Weekend Read, our app for reading scripts on your phone, features a new curated collection of screenplays each week.

This week, we look at movies that use the confines of a single day to their advantage, keeping characters constantly pushing against time and towards their goals.

Our collection includes:

• All is Lost by J.C. Chandor
• American Graffiti by George Lucas, Gloria Katz & Willard Huyck
• Before Midnight by Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
• Before Sunrise by Richard Linklater & Kim Krizan
• Bodies Bodies Bodies by Kristen Roupenian
• Booksmart by Emily Halpern and Sarah Haskins
• Dazed and Confused by Richard Linklater
• Die Hard by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza
• Dog Day Afternoon by Frank Pierson
• Ferris Bueller’s Day Off by John Hughes
• Gravity by Alfonso Cuarón & Jonás Cuarón
• Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg
• Locke by Steven Knight
• Margin Call by J.C. Chandor
• Snowpiercer by Bong Joon-ho
• Superbad by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg
• Tangerine by Sean Baker & Chris Bergoch
• Malcolm and Marie by Sam Levinson

Read these and other featured collections only on Weekend Read 2, available on all Mac and iOS devices. Download for free!

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