Deadline’s annual Read the Screenplay series highlights the scripts for the year’s buzziest awards-season movies. This year, we snagged all 10 Oscar-nominated adapted and original screenplays as chosen by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Click on the cover pages below to catch up on the words that fueled the films American Fiction, Barbie, Oppenheimer, Poor Things and The Zone of Interest in the Adapted race and Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers, Maestro, May December at Past Lives in Original.
This year’s writing nominees include one previous Oscar screenplay winner: Josh Singer, who co-wrote Maestro with Bradley Cooper, won the Original Screenplay category in 2015 for Spotlight. The list also includes multiple past writing nominees including Barbie‘s Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach (both their third noms overall), Oppenheimer‘s Christopher Nolan (his third), Poor Things‘ Tony McNamara (his second) and Cooper (his second).
First-time writing nominees this year: American Fiction‘s Cord Jefferson, The Zone of Interest‘s Jonathan Glazer, Anatomy of a Fall‘s Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, The Holdovers‘ David Hemingson, May December’s Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik, and Past Lives‘ Celine Song.
Click on each script’s title page to read.
Adapted Screenplay
AMERICAN FICTION
Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios
Written for the screen by Cord Jefferson
BARBIE
Warner Bros
Written by Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach
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OPPENHEIMER
Universal
Written for the screen by Christopher Nolan
POOR THINGS
Searchlight
Screenplay by Tony McNamara
THE ZONE OF INTEREST
A24
Written by Jonathan Glazer
Original Screenplay
ANATOMY OF A FALL
Neon
Screenplay – Justine Triet and Arthur Harari
THE HOLDOVERS
Focus Features
Written by David Hemingson
MAESTRO
Netflix
Written by Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer
MAY DECEMBER
Netflix
Screenplay by Samy Burch; Story by Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik
PAST LIVES
A24
Written by Celine Song
