The Black List: 2011's most liked unproduced screenplays

A great film can take years to get off the ground. Creatively rich screenplays pile up high on executives' desks. Scripts so original that studios are scared no-one will come and see the finished product.

The Los Angeles Times has an engaging method of giving these writers the additional push and exposure they need. Their list, selected by 307 industry readers, collects together the best unproduced screenplays of the year.

Past scripts that topped the Black List include 'Juno' by Diablo Cody. She went on to win the Oscar for it. As did Aaron Sorkin for 'The Social Network'.

A lot of the names below may mean little right now (aside from Quentin Tarantino's shockingly low entry), but they offer a fascinating early glimpse at what Hollywood could have to offer:

133 votes
The Imitation Game by Graham Moore

84 votes
When the Street Lights Go by Chris Hutton, Eddie O'Keefe

59 votes
Chewie by Evan Susser, Van Robichaux

53 votes
The Outsider by Andrew Baldwin

43 votes
Father Daughter Time: A Tale of Armed Robbery and Eskimo Kisses by Matthew Aldrich

33 votes
In the Event of a Moon Disaster by Mike Jones

30 votes
Maggie by John Scott III
The Current War by Michael Mitnick

28 votes
The End by Aron Eli Coleite

27 votes
Beyond the Pale by Chad Feehan
Ezekiel Moss by Keith Bunin

24 votes
Grace of Monaco by Arash Amel
He's F****n Perfect by Lauryn Kahn

23 votes
Bethlehem by Larry Brenner

20 votes
Powell by Ed Whitworth
The Three Misfortunes of Geppetto by Michael Vukadinovich

19 votes
The Knoll by Christopher Cantwell, Christopher Rogers

17 votes
A Many Splintered Thing by Chris Shafer and Paul Vicknair
Bastards by Justin Malen
Blood Mountain by Jonathan Stokes
Crazy for the Storm by Will Fetters
Desperate Hours by E Nicolas Mariani
Flarsky by Daniel Sterling
How to Disappear Completely by Ed Solomon

16 votes
The Slackfi Project by Howard Overman

14 votes
Django Unchained by Quentin Tarantino
St. Vincent de Van Nuys by Ted Melfi
The Museum of Broken Relationships by Natalie Krinsky

13 votes
Saving Mr. Banks by Kelly Marcel
The Accountant by Bill Duburque

12 votes
Bridges on the Fort Point Channel by Chuck Maclean
Cities of Refuge by Brandon Willer
Good Kids by Chris McCoy
The Big Stone Grid by Craig Zahler

11 votes
Dirty Grandpa by John Phillips
Grim Night by Allen Bey, Brandon Bestenheider
Hidden by Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer
Leaving Pete by Ali Ali Waller, Morgan Murphy

10 votes
Little White Corvette by Michael Diliberti
Sex Tape by Kate Angelo
The Flamingo Thief by Mike Lesieur
The Gun Eaters by Alex Paraskevas, Jordan Goldberg
Two Night Stand by Mark Hammer
Watch Roger Do His Thing by Michael Starrbury

9 votes
Flashback by Will Honley
Friend of Bill by Harper Dill
Jane Got a Gun by Brian Duffield
Murders and Acquisitions by Jonathan Stokes
The Last Drop by Brandon Murphy, Phil Murphy
The Last Witness by Stefan Jaworski

8 votes
Bad Words by Andrew Dodge
Dead of Winter by Sarah Conradt
Gaslight by Ian Fried
Home by Christmas -- Bob Hope in Korea by Ben Schwartz
Jurassic Park by Imran Zaidi
On a Clear Day by Ryan Engle
The Pretty One by Jenee LaMarque

7 votes
77 by David Matthews
Christo by Ian Shorr
Line of Sight by F. Scott Frazier
Pinocchio by Bryan Fuller
Subject Zero by Dave Cohen
The Hitman's Bodyguard by Tom O'Connor
The Wedding by Andrew Goldberg
Untitled Hlavin Heist by John Hlavin

6 votes
Before I Fall by Maria Maggenti
Breyton Ave by J. Daniel Shaffer
El Fuego Caliente by Ben Schwartz
Guys Night by Christopher Baldi
Hyperdrive by Alex Ankeles, Morgan Jurgenson
Self/Less by Alex Pastor, David Pastor
The Duff by Josh Cagan
Untitled Arizona Project by Luke Del Tredici

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