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For the past two years, long time Stage 32 member and screenwriter Alan C. Baird has been providing his fellow Stage 32 members award-nominated screenplays to read and learn from. In case you missed it, check out the 2021 Golden Globes-nominated screenplays, 2021 Writers Guild Award-nominated screenplays, and 2021 BAFTA-nominated screenplays Alan shared with us.

Now, Alan has collected the 2022 Critics Choice Awards-nominated original screenplays and adapted screenplays! Below, you will find the nominee list and trailers for the nominated films.

To get the free script downloads for each film, email our Director of Script Services, Jason Mirch, at j.mirch@stage32.com

Nominations for the 27th Annual Critics Choice Awards were announced on December 13, 2021. The awards were originally scheduled to be presented live on Sunday, January 9, 2022 at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, and on the CW Network and TBS. However, the ceremony was postponed on December 22, due to public health concerns.

What are the similarities in the nominations from previous nominations this year? The differences? What are your favorite scripts? Be sure to comment below!

To get the free script downloads for each film, email Stage 32's Director of Script Services, Jason Mirch, at j.mirch@stage32.com


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Licorice Pizza

by Paul Thomas Anderson

*script not yet released*

 

King Richard

by Zach Baylin


 

Belfast

by Kenneth Branagh

 

Don't Look Up

Screenplay by Adam McKay

Story by Adam McKay & David Sirota


 

Being the Ricardos

by Aaron Sorkin

 



BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

 

The Power of the Dog

Screenplay by Jane Campion

Based on the novel by Thomas Savage


 

The Lost Daughter

Screenplay by Maggie Gyllenhaal

Based on the novel by Elena Ferrante

 

CODA

Screenplay by Siân Heder

Based on the film "La Famille Bélier"

 

West Side Story

Screenplay by Tony Kushner

Based on the stage book by Arthur Laurents

 

Dune

Screenplay by Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth

Based on the novel by Frank Herbert


 

Script download collections for 2021:

Oscars 
Emmys 
Golden Globes
Writers Guild Awards
BAFTAs 

 

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