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Save the Cat Beat Sheet Rankings

Ranked Save the Cat beat sheet analysis for 1916 SlugDB scripts, sorted by overall framework fit score from 0-100.

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  1. 301LABOR OF LOVE (1993)Widowed Maurice Parker embarks on an epic cross–country walk to honor his late wife Ellen, confronting physical, emotional, and societal obstacles.65 scenes / 30% analysis confidence85
  2. 302Coraline (2009)Coraline moves into a new home, discovers a hidden door to an alluring but sinister Other World, and must rescue her real parents and trapped spirits by confronting the Other Mother.75 scenes / 73% analysis confidence85
  3. 303Whiplash (2013)Ambitious drummer Andrew Neiman endures Fletcher’s brutal training to achieve jazz greatness.83 scenes / 8% analysis confidence85
  4. 304JOHN WICK: CHAPTER FOUR (2022)John Wick seeks redemption and freedom by confronting the High Table’s representatives across global Continental hotels.58 scenes / 79% analysis confidence85
  5. 305JAWS 2After a shark resurfaces near Amity Island, Chief Brody struggles to convince town leaders of the threat.43 scenes / 30% analysis confidence85
  6. 306OCEAN'S 11Danny Ocean is paroled and immediately plots a daring casino heist, assembling a team of specialists.163 scenes / 10% analysis confidence85
  7. 307Chinatown (1974)Gittes is drawn into a dark conspiracy when he’s hired to investigate what seems like simple marital infidelity.54 scenes / 83% analysis confidence85
  8. 308SCHINDLER'S LISTOskar Schindler, a charismatic opportunist, builds a profitable enamelware factory in Nazi‐occupied Poland by exploiting Jewish labor.155 scenes / 57% analysis confidence85
  9. 309BEING JOHN MALKOVICHCraig Schwartz is a struggling puppeteer who discovers a mysterious portal into actor John Malkovich’s mind.107 scenes / 22% analysis confidence85
  10. 310THE GRADUATE (1967)Benjamin Braddock, aimless and overwhelmed after college, drifts into an affair with Mrs.71 scenes / 20% analysis confidence85
  11. 311Three KingsThree Kings follows disillusioned soldiers who pivot from their sanctioned mission to looting hidden Kuwaiti gold, only to find themselves entangled in moral dilemmas and a daring rescue.51 scenes / 76% analysis confidence85
  12. 312How to Train Your Dragon (2010)How to Train Your Dragon follows young Hiccup’s journey from awkward apprentice to dragon hero.27 scenes / 80% analysis confidence85
  13. 313GREMLINS (1982)A quirky inventor in Hong Kong buys a mysterious creature for his son, unleashing strict rules and unexpected chaos when those rules are broken.46 scenes / 10% analysis confidence85
  14. 314Mission: Impossible II (2000)Mission: Impossible II follows Ethan Hunt as he embarks on a high-stakes mission to recover a deadly virus, recruiting an ex-lover to infiltrate the villain’s circle.42 scenes / 25% analysis confidence85
  15. 315Scream 2Scream 2 opens with a meta‐commentary on horror fandom before a copycat Ghostface terrorizes Sidney Prescott at college.66 scenes / 22% analysis confidence85
  16. 316Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)Puss in Boots, living recklessly, learns he’s down to his last life and must confront mortality.51 scenes / 25% analysis confidence85
  17. 317The Wizard of Oz (1939)Dorothy’s mundane life on the Kansas farm is disrupted when Miss Gulch tries to take Toto, prompting Dorothy to run away and be swept into the magical land of Oz.43 scenes / 72% analysis confidence85
  18. 318Austin Powers: International Man of MysteryAustin Powers is introduced through Dr.36 scenes / 72% analysis confidence85
  19. 319Ninotchka (1939)Ninotchka follows the stern Soviet envoy Nina Yakushova as she arrives in Paris to reclaim stolen jewels, clashing with the carefree Leon.46 scenes / 12% analysis confidence85
  20. 320TWILIGHT: NEW MOON (2008)Bella’s life in Forks is upended by Edward’s vampire world and sudden departure, plunging her into grief.83 scenes / 75% analysis confidence85
  21. 321PARIAHTeenager Alike struggles with her gender identity and family expectations while navigating love and self-discovery.87 scenes / 12% analysis confidence85
  22. 322DRAG ME TO HELL (2007)Bank loan officer Stephanie is cursed by an irate borrower and seeks help from her boyfriend Ray and a psychic, Rham Jas.56 scenes / 72% analysis confidence85
  23. 323The Terminator (1984)A relentless cyborg assassin arrives in 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, while a soldier from the future protects her.133 scenes / 12% analysis confidence85
  24. 324INCEPTIONInception follows Cobb, a skilled extractor haunted by his past, as he assembles a team to plant an idea in a reluctant heir’s mind.122 scenes / 42% analysis confidence85
  25. 325ROCKYRocky Balboa, a small‐time boxer, ekes out fights in a dingy club while yearning for something more.54 scenes / 52% analysis confidence85
  26. 326Rush Hour 2 (2001)Rush Hour 2 opens with a playful tone between Lee and Carter, quickly disrupted by a terrorist bombing that propels them into an international counterfeiting plot.28 scenes / 70% analysis confidence85
  27. 327Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)Hannah and Her Sisters interweaves three main storylines: Elliot’s forbidden attraction to his sister-in-law Lee, Mickey’s health and spiritual crises coupled with a romance rekindled with Holly, and Hannah’s role as the family glue.73 scenes / 82% analysis confidence85
  28. 328YOU CAN COUNT ON ME (2000)Sammy, a widowed single mother, juggles her son Rudy, her ex Terry’s unexpected return, and budding romances.105 scenes / 35% analysis confidence85
  29. 329Logan (2016)Logan, a weary mutant, is drawn out of his rut when a woman and a young girl seek his help to escape sinister forces.80 scenes / 80% analysis confidence85
  30. 330RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1936)Raiders of the Lost Ark follows Indiana Jones as he recovers ancient artifacts and battles Nazis from the jungles of Peru to the deserts of Egypt.50 scenes / 30% analysis confidence85
  31. 331EXCALIBUREXCALIBUR opens with Merlin amid a brutal battle as Uther’s obsession and magic lead to Arthur’s birth and destiny.72 scenes / 80% analysis confidence85
  32. 332THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK (1997)Paleontologist Ian Malcolm is drawn into returning to Isla Sorna to investigate dinosaurs living freely.41 scenes / 20% analysis confidence85
  33. 333The Princess Bride (1987)A bedridden Kid is read The Princess Bride by his grandfather, introducing a swashbuckling tale of true love and daring rescue.50 scenes / 67% analysis confidence85
  34. 334RKO 281 (1997)RKO 281 follows Orson Welles’s journey from an inspired young dreamer through the turbulent making and release of Citizen Kane, highlighting his creative battles and the powerful forces arrayed against him.65 scenes / 72% analysis confidence85
  35. 335THE SHINING (1980)Jack Torrance takes a caretaker job at the isolated Overlook Hotel, moving in with his wife Wendy and psychic son Danny.60 scenes / 30% analysis confidence85
  36. 336GET LOWAn aging hermit, Felix Bush, plans his own ‘live funeral party’ before dying, prompting a media frenzy and personal reckonings.80 scenes / 75% analysis confidence85
  37. 337AVATARMarine veteran Jake Sully arrives on Pandora and must decide whether to spy on the natives or embrace their world.109 scenes / 72% analysis confidence85
  38. 338BIG EYES (1958)Margaret Keane, a struggling single mother and painter, leaves her marriage to pursue her art, only to have her husband Walter take credit for her iconic paintings.81 scenes / 25% analysis confidence85
  39. 339Star Trek: First Contact (1995)Star Trek: First Contact follows the Enterprise crew as they battle the Borg, who travel back to 2063 to prevent First Contact.151 scenes / 30% analysis confidence85
  40. 340JUNO (2007)Juno is a witty teenager who unexpectedly becomes pregnant.90 scenes / 18% analysis confidence85
  41. 341Disturbia (2006)After Kale loses his father in a tragic accident, he’s sentenced to house arrest and begins spying on his mysterious neighbor, Robert Giles.124 scenes / 8% analysis confidence85
  42. 342Gone in Sixty SecondsMemphis Raines, a reformed car thief, is drawn back into the underworld when his brother Kip is threatened by crime boss Raymond Calitri.101 scenes / 45% analysis confidence85
  43. 343THE HUDSUCKER PROXY (1992)A naive mailroom clerk, Norville Barnes, arrives in 1958 New York and is thrust into the presidency of Hudsucker Industries after its CEO’s suicide.50 scenes / 72% analysis confidence85
  44. 344The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)The Pevensie children are evacuated from war-torn London and discover the magical land of Narnia through a wardrobe.29 scenes / 72% analysis confidence85
  45. 345THE INVENTION OF LYING (2007)Mark lives in a world where no one can lie and truth is brutally spoken.62 scenes / 35% analysis confidence85
  46. 346Coriolanus (2011)Coriolanus, a proud Roman general, achieves military glory but struggles with political popularity.57 scenes / 78% analysis confidence85
  47. 347Ocean's Eleven (2001)Danny Ocean, freshly paroled, immediately sets about assembling a crack team to pull off an audacious heist on three Las Vegas casinos owned by Terry Benedict.163 scenes / 30% analysis confidence85
  48. 348WANTED (2005)Wesley Gibson’s mundane life is disrupted when a mysterious assassin kills a Fraternity head in his office building, drawing Wesley into a secret world of trained killers.75 scenes / 12% analysis confidence85
  49. 349Twelve Monkeys (1994)Twelve Monkeys follows James Cole, a convict sent from a post–apocalyptic future to stop a devastating plague by investigating the mysterious “Twelve Monkeys.” As Cole navigates both psychiatric institutions and the law-enforcement world of the 1990s, he teams up with Dr.30 scenes / 52% analysis confidence85
  50. 350THE FUGITIVE (1993)Richard Kimble, wrongfully accused of murdering his wife, escapes custody after a train crash and embarks on a manhunt across Chicago.37 scenes / 78% analysis confidence85
  51. 351Never Been KissedJosie Geller, a down-on-her-luck newspaper copy editor, goes undercover as a high school student to revive her dead-end career.32 scenes / 78% analysis confidence85
  52. 35228 Days Later (2002)A courier wakes from a coma to discover a rage virus apocalypse.75 scenes / 78% analysis confidence85
  53. 353GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 (2017)2 opens with Peter’s childhood and quickly shifts to the team’s heist for the Sovereign, only to crash on a mysterious planet where Ego, Peter’s father, offers them a new life.94 scenes / 82% analysis confidence85
  54. 354KRAMER VS. KRAMER (1979)Advertising executive Ted Kramer must suddenly become a single parent when his wife Joanna abandons their son.106 scenes / 12% analysis confidence85
  55. 355Mary Poppins (1964)A magical nanny arrives at the Banks household to mend a fractured family through whimsical adventures.20 scenes / 70% analysis confidence85
  56. 356TUCKER AND DALE VS EVIL (2009)Tucker and Dale, two well-meaning hillbillies, head to their dilapidated cabin for a vacation but are mistaken for killers by a group of college kids.47 scenes / 52% analysis confidence85
  57. 357THE SANDLOT KIDS (1992)A shy newcomer, Scotty Smalls, struggles to fit in until baseball prodigy Benny Rodriguez takes him under his wing.127 scenes / 82% analysis confidence85
  58. 358Final Destination (1999)Alex Browning experiences a terrifying premonition of his plane’s crash and saves a group of classmates from certain death.56 scenes / 30% analysis confidence85
  59. 359CATWOMAN (2003)Patience Price, a mild‐mannered accountant, is fired and subsequently killed but miraculously resurrected by a feline ritual.97 scenes / 71% analysis confidence85
  60. 360EX MACHINACaleb, a programmer, wins a mysterious trip to the remote estate of reclusive CEO Nathan.67 scenes / 72% analysis confidence85
  61. 361Misery (1990)Paul Sheldon, a bestselling author, crashes his car in a blizzard and is rescued by his obsessive fan Annie Wilkes.55 scenes / 80% analysis confidence85
  62. 362A Few Good Men (1991)A military lawyer reluctantly takes on the defense of two Marines accused of murdering a fellow Marine, PFC Santiago, after a hazing gone wrong.73 scenes / 62% analysis confidence85
  63. 363THE CROW: SALVATIONA resurrected Alex seeks vengeance and truth after being executed for a crime he didn’t commit.61 scenes / 8% analysis confidence84
  64. 364WHAT DREAMS MAY COMEAfter pediatrician Chris Nielsen dies and enters an ethereal afterlife, he navigates a vividly imagined world to rescue his wife Annie from her own despair.37 scenes / 72% analysis confidence82
  65. 365THE MUMMY RETURNS (2000)After a mythic prologue, adventurous explorer Rick O’Connell and his allies uncover a resurrection ceremony that unleashes the cursed Imhotep and sets in motion a race across London and the desert.80 scenes / 70% analysis confidence82
  66. 366SHOOTER (1998)Ex‐Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger is coaxed out of retirement to thwart a presidential assassination, only to be set up as the fall guy.38 scenes / 29% analysis confidence82
  67. 367PACIFIC RIMRaleigh Beckett, traumatized by a kaiju battle that killed his brother, is reluctant to pilot the Jaeger Gipsy Danger again.66 scenes / 12% analysis confidence82
  68. 368Colombiana (2011)Colombiana follows young Cataleya’s transformation from a child witness of her parents’ murder into a driven assassin seeking vengeance.90 scenes / 72% analysis confidence82
  69. 369LOGAN LUCKY (2016)Jimmy Logan discovers a diamond, loses his mine job, and assembles a crew to pull off a daring heist.25 scenes / 80% analysis confidence82
  70. 37022 JUMP STREETUndercover cops Schmidt and Jenko are sent to college to infiltrate a drug ring.23 scenes / 78% analysis confidence82
  71. 371The Truman ShowTruman Burbank grows up inside a meticulously crafted reality television set, unaware that his every move is broadcast.178 scenes / 72% analysis confidence82
  72. 372JERRY MAGUIRE (1996)Sports agent Jerry Maguire has a crisis of conscience, writes a radical mission statement, and is fired.89 scenes / 78% analysis confidence82
  73. 373THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)Detectives Doyle and Russo uncover a massive heroin smuggling ring led by Charnier while navigating bureaucracy and personal conflict.47 scenes / 78% analysis confidence82
  74. 374A QUIET PLACE (2018)A post-apocalyptic family must live in silence to avoid blind creatures that hunt by sound.123 scenes / 78% analysis confidence82
  75. 375L.A. Confidential (1995)Confidential follows two very different LAPD detectives, the moralistic Ed Exley and the brutal Bud White, as they navigate corruption and conspiracy after a mass murder at a coffee shop.124 scenes / 72% analysis confidence82
  76. 37610 Things I Hate About YouNew student Cameron attempts to woo Bianca but learns he must first get her rebellious sister, Kat, a date.91 scenes / 73% analysis confidence82
  77. 377THE ISLANDClone Lincoln Six-Echo lives a routined life in a controlled society until he discovers the institute’s dark secret and escapes with Ester.184 scenes / 12% analysis confidence82
  78. 378SPEED RACER (2007)Speed’s passion for racing is established early, as he learns from his brother Rex and chafes under conventional expectations.64 scenes / 78% analysis confidence82
  79. 379HerLonely writer Theodore navigates life after a failed marriage, falling unexpectedly in love with an intuitive operating system, Samantha.111 scenes / 12% analysis confidence82
  80. 380THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (1991)The story opens with Captain Ramius aboard the Red October, introducing the tense Cold War stakes and Jack Ryan’s domestic life.55 scenes / 76% analysis confidence82
  81. 381AMERICAN SNIPERThe screenplay follows Chris Kyle’s journey from a skilled sniper in Fallujah through personal struggles at home, exploring his identity as protector and the cost of service.79 scenes / 72% analysis confidence82
  82. 382Letters to JulietSophia, a frustrated writer, travels to Verona with her boyfriend Victor and discovers a hidden 1951 letter seeking Juliet’s counsel.28 scenes / 45% analysis confidence82
  83. 383Black Swan (2010)An obsessive young ballerina, Nina, is cast as Swan Queen and pushed by her demanding mentor to embrace her darker side.128 scenes / 73% analysis confidence82
  84. 384What Women WantNick Marshall acquires the ability to hear women’s thoughts and must navigate his personal and professional life with this new power.20 scenes / 70% analysis confidence80
  85. 385VERTIGO (1958)Scottie, a former detective crippled by fear of heights, is hired to follow Madeleine, whom he becomes obsessed with.58 scenes / 12% analysis confidence80
  86. 386WE BOUGHT A ZOO (2011)After the death of his wife, Benjamin Mee struggles to raise his two children alone and finds purpose in purchasing a rundown zoo.70 scenes / 30% analysis confidence80
  87. 387The Ten Commandments (1954)The story follows Moses from his miraculous origins through his rise as Egypt’s prince, his exile and transformation into the Deliverer, and culminates in leading the Hebrews out of Egypt to the Promised Land.53 scenes / 72% analysis confidence80
  88. 388THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE (2008)Dave, a meek apprentice, stumbles into the world of sorcery when he accidentally frees an ancient villain.36 scenes / 65% analysis confidence80
  89. 389The Others (1998)Grace, a devout mother, struggles to protect her children in a remote manor plagued by mysterious phenomena.23 scenes / 35% analysis confidence80
  90. 390The Matrix Revolutions (2002)The film opens in the Oracle’s kitchen, setting up Neo’s destiny and the war’s stakes.10 scenes / 8% analysis confidence80
  91. 391THE FOUNTAINTHE FOUNTAIN interweaves three timelines—16th-century expedition, present-day medical crisis, and far-future space quest—to explore love, death, and the search for eternal life.22 scenes / 7% analysis confidence80
  92. 392THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSEEmily Rose's mysterious death sparks a courtroom drama that pits legal reason against supernatural belief.35 scenes / 30% analysis confidence80
  93. 393The Conjuring (1971)The Warrens arrive at the Perron house to investigate supernatural disturbances, uncovering escalating paranormal attacks on the family.40 scenes / 18% analysis confidence80
  94. 394The Aviator (2003)The Aviator follows Howard Hughes’s journey from daring filmmaker and aviator to obsessive recluse.67 scenes / 46% analysis confidence80
  95. 395LUCY (2012)Lucy is coerced into smuggling a mysterious drug, which leaks into her system and grants her extraordinary abilities.19 scenes / 20% analysis confidence80
  96. 396CopycatHelen Hudson is drawn back into investigation when a copycat murderer targets her work.63 scenes / 14% analysis confidence80
  97. 397RED SUNClark struggles with his secret identity at the Kent Farm before returning to Metropolis, where he resumes life at the Daily Planet, reunites with Lois and Jimmy, and heroically saves a space shuttle.47 scenes / 80% analysis confidence80
  98. 398EVOLUTION II (2008)FBI Agent Peter Strahm unravels a new series of Jigsaw games orchestrated by Detective Hoffman while survivors face lethal traps testing their past sins.39 scenes / 8% analysis confidence80
  99. 399ROCKY II (1978)Rocky struggles with life after his first fight, supporting Adrian’s pregnancy and facing financial hardship.62 scenes / 20% analysis confidence80
  100. 400ROADHOUSE (1987)A seasoned bouncer, Dalton, takes on a struggling roadside bar and enforces order, drawing the ire of local crime lord Brad Wesley.25 scenes / 90% analysis confidence80