The Black List is an annual compilation of the best, unproduced screenplays in Hollywood. Whenever I receive payment for writing a screenplay or TV pilot, I'm reminded of The Black List and its significant impact on my career.It all started in 2013 when my screenplay, Shovel Buddies, made it onto the list, which was instrumental in launching my professional life.More recently, in 2022, my script Himbo was listed. This success helped secure producers and has pushed the movie closer to production.Reviewing these selections offers insight into what Hollywood executives enjoyed reading this year, and perhaps it will provide the motivation you need to complete your own masterpiece.You can view a PDF of all the scripts on the Black List Website.In a statement today, Black List founder Franklin Leonard said, “Twenty-one years into this experiment, it still feels a little miraculous that something that started as an email in 2005 is now a global community of people sharing the stories they can’t stop thinking about. This year’s scripts, probably unsurprisingly, seemed preoccupied with what happens when the systems we live in – economic, political, algorithmic – stop working the way they’re supposed to and, fortunately, with how we might build something better anyway. Suffice it to say that they resonate deeply. Here’s to a better tomorrow for us all.”Let's dive in.The 2025 Black List48 MentionsBEST SELLER by Matisse HaddadIn New York’s literary scene, a struggling writer, pressured by her famous novelist husband to have a baby, pens a tell-all article that...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Tuesday, 9 December