Poll: 2014 Film Black List

Results of 1,180 votes:

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   Bradley Cooper and Kyle Gallner in American Sniper (2014)

    

   THE WALL - Dwain Worrell - A sniper and his spotter must kill and avoid being killed, separated from an enemy sniper by only a 16x6ft prayer wall.
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   "2001: A Space Odyssey," MGM 1968.

    

   MOONFALL - David Weil - The investigation of a murder on a moon colony.
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   Domhnall Gleeson in Ex Machina (2014)

    

   TAU - Noga Landau - A woman held captive in the futuristic smart house of a serial kidnapper realizes that her only hope of escape lies in turning the house's sentient computer against its creator…
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   Marlene Dietrich in The Scarlet Empress (1934)

    

   CATHERINE THE GREAT - Kristina Lauren Anderson - Sophia Augusta takes control of her life, her marriage, and her kingdom becoming Russia's most celebrated and beloved monarch: Catherine the Great.
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   Jason Lee in The Incredibles (2004)

    

   DODGE - Scott Wascha - A genre bending action comedy about a pill popping thug who begins to develop superpowers.
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   OJ Simpson: Monster or Myth? (2010)

    

   ROCKINGHAM - Adam Morrison - A look into the mania of the OJ Simpson trial, through the eyes of Simpson's sports agent Mike Gilbert and Los Angeles Police Department Detective Mark Fuhrman.
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   Kathleen Turner in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

    

   CARTOON GIRL - Randall Green - When a young boy finds out that the cartoon character he's in love with is based on a real girl, he drags his single father on a road trip to track her down.
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   Kimberly Brooks in Dexter's Laboratory (1996)

    

   THE BABYSITTER - Brian Duffield - A lonely twelve year old boy in love with his babysitter discovers some hard truths about life, love, and murder.
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   Lucille Ball in I Love Lucy (1951)

    

   SITUATION COMEDY - Cat Vasko - A young woman, feeling directionless, stumbles upon a mysterious courtyard where she is transported into a sitcom-like universe, becoming a major character on this &…
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    Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds (2012)

     

    AETHER - Krysty Wilson-Cairns - In near future London, a revolutionary technology has been invented that can record sounds hours after they were made. Detective Harry Orwell, inventor of this tech…
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    #5

     

    ROTHCHILD - John Patton Ford - A young, well-educated loner kills the members of his mother's estranged family one-by-one in hopes that he will inherit the family's vast fortune.
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    The Silence (Marnix Van Den Broeke) in Doctor Who, The Impossible Astronaut

     

    BIRD BOX - Eric Heisserer - A woman tries to lead her children to safety after the world is invaded by monsters who turn you insane upon sight.
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    Harry Earles, Jackie Gerlich, and Jerry Maren in The Wizard of Oz (1939)

     

    THE MUNCHKIN - Will Widger - A little person private eye investigates the disappearance of a young actress in 1930s Hollywood, leading him to uncover conspiracies involving THE WIZARD OF OZ and Me…
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    Esther Williams

     

    THE SWIMSUIT ISSUE - Randall Green - A nerdy high schooler, who fancies himself an amateur photographer, attempts to create a "Swimsuit Issue" featuring his high school classmates in hop…
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    The Kennedy Assassination: 24 Hours After (2009)

     

    LBJ - Joey Hartstone - Lyndon Johnson goes from powerful Senate Majority Leader, powerless Vice President to President of the United States following the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
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    Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, and Terry in The Wizard of Oz (1939)

     

    ROAD TO OZ - Josh Golden - The early days of brilliant, whimsical author L. Frank Baum, who gave the world The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
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    Robert Redford in Jeremiah Johnson (1972)

     

    THE SEARCH - Spencer Mondshein - An expert tracker battles his demons while on a journey to rescue his estranged older brother who has vanished in the uncharted wilderness of the Northwest.
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    Morgan Spurlock in Super Size Me (2004)

     

    THE FOUNDER - Robert Siegel - The origin story of McDonald's and Raymond Albert "Ray" Kroc.
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    Tom Hanks and Jared Rushton in Big (1988)

     

    BIG TIME ADOLESCENCE - Jason Orley - A sixteen year old virgin with a growth deficiency slowly gets corrupted by his hero, an aimless college dropout.
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    Kennedi Clements in Poltergeist (2015)

     

    SYNDROME (E) - Mark Heyman - A detective solving the case of a disturbing film with subliminal images that is killing people who come in contact with it discovers a greater evil.
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    "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" Richard Burton 1965 Paramount Pictures

     

    BERLINER - F. Scott Frazier - As the Berlin Wall is being constructed at the height of the Cold War, a veteran CIA agent searches for a Soviet mole who has already killed several fellow agents, in…
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    "The Andromeda Strain" Director Robert Wise and Crew 1970 Universal © 1978 Larry Barbier

     

    BLACK WINTER - Jonathon E. Stewart, Jake Crane - On the eve of a US-Soviet disarmament treaty, a British scientist and a NATO medical investigator discover a secret Soviet plot to unleash a terri…
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    Butch and Ben McCain playing Airline Pilots on Martial Law for CBS.

     

    MENA - Gary Spinelli - In the late 1970s to mid 1980s, Barry Seal, a TWA pilot recruited by the CIA to provide reconnaissance on the burgeoning communist threat in Central America finds himself in…
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    Kirk Douglas and Henry Fonda in There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)

     

    NORTH OF RENO - Banipal Ablakhad, Benhur Ablakhad - A down and out prison guard attempts to murder a recently released inmate and steal a half million dollars in hidden heist money.
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    Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey in The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

     

    THE DEFECTION - Ken Nolan - After the Edward Snowden affair, an intelligence contractor defects to North Korea, taking a mysterious bag with him, and the CIA hires an expert trained during the Col…
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    #11

     

    ECHO - Chris McBride - A CIA drone coordinator battles his own psychological health while trying to decipher whether his wife has been replaced.
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    Susan Hayward, Alice Backes, Gertrude Flynn, and Lorna Thayer in I Want to Live! (1958)

     

    MATRIARCH - Eric Koenig - A prison psychologist has 48 hours to convince a serial killer to tell her the location of her final victim before she is executed.
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    Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sandra Day O'Connor, and Diane Sawyer

     

    ON THE BASIS OF SEX - Daniel Stiepleman - The story of Ruth Bader Ginsberg, as she faced numerous obstacles to her fight for equal rights throughout her career.
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    Spring Break Shark Attack (2005)

     

    IN THE DEEP - Anthony Jaswinski - A lone surfer attacked by a shark and stranded on a reef must find a way back to shore before succumbing to her injuries.
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    Wolf Totem (2015)

     

    YELLOWSTONE FALLS - Daniel Kunka - After an apocalyptic event, a mother wolf is separated from her mate and the rest of the pack, and has to protect her cubs from swarms of mutated humans.
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    "All in the Family" S. Struthers, J. Stapleton, R. Reiner C. O'Connor March 1971 CBS

     

    ONE FELL SWOOP - Greg Scharpf - A self-centered divorce attorney's life takes an unexpected turn when he is guilted into spending time with the family of a one night stand who dies in a freak acci…
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    Super Tanker (2011)

     

    THE CASCADE - Kieran Fitzgerald - Based on the documentary style film "The Day Britain Stopped" directed by Gabriel Range, an oil tanker collides with an Iranian patrol boat in the Strai…
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    #24

     

    HUNTSVILLE - Anthony Ragnone II - A girl tracks down the man responsible for her father's death and avenges him.
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    Jack-Knife Truck Stunt for the film "Premonition"

    Stunt Driver: Mike Ryan

     

    THE LONG HAUL - Dan Stoller - A self-destructive trucker estranged from his son travels cross country with a problematic nephew whom he barely knows.
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    Greg Kinnear and Ashley Johnson in Fast Food Nation (2006)

     

    BEEF - Jeff Lock - The manager of a fast food chain in Muncie, Indiana gets in over his head with some bookies.