To explore why story is important and why it matters, I encourage you to visit (or revisit) any of the following WGA or Oscar-winning/nominated films. Each of these won (or received a nomination) from the WGA the Academy Award for screenplay (some original and some adapted). As you watch the film, explore this question: Based on what you’ve learned so far about “story” – Why is this film worthy of an Oscar win for story? If you feel differently, ask yourself why?
For your first evaluation this semester – you may select one of these films or one from “Hollywood and History.”
The rubric and expectations are located here.
40+ Years of Film Story
2018 -Greenbook, A Quiet Place, Vice
2017 – Get Out
2016 – Manchester by the Sea
2015 – The Big Short
2014 – The Imitation Game
2013 – 12 Years a Slave
2012 -Argo
2011 – Midnight in Paris
2010 – The Social Network
2006 – Little Miss Sunshine
2004- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2001 – A Beautiful Mind
2000 – Almost Famous
1998 – Shakespeare in Love
1998 – Gods and Monsters
1997 – Good Will Hunting
1997 – L.A. Confidential
1996 – Fargo
1996 – Sling Blade
1995 – The Usual Suspects
1994 -Pulp Fiction
1994 – Forrest Gump
1993 – Schindler’s List
1991 – Thelma & Louise
1991 – The Silence of the Lambs
1990 – Dances with Wolves
1990 -Ghost
1989 – Dead Poets Society
1989 – Driving Miss Daisy
1988 – Rain Man
1986 – Hannah and Her Sisters
1985 – Witness
1984 – Places in the Heart
1983 – Tender Mercies
1982 -Gandhi
1981 -Chariots of Fire
1980 – Melvin and Howard
1979 -Breaking Away
1978 – Coming Home
1977 – Annie Hall
The Film Critic 