Read the 2022 Critics Choice Award-Nominated Screenplays

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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