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Troubledby Doug J Robbins
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2024
A troubled teen pays his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend a visit.
Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Worst Dayby Julie Whalley
Date Posted: 09 May 2024
A troubled teen, haunted by a harsh argument with her recently divorced mother, speeds off into the night, only to crash into a tree. As she clings to consciousness, an empathetic off-duty firefighter keeps her awake with a story of his own tragedy until help arrives. But when she recovers and seeks him out to express her gratitude, she discovers a shocking truth about the identity of her mysterious savior.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Putt Putt Preacherby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2025
The story of Father Ralph Mahony, a gentle man of the cloth when behind the church podium but a take-no-prisoners warrior on the putt putt course. (Mockumentary. Finalist, Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition and Atlanta Film Festival Screenwriting Competition.)
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Family Diamondby Simon Parker
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2024
When John's elderly father is left on his doorstep due to unpaid private care, a desperate friend introduces him to a scientist with a serum that grows diamonds inside the human stomach.
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Candleby John Francis Daly
Date Posted: 26 Jun 2024
A sick girl on her death bed receives a candle that, when lit, brings forth new vitality, along with a being who holds secrets of the Universe.
Genre: Fantasy
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Marisby Zelda Watkins
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2024
A castaway desperate to leave an island falls under the enchantment of Maris, a sea siren with a tragic past.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Phantom of The Internetby Will Jones
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2024
To gain a following on social media, a self-obsessed young man undergoes plastic surgery to look like a popular filter that deforms your face.
Genre: Horror
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Life is a Roller Coaster... Sometimesby Elliot Stanton
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2023
With its ups and downs, they say life is a roller-coaster, except when you’re trapped and unable to get off one. When an engaged11 couple becomes unwitting prisoners at the apex of a broken-down roller-coaster ride, the metaphor is never more (or less) apt.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Poet Dancerby Steven Burton
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2025
A female choreographer is inspired by a disabled musician which creates more greatness for both of them.
Genre: Artistic
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Artistic
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Probeby Doug J Robbins
Date Posted: 02 May 2025
An alien son asks his alien father why his people probe people with humorous and thought-provoking results.
Genre: Comedy
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Mirabelby Gregory Gibson
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2024
Her psyche tainted as a child, a young woman plays out her singular form of vengeance with the help of a unique weapon.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Imageby Ange Fassinou
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2024
A lonely man creates a world from his imagination where he lives a perfect happiness.
Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Return of Hopeby Ershov Konstantin
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2025
Three characters "don't see, don't hear, don't speak" receive a mysterious box that could change their lives.
Genre: Fantasy
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Halfby Simon Parker
Date Posted: 04 Jun 2025
David has nothing, Kelsey borrows him some money. David buys a lottery ticket. It wins. Now Kelsey comes looking for his money. Two brothers now face each other in a battle of life and death.
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Oscarby Chris Fell
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2025
What appears to be a bank job, pulled by a mysterious couple, turns out to force a reckless politician into a life-changing and character-revealing decision.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
29 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
29 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
On the Subject of Loveby Patricia Bruce
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2024
When two know-it-all female millennials search unsuccessfully for love, it's their Mother who comes out the winner.
Genre: Gay/Lesbian
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Gay/Lesbian
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Omar's Taxiby Ange Fassinou
Date Posted: 28 Dec 2023
Pilot and Bible available. A Saudi Arabian Prince leaves his royal family in Riyadh to begin a new life in the United States of America as a taxi driver.
Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Classmatesby Emy Dust
Date Posted: 30 Nov 2024
When three estranged friends reunite for their 20-year class reunion, a harmless prank to steal the town's iconic statue spirals into a deadly game of deception, betrayal, and hidden agendas, forcing them to confront their darkest secrets as the night unravels their lives.
Genre: Action/Adventure
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Just No Beyondby Roberta M Roy
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2024
Environmentalist interior designer Alyssa May struggles with the looming question of plastic in her life, taking one small step despite recognizing there is no beyond.
Genre: Family
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Family
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Phantom Wifeby Melissa Diane Hudson
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2024
An army Veteran suffering from PTSD suspects his wife is poisoning him. When in fact, he has no wife.
Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Night Outby Victor Titimas
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2024
When enemy spies pose as innocent restaurant staff members, a secret agent's date takes a violent turn.
Genre: Action/Adventure
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Fun with Wordsby Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2024
Six tales told by a man sitting in the shadows explain how people use words in the wrong context.
Genre: Drama
26 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
26 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Leaving Nowhereby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 05 Jun 2024
Excited by life's possibilities, a young baseball named Johnny is batted into the woods and never found. He awakens in a strange land called Nowhere, where all lost and forgotten items end up. But he vows to escape and prove that he and his forgotten friends have plenty of life left in them.
Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Echoby Amrita Baines
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2025
A lone hiker documenting her journey through a remote wilderness begins hearing an eerie echo leading her to a terrifying discovery about what’s following her. At first, the echoes of her voice bouncing off the cliffs seem natural—until they start repeating words she never said. As paranoia sets in, her recordings reveal an unsettling truth: something in the wilderness is listening… and answering back.
Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
More Than Clothby Steven Blows
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2024
The experiences of a university student’s first day devoutly wearing the hijab proves to be more challenging and diverse than she first expected when friends and strangers begin to see her differently.
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Missing Girlsby Yura Shevchuk
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2024
Arriving in a small town, two girls fall into sexual slavery with the local sheriff and his assistant.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Trials and Tribulations of Awkward Peopleby Judah Ray
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2025
Two socially awkward misfits find themselves caught in a series of hilarious and embarrassing mishaps at a dinner party, ultimately bringing them closer together in an unexpected way.
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Night Horrorby Yura Shevchuk
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2024
Thalia has recently been receiving gifts from an unknown man, but the most frightening thing for her are the calls to the phone at night. On the second day, she calls the police, but they can't help her. A few days later, a man enters her home, but he already intends to brutality deal with her.
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Windowby Mark Ndlovu
Date Posted: 03 May 2025
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
The Last Jokeby Jed Power
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2024
After the death of their prankster bartender, a close-knit group of friends discover his final joke at his funeral, turning sorrow into laughter and a celebration of camaraderie.
Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Secrets of Kovintong Campusby Annette M Delgado
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2023
While trying to solve the disappearance of a graduate student, a keen detective finds herself running out of time before the next victim goes missing and the culprit carries out their ultimate plan that might be the end of humanity itself.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
35 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
35 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Kick-Ass Picnicby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 07 Feb 2024
Neal and Amy meet up for their first date, a relaxing picnic in the woods. But their tranquility is soon thwarted by spoiled food, a sudden skin rash, an angry tree, and lots of blood. (1 location, 3 actors. Produced writer; see IMDB for credits.)
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Blue Horsesby Paolo Galli
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2025
Every year, a reclusive painter creates the same image: two blue horses. When a slick broker offers him a fortune to sell one, he refuses—hiding a heartbreaking truth buried in canvas and ashes.
Genre: Drama
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Paybackby Sarah Kennedy
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2024
Predicaments mount in the wake of a young man’s decision to steal a diamond ring off the finger of a dead woman. Story lends itself to proof-of-concept and feature development. Award-winning produced writer.
Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Day Careby Brandi Self
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2025
A cantankerous toddler learns about love, death, and loss when he visits day care for the first time.
Genre: Animation
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
I Told You Soby S.C. Smith
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2024
A once-successful cryptocurrency investor, Michael Tanner, finds his empire destroyed overnight by a devastating crash, leading him into a spiraling journey of regret, desperation, and the harsh realization that the pursuit of wealth may have cost him everything that truly mattered.
Genre: Drama
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Happy Endingsby Ron Micci
Date Posted: 29 Nov 2023
A pair of financially strapped old-timers on a farm in the Midwest, Eleanor and Bertrand Cornweevil, receive a surprise visit from a man trying to entice them into selling the oil drilling rights to their land. But he's an emissary of Satan and it's really their souls he's hoping for them to sign away.
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Witching Hourby Brendan Lee
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2024
Halloween night. Three friends attend head out in costume looking to get lucky. When one of them scores with a Sexy Vampire, the pleasure is too good to be true.
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 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 Big Treeby Paolo Galli
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2025
On a scorching summer afternoon, a homeless man finds shelter beneath a great tree and comfort in an old photograph.
With a simple yet profound gesture — writing poems in exchange for coins — he sows beauty in the silence of the city.
Years later, on his wedding day, a man discovers that a small note he received as a child shaped his destiny.
A tale about the power of quiet gestures and invisible legacies.
Genre: Drama
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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