The Seven Basic Film Plots

The Seven Basic Film Plots include;

Overcoming the Monster
Hero learns of evil and sets out to destroy it;
Jaws
Rocky IV

Rags to Riches
Somebody with nothing earning something, Poor to Rich, Lonely to Happy;
Beauty and the Beast
Cinderella
Wreck it Ralph
Jane Eyre
The Quest
The hero sets out on a journey often with companions;
Indiana Jones
Monthy Python
The Quest
Voyage and Return
Hero goes on a voyage generally mad and magical and returns a braver, better more mature person;
Labryinth
Finding Nemo
Alice in Wonderland
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Gullivers Travels
The Devil Wears Prada
Inception
Comedy
Generally a large casted rooted in miscommunication, the villian is often redeemed rather than just defeated, has a funny theme running throughout the film;
Midsummer Nights Dream
I Give it a Year
Grown Ups/ Grown Ups 2
Tragedy
The ending is tragic, we feel for the villian/hero who dies;
Macbeth
Romeo and Juliet
Lord of the Rings
Goodfella's
Scarface
Rebirth
Rebirth is the more optimistic form of Tragedy, in which the villain spirals down into evil and then at the last second raises his head and gets pulled out of the mire by some redeeming figure, either his other half or a young child. The redeemer awakens the hero's ability to love (or feel compassion) and helps him also to see things as they are, including, sometimes, a reordering of priorities;
A Christmas Carol
The Secret Garden
Sleeping Beauty
Beauty and the Beast