Example of screenplay formatting. Writing is own work. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Updated 7/14/2018
Not every script is free, but scripts are a lot freer than they were 10 years ago. Feel free to send me links to other free script websites. I’m not interested at all in transcripts. Just the originals and shooting scripts. Thanks for keeping it real.
- Book City Script Shop The Book City Script Shop has been the place to go for movie and television scripts for more than 30 years. Buy 3 scripts, get 1 additional script FREE! Buy 5 scripts, get 2 additional scripts FREE! Buy 10 scripts, get 5 additional scripts FREE!
- Movie Scripts Buying Guide If you’re looking for authentic original scripts and memorabilia, read this guide with links to items for sale and bid.
- Script City Script City claims they “have it all.” All scripts are in their original screenplay format. From $10 to $15. Scripts are in either .pdf or print format.
- Script fly movie scripts in their original format, usually ranging from $15 to $25; specials offered for as low as 2.99. Most scripts delivered electronically; some only available in hard copy.
Free movie and TV scripts and screenplays online
- 45 Genre Screenplays, from A Clockwork Orange to Goodfellas
- 50 Essential Screenplays, posted on Script Reader Pro
- Go into the Story 100+ Screenplays posted by studios and production companies since 2010
- 2018 Awards Season Scripts, posted by NoFilmSchool.com
- 2017 Awards Season Scripts posted by IndieWire
- 2017 Awards Season Contenders posted by CBS news
- 2017 Oscar Scripts Scripts from 2016’s awards nominees and winners.
- 2017 Award Season Scripts Oscars and more
- 2014 Awards Scripts Scripts from 2014’s awards nominees and winners.
- 2016 Oscar Scripts The scripts from every 2016 Oscar contender.
- All Movie Scripts Movie scripts and screenplays in .pdf format.
- Awesome Scripts and Screenplays Movie scripts.
- Colin’s Movie Monologue Page Movie monologues.
- Drew’s Script-O-Rama Index of movie scripts available on the Internet. script-o-rama.com Drew clearly offers scripts in .html and .pdf and some in .txt. He offers two separate sections for “real” scripts and transcripts.
- Hollywood Script Readers’ Digest Digest of unproduced screenplays and TV series proposals.
- Internet Movie Script Database Movie scripts, all in .html format.
- John August’s Downloads Pdf versions of various screenplays. johnaugust.com/library
- Lee Thomson’s Lee Thomson’s (older) Script Trove. leethomson.myzen.co.uk
- Movie-Page.com: Scripts Scripts and screenplays in plain text or .pdf format.
- MyPDFScripts The ultimate pdf screenplay and script resource.
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Movie Scripts Science Fiction and Fantasy Movie Scripts and Screenplays. scifiscripts.com
- Screenplays by major writers (their entire works) on Indie Film Hustle
- Screenplays for You — Seem to be actual scripts except for ones not marked as “shooting script” or other. Undesignated screipts may be transcripts.
- Screenplays-Online.de Over a hundred scripts online. Also, a screenplay-related discussion group.
- ScriptCrawler Movie and TV scripts.
- The Script Lab — screenplays from each year since 2012.
- Simply Scripts Screenplays, transcripts, and partial scripts of old, current,, and soon-to-be released movies.
- The Daily Script Movie scripts, usually.pdf, some in multiple drafts.
- Weekly Script Formerly The Daily Script. Movie and television screenplays and transcripts.
- Indiewire 50 free screenplays Screenplays by Charlie Kaufman, Sofia Coppola, Nora Ephron, and more.
- Indiewire Oscar Contenders Some of 2015’s best screenplays available for download.
- Screencraft 70+ screenplays — great ones!