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 89th 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

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Arrival, screenplay by Eric Heisserer, based on the short story Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang
  • Fences, screenplay by August Wilson, based on his play
  • Hidden Figuresscreenplay by Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi
  • Lion, screenplay by Luke Davies, based on the book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley
  • Moonlight, screenplay by Barry Jenkins, based on the play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue by Tarell Alvin McCraney

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:

  • Anthropoid, written by Sean Ellis and Anthony Frewin
  • The Birth of a Nation, screenplay by Nate Parker, story by Nate Parker & Jean McGianni Celestin
  • Bridget Jones's Baby, written by Helen Fielding and Dan Mazer and Emma Thompson, based on characters and story by Helen Fielding
  • Captain Fantastic, written by Matt Ross
  • The Comedian, screenplay by Art Linson & Jeff Ross and Richard LaGravenese and Lewis Friedman, story by Art Linson
  • Deadpool, screenplay by Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick
  • Denial, screenplay by David Hare, based on the book History on Trial by Deborah E. Lipstadt
  • Elle, screenplay by David Birke, based on the novel Oh... by Philippe Djian
  • Equity, screenplay by Amy Fox, story by Sarah Megan Thomas & Alysia Reiner and Amy Fox
  • Eye in the Sky, written by Guuy Hibbert
  • The Founder, written by Robert Siegel
  • The Girl on the Train, screenplay by Erin Cressida Wilson, based on the novel by Paula Hawkins
  • Gold, written by Patrick Massett & John Zinman
  • Hail, Caesar!, written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
  • The Hollars, written by James C. Strouse
  • I Saw the Light, written by Marc Abraham
  • Jackie, written by Noah Oppenheim
  • Julieta, written by Pedro Almodóvar
  • Kubo and the Two Strings, screenplay by Marc Haimes and Chris Butler, story by Shannon Tindle and Marc Haimes
  • Land of Mine, written by Martin Zandvliet
  • Love & Friendship, written by Whit Stillman, based on Jane Austen's unfinished novella
  • Loving, written by Jeff Nichols
  • Maggie's Plan, written for the screen by Rebecca Miller, based on a story by Karen Rinaldi
  • The Meddler, written by Lorene Scafaria
  • Miles Ahead, written by Steven Baigelman & Don Cheadle
  • A Monster Calls, screenplay by Patrick Hess, based on his novel, inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd
  • My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, written by Nia Vardalos
  • Nocturnal Animals, screenplay by Tom Ford, based on the novel Tony and Susan by Austin Wright
  • The Red Turtle, written by Michael Dudok De Wit
  • The Secret Life of Pets, written by Cinco Paul & Ken Daurio and Brian Lynch
  • Sing Street, written by John Carney
  • Toni Erdmann, written by Maren Ade
  • Zootopia, screenplay by Jared Bush and Phil Johnston, story by Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Jared Bush, Jim Reardon, Josie Trinidad, Phil Johnston and Jennifer Lee

Featured image credit: 'Hidden Figures', Fox 2000 Pictures

Source: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences