Find Short Scripts

All short scripts on our site are registered.

Click the "Make Contact" button to email the writer and request their script. Please include information on your background in your messages.

Additional notes: Any messages to writers must be for the purpose of reading these short scripts for production or hiring consideration and not for soliciting writers for coverage services, contests, etc.

If you're looking for feature-length or TV scripts, register here.

Fear Of Fallingby  Jeffrey Stackhouse
Make Contact
A driven EMT takes a rescue call during a deadly storm. The tortured angel he finds in the old man's shed won't be his most life-changing discovery. -- multiple Finalists

Genre: Horror
29 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Spinning in Infinityby  Joshua Corin
Make Contact
After a brutal battle leaves their starship crippled and life support failing, four crew members debate whether they are real or merely simulations and must decide whether to keep fighting for survival or sacrifice themselves to save the 'real' people their existence was designed to protect.

Genre: Sci-Fi
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Voidby  John McCarney
Make Contact
A seemingly routine curbside pickup turns into a quiet collision of two liveslinked by what they don't say. A two-page micro-short about mental health and unseen scars.

Genre: Drama
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Still Waterby  John Waring
Make Contact
A traumatized veteran retreats to a remote lakeside cabin with the woman he loves, but as his combat past resurfaces, the line between memory and reality begins to collapse.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
American Comedianby  Gary Lynn Nowell
Make Contact
Jerry Sternfeld (50s) had a successful television show but critics hated the final episode with the four of the main characters going to prison. Years later, Sternfeld tells his co-star how the final episode should have ended as the alternate version of the show plays out on screen. The story is an obvious satire of the final episode of Seinfeld.

Genre: Comedy
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A Pledge to Murderby  Elliot Stanton
Make Contact
The fog shrouding a horrific murder is about to get thicker. The evil spectre of Jack the Ripper returns to Victorian London after the gruesome murder of a prominent politician's murder.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Walking Libertyby  Jordan Baines
Make Contact
After shepherding in millions of people over the decades, the Statue of Liberty decides to step off her pedestal to take a walking tour of America.

Genre: Other
20 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Home Like a Shadowby  Linda Boroff
Make Contact
Adapted from award-winning, anthologized short story https://www.piltdownreview.com/2018/10/home-like-a-shadow.html Worldly, cynical college girl accompanies her new boyfriend to his alcoholic mother's birthday party in a "Grapes of Wrath" town in the baking San Joaquin Valley and finds herself drawn into family conflicts and memories dating back a hundred years and more. To her surprise she finds belonging and acceptance amidst the drinking, gambling, and a violent 2 a.m. free-for-all.

Genre: Drama
30 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Nuptualsby  Barry Staff
Make Contact
Wanting to consummate her marriage to a much older man, a virginal bride pushing 40 needs to cope when things go disastrously wrong.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Lila Monroeby  Lucy Versallies
Make Contact
A missing persons case takes a sinister turn when a detective realizes the victim's family has been lying about the timelinemasking a disturbing secret that keeps the girl closer than anyone suspects.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Stairwaysby  Dewayne C Bricker
Make Contact
When luminous stairways rise worldwide, a grieving scientist descends into one to rescue the lost and discovers the only way to save humanity is to embrace imperfection.

Genre: Sci-Fi
41 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A Little Learningby  Cassandra Wells
Make Contact
In rural Alabama in 1941 as America enters World War II, a patriotic disabled school teacher undertakes teaching an illiterate farmer to read only to discover that the man's illiteracy was what was keeping him safe and alive.

Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Doorby  Carlos Alex Ceni
Make Contact
While strolling late at night, an ordinary man is surprised to see three open doorways in a hundred-meter stretch of the same sidewalk. His first impulse is to continue on his way, but curiosity makes him turn back.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Clayton Mooreby  Doug J Robbins
Make Contact
Two friends enjoy a camping trip until it's interrupted by the killer Clayton Moore.

Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Late Waitby  Elliot Stanton
Make Contact
If listening is so important, then it's hardly surprising that turning a deaf ear to good advice creates an even greater problem.

Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Beat of Your Own Drumby  Judah Ray
Make Contact
In a black-and-white world, Iris, a struggling singer, and David, an eccentric drummer, find solace in their own musical pursuits until their paths cross, igniting a harmonious connection that brings color to their lives.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Marcus and his Snowmanby  DJ Robbins
Make Contact
Marcus brings his snowman to life through Christmas Magic, based on love and Joy, but hateful and Miserable Hazel, the Winter Witch, wants to make everyone as miserable and vicious as she is. Can love and Joy triumph over hate and misery?

Genre: Animation
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Tunnel Visionby  Elliot Stanton
Make Contact
A burgeoning romance on a London tube train halted by a red light begins and ends before the light turns green. Mild flirtation develops into insults when a happy coincidence hastily reveals deep-felt attitudes and acrimony.

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Great Pancake Recordby  Jeffrey Massie
Make Contact
[Based on a short story by Owen Johnson] At a private boarding school in the year 1905, John Smeed sets out to make a name for himself.

Genre: Comedy
29 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Blind Dateby  Doug J Robbins
Make Contact
A ventriloquist goes on a blind speed date and fails miserably with the first date, but eventually meets his match in a lady puppeteer.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Santa Soldierby  David Lee Hooker
Make Contact
The story follows a secret military unit sworn to protect Christmas. When terrorists target a small-town Santa parade to kidnap children, this elite squad has to go undercover in full holiday gear to save the kids and stop the chaos before Christmas is canceled.

Genre: Action/Adventure
25 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The 7th Soldierby  Evgeny Kim
Make Contact
After escaping a secret soldier program, a man wired with a deadly implant and his loyal dog must fight their way through gangs and assassins in order to finally disappearand live free of pain.

Genre: Sci-Fi
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Writerby  Lamar D. Vine
Make Contact
In a cluttered Chiang Mai apartment, a reclusive expat writer battles creative stagnation and a looming deadline, only to find his sanity unraveling when an obsessive young neighbor invades his space with seductive interruptions, blurring the lines between reality, desire, and the dark toll of his unfinished manuscript.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Elvis Hasn't Left the Buildingby  Elliot Stanton
Make Contact
The excitement and anticipation of getting a brief glimpse of the King of Rock' n' Roll is seemingly dashed. However, as one door shuts, the stage door opens and reveals the man himself, resplendent in a powder blue sequined jumpsuit - Elvis Presley.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Rumor Has Itby  Paul Weidknecht
Make Contact
A phone stolen at work leads a woman to understanding her capabilities and, even, her future.

Genre: Drama
19 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
A Moment In Timeby  PAUL BYRNE
Make Contact
A bounty on their heads, a middle eastern woman in D.C. must trust a psychotic D.E.A. agent to save her family from an arms dealer's vendetta despite his claims of loving her in a past life... and he can prove it.

Genre: Action/Adventure
41 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Can You Hear Me Now?by  Bob Messinger
Make Contact
Estranged from friends and family, Jake is forced to confront the voices he's been hearing and eerie phone calls he's been getting since childhood.

Genre: Sci-Fi
42 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Testby  Justin TEST
Make Contact
This is a test logline.

Genre: Animation
3 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Goneby  Mary Goldman & Tim House
Make Contact
A volatile alcoholic father gets his just desserts after abusing his teenage son for the last time.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Kitchen Tableby  John W Welch
Make Contact
How much emotional abuse can one woman endure before the truth comes out?

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Three Lines of Zailaby  Andrew Bowen
Make Contact
After they rescue and adopt a lost wolf pup, the mother of a farm family of German Shepherds tells her brood the fantastic story about how one line of wolves descended from the mythical Wolf Goddess Zaila remained wolves and another line joined with man to evolve into dogs, setting off a series of surprise events that change canine history forever!

Genre: Fantasy
37 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Gloss Overby  Steven Blows
Make Contact
A patient grandmother takes her hobby of writing product reviews to new extremes by watching paint dry, but her family wants her to stop her compulsion and deal with her grief.

Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Breaks That Mendby  Lily Sanders
Make Contact
When a lover's breakup triggers deep introspection and reflection.

Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Candy Corn and Peppermintby  Doug J Robbins
Make Contact
A killer's MO while dressed as Santa Claus is to pass out a pouch full of candy corn and peppermint.

Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Birthrightby  Michael Hutchinson
Make Contact
The reborn prodigy of a dark dictator embraces their malevolent Bloodline in a Godless world of magic, beast, and tyranny. None have been worthy to lay claim to the Crimson Throne, until now.

Genre: Fantasy
30 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Tetheredby  James B Barker
Make Contact
When a struggling screenwriter's horror script is greenlit for production, her screenplay begins rewriting itself, trapping her inside the story she created. As a sinister digital entity known as Unbound forces fiction to become reality, she must outwrite the nightmare before the ending demands the ultimate sacrifice.

Genre: Horror
27 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Moonlight and Rosesby  Jack Halliday
Make Contact
A screenwriter finds more than he bargained for during a late-night stroll with an actress, in this noir, short script. Award-winner, Indie Gathering Film Festival.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Antagonistby  Brandi Self
Make Contact
An offbeat writer is put on trial for the murders of the characters in his new novel.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
12 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
2 Heart Shuffleby  Bernard Mersier
Make Contact
Sitting on opposite sides of the bathroom door, Laura and Rodney confront their deepest insecurities and unspoken boundaries, ultimately deciding whether emotional vulnerability or possessive fear will dictate the future of their relationship.

Genre: Romance
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Dennis 2.0by  Peter Donald Skagen
Make Contact
In his garage, a retired robotics engineer builds a conscious robot he calls Dennis, then has to fight to save both their lives when a lovely enforcer from an 'agency' arrives to erase them.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
 
Titles: 161 - 200 of 860
<< Previous  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22  Next >>
Top ^
 

POST YOUR SHORT

Sign Up for InkTip