2020 Top Unproduced Screenplays (Part 2: C to E)
Top scripts written by new and emerging writers. The next 10 indexed C to E.
Welcome to 2020 Top Unproduced Screenplays (Part 2 of 8), curated from industry reader feedback and year-end lists. This page includes 10 titles, indexed from C to E for easy access.
Highlights on this page include Chang Can Dunk, Emancipation, and Excelsior. Use the table of contents to jump straight to a script block.
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Chang Can Dunk
Written by: Jingyi Shao
Votes: 28 (2nd overall in 2020)
A young Asian-American teen and basketball fanatic who just wants to dunk and get the girl ends up learning much more about himself, his best friends, and his mother.
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Cosmic Sunday
Written by: MacMillan Hedges
Votes: 9
A small percentage of the population is stuck in a time loop and have had to create a society that functions within the same day, repeated day in and day out. One man struggles to find himself for the first time in ages amidst a society clinging to a sense of normalcy.
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Crush On You
Written by: Shea Mayo
Votes: 10
Summer on a secluded campus takes a dark turn for three college girls when a supernaturally sexy mystery man begins haunting their dreams.
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Culling, The
Written by: Stephen Herman
Votes: 10
A troubled priest confines himself to a remote cabin in the middle of the woods where he attempts to make a last stand against the demon that terrorized his family when he was a child.
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Dust (n.k.a. Hold Your Breath)
Written by: Karrie Crouse
Votes: 7
In 1930s Oklahoma amid the region's horrific dust storms, a woman is convinced that a sinister presence is threatening her family.
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Earworm
Written by: Austin Everett
Votes: 9
A former music therapist is recruited to use a mysterious machine to dive into the memories of a serial killer on death row.
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Emancipation
Written by: Bill Collage
Votes: 8
Based on a true story, a runaway slave has to outwit bounty hunters and the perils of a Louisiana swamp to reach the Union army and his only chance at freedom.
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Emergency
Written by: KD Davila
Votes: 21 (8th overall in 2020)
Ready for a night of partying, a group of Black and Latino college students must weigh the pros and cons of calling the police when faced with an emergency.
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Enemies Within
Written by: Cat Vasko
Votes: 14
In the 1950’s, Joseph McCarthy and his right hand man Roy Cohn sit at the height of their influence, casting aside democratic norms unchecked - until the Army’s lowest-level lawyer, John G. Adams, stumbles upon the shocking truth behind their power grab, and makes it his mission to reveal this to the public.
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Excelsior!
Written by: Alex Convery
Votes: 9
The true story of the meteoric rise (and subsequent fall) of Marvel Comics and the star-crossed creators behind the panel: Stan Lee & Jack Kirby.
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