Find Short Scripts
All short scripts on our site are registered.
Click the "Make Contact" button to email the writer and request their script. Please include information on your background in your messages.
Additional notes: Any messages to writers must be for the purpose of reading these short scripts for production or hiring consideration and not for soliciting writers for coverage services, contests, etc.
If you're looking for feature-length or TV scripts, register here.
Hell: A Rescue Missionby Patrice Sarath
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
Loveeby Kishore kumar
Nothing hurts more than being disappointed by the one person who you thought would never hurt you.
Genre: Romance
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romance
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Perspectivesby Anthony Cawood
Two lovers plot a violent act of revenge to escape their abuser, but their shared trauma complicates their path to freedom.
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Don't Mess With Babyby Larry E Coleman
A hitman tracks down the runaway degenerate who got his family member pregnant and can't pull the trigger when he finds out who it is.
Genre: Comedy
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Improv Christmasby Doug J Robbins
Two lonely improv actors decide to spend Christmas together.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
CryptoBot's Trialby Michael Volpe
Amid worldwide political and economic turmoil, the nation's first Robotic Financial Advisor gives unerring cryptocurrency investing recommendations. But when a brash sports betting billionaire disregards the advice and loses a fortune, he sues the Robot and its company setting up the Trial of the Century - Man vs. Machine.
Genre: Sci-Fi
40 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
40 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Alone with Himselfby Anastasiia Borisova
What if an ordinary little kid is left alone without any support? Do you know what a little person experiences when he has to cope with difficulties alone? Perhaps each of us has experienced this, but do you remember how scary it was?
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Lonely Onesby Sarah Kennedy
A young man controlled by common technology encounters an old man in a coffee shop who upends the assumption that old people are the lonely ones. One location, micro budget. Written by award-winning, produced screenwriter.
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Father of Thingsby Chris Fell
In this award-winning war drama, two enemy soldiers try to brutally kill each other on the battlefield. However, when both become incapacitated, they cooperate to survive. Their dialogue between camaraderie and cynicism highlights the absurd "logic" of war and propaganda, while offering a glimmer of hope to reconcile differences. Just a glimmer.
Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Last Ornamentby Jayda
A grief-stricken young nurse reluctantly returns home for Christmas, but when her grandmother insists on finding a missing family heirloom star, she's forced to confront memories of her lost loved ones and rediscover the meaning of family tradition.
Genre: Family
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Family
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A-rrhythmiaby Tigran Vardanyan
A reserved man visits a secluded seaside restaurant, masking his internal turmoil as he prepares for an evening with "guests" who may never arrive, culminating in a haunting act of finality that echoes his quiet despair.
Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
You Get What You Deserveby Jane Tumminello
A self-centered young guy suffers the consequences when he cruelly breaks up with his girlfriend over the phone.
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Beyond Avalonby Edward Ybarra
Dedicated to living in the Now; Robert is incapable of commitment. With Rachael, he had it all but the Now allowed him to lose her. An all-too familiar drunken weekend goes too far.
Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A Good Conversationby John Porter
A young psychiatrist struggles to have a good conversation with her boyfriend--and finds it with a patient.
Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
CHBby Jesus Gonzalez
After losing her job as a software programmer, a middle-aged woman reinvents herself as a Customs Broker in Miami, navigating the challenges of a new career while facing financial pressures.
Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Monsters of 1935: A Newsreel Farceby Paul Joseph Mulbrecht
Two buffoonish 'researchers' have convinced the German government that the Loch Ness Monster is actually a mythological Germanic beast (dubbed "The Fat Flounder"). Now they've been given a grant to find the evidence. But their search will fail because of a conspiracy - one between their Loch Ness innkeeper, their guide... and Nessie herself.
Genre: Comedy
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
2 Plates @ The Endby S.C. Smith
At a Thai restaurant, two mournersone a scarred woman, the other a man who can only communicate through writinggather for a funeral unlike any other, reflecting on the life of an artist whose unfulfilled potential and tragic choices led them all to a brutal conclusion about life's unrelenting cruelty.
Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Last Rendezvousby Paul Byrne
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
Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Traphouseby Melissa Diane Hudson
Fueled by a bad breakup, two best friends create a Podcast where scorned women compete to tell the worst man-hating story, until a shocking confession derails their man-hating mission and challenges their definition of love.
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
ERA IIby Delaina M. Waldron
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
Genre: Sci-Fi
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Rewardby Wayne E. Johnson
A homeless man decides to put his life in order by learning accounting and getting a job, but when ordered to perform illegal operations by his employer, he becomes a whistle blower and learns that honesty and integrity sometimes come with a heavy price.
Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
What It's All Aboutby John Worsley
When a young woman struggling with her grandfather's death finds herself mysteriously trapped in the apartment next door with two strangers, she must overcome her anger to work with them and get out.
Genre: Sci-Fi
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Edison Dollby Anthony Cawood
Two estranged twin sisters reunite after their mother's death, their shared childhood memoriesand a cherished antique dollunlocking decades of guilt, rivalry, and a chance for reconciliation.
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Sheltered Collapseby Stephanie Neroes
Haunted by loss and consumed by anxiety, a reclusive woman clings to her routines in a post-pandemic world that has left her behind, until the measures meant to keep her safe lead to tragedy.
Genre: Other
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Other
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Devil's Servantby Doug J Robbins
A murderer kills his improv group after blacking out and pursues members of his neighborhood.
Genre: Horror
33 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
33 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
How Do You Get to Margie's House?by John Porter
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
Tough Loveby Warren Lane
In this dark coming-of-age tale a suicidal tween finds a reason to live after her maniacal new therapist shows her how to quiet the voices inside her head.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
9 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
The Watchersby S.C. Smith
A high school senior, once haunted by mysterious events, is thrust back into a nightmarish realm when a dark figure reemerges, leading him on a perilous journey.
Genre: Horror
21 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
21 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
No Regretsby Patricia Bruce
This edgy screenplay puts a unique spin on a marriage gone bad. Sadly, not all marriages have a happy ending.
After years of being a hen-pecked housewife by her unappreciative husband, this boring, mousey housewife suddenly turns aggressive with deadly results...
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Shadow Figureby Cassandra Wells
Slamdance Screenwriting Contest Shorts Semifinalist. When a physical medium arrives to investigate a reputed haunted house for a local contractor, a demonic presence makes itself known in ways the client never anticipated.
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
When COVID Cameby Roberta M Roy
After COVID arrives, in silence, a woman living alone copes by isolating, masking, and eventually being vaccinated after which she is only then able to welcome others into her home. Music accompanies her actions and the only line of dialogue occurs at the films end when she welcomes her grandson and his girlfriend into her home. *Dallas Shorts 2023 Semi Finalist*
Genre: Artistic
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Artistic
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Bad Nightby Jose Villanueva
Under pressure from their volatile boss, two enforcers burglarize an aging gambler's secluded house and prepare to pounce when he arrives but never suspect the house hides a nightmarish horror ready to devour them first.
Genre: Horror
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
No Trespassingby Sarah Kennedy
In a post-apocalyptic world, a mute medicine woman's drug stash blurs the lines between good and evil. Award-winning produced screenwriter.
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Pyrisousby Allen Mummert
A writer's reality unravels into a disturbing virtual labyrinth, forcing him to confront the fabricated nature of his existence before he's permanently consumed by the digital abyss.
Genre: Sci-Fi
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Buddiesby Delaina M. Waldron
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
The Shadow Among Usby Christine LARA
A gathering among friends turns into a nightmare when strange events begin to unfold in an isolated house deep in the forest. Trapped and confronted with their own secrets, they realize that one of them is not who they claim to be.
Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Tank Topsby Dennis Manning
When a man's dog destroys his Cuban shirt and his closet mysteriously comes alive with bickering clothes, he unknowingly selects a blue tank top for a beach day, igniting a full-scale rebellion among his jealous wardrobe.
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Don't Believe The Drunk Girlby Tawnie Powell
97%that's what Hana Murphy became part of when it happened. Now, dismissed by her University, she struggles to break free from the statistic and find herself. Spiraling into self-destruction and with her relationships unraveling, Hana is forced to confront the question: What happens to the drunk girl?
Genre: Drama
33 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
33 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Prefer Not To Sayby Maroun Rached
Three people are challenged about how to tackle gender on their company's website.
Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Titles: 801 - 840 of 1155
