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Trifling Heiferby Melissa Diane Hudson
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2024
When a dangerous woman sets her sights on her best friend’s NFL star husband, she’ll stop at nothing to steal him, even if it means destroying his career and marriage in the process.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Bump in the Nightby Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2025
When a desperate young thief breaks into the wrong house, he discovers the elderly homeowners are far more dangerous—and sinister—than he could have ever imagined.
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Secrets of Kovintong Campusby Annette M Delgado
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2023
While trying to solve the disappearance of a graduate student, a keen detective finds herself running out of time before the next victim goes missing and the culprit carries out their ultimate plan that might be the end of humanity itself.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
35 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
35 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
2 Plates @ The Endby S.C. Smith
Date Posted: 09 Aug 2024
At a Thai restaurant, two mourners—one a scarred woman, the other a man who can only communicate through writing—gather for a funeral unlike any other, reflecting on the life of an artist whose unfulfilled potential and tragic choices led them all to a brutal conclusion about life’s unrelenting cruelty.
Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
You're Not Invitedby Jacques
Date Posted: 03 Mar 2024
After a 2024 NYE celebrating, a man wakes up alone to a quiet world realizing all minorities have disappeared from the planet. He struggles valiantly to figure out, "Where did everyone go?"
Genre: Sci-Fi
43 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
43 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
More Than Clothby Steven Blows
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2024
The experiences of a university student’s first day devoutly wearing the hijab proves to be more challenging and diverse than she first expected when friends and strangers begin to see her differently.
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Yuletideby Doug J Robbins
Date Posted: 06 Mar 2025
An impoverished, mall Santa is forced into reconciliation with his mother by his rough around the edges mama's boy older brother
Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Kid nappingby Kerens
Date Posted: 18 Jul 2024
What could happen when Peter, 25, lost his fiancée and son during a miscarriage meets Julian, nepo baby, father businessman, mother surgeon, who never knows the joy of parenthood, because his parents have time for him?
Genre: Family
25 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Family
25 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Stroke of Luckby Jed Power
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2024
After suffering a debilitating stroke, a cynical, once successful, writer struggles to regain his mobility and passion for writing while finding inspiration and unlikely friendships with quirky fellow patients in a rehabilitation hospital.
Genre: Biographical
29 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Biographical
29 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Worst Dayby Julie Whalley
Date Posted: 09 May 2024
A troubled teen, haunted by a harsh argument with her recently divorced mother, speeds off into the night, only to crash into a tree. As she clings to consciousness, an empathetic off-duty firefighter keeps her awake with a story of his own tragedy until help arrives. But when she recovers and seeks him out to express her gratitude, she discovers a shocking truth about the identity of her mysterious savior.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Kick-Ass Picnicby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 07 Feb 2024
Neal and Amy meet up for their first date, a relaxing picnic in the woods. But their tranquility is soon thwarted by spoiled food, a sudden skin rash, an angry tree, and lots of blood. (1 location, 3 actors. Produced writer; see IMDB for credits.)
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Voidby John McCarney
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2025
A seemingly routine curbside pickup turns into a quiet collision of two lives—linked 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
Genre: Drama
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Trump International Hotels of the Middle Eastby Robert Michael Benn
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2025
It’s 2040 and the crazy 7 characters trip to Jerusalem, Baghdad, and Teheran. It is a laugh a minute.
Genre: Comedy
9 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
9 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Searching: One Thing About the Quirky Man "Birdby Jack Tung
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2023
A quirky man insists on pursuing what he truly wants, even if he's often "lucky" enough to get seemingly "better" things.
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Buddiesby Delaina M. Waldron
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2025
An insecure Rose finds an unexpected friendship with a short-winged Bumblebee and unites against their bullying foes.
Genre: Animation
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Post-Mortemby LARA
Date Posted: 03 Mar 2024
After inheriting his father's fortune following a tragic death, Ken, trained in martial arts in Japan, faces assassination attempts and family betrayal in France, uncovering a deadly conspiracy that threatens his inheritance.
Genre: Drama
19 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
19 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Dorothy... after Ozby robert ingraham
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2025
After Dorothy returns from colorful Oz, she moves to the San Fernando Valley, where everyone seems comparatively gray. That is, until she meets someone as colorful as the characters from Oz... Peter Pan. She falls in love with him... but there's a problem. He's wanted by the police for stealing kids.
Genre: Comedy
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Big Booty Mattersby Melissa Diane Hudson
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2024
A young woman becomes fixated on enhancing her beauty through booty injections, only to become a laughing stock when the procedure goes awry.
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Clown of Sienna Fallsby Doug J Robbins
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2025
A crazed clown stalks the people of Sienna Falls.
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Kievby Robert Michael Benn
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2025
It's 1940 and the Wehrmacht sits on one side of Dnieper River and the Red army on the other. A great battle ensues. 6 colorful characters comment including a Polish Jew seen to Buchenwald
Genre: Drama
7 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
7 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Jefferson in Parisby Robert Michael Benn
Date Posted: 29 Aug 2025
Jefferson is in Paris during the French Revolution with his unhappy slave Mary Hemmings. Bonaparte captures much Europe and the Middle East. Jefferson deals with Directory and many guillotined royalties. He must return to Washington.
Genre: Biographical
9 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Biographical
9 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Shower Sceneby Shane Nolan
Date Posted: 22 Feb 2024
A young and wildly in love couple enjoy a sensual, playful morning. Little do they know, a madman has entered their quaint New Orleans apartment. Silently, he stalks them until they come face to face, separated by nothing more than a shower curtain.
Genre: Horror
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Boneyardby M.r. Fitzgerald
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2024
After receiving numerous letters from a prison inmate, a renowned children's author agrees to meet him for a conjugal visit.
Genre: Horror
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
WTF?by Sherrie Presson
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2024
When an aging maintenance worker goes on a killing rampage in an apartment complex, an unsuspecting man looking for an apartment takes the fall. Produced screenwriter: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt4977524/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_1_wr
Genre: Horror
25 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
25 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Beautiful Suicideby Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 24 Apr 2024
Obsession is a cute word in Mimi's eyes, until Ja'mere applies what the word really means.
Genre: Horror
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
If Only I Didn't Have to Look at Your Faceby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2025
A shallow young man decides to break up with his beautiful, kindhearted girlfriend because of her occasional unattractive facial expression. (1 location, 3 actors.)
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Eagleby Mina Faiez
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2024
Hani is a young man who lives with his brother Joseph and his neighbor Khalid, but he finds out that his neighbor killed his father , and that his father, Khalid, and father of his girlfriend are members of an old gang whose girlfriend's father fears that he will expose himself, and that he will kill Khalid. But Hani succeeds in helping his brother and the police catch him.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Worst Dayby Julie Whalley
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2024
After an argument with her mom teenager Ellie is injured and trapped inside her car. A young rescuer comes to her aid. But is he all he appears to be?
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Punchmateby Steven Blows
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2024
A down on his luck man who lets people punch him for money navigates the murky waters of romance after a strange request comes from a client who was once his High School crush.
Genre: Comedy
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Lost and Foundby Katrina Jaxson
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2024
After her mother is killed in a hate crime, a transwoman is forced to face her deepest fears and societal prejudices, when her ID is lost and her true identity is revealed, sending her on a poignant journey of healing, love, and self-acceptance.
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Deputyby Alan Barkley
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2025
His deputy shot, a lone frontier sheriff must use his wits and local know-how to subdue a dangerous thug.
Single location.
Genre: Western
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Western
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Wipeoutby Brendan Lee
Date Posted: 10 Feb 2024
A MAN gets caught by his Girlfriend flirting at the beach and he must plead for her forgiveness.
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
The Ladies of Lawrenceby Suzanne Birrell
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2023
A young woman hosting a birthday party for her wealthy older husband is surprised to discover all the ex-wives and mistresses in attendance. A comedy of the absurd.
Genre: Comedy
19 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
19 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Killergartenby Chris Fell
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2025
Being devoted assassins and parents makes up for a healthy work-life-death balance.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Definition of Loveby Carlos Galinho Pires
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2023
A boy and a girl, both unconventional and counter-stereotypical, meet while searching for love, but insecurities and past traumas break them apart leading them to a fight for their own definition of love.
Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A War Storyby Ron Brawer
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2024
When a dying Holocaust survivor describes her harrowing escape from Nazi Germany, she reveals a dark family secret to her two adult sons––and encounters angry disbelief.
Genre: Biographical
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Biographical
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Cellby Bill Wyza
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2025
An imprisoned man must find a way to escape his captors before time runs out.
Genre: Horror
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Callby William Walkerley
Date Posted: 30 May 2025
The accidental death of his girlfriend comes back to haunt Michael.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Silent Nightby Melissa Diane Hudson
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2024
A distraught wife believes her successful husband is having an illicit affair with a much younger woman and comes up with a deadly scheme on Christmas Eve for revenge.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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