Reading a great screenplay can reignite our passion for telling cinematic stories. It can also remind us that the magic of movies is real, and that we can be a part of it if we want.
Links to this year’s Oscar nominated original and adapted screenplays are listed below. Take a look at how these incredible writers have communicated their visions on the page. Time to get inspired!
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAYS
Written by Robert Kaplow
Written by Jafar Panahi; Script collaborators – Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian
Written by Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
Written by Ryan Coogler
ADAPTED SCREENPLAYS
Screenplay by Will Tracy
Written for the Screen by Guillermo del Toro
Screenplay by Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell
Screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar
One Battle After Another **script not available yet**
Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
Most of these writers don’t have a clue about script formatting! Camera directions, “we see,” and loglines longer than 4 lines are a no no! How did they get this far?
Their scripts weren’t written for a screenplay contest—their scripts were already greenlit for production.
Wow! Thanks so much for this resource!
Amazing! Thank you for sharing.