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Brown Bottle Fluby  Brandi Self
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2025
A frustrated writer struggles to work while being belittled by a belligerent drunk woman who wants to relive the past.

Genre: Fantasy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Weekend at the Monasteryby  Mike Skidmore
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2025
Mike Dray decides to go to a MONASTERY to learn what he can about reincarnation after discovering through hypnosis that he has a past life and maybe even more.

Genre: Fantasy
20 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Sophia Mt Girlfriend Robotby  Robert Michael Benn
Date Posted: 09 Sep 2025
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
Fall From Heavenby  PAUL BYRNE
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2024
Tortured by a sadistic Russian general, a former female Ukrainian commando finds justice in her gripping testimony before a war crimes tribunal.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
40 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Love to Goby  Bernhard Riedhammer
Date Posted: 05 Jun 2024
A lonely retiree mourning his late wife tries to find new connections and turns to a dating website called “Love to Go”.

Genre: Romance
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Philosopher Emperor Marcus Aureliusby  Robert Michael Benn
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2025
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
The Taste of Beliefby  Danny King
Date Posted: 26 Sep 2025
When a psychology professor challenges his students with a parable about restaurants, a fiery clash between science and conspiracy forces them to confront a deeper truth: you can’t judge an idea until you’ve tasted it yourself.

Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Truth & Treasuresby  Melissa Diane Hudson
Date Posted: 24 Aug 2024
When a seven-year-old girl is denied a life-changing school trip for telling the truth about her mother's deception, she embarks on a whimsical adventure to reclaim her lost opportunity, learning about the value of truth and the power of forgiveness along the way.

Genre: Family
5 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
Under the Bridgeby  Mike Bevins
Date Posted: 18 Nov 2024
In 1946 three preteens lose their innocence after witnessing a horrific act. Six characters, one location. (Finalist in Reno-Tahoe Screenplay Contest)

Genre: Drama
28 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Bea Witchby  Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2024
A young girl, convinced her housekeeper is a witch, delves into a world where dreams and reality merge into dark magical revelations.

Genre: Fantasy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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
Cubicle Jockeysby  Brandi Self
Date Posted: 07 May 2025
An anxious employee organizes a strike after a series of stress-related deaths take out his co-workers, and his boss pees on his shoe.

Genre: Comedy
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Flames of the Campfireby  Simon Parker
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2025
When a crumbling marriage reaches its breaking point during a final family camping trip, two estranged parents must put their differences aside to rescue their kidnapped children. As they fight to bring their boys—and other missing kids—home, they rediscover the strength of love, sacrifice, and the family they thought they'd lost.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Return to Nam, Behind Memoriesby  Muresan Marta
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2025
Decades after the Vietnam War, a former idealist named Lee returns to the country where he lost his innocence—uncovering ghosts of the past, confronting guilt and trauma, and searching for reconciliation in a journey that bridges generations.

Genre: Non-Fiction/History
38 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Lunch with Lelandby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2025
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
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
Second Windby  Dewayne C Bricker
Date Posted: 16 Oct 2025
Sleepless before surgery, Lauren wanders into a hospital chapel and meets Carol, a night custodian who teaches her to fold paper cranes “one crease at a time.” Their quiet exchange transforms fear into acceptance. As dawn breaks, Lauren tucks the crane over her heart and walks into surgery, choosing courage over control, faith over fear.

Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Hellavisionby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2025
On Halloween night, a young man decides to stay home and watch a horror movie on television. Unfortunately he chooses the wrong channel on the wrong night. (Mostly 1 actor, limited dialogue, inspired by 70's horror. Produced writer; see IMDB for credits.)

Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Car Troubleby  Simon Parker
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2025
A mechanic's professional curiosity turns into a fight for survival when a man pushing a broken-down car insists it needs more gas.

Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Adriftby  Dewayne C Bricker
Date Posted: 16 Oct 2025
After a yacht capsizes during a sudden storm, a lone survivor records her final hours aboard a half-sunken vessel, sending video logs to anyone who might find them. As night falls, she notices distant lights beneath the waves—moving in patterns too deliberate to be natural. With her oxygen fading and rescue signals unanswered, she realizes she isn’t alone on the ocean—and that what’s watching her is waiting for her to drown.

Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
Last Rendezvousby  Paul Byrne
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2024
A paralyzed teenager from the hood meets his rich girlfriend one last time to see if their love has survived his drug dealing days.

Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Carbon Datingby  Barry Staff
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2025
Wanting a girlfriend via dating sites while working a lonely late-night shift, a man needs a reappraisal when discovering a beautiful young vagrant hiding there.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Jasper + Mimi Foreverby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2024
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: Romantic Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Remember, Remember the 5th of Decemberby  Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2024
A young boy's Christmas nightmares take on a life of their own.

Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Train of Thoughtby  Elliot Stanton
Date Posted: 15 Oct 2025
Overthinking can seriously damage your health. An annoying stranger leaves his fellow train passenger with a very bitter taste in his mouth.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Where the Heart Isby  Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2024
The spirit of Christmas must overcome those with hatred in their hearts.

Genre: Family
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Lurve and Other Five-Letter Wordsby  Elliot Stanton
Date Posted: 17 Oct 2025
In the lobby of a New Orleans hotel, a Brooklyn-born businessman inadvertently offends a local woman. Instead of apologising, he compounds his error, which causes the woman to return insults. However, peace soon breaks out, and tension releases as the two begin to enjoy each other’s company significantly more than seemed possible.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Screamby  STEVEN BLOWS
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2025
On a cold night, a woman goes to an abandoned field to release her emotions in a primal scream. On a cold night, her scream comes back to haunt her.

Genre: Horror
4 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
Long Momentsby  S.C. Smith
Date Posted: 19 Sep 2024
An alcoholic living in a small town stubbornly refuses to change, even when his high school sweetheart returns for their reunion, stirring memories of the life he left behind and the man he used to be.

Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Cliff Effectby  Esra Cengel
Date Posted: 03 Jul 2024
An arrogant man persistently kicks a woman off a cliff, underestimating her pure love, and Karma eventually caught up with him in a tragic-comic way.

Genre: Animation
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Aunt Lillian's Lipby  John W Welch
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2025
What happens when what we thought were true turns out to be an incorrect memory.

Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
BUS 37by  Jordan Baines
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2025
When their school bus is hijacked, three students must put their trust in a big brother and his dirt bike.

Genre: Action/Adventure
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A Life in a Dayby  John Porter
Date Posted: 07 May 2025
Two former lovers struggle to decide whether to love each other again or say goodbye forever.

Genre: Romance
20 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Bridgeby  Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2024
Two agents travel back in time to alter history, but their mission misfires, unleashing unintended consequences they can’t undo.

Genre: Sci-Fi
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Bodyguard. 2. Going Homeby  Anthony Toni
Date Posted: 02 Oct 2024
After over 30 years working as a Bodyguard you're now approaching 65. You now realize you can't move as fast as you once did. Nor can you see and hear as well. One more BIG job before you call it quits? Fiction but based on a real life job assignment.

Genre: Action/Adventure
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Same Woman as a Wholeby  Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2024
Down on her knuckles on a broken road, the energy of life explains why women should bond together as one and uplift each other. 

Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
ERA IIby  Delaina M. Waldron
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2025
A naive scientist who has discovered a way to bring people back from the past, interviews infamous dictator Hitler but his German translator has different plans.

Genre: Sci-Fi
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
 
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