Read the "Black List: 2015" Screenplays
The 11th edition of "The Black List" features 81 unproduced screenplays. Here are the next 7, indexed alphabetically, from I to L.
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Read and download all of the "Black List: 2015" screenplays. We have all 81 of the 81 selected scripts from the 11th edition.
And, Four Your Consideration, we have the next smaller batch of 7 scripts listed and indexed alphabetically, from I through L. Including William Peter Blatty's "I Believe in America", Maggie Cohn's "Lou", and everything in between.
If you're a young writer looking for study guides, you've found the right place. These "Black List: 2015" 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: 2015" 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: 2015".
Some screenplays get optioned by studios and become movies. Past picks include: "She's Out of My League", and "The Way Back."
I Believe in America
Written by: William Peter Blatty (as Terence Clyne)
Mentions: 8
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of THE GODFATHER, revealing the creative forces behind one of the finest American films ever made were all as cunning and ruthless as the mobsters portrayed in Mario Puzo’s bestseller.
Ida Tarbell
Written by: Mark McDevitt
Mentions: 8
Ida Tarbell’s magazine series "The History of the Standard Oil Company," would not only change the history of journalism, but also the fate of Rockefeller’s empire, shaken by the powerful pen of its most implacable observer.
Landslide
Written by: Will Staples | Tony Camerino
Mentions: 6
Based on the book How to Break a Terrorist by Tony Camerino. The story of America’s search for terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and the man who played a key role in tracking him down by using psychological warfare.
The Libertine
Written by: Ben Kopit
Mentions: 37 (3rd overall in 2015)
After the Head of the French National Assembly is placed under house arrest for accusations of sexual assault, he must live in a guarded apartment with his estranged wife until the case comes to a close.
A Life Fantastic
Written by: Natalie Antoci
Mentions: 8
A single mother with a terminal diagnosis embarks on a road trip with her eccentric nine-year-old son and nanny to find a loving and progressive family that will accept him for whoever he may grow up to be.
Lou
Written by: Maggie Cohn
Mentions: 8
An elderly woman who hacks out a rough existence on a remote island is forced to help her dimwitted neighbor rescue her daughter from her ex who has kidnapped her and run off into the woods.