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2020 Academy Award Nominated Screenplays - The 93th Oscars

Each year studios will post the screenplays (usually shooting scripts) of films that they are putting up for award consideration aka FYC scriots. For the past 20 years SimplyScripts has been tracking those scripts as they are posted by the studios. I encourage you to download those you find interesting for personal/educational use. They usually disappear after award season has concluded. Huge thanks to Richie Solomon and Barksid and Bob and SW for the heads up on so many award season scripts.

Antebellum - Undated, unspecified draft script by Gerard Bush + Christopher Renz - hosted by: Lions Gate - in pdf format

Successful author Veronica Henley finds herself trapped in a horrifying reality and must uncover the mind-bending mystery before it's too late.




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Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar - Undated, unspecified draft script by Kristen Wiig & Annie Mumolo - hosted by: Lions Gate - in pdf format

The story of best friends Barb and Star, who leave their small Midwestern town for the first time to go on vacation in Vista Del Mar, Florida, where they soon find themselves tangled up in adventure, love, and a villain's evil plot to kill everyone in town.



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Borat - Undated, unspecified draft script by Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Dan Swimer, Peter Baynham, Erica Rivinoja, Dan Mazer, Jena Friedman, Lee Kern (story by Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Dan Swimer, Nina Pedrad) - hosted by: Amazon Studios Guilds - in pdf format

A satire on Trump’s America which follows a Kazakh journalist who is sent to America to deliver a gift from his government to Vice President Mike Pence. His worldview is turned upside down when he learns to respect his daughter.



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Cherry - Undated, unspecified draft script by Angela Russo-Otstot and Jessica Goldberg (Based on the novel CHERRY by Nico Walker) - hosted by: Deadline - in pdf format

An Army medic suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder becomes a serial bank robber after an addiction to drugs puts him in debt.




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The Climb - Undated, unspecified draft script by Michael Covino & Kyle Marvin - hosted by: Sony Classics - in pdf format

Kyle and Mike are best friends who share a close bond - until Mike sleeps with Kyle's fiancee. The Climb is about a tumultuous but enduring relationship between two men across many years of laughter, heartbreak and rage. It is also the story of real-life best friends who turn their profound connection into a rich, humane and frequently uproarious film about the boundaries (or lack thereof) in all close friendships.

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Da 5 Bloods - March 11, 2019 7th revised (salmon) draft script by Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee (Revisions by Matt Billingsly (Written by Danny Bilson & Paul DeMeo)) - hosted by: Netflix - in pdf format

Four African American vets battle the forces of man and nature when they return to Vietnam seeking the remains of their fallen squad leader and the gold fortune he helped them hide.


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Emma - Undated, unspecified draft script by Eleanor Catton (Based on the novel by Jane Austen) - hosted by: Focus Features - in pdf format

Jane Austen's beloved comedy about finding your equal and earning your happy ending, is reimagined in this. Handsome, clever, and rich, Emma Woodhouse is a restless queen bee without rivals in her sleepy little town. In this glittering satire of social class and the pain of growing up, Emma must adventure through misguided matches and romantic missteps to find the love that has been there all along.

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The Father - Undated final script script by Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton - hosted by: Sony Classics - in pdf format

A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. As he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.




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First Cow - Undated, unspecified draft script by Jon Raymond and Kelly Reichardt - hosted by: Deadline Hollywood - in pdf format

A skilled cook has traveled west and joined a group of fur trappers in Oregon, though he only finds true connection with a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two collaborate on a successful business.



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The Forty-Year-Old Version - August 4, 2019 pink revised draft script by Radha Blank - hosted by: Netflix - in pdf format

Radha is a down-on-her-luck NY playwright, who is desperate for a breakthrough before 40. Reinventing herself as rapper RadhaMUSPrime, she vacillates between the worlds of Hip Hop and theater in order to find her true voice.



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French Exit - November 9, 2019 Yellow Locked draft script by Patrick deWitt - hosted by: Sony Classics - in pdf format

An aging Manhattan socialite living on what's barely left of her inheritance moves to a small apartment in Paris with her son and cat.




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The Half Of It - April 8, 2019 shooting draft script by Alice Wu - hosted by: Netflix - in pdf format

Bookish introvert Ellie Chu is perfectly content with her life: watching old movies with her widowed father and ghostwriting papers for her high school classmates to help pay the bills. But her side gig turns personal when lovelorn jock Paul Munsky hires her to craft love notes to Aster Flores - a smart, popular girl out of both their leagues... and Ellie's own secret crush.

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Herself - April 26, undated, Yellow draft script by Clare Dunne & Malcolm Campbell - hosted by: Amazon Studios Guilds - in pdf format

This is the story of young mother Sandra who escapes her abusive husband and fights back against a broken housing system. She sets out to build her own home and in the process rebuilds her life and re-discovers herself.




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I Carry You With Me (Te Llevo Conmigo) - Undated final script script by Heidi Ewing and Alan Page Arriaga - hosted by: Sony Classics - in pdf format

An epic love story spanning decades is sparked by a chance encounter between two men in provincial Mexico. Based on a true story, ambition and societal pressure propel an aspiring chef to leave his soulmate and make the treacherous journey to New York, where life will never be the same.


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I'm Thinking of Ending Things - March 12, 2019 Yellow revised draft script by Charlie Kaufman (Based on the novel by Iain Reid) - hosted by: Netflix - in pdf format

Despite second thoughts about their relationship, a young woman takes a road trip with her new boyfriend to his family farm. Trapped at the farm during a snowstorm with Jake’s mother and father, the young woman begins to question the nature of everything she knew or understood about her boyfriend, herself, and the world.


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I'm Your Woman - Undated, unspecified draft script by Julia Hart & Jordan Horowitz - hosted by: Amazon Studios Guilds - in pdf format

In this 1970s set crime drama, a woman is forced to go on the run after her husband betrays his partners, sending her and her baby on a dangerous journey.





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Judas and the Black Messiah - October 16, 2019 full pink draft script by Will Berson & Shaka King (Story by Will Berson & Shaka King and Kenny Lucas & Keith Lucas) - hosted by: Warner Brothers - in pdf format

The story of Fred Hampton, Chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party, and his fateful betrayal by FBI informant William O'Neal.




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Kajillionaire - June 2, 2018 canary draft script by Miranda July - hosted by: Focus Features - in pdf format

A woman's life is turned upside down when her criminal parents invite an outsider to join them on a major heist they're planning.




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The King Of Staten Island - June 3, 2019 unpecified draft script by Judd Apatow & Pete Davidson & Dave Sirus - hosted by: Universal Pictures - in pdf format

Scott has been a case of arrested development since his firefighter dad died. He spends his days smoking weed and dreaming of being a tattoo artist until events force him to grapple with his grief and take his first steps forward in life.



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Land - Undated, unspecified draft script by Jesse Chatham and Erin Dignam - hosted by: Focus Features - in pdf format

Edee, following a life-changing event, finds herself unable to stay connected to the world she once knew and in the face of that uncertainty, retreats to the magnificent, but unforgiving, wilds of the Rockies. After a local hunter brings her back from the brink of death, she must find a way to live again while building an unexpected friendship along the way.

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Let Him Go - Undated, unspecified draft script by Thomas Bezucha (Based on the novel by Larry Watsons) - hosted by: Focus Features - in pdf format

A retired sheriff and his wife, grieving over the death of their son, set out to find their only grandson.




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The Little Things - September 23, 2019 blue draft script by John Lee Hancock - hosted by: Warner Brothers - in pdf format

Deke, a burnt-out Kern County, CA deputy sheriff who teams with Baxter, a crack LASD detective, to nab a serial killer. Deke's nose for the "little things" proves eerily accurate, but his willingness to circumvent the rules embroils Baxter in a soul-shattering dilemma. Meanwhile, Deke must wrestle with a dark secret from his past.


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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Undated, unspecified draft script by Ruben Santiago-Hudson (based on the play by August Wilson) - hosted by: Netflix - in pdf format

Tensions and temperatures rise over the course of an afternoon recording session in 1920s Chicago as a band of musicians await trailblazing performer, the legendary "Mother of the Blues," Ma Rainey. Late to the session, the fearless, fiery Ma engages in a battle of wills with her white manager and producer over control of her music. As the band waits in the studio’s claustrophobic rehearsal room, ambitious trumpeter Levee — who has an eye for Ma's girlfriend and is determined to stake his own claim on the music industry - spurs his fellow musicians into an eruption of stories revealing truths that will forever change the course of their lives.

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Malcolm & Marie - June 17, 2020 final draft script by Sam Levinson - hosted by: Netflix - in pdf format

A filmmaker returns home with his girlfriend following a celebratory movie premiere as he awaits what's sure to be imminent critical and financial success. The evening suddenly takes a turn as revelations about their relationships begin to surface, testing the strength of their love.


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Mank - Undated, unspecified draft script by Jack Fincher - hosted by: Deadline Hollywood - in pdf format

1940. Film studio RKO hires 24-year-old wunderkind Orson Welles under a contract that gives him full creative control of his movies. For his first film, he calls in washed-up alcoholic Herman J Mankiewicz to write the screenplay. That film is "Citizen Kane," and this is the story of how it was written.


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The Mauritanian - January, 2020 unspecified draft script by M. B. Traven and Rory Haines & Sohrab Noshirvani (Screen Story by M. B. Traven; Based on 'GUANTANAMO DIARY' by Mohamedou Ould Slahi - hosted by: STX Films - in pdf format

This is the true story of Slahi's fight for freedom after being detained and imprisoned without charge by the U.S. Government for years. Alone and afraid, Slahi finds allies in defense attorney Nancy Hollander and her associate Teri Duncan who battle the U.S. government in a fight for justice that tests their commitment to the law and their client at every turn. Their controversial advocacy, along with evidence uncovered by a formidable military prosecutor, Lt. Colonel Stuart Couch, uncovers shocking truths and ultimately proves that the human spirit cannot be locked up.

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Minari - Undated, unspecified draft script by Lee Isaac Chung - hosted by: Deadline Hollywood - in pdf format

Yearning to own a small patch of land and be more than a chicken sexer, the ambitious paterfamilias, Jacob Yi, relocates his Korean-American family, sceptical wife, Monica, and their children, David and Anne, from California to 1980s rural Arkansas, to start afresh and capture the elusive American Dream. However, new beginnings are always challenging, and to find out what is best for the family, let alone start a 50-acre farm to grow and sell Korean fruits and vegetables, is easier said than done. But, amid sincere promises, cultural unease, fleeting hopes, and the ever-present threat of financial disaster, Jacob is convinced that he has found their own slice of Eden in the rich, dark soil of Arkansas. Can grandma Soon-ja's humble but resilient minari help the Yi family figure out their place in the world?

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Never Rarely Sometimes Always - January 28, 2019 production draft script by Eliza Hittman - hosted by: Focus Features - in pdf format

Inseparable best friends and cousins Autumn and Skylar precariously navigate the vulnerability of female adolescence in rural Pennsylvania. When Autumn mysteriously falls pregnant, she's confronted by conservative legislation without mercy for blue-collar women seeking an abortion. With Skylar's unfailing support and bold resourcefulness, money to fund the procedure is secured and the duo board a bus bound for New York state to find the help Autumn needs.

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News of the World - Undated, unspecified draft script by Paul Greengrass and Luke Davies (Based Upon the Novel by Paulette Jiles) - hosted by: Universal Pictures - in pdf format

A Civil War veteran agrees to deliver a girl, taken by the Kiowa people years ago, to her aunt and uncle, against her will. They travel hundreds of miles and face grave dangers as they search for a place that either can call home.


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Nomadland - January 12, 2019 unspecified script by Chloé Zhao (Based on the book by Jessica Bruder) - hosted by: Deadline Hollywood - in pdf format

After losing everything in the Great Recession, a woman embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.



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On The Rocks - Unattributed July 1, 2019 Green Revised draft script by Sofia Coppola - hosted by: Deadline Hollywood - in pdf format

A young mother reconnects with her larger-than-life playboy father on an adventure through New York.




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One Night In Miami - Undated, unspecified draft script by Kemp Powers - hosted by: Amazon Studios Guilds - in pdf format

One Night in Miami is a fictional account of one incredible night where icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown gathered discussing their roles in the civil rights movement and cultural upheaval of the 60s.




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Onward - June 5, 2020 unspecified draft script by Dan Scanlon, Jason Headley & Keith Bunin - hosted by: Variety - in pdf format

In a suburban fantasy world, two teenage elf brothers, Ian and Barley Lightfoot, go on a journey to discover if there is still a little magic left out there in order to spend one last day with their father, who died when they were too young to remember him. Like any good quest, their journey is filled with magic spells, cryptic maps, impossible obstacles and unimaginable discoveries. When the boys' fearless mom, Laurel, realizes that her sons are missing, she teams up with the legendary winged-lion-scorpion former warrior -- The Manticore -- and heads off to find them. Perilous curses aside, this one magical day could mean more than any of them ever dreamed.

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Over The Moon - July 30, 2020 draft script by Audrey Wells - hosted by: Deadline Hollywood - in pdf format

Fueled with determination and a passion for science, a bright young girl builds a rocket ship to the moon to prove the existence of a legendary Moon Goddess. There she ends up on an unexpected quest, and discovers a whimsical land of fantastical creatures.



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Palm Springs - April 6, 2019 production draft script by Andy Siara - hosted by: Deadline - in pdf format

When carefree Nyles and reluctant maid of honor Sarah have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated as they are unable to escape the venue, themselves, or each other.



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Palmer - Undated, unspecified draft script by Cheryl Guerriero - hosted by: Apple TV - in pdf format

An ex-convict strikes up a friendship with a boy from a troubled home.






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The Personal History of David Copperfield - June to August 2018 shooting script script by Simon Blackwell & Armando Iannucci (Adapted from the novel by Charles Dickens) - hosted by: Fox Searchlight - in pdf format

A fresh and distinctive take on Charles Dickens' semi-autobiographical masterpiece, The Personal History of David Copperfield, set in the 1840s, chronicles the life of its iconic title character as he navigates a chaotic world to find his elusive place within it. From his unhappy childhood to the discovery of his gift as a storyteller and writer, David's journey is by turns hilarious and tragic, but always full of life, color and humanity.

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Prom - Undated, unspecified draft script by Bob Mrtin & Chad Beguelin (based on the Broadway musical by Chad Beguelin, Bob Martin and Matthew Sklar) - hosted by: Netflix - in pdf format

A troupe of hilariously self-obsessed theater stars swarm into a small conservative Indiana town in support of a high school girl who wants to take her girlfriend to the prom.



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Promising Young Woman - Undated, unspecified draft script by Emerald Fennell - hosted by: Focus Features - in pdf format

A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.




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Rocks - Finald Shooting script by Theresa Ikoko and Claire Wilson (Story by Theresa Ikoko) - hosted by: Deadline - in pdf format

A young teenage girl finds herself struggling to take care of herself and her younger brother after being abandoned by their single mother with no choice but to live out on the streets.


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Saint Frances - July 6, 2018 Shooting Draft script by Kelly O'Sullivan - hosted by: Variety - in pdf format

Thirty-four-year-old aimless server Bridget hasn't yet achieved her goal of becoming a respected writer. When casual relations with a younger 'nice guy' leads to an unexpected confrontation with potential motherhood, she manifests a job nannying a pint-sized spirit guide disguised as an obstinate six-year-old.



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Shirley - September 6, 2018 final shooting draft script by Sarah Gubbins - hosted by: Neonguilds - in pdf format

As renowned for her morose nature as she is for her horror fiction, writer Shirley Jackson is crafting yet another masterpiece when the arrival of newlyweds Fred and Rose disrupt her creative process and marriage to literary critic - and philandering professor - Stanley Hyman. As Stanley spars to maintain academic dominance over his would-be protégé Fred, Rose attempts to dampen her own ambitions and adjust to married life while living under the roof of their fiery intellectual hosts with quicksilver loyalties and myriad neuroses. When the motives of Shirley's literary muse prove elusive, Rose's curiosity and trusting nature make her tender prey for a brilliant author whose only allegiance is to her work.

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Soul - July 17, 2020 Academy Draft script by Pete Docter, Mike Jones, Kemp Powers - hosted by: Deadline - in pdf format

Joe is a middle-school band teacher whose life hasn't quite gone the way he expected. His true passion is jazz -- and he's good. But when he travels to another realm to help someone find their passion, he soon discovers what it means to have soul.



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Sound of Metal - Undated, unspecified draft script by Darius Marder and Abraham Marder - hosted by: Amazon Studios Guilds - in pdf format

During a series of adrenaline-fueled one-night gigs, itinerant punk-metal drummer Ruben begins to experience intermittent hearing loss. When a specialist tells him his condition will rapidly worsen, he thinks his music career —and with it his life —is over. His bandmate and girlfriend Lou checks the recovering heroin addict into a secluded sober house for the deaf in hopes it will prevent a relapse and help him learn to adapt to his new situation.

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Tenant - Undated, unspecified draft script by Christopher Nolan - hosted by: No Film School - in pdf format

Armed with only one word, Tenet, and fighting for the survival of the entire world, a Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.



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The Trial Of The Chicago 7 - Undated, unspecified draft script by Aaron Sorkin - hosted by: Netflix - in pdf format

In Chicago 1968, the Democratic Party Convention was met with protests from activists like the moderate Students for a Democratic Society led by Tom Hayden and the militant Yippies led by Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, which led to violent confrontations with the local authorities. As a result, seven of the accused ringleaders are arraigned on charges like Conspiracy by the hostile Nixon administration, including Bobby Seale of the Black Panthers who was not involved in the incident. What follows is an unfair trial presided by the belligerent Judge Hoffman (No relation) and prosecuted by a reluctant but duty-bound Richard Schultz. As their pro bono lawyers face such odds, Hayden and his fellows are frustrated by the Yippies' outrageous antics undermining their defense in defiance of the system even while Seale is denied a chance to defend himself his way. Along the way, the Chicago 7 clash in their political philosophies even as they learn they need each other in this fight.

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The United States vs Billie Holiday - Undated, final picture draft script by Suzan-Lori Parks (Based on the Book, “Chasing the Scream” by Johann Hari) - hosted by: Deadline Hollywood - in pdf format

Follows Holiday during her career as she is targeted by the Federal Department of Narcotics with an undercover sting operation led by black Federal Agent Jimmy Fletcher, with whom she had a tumultuous affair.



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The White Tiger - December 11, 2020 continuity draft script by Ramin Bahrani (Based on the novel by Aravind Adiga) - hosted by: Deadline Hollywood - in pdf format

Balram Halwai narrates his epic and darkly humorous rise from poor villager to successful entrepreneur in modern India. Cunning and ambitious, our young hero jockeys his way into becoming a driver for Ashok and Pinky, who have just returned from America. Society has trained Balram to be one thing - a servant - so he makes himself indispensable to his rich masters. But after a night of betrayal, he realizes the corrupt lengths they will go to trap him and save themselves. On the verge of losing everything, Balram rebels against a rigged and unequal system to rise up and become a new kind of master.

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