This year features 66 unproduced screenplays. Here are the next 9, indexed alphabetically, from B to C.
Looking for some weekend reads? I think we can help you with that. These scripts are considered as some of the best "2019: 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 batch of 9 scripts cataloged and indexed alphabetically for quick access. Including Nicolas Curcio's "Barron: A Tale Of Love, Loss & Legacy," Lillian Yu's "Cicada," and everything in between.
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A word about voting... and other important stuff about the "best of" 2019 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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Barron: A Tale of Love, Loss & Legacy
Written by: Nicolas Curcio
Votes: 8
Fearing the devastating impact that his father’s presidency would have on his personal life, his country, and the world at large, ten-year-old Barron Trump sets out to sabotage his father’s 2016 campaign.
Betty Ford
Written by: Kas GrahamRebecca Pollock
Votes: 7
An intimate portrait of the sensational First Lady and ERA champion, Betty Ford, as she challenges, scandalizes, dances and drinks her way through the White House to gain a higher popularity rating than any President in American history, all whilst maintaining a 26 pill-a-day drug habit.
Black Mitzvah
Written by: Lauren Tyler
Votes: 10
After embarrassing herself at the most popular girl’s party, a black and Jewish middle school misfit embarks on a journey to glow up and throw the best Bat Mitzvah of all time.
Blue Slide Park
Written by: Kyle AndersonMichael Vlamis
Votes: 6
After his first album topped the Billboard Charts, life was never the same for Malcolm McCormick aka Mac Miller. This is his story of music, love, success, family, and addiction. Based on the forthcoming manuscript UNT. MAC MILLER BIOGRAPHY written by Paul Cantor for Abrams Press.
Breathe (2023)
Written by: Doug Simon
Votes: 9
In the near future when air-supply is scarce, a mother and daughter fight for survival when two strangers arrive desperate for an oxygenized safe haven. IMDb
The Broker
Written by: Justin Piasecki
Votes: 13 (10th overall in 2019)
A fixer who brokers off-the-books exchanges for powerful corporate clients finds himself being hunted after he’s hired to protect a whistleblower and the evidence she’s uncovered.
The Cabin at the End of the World (n.k.a. Knock at the Cabin) (2023)
Written by: Steve DesmondMichael Sherman
Votes: 8
A gay couple and their adopted daughter have their cabin invaded by four strangers who take the family captive and tell them that, to prevent the upcoming apocalypse, one of them must be killed by the others. IMDb
Can You Tell Me How?
Written by: Gregory Bonsignore
Votes: 6
Alarmed by the disproportionate dropout rates amongst children of the working class, a young female TV producer finds a way to teach them their ABCs and 123s. With the help of genius puppeteer Jim Henson and a diverse team of dedicated researchers and educators, they brought us the groundbreaking show, Sesame Street.
Cicada
Written by: Lillian Yu
Votes: 16 (4th overall in 2019)
When a talented hacker is recruited by the mysterious Cicada 3301, she gets wrapped up in a plot that threatens to destroy the entire world. Based on the real organization.
