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Running Moneyby  Dewayne C Bricker
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When a broke single mother discovers stolen bank cash hidden inside her apartment wall, she and her little girl go on the runpursued by the violent ex-con who buried it there and will stop at nothing to reclaim what he thinks is still his.

Genre: Drama
34 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Elevatorby  Antwon Taylor
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When a couple encounters an unassuming stranger in an elevator, their lives are drastically changed forever.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Crossingby  Donald Lewis
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A businessman helps an elderly woman cross the street, opening his troubled heart to her and changing his life.

Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Attack of the Church Furnitureby  David McPete
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A youth group's overnight at a church becomes deadly when murderous church furniture comes to life.

Genre: Comedy
35 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Planet Imaginationby  Chelita Hagan
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A newly widowed man and his daughter have to deal with the death of the mother in their own way.

Genre: Animation
27 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Antiques Sh**showby  John Boal
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A tart-tongued substitute host for the genteel Antiques Roadshow dishes caustic comments on the innocent guests which triggers not only a boost in the ratings, but also a goofy lad to make a sign dubbing the proceedings as the Antiques Shitshow. Yet when the host's Aunt comes by with the world's oldest vibrator, she dangles it as a hostage heirloom to make the host change her wicked ways by apologizing to her deceased mum.

Genre: Comedy
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Sick Bloodby  Stan Usherenko
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When two brothers revisit the imprisoned father who tortured them as kids, they're pulled into a deadly new game one designed to prove that his sickness runs in their blood.  SICK BLOOD is a visceral, emotionally charged horror-thriller about generational trauma, the inheritance of evil, and the terrifying question what if the monster you fear most is part of you? 

Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Frank Sinatra's Hatby  John McWilliams
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A war-wounded janitor finds Frank Sinatra's favorite fedora and must decide whether to return it or use it to pay off a bookie threatening his life.

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Familyby  Jean-Luc Julien
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A young Arab refugee fights to save the life of his unborn child when his German girlfriend's parents force her to get an abortion. A modern-day "Romeo & Juliet" in a controversial, sociopolitical love story with thriller elements. Award-winning director and cast attached. Shooting in November 2026. Feature screenplay is a finalist in the Launch Pad Feature Screenplay Competition and Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition.

Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Spiderby  Richard Wells
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An insurance risk assessor sent to inspect an ageing Irish boarding house finds himself drawn into an ancient cycle that slowly strips away memory, identity and hope of escape.

Genre: Horror
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Black Girls Are Differentby  Rocco Simonelli
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BLACK GIRLS ARE DIFFERENT is a darkly comic take on interracial relationships in Manhattan as a white Jewish male upper-eastsider falls in love with a black "princess."

Genre: Romantic Comedy
19 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Mindy & Martin's Meleeby  Harker Jones
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A bridesmaid and a best man derail a wedding when their simmering resentments and passions boil over, igniting a powder keg of accusations, declarations and revelations.

Genre: Comedy
20 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Kindred Spiritsby  Iris Mangual
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A Black teen moves into a historic Southern home and clashes with the ghost of a young Confederate soldier, but their unlikely bond forces them to confront the past and find healing across time.

Genre: Drama
31 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Last Mottoby  Dwayne Bricker
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When a young nun's exorcism reveals a hidden system controlling papal succession, a skeptical priest teams with a Vatican archivist to uncover a centuries-old conspiracy rewriting the Church's history. As powerful forces move to contain the truth, he must decide whether exposing it will free the Churchor destroy the very institution billions depend on.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Nightmare Clownsby  Doug J Robbins
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Nightmares of an evil clown haunt a woman, and he might just be real.

Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Alien Invadedby  Dexter Williams
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A young lady visits an eccentric New Age hypnotherapist in order to get to the root of her recurring nightmares of being abducted by aliens.

Genre: Sci-Fi
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Flute Named Desireby  Steven D. Gullion
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A famous flautist must choose whether to undergo a dangerous operation that will make it possible for him to have a family, but end his career.

Genre: Animation
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Ouroborosby  Benjamin Fields
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When an LA Fire dispatcher receives a mysterious call from the remote cabin where her lover vanished, she races back to find answers. But what she discovers is that some mysteries cannot be resolved and some cycles cannot be broken.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
27 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Lost Toys of Lester Lakeby  Jason K. Allen
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Bill only wants to catch a few fish for dinner. The old, abandoned toys underneath Lester Lake only want someone to play with. (1 location, 1 actor. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Lost Pianistby  Frank J Dellipoala
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A haunted pianist must survive a night of terror when genetically enhanced predatorstriggered by the frequencies of his musicescape into a locked-down concert hall, forcing him to confront the childhood monsters he can no longer outrun.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
To the Moonby  Michael Dukakis
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A feminine young boy from a troubled family tries to escape his father's escalating abuse by fulfilling three magical tasks in his grandmother's fairy tale.

Genre: Drama
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Refugeeby  Doug J Robbins
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A refugee from the world of dreams befriends a young girl in hopes of becoming real. The girls must hide their relationship or risk having the refugee taken back to the dream institute, where she would have to go back to being imaginary.

Genre: Sci-Fi
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Special Guestby  DJ Robbins
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An eccentric college improv class meets on December 23rd for the last time before Christmas break.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Carverby  Doug J Robbins
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A legendary serial killer with an affinity for carving up faces like Jack o'Lanterns for Halloween visits the home of Jack and Meg.

Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Blood Feudby  Doug J Robbins
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A wrestler must choose between his family and the ring.

Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Cell Jumperby  Patrick McNamara
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A scrappy rock'n'roller about to report for bail, discovers he can't afford his clothing store purchases and tries to steal them, until his change room cubicle is flooded with blood and he must leave without being noticed.

Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Subject Strictly Off-Limitsby  Elliot Stanton
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An argument about the TV show Strictly Come Dancing threatens a couple's marriage until they agree never to discuss the show again. However, the ceasefire only lasts until the discussion of what takeaway to order begins.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Violent Natureby  Federica Lonardoni
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After his father's death, Jack finds himself into the woods forced to face the ghosts of his past and his relationship with his dad in order to understand his real nature and embrace his authentic self.

Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Life-changing Injuriesby  Barry Staff
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A commuter just wants to complete his train journey home, but needs to handle the horrendous events standing in his way. [A single-location, one-actor scenario, shootable in a day, about a pointedly existential situation.]

Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Gift Challengeby  Leandrew Baillum
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A global social-networking game becomes a worldwide phenomenon, offering players million, dollar prizes and televised luxury gift draws, only to evolve into a powerful cultural movement uniting communities in a stand against gun violence.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Ollie & the Kid Commotion in the Oceanby  Rick Thrun
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In a remote Mexican village, dead fish wash ashore as the sea grows savage. A bold girl and a mysterious shapeshifter must confront a sinister outsider whose electrifying experiments are awakening a deadly force beneath the waves.

Genre: Fantasy
45 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
War Gamesby  Wayne E. Johnson
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A Vietnam-era GI, toiling away in his personnel office under the scorching Texas sun trying to please his nervous, ineffective lieutenant while keeping a fire-snorting master sergeant at bay, learns the true meaning of "The Lord helps those who help themselves."

Genre: Comedy
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Call Buttonby  Vikki Harris
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After a car accident, a man is sent to a hospital where pressing the call button could be detrimental to his health.

Genre: Horror
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Trash Dayby  Rodney A Myers
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Love Stinks, especially when you find it on Trash Day.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
She Curses Like a Sailorby  Micheline Birger
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A thought-provoking view of women and cursing is entertained at this art opening in New York. Two twenty-something artistes and a fifty-something writer explore various facets of whether it is 'ladylike' to curse - or not - in public - a philosophical comedy - of sorts. Are we too brash as a society? Too crass? Maybe - maybe not. You decide! Is America off the hook ? (Copyright Wash. DC) A play/ teleplay.

Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Sins of the 88th Floorby  Melissa Hudson
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Desperate to impress at her prestigious new job, a determined young associate remains oblivious to the crooked law firm's sinister initiation ritualuntil their hidden agenda to frame her for corporate theft backfires catastrophically, unleashing total destruction upon the corrupt partners from within.

Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Flingby  Jill Martin
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Late December 1915 onboard the troop ship SS Pretorian, a young lad meets a battle-weary soldier returning from the Western Front who teaches him about heritage.

Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Not Yetby  Claudia Hoag McGarry
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A couple, preparing to attend his mother's memorial, are bickering and anxious as the viewer or reader slowly understands the subtext they have lost a child.

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Three Men and a Peruvianby  Richard Wells
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When a Cork man decides he'd rather be Peruvian than remembered as 'the dead dog fella,' his drinking buddies force him to explain the bizarre childhood story he's been trying to outrun ever since.

Genre: Comedy
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Restaurant: A Visual Comedyby  Jackie
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When his pizza takes too long to arrive, a young man takes matters into his own hands

Genre: Comedy
1-4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
 
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