2020: Top Unproduced Screenplays | Part 1

Best Unproduced Screenplays of 2020.

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This year features 80 (mostly) unproduced screenplays. Here are the first 12, indexed alphabetically, from A to B.

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Some of the scripts listed here may have since been optioned and produced. However, at the time of "voting" they were not.

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    1MDB

    Written by: Scott Conroy

    Votes: 10

    The incredible true story of the multi-billion dollar Malaysian government corruption scandal which led to the conviction of Prime Minister Najib Razak and almost $5 billion in settlements paid out by Goldman Sachs.

    Annalise & Song

    Written by: SJ Inwards

    Votes: 10

    Annalise is a girl who quite literally "sees the world differently" than everyone else and finds herself a lonely, misunderstood outcast who keeps her "cursed sight" a secret as a consequence. But everything changes when Annalise meets her new neighbor, Peter Song -- a fellow teenager whom everyone else sees as a disfigured boy, but whom Annalise sees entirely differently.

    Bella

    Written by: Jason Markarian

    Votes: 7

    Set against the backdrop of an unprecedented crime wave that gripped New York City in the 80s, a hyper-stylized action thriller about a cop’s daughter who, after her father clings to life following an assassination attempt, goes on a rampage to unearth her father’s assassin and weed out deep-rooted corruption in the NYPD.

    A Big, Bold, Beautiful Journey

    Written by: Seth Reiss

    Votes: 14

    After both attending the same wedding solo, David and Sarah embark on a big, bold, beautiful journey with a little help from their 1996 Passat GPS and a little bit of magic for the road trip of their lives.

    Bikram

    Written by: Silpa Kovvali

    Votes: 11

    Based on an unbelievable story, BIKRAM chronicles the rise and fall of celebrity yoga guru Bikram Choudhury through the eyes of his young wife Rajashree, who engineers his ascent to fame and fortune, then fights to salvage their empire when his crimes bring it crumbling to the ground.

    Birdies

    Written by: Colin Bannon

    Votes: 16

    When Tabitha, a struggling foster kid, wins a contest to become part of the BIRDIES, a popular daily YouTube channel featuring the radiant and enigmatic Mama Bird and her diverse brood of adopted children, she soon learns that things get dark when the cameras turn off.

    The Black Belt

    Written by: Randall Green

    Votes: 15

    Eighth grader Simon Paluska dreams of being a Taekwondo Black Belt, but he’s not allowed to take lessons. So he buys a Black Belt on Amazon for twenty-five bucks. Then, he has to use it.

    Blood Ties

    Written by: Aaron Katz

    Votes: 10

    Based on the New Yorker article by Nathan Heller. A true-crime thriller based on the story of two brilliant college lovers convicted of a brutal slaying. An obsessed detective investigates the true motives that led to a double homicide, and the decades of repercussions that follow.

    Borderline (2022)

    Written by: Jimmy Warden

    Votes: 11

    A bodyguard protects a pop superstar and her athlete boyfriend from a determined stalker in 1990s Los Angeles. IMDb

    The Boy Who Died

    Written by: Monisha Dadlani

    Votes: 10

    A young girl creates a robot version of Harry Potter while her father simultaneously is treating Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe for a terminal disease.

    Bring Me Back

    Written by: Crosby Selander

    Votes: 22 (6th overall in 2020)

    When a woman on an interstellar voyage falls in love with someone during a cryosleep simulation, she attempts to discern whether the man is a real passenger on the ship or just a figment of her imagination.

    Bubble & Squeak

    Written by: Evan Twohy

    Votes: 21 (7th overall in 2020)

    Two newlyweds traverse a fictional country on their honeymoon but slowly realize they’re yearning to take separate journeys.

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