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Screenplays: Download Oscar Winners and More (Running List)

UPDATED FEB 2019: If you want to be a screenwriter you need to read a lot of screenplays. And if you are going to read film scripts might as well read some of this year’s best. Below is an active running list of 2019 Oscar Contending Screenplays. I’ll be adding new screenplays as they become available so check back often.

PLEASE NOTE: These screenplays are FREE and LEGAL to download for educational purposes. The studios will only keep them online throughout the awards season so the clock is ticking. Enjoy.

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2019 Oscar Contending Screenplays

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• A Star is Born– (Warners Bros) – NEW
• 22 July (provisionally titled “Norway”) – (Netflix) – LINK WORKS
• All Is True – (Sony Classics) – NEW
• BlacKKKlansmen – OSCAR WINNER
• Beautiful Boy – (Amazon)
• The Ballad of Buster Scruggs – (Netflix) – LINK WORKS
• Black Panther – (Marvel/Disney) – NEW
• Boy Erased – (Focus Features)
• Can You Ever Forgive Me? – (Fox Searchlight) – NEW
• Capernaum (Chaos) – (Sony Classics) – NEW
• Colette – (Bleeker Street)
• Crazy Rich Asians – (Warners Bros) – NEW
• Destroyer – (AnnaPurna)
• Dumplin’ – (Netflix)
• Disobedience – (Bleeker Street)
• Eighth Grade – (A24)
• First Man– (Universal) – NEW
• First Reformed – NEW
• The Green Book– (Universal) – NEW
• If Beale Street Could Talk – (AnnaPurna)
• Leave No Trace – (Bleeker Street)
• Mary Poppins Returns – (Disney) – NEW
• Mary Queen of Scots – (Focus Features)
• Never Look Away – (Sony Classics) – NEW
• Old Man & The Gun– (Fox Searchlight) – NEW
• On The Basis of Sex – (Focus Features)
• Private Life – (Netflix) – LINK WORKS
• Puzzle– (Sony Classics) – NEW
• A Quiet Place – (Paramount)
• Roma (in English) – (Netflix)
• Roma (en Español) – (Netflix)
• Roxanne Roxanne – (Netflix)
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – (Sony) – NEW
• Sorry to Bother You – (Annapurna)
• The Front Runner – (Sony)
• The Green Book – (Universal) – NEW
• The Happy Prince – (Sony Classics) – NEW
• The Kindergarten Teacher – (Netflix)
• The Land of Steady Habits – (Netflix)
• The Other Side of the Wind – (Netflix)
• The Sisters Brothers – (AnnaPurna) – NEW
• The Wife– (Sony Classics) – NEW
• The Rider– (Sony Classics) – NEW
• Ruben Brandt, Collector– (Sony Classics) – NEW
• Stan & Ollie– (Sony Classics) – NEW
• Vice– (AnnaPurna) – NEW
• What They Had – (Bleeker Street)

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2018 Oscar Contending Screenplays

• Battle of the Sexes – (FOX Searchlight)
• Beauty and the Beast – (Disney)
• The Beguiled – (Focus Features)
• The Big Sick – (Amazon)
• Brad’s Status – (Amazon)
• Breathe – (Bleeker Street)
• Brigsby Bear – (Sony Classics)
• Call Me By Your Name – (Sony Classics)
• Coco – NEW (Disney/Pixar)
• Darkest Hour – NEW (Focus Features)
• The Disaster Artist – NEW (A24)
• Downsizing – NEW (Paramount)
• Dunkirk – (Warner Brothers)
• Elizabeth Blue – (Sony Classics)
• The Florida Project – NEW (A24)
• Foxtrot – NEW (Sony Classics)
• FTKMF (First They Killed My Father) – (Netflix)
• A Fantastic Woman – (Sony Classics)
• Films Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool – NEW (Sony Classics)
• Get Out – NEW (Universal)
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 – NEW (Marvel/Disney)
• Happy End – (Sony Classics)
• I, Tonya– (Netflix)
• Lady Bird – NEW (A24)
• Last Flag Flying – (Amazon)
• The Leisure Seeker – NEW (Sony Classics)
• Logan – NEW (Fox)
• The Lost City of Z – (Amazon)
• Loveless – (Sony Classics)
• The Man Who Invented Christmas – (Bleeker Street)
• The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)– (Netflix)
• mother! – (Paramount)
• Maudie– (Sony Classics)
• Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down The White House– (Sony Classics)
• Mudbound – (Netflix)
• Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer – (Sony Classics)
• Novitiate – NEW (Sony Classics)
• Okja – (Netflix)
• Suburbicon – (Paramount)
• Thank You For Your Service – (Universal)
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – (FOX Searchlight)
• Thor: Ragnarok – (Disney)
• The Shape of Water– NEW (FOX Searchlight)
• Victoria & Abdul – (Focus Features)
• War for Planet of the Apes – NEW (FOX)
• Wonderstruck – (Amazon)

• Deadpool – NEW (Fox)
• La La Land – NEW (Lionsgate)
• Hidden Figures (Fox Searchlight)
• 20th Century Women(A24)
• Arrival (Paramount)
• Anthropoid (Bleecker Street)
• A Monster Calls (Focus Features)
• Birth of a Nation (Fox Searchlight)
• Bridget Jones’s Baby (Bleecker Street)
• Captain Fantastic (Bleecker Street)
• Denial (Bleecker Street)
• Eye in the Sky (Bleecker Street)
• Elle (Sony Classics)
• Fences (Paramount)
• The Girl on the Train (Universal Pictures)
• I Saw The Light (Sony Classics)
• Hell or High Water(CBS Films)
• Jackie (Fox Searchlight)
• Equity (Sony Classics)
• Land of Mine (Sony Classics)
• The Red Turtle (Sony Classics)
• Julieta (Sony Classics)
• Kubo and The Two Strings (Focus Features)
• Loving (Focus Features)
• Land of Mine (Sony Classics)
• The Hollars (Sony Classics)
• The Comedian (Sony Classics)
• Moonlight (A24)
• Manchester By The Sea (Amazon Studios)
• The Invitation (Drafthouse)
• The Meddler (Sony Classics)
• The Neon Demon (Amazon Studios)
• Miles Ahead (Sony Classics)
• Maggie’s Plan (Sony Classics)
• The Founder (The Weinstein Company)
• Lion (The Weinstein Company)
• Gold (The Weinstein Company)
• Nocturnal Animals (Focus Features)
• Hail, Caesar! (Universal Pictures)
• Love and Friendship (Amazon Studios)
• My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (Universal Pictures)
• Silence (Universal Pictures)
• Sing (Universal Pictures)
• Sing Street (The Weinstein Company)
• Sully (Warner Brothers)
• Toni Erdmann (Sony Classics)
• The Secret Life of Pets (Universal Pictures)
• Victor Frankenstein by Max Landis (David Entertainment)
• Zootopia (Walt Disney)

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We started a new weekly series where we highlight a screenwriter and post a collection of most if not all of their work in one online resource. Sign up for our weekly newsletter above to get weekly updates sent to your inbox. Here are a few recent screenwriter collections:

I also decided to include a bonus area where you can download some of the best screenplays of the last few years. Over 175 screenplays in all. Happy reading!

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Best of 2016 Screenplays

• 99 Homes (Broad Green Pictures)
• Beasts of No Nation (Netflix)
• The Big Short (Paramount Pictures)
• Bridge of Spies (Dreamworks)
• Brooklyn (Fox Searchlight)
• Concussion (Sony Pictures)
• Danny Collins (Bleecker Street)
• The Danish Girl (Focus Features)
• The Diary of a Teenage Girl (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Far From The Maddenning Crowd (Fox Searchlight)
• Grandma (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Infinitely Polar Bear (Sony Pictures Classics)
• I’ll See You in My Dreams (courtesy of Bleecker Street)
• I Smile Back (Broad Green Pictures)
• The Keeping Room (Dafthouse Films)
• The Lady in the Van (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Learning To Drive (Broad Green Pictures)
• Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Fox Searchlight)
• The Martian (Fox)
• Minions (Universal Pictures)
• Mistress America (Fox Searchlight)
• Pawn Sacrifice (Bleecker Street)
• Son of Saul (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Spotlight (Open Road)
• Straight Outta Compton (Universal Pictures)
• Suffragette (Focus Features)
• Testament of Youth (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Trumbo (Bleecker Street)
• Truth (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Whiplash (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Youth (Fox Searchlight)

Best of 2015 Screenplays

• Wild (Fox Searchlight)
• Boyhood (IFC)
• The Box Trolls (Focus Features)
• Birdman (Fox Searchlight)
• Calvary (Fox Searchlight)
• Belle (Fox Searchlight)
• The Theory of Everything (Focus Features)
• Kill The Messenger (Focus Features)

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• Michael Hauge’s & Chris Vogler’s Screenwriting & Story Blueprint: The Hero’s Two Journeys
• Jim Uhls’ (Writer of Fight Club) The Screenwriters Toolkit
• Paul Castro’s The MILLION DOLLAR BUSINESS OF SCREENWRITING
• Paul Castro’s The Million Dollar Screenplay

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Best of 2014 Screenplays

• 12 Years A Slave (Fox Searchlight)
• American Hustle (Sony Pictures)
• The Armstrong Lie (Sony Classics)
• Before Midnight (Sony Classics)
• The Croods (DreamWorks Animation)
• Dallas Buyers Club (Focus Features)
• Enough Said (Fox Searchlight)
• The Invisible Woman (Sony Classics)
• Kill Your Darlings (Sony Classics)
• Labor Day (Paramount Pictures)
• Nebraska (Paramount Pictures)
• The Past (Sony Classics)
• The Place Beyond The Pines (Focus Features)
• Wadjda (Sony Pictures Classics)
• The Way, Way Back (Fox Searchlight)
• The Wolf of Wall Street (Paramount Pictures)

Best of 2013 Screenplays

• Armour (Sony Classics)
• Beasts of the Southern Wild (Fox Searchlight)
• The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (Fox Searchlight)
• Celeste And Jess Forever (Sony Classics)
• Flight (Paramount Pictures)
• Hitchcock (Fox Searchlight)
• Rust and Bone (Sony Classics)
• The Sessions (Fox Searchlight)
• Smashed (Sony Classics)

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Are you looking for original play scripts to use in your classroom? Drama teachers and directors may use these one-act plays free for educational purposes.

Written by playwright Wade Bradford, this collection of short plays primarily includes ​comedies. Your young cast and students can hone their skills on these scenarios that include time travel, talking turkeys, and even a little romance. ​

Each of Bradford's play scripts included here is royalty-free, so you can use them in your classroom or amateur theater productions without worry. Below you will also find a resource for radio drama scripts that can be used with character exercises that emphasize voice for action.

'12 Angry Pigs'

The 10-minute play '12 Angry Pigs' is a parody of the famous play '12 Angry Men.' It not only offers a humorous opportunity for actors of all levels, but it also provides a glimpse into the jury and justice system. Of course, there's a little allusion to 'The Three Little Pigs' mixed in as well.

The play is educational and hilarious and accessible to a variety of students. '12 Angry Pigs' has been performed all over the world, including Argentina, Australia, Japan, and the Netherlands.

'Back to the Summer'

Perfect for young performers, 'Back to the Summer' is a quick and witty play that gives your class a lot of creative freedom. Add your own soundtrack, have students write jokes—do whatever you like to create a positive experience for your young actors.

The premise of the play follows three friends who take a time machine back to the 1980s. This sets a chain of events in motion that stirs up historical figures from the golden age of pirates, the old West, and ancient Egypt. Even Thomas Edison makes a brief appearance. It is a fun romp through time that actors of all levels of experience will enjoy.

'A History of Messy Rooms'

This short play for children is based on Wade Bradford's picture book 'Why Do I Have to Make My Bed? Or, a History of Messy Rooms.' What begins as a simple question turns into a history lesson that examines the lives (and chores) of children throughout the ages.

In the play, the two main characters—Mom and Jamie—are visited by children from various eras. It is an easy, fun, short production that allows young actors to explore simple dialogue and action.

'Montana Jones and the Gymnasium of Doom'

This play is written specifically for performers between ages 10 and 14. 'Montana Jones and the Gymnasium of Doom' is a simple one-act comedy that kids of that age will relate to.

Two friends sit at the bus stop, lamenting their boring life in a new middle school, wishing for the days when they could play at recess and make up pretend adventures. That's when Montana Jones, part-time explorer, and full-time fool, swoops in, taking the kids on a journey to discover their school in a whole new way.

'Cinema Limbo'

This two-person scene takes place at a movie theater box office. 'Cinema Limbo' requires just two office chairs for the stage set.

This is a play that may make some teenagers uncomfortable, because of the romantic dynamics. But such discomfort can be a part of all acting and this piece may provide the opportunity for some of your students to experience working with more difficult material. The simple plot: Employees Vicky and Joshua are having a friendly conversation that suddenly turns romantic (despite the fact that she already has a boyfriend).

'Terri and the Turkey'

Holiday play 'Terri and the Turkey,' tells the story of an unfortunate turkey who realizes that today is Thanksgiving. Guess who has a date with the chopping block?

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Lucky for him, the turkey meets a kind-hearted girl named Terri who wants to give him a second chance at life. Your drama students will get a chuckle out of the ending, so you might want to surprise them by doing the first reading aloud together.

Radio Drama Scripts

The 'Generic Radio Drama' website has created a wonderful list of classic radio drama scripts. Although radio drama and live theater are two very different art forms, these scripts can be excellent learning resources for focusing on voice and dialogue. Material exists from the following shows:

• 'Abbot and Costello'
• 'Flash Gordon'
• 'Little Orphan Annie'
• 'The Lone Ranger'

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These scripts are suitable for performances within the classroom environment. However, if you are thinking of staging a professional production, check out the website’s discussion about copyrighted material. Some of the radio scripts are now in the public domain, while others require permission.