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Maxby Victor Titimas
Date Posted: 16 Jan 2024
You should always trust the dog. Note: This script features a dog.
Genre: Action/Adventure
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Buddiesby Delaina M. Waldron
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2025
An insecure Rose finds an unexpected friendship with a short-winged Bumblebee and unites against their bullying foes.
Genre: Animation
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
It's a...by Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2025
Two expectant mothers share their precious last moments together as they prepare for the end of the world.
Genre: Drama
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Stuckby Steven Burton
Date Posted: 10 Nov 2024
A cell phone with his hand is stuck to a man's ear. After frantic attempts to loosen it fail, a mysterious 'Voice' comes on the line to help find a solution.
Genre: Fantasy
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Taking Care of Businessby William Walkerley
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2025
Ray meets up with his old pal Mark, who turns out to be looking for someone to take the blame for murdering his benefactress.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Mario's Songby Paul Byrne
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2024
When his fisherman dad drowns at sea, a recruited soccer ace hooks up with a charismatic drug dealer to support his family, but eventually, must either roll over on his boss who is like a brother or do hard time in gladiator academy.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
40 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
40 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Imagine That!by Tina Czarnota
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2024
Grace under pressure can be a royal disaster.
Genre: Fantasy
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Poulticeby Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 16 Jan 2025
Desperate to save her unborn child, a remorseful woman seeks the help of a scorned Native American healer, agreeing to an unthinkable trade that will change their lives forever.
Genre: Horror
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Mirror Manby STEVEN BLOWS
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2024
A man made from mirrors struggles to make a true human connection and find someone who sees past their own reflection in him.
Genre: Romance
9 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romance
9 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Please Clean Me!by Steven Blows
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2024
A father struggles to work seven days a week in order to make his son’s Christmas special.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Pair of Silk Stockingsby John Porter
Date Posted: 02 May 2025
A silent fantasy based on Kate Chopin’s short story (published in 1897, now in the public domain) about a mother who takes care of her children and herself, too.
Genre: Fantasy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
3 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
Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Misfortuneby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2024
Two hipsters get more than they bargained for when they break open their fortune cookies. (Surreal horror/comedy. 1 location, limited dialogue.)
Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Cringeby Warren Lane
Date Posted: 11 Oct 2024
When an exhausted serial killer on a cross-country spree stops at a secluded motel he is told by his supernatural boss, the entity known as fate, that he must experience “true love” before being granted the rest that he so desires.
Genre: Horror
25 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
25 pages
Cast Size: 7+ 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
Dangerous Vocationby Kline Fishborn
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2024
Three friends during outdoor activities witness the murder of a person by two unknown men, but the girls manage to escape. Two men who not long ago escaped from the police for murdering a married couple do not want to leave the girls alive as witnesses who saw them and start hunting them.
Genre: Action/Adventure
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Soarby Steven Blows
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2024
A grieving girl endeavors to fly on a paper aeroplane.
Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Subject Strictly Off-Limitsby Elliot Stanton
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2023
An argument surrounding the TV show Strictly Come Dancing threatens a couple's marriage until an agreement is reached 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
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Girl Who Rode a Wolfby Pelham Mead III
Date Posted: 07 Feb 2025
Based on folklore and true stories of the Pawnee Indians in the mid 1880s . She who rode a wolf is a Pawnee folktale of a young girl who was associated with the North Star.
Genre: Drama
23 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
23 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Dangerous Cargoby Jason Kirman
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2024
Two girls throw out the driver and his car at gunpoint, not suspecting the valuable cargo in the car, more than ten kilograms of drugs which was supposed to be delivered to New York to a local drug dealer. After a drug dealer in New York learns about the disappearance of his goods he personally wants to find and kill the girls.
Genre: Action/Adventure
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
All in a Day's Workby Brendan Lee
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2024
A husband will do anything to make his wife and daughter happy while keeping them in the dark about the nature of his day job.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Dipsomaniaby Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 23 Feb 2024
John doesn’t believe he’s ruining his wife's life by binge drinking, but he finds out the hard way the price of his addiction.
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Decompositionby Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2024
Cameron is a cutter on the verge of homicide, accepting his girlfriend will continuously cheat on him.
Genre: Horror
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Hell: A Rescue Missionby Patrice Sarath
Date Posted: 28 Jul 2024
When Trudi's best friend Jenna is on her deathbed, she tells Trudi she's afraid of dying and going to hell. After her death, Trudi gets some disturbing signals that Jenna is right. With the help of a mysterious nurse, Trudi follows her to hell, and discovers that love has its limits.
Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Bad Moonshineby Warren Lane
Date Posted: 11 Oct 2024
In this Southern gothic noir a moonshine guzzling sheriff is on the case to find his missing wife, but all he finds is the werewolf that plagues his dry little county.
Genre: Horror
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Weird Realtyby Elise Marenson
Date Posted: 14 Mar 2024
When a female realtor calls on a guy who is selling his house, he has no clue that her weird zingers stem from a grudge she still holds for standing her up in high school.
Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Cherry Street Hauntingby DJ Robbins
Date Posted: 28 May 2025
June and her sister, Delilah, recount the story of the haunting they encountered on Cherry Street.
Genre: Horror
37 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
37 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
If I Left Earlyby Rosalind-Renèe Lindsey
Date Posted: 05 Sep 2024
Living with his ambitious breadwinning girlfriend, a young job-hunting loser feels left behind in life and relationship. Motivated, he works to get things back on track, but all of that is halted when a call comes in and the unpredictable happens.
Genre: Drama
38 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
38 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Undertakerby Dominic Uwem Lawrence
Date Posted: 12 Oct 2024
When a group of friends ventures into the heart of darkness, they unleash a malevolent force that hunts them down, forcing one survivor to confront the evil head-on in a desperate bid to escape the Undertaker's gruesome realm.
Genre: Horror
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
WTF?by Sherrie Presson
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2024
When an aging maintenance worker goes on a killing rampage in an apartment complex, an unsuspecting man looking for an apartment takes the fall. Produced screenwriter: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt4977524/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_1_wr
Genre: Horror
25 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
25 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Big Digby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2024
Pete once heard that if you dig a hole far enough you will end up in China. So one day he takes a shovel and decides to find out for himself. Several months later he emerges in a strange land that is definitely not China. (Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Dark Comedy. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)
Genre: Sci-Fi
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Post-Mortemby LARA
Date Posted: 03 Mar 2024
After inheriting his father's fortune following a tragic death, Ken, trained in martial arts in Japan, faces assassination attempts and family betrayal in France, uncovering a deadly conspiracy that threatens his inheritance.
Genre: Drama
19 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
19 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Free Boxby Charles Webb
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2024
The most valuable thing at an estate sale could be free.
Genre: Drama
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Serving Caesarby Pelham Mead III
Date Posted: 07 Feb 2025
Marcos Cassius Scaeva was perhaps one of the greatest Centurians to serve Proconsul Caesar in Britain, the Rine, and in Greece agains Pompey. In Greece Scaeva took 400 arrows to his shield, an arrow to his eye and his knee without saying. Caesar made him Primus Pilus.
Genre: Non-Fiction/History
40 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Non-Fiction/History
40 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Night Classby Ajokubi Miracle
Date Posted: 18 Jul 2024
A junkie teenage girl must expose the illegal drugging of students by the schoolteacher before there's a next victim.
Genre: Horror
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Simonby Shelly Paino
Date Posted: 19 Sep 2024
When a teacher reads Edgar Allen Poe to her sixth graders on Halloween, she must find out why one student’s interest in the poem borders on obsession.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
When I Fallby Simon Parker
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2025
James returns to his family home in a wheelchair with his fiancée, determined to undergo a risky operation that could help him walk again
Genre: Drama
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Patrice & Mr. Williamsby Cherie Maxey
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2024
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
Heart Rateby Alan Barkley
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2025
A male and a female cop enter an abandoned building looking for a cop killer. Soon they are hunting each other. Winner, Vail film festival.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
20 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
20 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Fireman From The Heartby Timothy McVeigh
Date Posted: 07 Jul 2024
Since childhood, Amber dreams of becoming a firefighter and she has a chance to prove herself as a firefighter by rescuing a woman with two children who cannot get out of a burning house, but getting to the girl's house is not so easy and calling the fire department at night becomes impossible due to the lack of network.
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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