The 7th edition of "The Black List" features 73 (mostly) unproduced screenplays. Here are another 8, indexed alphabetically, from E to F.
Let's continue our look at The List. Read and download all of the "Black List: 2011" screenplays and scripts.
For Your Consideration, we have the next 8 scripts listed and indexed alphabetically for quick access. Including Ben Schwartz's 'Soapdish' remake, "El Fuego Caliente," Harper Dill's "Friend of Bill", and everything in between.
If you're a young writer looking for study guides, you've found the right place. These "Black List: 2011" scripts were chosen by more than 300 film-industry executives.
What is the "Black List" and how does a script get chosen, you ask? To find out how it all works, scroll down a little bit.
Unsure about exactly what is the "Black List"? Read on.
Consider the name ironic. This isn't a list of scripts written by those who are unwelcome in the industry. Rather, "The Black List" is a compilation of "most liked" unproduced screenplays from a certain year. Screenwriters, young and old, repped or voiceless, submit their works for consideration.
Annually, since 2005, film industry executives read hundreds of screenplays and choose which ones are their favorite. Referred to as a "mention" (or, a "vote"), favored scripts with the most mentions are featured on, in this regard, the "Black List: 2011." And, you may have already noticed that many screenplays featured on The List have since been produced.
Past picks include: "Juno," and "The Only Living Boy in New York."
El Fuego Caliente
Written by: Ben Schwartz
Mentions: 6
A remake of SOAPDISH, a desperate telenovela star dreaming of Hollywood stardom has her life implode, making her real life crazier than the insane show she made famous.
The End
Written by: Aron Eli Coleite
Mentions: 28 (9th overall in 2011)
Four people - a veteran broadcaster in London, a sixteen year old girl and her boyfriend in Ann Arbor, and a devoted family man in Shanghai - each try to make peace with their lives before an interstellar event ends the world in six hours.
Ezekiel Moss
Written by: Keith Bunin
Mentions: 27 (11th overall in 2011)
A mysterious stranger who possibly has the power to channel the souls of the dead changes the lives of everyone in a small Nebraska town, especially a young widow and her 11-year-old son.
Father Daughter Time: A Tale of Armed Robbery and Eskimo Kisses
Written by: Matthew Aldrich
Mentions: 43 (5th overall in 2011)
A man goes on a three state crime spree with an accomplice, his eleven year old daughter.
The Flamingo Thief
Written by: Mike Lesieur
Mentions: 30 (8th overall in 2011)
Grief stricken over his wife leaving him, a man finds solace in an odd activity... swiping figurines of flamingos.
Flarsky (n.k.a. Long Shot) (2019)
Written by: Daniel Sterling
Mentions: 17
A political journalist courts his old babysitter, who is now the United States secretary of state. IMDb
Flashback
Written by: Will Honley
Mentions: 9
A former NASA pilot with amnesia — also the first person to travel the speed of light — realizes he has the ability to travel back in time and along the way rediscovers his love for his wife.
Friend of Bill
Written by: Harper Dill
Mentions: 9
After a humiliating episode in New York, a young woman returns to her hometown and tries to deal with her alcoholism.
