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Brain Freezeby Jon Platt
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2025
Far in the future, a teenage schoolgirl has the cryogenically frozen head of a scientist of our time thawed...to help her with her history homework.
Genre: Sci-Fi
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Find My Fiendsby Edward Chapman
Date Posted: 31 Aug 2024
When the party hostess isn’t answering calls her friends assume she’s been kidnapped and use a tracking app to locate her - with fatal consequences…
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Eugenia Clarkby DJ Robbins
Date Posted: 04 Jun 2025
Pink Obsessed Eugenia Clark meets a tired Santa Claus and teaches him the value of asking for help, and reminds him that breaking with tradition isn't always necessarily a bad thing.
Genre: Family
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Family
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Schooled at the Poolby Tina Field Howe
Date Posted: 19 Sep 2025
A loser gets even with his ‘ex-girlfriend’ by exposing her creepy suitor to her many imperfections.
Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Spunk!by Harker Jones
Date Posted: 25 Sep 2025
Amid a rash of kidnappings, two gay college students embark on a romance via a hook-up app called Spunk!
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Dildo Boyby Simon Parker
Date Posted: 28 Aug 2025
Desperate to go viral, a deluded wannabe content creator ropes his reluctant friend into filming a fake police arrest skit—only to spiral into public humiliation, dildo warfare, and the crushing reality of internet fame.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Guantanamo Galaby Robert Ingraham
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2025
After Musk’s DOGE team’s preps the opening of the prison—adding efficiencies to the electric chair to reduce personnel—Trump invites his bff billionaires down for a grand opening celebration. The party is held in the only room with electricity—the one with the electric chair.
What happens next is… well, electrifying.
Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Mister Christmasby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2024
When Albert meets his girlfriend's parents and sees their inadequate Christmas tree, he decides to give them a few pointers on the meaning of Christmas. (One location, four characters. Produced writer; see IMDB for writer's credits.)
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Cherry Street Hauntingby DJ Robbins
Date Posted: 28 May 2025
June and her sister, Delilah, recount the story of the haunting they encountered on Cherry Street.
Genre: Horror
37 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
37 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Shadow Among Usby Christine LARA
Date Posted: 03 May 2024
A gathering among friends turns into a nightmare when strange events begin to unfold in an isolated house deep in the forest. Trapped and confronted with their own secrets, they realize that one of them is not who they claim to be.
Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Doppelgangersby Paul Weidknecht
Date Posted: 07 Sep 2025
After the death of her mother, nine-year-old Melody begins seeing ghosts that resemble her family members.
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Float Swim Dreamby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2024
A sad and lonely goldfish dreams of escaping his fish bowl so that he can fight zombies, halt global warming and meet Justin Bieber. (Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)
Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Betty and Booby Patrice Sarath
Date Posted: 28 Jul 2024
When the human Boo discovers the cockroach Betty in her bedroom, all-out war ensues as she seeks to destroy the pest, but in the end, her humanity gets the best of her and they both learn to live and let live.
Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Giggedby Joseph B. Atkins
Date Posted: 06 Jun 2024
A bullying ex-con taunts his elderly uncle as they wrap up a night of frog gigging, even boasting about having sex with the uncle’s young granddaughter. A fugitive arrives on the scene, tries to steal their truck, and inadvertently enables the old man—with his granddaughter’s help--to get the revenge he’d planned.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Baby Farts A Lotby Doug J Robbins
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2025
A babydoll that farts creates an awkward moment when Dan blames the doll when someone breaks wind at dinner.
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Genre: Comedy
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Customer Service Lifeby Derek L. Polen
Date Posted: 01 Aug 2024
A customer service rep shows the challenges they face when trying to make customers happy.
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Accidentby Daniel Genchev Yanev
Date Posted: 07 Jun 2024
Two guys get their karma back and have to face the consequences of drunk driving.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Soarby Steven Blows
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2024
A grieving girl endeavors to fly on a paper aeroplane.
Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Cringeby Warren Lane
Date Posted: 11 Oct 2024
When an exhausted serial killer on a cross-country spree stops at a secluded motel he is told by his supernatural boss, the entity known as fate, that he must experience “true love” before being granted the rest that he so desires.
Genre: Horror
25 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
25 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Judge Smithersby timur yildiz
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2024
A off kilter Judge goes back to his fraternity to help the organization with a pledge's death during hazing. What he finds out after returning to the college campus is there might be a serial killer on the loose.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
44 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
44 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Pablo Salazar and Pelican Bay prisonby Robert Michael Benn
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2025
Pablo Salazar is confined to the Supermax Pelican Bay prison. The Sinaloa Cartel vows to break him out. He breaks out with help of Cartel. Detectives chase him to Tuscon where he walks across the border. At the Culiacán mansion, Chinook US navy helicopters descend and bust the Cartel. In 2026, Pablo is sent to the newly refurbished Alcatraz in San Francisci Bay
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Human Experienceby Judah Ray
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2025
A grieving father struggles to guide his reluctant son through a funeral as they confront their fears, grapple with their complicated family dynamics, and discover the power of love and imagination in the face of loss.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Mario's Songby Paul Byrne
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2024
When his fisherman dad drowns at sea, a recruited soccer ace hooks up with a charismatic drug dealer to support his family, but eventually, must either roll over on his boss who is like a brother or do hard time in gladiator academy.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
40 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
40 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Reality Checkby Ed Tasca
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2025
Guy painfully caught between former "love of his life" who is sending him a final goodbye via live video and his new "rebound girlfriend," whom he's promised to engage in a serious relationship and is waiting for him at her flat.
(Both women are played by the same actress.)
Genre: Horror
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Last Ornamentby Jayda
Date Posted: 09 Sep 2025
A grief-stricken young nurse reluctantly returns home for Christmas, but when her grandmother insists on finding a missing family heirloom star, she's forced to confront memories of her lost loved ones and rediscover the meaning of family tradition.
Genre: Family
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Family
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Child Starby Simon
Date Posted: 04 Sep 2024
When James discovers that his parents secretly uploaded every moment of his childhood to YouTube, amassing a fortune without his knowledge, he embarks on a journey to reclaim his money.
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Drowby Adam Thomas Lumb
Date Posted: 08 Jun 2024
A pregnant couple in labour, trapped in an ambulance sinking into a remote island bog in the Orkney Islands during a storm, must fight alongside their paramedic to protect their unborn child from a creature disturbed from a Neolithic ruin and drawn to her giving birth.
Genre: Horror
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Dolce, Fraud Relationshipsby Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 05 May 2024
Three women share a similar tale of being in a relationship for the wrong reasons, but refuse to leave the lifestyle.
Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Girl In The Subwayby Jason Kirman
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2024
Two policemen on patrol see a 12-year-old girl sleeping in the subway, when the policemen approached her to ask about her parents, they realized that she could not speak.
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Gone With The Gulf Streamby Jack Sherry
Date Posted: 19 Sep 2025
A military chemical dump in Florida’s Panhandle is more than just an environmental disaster. When a deadly bacterial outbreak kills marine life and divers in the Gulf of Mexico, a young woman must escape government cover-ups and corporate corruption after losing her boyfriend and father figure to the contaminated waters.
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
No Nailsby John Ravitz
Date Posted: 17 Feb 2025
A grieving police detective who serves as a Eucharistic Minister identifies a mob hitman while serving Holy Communion and must tread the line between his sacred duties and the need to stop a killer before he kills again.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
34 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
34 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
No Job for Tenderfootsby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2024
Four notorious hit men show up at the same place, brought together by a mysterious cowboy who gives them an unusual mission. (Drama/Comedy/Crime. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)
Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Madam Lucindaby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2025
A man visits a psychic seeking knowledge about his love life and his favorite fishing hole. Unfortunately, he is Madam Lucinda's first ever customer and things don't go quite as planned. (Comedy/horror. 1 location, 2 characters.)
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Boisterousby Subhashree Srinivasan
Date Posted: 18 Sep 2024
Four drunk men argue over corpses they find in a pub, all mysteriously missing their shadows.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Moors: The Freedom Fightersby Tirrell J. Paxton
Date Posted: 03 Nov 2024
During Medieval Spain, a tyrannical King holds hostage a debutante from a noble family. A Jewish ally flees and evades knights to inform her father of his daughter’s predicament. The Jewish crusader and Count seek military assistance from the Moors in North Africa to liberate the debutante and Spain from oppressive Gothic Rule!
Genre: Non-Fiction/History
11 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Non-Fiction/History
11 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Dangerous Vocationby Kline Fishborn
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2024
Three friends during outdoor activities witness the murder of a person by two unknown men, but the girls manage to escape. Two men who not long ago escaped from the police for murdering a married couple do not want to leave the girls alive as witnesses who saw them and start hunting them.
Genre: Action/Adventure
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Fabricby Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 27 Dec 2024
A young accountant’s decision to cut costs in a quaint village unravels its hidden connection to time itself, plunging the community into chaos.
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Ghomeedaby Aya Mheidly
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2024
In their quest for safety as undocumented refugees, Wissam, Hadi, and Jamil find refuge in an apartment. Wissam uses the game of hide and seek to protect Hadi's innocence while teaching vital evasion skills. But when ICE agents intrude, their bond is tested. Despite the turmoil, they hold onto hope, showing the strength of the human spirit
Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Clock Of Timeby Kline Fishborn
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2024
On his 18th birthday, Eddie receives a time clock from a strange woman that allows him to travel to the past and the future. At first he was skeptical about the gift, but once he used it he did not immediately understand the great price of time traveling and he loses his youthful years.
Genre: Fantasy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Beauty Beholdby Steven Burton
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2024
A beautiful young woman changes her focus from outer to inner beauty after a natural disaster accident.
Genre: Fantasy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles