This year features 83 unproduced screenplays. Here are the first 15, indexed alphabetically from # to B.
Looking for some weekend reads? I think we can help you with that. These scripts are considered as some of the best "2024: Top Unproduced Screenplays" of the year, according to hundreds of industry professionals who've read and rated them.
For Your Consideration, we have the first 15 scripts listed and indexed alphabetically for quick access. Including Anna Klassen's "The 13th Hour," Matt Ackels's "Bust," and everything in between.
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A word about voting... and other important stuff about the "best of" 2024 Unproduced Scripts.
Some of the scripts listed here may have since been optioned and produced. However, at the time of "voting" they were not.
Also, like all of the screenplays on this site, copyrights remain with the writer(s). 8FLiX does not claim ownership of any screenplay, nor were we involved in voting for, or choosing what makes them the "best of" a particular year.
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13th Hour, The
Written by: Anna Klassen
Votes: 18
When a group of teenagers repair an old clock with a mysterious 13th numeral, they are granted an extra hour where their actions have no consequence.
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7 Guys You Date Before Marriage, The
Written by: Julia Yorks
Votes: 22
After her ten-year relationship collapses, a newly single woman dives back into the dating pool, navigating seven wildly different romantic entanglements that prepare her for her future husband.
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AIDa
Written by: Alexis Jacknow
Votes: 14
A new mother finds the perfect nanny in AI, only to learn that a "perfect" caregiver might be the most dangerous kind of all. This psychological thriller examines the disparity between human nature versus AI nurture and asks the question, could AI ever replace us as parents?
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Alignment
Written by: Natan Dotan
Votes: 38 (3rd overall in 2024)
A board member at a booming AI company wrestles with corporate politics and warped incentives as he tries to prevent his colleagues’ willful ignorance from causing a global catastrophe.
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American Monsters
Written by: Chris Grillot
Votes: 16
A senator and his estranged son must fight to survive when they’re stranded at a hunting ranch where mythical beasts from global folklore are genetically engineered as dangerous game.
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Assembly Required
Written by: Kevin Yang
Votes: 20
During a clandestine overnight stay in the Burbank IKEA, four friends get caught in a firefight between rival criminal organizations, forcing them to figure out how to save each other–and the store they love so much.
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Band of Wolves, A
Written by: Reynaldo Leal
Votes: 10
After surviving a rival tribe’s raid, a pregnant Mesolithic woman forms an unlikely alliance with a wolf in order to survive the unforgiving prehistoric wilderness.
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Bato Bato
Written by: Donn Kennedy
Votes: 12
When his family is murdered and child kidnapped, a Neanderthal goes on an epic rampage journey to save her from the new dominant species.
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Bitter Sweet Symphony
Written by: Matthew KicMike Sorce
Votes: 9
In the last days of the Britpop era, enigmatic musician Richard Ashcroft's quest to transform an obscure Rolling Stones cover into the iconic single "Bitter Sweet Symphony" sparks a legal battle that threatens to both destroy his band The Verve and silence the song forever.
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Bloody Mingo
Written by: Jonathan Easley
Votes: 19
Investigating the crime scene of a potential homicide in the Appalachian mountainside, a deputy encounters a strange mountain community that claims to be haunted by an evil witch that lives in the woods.
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Bo Knows Infinity
Written by: Adam Best
Votes: 18
Bo Jackson gets stuck in a time loop. Lessons are learned.
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Boy, Girl, Fig
Written by: Kayla Sun
Votes: 11
Aden was born with a rare condition where he becomes invisible to those who love him. He struggles when he falls in love with his childhood best friend.
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Bridgehampton
Written by: Jeremy Leder
Votes: 10
Recently dumped Ezra Green accidentally brings a terminally ill woman home to Bridgehampton for a long weekend with his eccentric family. Don’t judge -- he needs to cope with his estranged father who just got out of white-collar prison.
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Busboy, The
Written by: Elad Ziv
Votes: 16
After a mysterious busboy manipulates his way into a job at the most exclusive nightclub in South Beach, he quickly rises through the ranks using ruthless tactics.
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Bust
Written by: Matt Ackels
Votes: 23 (10th overall in 2024)
In 1991, Houston, Texas, millions of women sport the latest fashion trend: breast implants. But when they develop life-threatening side effects, they’ll need a special kind of lawyer to seek justice. This is the incredible true story of a women’s public health crisis, a gun-slinging plaintiff lawyer, and the biggest lawsuit in American history.
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