Story Structure Database Index

On this page, you can find the complete index of titles available in the Story Structure Database, listed in alphabetical order.

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Books

About a Boy by Nick Hornby

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

The Ambassadors by Henry James

The American by Henry James

Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis

As Old as Time by Liz Braswell

The Aspern Papers by Henry James

Balanced on the Blade’s Edge by Lindsay Buroker

Behold the Dawn by K.M. Weiland

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Blinding Knife by Brent Weeks

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

The Breath of Dawn by Kristen Heitzmann

The Broken Eye by Brent Weeks

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett

Commodore Hornblower by C.S. Forester

Cress by Marissa Meyer

A Desperate Fortune by Susanna Kearsley

The Devil in the Marshalsea by Antonia Hodgson

Dodger by Terry Pratchett

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Dreamlander by K.M. Weiland

The Enclave by Karen Hancock

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

Every Secret Thing by Susanna Kearsley

Falling Into Place by Amy Zhang

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Heartless by Anne Elisabeth Stengl

His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Howl’s Moving Castle by Dianne Wynne Jones

The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Infidel by Kameron Hurley

In Sheep’s Clothing by Susan May Warren

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Jonah’s Gourd Vine by Zora Neal Hurston

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens

The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis

A Man Called Outlaw by K.M. Weiland

Me Before You by JoJo Moyes

Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

Moses, Man of the Mountain by Zora Neale Hurston

A Noble Groom by Jody Hedlund

Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

A Portrait of a Lady by Henry James

Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen

A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

The Representative by Thomas H. Cullen

Ronia the Robber’s Daughter by Astrid Lundgren

The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman

Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

Seraph on the Suwanee by Zora Neal Hurston

Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal

The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis

The Shifter by Janice Hardy

Spin the Sky by Katy Stauber

Storming by K.M. Weiland

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neal Hurston

The Thief-Taker by T.F. Banks

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Thornewicke by Charity Bishop

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Tower Lord by Anthony Ryan

Trauma Plan

The Truelove by Patrick O’Brian

The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

Undetected by Dee Henderson

The Versailles Legacy by Lyn Alexander

Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson

Washington Square by Henry James

White Fang by Jack London

Wings by Karl Friedrick

Wings of the Dove by Henry James

Wishsong of Shannara by Terry Brooks

Wolverine: Old Man Logan by Mark Millar & Steve McNiven

Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson

Worlds Unseen by Rachel Starr Thomson

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Movies

3:10 to Yuma (1957) directed by Delmer Daves

3:10 to Yuma (2007) directed by James Mangold

A.I: Artifical Intelligence directed by Steven Spielberg

After the Thin Man directed by W.S. Van Dyke

Aladdin directed by Ron Clements, John Musker

Alice Adams directed by George Stevens

Alien directed by Ridley Scott

All the President’s Men directed by Alan J. Pakula

Always directed by Steven Spielberg

American Outlaws directed by Les Mayfield

Anastasia directed by Don Bluth, Gary Goldman

Anna Karenina (2005) directed by Joe Wright

Another Thin Man directed by W.S. Van Dyke

Ant-Man directed by Peyton Reed

Apollo 13 directed by Ron Howard

Appaloosa directed by Richard Harris

Arsenic and Old Lace directed by Frank Capra

Atlantis: The Lost Empire directed by Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise

The Avengers directed by Joss Whedon

The Aviator directed by Martin Scorsese

The Avengers: Age of Ultron directed by Joss Whedon

Back the the Future, Part II directed by Robert Zemeckis

Batman Begins directed by Christopher Nolan

Ben-Hur (1959) directed by William Wyler

The Benny Goodman Story directed by Valentine Davies

Beowulf directed by Robert Zemeckis

Beyond the Mask directed by Chad Burns

The BFG directed by Steven Spielberg

Big Hero Six directed by Don Hall, Chris Williams

Big Miracle directed by Ken Kwabis

Big Trouble in Little China directed by John Carpenter

Black Hawk Down directed by Ridley Scott

Black Panther directed by Ryan Coogler

The Bourne Identity directed by Doug Liman

The Bourne Supremacy directed by Paul Greengrass

The Bourne Ultimatum directed by Paul Greengrass

Boyhood directed by Richard Linklater

Brave directed by Brenda Chapman and Mark Andrews

Braveheart directed by Mel Gibson

Brooklyn directed by John Crowley

A Bug’s Life directed by John Lasseter

Burn After Reading directed by Joel and Ethan Coen

Captain America: Civil War directed by Joe Russo, Anthony Russo

Captain America: The First Avenger directed by Joe Johnston

Captain America: The Winter Soldier directed by Anthony Russo, Joe Russo

Captain From Castile directed by Henry King

Captains Courageous directed by Victor Fleming

Captains of the Clouds directed by Michael Curtiz

Cars directed by John Lasseter

Cars 2 directed by John Lasseter, Brad Lewis

Casino Royale directed by Martin Campbell

Catch Me if You Can directed by Steven Spielberg

Cats Don’t Dance directed by Mark Dindal

Chariots of Fire directed by Hugh Hudson

Chicago (2002) directed by Rob Marshall

Chicken Run directed by Peter Lord, Nick Park

Children of Men directed by Alfonso Cuaron

Chinatown directed by Roman Polanski

Cinderella (2015) directed by Kenneth Branagh

Cloak and Dagger directed by Fritz Lang

Cold Mountain directed by Anthony Minghella

The Conjuring directed by James Wan

Conspiracy Theory directed by Richard Donner

Constantine directed by Francis Lawrence

Contraband directed by Baltasar Kormákur

Crazy Heart directed by Scott Cooper

Cutthroat Island directed by Renny Harlin

Dear John directed by Lasse Hallstrom

The Departed directed by Martin Scorsese

Despicable Me directed by Pierre Coffin, Chris Reynaud, Cinco Paul, Sergio Paulos, Ken Daurio

Die Hard directed by John McTiernan

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels directed by Frank Oz

District 9 by Neill Blomkamp

Divergent directed by Neil Burger

Django Unchained directed by Quentin Tarantino

Doctor Strange directed by Scott Derrickson

Duma directed by Carroll Ballard

Driving Miss Daisy directed by Bruce Beresford

Edge of Tomorrow directed by Doug Liman

Edward Scissorhands directed by Tim Burton

Elizabeth directed by Shekhar Kapur

The Emperor’s Club directed by Michel Hoffman

Enemy at the Gates directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind directed by Michel Gondry

Ever After directed by Andy Tennant

Everest by Baltasar Kormákur

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them directed by David Yates

The Farmer’s Daughter directed by H.C. Potter

Fast and Furious directed by Justin Lin

The Fast and the Furious

Fast Five directed by Justin Lin

Fight Club directed by David Fincher

Finding Nemo directed by Andrew Stanton

Finding Neverland directed by Marc Forster

Fireproof directed by Alex Kendrick

Flame Over India directed by J. Lee Thompson

Forever Young directed by Steve Miner

Forrest Gump directed by Robert Zemeckis

Frankenweenie directed by Tim Burton

Furious 6 directed by Justin Lin

Furious 7 directed by James Wan

Gangs of New York directed by Martin Scorsese

Ghost directed by Jerry Zucker

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz

The Ghost and the Darkness directed by Stephen Hopkins

Ghostbusters (1984) directed by Ivan Reitman

The Giver directed by Phillip Noyce

Gladiator directed by Ridley Scott

Glory directed by Edward Zwick

The Godfather directed by Francis Ford Coppola

Gone Baby Gone directed by Ben Affleck

Gone With the Wind directed by Victor Fleming, George Cukor

Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969) directed by Herbert Ross

The Good Dinosaur directed by Bob Peterson, Peter Sohn

The Good Shepherd directed by Robert DeNiro

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly directed by Sergio Leone

The Great Escape directed by John Sturges

The Greatest Show on Earth directed by Cecil B. DeMille

Green Street Hooligans directed by Lexi Alexander

Groundhog Day directed by Harold Ramis

Guardians of the Galaxy directed by James Gunn

Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 directed by James Gunn

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets directed by Chris Columbus

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt. 1 directed by David Yates

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt. 2 directed by David Yates

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire directed by Mike Newell

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince directed by David Yates

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix directed by David Yates

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone directed by Chris Columbus

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban directed by Alfonso Cuaron

Hercules (1997) directed by Ron Clements, John Musker

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies directed by Peter Jackson

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug directed by Peter Jackson

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey directed by Peter Jackson

Hotel Transylvania directed by Genndy Tartakovsky

How to Train Your Dragon directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois

How to Train Your Dragon 2 directed by Dean DeBlois

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney) directed by Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Pt. 1 directed by Francis Lawrence

Ice Age directed by Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha

Ice Age 2: The Great Meltdown directed by Carlos Saldanha

Ice Age 3: The Dawn of the Dinosaurs directed by Carlos Saldanha, Mike Thurmeier

Ice Age 4: Continental Drift directed by Steve Martino, Mike Thurmeier

I Love You Again directed by W.S. Van Dyke

The Immigrant directed by James Gray

The Incredibles

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade directed by Steven Spielberg

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark directed by Steven Spielberg

Inglorious Basterds

In Old Chicago directed by Henry King

Inside Out directed by Pete Docter

Insomnia directed by Christopher Nolan

Interstellar directed by Christopher Nolan

Into the Woods directed by Rob Marshall

The Iron Lady directed by Phyllida Lloyd

Iron Man directed by Jon Favreau

Iron Man II directed by Jon Favreau

Iron Man III directed by Shane Black

Island in the Sky (1953) directed by William A. Wellman

It Happened One Night directed by Frank Capra

It’s a Wonderful Life directed by Frank Capra

Jarhead directed by Sam Mendes

Jerry Maguire directed by Cameron Crowe

The Jolson Story directed by Alfred E. Green

The Jungle Book directed by Jon Favreau

Jupiter Ascending directed by the Wachowskis

Jurassic Park directed by Steven Spielberg

Jurassic Park III directed by Joe Johnston

Jurassic World directed by Corey Trevorrow

The Kid (2000) directed by Jon Turteltaub

Kidnapped (1995) directed by Ivan Passer

The King’s Speech directed by Tom Hooper

Kung-Fu Panda directed by Mark Osborne, John Stevenson

Kung-Fu Panda 2 directed by Jennifer Yuh

Kung-Fu Panda 3 directed by Alessandro Carloni, Jennifer Yuh

Ladder 49 directed by Jay Russell

The Lake House directed by Alejandro Agresti

The Last Samurai directed by Edward Zwick

A League of Their Own directed by Penny Marshall

The Lego Movie directed by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller

The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou directed by Wes Anderson

Lillian Russell directed by Irving Cummings

Little Women (1994) directed by Gillian Armstrong

The Lion King directed by Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff

Logan directed by James Mangold

The Losers directed by Silvain White

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior directed by George Miller

Mad Max 3: Beyond the Thunderdome directed by George Miller, George Olgilvie

Mad Max: Fury Road directed by George Miller

The Magnificent Seven directed by John Sturges

A Man for All Seasons directed by Fred Zinnemann

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance directed by John Ford

The Martian directed by Ridley Scott

Mary Poppins directed by Robert Stevenson

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World directed by Peter Weir

Match Point directed by Woody Allen

The Matrix directed by The Wachowskis

Maze Runner directed by Wes Ball

McFarland, USA directed by Niki Caro

McLintock! directed by Andrew McLaglan

Meet John Doe directed by Frank Capra

Megamind directed by Tom McGrath

The Mirror Has Two Faces directed by Barbra Streisand

Mission: Impossible: Rogue Nation directed by Christopher McQuarrie

Miss Potter directed by Chris Noonan

Monsters, Inc. directed by Pete Docter, David Silverman, Lee Unkrich

Monsters University, directed by Dan Scanlon

Mrs. Miniver directed by William Wyler

Mulan directed by Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook

Munich directed by Steven Spielberg

Music & Lyrics directed by Marc Lawrence

Mystic River directed by Clint Eastwood

National Velvet directed by Clarence Brown

New in Town directed by Jonas Elmer

No Country for Old Men directed by the Coen Brothers

Non-Stop directed by Jaume Collet-Serra

Now, Voyager directed by Irving Rapper

Oblivion directed by Joseph Kosinski

Oliver! directed by Carol Reed

On the Double directed by Melville Shavelson

Outlaw King directed by David Mackenzie

Open Range directed by Kevin Costner

Pacific Rim directed by Guillermo del Toro

Pandorum directed by Christian Alvart

Paparazzi directed by Paul Abascal

Pearl Harbor directed by Michael Bay

The Perfect Score directed by Brian Robbins

Peter Pan (2003) directed by P.J. Hogan

The Prince and Me directed by Martha Coolidge

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time directed by Mike Newell

Quantum of Solace directed by Marc Forster

The Queen directed by Stephen Frears

Quigley Down Under directed by Simon Wincer

Random Hearts directed by Sydney Pollack

Ratatouille directed by Brad Bird

Rescue Team by Candace Calvert

Real Steel directed by Shawn Levy

Red Dawn (1984) directed by John Milius

Red River directed by Howard Hawks

Rendition directed by Gavin Hood

Rigoletto directed by Leo D. Paur

Rise of the Guardians directed by Peter Ramsey

Rise of the Planet of the Apes directed by Rupert Wyatt

The Rookie directed by John Lee Hancock

Sahara directed by Breck Eisner

Saving Mr. Banks directed by John Lee Hancock

Schindler’s List directed by Steven Spielberg

Scooby-Doo (2002) directed by Raja Gosnell

The Scorch Trials directed by Wes Ball

The Sea Hawk directed by Michael Curtiz

Secondhand Lions directed by Tim McCanlies

Secret Window directed by David Knoepp

Serendipity directed by Peter Chelsom

Shutter Island directed by Martin Scorsese

Singin’ in the Rain directed by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly

The Song of the Thin Man directed by Edward Buzzell

Soul Surfer directed by Sean McNamara

Southpaw directed by Antoine Fuqua

Spider-Man: Homecoming directed by Jon Watts

Splash directed by Ron Howard

Stand by Me directed by Rob Reiner

Star Wars: Attack of the Clones directed by George Lucas

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back directed by Irwin Kershner

Star Wars: The Force Awakens directed by J.J. Abrams

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: A New Hope directed by George Lucas

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace directed by George Lucas

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi directed by Richard Marquand

Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith directed by George Lucas

Star Wars: Rogue One directed by Gareth Edwards

State of Play (2009) directed by Kevin Macdonald

The Stepford Wives (2004) directed by Frank Ox

Sunshine directed by Danny Boyle

Surf’s Up directed by Ash Brannon and Chris Buck

Tangled directed by Nathan Greno, Byron Howard

Taken directed by Pierre Morel

Taken 2 directed by Olivier Megaton

The Ten Commandments directed by Cecil B. DeMille

The Terminator directed by James Cameron

There Will Be Blood directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

They Died With Their Boots On directed by Raoul Walsh

The Thin Man directed by W.S. Van Dyke

Thor directed by Kenneth Branagh

Thor: The Dark World directed by Alan Taylor

Thor: Ragnarok directed by Taika Waititi

Tinker Bell and the Legend of the Neverbeast directed by Steve Loter

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy directed by Tomas Alfredson

Tombstone directed by George P. Cosmatos

Tomorrowland directed by Brad Bird

Toy Story directed by John Lasseter

Toy Story 2 directed by John Lasseter, Ash Brannon, Lee Unkrich

Toy Story 3 directed by Lee Unkrich

Treasure Planet directed by Ron Clements, John Musker

Tristan and Isolde directed by Kevin Reynolds

TRON: Legacy directed by Joseph Kosinski

Troy directed by Wolfgang Petersen

True Grit (1969) directed by Henry Hathaway

Tuck Everlasting directed by Jay Russell

Twelve Years a Slave directed by Steve McQueen

Unbroken directed by Angelina Jolie

Underworld Evolution directed by Len Wiseman

Up directed by Pete Docter

Validation directed by Kurt Kuenne

Wall-E directed by Andrew Stanton

We Bought a Zoo directed by Cameron Crowe

Whiplash directed by Damien Chazelle

White Christmas directed by Michael Curtiz

Witness directed by Peter Weir

The Wolverine directed by James Mangold

Wonder Woman directed by Patty Jenkins

The Words directed by Brian Klugman, Lee Sternthal

World War Z directed by Marc Forster

Wreck-It Ralph directed by Rich Moore

X-Men: Days of Future Past directed by Bryan Singer

X-Men: First Class directed by Matthew Vaughn

X-Men 3: Last Stand directed by Brett Ratner

X-Men Origins: Wolverine directed by Gavin Hood

Zootopia directed by Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Jared Bush

Short Stories

Fever” by Raymond Carver

A Temporary Matter” by Jhumpa Lahiri

Video Games

Final Fantasy VII directed by Yoshinori Kitase

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