Each year studios will post the screenplays (usually shooting scripts) of films that they are putting up for award consideration aka FYC scripts. 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.

thanks, Bob

Thanks, Bob for this from the Dorthey Parker of the 21st Centaury.

Catherine Called Birdy - undated, unspecified draft script by Lena Dunham (Based on the book by Karen Cushman) - hosted by: Amazon Studio Guilds - in pdf format

The year? 1290. In the medieval English village of Stonebridge, Lady Catherine (known as Birdy) is the youngest child of Lord Rollo and the Lady Aislinn. Her playground is Stonebridge Manor, a house that, like the family, has seen better days. Financially destitute and utterly greedy, Rollo sees his daughter as his path out of financial ruin by marrying her off to a wealthy man for money and land. But, Birdy, like all the great teen heroines, is spirited, clever and adventurous, and ready to put off any suitor that comes in increasingly ingenious ways. Her imagination, defiance, and deep belief in her own right to independence put her on a collision course with her parents. When the most vile suitor of all arrives, they are presented with the ultimate test of love for their daughter.

Information courtesy of ImDb.com

Thanks, Don, as always, for posting these. Great opportunity to read scripts that are getting produced these days.

Yes! Thanks, Don, really appreciate the opportunity to read these.

Thanks for posting these Don!

I've read a few of them so far, including both versions of Don't Worry Darling. Really interesting to see how different the versions are. Pretty much a whole rewrite, which I didn't expect.

My Policeman is a good read too. Better than the actual film I thought.

Cheers,
Max

Thanks Bob

(Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but) This is TV, but Deadline has posted the script for Stranger Things #407 "The Massacre at Hawkins Lab." (PDF)

As Hopper braces to battle a monster, Dustin dissects Vecna's motives -- and decodes a message from beyond. El (Eleven) finds strength in a distant memory. (IMDb)

Not my thing (Season 1 was enough) but very nice of you to post, Chris!

I'm sure Don will move this if it goes in another section.
And thank you Don! I love it when all these Award Nom scripts drop.  

Thanks, SW for the heads up!

Thank Barksid (I still send you a thank you email even tho they always bounce back)

Thanks Bob!

Quoted from Don Thanks Bob! Amsterdam - March 16, 2021 unspecified draft  script by David O. Russell - hosted by: Deadline - in pdf format In the 1930s, three friends witness a murder, are framed for it, and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in American history. Information courtesy of IMDb

I love David O. Russell. I love Christian Bale in his films, as well as DeNiro. How the hell have I not heard about this film until just now?? SMH

Thanks - you are the best Don

Thanks Bob and SW for the heads up on these!

Thanks Barksid and Bob!

Thanks to SW, Bob, Barksid, Jay for the heads up on these scripts up for award consideration.


Bros - undated, unspecified draft script by Billy Eichner & Nicholas Stoller - hosted by: Universal - in pdf format

A romantic comedy about two gay men maybe, possibly, probably, stumbling towards love. Maybe. They’re both very busy. Bros is a smart, swoony and heartfelt comedy about how hard it is to find another tolerable human being to go through life with.

Information courtesy of IMDb

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (written as "Summer Break") - May 8, 2021 unspecified draft  script by Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole (Based on, Characters Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby) - hosted by: Deadline - in pdf format

The people of Wakanda fight to protect their home from intervening world powers as they mourn the death of King T'Challa.




Information courtesy of IMDb

Elvis - March 5, 2021 final shooting draft  script by Baz Luhrmann & Sam Bromell AND Baz Luhrmann & Craig Pearce and Jeremy Doner (Story by Baz Luhrmann and Jeremy Doner) - hosted by: Deadline - in pdf format

The life of American music icon Elvis Presley, from his childhood to becoming a rock and movie star in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.




Information courtesy of IMDb

Triangle of Sadness - August 31, 2020 green revised draft  script by Ruben Östlund - hosted by: Deadline - in pdf format

Celebrity model couple, Carl and Yaya, are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged boat captain. What first appeared instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island and fighting for survival.

Information courtesy of IMDB

Thanks SW for the heads up on this script up for award consideration.

Thanks Bob for the heads up on this.

Thanks Bob and SW for the heads up on these scripts up for award consideration.

Babylon - July 6, 2021 green revised draft  script by Damien Chazelle - hosted by: IndieWie - in pdf format

A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, it traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.



Information courtesy of IMDb


Cha Cha Real Smooth - undated, unspecified draft  script by Cooper Raiff - hosted by: Indiewire - in pdf format

A young man who works as a Bar Mitzvah party host strikes up a friendship with a mother and her autistic daughter.




Information courtesy of IMDb

Thanks Bob for the heads up on this one.

Aftersun - undated, unspecified draft  script by Charlotte Wells - hosted by: Deadline - in pdf format

Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't.



Information courtesy of IMDb

Thanks Bob and SW for the heads up.

A Man Called Otto - undated, unspecified draft  script by David Magee (Based on the novel by Fredrik Backman And the Swedish film "EN MAN SOM HETER OVE" (Screenplay by Hannes Holm)) - hosted by: Deadline - in pdf format

Otto is a grump who's given up on life following the loss of his wife and wants to end it all. When a young family moves in nearby, he meets his match in quick-witted Marisol, leading to a friendship that will turn his world around.



Information courtesy of IMDb

Thanks SW for the heads up.

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On - undated, unspecified draft  script by Dean Fleischer Camp, Jenny Slate, and Nick Paley Story by Dean Fleischer Camp, Jenny Slate, Nick Paley, and Elisabeth Holm (Based on the online shorts and characters created by Dean Fleischer Camp and Jenny Slate) - hosted by: Indiewire - in pdf format

Marcel is an adorable one-inch-tall shell who ekes out a colorful existence with his grandmother Connie and their pet lint, Alan. Once part of a sprawling community of shells, they now live alone as the sole survivors of a mysterious tragedy. But when a documentary filmmaker discovers them amongst the clutter of his Airbnb, the short film he posts online brings Marcel millions of passionate fans, as well as unprecedented dangers and a new hope at finding his long-lost family. 

Information courtesy of IMDb


More scripts up for award consideration.

Thanks to Bob and Barksid for the heads up: