggers · Horror
- The Wrestler · Rob Siegel · Drama
- The Zone of Interest · Jonathan Glazer · Historical Drama
- There Will Be Blood · Paul Thomas Anderson · Period Drama
- Top Gun: Maverick · Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie · Action/Drama
- Train Dreams · Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar · Period Drama / Magical Realism
- Triangle of Sadness · Ruben Östlund · Dark Comedy/Satire
- True Romance · Quentin Tarantino · Crime Romance / Action Thriller
- Tucker and Dale vs. Evil · Eli Craig & Morgan Jurgenson · Horror Comedy
- Uncut Gems · Safdie & Bronstein · Crime Thriller
- Vice · Adam McKay · Political Biography/Dark Comedy
- Whiplash · Damien Chazelle · Psychological Drama
- White Noise · Noah Baumbach · Dark Comedy/Drama
- Women Talking · Sarah Polley · Drama
- You're Next · Simon Barrett · Horror/Thriller