Here is the definitive breakdown of the 2021 Blacklist—the plots, the writers, and the scripts (like Cauliflower and Winner ) that defined the year.

A significant portion of the 2021 Black List was dedicated to historical biopics, but not the dry, paint-by-numbers kind often mocked during awards season. Writers in 2021 were interested in the obscure corners of history and the figures left out of the textbooks.