Watch a Great Screenplay: Script Frenzy Tip #5

By Jason Boog 

netflixlogo.pngWatched any good screenplays lately? Below, we’ve rounded up a list of 23 Academy Award nominated original screenplays that you can watch instantly on Netflix–twenty years worth of winning scripts.

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Netflix Instant Movies Nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards Over the Last 20 Years

1.Up
2.The Messenger
3. Letters from Iwo Jima
4. Syriana
5. Vera Drake
6. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind*
7. Gangs of New York
8. Far from Heaven
9. Talk to Her *
10. Amelie
11. Gosford Park*
12. Billy Elliot
13. Being John Malkovich
14. Good Will Hunting*
15. Jerry Maguire
16. Fargo*
17. Four Weddings and a Funeral
18.Sleepless in Seattle
19. Lorenzo’s Oil
20. Boyz N the Hood
21. Thelma & Louise*
22. Metropolitan
23. Alice

*Won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay