This year features 81 screenplays. Here are the next 10, indexed alphabetically, from M to P.
We continue our look at some of the best "2015: Top Unproduced Screenplays" of the year, according to hundreds of industry professionals who've read and rated them.
For Your Consideration, we have the next 10 screenplays indexed alphabetically, from M through P. Including Samuel Franco and Evan Kilgore's "Mayday 109," Jake Morse and Scott Wolman's "Preconception," and everything in between.
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A word about voting... and other important stuff about the "best of" 2015 Unproduced Screenplays.
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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Mayday 109
Written by: Samuel FrancoEvan Kilgore
Votes: 13
Based on actual events, a young John F. Kennedy struggles to save the crew of his PT Boat after it is sunk by a Japanese warship during World War II. IMDb
Militia (n.k.a. The Standoff at Sparrow Creek) (2018)
Written by: Henry Dunham
Votes: 9
After a shooting at a police funeral by a suspected militia member, a recluse ex-cop and fellow militia man must interrogate the suspected gunmen in his own militia before copycat attacks start a nationwide war between cops and militias. IMDb
Miss Sloane (2016)
Written by: Jonathan Perera
Votes: 31 (6th overall in 2015)
A powerful lobbyist sacrifices her career on Capitol Hill so she can push through an amendment enforcing stricter federal laws regulating guns. IMDb
Morningstar
Written by: David Birke
Votes: 13
The war is over. A bitter and uneasy truce has been reached with an invading alien race, and a new cold war has begun. Fueled by suspicions of an alien spy in their ranks, the United Nations Intelligence Division entrusts their top agent, Martin Webber, with finding the mole.
Move That Body (n.k.a. Rough Night) (2017)
Written by: Lucia AnielloPaul W. Downs
Votes: 13
Five friends rent a beach house in Miami for a bachelorette weekend and accidentally kill a male stripper. IMDb
Nyad
Written by: Robert Specland
Votes: 13
Based on the true story of marathon swimmer Diana Nyad, who in 2013, after 4 failed attempts and at the age of 64, became the first person ever to open-swim from Cuba to Florida (55 hours non-stop) overcoming impossible odds, personal tragedy, and 103 miles of open ocean.
Our Week with Waller
Written by: Evan MirzaiShea Mirzai
Votes: 10
After getting laid off, two Americans cash in their vacation pay and head abroad to Spain where their paths collide with one of the world’s most dangerous terrorists.
Pale Blue Dot (n.k.a. Lucy in the Sky) (2019)
Written by: Brian C. BrownElliott DiGuiseppi
Votes: 26 (8th overall in 2015)
Twelve months after returning from a space mission, decorated astronaut Laura Pepper is arrested for the attempted murder of a fellow astronaut. IMDb
Pandemonium, Splendidly Managed
Written by: Brett Conrad
Votes: 15
A local Phoenix newscaster at the pinnacle of local celebrity slowly descends into the depths of madness while trying to become a game show host in Los Angeles.
Preconception
Written by: Jake MorseScott Wolman
Votes: 8
A couple on the verge of parenthood embarks on a pre-baby bucket list.
