Kudos Scott on listing "You Can Count On Me". One of the best written and most underappreciated human dramas of the 2000's.

I’ll second “Michael Clayton” as well. Gilroy is a master craftsman.

A few more to consider:
Broadcast News
Lost in Translation (a lesson in effective simplicity)
Fahrenheit 451 (Darabont draft)
Kramer vs. Kramer
Matchstick Men

Scott,

I've got to disagree with you on "Michael Clayton," which I thought was one of the most overhyped, underwhelming films of recent years.

Greg

"Lost in Translation (a lesson in effective simplicity)"

I question it's effectiveness. There was a whole lot of nothing in that film.


Anyway I managed to find the shooting script for Mildred Pierce at filestube.com.

@Scott: I've got a load of scripts in a folder titled "Drama." A few that haven't been mentioned --

Big Hole

Brick

Brokeback Mountain **

Cool Hand Luke

Crazy Heart

Frozen River **

Garden State

Giants

Into The Wild

Little Miss Sunshine (which I argue is just a drama masquerading as a comedy)

Memoirs (Remember Me)

Monster's Ball **

Passengers

Precious

Seven Pounds **

Sunshine Cleaning

The 25th Hour

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

The Oranges (another one that's more drama than comedy)

The Visitor **

The Wrestler **

There Will Be Blood

Up in the Air

Water for Elephants

and

Z for Zachariah
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That's all I have that hasn't been mentioned, I believe.

** indicates my favorites.



@The Unknown Lyricist: I don't think we're judging the final product. The script for Michael Clayton is ten times better than the film. But I'm one of the few that loved the film too. But give the script a shot. Gilroy is a master of the written word.

More cowbell for that list which I found here. :

Paths of Glory

All About Eve

Anatomy of A Murder

A Perfect World

The Deer Hunter

An Officer and a Gentlemen

Mr.Holland's Opus

Bad Day at Black Rock

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

The Pianist

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

The Elephant Man

Rebel Without a Cause

The Night of The Hunter

...I think that's about it.

Oh wait, Before The Devil Knows Your Dead ! That was a great one from Sidney Lumet and such energetic direction.

The Squid and the Whale

I also enjoyed the screenplay for Greenberg but have not yet seen the movie.

Another one - Things We Lost in the Fire by Allen Loeb. The screenplay was much better than the movie.

Sorry, Allan Loeb.

I hate getting people's names wrong.