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Zombio & Julietby George Klembith
Against her parents wishes, she's fallen in love with a zombie who is as clueless as well... their daughter.
Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Falloutby Alexander Ruben
Amid a zombie apocalypse, a mother and son have to steal the key to their emergency fallout stash from around the neck of their newly zombified father/husband.
Genre: Horror
12 pages
Genre: Horror
12 pages
The Lunch Dateby Charles Webb
The perfect date goes terribly wrong.
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Momfiaby Dean Watts
A hapless father is terrorized by ruthless soccer moms when he accidentally parks in the school drop off line on the first day of kindergarten. Winner/Finalist of 7 screenplay competitions.
Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Genre: Comedy
15 pages
The Museby Michael E Berg
The wife of a disillusioned writer discovers her role never changes even when the story does.
Genre: Romance
2 pages
Genre: Romance
2 pages
Karate Klubby William J. Frey-Mclean
A young drug dealer trying to escape a police hunt, finds himself hiding on a bus full of little old ladies. His big mistake was jokingly challenging the older women to a karate fight, which leaves him knocked out on the bus floor with the police ready to search the bus.
Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Speakeasy Kafeby Ioannis Skiotes
When a son arrives to pick up his father from a worn Greek kafenio, the elderly man takes one last look at the place, which transforms into its glory days of a grand speakeasy when he was known as The Kingpin.
Genre: Drama
13 pages
Genre: Drama
13 pages
Recoveryby R. Allen Giles
A nervous repossessor dreads his next job, then feels even worse when he learns that the messy event will include an item bought by a loving father for his kids.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
9.5 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
9.5 pages
Fate Gets a Pushby Larry Postel
When a lonely, lovelorn man goes to a psychic for guidance, he finds the love of his life " with a little push from the psychic, who turns out to be part-Yenta. First place winner in the short screenplay category in Indie Film magazine’s screenplay competition.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
19 pages
Genre: Romantic Comedy
19 pages
Say It Wiselyby alex porc
Musician tells his wife he fell in love with a man, she gets angry but then she finds out more about it.
Genre:
6 pages
Genre:
6 pages
The Free Boxby Charles Webb
The most valuable thing at an estate sale could be free.
Genre: Drama
1 pages
Genre: Drama
1 pages
Ben Marksby Kimberly Jobe
A super summer shoe sale convinces a man on the verge of suicide that life is worth living, at least until he needs a new pair of shoes.
Genre: Comedy
9 pages
Genre: Comedy
9 pages
The Old Man and the Gardenby James Decker Sr.
An old man writes his son in prison complaining he’s too old to dig his garden and wishes he could help. The son, feeling guilty writes back œDon’t dig in the garden. That’s where I buried the bodies. That night the police dig the entire garden looking for the bodies but leave having found none. The next day the son writes œIt’s okay to plant now, it’s the best I could do under the circumstances.
Genre: Drama
22 pages
Genre: Drama
22 pages
Customer Disserviceby Zack Van Eyck
CUSTOMER DISSERVICE -- A customer driven insane by his bank's ridiculous policies and its clerks' incessant salesmanship tries to get even by robbing it. But can his stick-up message get past the corporate red tape or will he simply open a new account? Male lead, female lead, any age, several supporting roles/extras. Interior and exterior of small bank branch. Writer has produced feature credits.
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Ghost of the Chesapeake Frigateby Michael Bavota
Fictional story about a boy who is a volunteer worker aboard an 18th Century wooden ship that happens to be inhabited by a ghost, who wants to kill him in order to break a 200 year old curse.
Genre: Family
20 pages
Genre: Family
20 pages
Lights Outby Ali Mudar
A hitman tries to make amends with his estranged wife.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
15 pages
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
15 pages
Help From The Happy Guyby James A. Hernandez
A loveless bachelor seeking the heart of his dream woman succumbs to his unstable friend's plan that entails hiring the office gay guy to help seal the deal.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
32 pages
Genre: Romantic Comedy
32 pages
Vilifyby Taylor Albertson
A 20 year old single mother with a rough past and present is accused of murdering her young son, and is vilified by media sensationalism and investigative judgment to the point of false conviction.
Genre: Drama
40 pages
Genre: Drama
40 pages
Nick DeFalco Private Eye - Goddess In Green Satinby Jean W. Yeager
When NICK DEFALCO, Private Eye, takes on DEMETER as a client, the goddess in an emerald green, satin dress, shows him the Demeter / Persephone story is no myth. (World-Com and œMission Accomplished were myths.) Nick’s job: find PERSEPHONE who, after her MBA, runs the œHades Take-Out Division. Broad slapstick, costumes, stereotype comedy in this œSam Spade detective spoof. (Or, cast it œEnglish Panto Style with men as women and vice versa.)
Genre: Comedy
14 pages
Genre: Comedy
14 pages
A Slip In Timeby Lisa Kucharski
A woman struggles with the loss of a friend.
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Fansby Steven Burton
John sits alone in an empty theater to wait for a Greta Garbo film to begin, and then Kathy, a stranger, sits next to him. Confrontation ignites; technical problems delay the screening, humor, and then this couple share surprise revelations.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
12 pages
Genre: Romantic Comedy
12 pages
Santa in AAby George Klembith
If he's gonna make it through another year Santa needs help - in AA.
Genre: Comedy
4 pages
Genre: Comedy
4 pages
An Exciting Dayby Justin M. Sloan
When a man complains that his life isn't exciting, a coworkers attempt to liven up his day goes drastically wrong.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Double Crossby anthony cacchillo
A young woman in the Federal Government's Witness Protection
Program is given a position in a hospital far away from her home. She is tracked down by an assassin hired by her jailed ex-husband whom she had testified against. But the male hired killer, after seeing and talking with her, finds himself falling in love, and his mission becomes compromised.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Genre: Drama
10 pages
The Lions Racingby Fassinou Ange
The most dangerous prisoners motorbike game in Thailand.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
40 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
40 pages
G.O.D. (Game Of Death)by Ange Fassinou
An ex marine and martial art instructor is obliged to fight in a dangerous game to save his wife and his son.
Genre: Action/Adventure
40 pages
Genre: Action/Adventure
40 pages
Buddy Can You Spare a Job?by Tom Dwyer
Two men enter a business office to apply for a job. The owner of this small marketing novelty company is a Mexican woman in her thirties, who likes to bet on the horses. One of the men looking for a job is in his sixties, the other man is only in his twenties. At the very beginning neither men like each other. In the end they must work together. A comedy.
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
The Docksby Jack McGuire
Patrolman Steve Karr, a modern day NYC cop, ditraught over his father's death in a violent thunderstorm at sea, steps onto a Brooklyn fishing pier and becomes involved in a gunfight with Prohibition day bootleggers and a harbor patrol boat from another era.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
12 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
12 pages
SOMETHING'S FISHY IN THE BATHROOM!by Cindy Slominski
As a mother gives her baby a bath, the soap bubbles come alive in a mischievous menagerie, much to the infant's delight. Sea Turtle and Squirrel, Mouse and Fox, Crab and Crocodile, Duck and Otter... Elephant gets stuck, but a threatening pinch from Crab sends him rocketing from the spout. A slap from Crocodile's tail clears tub toys away. Mouse wins a speedboat race against Squirrel. The action continues until Mother pulls the plug.
Genre: Animation
12 pages
Genre: Animation
12 pages
Mother's Loveby Ange Fassinou
A mother uses a hidden camera to find the tracks of a killer.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
30 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
30 pages
Bald Girls Can Hypnotizeby Dexter E. Williams
Inspired by an unusual nightclub act, three best friends shave their heads and become bald girl hypnotists.
Genre: Comedy
22 pages
Genre: Comedy
22 pages
The Warred Roomby Daniel Chomistek
Wars have always come down to finances and in the vastly more civilized future a history buff must convince his clueless, and bankrupt, government that fiscal superiority can also be achieved by carpet bombing.
Genre: Comedy
19 pages
Genre: Comedy
19 pages
A Particular Minuteby Layla O'Shea
An overly sanitary burger joint owner can't seem to make amends with the local flower shop gal before it's too late -but maybe time doesn't really matter.
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Good Willby Dena McKinnon
A samaritan's good deeds go all wrong. Sometimes we don't reap what we sow.
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Genre: Drama
8 pages
The Masochistby Tamara Hart
A reporter meets with a man after the death of his Submissive wife.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
9 pages
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
9 pages
One Kind Actby Jason Clowers
Some say the ones who live their lives unselfishly, are often the ones who face the most unjust hardships.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Left or Rightby Alex Sarris
An eccentric lawyer takes refuge from a hurricane in an unusual beat-up hotel. His perception of good and evil is distorted, as everything is not as it seems.
Genre: Drama
7 pages
Genre: Drama
7 pages
Truth Be Toldby Bryan Carrier
Everyone needs someone to lift them up when they fall.
Genre: Gay/Lesbian
6 pages
Genre: Gay/Lesbian
6 pages
The Coolest Guys in the Worldby David Nelson
A group of dimwitted teens work together to find their friend a date for the prom.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
When the Leaves Start to Fallby kathleen stevens
A student is sent to fight in Burma during the Second World War, but the night before leaving, he has a nightmare when he is smothered by falling leaves, so beginning a year when, fighting in the jungle, he recovers from Malaria, has a fling with his nurse, is captured by the Japanese, survives, only to then face an arduous hike back to freedom, returning home just as the leaves start to fall.
Genre: Action/Adventure
33 pages
Genre: Action/Adventure
33 pages
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