This year features 66 unproduced screenplays. Here are another 12, indexed alphabetically, from I to N.
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For Your Consideration, we have the next 12 scripts cataloged and indexed alphabetically for quick access. Including Tom O'Donnell's "I Heart Murder," Esteban Orozco's "Nomads," 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.
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I Heart Murder
Written by: Tom O'Donnell
Votes: 12
A true-crime podcaster tries to solve a gruesome cold case, putting her in the killer’s crosshairs.
Klein
Written by: Derek Elliott
Votes: 10
Life as a single dad hasn’t been a challenge for Las Vegas blackjack dealer Mike Klein, until his ex resurfaces after walking out on the family six years ago.
The Laborer
Written by: Jared Anderson
Votes: 9
A pair of out-of-work immigrant brothers catch a break when they are hired as day laborers to work at a house in the Hollywood Hills, until they witness something they will wish they had never seen.
A Magical Place Called Glendale
Written by: Sara Monge
Votes: 14 (7th overall in 2019)
To revamp her self image, an arrogant but well-meaning high school socialite decides to help a former friend land the guy of her dreams... but in the process, realizes she wants her for herself.
The Man in the Woods
Written by: Darren GrodskyDanny Jacobs
Votes: 7
After moving to Maine and befriending an enigmatic hermit, twelve-year-old Henrietta Thorne begins to wonder if he holds the key to solving a mystery that has eluded our planet for more than a decade.
Meet Cute
Written by: Chris PowersDan Powers
Votes: 6
MEET CUTE, the hottest dating app on the market, brings couples together by giving them their Rom Com moment. When the app’s biggest skeptic, Haley, matches with one of its developers, Russ, their instant connection starts to change her mind.
The Menu (2022)
Written by: Seth ReissWill Tracy
Votes: 10
A young couple visits an exclusive destination restaurant on a remote island where the acclaimed chef has prepared a lavish tasting menu, along with some shocking surprises. IMDb
The Mother
Written by: Michael Notarile
Votes: 6
The incredible true story of Fredericka Marm Mandelbaum, who was the country's first female mob boss. During the Gilded Age, Marm opened a school for criminals, and built her empire by treating her gang of runaways and orphans as family -- eventually partnering with George Leslie to pull off what is still to date the largest bank heist in American history (adjusting for inflation).
Move On
Written by: Ken Kobayashi
Votes: 29 (1st overall in 2019)
Teddy thinks he’s the only living person left in a world where humanity is frozen in time... until his ex-girlfriend, Leyna, shows up at his doorstep. Together, they must go on a journey to find the cause behind the freeze and in the process, confront the issues that plagued their relationship before it’s too late.
My Boyfriend's Wedding
Written by: Carrie Solomon
Votes: 8
After Georgia accidentally receives an out of the blue invitation to her on-again, off-again boyfriend’s wedding, she and her best friend Keely make the ill-informed decision to attend.
No Good Deed
Written by: Christina Pamies
Votes: 6
A woman with a troubled past invites her teen niece to live with her in the family’s farm house, but the two become tormented by a creature that can take away their pain for a price.
Nomads
Written by: Esteban Orozco
Votes: 6
A reverse SEARCHERS from the perspective of the Natives going East into the unknown, the metropolis, the belly of the beast, late 1800s New York City.
