This year features 66 unproduced screenplays. Here are an additional 8, indexed from S.
You can read and download some of the best "2019: Top Unproduced Screenplays" of the year, according to hundreds of industry professionals who've read and rated them.
They're cataloged and indexed alphabetically for quick access. For Your Consideration, the next batch of 8 scripts. Including Erin Rodman's "Say Something Nice," Rachel James' "The Swells," and everything in between.
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A word about voting... and other important stuff about the "best of" 2019 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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Say Something Nice
Written by: Erin Rodman
Votes: 9
After she catches her boyfriend cheating, Liv goes on a social media tirade that lands her in court for slander, and the judge forces her to make amends by composing one positive comment for every negative comment she posted, while under the supervision of a reclusive mediator also on the rebound from a failed relationship. Inspired by true events.
The Searchers
Written by: MacMillan Hedges
Votes: 8
An inside look at the unique relationship between John Wayne and John Ford on the set of THE SEARCHERS.
The Showrunner
Written by: Cosmo Carlson
Votes: 6
The unbelievable true story of the creation of the worlds first, longest running, and most notorious reality show "COPS." Based on "How 'Cops' Got Made — And What It Says About America" by Tim Stelloh.
Shut In (2022)
Written by: Melanie Toast
Votes: 14 (8th overall in 2019)
A single mother is held captive by her violent ex, and her two young children are left at risk. She must do everything to protect them and survive. IMDb
Sister
Written by: Azia Squire
Votes: 8
Following her mother’s sudden passing, a queer black woman returns to her southern town to assist her estranged sister plan the funeral. Her trip takes a turn when sleep deprivation manifests visions of her deceased mother.
Stampede
Written by: Sontenish Myers
Votes: 6
Set on a southern plantation in the 1800s, a young slave girl named Lena has telekinetic powers she cannot yet control. Circumstances escalate when she’s separated from her mother to be a house girl, in close quarters with the mercurial Master’s wife: Elizabeth.
Super Dad
Written by: Sean Tidwell
Votes: 8
A subversive superhero story about the world’s only superhero living a bachelor lifestyle, learning he has two very different teenage twins he never knew existed, and now has to figure out how to be a father.
The Swells
Written by: Rachel James
Votes: 8
A young woman, propelled by an unstoppable rage, begins inviting her victims to a summer lake house as revenge for past wrongs. But when one of her guests has been wronged as well, she passes on The Swells - bringing its wrath to the streets of New York.
