The long and short of this thread (Of many I plan to type up for this week), is that I am writing a movie, and I need great conversations, to study.
By that, I mean, movies with conversations that linger in your mind, that make you laugh, that make you cry, all of it. My movie is predominantly conversation based (I'm doing an adaptation of a short story from this woman I know), and while the short story has its own dialogue, it's not particularly the best (intentional to some degree, to be fair), but I want this short to have a little bit more talking in it.
I want to have dialogue that keeps the audience engaged, but still advance the story (a short story, but I want to be able to advance it), and as I want to type this movie up and have it be the best... I have realized that I haven't had a great conversation with anybody...really.
So I figured I would like to check out other writers' styles and other movies to give me some ideas. I understand that if I try to copy wholesale and not create my own style to the writing, the problems that can erupt (Mostly that it would be The Room style conversations, which the exact idea I wish to not emulate).
So, I am asking the Escapist, can you recommend movies with good conversations?
Under my belt, Clerks and Pulp Fiction are considered very good in this category, the latter more so than the former, but, I would like more movies to do research on to make my movie sound natural and/or good.
So, throw them out, if you all do not mind, I appreciate it very much so.