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The Early Bird Catches the Planeby  Elliot Stanton
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2023
An excruciatingly long and dull wait for a flight is suddenly made far more interesting when a long-suffering wife notices an old flame - an old flame she discovers is holidaying at the same hotel she and her husband are staying in.

Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Bea Witchby  Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2024
A young girl, convinced her housekeeper is a witch, delves into a world where dreams and reality merge into dark magical revelations.

Genre: Fantasy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Cowardly Lyonsby  Patrice Sarath
Date Posted: 28 Jul 2024
The squabbling Lyon family comes together to protect their matriarch when she's haunted by a disapproving spirit.

Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Not the Brightest Guy in the Worldby  John Porter
Date Posted: 05 May 2025
A hard-working, middled-aged plumber admits that he's not the brightest guy in the world, then struggles to understand why his middle-aged lady is happy one minute, sad the next, and mad the next

Genre: Romantic Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Beat of Your Own Drumby  Judah Ray
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2025
In a black-and-white world, Iris, a struggling singer, and David, an eccentric drummer, find solace in their own musical pursuits until their paths cross, igniting a harmonious connection that brings color to their lives.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Golden Scepterby  Bobby Banuelos
Date Posted: 24 Oct 2024
With the help of his cynical talking cat, a young man must embark on an adventure to retrieve a valuable family heirloom before the evil force that possesses it destroys the world.

Genre: Animation
21 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
How a Man of Vision Learns to Seeby  John Porter
Date Posted: 02 May 2025
An elderly, extremely successful man shows how he has become a man of vision: he’s looked through the eyes of others, thanked them for their vision, and enjoyed it with them

Genre: Artistic
4 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
Blind, Twenty-Twenty Visionby  Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2024
A decorated officer is under investigation for his brutal crimes, he believes he should receive an award for. 

Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Cozenageby  Melissa Diane Hudson
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2024
A hopeful screenwriter resorts to deception to partner with a junk dealer to write the next big movie but faces consequences when the dealer outsmarts her.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
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
All Inby  Jim Kowalski
Date Posted: 24 Oct 2024
After losing their club, a clique of Miami male strippers tries to save their income and relationships by robbing a bank.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
I Will Wait For Youby  Kevin Silva
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2025
A legendary lawman separates from the attractive fugitive he's fallen for and attempts to cover up her connection to a mysterious heist.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
23 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Santa Tyroneby  Doug J Robbins
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2025
A mall Santa targets three families on Christmas Eve and has murderous plans for each family.

Genre: Horror
36 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
No Regretsby  Patricia Bruce
Date Posted: 19 Aug 2024
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
Imaginary Worldby  Derrick Vernon
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2024
In a world on the brink of chaos, five unlikely heroes discover ancient stones infused with elemental powers. As they harness the abilities bestowed upon them by the Earth, Fire,Water,Air,and Spirit Stones, the diverse group must unite their strengths to overcome a global threat,battling dark forces that seek to plunge the world into eternal darkness. Together, they embark on a perilous journey to save humanity and restore balance to the elemental forces that govern the fate of the world.

Genre: Action/Adventure
31 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Eagleby  Mina Faiez
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2024
Hani is a young man who lives with his brother Joseph and his neighbor Khalid, but he finds out that his neighbor killed his father , and that his father, Khalid, and father of his girlfriend are members of an old gang whose girlfriend's father fears that he will expose himself, and that he will kill Khalid. But Hani succeeds in helping his brother and the police catch him.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Pity the Poor Cowboyby  John Porter
Date Posted: 06 May 2025
A Western musical in which two cowboys mourn the passing of one of their own.

Genre: Musical
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Navvies Lamentby  John Fraser
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2025
A man reflects on the meaning of his identity, within a bar that has shape shifted it's patrons

Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Shopping Cartby  Steven Burton
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2023
Jan, an affluent elderly woman takes a fold able shopping cart from a stranger assuming he took it from under her porch. After realizing her mistake, she takes off on a quest to find him for a return of his cart along with the slim hope of finding her long lost son.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
1 Step Forward, 12 Steps Backby  Glenn Pollard
Date Posted: 26 Sep 2024
When a selection of misfits loses their therapy group leader, it's time for the lunatics to start running the asylum.

Genre: Comedy
20 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Fall In Loveby  M SHAHZAIN USMAN SHAMSI
Date Posted: 07 Jan 2025
A business man fall in love with poor girl whose life is full of problems and always facing huddles in her life. One upon a time she saw a business man who is looking handsome and a business man who also see this poor girl who is looking a beauty of his heart and he started fall in love with this poor girl and one day he proposed her and she accepted her proposal.

Genre: Romance
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Black Box of Antiquityby  Richard Campbell
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2025
Richard visits an old man to evict him for back taxes. The old man invites Richard to place a historic relic inside his Black Box of Antiquity. Richard travels back in time to the exact moment that relic is being used by its historic owner. One trip back in time, the Pope arranges for Hitler and his wife to escape from Germany to Argentina.

Genre: Sci-Fi
35 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Gina's Veilby  Kevin Silva
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2025
A lonely, facially scarred woman discovers that a charming writer has been sneaking into a private spot on her farm to complete his novel.

Genre: Romance
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
If Only I Didn't Have to Look at Your Faceby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2025
A shallow young man decides to break up with his beautiful, kindhearted girlfriend because of her occasional unattractive facial expression. (1 location, 3 actors.)

Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
On a Sunday Morningby  Gregory Kohring
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2023
After a night of partying, a young man, charged with watching over his autistic sister, sends her to church alone, but when she doesn’t arrive he begins a frantic search to find her.

Genre: Drama
25 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
ERA IIby  Delaina M. Waldron
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2025
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
Teacher's Petby  Mark Wakely
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2025
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
The Eternal Optimistby  John Porter
Date Posted: 03 May 2025
A dark comedy in which a young man breaks a lamp, plugs up the toilet, gets jilted, gets fired, and so on. But, hey, tomorrow's another day, right?

Genre: Comedy
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Wake Up Callby  David-Matthew Barnes
Date Posted: 05 May 2024
When three unsavory people wake up in an abandoned hotel, they realize the world has ended for everyone except them.

Genre: Sci-Fi
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Goodness Creoniaby  Jason Kirman
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2024
Julia is an unremarkable girl who wants to brutally punish two girls from her school for bullying her, and she turns to the Godness Creonia for help, after the godness fulfilled her promise by killing the girls in the most brutal way. Julia learns that she must give her soul to the godness with whom she made a deal with her blood.

Genre: Fantasy
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Santa Soldierby  David Lee Hooker
Date Posted: 22 Oct 2024
In a future where holiday magic meets military might, seasoned covert operative Santa Soldier embarks on a daring mission to rescue kidnapped children from a local Santa parade, blending festive spirit with combat prowess to reignite the true essence of Christmas

Genre: Family
23 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
SkinNERby  Terrika Bell
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2024
"Faced with her mother and father's addiction and mother's criminal act, Kendal flees, grappling with survival on the unforgiving streets. Amidst encounters with both benevolent souls and malevolent forces, Kendal finds solace in a spiritual guide named Kevin. Yet, it's her realization of her co-dependency on her deceased brother that propels her towards true healing, forcing her to confront her fears and stand on her own."

Genre: Horror
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
John Wick is a Dickby  Christopher Harmon
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2025
A prison-hardened grief counselor is confronted with a group therapy session where all the patients suffer because of the violent actions of one man…John Wick. She organizes a protest, in order to provoke him to move away – but it does not work out as planned.

Genre: Comedy
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Blood, White, And Blueby  Antoine Mizel
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2025
Set in a future where the families of murder victims are legally sanctioned to face those convicted in a 3-minute death match, an apprehensive, yet determined couple, faces off with their daughter's killer.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Bamstick King of the Fairiesby  Alan Riley
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2024
When Bamstick, a curious young wizard with a glowing staff, learns he's the heir to the fairy kingdom, he embarks on a quest with his mischievous fairy creator, Dody. Together, they navigate the magical realms, facing challenges and unlocking ancient powers to restore balance and harmony. As Bamstick discovers his true destiny, he and Dody must overcome trials, forge alliances, and confront a looming darkness threatening the very essence of the enchanted forest.

Genre: Fantasy
21 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Conversionby  Stephanie Neroes
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2025
In 1968, a rebellious teen is abducted to a remote ranch under the guise of salvation—only to uncover a harrowing world of abuse, resistance, and a reckoning long overdue.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Off to Warby  Ed Tasca
Date Posted: 02 Feb 2024
A retiree turned down decades before by the army tries to second guess the kind of man he is or warrior he would have been. During a casual visit to a hotel reputedly haunted by wounded soldiers, he gets his startling, otherworldly answer.

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
 
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