2021 Top Unproduced Screenplays (Part 1: A to B)
Top scripts written by new and emerging writers. The first 10 indexed A to B.
Welcome to 2021 Top Unproduced Screenplays (Part 1 of 7), curated from industry reader feedback and year-end lists. This page includes 10 titles, indexed from A to B for easy access.
Highlights on this page include 48 Hours in Vegas, Ballast, and Blackpill. Use the table of contents to jump straight to a script block.
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48 Hours in Vegas
Written by: Jordan VanDina
Votes: 7
Before Game 7 of the NBA finals, Dennis Rodman tells Phil Jackson he needs 48 hours in Vegas. What follows is a surreal adventure with his skittish assistant GM that involves a bull rodeo, parachuting out of a Ferrari and building a friendship that neither one of them ever thought was possible but will end up solving both of their problems.
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Abbi and the Eighth Wonder
Written by: Matt Roller
Votes: 10
When a misogynist explorer meets his sudden (and violent) end, his long-overlooked understudy seizes the moment and embarks on an adventure that will earn her a place in the annals of history.
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Air
Written by: Alex Convery
Votes: 13
The wild true story of how an upstart shoe company named Nike landed the most influential endorsement in sports history: Michael Jordan.
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An Ideal Woman
Written by: Laura Kosann
Votes: 7
Set in American suburbia during the Cuban Missile Crisis: A 1960s ex-actress and housewife finds her house-of-cards world begin to tumble as she continues to be pitted against two identities.
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Apex
Written by: Jeremy Robbins
Votes: 8
When an adrenaline junkie sets out to conquer a menacing river, she discovers that nature isn’t the only thing out for blood.
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Ballast
Written by: Justin Piasecki
Votes: 8
A naval engineer and her crew find themselves trapped in a deadly game on a shipping vessel in the middle of the Atlantic when they learn a series of car bombs are hidden amongst the thousands of vehicles on board.
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Barron's Cove
Written by: Evan Ari Kelman
Votes: 8
When his young son is viciously murdered by a classmate, a grieving father with a history of violence kidnaps the child responsible, igniting a frenzied manhunt fueled by a powerful politician — the father of the kidnapped boy.
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Believe Me
Written by: Hannah Mescon & Dreux Moreland
Votes: 11
An absurdist biopic chronicling the many rises and falls of Donald Trump, culminating with that fateful night at the 2011 Correspondent’s Dinner.
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Bella
Written by: Chris Grillot
Votes: 7
A young college student is forced to confront her family’s dark past when a mysterious stalker appears, derailing her life and sending her spiraling into a web of anxiety and paranoia.
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Blackpill
Written by: Alexandra Serio
Votes: 7
Awkward and lonely, Jared is only able to find a community online — until the day he realizes that his favorite Youtuber lives nearby. Desperate for a connection, he becomes determined to find a way into her life... whether she wants it or not.
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