This year features 73 unproduced screenplays. Here are the first 10, indexed alphabetically, from A to B.
Looking for some weekend reads? These scripts are considered as some of the best "2021: Top Unproduced Screenplays" of the year, according to hundreds of industry professionals who've read and rated them.
For Your Consideration, we have the first 10 scripts listed and indexed alphabetically for quick access. From Jordan VanDina's "48 Hours in Vegas," Alexandra Serio's "Blackpill," and everything in between.
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A word about voting... and other important stuff about the "best of" 2021 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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(Dennis Rodman's) 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.
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.
Air (2023)
Written by: Alex Convery
Votes: 13 (16th overall in 2021)
The wild true story of how an upstart shoe company named Nike landed the most influential endorsement in sports history: Michael Jordan. IMDb
An Ideal Woman
Written by: Laura Kosann
Votes: 7
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.
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.
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.
Believe Me
Written by: Hannah MesconDreux 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.
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.
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.
