When it comes to screenwriting, there are few better and cheaper resources than the annual awards season. In a bid to get Oscar voters and film critics belonging to a critics group to consider their film in a certain script category, studios offer their screenplays for free. This means you can count exactly how many times the name Mank is uttered in David Fincher‘s “Mank” for yourself!
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If you want to see for yourself what changed from the page to the screen in “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” or whether the script for “Tenet” makes any more sense than the film, then this is a golden opportunity to take a peek behind the curtain and see how the best or biggest in the business hone their craft.
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As usual, these are only the scripts for films that are already available, whether in theaters or streaming, so you won’t find the script for “Minari” just yet. Still, most of our own awards guru Gregory Ellwood’s Oscar predictions can be found here: from Emerald Fennell‘s “Promising Young Woman” to “Da 5 Bloods” and “Soul.” Now, download these while you can, and happy reading.
Antebellum (Lionsgate)
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Amazon Studios)
The Climb (Sony Pictures Classics)
Da 5 Bloods (Netflix)
Emma (Focus Features)
The Father (Sony Pictures Classics)
First Cow (A24)
French Exit (Sony Pictures Classics)
Herself (Amazon Studios)
I Carry You With Me (Sony Pictures Classics)
I’m Thinking of Ending Things (Netflix)
I’m Your Woman (Amazon Studios)
Judas the Black Messiah (WB)
Kajillionaire (Focus Features)
The King of Staten Island (Universal Pictures)
Let Him Go (Focus Features)
The Little Things (WB)
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)
Malcolm & Marie (Netflix)
Mank (Netflix)
The Mauritanian (STX Films)
Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures)
Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Focus Features)
News of the World (Universal)
One Night in Miami… (Amazon Studios)
On the Rocks (A24 and Apple)
Onward (Disney/Pixar)
Palmer (Apple TV+)
Palm Springs (Neon and Hulu)
The Personal History of David Copperfield (Searchlight Pictures)
The Prom (Netflix)
Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)
Saint Frances (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
Shirley (Neon)
Soul (Disney/Pixar)
Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios)
Tenet (WB)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)
The White Tiger (Netflix)
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