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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
I Should Have Stayed Homeby  Michael Angelella
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2024
A desperate film director threatens to destroy all the footage of his just-completed film unless his producer gives him creative control of it. Semi Finalist 2024 Golden Script Competition; Semi Finalist 2024 Creative Screenwriting Shoot Your Short Contest.

Genre: Other
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Dinner Partyby  Ron Greene
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2024
Career driven attorney, Nathan O'Neil and his wife are invited to a dinner party hosted by the law firm's founder, which can only mean, being made a partner. To test how badly Nathan wants the partnership, he and his wife must play a simple after dinner game. If they win, he's awarded the partnership. If they lose, no partnership, no more living.

Genre: Horror
27 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Family Mattersby  Luke Stevens
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2024
A young man fights to save the life of his unborn child when his teenage girlfriend's parents force her to get an abortion.

Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Finally Coming Homeby  Dennis Bruce Shipman
Date Posted: 08 May 2024
A clairvoyant female visits a Confederate Civil War Cemetery to help a dead earth-bound soldier cross over into the light. The story takes place in the present. The soldier has been walking the grounds of the graveyard waiting 162 years for his sweetheart to come fetch him. Initially, he's hesitant to step into the light. But once he experiences its soothing warmth and majestic wonder, he's all in.

Genre: Other
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Marriage Made in Heavenby  Daniel J. Broderick
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2025
Til death do us part. But what about after that? Do you reunite in heaven? What if you remarried after your first spouse's death? Do you have to reside for an eternity with your pain-in-the butt mother or ungrateful kids?

Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Vortican Orderby  S.C. Smith
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2024
Five years after a terrifying encounter with a mysterious figure, high school senior Ethan Thomas is drawn back into a supernatural nightmare when the shadowy entity reappears, threatening to unravel the fragile peace his family has found.

Genre: Horror
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Pumpkin Faceby  Doug J Robbins
Date Posted: 10 Jan 2025
A killer stalks his family after being let off on a technicality.

Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Almost By Designby  Roberta M Roy
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2024
A young environmentalist Midwestern interior designer of schools must leave home when her web of reality forces her to risk seeking employment with upper class homeowners as an interior home decor designer in faraway New York City. **2024: Best Drama Screenplay New York Film Awards; Best Short Screen Play - Los Angeles Film Awards; Festigious Los Angeles Monthly Film Competition; Semi Finalist - Palm Springs International Screenplay Contest; Brooklyn International Short Awards; Berlin Shorts Award*

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Most Unusual Visitorby  DJ Robbins
Date Posted: 10 Jan 2025
A woman receives a visit from a man who is the spitting image of her dead husband.

Genre: Fantasy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
He's Gonna Payby  John Porter
Date Posted: 04 May 2025
A young man confronts the killer of his wife and child, and makes the killer pay--by letting him live.

Genre: Western
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 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
The Bookby  Terrika Bell
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2024
In her quest to uphold her family's noble legacy, a young woman discovers an ancient heirloom that has safeguarded their stature for generations. As she delves deeper into its power, she grapples with the seductive allure of wealth and influence. However, she soon realizes that her greed threatens not only her family's heritage but also her own survival, forcing her to confront the perilous consequences of her desires.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
43 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Reality Checkby  Ed Tasca
Date Posted: 02 Feb 2025
Guy painfully caught between the "love of his life" sending him a final goodbye via live video and his commitment to meet with his new "rebound girlfriend," whom he's committed to a serious relationship and their first evening of love, and is waiting for him at her flat.Their scene of love-making ends shockingly with "rebound girlfriend" raging at him for using her. The result is a twist, a deadly tragedy twist.

Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Grass is Always Greenerby  Daniel J. Broderick
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2025
Jack is unhappy. Who else in L.A. rides the bus, has no girlfriend, no money, and no status? Sam, the bus driver, assures him things will change. When they do, suddenly and mysteriously, is Jack finally happy? Not exactly. Something is still missing.

Genre: Fantasy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Wasabiby  John McCarney
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2025
A night out for an affluent millennial couple unravels after a clash over whether to help a homeless man.

Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Knockoutby  Brendan Lee
Date Posted: 06 Feb 2024
A BOXER receives devastating news from his Wife seconds before a Championship Bout.

Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Usualby  Sarah Kennedy
Date Posted: 11 Dec 2024
A woman and her Korean church rescue a failing coffee shop owner who honors his dead mother by continuing her tradition of ruining coffee with a special ingredient. Award-winning produced screenwriter.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Delusional Paby  Frank Mancuso
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2025
A production assistant takes revenge on the cast of a horror set when they are making a horror movie. *IMDb page: https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm0541559

Genre: Horror
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
1 Step Forward, 12 Steps Backby  Glenn Pollard
Date Posted: 26 Sep 2024
When a selection of misfits loses their therapy group leader, it's time for the lunatics to start running the asylum.

Genre: Comedy
20 pages
Cast Size: 7+ 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
Animal Loveby  Steven Blows
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2024
A zoologist bets that he can impress his date with unique and enticing stories of love in the animal kingdom.

Genre: Animation
24 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Paranormal Employment Agencyby  Bob Canning
Date Posted: 11 Feb 2024
In this otherworldly spoof of 1940s Horror and Film Noir, a ghost, unhappy with his crypt mate, a snoring vampire, meets the recently murdered dame of his dreams at the haunting placement service he runs.

Genre: Comedy
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Worst of Timesby  Daniel J. Broderick
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2025
But I never really said, "Let them eat cake." Everything that's happening is not my fault. Too late. The revolution is here. You and your kind are doomed. Marie Antoinette or Melania Trump? You decide.

Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Antidoteby  Jon Hughes
Date Posted: 05 Aug 2024
A forlorn wife poisons her unfaithful husband only to discover he could inherit a fortune.

Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Just Telling It Like It Isby  Melissa Diane Hudson
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2024
In a tight-knit community, the residents are fed up with their pastor’s brutal honesty during funeral eulogies. They want to ban him from preaching, as he's known for degrading the deceased with his, "tell it like it is" attitude.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Soldier's Bravadoby  Jonathan Fear
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2025
In a bar in ancient Britannia a battle-worn deputy centurion’s dark memories clash with youthful bravado of untested soldiers.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Girl Who Rode a Wolfby  Pelham Mead III
Date Posted: 07 Feb 2025
Based on folklore and true stories of the Pawnee Indians in the mid 1880s . She who rode a wolf is a Pawnee folktale of a young girl who was associated with the North Star.

Genre: Drama
23 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
Imaginary Friendby  Simon Parker
Date Posted: 03 Nov 2023
A friendly ghost that likes to take on the role of ‘imaginary friend’ enters into random homes looking for lonely children to befriend, but inside this latest house he finds a beaten up housewife in desperate need of friendship.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
How Do You Get to Margie's House?by  John Porter
Date Posted: 04 May 2025
With a lot of love but a very bad sense of direction, a young man tries to get to his lady's house by 5 p.m.

Genre: Romance
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
FIONAby  Madiha Masood
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2023
In Eldoria, a mansion holds Fiona's mischievous spirit, enlivening it with spectral laughter for half a century. Basim, an ambitious entrepreneur, dreams of transforming it into a haven. Unaware of the impending love story, his venture intertwines the realms of the living and departed. Brace for humor, romance, and the supernatural in "Fiona's Haven," where love transcends all boundaries, even those of the afterlife.

Genre: Fantasy
25 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Father's Loveby  Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 01 May 2024
Love enters your life when you’re at your lowest point, and that’s exactly what Tiffany and Bernard need to deal with the pain their father’s inflicted on them. 

Genre: Drama
39 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Search the Darknessby  Simon Parker
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2023
Saving a beautiful protester from being killed, Curtis thinks he's found love, but has second thoughts about her when she staples his lips shut and straps enough explosives to him to bring down a building.

Genre: Action/Adventure
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Blue Horsesby  Paolo Galli
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2025
Every year, a reclusive painter creates the same image: two blue horses. When a slick broker offers him a fortune to sell one, he refuses—hiding a heartbreaking truth buried in canvas and ashes.

Genre: Drama
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Witching Hourby  Brendan Lee
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2024
Halloween night. Three friends attend head out in costume looking to get lucky. When one of them scores with a Sexy Vampire, the pleasure is too good to be true.

Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Navvies Lamentby  John Fraser
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2025
A man reflects on the meaning of his identity, within a bar that has shape shifted it's patrons

Genre: Fantasy
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Openingby  Jon McDonald
Date Posted: 07 May 2025
At an erotic art opening, the patrons react, amusingly, to the sexy art. The Ice Queen gallery owner, Laura, ignored by her flirting husband, is approached by one of her young and sexy artists. He offers her the gift of exotic perfume, making clear he is seeking more. She evades him, but the perfume and the art open her up to new possibilities.

Genre: Romance
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
From Rat to Bossby  Jed Power
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2024
“From Rat to Boss”—Before he became the infamous Mafia kingpin, "Lucky" Luciano made a secret betrayal to save himself—an act that, years later, threatens to destroy his empire and the myth of his loyalty."

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
 
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