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Black Egoby Ali noun
A former investigator, shattered by the death of his family, hunts their killer - to discover that the chasing has been himself all along.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Teacher's Petby Mark Wakely
A young student's affair with his teacher makes him an outcast at his middle school.
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Princess Samby Rebecca Ayers
When Sam, a burned-out waitress, becomes convinced by her sick grannie that they are really British royals, Sam channels Princess Diana which inspires her to a higher purpose at Sloppy's Bar-B-Q.
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Gatorsby Linda Kampley
An emotionally troubled woman becomes fascinated by 'gators.
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Testby Justin TEST
This is a test logline.
Genre: Animation
3 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
3 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Truth or Denialby Dilece Connor
A twin has hallucinations of her deceased twin who died in a car accident they were both in. She denies her loss and struggles to overcome her grief and accept the truth.
Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Feeding Frenzyby Philip Marraccini
After murdering his wife Sally, Richard is forced to kill again in attempt to collect on her life insurance policy. As the investigation closes in on Richard, see if he escapes with the money thus committing the perfect crime. (A murder mystery with a comic twist)
Genre: Other
20 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Other
20 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Please Clean Me!by Steven Blows
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
Telltale Snoreby Gregory George Sarno
Dark comedy inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart"; wife, driven mad by her husband's vociferous snoring, resorts to desperate measures to cure her sleeplessness.
Genre: Comedy
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Growing with Albertby John Witcher
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 Openingby Jon McDonald
At an erotic art opening, the patrons react, amusingly, to the sexy art. The Ice Queen gallery owner, Laura, ignored by her flirting husband, is approached by one of her young and sexy artists. He offers her the gift of exotic perfume, making clear he is seeking more. She evades him, but the perfume and the art open her up to new possibilities.
Genre: Romance
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romance
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Deadhorse Lickby Charles Hall
A young boy sets out to rid his hometown of a wild animal that has been killing the townspeople's pets, only to wind up becoming its next target.
Genre: Horror
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Mediterraneanby Kenneth M. Kielty
The Mediterranean is a script in the Bar Whores Trilogy.
Set in NYC, a middle level mafia guy stops into an Italian restaurant in the late evening for a drink. The bar is empty except for a bar tender and a beautiful young woman. He falls for her immediately. Her life story is intriguing, but is she real?
Genre: Romantic Comedy
24 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
24 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Wit's Endby Barry Staff
Wanting a comeback fronting a telethon, a comedian needs to thwart a revolutionary taking him hostage there, intent on exposing comedy as just another form of exploitation.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Whiskey Glass . . .by John Porter
A young cowboy learns an old lesson about love and liquor.
Genre: Western
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Western
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
They All Want The King Deadby NG
Haunted by treachery on all sides, a newly crowned king battles shadowy plots designed to murder him and plunge the kingdom into chaos.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Fall and Rise of Luciferby Delaina M. Waldron
The story of Lucifer the first angel created by God; Lucifer's fall from the heavens and his reason for his rise to becoming the Devil.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
14 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
14 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Yell'n'Tellby Roberta M Roy
Recalling how his cousin pinches him and denies doing so and having witnessed a girl being bullied, a brave five-year-old uses his wise mother's practical but inventive advice to help solve his bullying dilemma. *2024 Best Unproduced Script Brightside Tavern Film Festival; Brightside Festival; Semi Finalist 2023 Dallas Shorts Note: Yell'n'Tell also in French and Spanish - Grita y Dilo*
Genre: Family
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Family
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
For Gold's Sakeby Tina Field Howe
An estranged daughter confronts her dying father to learn where he hid a fortune in gold doubloons.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Last Christmasby Steven Pony Hill
Every child deserves to see Santa at least once... even if it means the end of the human race.
Genre: Horror
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Balloon Releaseby Bernard Antoine Mersier
Mourning the loss of their friend, a group goes live expressing their emotions towards the people who killed him, having no idea something more sinister is at hand.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Freebornby Shane Harbinson
When a young girl with extraordinary mental abilities catches the attention of a totalitarian regime seeking to exploit her gifts, her working-class cyborg father must survive an interrogation in a desperate attempt to buy time for his daughter's escape and protect the essence of their humanity. 'Coverfly top 1% genre'
Genre: Sci-Fi
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Stop Driving Yourself Crazyby Elliot Stanton
Clive, a thoughtless and paranoid driving instructor's wild theory about his wife's infidelity is all but confirmed when out on a driving lesson - her car is seen somewhere it shouldn't be. However, the only thing that is confirmed is his poor learner's theory that Clive is an idiot.
Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
When You Go to Townby Susan Jordan
A chance encounter at a thrift store leads a divorced woman to ask, "Could I have gone the distance?"
Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Latin-American Victimby Jason Kirman
The police find two young women of Hispanic appearance in different locations. Roberto, who is the former of the two victims, is suspected of their murders but he suddenly disappears.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Green Dangerby John Witcher
A science experiment goes wrong and creates one of the most sinister villains of a lifetime.
Genre: Action/Adventure
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The House that Whispersby Anthony Cawood
Two boys explore an abandoned house rumored to answer questions with eerie whispers, but a cruel prank turns deadly when the house reveals it has secretsand a sinister voiceof its own
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Shelpek Pizzaby Carlos Galinho Pires
Compelled to leave Kazakhstan due to political reasons, an idealistic migrant must overcome the challenges of integration and the distractions of an unexpected love while seeking justice and a new home.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
19 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
19 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Afterlifeby DJ Robbins
A 26-year-old man regrets committing suicide and death shows him the ramifications of the effects his suicide had on his parents and girlfriend.
Genre: Artistic
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Artistic
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Tequila Slammerby Ray Smith
When a betrayed husband wakes up from a tequila-fueled car crash with no memory of who he is, he must unravel his identity while evading vengeful gangsters, Russian mobsters, and a relentless hitmanor else become collateral damage in a twisted web of stolen cash and deadly secrets.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Affirmative Actionby Michael Celender
After alienating his family and the love of his life, a celebrity-look-a-like YouTube prankster fakes his ethnicity and experience to climb South Africa's corporate ladder. But the job he lands comes with surprises nobody planned for. A proof of concept-style short.
Genre: Comedy
32 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
32 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Jasper + Mimi Foreverby Jason K. Allen
Two freakish outcasts -- a bearded woman and a man who has a carrot for a penis -- are madly in love and want to have a baby. (1 location, 2 actors. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Flat Pebble's Philosophyby Marc-Olivier louveau
In 1830, in a Vietnamese village, Master TRY, a rich, bitter and lonely old man, decides to retire, but the unexpected arrival of his orphaned niece, SONG, upsets his routine. As he struggles to maintain his habits, the young girl transforms his home and his life with her sweetness and her cooking. Confronted with his own past mistakes, Master TRY rediscovers the true value of family and love.
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
Pumpkin Faceby Doug J Robbins
A killer stalks his family after being let off on a technicality.
Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
Cold Moon Highby Doug J Robbins
The dead walk up to the house, zombies and ghosts.
Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
I Like Wearing Blueby Alicia Renee Norman
In a future where conformity is survival, a defiant girl dared to stand up and stand out--even if it cost her the ultimate price.
Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Ripplesby Anthony Cawood
A woman travels back in time to reshape her childhood, but her relentless drive to win leads to chilling and irreversible consequences.
Genre: Sci-Fi
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Under the Bridgeby Mike Bevins
In 1946 three preteens lose their innocence after witnessing a horrific act. Six characters, one location. (Finalist in Reno-Tahoe Screenplay Contest)
Genre: Drama
28 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
28 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
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