It's that time of year again! I'm under the firm belief that the best way to improve your own writing is to read and study the work of great writers. Well, as luck would have it, we are now incredibly and improbably provided free access on a yearly basis to screenplays vying for Academy Award nominations. So, without further ado, here is your inspirational fodder for 2017...
- Beauty and the Beast
- by Stephen Chbosky and Evan Spiliotopoulos
- The Big Sick
- by Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani
- Brad's Status
- by Mike White
- Breathe
- by William Nicholson
- First They Killed My Father
- by Loung Ung and Angelina Jolie
- I, Tonya
- by Steven Rogers
- The Lost City of Z
- by James Gray
- The Man Who Invented Christmas
- by Susan Coyne
- The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
- by Noah Baumbach
- mother!
- by Darren Aronofsky
- Mudbound
- by Virgil Williams & Dee Rees
- Okja
- by Bong Joon Ho and Jon Ronson