2021: Top Unproduced Screenplays | Part 6

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This year features 73 unproduced screenplays. Here are the next 11, indexed alphabetically, from P to U.

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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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    Rabbit Season

    Written by: Shanrah Wakefield

    Votes: 13

    Supernatural horror about a woman stalked through a dark city park by the most monstrous manifestation of manhood during her walk home from her high school reunion.

    Sandpiper

    Written by: Lindsay Michel

    Votes: 10

    Still reeling in the wake of her husband’s death, master thief Viola Crier signs on to a risky, last-minute job set to take place inside a man-made time loop, but as the number of loops increases, the job begins to spiral out of control.

    See How They Run

    Written by: Lily Hollander

    Votes: 30 (2nd overall in 2021)

    A blind mother moves into a remote farmhouse with her young daughter, but the mystery of the home’s previous inhabitants intrudes upon her attempts to repair their relationship.

    Shania!

    Written by: Jessica Welsh

    Votes: 10

    Eilleen Edwards rises from an impoverished upbringing in rural Canada to transform into 90’s global country-pop superstar Shania Twain, only to face her greatest challenge yet: putting her life and career back together after losing her voice.

    Skeleton Tree (2023)

    Written by: Paul Barry

    Votes: 10

    When an accident sinks their boat, two teenaged boys must learn how to survive the wilds of the remote Alaskan coastline, endure one another, and to come to terms with a long-held life-altering secret. IMDb

    Sleep Solution

    Written by: Ted CaplanJenni Hendricks

    Votes: 7

    Two former thieves are having a hard enough time with their fussy newborn baby when a mishap draws them back into their old lives, forcing them to recover a priceless jade bangle, escape their boss’s murderous son and, toughest of all, get their baby to sleep through the night.

    St. Mary's Catholic School presents the Vagina Monologues

    Written by: Hannah HafeyKaitlin Smith

    Votes: 8

    Frustrated by the conservative curriculum at her high school, a rebellious teen girl decides to stage the school’s first ever production of The Vagina Monologues. Which is going to be a challenge, as no one else at St. Mary’s can even bear to say the word 'vagina' out loud. Based on Flynn Meaney’s Bad Habits.

    Symphony of Survival

    Written by: Daniel Persitz

    Votes: 12

    The incredible true story of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich writing an epic symphony during the deadly World War II siege of Leningrad — a work of art so powerful it would save him and his family, all while helping to unite his people with the Allies.

    Thicker Than Ice

    Written by: Tara Tomicevic

    Votes: 7

    Inspired by the true story of Hannah and Marissa Brandt, adoptive sisters and hockey players who put their relationship to the test as they vie for Olympic glory... on different teams: top-ranked Team USA and Korea’s first ever unified team.

    Ultra

    Written by: Colin Bannon

    Votes: 19 (6th overall in 2021)

    When an ultramarathoner learns he is one of ten contestants chosen to take part in a secret race known as "the hardest race on earth," he is forced to confront his past when he realizes there are deadly consequences for breaking the rules.

    The Unbound

    Written by: Sam West

    Votes: 7

    Disillusioned with life in the wake of a personal tragedy, Rachel goes on a mountain retreat with her friends in search of an escape, only to find themselves stumbling into the depths of horror and madness.

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