Award Nominated Screenplays

2001

Reading screenplays is a crucial part in writing screenplays. While studying any script of a movie you enjoyed will do, I think it's useful to look at what professional writers, actors, directors and critics consider are the best screenplays. Click on the link to read the local file script or buy the official discounted book. More screenplays will be added when available.

 

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

For best screenplay written directly for the screen:

Winner

Almost Famous
Written by Cameron Crowe
Script | Official book

Nominees

Billy Elliot
Written by Lee Hall
Official book

Erin Brockovich
Written by Susannah Grant
Script | Official book

Gladiator
Written by David H. Franzoni (also story); John Logan; William Nicholson
Script

You Can Count on Me,
Written by Kenneth Lonergan

For best screenplay based on material previously produced or published:

Winner

Traffic
Written for the screen by Stephen Gaghan, based on the British series Traffik created by Simon Moore
Script | Official book

Nominees

Chocolat
Written for the screen by Robert Nelson Jacobs, based on the novel by Joanne Harris

O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Written for the screen by Ethan Coen; Joel Coen
Script | Official book

Wo hu zang long (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
Written for the screen by Wang Hui-Ling and James Schamus and Tsai Kuo Jung, based on the book by Wang Du Lu
Script | Official book

Wonder Boys
Written for the screen by Steven Kloves
Script

53rd Annual Writers Guild Awards

Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen:

Winner

You Can Count on Me
Written by Kenneth Lonergan

Nominees

Almost Famous
Written by Cameron Crowe
Script | Official book

Best in Show
Written by Christopher Guest & Eugene Levy

Billy Elliot
Written by Lee Hall
Official book

Erin Brockovich
Written by Susannah Grant
Script | Official book

 

Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published:

Winner

Traffic
Written for the screen by Stephen Gaghan, based on the British series Traffik created by Simon Moore
Script | Official book

Nominees

Chocolat
Written for the screen by Robert Nelson Jacobs, based on the novel by Joanne Harris

Wo hu zang long (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
Written for the screen by Wang Hui-Ling and James Schamus and Tsai Kuo Jung, based on the book by Wang Du Lu
Script | Official book

High Fidelity
Written for the screen by D.V. DeVincentis & Steve Pink & John Cusack and Scott Rosenberg, based on the book by Nick Hornby
Official book

Wonder Boys
Written for the screen by Steve Kloves, based on the novel by Michael Chabon
Script

British Academy of Film and Television Arts

Winner

Screenplay (original)

Almost Famous
Written by Cameron Crowe
Script | Official book

Nominees

Billy Elliot
Written by Lee Hall
Official book

Erin Brockovich, (New Line)
Written by Susannah Grant
Script | Official book

Gladiator
Written by David H. Franzoni (also story); John Logan; William Nicholson
Script

O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Written for the screen by Ethan Coen; Joel Coen
Script | Official book

Screenplay (Adapted)

Winner

Traffic
Written for the screen by Stephen Gaghan, based on the British series Traffik created by Simon Moore,
Script | Official book

Nominees

Chocolat
Written for the screen by Robert Nelson Jacobs, based on the novel by Joanne Harris

High Fidelity
Written for the screen by D.V. DeVincentis & Steve Pink & John Cusack and Scott Rosenberg, based on the book by Nick Hornby
Official book

Wo hu zang long (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
Written for the screen by Wang Hui-Ling and James Schamus and Tsai Kuo Jung, based on the book by Wang Du Lu
Script | Official book

Wonder Boys
Written for the screen by Steve Kloves, based on the novel by Michael Chabon
Script

 

Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Golden Globe Awards

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

Winner

Traffic
Written for the screen by Stephen Gaghan, based on the British series Traffik created by Simon Moore
Script | Official book

Nominees

Almost Famous
Written by Cameron Crowe
Script | Official book

The Quills
Written by Doug Wright
Script | Original playscript

Wonder Boys
Written for the screen by Steve Kloves, based on the novel by Michael Chabon
Script

You Can Count on Me
Written by Kenneth Lonergan

2000 award winning scripts