Here at NFS, we've posted links to many of the screenplays vying for awards attention. We've collected links below for the available screenplays now nominated for the 90th Academy Awards for you to download free and read to help you with your screenwriting endeavors.

And the nominated screenplays available for free download are:


Best Original Screenplay

  • The Big Sick, written by Kumail Nanjiani & Emily V. Gordon
  • Get Out, written by Jordan Peele
  • Lady Bird, written by Greta Gerwig
  • The Shape of Water, written by Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor
  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, written by Martin McDonagh

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • The Disaster Artist, screenplay by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber, based on the book by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell
  • Logan, screenplay by Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green, story by James Mangold
  • Mudbound, screenplay by Virgil Williams and Dee Rees, based on the novel by Hillary Jordan

Here are the links to several other screenplays that didn't make the cut for the Oscar nominations, but are still available for download for a limited time. Get them before the studios take them down:

  • Battle of the Sexes, written by Simon Beaufoy
  • Beauty and the Beast, screenplay by Stephen Chbosky and Evan Spiliotopoulos, based on 1991 animated film, written by Linda Woolverton
  • The Beguiled, screenplay by Sofia Coppola, based on the novel by Thomas Cullinan
  • Brad's Status, written by Mike White
  • Breathe, written by William Nicholson
  • Brigsby Bear, screenplay by Kevin Costello & Kyle Mooney, story by Kyle Mooney
  • Coco, screenplay by Adrian Molina and Matthew Aldrich, story by Lee Unkrich, Jason Katz, Matthew Aldrich, and Adrian Molina
  • Darkest Hour, written by Anthony McCarten
  • Downsizing, written by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor
  • A Fantastic Woman, screenplay by Sebastián Lelio & Gonzalo Maza
  • The Florida Project, written by Sean Baker & Chris Bergoch
  • Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool, written by Matt Greenhalgh
  • First They Killed My Father, screenplay by Loung Ung & Angelina Jolie, based on the book First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers by Ung
  • Foxtrot, written by Samuel Maoz
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, screenplay by James Gunn
  • Happy End, written by Michael Haneke
  • I, Tonya, written by Steven Rogers
  • Last Flag Flying, screenplay by Richard Linklater & Darryl Ponicsan, based on the novel by Darryl Ponicsan
  • The Leisure Seeker, screenplay by Stephen Amidon, Francesca Archibugi, Francesco Piccolo, and Paolo Virzì
  • The Lost City of Z, screenplay by James Gray, based on the book by David Grann
  • Loveless, written by Oleg Negin & Andrey Zvyaginstev
  • The Man Who Invented Christmas, screenplay by Susan Coyne, based on the book by Les Standiford
  • Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House, written by Peter Landesman
  • Maudie, written by Sherry White
  • The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected), written by Noah Baumbach
  • mother!, written by Darren Aronofsky
  • Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer, written by Joseph Cedar
  • Novitiate, written by Maggie Betts
  • Okja, written by Bong Joon Ho and Jon Ronson
  • Thank You for Your Service, screenplay by Jason Hall, based on the book by David Finkel
  • Thor: Ragnarok, screenplay by Eric Pearson and Craig Kyle & Christopher L. Yost
  • War for the Planet of the Apes, screenplay by Mark Bomback & Matt Reeves
  • Wonderstruck, screenplay by Brian Selznick, based on his illustrated novel

Featured image credit: 'Lady Bird', A24

Source: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences