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Jury Serviceby  Simon Parker
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2025
When David is selected as a juror in the trial of a man accused of a murder he secretly committed, he must manipulate the jury to secure a guilty verdict.

Genre: Drama
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Bloody Mouseby  Sergey Dobrine
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2025
During the family vacation in the mountains an IT specialist got into financial trouble and started delivering pizza to be able to return home. Bigfoot was on the list.

Genre: Action/Adventure
14 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Accidentby  Daniel Genchev Yanev
Date Posted: 07 Jun 2024
Two guys get their karma back and have to face the consequences of drunk driving.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Trappedby  Adrian Milnes
Date Posted: 21 May 2024
Three armed robbers and their hostage take refuge in an abandoned house after a failed robbery, but they're not alone.

Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Pumpkin Faceby  Doug J Robbins
Date Posted: 10 Jan 2025
A killer stalks his family after being let off on a technicality.

Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Date Posted: 29 Feb 2024
Believing the bible is based about him because of what happened as a child, Brendan goes on a bloody murder spree.

Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Christmas Tree or Bustby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2024
As December approaches, dusty ornaments in the attic spiffy themselves up, get makeovers and begin exercise regimens as they vie for a spot on the Christmas tree. (Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Animation
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Adventures of Tom Wolfby  Pelham Mead III
Date Posted: 07 Feb 2025
In the mid 1800's a man named Tom Wolf is committed to Bedlam Hospital for the Mentally Insane in London, England. He claims he is a wolf. The Doctors doubt him and torture him to admit he is not a wolf. In the end the real wolf in Tom comes out to surprise the Doctors.

Genre: Fantasy
27 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
Sunday Bestby  STEVEN BLOWS
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2024
A resident of a retirement home who dresses in costumes to bring joy into the daily life of all residents must come to terms with the degrading health of his sidekick and best friend.

Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Spoken Forby  Jim Kowalski
Date Posted: 01 May 2025
Can a man with a crippling social anxiety win the woman he loves over his alter ego crutch and her cheating boyfriend?

Genre: Romance
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Lemon Aidby  Daniel J. Broderick
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2025
Suburban parents learn the hard way that when life gives you lemons, you don't have to pay for them. When it doesn't, you have to buy them, the lemonade stand, a business permit, the credit card machine, and sell a ton of servings simply to break even.

Genre: Family
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Lonely Onesby  Sarah Kennedy
Date Posted: 11 Dec 2024
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
Shelpek Pizzaby  Carlos Galinho Pires
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2025
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
Satan's Shrinkby  Daniel J. Broderick
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2025
Satan needs a consult; it's just not as much fun anymore.

Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Cult of Dionysusby  Yaroslav Tryniv
Date Posted: 20 Nov 2023
An insidious enemy is ready to call the gods to his side in order to gain the throne, but Macarius has to accept the challenge and fight with him.

Genre: Action/Adventure
25 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 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
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
Finding a Desert Duchessby  Richard Campbell
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2025
John stumbles upon an old man lying in the desert, hiding from hoodlums that want to steal his treasure. John promises he will contact the dying old man's lady boss and help her get the treasure, before the hoodlums do. The old man’s boss just happens to be Anastasia, the Grand Duchess of Russia, living incognito since 1918.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
36 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 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
War or Marriageby  Simon Parker
Date Posted: 07 Feb 2024
A man needs to divorce his wife, but when war breaks out requiring all single men sign up he has a sudden change of heart.

Genre: Drama
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Dorothy... after Ozby  robert ingraham
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2025
After Dorothy returns from colorful Oz, she moves to the San Fernando Valley, where everyone seems comparatively gray. That is, until she meets someone as colorful as the characters from Oz... Peter Pan. She falls in love with him... but there's a problem. He's wanted by the police for stealing kids.

Genre: Comedy
21 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
Bus Stopby  Sarah Kennedy
Date Posted: 10 Oct 2024
A distracted mother experiences every parent’s worst nightmare when a heated cell phone conversation incites a chilling abduction. Single location, micro-budget. Award-winning, produced screenwriter.

Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Tide Flashby  Steven Burton
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2024
A man has writer’s block, a rip tide threatens his life, and then he discovers inspiration from a teen who shares a story.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
State of the Universeby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2024
A chronic sleepwalker awakens in his pajamas deep in the woods. While trying to find his way home, he stumbles upon a secret "State of the Universe" picnic attended by Jesus, Satan, Mother Nature, the U.S. President, Santa Claus and an odd creature from Pluto. (1 location. Produced writer; see IMDB for credits.)

Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Car Bombby  Ange Fassinou
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2024
Story happens in a car. Trapped inside his car a man has a few minutes to pay a ransom to save his life.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Deadliest Jobby  Jed Power
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2025
A female courier delivering mob cash at a deserted train station is confronted by a stranger who demands half, but as motives unravel, the exchange becomes a deadly game of deception and survival.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Spaceby  Simon James
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2025
Fresh from a recent breakup, that he caused, Simon embarks on a hilarious but frustrating quest to find the perfect parking spot at the mall, all while juggling his idiot best friend and precocious daughter.

Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
No More Virginsby  Lloyd Muchenje
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2025
Three Africa women,one battling addiction,another serving herself for marriage,and bride to -be striving to protect her own female purity,leading to heartbreaking and moments of profound reckoning. PURITY HAS A PRICE,INNOCENCE IS NO PROTECTION.

Genre: Drama
17 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
Queunityby  Kat Rollinson
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2023
A squabbling family summon their communal strength against their common enemies: a rollercoaster queue and simmering hormones.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 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
Rise of Tony Rainesby  Doug J Robbins
Date Posted: 04 Jul 2024
An escaped convict confronts a guy he plans on murdering and stealing his Halloween costume.

Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Moment In Timeby  PAUL BYRNE
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2025
A bounty on their heads, a middle eastern woman in D.C. must trust a psychotic D.E.A. agent to save her family from an arms dealer's vendetta despite his claims of loving her in a past life... and he can prove it.

Genre: Action/Adventure
41 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Mr. Bowling Ballby  Simon Parker
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2025
When a young boy takes his father's advice to be bold with his comedy a bit too seriously, he ends up accidentally traumatizing his boss with a literal interpretation, turning a simple office skit into an unforgettable disaster

Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Cliff Effectby  Esra Cengel
Date Posted: 03 Jul 2024
An arrogant man persistently kicks a woman off a cliff, underestimating her pure love, and Karma eventually caught up with him in a tragic-comic way.

Genre: Animation
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Screamby  STEVEN BLOWS
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2025
On a cold night, a woman goes to an abandoned field to release her emotions in a primal scream. On a cold night, her scream comes back to haunt her.

Genre: Horror
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
2-Hour Delayby  Frank Vespe
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2024
A school bus driver's trip turns from mundane to miraculous when he picks up a new student during a snow-induced 2-Hour Delay.

Genre: Fantasy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Thesisby  Linda Gould
Date Posted: 04 Jun 2024
Imogene, a senior English major at Glendary College, is late deciding on a topic for her honors thesis. She proposes to her skeptical academic advisor an innovative subject ... but it will require her to go on a road trip in search of a volatile rock band.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
 
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