This year features 76 unproduced screenplays. Here are the next 11, indexed alphabetically, from L to N.
Let's continue our look through the some great indie scripts. They're cataloged and indexed alphabetically for quick access. This is part 5 of 8.
These scripts are considered as some of the best "2017: 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 11 scripts cataloged and indexed alphabetically for quick access. Including Mario Correa's "Let Her Speak," Ben Jacoby's "Newsflash," and everything in between.
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A word about voting... and other important stuff about the "best of" 2017 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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Let Her Speak
Written by: Mario Correa
Votes: 42 (2nd overall in 2017)
The story of Senator Wendy Davis and her 24-hour filibuster to save 75% of abortion clinics in Texas.
Liberation
Written by: Darby Kealey
Votes: 9
The story of Nancy Wake, the most decorated servicewoman in World War II, who led resistance fighters in a series of dangerous missions in Nazi-occupied France.
Lionhunters
Written by: Will Beall
Votes: 8
A rogue cop suffers a gunshot wound in 1987 and wakes from a coma thirty years later, where he is partnered with a mild-mannered progressive detective–his son.
Little Boy
Written by: Hayley SchoreRoshan Sethi
Votes: 6
The true story of the man who dropped the world’s first atomic bomb on Hiroshima and his unexpected journey back to ground zero.
The Lodge (2019)
Written by: Veronika FranzSeverin FialaSergio Casci
Votes: 7
A supernatural evil haunts a woman and her stepchildren in a cabin on Christmas. IMDb
Mad, Bad, And Dangerous To Know
Written by: Jade Bartlett
Votes: 12
Based on the book trilogy Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know by Chloe J. Esposito. An underdog identical twin accidentally kills her too-perfect sister only to discover murder suits her as she becomes compulsively embroiled in the life of a mafia assassin.
The Man from Tomorrow
Written by: Jordan Barel
Votes: 10
The story of visionary entrepreneur Elon Musk, who after being ousted from PayPal, guides SpaceX through it turbulent early years while simultaneously building Tesla.
Meat
Written by: Logan Martin
Votes: 7
A misanthropic man notices bizarre changes in himself, his wife, and the animals inhabiting the territory around their homestead as they attempt to survive self-imposed isolation.
The Mother (2022)
Written by: Misha Green
Votes: 13
A female assassin comes out of hiding to protect the pre-teen daughter she gave up years before. IMDb
MOXIE
Written by: Heather Quinn
Votes: 10
To combat crime in near-future Los Angeles, the FBI creates supercops based on specific genetic sequences. To their shock, their best candidate is a vulgar stripper named Moxie.
Newsflash
Written by: Ben Jacoby
Votes: 15
On November 22nd, 1963, Walter Cronkite puts everything on the line to get the story right as a president is killed, a frightened nation weeps, and television comes of age.
