Read the "Black List: 2014" Screenplays
The 10th edition of "The Black List" features 70 screenplays. Here are the next 10, indexed alphabetically, from F to J.
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Read and download all of the "Black List: 2014" screenplays. We have 70 of the 70 selected scripts from the 10th edition. We've made a few changes to our database. Notably, the speed at which one is able to browse.
So, Four Your Consideration, we have the next 10 scripts listed and indexed alphabetically, from F through J, for quick access. From Max Hurwitz's "Forgive Me", to Dave Callaham's "Jackpot", and everything in between.
If you're a young writer looking for study guides, you've found the right place. These "Black List: 2014" scripts were chosen by more than 250 film-industry executives.
What is "The Black List" you ask? To find out how it all works, scroll down a little bit.
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Discover more about the "Black List: 2014" scripts
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", favored scripts with the most mentions are featured on, in this regard, the "Black List: 2014".
Some screenplays get optioned by studios and become movies. Past picks include: "Emancipation", and "Don't Worry Darling."
Forgive Me
Written by: Max Hurwitz
Mentions: 6
How Mike Wallace helped to create 60 Minutes and how years later, he confronted and dealt with his own depression.
A Garden at the End of the World
Written by: Gary Graham
Mentions: 7
In a post-apocalyptic world, a recluse, trying to recreate trees to produce new life, takes in a young girl who is on the run from some bad men, including her father.
I Am Ryan Reynolds
Written by: Billy Goulston
Mentions: 9
An inside look at the marriage, career, and mental state of 2010’s Sexiest Man Alive.
In Real Time
Written by: Chai Hecht
Mentions: 6
A young man convinced that his mentally unstable sister needs to relive her high school prom from ten years prior to overcome her depression goes to great lengths to recreate that event.
In This, My Darkest Hour
Written by: Bryan McMullin
Mentions: 6
A man rises to power during the California gold rush, tearing his family apart.
Jackpot
Written by: Dave Callaham
Mentions: 9
After a group of bumbling teachers win a large amount of money, their greed and incompetence put them on a hilarious path toward death and destruction.