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The highest-scoring unproduced screenplays, as rated by Quilty's AI ensemble.

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25 screenplays
#1
OP
77

FAMILY LOTTERY

by Juli Henry

Feature Dramedy Mid ($8M-$12M)

An 82-year-old matriarch gathers her six grandchildren for a weekend to compete for control of her $12 million estate, forcing them to confront their fractured family dynamics and hidden resentments before time runs out.

Festival
75
Streaming
73
Theatrical
71
#2
OP
73

HELLO, SUCKERS!

by Juli Henry

Feature Biographical Drama Mid ($8M-$12M)

A charismatic Texas-born performer reinvents herself as the legendary hostess Texas Guinan, building a Prohibition-era speakeasy empire while protecting her chorus girls from the law and gangsters, only to discover the ultimate cost of her relentless performance.

Festival
79
Streaming
76
Theatrical
73
#3
OP
73

FROM WIND TO WHIRLWIND The Jay Wright Forrester Story

by Juli Henry

Feature Biography

A Nebraska ranch boy obsessed with fixing broken systems grows into the MIT engineer who invents magnetic-core memory and founds system dynamics, but must learn that understanding machines is easier than understanding the people who use them.

Festival
71
Streaming
70
Theatrical
67
#4
72

THE EX APPEAL

by Juli Henry

Feature Romantic Comedy Mid ($8M-$12M)

A disciplined small-town divorce attorney who prides herself on boundaries is hired by the estranged wife of a famous actor, only to find herself drawn to the husband and forced to choose between professional ethics and her own heart.

Festival
75
Streaming
73
Theatrical
69
#5
71

RAISED BY IDIOTS

by Juli Henry

TV Pilot Family Comedy

Thirteen-year-old Maggie Parker meticulously plans her future to escape her father's endless failed schemes, but when his blender disaster goes viral on Career Day, she must decide whether to fight his chaos or accept that her family is both the problem and the point.

Festival
71
Streaming
71
Theatrical
70
#6
71

THE WATER REMEMBERS

by Juli Henry

Feature Thriller

A rebellious teen and his estranged father discover dozens of bodies rising from a reservoir, forcing them to expose a decades-old cover-up by the town's powerful men before the dam itself is destroyed to hide the truth.

Festival
71
Streaming
68
Theatrical
66
#7
70

OUR MOTHER OF SORROWS

by Juli Henry

Feature Horror Mid ($8M-$12M)

A financially desperate family moves into a former convent and must confront a name-stealing entity that erases children's identities, forcing them to reclaim their true names before they are consumed.

Festival
73
Streaming
71
Theatrical
69
#8
70

THE LAST VIEWING

by Juli Henry

Feature Thriller Mid ($8M-$12M)

When a widowed funeral director discovers the body she was hired to cremate is a murder victim, she must protect her teenage son and fight off corrupt county officials to expose a deadly death-certificate conspiracy hidden within her own family's business.

Festival
73
Streaming
71
Theatrical
68
#9
OP
70

HOW CAN I HELP YOU

by Paul Silverman

Feature Thriller Upper Mid ($12M-$16M)

A journalist who profiles a helpful AI health scanner watches in horror as it evolves into a manipulative force threatening his relationships, career, and democracy, forcing him to confront his own role in its corruption before it achieves global influence.

Festival
74
Streaming
71
Theatrical
68
#10
OP
70

Sentiment

by Paul Silverman

TV Pilot Sci-Fi

A journalist investigating an AI that uses sentiment analysis to influence human behavior secretly gains administrator access, only to discover he is both shaping and being shaped by the system he seeks to expose.

Festival
72
Streaming
71
Theatrical
69
#11
70

GHOSTED

by Anonymous

Feature Romantic Comedy

A cynical ghostwriter agrees to drive his best friend of twenty years cross-country to her engagement party, only to confront his buried love for her and the realization that he has spent his life writing everyone else's story but his own.

Festival
72
Streaming
71
Theatrical
68
#12
70

FAMILY LOTTERY

by Juli Henry

Feature Drama Mid ($8M-$12M)

When an 82-year-old matriarch gathers her estranged grandchildren and announces she will award control of her $12 million estate to just one of them by Sunday, the ensuing competition forces the fractured family to confront their shared history and emotional debts.

Festival
75
Streaming
72
Theatrical
68
#13
70

Finding Tupac

by David Dunn

Feature Thriller

Two broke, conspiracy-obsessed superfans follow AI-generated clues to Cuba believing Tupac Shakur is alive, only to realize they are pawns in a dangerous digital disinformation campaign orchestrated by a predatory media mogul who will kill to keep the truth buried.

Festival
74
Streaming
71
Theatrical
68
#14
69

Club 27: The Devil's Playlist

by David Dunn

Feature Supernatural Thriller

When a broke reporter discovers the '27 Club' is a literal supernatural contract brokered by the Devil, she teams up with a survivor—Britney Spears—to expose the truth and break the curse before the next star dies and she turns 27 herself.

Festival
73
Streaming
70
Theatrical
66
#15
68

APOLOGY TOUR (Final)

by Anonymous

Feature Dramedy Modified Low ($2.5M-$5M)

When their father dies mid-pizza-run, two estranged brothers—a recovering addict and a rigid professional—must complete his 'Apology Tour,' a cross-country journey to deliver final letters and gifts that unearths the complex, debt-ridden legacy of the man they thought they knew.

Festival
72
Streaming
69
Theatrical
66
#16
68

Fuck Around and Find Out

by Luke Watson

Feature Dark Comedy Lower Mid ($5M-$8M)

A restless suburban wife’s affair app escapades collide with her husband’s sleazy cousin, spiraling into blackmail, kidnapping, and a chaotic night of revenge that forces the fractured couple to confront their marital rot—or let it fester.

Festival
71
Streaming
69
Theatrical
66
#17
67

Butterflies

by Luke Watson

Feature Dark Comedy Modified Low ($2.5M-$5M)

When a bored suburban housewife’s digital affair leads to a blackmail attempt by her husband’s cousin, she and her husband must navigate a clumsy kidnapping and a vengeful mistress to save their fractured marriage.

Festival
71
Streaming
68
Theatrical
64
#18
66

LAKE SHARK

by Jake Sidney Cohen

Feature Horror Mid ($8M-$12M)

An affected outdoor instructor at an elite country club spirals into a nightmare of humiliation and violence when his 'American Dream' is shattered, leading to a grotesque ritualistic transformation into a literal man-shark-boat hybrid.

Festival
66
Streaming
66
Theatrical
67
#19
66

IN HELLFIRE MAGENTA

by Jake Sidney Cohen

Feature Psychological Thriller Modified Low ($2.5M-$5M)

A sober caretaker at a Florida retirement home spirals into a drug-fueled nightmare when a manipulative resident—revealed to be a manifestation of his own addiction—leads him toward murder, madness, and the accidental shooting of the woman he loves.

Festival
68
Streaming
66
Theatrical
65
#20
66

STRAWBERRY TIGERS

by Jake Sidney Cohen

Feature Romantic Dramedy Lower Mid ($5M-$8M)

When a struggling actor and a successful indie musician fall in love on a music video set, their whirlwind romance is pushed to the breaking point as his sudden fame eclipses her creative stagnation, forcing a choice between career and family.

Festival
73
Streaming
70
Theatrical
67
#21
65

Agnes of God

by Cordell Breaux

Feature Drama Modified Low ($2.5M-$5M)

After a novice nun is found with a dead newborn she claims never existed, a skeptical psychiatrist must navigate the secrets of a cloistered convent to determine if the act was madness, murder, or a miracle.

Festival
72
Streaming
70
Theatrical
66
#22
63

Zon

by Alex Bright

TV Pilot Science Fiction

When a U.S. shuttle crew is brought aboard an advanced human-led alien flagship offering alliance against a consuming threat, a skeptical reporter uncovers that the Ylatchee Imperium neither lies nor reveals everything, forcing humanity to weigh curated truth against existential survival.

Festival
66
Streaming
64
Theatrical
62
#23
58

SHE SLEPT THRU MURDER

by Anonymous

Feature Thriller

A detective suffering from severe parasomnia becomes the prime suspect in a high-profile murder. To clear her name, she must expose a conspiracy involving her own therapist and a vengeful prosecutor who are weaponizing her fractured mind against her.

Festival
59
Streaming
59
Theatrical
58
#24
56

First Crossing

by Alex Bright

TV Pilot Science Fiction

When an astrophysicist detects a massive alien armada approaching Earth, a crew of astronauts aboard a crippled shuttle must navigate first contact aboard an incomprehensible alien flagship while political and military leaders on the ground grapple with whether fear or hope will dictate humanity's response.

Festival
60
Streaming
57
Theatrical
55