Take a listen to the legendary Steven Spielberg as he discusses his screenwriting and filmmaking process. The screenplays below are the only ones that are available online. If you find any of his missing screenplays please leave the link in the comment section.
When you are done reading take a listen to Apple’s #1 Screenwriting Podcast The Bulletproof Screenwriting Podcast, with guests like Oscar Winner Eric Roth, James V. Hart, David Chase, John August, Oliver Stone and more.
Watch Steven Spielberg’s micro-budget short film Amblin.
(NOTE: For educational and research purposes only).
DUEL (1971)
Screenplay by Richard Matheson – Read the screenplay!
THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS (1974)
Screenplay by Hal Barwood and Matthew Robbins – Read the transcript!
JAWS (1975)
Screenplay by Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb – Read the screenplay!
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)
Screenplay by Steven Spielberg – Read the screenplay!
1941 (1979)
Screenplay by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale – Read the transcript!
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
Screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan – Read the screenplay!
POLTERGEIST (1982)
Screenplay by Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais, and Mark Victor – Read the screenplay!
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
Screenplay by Melissa Mathison – Read the screenplay!
INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (1984)
Screenplay by Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz – Read the screenplay!
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (1984)
Screenplay by Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz – Read the screenplay!
JURASSIC PARK (1993)
Screenplay by David Koepp and Michael Crichton – Read the screenplay!
THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK (1997)
Screenplay by David Koepp – Read the screenplay!
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998)
Screenplay by Robert Rodat – Read the screenplay!
A.I. ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE (2001)
Screenplay by Steven Spielberg – Read the screenplay!
MINORITY REPORT (2002)
Screenplay by Scott Frank, Jon Cohen, and Philip K. Dick – Read the screenplay!
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (2002)
Screenplay by Jeff Nathanson – Read the screenplay!
BRIDGE OF SPIES (2015)
Screenplay by Matt Charman, Ethan Coen, and Joel Coen – Read the screenplay!
READY PLAYER ONE (2018)
Screenplay by Zak Penn and Ernest Cline – Read the screenplay!
WEST SIDE STORY (2021)
Screenplay by Tony Kushner – NOT RELEASED YET