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The Crystal Eggby Maroun Rached
A cheeky female telemarketer tries to sell online a crystal egg statuette to a middle-aged recluse man.
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Herbert the Clownby Doug J Robbins
A killer stalks a couple during a romantic Halloween weekend getaway
Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
MEGAby Tina Field Howe
A working man confesses to his best friend that his frustrating years of depending on the lottery to bring him fortune are over.
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
In Creeps the Boogeymanby Doug J Robbins
A deeply perverted killer named Jason brutally murders and mutilates a female classmate who denied him a date, and ten years later, he escapes the asylum on Halloween night to stalk a sorority house.
Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Mouse's Lamentby John Porter
Harold, a poetic mouse, "wanted only to run free / To eat and drink and then to pee / To defecate and then to say / 'I'll eat and drink another day,'" but man and nature conspire against him. Although he doesn't complain, he does lament.
Genre: Animation
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Momby Jason K. Allen
A woman looks out her kitchen window and sees her long dead mother in the vegetable garden. But how did she get there? And what is she doing? (Horror/dark comedy. 1 location, 2 actors.)
Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Sweet Reflectionby Elliot Stanton
A man's worth is not measured by his wealth but by the difference he makes to others. An elderly shopkeeper is reminded of his worth in the community just as he loses all faith.
Genre: Drama
19 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
19 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
What If God Was One Of Us?by Adam Rocke
God assumes the guise of a homeless man to check in on humanity.
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Patrice & Mr. Williamsby Cherie Maxey
Patrice & Mr. Williams tells the story of Patrice a girl at high school and the hilarious exploits of her teacher Mr. Williams. Very funny and hilarious. If you are interested in this story, please let me know and i will send you a copy of the script Patrice & Mr. Williams.
Genre: Comedy
41 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
41 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Selling Oranges on a Median with Charles Bukowskiby Ryan Armstrong
A meeting of two men in an unlikely place as they try to overcome the challenge of understanding and communicating with the other.
Genre: Comedy
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Last Mottoby Dwayne Bricker
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
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Etiquette of a Necrophiliacby Bernard Antoine Mersier
After uncovering his wife's infidelity, a man descends into a dark spiral, finding solace and control only in the macabre act of necrophilia, leading him down a path of irreversible perversion and escalating violence.
Genre: Horror
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Marcus and his Snowmanby DJ Robbins
Marcus brings his snowman to life through Christmas Magic, based on love and Joy, but hateful and Miserable Hazel, the Winter Witch, wants to make everyone as miserable and vicious as she is. Can love and Joy triumph over hate and misery?
Genre: Animation
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Kicking Tiresby Tony Jerris
When a pragmatic dreamer meets an angelic stranger, he realizes that even the most skeptical hearts sometimes need to kick the tires on love.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Stuck in the Middle With Sueby Elliot Stanton
Travelling the road to retribution can be a breeze, even in heavy traffic. A married couple's plans to visit their friends are hampered by more than just lines of stationary vehicles.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Car Salesman Builds His Dream Houseby Alan Barkley
Jim is a car salesman who is building a house to woo back a wayward spouse. Can Jim close the deal? (No house construction filming needed). *2024 Semi-finalist - Grande Stories Screenplay Competition*.
Genre: Romance
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romance
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Lost Pianistby Frank J Dellipoala
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
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Next Seatby Steven Burton
A man sits alone in an empty movie theater waiting for a film to begin, and then a woman stranger sits in the seat next to him. They have a dramatic confrontation while the screening is delayed.
Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Black Rainbowby Vijay Kumar Dammalapati
A neglected boy finds solace in his nanny's love and decades later returns as a doctor to heal the woman who raised him, and himself.
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Fine Dayby Dempsey Samways
A relaxing day-off for stoner Danny quickly goes sideways when a mysterious agency of 'Enforcement Officers' begin fining him for increasingly nonsensical offences.
Genre: Comedy
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Windowby Mark Ndlovu
A reclusive man and an enigmatic artist living across the street engage in a silent but profound connection through drawings in their windows, sparking an unspoken bond that compels him to step beyond his comfort zone and into her world.
Genre: Romance
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romance
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Next Rest Stop, 2.5 Million Light Yearsby Daniel J. Broderick
A futuristic update of the family road trip, where the Boffs head to the happiest place in the universe in their minivan-sized space ship, only to be marooned on Earth. Forced to wait five years for a tow, they must adjust to life in New Mexico.
Genre: Family
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Family
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
When Animals Killby Patricia Bruce
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
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Gagging For Itby Barry Staff
A budding mute and blind standup needs to get through an audition to prove the act will work.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The King of Cornby Jason K. Allen
Hopelessly lost in a corn maze, a young couple are rescued by a mystery man who bears a striking resemblance to the king of rock'n'roll. (Comic fable. 1 location, 3 characters. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Behind the Glassby Dewayne
A guilt-ridden 911 dispatcher receives a whispering call from a kidnapped woman who may be trapped inside the same municipal building where he worksbut when the caller's abductor reveals a deadly experiment targeting emergency operators, the dispatcher must break the very protocol that once cost a life.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
No Weddings, But a Funeralby Elliot Stanton
Being in the right place but at the wrong time changes the fortune of a serial chancer. Tim Harcourt's bravado and white lies present the widow of a crime family with everything she needs to make him their latest client - a fact Tim is blissfully unaware of.
Genre: Drama
38 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
38 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Not for Saleby Davide Staffiero
During a business dinner at a luxury hotel, a man who will turn out to be an android dealer negotiates with a wealthy hotelier determined to replace his entire staff.
Genre: Sci-Fi
36 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
36 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Friendsgivingby Doug J Robbins
Stacy invited herself to Brian and Mark's Friendsgiving, twenty-four hours before Thanksgiving. Brian's turkey goes missing and he must go on a scavenger hunt to retrieve it.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Gluttonous Zombieby Grag Raymond
In two girls are hunted by a ravenous zombie at night time after Mia and Abby use a resurrection spell for fun.
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Carrie, Walter, and Garboby Steven Burton
A man sits alone in an empty theatre to wait for a Greta Garbo film to begin, and then a female stranger, sits next to him. Confrontation ignites; technical problems delay the screening, humor, and then this couple share surprise revelations.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Shiftby Gladman
A manipulative therapist accused of murdering his patient uses his final interrogation to expose evidence of a deeper conspiracyforcing his unseen interrogators to confront the possibility that he may be the key witness, not the killer.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Harboring A Fugitiveby Jeffrey Stackhouse
Senator Marcus has had a long career of staunch anti-abortion legislation, yet a simple conversation with an off-kilter doctor will change his views forever.
Genre: Horror
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Last Stopby Delaina M. Waldron
A Bus Driver with insomnia is stalked by an eerie man that only she could see, but he may be her only way to survive when she gets to the last stop.
Genre: Horror
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Valentine Promiseby Philip Marraccini
Love That Triumphs Over Tragedy. Rena Patel, from India, navigates the pressures of a medical career and the complexities of unspoken love. After a devastating cycling accident leaves his close friend Jenna paralyzed, Rena is torn between his professional duty and his growing personal feelings for Jenna who faces physical loss and heartbreak, Rena must to control his emotional boundaries with his hopes for her recovery.
Genre: Drama
37 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
37 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Suitcaseby Walerian Domanski
The fate of the suitcase stolen by a policeman during a search of a criminal's house. It was hidden, found, changed hands a few times, and ultimately ended up in the possession of a policeman again. Marginal actors: the policeman's girlfriend, her dog, and the neighbor.
Genre: Comedy
26 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
26 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Hogwash and Tommyrotby STEVEN BLOWS
When household rubbish begins to fall from the sky and into their garden, an environmentally conscientious homeowner must deal with the consequences of this mysterious phenomenon.
Genre: Comedy
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Blind Dateby Doug J Robbins
A ventriloquist goes on a blind speed date and fails miserably with the first date, but eventually meets his match in a lady puppeteer.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Bloody Vacationby Tinashe Mudzinge
A group of friends faces their worst nightmares in the hands of an old lady and her beast master on what was supposed to be a great vacation.
Genre: Horror
21 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
21 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
S'moresby Jason K. Allen
Young Eric and Molly are having the time of their lives roasting marshmallows over the campfire. Their parents, not so much... (Horror/Comedy. One location, two actors.)
Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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