Read the 2026 Oscar Screenplays

Reading a great screenplay can reignite our passion for telling cinematic stories. It can also remind us that the magic of movies is real, and that we can be a part of it if we want.

Links to this year’s Oscar nominated original and adapted screenplays are listed below. Take a look at how these incredible writers have communicated their visions on the page. Time to get inspired!

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAYS

Blue Moon

Written by Robert Kaplow

It Was Just An Accident

Written by Jafar Panahi; Script collaborators – Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian

Marty Supreme

Written by Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie

Sentimental Value

Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier

Sinners

Written by Ryan Coogler

ADAPTED SCREENPLAYS

Bugonia

Screenplay by Will Tracy

Frankenstein

Written for the Screen by Guillermo del Toro

Hamnet

Screenplay by Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell

Train Dreams

Screenplay by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar

One Battle After Another

script not available yet

Written by Paul Thomas Anderson