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Farewell Dinnerby Tony Jerris
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2024
A woman stuck in a loveless marriage makes her husband an anniversary dinner that is to die for... literally!
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Growing with Albertby John Witcher
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2025
After being adopted by his Uncle Albert, Mickey comes of age in a small Midwestern town.
Genre: Family
25 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Family
25 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
Genre: Romantic Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Going Homeby Rhuben
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2024
After a 4 year sentence in jail, VINGO, an ex-convict, hopes to reunite with his family. Only hope and faith leads him through his journey, as he travels by bus through the towns to his home town, wife and kids.
Genre: Family
16 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Family
16 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Paradise Partyby Steven Burton
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2023
With art, photography, fun, love, family, strangers, and fantasy, a man shares adventures before an unexpected life change.
Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Smokeby Edward Matthew Donnelly
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2024
When a father asks his son to go for a beer for the first time, the son has an awakening about himself and his father.
Genre: Family
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Family
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Shopping Cartby Steven Burton
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2023
Jan, an affluent elderly woman takes a fold able shopping cart from a stranger assuming he took it from under her porch. After realizing her mistake, she takes off on a quest to find him for a return of his cart along with the slim hope of finding her long lost son.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Touchby Esra Cengel
Date Posted: 03 Jul 2024
A poor little girl tries to find a way to do a huge favor to the woman who saved her life.
Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Underground Cageby Yura Shevchuk
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2024
Two martial arts master brothers wake up in an unknown underground cage but do not remember how they got there but are offered freedom win two deadly duels with dangerous rivals.
Genre: Action/Adventure
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Circle of Trustby Jim Kowalski
Date Posted: 24 Oct 2024
An ex-military man must battle himself in a circle of his own demons.
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Tommyby Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 12 Dec 2024
A young graffiti artist decides to tag a war memorial and finds his lack of respect has surprising consequences.
Genre: Drama
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Tripby Simon Parker
Date Posted: 07 Feb 2024
ONE LOCATION: About to turn thirty, George wants to try something wild and different. So convincing his friends to try acid with him for the first time they hire Cameron, an old school hippie, but the acid trip he's got planned is one no one is going to return from.
Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Dianeby Victor Titimas
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2024
When three thugs and a space alien cross paths, a warehouse turns into a battle scene.. and a learned lesson.
Genre: Sci-Fi
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Cute Robberby Grag Raymond
Date Posted: 04 Jul 2024
Nick works as a security guard in a jewelry store during his break he is relaxing in a local cafe when a pretty girl approaches him to get to know him but it was a deception she joins a crime group to commit a robbery.
Genre: Action/Adventure
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Best of Timesby Jim Norman
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2024
Four Vietnam veterans in a retirement home play their own version of Blackjack until a strange, new, entertainment employee changes the rules of the game and one veteran’s life.
Genre: Fantasy
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 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
Genre: Romance
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Living in the Pastby Bernhard Riedhammer
Date Posted: 26 May 2024
A 30-year-old disillusioned loner must deal with his estranged and socially awkward father, after he suffers a stroke losing part of his memory. Both share a painful past he cannot forget, and his father cannot remember.
Genre: Drama
32 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
32 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Santa Soldierby David Lee Hooker
Date Posted: 30 Jul 2025
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
Genre: Action/Adventure
25 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Cutby John Porter
Date Posted: 02 May 2025
A dark comedy (unless you’re Bill, the protagonist, who would call it a horror film) that provides a warning to any man who even thinks about doing wrong to his woman.
Genre: Comedy
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
What Day Is It?by Bill Rutkoski
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2025
Struggling actor Jimmy’s life turns chaotic when he wakes to a scrambled week — days are out of order, and only he seems to notice. Mondays vanish, Fridays repeat, and Saturdays won’t quit. But when he witnesses the same murder three times on one looping Saturday, he must stop it before time skips away for good.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
33 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
33 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Scoutby Michael Morra
Date Posted: 30 Aug 2025
A guilt-stricken teen responsible for the accidental drowning of her younger sister finds that her life takes an even darker turn when her sister returns from the grave to carry out an otherworldly deadly agenda. LET THE RIGHT ONE IN meets ET.
Genre: Horror
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 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
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Ringby Daniel Yanev
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2024
A man has seemingly lost everything, including his will to live.
Genre: Drama
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Marlene's Last Sederby Ron Brawer
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2024
When a middle-aged widow decides to honor her late husband’s death -- a year ago on Passover -- by hosting her first seder, a Wisconsin late-winter blizzard, a drunken boyfriend, and an estranged mother-in-law almost turn the event into a disaster.
Genre: Family
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Family
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
New Amendmentby Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2024
One man's passionate monologue on law and religion unfolds, revealing the thin line between conviction and chaos—will his petition bring change, or simply the solitude he's chosen?
Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Soul Collectorby Madison Smith
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2025
Two ghost hunters travel to Salem MA in order to search for ancient witch artifact. Along the process, they uncover history between pirates and witches, which they mistakenly unlock ghosts from the past to collect souls to sacrifice.
Genre: Horror
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Juliasby Sharon Mae Disney
Date Posted: 17 Jan 2024
"JULIAS", is a compelling story set in the east end London underworld, where a power struggle unfolds as various gangsters contemplate merging into a single organization under the leadership of the mysterious "Julias." The narrative follows the unfolding tensions, loyalty tests, and hidden agendas that threaten to disrupt the delicate balance of power within the criminal underworld. As secrets come to light, the stage is set for a thrill of betrayal and ambition.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Feed Geeseby Steven Burton
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2025
A young man jogs and feeds geese as a diversion while he decides to come out as gay to his girlfriend.
Genre: Gay/Lesbian
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Gay/Lesbian
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Down to the Wireby Dexter Williams
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2024
A defiant cop gets involved in a race against time to stop two escaped convicts who have taken hostages on a bus rigged to explode.
Genre: Action/Adventure
21 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
21 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Mary's Last Giftby Andrea Lynn Anthony
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2024
Struggling with addiction and a devastating AIDS diagnosis, a homeless woman discovers that the compassionate nurse treating her is the daughter she gave up 25 years ago. As they forge a bond, a hidden truth emerges through a forbidden DNA test, leading to a poignant journey of redemption, loss, and the rediscovery of family.
Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Boy from Under the Bridgeby Susan Adair Harris
Date Posted: 11 May 2024
He was released from his murder conviction on appeal, but he needed a student tutor to help him graduate high school and evade the drug cartel.
Genre: Romance
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romance
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Beachby William Walkerley
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2025
In the near future, euthanasia is legal, and the elderly who continue to clog up the healthcare system are offered a cash incentive to end their lives; one senior takes the cash, has a sudden change of heart, but finds out that that is not an option.
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Tis the seasonby Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 05 Mar 2024
Seeking revenge for the loss of his family, Jack captures the person behind the crime and makes him feel his pain.
Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
It Was Only Yesterdayby Nathan M. Scrivens
Date Posted: 03 Jul 2024
A boy attempts to get his mother to smile again after her father's passing.
Genre: Action/Adventure
11 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
11 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Boycotted by Prejudiceby Carlos Galinho Pires
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2023
An insanely handsome man goes through an introspective journey to understand why his life is perfectly worse than everybody else's.
Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Eyes of the Hallowby Simon Parker
Date Posted: 29 Feb 2024
10-year-old Sophie's visit to her grandparents' secluded house leads to an unwitting switch with her doppelgänger, whose Black eyes harbour unsettling secrets.
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
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
Genre: Family
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Openingby Javier Solórzano Casarin
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2023
An old and regretful man waits inside an old train station for someone whom he yearns to meet. He encounters another man, eccentric and inquisitive. The old man begins to suspect that this station is no ordinary place and that the stranger has the answers to what he’s searching for.
Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Early Bird Catches the Planeby Elliot Stanton
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2023
An excruciatingly long and dull wait for a flight is suddenly made far more interesting when a long-suffering wife notices an old flame - an old flame she discovers is holidaying at the same hotel she and her husband are staying in.
Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
11 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
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