This year features 74 unproduced screenplays. Here are the next 12, indexed alphabetically, from C to F.
Let's continue our look at some of the best "2022: 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 12 scripts cataloged and indexed alphabetically for quick access. Including Lindsay Michel's "Caravan," Peter Haig's "Fog of War," and everything in between.
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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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Caravan
Written by: Lindsay Michel
Votes: 7
During the Tang Dynasty, a young Persian woman joins a Silk Road caravan to solve the mystery of her father’s disappearance‚ but must fight for survival when her fellow travelers realize there is a shapeshifting demon hiding in their midst.
Chatter
Written by: Chris Grillot
Votes: 6
Stranded in a small Cajun town, a young mother battling a painkiller relapse must fight to save her daughter from a demonic Tooth Fairy.
Cheat Day
Written by: Emma Dudley
Votes: 10
When a young woman in a decade-long heterosexual relationship realizes she needs to explore her bisexuality, she and her boyfriend institute a “Cheat Day:” 24 hours in which they can do whatever–and whomever–before deciding whether to get engaged or break up.
Clementine
Written by: David L. Williams
Votes: 12
Set in real time, a Colombian mother barely escapes a pawn shop shootout and goes on the run from her violent ex-husband, a terrifying mob boss, and a bloodthirsty hitwoman sent to collect an overdue debt, all while trying to keep her diabetic daughter safe.
Colors of Authority
Written by: Kevin Sheridan
Votes: 14
Escaping his father’s shadow, James Sexton, the son of a Sheriff in Alabama joins the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department with lofty ambitions of one day becoming Sheriff himself. But these dreams quickly sour when he realizes that the department he serves is mired in corruption and a systemic culture of moral depravity. At war with powerful figureheads within the department, threats of death looming from all sides, James betrays the department’s code of silence in order to incriminate his father’s close friend, Sheriff Lee Baca. This is based on a true story.
Court 17
Written by: Elad Ziv
Votes: 22 (2nd overall in 2022)
An over-the-hill tennis pro, trying to salvage her career, finds herself stuck playing the first round of the US Open over and over again against one of the top players in the world. The only way to stop the loop is to win the match, a seemingly impossible task due to how overmatched she is.
Craigshaven
Written by: Nicole Ramberg
Votes: 6
A troubled teen must confront a local legend when the reappearance of a missing classmate and a fabled ghost ship unravel clues to her own mother’s disappearance.
The Demolition Expert
Written by: Colin Bannon
Votes: 8
Blasting out of prison after being double crossed by the Mastermind of a heist, a Demolition Expert uses his genius with explosives to enact revenge on the Caper Crew who set him up while simultaneously picking up the pieces of his personal life.
Dumb Blonde
Written by: Todd BartelsLou Howe
Votes: 13
The origin story of Dolly Parton, following her rise through the male-dominated music scene of late 1960s Nashville.
Dying For You
Written by: Travis Braun
Votes: 18 (8th overall in 2022)
A low-level worker on a spaceship run by a dark god must steal the most powerful weapon in the universe to save his workplace crush.
Eternity
Written by: Pat Cunnane
Votes: 6
After death, everybody gets one week to choose where to spend eternity. For Joan, Larry, and Luke, it’s really a question of who to spend it with.
Fog of War
Written by: Peter Haig
Votes: 12
When a retired war journalist returns to the outpost where her son was stationed to investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death, she uncovers unspeakable horrors.
