Teaching with Film - Resource Books for Teachers of English

Teaching with Film 3

Front cover Volume three (2020) 130 new scenes from another 61 movies with over 360 follow-up tasks together with vocabulary, listening and pre-activity tasks.	Downloads (Listening tasks from book)
	Online clips
	The 61 films
	Sample film: Bohemian Rhapsody
	Do you want to create memorable English lessons which engage your students and where they are learning too? By using film scenes we open up a multitude of possibilities from learning vocabulary to triggering creative writing tasks. A lesson with a well-integrated film scene stands out, it sticks in the memory and Teaching with Film 3 shows you how with another 130 scenes from 61 more movies. Use film to inspire, to empower, to motivate, to explore the increasing complexities of life and, use film to learn English as well. Use the scenes to: • lead into and introduce topics and ideas • illustrate/model situations, skills, problems • improve vocabulary and listening • set up follow-up tasks to work on the 4 skills • trigger creative writing tasks. Each scene comes with: • a text to put the scene into context • the DVD timings • a list of themes • useful vocabulary and phrases • a pre-activity and a gist listening task • speaking, writing, reading tasks. The scenes in Teaching with Film 3 and its predecessors Teaching with Film (175 scenes) and Teaching with Film 2 (150 scenes) contain a wealth of vocabulary, show native speakers using the language in “real life” and give students an invaluable window into the culture of the English-speaking world as seen through one of the most powerful and popular media: the movies.
Teaching with Film 3 A resource book for teachers of English as a foreign language 276 pages / Trade paperback 155 x 230 mm 978-3-9503424-4-4 / € 25.90 (CHF 36.50/GBP 23.40/USD 36.00) Martin Bradley stone river books, 2020	Back cover


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Listening task 1 Blinded by the Light Listening task 2 Boy Listening task 3 Donnie Darko Listening task 4 Frank Listening task 5 Lady Bird Listening task 6 La La Land Listening task 7 Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 1 Listening task 8 Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2 Listening task 9 Sleepless in Seattle Listening task 10 Wonder 1 Listening task 11 Wonder 2 Back to the top	The listening tasks can be used in conjunction with Teaching with Film 3 where you will find for each scene vocabulary and follow-up tasks.


Blinded by the Light (UK/USA/France, 2019)
No one wins. Unless everybody wins A speech Scene 1 Back to the top	Download Blinded by the Light Listening Task
Boy (New Zealand, 2010)
Who am I? A presentation Scene 1 Back to the top	Download Boy Listening Task	Download Boy Key
Donnie Darko (USA, 2001)
They want to change things A brush with mass destruction Scene 1 Back to the top	Download Donnie Darko Listening Task
Frank (UK/Ireland, 2014)
Welcome to Vetno An album Scene 2 Back to the top	Download Frank Listening Task
Lady Bird (USA, 2017)
The rollercoaster A teenage life Scene 2 Back to the top	Download Lady Bird Listening Task	Download Lady Bird Key
La La Land (USA/Hong Kong, 2016)
I hate jazz A disagreement Scene 4 Back to the top	Download La La Land Listening Task	Download La La Land Key
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 1 (USA/UK/Belgium/Canada, 2016)
That day everything changed A game changer Scene 1 Back to the top	Download Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 1 Listening Task	Download Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 1 Key
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2 (USA/UK/Belgium/Canada, 2016)
Little Tiger The bedtime story Scene 2 Back to the top	Download Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2 Listening Task	Download Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2 Key
Sleepless in Seattle (USA, 1993)
Families and allergies The piece of news Scene 1 Back to the top	Download Sleepless in Seattle Listening Task	Download Sleepless in Seattle Key
Wonder 1 (USA/Hong Kong, 2017)
The ordinary child The new school Scene 1 Back to the top	Download Wonder 1 Listening Task	Download Wonder1 Key
Wonder 2 (USA/Hong Kong, 2017)
Choose kind The new teacher Scene 2 Back to the top	Download Wonder 2 Listening Task	Download Wonder 2 Key



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These scenes can be found in Teaching with Film 3 where for each scene you will find vocabulary, gist and follow-up tasks. They can be accessed online via the website Movieclips.com (now integrated into YouTube) which offers an extensive selection of licensed, high quality film clips and is backed by six major Hollywood studios (not Disney). NB: The online clips are normally shorter than the clips used in the books.	Clip 01 Finding Forrester Clip 02 First Man Clip 03 Green Book (New) Clip 04 Lady Bird Clips 05-06 La La Land Clip 07 Little Women Clip 08 Mary, Queen of Scots (New) Clip 09 North by Northwest Clip 10 Official Secrets (New) Clips 11-12 Rocketman Clip 13 Roman J. Israel, Esq. Clip 14 Steve Jobs Clip 15 The Weather Man Clip 16 Wonder Clips 17-19 Yesterday Clip 20 You've Got Mail Back to the top

Finding Forrester (USA, 2000) Directed by Gus van Sant Written by Mike Rich Starring Sean Connery, Rob Brown
	The Film Due to a common passion for writing, Jamal (Brown) has struck up an unlikely relationship with William Forrester (Connery), the author of the 1953 novel Avalon Landing. Forrester lives the life of a recluse in his New York apartment, having written a 20th century classic at the age of 23 and then never being heard from again. Back to the top
The Scene Forrester gives Jamal some advice about writing. See Scene 2 in book.	Clip 01 Writing (Shorter version) Back to the top
First Man (USA/Japan, 2018) Directed by Damien Chazelle Written by Josh Singer Based on the book by James R. Hansen Starring Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy
	The Film After Whiplash and La La Land the writer-director Damien Chazelle changed genre. Oscar for Best Visual Effects. Three further Oscar* nominations.* Back to the top
The Scene On the 20th August 1969 Neil Armstrong (Gosling) will become the first person to walk on the Moon. But the journey there (and the risks involved) started years before. See Scene 1 in book.	Clip 02 Pioneers Back to the top
Green Book (USA, 2018) Directed by Peter Farrelly Written by Nick Vallelonga & Brian Currie & Peter Farrelly Starring Mahershala Ali, Viggo Mortensen, Linda Cardellini
	The Film An Italian-American and African-American share a car journey through the American South in the 1960s. Oscar for Best Film, Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor (Mahershala Ali). Two further Oscar* nominations including Best Actor (Viggo Mortensen).* Back to the top
The Scene Dr Shirley (Ali) gives Tony (Mortensen) some tips for writing a letter home to his wife Dolores. See Scene 3 in book.	Clip 03 Lying, stealing, writing letters (Shorter version) Back to the top
Lady Bird (USA, 2017) Directed by Greta Gerwig Written by Greta Gerwig Starring Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf
	The Film Greta Gerwig's coming-of-age tale. Five Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director (Greta Gerwig), Best Actress (Saoirse Ronan), Best Supporting Actress (Laurie Metcalf) and Best Original Screenplay (Greta Gerwig). Back to the top
The Scene Sacramento, California, USA. Christine (Ronan) and her mother (Metcalf) are on a road trip together. Christine goes by the name of Lady Bird. Her mother calls her Christine. John Steinbeck's classic The Grapes of Wrath moves them both to tears but on everything else they disagree. See Scene 1 in book.	Clip 04 The road trip Back to the top
La La Land (USA/Hong Kong, 2016) Directed by Damien Chazelle Written by Damien Chazelle Starring Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, J.K. Simmons
	The Film Damien Chazzelle's homage to the musical, to Hollywood and to following dreams. Six Oscars for Damien Chazelle for Best Director, Emma Stone for Best Actress, Justin Hurwitz for Best Original Score, Best Original Song for "City of Stars", Best Cinematography and Best Production Design. Eight further Oscar nominations including for Best Picture, Best Actor (Ryan Gosling) and Best Original Screenplay (Damien Chazelle). Back to the top
The Scene It's rush hour in LA. Gridlock. But, the sun is shining, and there's music on the radio. See Scene 1 in book.	Clip 05 Rush hour in LA (la land)
The Scene Sebastian (Gosling) adores jazz and worships the great jazz musicians. One day he plans to have his own jazz club where he will play just what he wants, how he wants and when he wants. In the meantime though, he works nights as a pianist in a club where he has to do exactly what his boss tells him. Sebastian doesn't like what his boss tells him. See Scene 3 in book.	Clip 06 Just play the set list! (Shorter version) Back to the top
Little Women (USA, 2019) Directed by Greta Gerwig Written by Greta Gerwig Based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott Starring Saoirse Ronan, Tracey Letts
	The Film Greta Gerwig's reworking of Louisa May Alcott's novel. Oscar for Best Costume Design. Five further Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Actress (Saoirse Ronan), Best Supporting Actress (Florence Pugh), Best Adapted Screenplay (Greta Gerwig) and Best Original Score (Alexandre Desplat). Back to the top
The Scene Jo March (Ronan) has written a novel. And it's to be published. See Scene 2 in book.	Clip 07 Under the umbrella Back to the top
Mary, Queen of Scots (UK/USA, 2018) Directed by Josie Rourke Written by Beau Willimon & John Guy Based on the book "Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart" by John Guy Starring Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie
	The Film The Queen of Scots and the Queen of England are cousins but are separated by religion. Two Oscar* nominations.* Back to the top
The Scene 16th century, England. Mary Stuart (Ronan) is Mary, Queen of Scots, a Catholic who claims England's throne. Elizabeth I (Robbie) is Queen of England, a Protestant struggling with the divisions caused by her father Henry VIII's renunciation of the Catholic church. The two women are bitter rivals. And cousins. Elizabeth, scarred by smallpox, secretly meets Mary in a remote location. She wants to protect her cousin but powerful forces in England want her to remove this threat once and for all. See Scene 1 in book.	Clip 08 The Meeting Back to the top
North by Northwest (USA, 1959) Written by Ernest Lehman Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint
	The Film Alfred Hitchcock. Cary Grant. Ernest Lehman. The cornfield scene. Three Oscar* nominations including for Best Original Screenplay (Ernest Lehman).* Back to the top
The Scene Roger Thornhill (Grant) is the victim of mistaken identity. The quiet and unassuming advertising executive has been wrongly accused of killing a diplomat at the United Nations in New York. Pursued by the police, the secret service as well as the organisation responsible for the murder, Thornhill flees the city knowing his only chance of clearing his name is to find the real killers. He takes the overnight train west and on arriving in Chicago gets a tipoff: someone there can help him. A meeting is arranged. At a remote spot. See Scene 1 in book.	Clip 09 A cornfield in Illinois (Shorter version) Back to the top
Official Secrets (UK/USA/Switzerland/China, 2019) Directed by Gavin Hood Written by Sara Bernstein & Gregory Bernstein & Gavin Hood Based on the book "The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War" by Marcia & Thomas Mitchell Starring Keira Knightley
	The Film The story of how the British government took the country into an illegal war and the people who tried to stop them. Back to the top
The Scene 2003. Cheltenham, UK. Katharine Gun (Knightley) is an intelligence specialist working for GCHQ, the UK's signals intelligence agency. In the build up to the 2003 Iraq War she receives a memo: the NSA (the US equivalent) asks GCHQ to dig up dirt on diplomats working at the United Nations in New York for countries on the Security Council. The aim: to use the information to pressure them into voting for a UN resolution giving permission to go to war in Iraq. Without this the war is, according to international law, illegal. This goes against her conscience. What should she do? See Scene 1 in book.	Clip 10 Whistleblower? Traitor? (Shorter version) Back to the top
Rocketman (UK/Canada/USA, 2019) Directed by Dexter Fletcher Written by Lee Hall Starring Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell
	The Film The story of how Reginald Dwight from Pinner in the county of Middlesex became Elton Hercules John. Oscar nomination for Best Original Song. Back to the top
The Scene 1969. Reginald (Egerton) lives in Pinner with his mother. She calls him Reggie. He prefers Elton. He can play the piano, he can write music and he can sing. But he can't write lyrics. Bernie Taupin (Bell) lives with his mother too. He's tone deaf, but he can write lyrics. They are brought together by a record company to work on some songs and so Bernie moves in with Reggie and his family. It soon pays off. The start of one of pop music's most successful songwriting teams. See Scene 2 in book.	Clip 11 If I was a sculptor . . . (Shorter version)
The Scene A global success follows. At its peak in the 1970s Elton John was responsible for 5% of all record sales worldwide. And behind the scenes? A hollowed out, moneymaking machine kept up and running with life-threatening addictions. See Scene 3 in book.	Clip 12 Rocketman (Shorter version) Back to the top
Roman J. Israel, Esq. (Canada/United Arab Emirates/USA, 2017) Directed by Dan Gilroy Written by Dan Gilroy Starring Denzel Washington, Carmen Ejogo
	The Film A lawyer with principles spectacularly fails to adjust to the modern world. Oscar nomination for Best Actor (Denzel Washington). Back to the top
The Scene Roman J. Israel, Esq. (Washington) is an unconventional lawyer (he lives in L.A. but doesn't own a car). He's scruffy, old-fashioned, believes in chivalry (note the Esq.) and is passionate (even after 40 years of law practice) about using the legal system to change society for the better. But now he has a more pressing problem on his hands: the head of the small law firm where he has worked for decades has died and he finds himself out of a job. Maya (Ejogo) can't give him work, and instead asks him to speak to a group of young social activists. But whilst things have moved on in the last four decades, Roman hasn't. See Scene 1 in book.	Clip 13 Dominant tendencies \| Part one Dominant tendencies \| Part two Back to the top
Steve Jobs (UK/USA, 2015) Directed by Danny Boyle Written by Aaron Sorkin Based on the book by Walter Isaacson Starring Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Michael Stuhlberg
	The Film Fourteen years in the life of Apple's co-founder. Two Oscar* nominations for Best Actor (Michael Fassbender) and Best Actress (Kate Winslet).* Back to the top
The Scene 1984. Silicon Valley, California. A milestone in the history of computing: the unveiling of Apple's revolutionary Macintosh computer. But not everything is working and the company's visionary boss Steve Jobs (Fassbender) is a perfectionist. See Scene 1 in book.	Clip 14 Fix it! (Shorter version) Back to the top
The Weather Man (USA/Germany, 2005) Directed by Gore Verbinski Written by Steven Conrad Starring Nicolas Cage
	The Film The downside of celebrity. Back to the top
The Scene Dave Spritz (Cage) is the weather man for the morning TV show in Chicago which means: he's a local celebrity. Privately, though, he's not so popular. His wife has left him, his children don't get him, and his father, a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, finds him shallow. Celebrity has its downside. See Scene 1 in book.	Clip 15 The weather man (Shorter version) Back to the top
Wonder (USA/Hong Kong, 2017) Directed by Stephen Chbosky Written by Stephen Chbosky & Steven Conrad & Jack Thorne Based on the novel by R.J. Palacio Starring Jacob Tremblay, Julia Roberts Owen Wilson, Daveed Diggs
	The Film Born with a facial deformity Auggie Pullman copes by wearing an astronaut's helmet. Life demands he take it off. Oscar nomination for Best Makeup. Back to the top
The Scene Auggie (Tremblay) is 10 years old and would like to one day go into space. After years of being taught at home by his mother (Roberts), she and his father (Wilson) decide it's time he attends a school. Hard enough. But for him it's harder than for most. For Auggie has to take his astronaut's helmet off. See Scene 2 in book.	Clip 16 Choose kind (Shorter version) Back to the top
Yesterday (UK/Russia/Japan/USA, 2019) Directed by Danny Boyle Written by Richard Curtis Based on the story by Jack Barth & Richard Curtis Starring Himesh Patel, Lily James, Ed Sheeran, Joel Fry, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Meera Syal
	The Film What happens if you take a global cultural phenomenon and then delete it from the world's memory, as if it never existed, never took place? Back to the top
The Scene Jack (Patel) works in a DIY store. But that's just his day job. His passion is music. Ellie (James), his childhood friend is not only his manager and roadie, but also his greatest fan. And fans are few and far between. After another poorly attended concert he decides it's time to stop, to finally give up his dreams and go back to teaching (don't do it!). But then something strange happens. During a global powercut Jack has a bike accident and when he regains consciousness he finds something has changed in the world, and he seems to be the only person who knows it. See Scene 2 in book.	Clip 17 *Yesterday*
The Scene Jack finds that the worldwide blackout seems to have deleted certain things from the global consciousness, including: the Beatles. They never existed. But Jack still knows them, which means he's the only person in the world who has heard their songs, a unique gift he uses to kickstart his music career. Will it work? He plays one of his new Beatles' songs, Let It Be, to his parents (Bhaskar, Syal). How will they react? See Scene 3 in book.	Clip 18 Let It Be. The first time
The Scene Ed Sheeran (Himself) has employed Jack as his support act for his concert in Moscow. Sheeran sees him as a genius and can't understand how he can write so many great songs in such a short period of time. On the spur of the moment he challenges Jack. How good is he really? See Scene 5 in book.	Clip 19 *The Long and Winding Road* Back to the top
You've Got Mail (USA, 1998) Directed by Nora Ephron Written by Nora Ephron & Delia Ephron Based on the screenplay "The Shop Around the Corner" by Samson Raphaelson from the play by Miklos Laszlo Starring Meg Ryan, Tom Hanks
	The Film Nora Ephron, Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks' second collaboration after Sleepless in Seattle. Back to the top
The Scene New York City. Shopgirl and NY152 have met in an anonymous chatroom. This is handy because in real life they are sworn enemies. Shopgirl is Kathleen Kelly (Ryan), owner of a small independent children's bookstore. NY152 is Joe Fox (Hanks), owner of the chain Fox books who has just opened a megastore round the corner. They have met in person and taken an instant dislike to each other. Online though, everything is hunky-dory and they decide to meet. She will wait for him in a cafe with a rose and a copy of Pride and Prejudice so he can recognise her. She waits oblivious that Joe has discovered who she really is. See Scene 1 in book.	Clip 20 Meeting \| Part one Meeting \| Part two (Shorter version)


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The Big Sick (USA, 2017) Written by Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani. Directed by Michael Showalter. Blinded by the Light (UK/USA/France, 2019) Written by Sarfraz Manzoor & Gurinder Chadha & Paul Mayeda Berges based on the book Greetings From Bury Park. Race. Religion. Rock 'n' Roll by Sarfraz Manzoor and inspired by the words and music of Bruce Springsteen. Directed by Gurinder Chadha. Bohemian Rhapsody (UK/USA, 2018) Written by Anthony McCarten based on the story by Anthony McCarten & Peter Morgan. Directed by Bryan Singer. Boy (New Zealand, 2010) Written and directed by Taika Waititi. Brexit: The Uncivil War (UK, 2019) Written by James Graham. Directed by Toby Haynes. Captain Fantastic (USA, 2016) Written and directed by Matt Ross. Captain Phillips (USA, 2013) Written by Billy Ray based on the book A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy Seals and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty. Directed by Paul Greengrass. Chef (USA, 2014) Written and directed by Jon Favreau. The Client (USA, 1994) Written by Akiva Goldsman & Robert Getchell based on the novel by John Grisham. Directed by Joel Schumacher. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (USA, 1977) Written and directed by Steven Spielberg. Donnie Darko (USA, 2001) Written and directed by Richard Kelly. Downsizing (USA/Norway, 2017) Written byAlexander Payne & Jim Taylor. Directed by Alexander Payne. Eat Drink Man Woman (Taiwan, 1994) Written by Hui-Ling Wang & Ang Lee & James Schamus. Directed by Ang Lee. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (UK/USA, 2016) Written by J.K. Rowling. Directed by David Yates. Finding Forrester (USA, 2000) Written by Mike Rich. Directed by Gus van Sant. First Man (USA/Japan, 2018) Written by Josh Singer based on the book by James R. Hansen. Directed by Damien Chazelle. Florence Foster Jenkins (UK/France, 2016) Written by Nicholas Martin. Directed by Stephen Frears. The Florida Project (USA, 2017) Written by Chris Bergoch and Sean Baker. Directed by Sean Baker. The Founder (USA, 2017) Written by Robert Siegel. Directed by John Lee Hancock. Frank (UK/Ireland, 2014) Written by Jon Ronson & Peter Straughan based on the original newspaper article by Jon Ronson. Directed by Lenny Abrahamson. Free Solo (USA, 2018) Written by Robert Siegel. Directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin. Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey (USA, 1988) Written by Anna Hamilton Phelan & Tab Murphy based on the work of Dian Fossey and the article by Harold T. P. Hayes. Directed by Michael Apted. Green Book (USA, 2018) Written by Nick Vallelonga & Brian Currie & Peter Farrelly. Directed by Peter Farrelly. Hereafter (USA, 2010) Written by Peter Morgan. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Hidden Figures (USA, 2016) Written by Allison Schroeder & Theodore Melfi based on the book by Margot Lee Shetterly. Directed by Theodore Melfi. Hunt for the Wilderpeople (New Zealand, 2016) Written by Taika Waititi based on the book Pork and Watercress by Barry Crump. Directed by Taika Waititi. I, Daniel Blake (UK/France/Belgium, 2016) Written by Paul Laverty. Directed by Ken Loach. I, Tonya (UK/USA/Qatar, 2017) Written by Steven Rogers. Directed by Craig Gillespie. Lady Bird (USA, 2017) Written and directed by Greta Gerwig. La La Land (USA/Hong Kong, 2016) Written and directed by Damien Chazelle. Lion (UK/Australia/USA, 2016) Written by Luke Davies based on the book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley. Directed by Garth Davis. Little Women (USA, 2019) Written by Greta Gerwig based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott. Directed by Greta Gerwig. The Lunchbox (India/France/Germany/USA/Canada, 2013) Written and directed by Ritesh Batra. Mary, Queen of Scots (UK/USA, 2018) Written by Beau Willimon & John Guy based on the book Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart by John Guy. Directed by Josie Rourke. Maudie (Ireland/Canada, 2016) Written by Sherry White. Directed by Aisling Walsh. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (USA/UK/Belgium/Canada, 2016) Written by Jane Goldman based on the novel by Ransom Riggs. Directed by Tim Burton. Much Ado About Nothing (UK/USA, 1993) Written by Kenneth Branagh based on the play by William Shakespeare. Directed by Kenneth Branagh. No Reservations (USA, 2007) Written by Carol Fuchs based on the screenplay Mostly Martha by Sandra Nettelbeck. Directed by Scott Hicks. North by Northwest (USA, 1959) Written by Ernest Lehman. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The Odyssey (France/Belgium, 2016) Original title L'Odyssee. Written by Jerome Salle & Laurent Turner based on the books Mon Pere le Commandant by Jean-Michel Cousteau & Capitaine de la Calypso by Albert Falco & Yves Paccalet. Directed by Jerome Salle. Official Secrets (UK/USA/Switzerland/China, 2019) Written by Sara Bernstein & Gregory Bernstein & Gavin Hood based on the book The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War by Marcia & Thomas Mitchell. Directed by Gavin Hood. Paterson (France/Germany/USA, 2016) Written and directed by Jim Jarmusch. Pollock (USA, 2000) Written by Barbara Turner & Susan J. Emshwiller based on the book Jackson Pollock: An American Saga by Steven Naifeh & Gregor White Smith. Directed by Ed Harris. The Post (USA/UK, 2017) Written by Liz Hannah & Josh Singer. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Reality Bites (USA, 1994) Written by Helen Childress. Directed by Ben Stiller. Rear Window (USA, 1954) Written by John Michael Hayes based on the short story It had to be Murder by Cornell Woolrich. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Rocketman (UK/Canada/USA, 2019) Written by Lee Hall. Directed by Dexter Fletcher. Roman J. Israel, Esq. (Canada/United Arab Emirates/USA, 2017) Written and directed by Dan Gilroy. The Shape of Water (USA/Canada, 2017) Written by Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor based on the story by Guillermo del Toro. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Sleepless in Seattle (USA, 1993) Written by Nora Ephron & David S. Ward & Jeff Arch based on the story by Jeff Arch. Directed by Nora Ephron. Snowden (UK/France/Germany/USA, 2016) Written by Kieran Fitzgerald & Oliver Stone based on the books The Time of the Octopus by Anatoly Kucherena & The Snowden Files by Luke Harding. Directed by Oliver Stone. Spotlight (USA, 2015) Written by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy. Directed by Tom McCarthy. A Star is Born (USA, 2018) Written by Eric Roth & Bradley Cooper & Will Fetters based on the 1954 screenplay by Moss Hart and the 1976 screenplay by John Gregory Dunne & Joan Didion & Frank Pierson and on a story by William Wellman & Robert Carson. Directed by Bradley Cooper. Steve Jobs (UK/USA, 2015) Written by Aaron Sorkin based on the book by Walter Isaacson. Directed by Danny Boyle. Sully (USA, 2016) Written by Todd Komarnicki based on the book Highest Duty by Chesley Sully Sullenberger & Jeffrey Zaslow. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri (UK/USA, 2017) Written and directed by Martin McDonagh. Turner & Hooch (USA, 1989) Written by Dennis Shryack & Michael Blodgett & Daniel Petrie, Jr. & Jim Cash & Jack Epps, Jr. based on the story by Dennis Shryack & Michael Blodgett. Directed by Roger Spottiswoode. The Weather Man (USA/Germany, 2005) Written by Steven Conrad. Directed by Gore Verbinski. Wonder (USA/Hong Kong, 2017) Written by Stephen Chbosky & Steven Conrad & Jack Thorne based on the novel by R.J. Palacio. Directed by Stephen Chbosky. Yesterday (UK/Russia/Japan/USA, 2019) Written by Richard Curtis based on the story by Jack Barth & Richard Curtis. Directed by Danny Boyle. You've Got Mail (USA, 1998) Written by Nora Ephron & Delia Ephron based on the screenplay The Shop Around the Corner by Samson Raphaelson from the play by Miklos Laszlo. Directed by Nora Ephron. Back to the top