While there have been many popular genres of style, (emo, scene, raver, etc.) one style that has infiltrated the film world in record numbers is the “hipster” style. Curly mustaches, old fashioned farmer clothes and a desire to retreat from industrialization has been the theme of these kids. While they embrace technology, in particular Mac products, they also feel the need to retreat out of the mainstream consumer culture into an old fashioned way of life.

The following films are considered “hipster” films in general. Perhaps not all members of the hipster movement embrace these films equally; however, the themes and style of film making in these movies are distinguishable from past generations of film. Many of the films focus on finding true meaning outside of a consumer culture. The actors are
distinguishable by their lack of emotion or by their strange but endearing personal quirks.

In the future, there will be generations of young people who will probably start a cult following of these hipster movies and desire to create movies similar to them. The formula to making a hipster film is locked within these following films, waiting to be taken apart and examined. If a person can create a formula for making a hipster-styled film, they will be prepared for the future days when making a hipster movie is a new form of kitsch.

Films

1. (2004) Garden State Script
2.  (2001) Wet Hot American Summer
3. (2001) The Royal Tenenbaums Script
4. (2005) Hard Candy Script
5. (2006) Wristcutters: A Love Story
6. (2006) Little Miss Sunshine Script
7. (2007) Charlie Bartlett Script
8. (2007) Juno Script
9. (2007) Lars and the Real Girl Script
10. (2007) Into the Wild Script
11. (2007) Across the Universe [Transcript]
12. (2008) Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist [Transcript]
13. (2010) Scott Pilgrim vs. The World Script

However, the world is a very bizarre place, and not all people fall in love the same way that the “average” person does. In a world with diverse people, there are bound to be romantic stories that just don’t fit into that traditional “boy-meets-girl” theme. That is where the following list comes into play.

The films below deal with love stories that defy mainstream expectations and, sometimes, even societal norms about morality.  Many of the films below have stirred up controversy; frightening members of society who just aren’t willing to accept such a disturbingly different representation of love. However, many of the following films have also (eventually) been reveled as cult classics or even Hollywood blockbusters, owing to the fact that they touched on a controversial subject long before it was financially rewarding.

Script writers who plan to write love stories can learn a lot from reading the following scripts and/or watching romance movies that push the mainstream boundaries. The best love stories come from a person who knows love. If a person is limited to understanding love on a strictly conventional standpoint then what does he or she have to add to the millions of romantic movies that already exist?

Love is far more complex than anyone can imagine. It can happen anywhere and at any moment to any person in the world. The screenwriter who can truly understand love will not only write romance scripts with ease, but he or she will be able to communicate those messages to a world that constantly seeks to understand the cryptic subject of love.

1. (1967) The Graduate Script
2. (1971) Harold and Maude Script
3. (1992) The Crying Game Script
4. (1999) Boys Don’t Cry Script
5. (1999) American Beauty Script
6. (1999) Snow Falling On Cedars Script
7. (2005) Brokeback Mountain Script
8. (2007) Lars and the Real Girl Script
9. (2008) The Reader Script