Every December, The Black List surveys over 600 production company and film financier executives about their most liked screenplays and aggregate the responses for the industry and the public. These are the 35 favorite screen plays for 2014. Which screen play would you most want to see made into a film?
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…
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.
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.
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.
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 &…
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…
11.
#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.
12.
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.
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…
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…
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.
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.
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.
21.
"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…
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…
23.
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…
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.
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…
26.
#11
ECHO -
Chris McBride -
A CIA drone coordinator battles his own psychological health
while trying to decipher whether his wife has been replaced.
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.
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.
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.
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.
31.
"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…
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…
33.
#24
HUNTSVILLE -
Anthony Ragnone II -
A girl tracks down the man responsible for her father's death and
avenges him.
34.
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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