Read Many Of 2013's Best Screenplays, From '12 Years A Slave' To 'The Wolf Of Wall Street'

If you're both 1) desperate for some distraction from the holiday hubbub and 2) eager to get a leg up on the rest of your office for the annual Oscar pool, here's a way to kill two birds with one stone.

Over thirty screenplays for some of 2013's top films have just been made available, legally and for free, through the studios. Highlights include John Ridley's 12 Years a Slave, Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, and Julie Delpy's Before Midnight, Terence Winter's The Wolf of Wall Street, and many more.

  • 12 Years a Slave by John Ridley
  • 42 by Brian Helgeland
  • All Is Lost by J.C. Chandor
  • The Armstrong Lie by Alex Gibney (transcription)
  • Before Midnight by Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, and Julie Delpy
  • The Bling Ring by Sofia Coppola
  • The Croods by Kirk DeMicco and Chris Sanders
  • Dallas Buyers Club by Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack
  • Despicable Me 2 by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio
  • Enough Said by Nicole Holofcener
  • Frozen by Jennifer Lee
  • Fruitvale Station by Ryan Coogler
  • The Great Gatsby by Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce
  • The Invisible Woman by Abi Morgan
  • Kill Your Darlings by Austin Bunn and John Krokidas
  • Labor Day by Jason Reitman
  • Lee Daniels' The Butler by Danny Strong
  • Lone Survivor by Peter Berg
  • Monsters University by Dan Scanlon, Daniel Gerson, and Robert L. Baird
  • Mud by Jeff Nichols
  • Nebraska by Robert W. Nelson
  • One Chance by Justin Zackham
  • The Past by Asghar Farhadi (translated by Simindokht Dehghani and Massoumeh Lahidji)
  • Philomena by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
  • The Place Beyond the Pines by Derek Cianfrance, Ben Coccio, and Darius Marder
  • Prisoners by Aaron Guzikowski
  • Rush by Peter Morgan
  • Saving Mr. Banks by Kelly Marcel and Sue Smith
  • The Spectacular Now by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber
  • Spring Breakers by Harmony Korine
  • Wadjda by Haifaa Al Mansour
  • The Way Way Back by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
  • The Wolf of Wall Street by Terence Winter
  • Happy reading!