This year features 73 unproduced screenplays. Here are the first 13, indexed alphabetically, from A to B.
Read and download some of the "2016: Top Unproduced Screenplays" of the year, according to hundreds of industry professionals who've read and rated them.
For Your Consideration, we have the first 13 scripts cataloged and indexed alphabetically, from A through B, for quick access. Including Aaron and Jordan Kandell's "Adrift," Jenny Halper's "The Burning Season," and everything in between.
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A word about voting... and other important stuff about the "best of" 2016 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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Adrift (2018)
Written by: Aaron KandellJordan Kandell
Votes: 10
In this incredible true story of love and survival, Tami Ashcraft sails into the heart of a hurricane and embarks on a harrowing 41 day odyssey against impossible odds to save the man she loves. IMDb
Allison Adams
Written by: Devon Graye
Votes: 6
A little girl goes missing in a small town, and the key to finding her resides with four disparate women who share nothing in common except for the young girl’s name…Allison Adams.
America: The Motion Picture (2021)
Written by: Dave Callaham
Votes: 6
An R-rated action comedy, animated, revisionist history of the founding of the United States of America. IMDb
American Rebel
Written by: Christopher Cosmos
Votes: 9
The true story of Deborah Sampson, a woman from Massachusetts who risked her life by disguising herself as a man and joining the Continental Army to help fight for independence during the Revolutionary War.
Bad Education (2019)
Written by: Mike Makowsky
Votes: 6
The beloved superintendent of New York's Roslyn school district and his staff, friends and relatives become the prime suspects in the unfolding of the single largest public school embezzlement scandal in American history. IMDb
Barbarian
Written by: Rosalind Ross
Votes: 11
Based on the true story of Boudicca, a queen and warrior of the British Celtic Iceni tribe who led an uprising against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire.
Battle of Alcatraz
Written by: Neil WidenerGavin James
Votes: 14
A plan to escape from Alcatraz prison turns into a battle and hostage crisis that pits armed prisoners against US Army troops for two full days.
Bitter Pill
Written by: Turner Hay
Votes: 6
When an out-of-work divorced mother stops taking the court-ordered medication that made her feel like a zombie, her brazenly immoral, fifteen-year-old imaginary friend appears to get her life back on track.
Blonde Ambition
Written by: Elyse Hollander
Votes: 48 (1st overall in 2016)
In 1980s New York, Madonna struggles to get her first album released while navigating fame, romance, and a music industry that views women as disposal.
Boyfriend Material
Written by: Mackenzie Dohr
Votes: 8
In the near future, a heartbroken girl who hates technology participates in an experiment that allows you to program a robot into your dream man.
The Builder
Written by: Tom Cartier
Votes: 11
A look inside the tortuous drama of Donald Trump’s first Manhattan real estate deal, his relationships with troubled older brother Freddy and famed fixer Roy Cohn, and how they all created the Trump of today.
Burn Run
Written by: Matt Tente
Votes: 7
In war-torn Afghanistan, an American mercenary team is hired to escort a 20-ton heroin seizure bound for destruction but get caught up in a botched drug deal when their leader goes rogue, forcing them to overcome various enemies who wish to steal it.
The Burning Season (2022)
Written by: Jenny Halper
Votes: 8
A primatologist takes her teenage daughter to a remote region of Madagascar, where her determination to save endangered lemurs puts their relationship and safety at risk. Based on the short story "What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us" by Laura Van Den Berg. IMDb
