The Black List: 2021 Screenplays • Part 1

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The 17th edition of "The Black List" features 73 unproduced screenplays. Here are the first 10, indexed alphabetically, from A to B.

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For Your Consideration, we have the first 10 scripts listed and indexed alphabetically for quick access. From Jordan VanDina's "48 Hours in Vegas," Alexandra Serio's "Blackpill," and everything in between.

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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: 2021" 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" (call it a vote), favored scripts with the most mentions are featured on, in this regard, the "Black List: 2021".

Some screenplays get optioned by studios and, perhaps, get made. Past picks include: "Eli," and "White Boy Rick."

Screenplays on this page:
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    (Dennis Rodman's) 48 Hours in Vegas

    Written by: Jordan VanDina

    Mentions: 7

    Before Game 7 of the NBA finals, Dennis Rodman tells Phil Jackson he needs 48 hours in Vegas. What follows is a surreal adventure with his skittish assistant GM that involves a bull rodeo, parachuting out of a Ferrari and building a friendship that neither one of them ever thought was possible but will end up solving both of their problems.

    Abbi and the Eighth Wonder

    Written by: Matt Roller

    Mentions: 10

    When a misogynist explorer meets his sudden (and violent) end, his long-overlooked understudy seizes the moment and embarks on an adventure that will earn her a place in the annals of history.

    Air (2023)

    Written by: Alex Convery

    Mentions: 13 (16th overall in 2021)

    The wild true story of how an upstart shoe company named Nike landed the most influential endorsement in sports history: Michael Jordan. IMDb

    An Ideal Woman

    Written by: Laura Kosann

    Mentions: 7

    Set in American suburbia during the Cuban Missile Crisis: A 1960s ex-actress and housewife finds her house-of-cards world begin to tumble as she continues to be pitted against two identities.

    Apex

    Written by: Jeremy Robbins

    Mentions: 8

    When an adrenaline junkie sets out to conquer a menacing river, she discovers that nature isn’t the only thing out for blood.

    Ballast

    Written by: Justin Piasecki

    Mentions: 8

    A naval engineer and her crew find themselves trapped in a deadly game on a shipping vessel in the middle of the Atlantic when they learn a series of car bombs are hidden amongst the thousands of vehicles on board.

    Barron's Cove

    Written by: Evan Ari Kelman

    Mentions: 8

    When his young son is viciously murdered by a classmate, a grieving father with a history of violence kidnaps the child responsible, igniting a frenzied manhunt fueled by a powerful politician — the father of the kidnapped boy.

    Believe Me

    Written by: Hannah MesconDreux Moreland

    Mentions: 11

    An absurdist biopic chronicling the many rises and falls of Donald Trump, culminating with that fateful night at the 2011 Correspondent’s Dinner.

    Bella

    Written by: Chris Grillot

    Mentions: 7

    A young college student is forced to confront her family’s dark past when a mysterious stalker appears, derailing her life and sending her spiraling into a web of anxiety and paranoia.

    Blackpill

    Written by: Alexandra Serio

    Mentions: 7

    Awkward and lonely, Jared is only able to find a community online — until the day he realizes that his favorite Youtuber lives nearby. Desperate for a connection, he becomes determined to find a way into her life... whether she wants it or not.

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