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They All Want The King Deadby  NG
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Haunted by treachery on all sides, a newly crowned king battles shadowy plots designed to murder him and plunge the kingdom into chaos.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Cimpleby  Bernard Antoine Mersier
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Darryl and his right hand man Ryan's lavish lifestyle from drug dealing comes apart when Darryl's girlfriend Sharice unveils something sinister neither one of them saw coming.

Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Philosopher Emperor Marcus Aureliusby  Robert Michael Benn
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Emperor Marcus studied the Stoicism of Zeno & Epictetus from a Greek tutor, conquered Parthia, quashed Cassius Avidus's revolt, and caught the plague and died. His son Commodus became emperor. But he produced the brilliant and down-to-earth MEDITATIONS---which is still read today.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Wake Up Callby  David-Matthew Barnes
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When three unsavory people wake up in an abandoned hotel, they realize the world has ended for everyone except them.

Genre: Sci-Fi
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Rhino vs. Gorillaby  Jason K. Allen
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When Ronald takes a seat on a park bench, he simply wishes to enjoy his lunch in peace. But when his banana rings like a phone, he answers it and receives a message that turns his life upside down. (Surreal comic fantasy. Produced writer; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Home-Cookedby  Simon Parker
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A pretentious food critic, skeptical of anything homemade, is reluctantly sent to interview a 90-year-old pie-making legendonly to have his icy demeanor crumble when one bite of her pie shatters his expectations and changes his life.

Genre: Comedy
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Pain & Sympathyby  Dale Easterling
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A dysfunctional married couple seeks therapy, where the psychiatrist hypnotizes them into feeling each other's pleasure and pain - literally.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
45 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Perfect Christmas Treeby  Alan Barkley
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When a father and mother visit a Christmas tree lot looking for the right tree for their new home, they discovery that their four-year-old daughter has her own idea of what constitutes the perfect tree.

Genre: Family
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A War Storyby  Ron Brawer
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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
The Haunted Letterby  Gladman
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When a young woman uncovers her late grandfather's wartime journal in the attic, she's drawn into a haunting journey of memory and losswhere the ghost of a soldier isn't just a spirit, but a bridge to the family secrets that could finally set them free.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Clownby  DJ Robbins
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A weird clown hands Steve a balloon at a campus Halloween carnival, and he and his friends find themselves stalked by the creepy clown.

Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Seventh Seal Experimentby  Jeffrey Stackhouse
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A drink, a game, a bet, and Death, entirely in rhyme.

Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Saturday in the Parkby  Elliot Stanton
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Dark Secrets Will Not Remain Hidden Forever. An "old" woman befriends a young man in a park. He is unaware of who she is or the secret she holds, but the woman knows precisely what she must do to draw him into her life.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
30 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A 90s Christmasby  Gladman
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Two tech-obsessed siblings expecting a glamorous Christmas getaway are grounded when their grandparents confiscate their phones and force a nostalgic 1990s holiday celebrationleading them to rediscover the true magic of family, unplugged.

Genre: Family
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Pablo Salazar and Pelican Bay prisonby  Robert Michael Benn
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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 Culiacn 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
Fear Of Fallingby  Jeffrey Stackhouse
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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
The Big Treeby  Paolo Galli
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On a scorching summer afternoon, a homeless man finds shelter beneath a great tree and comfort in an old photograph. With a simple yet profound gesture writing poems in exchange for coins he sows beauty in the silence of the city. Years later, on his wedding day, a man discovers that a small note he received as a child shaped his destiny. A tale about the power of quiet gestures and invisible legacies.

Genre: Drama
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
By the Seaby  Tina Field Howe
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Clever Brandi, English heir to a fortune, frames her husband in the murder of her mother, the family matriarch.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Devil's Servantby  Doug J Robbins
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A murderer kills his improv group after blacking out and pursues members of his neighborhood.

Genre: Horror
33 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Phonesby  Ange Fassinou
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The impact of phones in the life of couples.

Genre: Comedy
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Thirteen Coilsby  John Porter
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A young outlaw prepares for his execution.

Genre: Western
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Fall In Loveby  M SHAHZAIN USMAN SHAMSI
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A business man fall in love with poor girl whose life is full of problems and always facing huddles in her life. One upon a time she saw a business man who is looking handsome and a business man who also see this poor girl who is looking a beauty of his heart and he started fall in love with this poor girl and one day he proposed her and she accepted her proposal.

Genre: Romance
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Take A Step Backby  Edward Chapman
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A late night act of kindness has shocking consequences. Based on a real event.

Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
When Animals Killby  Patricia Bruce
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When a long-suffering housewife is the victim of verbal abuse, the family dog, LUCKY, comes up with a surprising and deadly solution.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Close Enoughby  Steven Burton
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The boundaries of the long-term platonic friendship between Larry, a straight man, and Gary, a gay man, are challenged as they deal with other life issues.

Genre: Gay/Lesbian
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Brain Freezeby  Jon Platt
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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
Lunch with Lelandby  Jason K. Allen
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On a whim, a restless young business woman buys lunch for a homeless stranger, and soon they strike up a friendship which transforms their lives forever. (3 actors, 1 main location. Finalist, Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition. Award-winning writer and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Change the F*cking Nameby  Christopher Harmon
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A fearless Indigenous teen, intent on restoring the dignity of his people, goes on a mystical vision quest...only to find the legendary Jim Thorpe as his guide and mentor. Jim reinforces the young man's determination to end the racial slur that is the name of a Washington sports team and he champions a movement - that eventually succeeded.

Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Black Queen: Birth Of A Queen Warriorby  Ange Fassinou
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In a land of witches and beasts, a young woman, kidnapped for an Amazon Army, battles to get back to her tribe and lead her warrior sisters to the truth.

Genre: Fantasy
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Isle of Plasticaby  Drina Connors Kay
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A CEO of a plastics company is kidnapped and dumped on a platform in the middle of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch where he must remain until he promises to clean up the mess. 

Genre: Other
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Elevatorby  Carlos Alex Ceni
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What was initially supposed to be a simple journey for two strangers is terrifyingly disrupted by the arrival of a third person.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Sophia Mt Girlfriend Robotby  Robert Michael Benn
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In the near future, Robert and his robot girlfriend, Sophia, catch internet scammers and go to the planet Mars to test equipment. Robert refuses to 'marry' Sophia. In revenge, she contacts the world of robots to take over.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
I Heart Jodyby  Doug J Robbins
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A serial killer gets distracted by his favorite sitcom when about to enter a potential victim's home.

Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
They All Want the King Deadby  NG
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Feature Length Version Available. Haunted by treachery on all sides, a newly crowned king battles shadowy plots designed to murder him and plunge the kingdom into chaos.

Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Jasper + Mimi Foreverby  Jason K. Allen
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Two freakish outcasts -- a bearded woman and a man who has a carrot for a penis -- are madly in love and want to have a baby. (1 location, 2 actors. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Nuptualsby  Barry Staff
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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
A Most Unusual Visitorby  DJ Robbins
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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
The Holiday Swapby  Kudzai Zigarwi
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On Christmas Eve, a lonely woman receives a mysterious package offering a one-day life swap with a stranger but as she steps into someone else's holiday, she discovers that sometimes the best gifts are the ones that change your perspective forever.

Genre: Family
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Higher Educationby  Candy Fox
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A college professor tries everything - including an exaggerated strip club dance - to get her zoned out, laptop focused students to pay attention, but to no avail.

Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Erection Night - 2028by  John Boal
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On a girls' night out at the St. Christopher Tavern in Columbus, OH, three women dish on men and the polarization that's fracturing our society as we head into the 2028 Presidential Election. Mollie McGuire, a 40s divorcee, devises a strategy to end the divisiveness by placing an ad on an AI dating app called "The Hack" where she entices a US Senator to break from the herd for two months of epic bliss.

Genre: Comedy
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
 
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