Read the 2022 Critics Choice Award-Nominated Screenplays

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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About the Author

Alan C. Baird
Playwright, Screenwriter, Author, Filmmaker
Alan enjoys referring to himself in the third person, and was inordinately pleased when ABC-TV's "Max Headroom" series purchased his debut student film, widely hailed as "the most uncommercial piece of ____ in Michigan State's history." Born down east, he now lives just a stone's throw from Phoenix....