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The Trump International Hotels of the Middle Eastby Robert Michael Benn
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2025
It’s 2040 and the crazy 7 characters trip to Jerusalem, Baghdad, and Teheran. It is a laugh a minute.
Genre: Comedy
9 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
9 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Night Classby Ajokubi Miracle
Date Posted: 18 Jul 2024
A junkie teenage girl must expose the illegal drugging of students by the schoolteacher before there's a next victim.
Genre: Horror
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Reenactorby Victor Bravo
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2025
A Civil War researcher walking the Shiloh National Military Park encounters a wounded Confederate soldier in the throes of a battle fought one hundred and sixty years ago.
Genre: Drama
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Blind Manby Simon Parker
Date Posted: 17 Oct 2024
With a dangerous cartel coming after them, two men need to kill a third to save their own skin, now hoping that a blind butcher will do the dirty work for them.
Genre: Horror
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Teddy Bearby Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2025
When a mysterious new neighbor moves in under the cover of darkness, a suburban community's paranoia escalates—culminating in a tragic misunderstanding that blurs the line between protection and prejudice.
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Family Traditionby Kris Shuman
Date Posted: 08 Sep 2025
A guilty man’s diner confession risks exposing a legacy of violence and resurrecting the killer they thought was buried for good.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Alien Dreamby Steven Burton
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2024
A teenage girl has a dream about instantly becoming a teenage boy caused by an accidental Alien invasion.
Genre: Fantasy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Landminesby Gordon Virtue
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2024
A young volunteer at a VA hospital gives perspective to a disabled veteran's life. Mack (38), a bilateral (BK) amputee meets Candy (16), a bubbly hospital volunteer with Down syndrome. The two foster a unique relationship during the holiday season. It's a heart-warming tale with O. Henry-like twists and a surprise ending.
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Meno that Pausedby LaKesa Cox
Date Posted: 05 Sep 2025
A woman in her 40s has a pregnancy scare only to find out through a meeting with Mother Nature that she's about to start menopause.
Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Gatorsby Linda Kampley
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2025
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
The Man Who Murderd Morkby Frank Vespe
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2024
One man's perfection is another man's destruction.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A Pair of Silk Stockingsby John Porter
Date Posted: 02 May 2025
A silent fantasy based on Kate Chopin’s short story (published in 1897, now in the public domain) about a mother who takes care of her children and herself, too.
Genre: Fantasy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Musoby Mr. Smith
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2024
A talented but struggling street clown discovers that the circus scout offering him his big break is a long-term patient at a psychiatric ward, forcing him to confront harsh realities and redefine his dreams of bringing joy to the world.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 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
Genre: Horror
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Sink Holeby Sherrie Presson
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2024
When a sinkhole opens up inside a married couple’s Florida home, a horrifying secret is uncovered as they fight to hang on until they are rescued. What Angie finds within the walls gives the black, hellish hole a whole new, sinister meaning.
Produced screenwriter: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt4977524/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_1_wr
Genre: Horror
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Moors: The Freedom Fightersby Tirrell J. Paxton
Date Posted: 03 Nov 2024
During Medieval Spain, a tyrannical King holds hostage a debutante from a noble family. A Jewish ally flees and evades knights to inform her father of his daughter’s predicament. The Jewish crusader and Count seek military assistance from the Moors in North Africa to liberate the debutante and Spain from oppressive Gothic Rule!
Genre: Non-Fiction/History
11 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Non-Fiction/History
11 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Irresistible Rageby Yura Shevchuk
Date Posted: 09 Apr 2024
A policeman receives threats against his family who leads the investigation against the son of a local political who is involved in drug trafficking, and the end of work the policeman finds his whole family dead at home.
Genre: Action/Adventure
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Love Never Grows Oldby Don Mezei
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2024
A guru like figure MAIN enters (stage left) while a group of young people celebrate the day. He provides a contrast to their joie de vivre, tells them his story and listens to their narrative. LNGO is a search for deeper meaning, a feel good musical about spiritual themes, told through song. Hear some of the music at
https://barbarji.wixsite.com/lovenevergrowsold
Genre: Musical
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Musical
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Three Lines of Zailaby Andrew Bowen
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2024
After they rescue and adopt a lost female wolf pup, the matriarch of a farm family of German Shepherds tells her brood the mystical story of how one line of ancient wolves remained wolves and another became dogs, setting off a series of surprise events that change canine history.
Genre: Animation
37 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
37 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 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
Superstition's Goldby Michael Gaun
Date Posted: 06 May 2024
A romantic history of hidden Treasure in Superstition Mountain with its famous Lost Dutchman Gold Mine.
Genre: Western
26 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Western
26 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
I'll See You In My Screamsby Al Marsiglia
Date Posted: 29 Jan 2024
A mass murderer is brought to justice after 20 years by an unlikely witness in an ending with a twist..
Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
20 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
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Stop Driving Yourself Crazyby Elliot Stanton
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2023
Clive, a thoughtless and paranoid driving instructor's wild theory of 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
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Willpowerby John Porter
Date Posted: 07 May 2025
A young black woman and a middle-aged white man love each other, but their friends tell them they must separate--and they can if they only fight with their willpower.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Judge Smithersby timur yildiz
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2024
A off kilter Judge goes back to his fraternity to help the organization with a pledge's death during hazing. What he finds out after returning to the college campus is there might be a serial killer on the loose.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
44 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
44 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Once Upon A Crimeby Shane O'Connor
Date Posted: 10 Oct 2024
A weary, heartbroken detective returns to Neverland to investigate a series of fairy murders, navigating the island’s dark and dangerous underbelly where the power of belief is the ultimate weapon.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Assistanceby Simon Parker
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2025
Trapped in grief and filth after his wife's death, Myles faces the threat of being committed by his daughter—until a stray dog arrives, helping him reclaim his home, his life, and the love he thought he'd lost.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Treasureby John Alexander Fraser
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2025
A young native American woman must overcome her sensitivities to protect herself when a deranged killer attacks her friends for an underground culinary treasure in a remote forested area.
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Creepy Clown For Hireby DJ Robbins
Date Posted: 04 May 2025
Pamela is upset that her son is skipping his tutoring sessions, so she hires a creepy clown to scare her son into seeing his tutor.
Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Mary Go Roundby David-Matthew Barnes
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2024
At a remote wedding, two people meet a seductive stranger unaware that he's really a messenger of death.
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The 7th Soldierby Evgeny Kim
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2025
After escaping a secret soldier program, a man wired with a deadly implant and his loyal dog must fight their way through gangs and assassins in order to finally disappear—and live free of pain.
Genre: Sci-Fi
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Where Toe Beginby Clifford Shepherd
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2025
When a neurotic man wakes up to find his big toe missing—with no pain or explanation—he spirals into a surreal, comedic nightmare where his body vanishes piece by piece, and no one around him seems to notice or care. A darkly absurd satire on identity, sanity, and the disappearing sense of self.
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Save the Last Danceby John J McWilliams
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2025
The last two soldiers to be killed in World War 1 are thrown together just before they meet their tragic fate.
Genre: Drama
32 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
32 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Simonby Shelly Paino
Date Posted: 19 Sep 2024
When a teacher reads Edgar Allen Poe to her sixth graders on Halloween, she must find out why one student’s interest in the poem borders on obsession.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Traphouseby Melissa Diane Hudson
Date Posted: 03 Jul 2025
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
New Orleans & Vicksburg (in 2 parts)by Robert Michael Benn
Date Posted: 05 Sep 2025
Admiral Faragut takes New Orleans and General Ulysses S. Grant takes Vicksburg. Famous leaders and ordinary soldiers discuss the war. Blockbuster war scenes. Lee surrenders to Grant. It's over.
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Family Mattersby Luke Stevens
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2024
A young man fights to save the life of his unborn child when his teenage girlfriend's parents force her to get an abortion.
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 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
Genre: Action/Adventure
25 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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