The Hit List |
2019
Celebrating the Best Spec Scripts of the Year as Voted on by Hollywood!
Placement
Genre
Format
Representation Status
Official Selections
POD
Official Selection
85 Votes
Feature
Drama
After a mission to destroy a black hole that endangers mankind goes wrong, an astronaut awakens in her escape pod to find that decades have passed in seemingly a moment. Now, with an aging body and fragile mind, she battles against the elements of space and time to complete her mission.
FIRST ASCENT
Official Selection
83 Votes
Feature
Horror
Two years after a free solo accident nearly killed her, Hillary Hall enlists the help of her old climbing partners to document her comeback -- the first ascent of a 4,000 foot virgin rock wall in rural China. However, as she progresses up the wall, something begins to toy with her... is it her fear of failure, her deeply rooted inner demons, or is t...
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DETOX
Official Selection
73 Votes
Feature
Horror
When an overstressed young woman joins her best friend at a wellness retreat in the Arizona desert, she begins to suspect that the revitalizing spa treatments, serums, and macrobiotic meals are part of something closer to a dangerous cult, run by the retreat’s charismatic leader.
DON'T WORRY DARLING
Official Selection
71 Votes
Feature
Thriller
A psychological thriller about a 1950s housewife whose reality begins to crack, revealing a disturbing truth about her marriage and the man she thought was her happily ever after.
I HEART MURDER
Official Selection
65 Votes
Feature
Drama
After being sent incriminating evidence for a crime she’s been investigating, a facetious true crime podcaster goes to a town she has single handedly made infamous in hopes of cracking the murder case she's been dissecting on her show.
BETTY FORD
Official Selection
63 Votes
Feature
Drama
An intimate portrait of the sensational First Lady and ERA champion, Betty Ford, as she challenges, scandalizes, dances, and drinks her way through the White House to gain a higher popularity rating than any President in American history – all whilst maintaining a 26 pill-a-day drug habit.
ASSISTED LIVING
Official Selection
61 Votes
Feature
Comedy
When a thief on the run needs to go into hiding, disguised as an 81 year old, she checks into a retirement community shared by her estranged grandmother.
DUDE RANCH
Official Selection
58 Votes
Feature
Comedy
Story follows Tim, a recent divorcé who learns that his ex-wife Ashley is dating a new man. Still madly in love, and deeply in denial, Tim tracks her new boyfriend, Andy, to a masculinity-themed sleepaway camp, only to discover that Andy is the camp’s five-time champion and current holder of the coveted Manly Cup (a trophy awarded to the camper who ...
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BARRON: A TALE OF LOVE, LOSS & LEGACY
Official Selection
55 Votes
Feature
Comedy
Fearing the devastating impact that his father’s presidency would have on his personal life, his country and the world at large, ten-year-old Barron Trump sets out to sabotage his father’s 2016 campaign.
THE TIP
Official Selection
53 Votes
Feature
Drama
When a handsome stranger leaves a struggling single mother a $10,000 tip and welcomes himself into her life, she is left to wonder if this is the man of her dreams or her nightmares.
ARISTOTLE & DANTE
Official Selection
49 Votes
Feature
An alienated Mexican-American teenager who resents his emotionally detached family and is about to give up any hope of ever being understood meets a kindred sprit who knows him better than he knows himself. Life tears the young men apart several times but their undeniable connection always draws them back together.
FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES ONLY
Official Selection
47 Votes
Feature
Adventure
When Janet and Donald realize that their whole lives have been spent as human lab rats in a maze, they embark on an adventure to escape – and fall in love along the way.
HOLDOUT
Official Selection
46 Votes
Feature
Horror
Hurricane Holdout Julie Mills, who lost her husband two years ago, refuses to evacuate from her dream home during the most dangerous storm in a decade. As the storm worsens, Julie must defend her home against mother nature, a band of looters, and something much more sinister that arrives with the Hurricane.
JUST. ONE. KISS.
Official Selection
45 Votes
Feature
Comedy
After she’s caught lying to her mother about being engaged a 32-year-old interior designer wakes up the next day to discover she suddenly has the ability to see the entire lifespan of any potential relationship with just one kiss. Think 27 DRESSES meets GROUNDHOG DAY.
THE BROKER
Official Selection
44 Votes
Feature
Action
The intense story of a man who brokers deals between whistle blowers and the mega corporations at risk of being exposed turns in to a cat and mouse game when one of his clients, who Tom becomes to close with, turns out to be an undercover agent working for the corporation he thinks she is whistle blowing on.
SHUT IN
Official Selection
43 Votes
Feature
Drama
A single mother must do everything she can to protect her children and survive when she is held captive by her violent ex, and her two young children are left at risk.
ST. SIMMONS
Official Selection
43 Votes
Feature
When a very fat and possibly gay boy from New Orleans is visited by an angel called Barbra Streisand, he sets out on a holy crusade in daytime television to touch and save the soul of every obese person in America before his demons consume him - if only to make his daddy proud. It's the true gospel of Richard Simmons.
PINK SKIES AHEAD
Official Selection
42 Votes
Feature
After discovering she has an anxiety disorder, an aimless young writer drops out of college and moves back in with her parents in a quest to find purpose to her life.
A GIANT NAMED ANDRE
Official Selection
40 Votes
Feature
Adventure
The larger than life journey of André René Roussimoff, the man who would become Andre the Giant, and the giant who would go on to become an icon. From his humble farm life in rural France, to the largest sell out events the world has ever seen, this is the story of the man who sacrificed everything to entertain the masses, and the personal battles h...
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VOICEMAILS FOR ISABELLE
Official Selection
39 Votes
Feature
Drama
Story centers on a young woman and her relationship with her terminally ill younger sister, Isabelle, who loses her battle to Cystic Fibrosis in their 20s. To cope with Isabelle no longer being alive, Jill starts leaving voicemails on Isabelle's number which has been reassigned to a man who listens and falls in love with her.
10-31
Official Selection
37 Votes
Feature
Horror
On Halloween evening, Lila takes her niece and nephew trick-or-treating and, via a note inside a candy wrapper, discovers there's a killer loose on their block.
DOLLHOUSE
Official Selection
36 Votes
Feature
Horror
When a struggling fashion model in New York City gets chosen by a mysterious Parisian designer to be the face of his first campaign since his disappearance five years prior, she begins to realize she was chosen for a reason and must decide how much she's willing to sacrifice for beauty and recognition.
WHITE PEOPLE BUYING HOUSES
Official Selection
34 Votes
Feature
Comedy
A yuppie couple’s relationship is put to the test when they buy a house in an up-and-coming Los Angeles neighborhood, oblivious to the fact that it lies on the border between rival gangs.
MEET ME IN NEW DELHI
Official Selection
33 Votes
Feature
Musical
Set to prove his love to his new Indian girlfriend, a young man travels to India in an attempt to win over her overtly traditional family.
MOVE ON
Official Selection
33 Votes
Feature
Drama
Teddy thinks he's the only living person left in a world where humanity is frozen in time... until his ex-girlfriend, Leyna, shows up at his doorstep. Together, they must go on a journey to find the cause behind the freeze and in the process, confront the issues that plagued their relationship before it's too late.
DREAM
Official Selection
32 Votes
Feature
When outcast teenager, Kayla Kring discovers she has the ability to enter people's dream she discovers high school is a whole different kind of nightmare.
SLASH HER
Official Selection
30 Votes
Feature
Horror
A rookie cop’s first night on the job turns deadly when the lone survivor of a sorority massacre stumbles into the police station for help, and the killer she escaped shows up to finish the job.
CUTLERY
Official Selection
29 Votes
Feature
Action
In the near future, a young woman who grew up in her father's cutlery shop embarks on a blade-wielding rampage across LA to save her dad from a ruthless psychopath.
DOWN UNDER COVER
Official Selection
29 Votes
Feature
Action
A detective is forced to take the partner no one else wants as they go undercover to investigate a troupe of male erotic dancers who may or may not be behind a series of casino heists.
THE TRAVELER
Official Selection
27 Votes
Feature
Sci-fi
At the same time every morning, Scott Treder has started jumping forward in time. First a day, then two, four, eight – each jump is double the amount of time as the one before. He struggles to keep his family together and find a cure, all as his secret spreads throughout the world.
FARMHOUSE
Official Selection
26 Votes
Feature
In a near-future dystopia, where mutated beasts called the Hounds have ravaged the earth, a young girl and her mother struggle to survive in an isolated farmhouse. When a stranger arrives on the land, both mother and daughter's lives begin to unravel as they start to question the very reality they thought they knew so well.
HONK FOR JESUS, SAVE YOUR SOUL
Official Selection
26 Votes
Feature
Comedy
In the aftermath of a huge scandal, Trinity Childs, the first lady of a prominent Southern Baptist Mega Church, attempts to help her pastor-husband, Lee-Curtis Childs, rebuild their congregation. But in order to make the biggest comeback that commodified religion has ever seen, they must first reconcile their faith and confront personal demons. Shot...
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DISTANT
Official Selection
25 Votes
Feature
Sci-fi
After crash-landing on an alien planet an asteroid miner must make his way across the harsh terrain, before running out of oxygen, being hunted by strange creatures, to the only other survivor: a woman who is trapped in her escape pod.
BAD DOG
Official Selection
24 Votes
Feature
Comedy
When Satan’s favorite hell hound, Bub, is booted out of hell by a jealous rival, he is mistakenly adopted by a single dad and his two kids. Despite his bad ways, Bub soon begins to embrace his goodness and falls in love with the family. When Satan wants his dog back and Bub refuses, he must protect his new family from the fury of hell
EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE GREAT
Official Selection
22 Votes
Feature
Drama
A funny and sad valentine to big dreamers whose dreams won’t necessarily come true. It’s about individuality vs conformity. It’s about fantasy vs reality. But mostly it’s about family, as it follows a year in the life of a family struggling with defining success, ghosts, identity, and regional theatre..
NO GOOD DEED
Official Selection
22 Votes
Feature
Horror
A woman with a troubled past takes in her moody teenage niece to live in the family’s isolated farm house, but the two are soon tempted and tormented by a sinister creature that can take their pain away… but for a price.
Official Selection
21 Votes
Feature
The true story of how Lawrence Tureaud, a poor kid in Chicago with 12 brothers and sisters, fought and charmed his way into becoming the single lettered icon of saintly compassion and macho energy: Mr. T.
TOTALLY KILLER
Official Selection
21 Votes
Feature
Sci-fi
In this female-led horror homage to "Back To the Future," 17-year-old Jamie must time-travel back to the 80's to save her mom from a psycho-killer. Think BACK TO THE FUTURE meets SCREAM.
NOBODY LIVES FOREVER
Private
Official Selection
20 Votes
Feature
· Action
When a hitman with a perfect record finally meets a man that he can’t kill — a man cursed with immortality — the two team up to reverse the curse, forming an unlikely friendship along the way. It’s a high-concept action/thriller with a dark, irreverent sense of humor a la JOHN WICK.
Emily Blake
No bio available.
MCCARTHY
Official Selection
19 Votes
Feature
A searing biopic chronicling the rise and fall of the infamous US Senator Joe McCarthy – the last great American demagogue, and a clear predecessor to the one currently occupying the White House.
UNHINGED
Official Selection
19 Votes
Feature
Thriller
Unhinged takes an ordinary, everyday incident to its most terrifying conclusion in telling the story of a mother who leans on her horn at the wrong time, to the wrong guy.
Official Selection
18 Votes
Feature
· Historical
· 123 Pages
Based on the heroic true story of the Iraqi National Football Team's attempt to qualify for the '94 World Cup under the Hussein regime.
Brooklyn, NY
ROBIN ROSE SINGER is a 2020 Academy Nicholl finalist and IFP-winning TV creator. She works full time in the film, commercial, and TV industries. She loves messy, layered characters and worlds we've never seen on screen before.
Festivals/lists: 2021 WScripted Cannes Screenplay List, Tribeca FF, NBC/Universal FF, 2020 TIFF Next Wave, Hit List, B...
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Shadow Force
Private
Official Selection
17 Votes
Feature
· Action
· 110 Pages
n/a
Los Angeles, CA
No bio available.
THROW IT BACK AND MAKE IT CLAP FOR TRUDY JONES
Official Selection
17 Votes
Feature
Comedy
When an iconic Miami rapper decides to feature a renowned high school dance squad in a music video, an introverted senior steps up to battle for a spot on the team and her chance to shine in the spotlight.
AMERICAN WOMAN
Official Selection
16 Votes
Feature
Melania Knauss comes to the United States to try and make it in the modeling business, and is forced to reconsider her morals when success is presented to her on a silver platter, in the form of dating one of the world’s most powerful men: Donald Trump. This is the origin story of Melania Trump.
DOUBLE BLIND
Official Selection
16 Votes
Feature
Thriller
When BRADY COLE — loving husband and father — starts losing time, his everyday life spirals out of control. What starts as lost minutes quickly becomes lost hours and days, Brady must figure out what’s going on or lose everything most important to him. A psychological thriller in the vein of MEMENTO and BLACK SWAN.
WHEN MICHAEL MET CARRIE… AND OTHER PEOPLE
Official Selection
16 Votes
Feature
Comedy
Unlikely opposites Michael and Carrie have been dating for seven years and their relationship is beginning to run dry despite their efforts and love for one another. After both of them spend a chance evening with attractive counterparts that ooze similarities to themselves, Michael and Carrie decide to open their relationship and date other people w...
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8-BIT CHRISTMAS
Official Selection
15 Votes
Feature
Family
In the spirit of films like A Christmas Story and The Sandlot, 8-Bit Christmas is a humorous and heartfelt look back at the adventures of childhood. Set in suburban Chicago in the late 1980s, the story centers on ten-year-old JAKE DOYLE’S herculean quest to get the Christmas gift of his generation: a Nintendo Entertainment System.
BODY DOUBLE
Official Selection
15 Votes
Feature
Comedy
A famous, recently widowed actress copes with her grief by hiring her late-husband's bumbling stunt-double to impersonate her deceased spouse. But the search for closure quickly flies off the rails when she finds herself falling in love with him.
DON'T GO IN THE WATER
Official Selection
15 Votes
Feature
Horror
Alcoholic Henry Wabash has found the perfect place to sober up—a small cabin on a remote island in a pristine Maine lake. Just one problem: there's something in the water...JAWS meets EVIL DEAD.