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The Mailboxby Jacob N. Stuart
An elderly man with dementia holds out hope in hearing from his estranged family, only to find what he's been waiting for has already arrived. ONLY 10 PAGES, 1 LOCATION, 3 CHARACTERS.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Crazy, Dead, Love.by Dena McKinnon
Just how far would a reclusive agoraphobic go for love?
Genre: Romantic Comedy
10 pages
Genre: Romantic Comedy
10 pages
Now!by John Porter
Two young Hungarians talk about disappointments, fears, and possibilities.
Genre: Romance
4 pages
Genre: Romance
4 pages
SoCal Gun Girlsby CJ Walley
After buying drugs and debating the commercialization of cannabis in California, two female gang members stumble straight into a robber who's killed their beloved dealer.
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
PuppyTogsby Gloria Rozier
Her obnoxious, boozing brother is marrying the same woman for the second time. Attending her friend’s baby shower necessitates her early departure from the wedding reception. However, before she can slip away, he becomes disruptive. As a result she is coerced into sticking around to help control him. Think "Roseanne."
Genre: Comedy
25 pages
Genre: Comedy
25 pages
Just A Little Gayby Virgil Wade
At the end of the day, aren't we all just a little gay?
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Makin' It Brah!by Mike
Group of 4 friends who met teaching ESL in South Korea join together to start a lawn care business in Denver, Colorado. Comedy is abound as the faults and weaknesses of these characters cause them to learn some of life's tough lessons.
Genre: Comedy
4 pages
Genre: Comedy
4 pages
The Violatorsby Matthew Swartz
A simple pit stop in the wilderness turns macabre for three drug couriers
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
19 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
19 pages
Working Lateby William J. Frey-Mclean
A workaholic father promises to pick up his son's Christmas present. Things go drastically wrong when he discovers he's stayed too late at work. His mad rush to make good only leads to mayhem and frustration, yet the true Christmas spirit pervades this oddball comedy.
Genre: Comedy
20 pages
Genre: Comedy
20 pages
Eagerly Eelsby David Serra
A young eel helps a lobster daredevil with an escape trick that turns critical.
Genre: Animation
5 pages
Genre: Animation
5 pages
Take Me In Your Armsby James MacLachlan
With a consignment of heroin awaiting collection in Karachi, and a Mexican cartel due in London imminently expecting to exchange their white goods for those from Asia, corrupt Scotland Yard detectives urgently need a courier. However, they didn't bargain for taking on a former Special Forces operative, bearing a grudge - or a unique ruse.
Genre: Drama
32 pages
Genre: Drama
32 pages
The Outsourcing Jesusby Ronald Micci
When a Mac operator's job at an advertising agency has been outsourced to a foreign land, he turns to his Lord and Savior for help. A satire.
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
GRANDPA FONZ-Cool Never Grows Oldby Frank Vespe
After he loses his wife to a drunk diver, Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli plans to move into an Assisted Living Residence, but when his daughter's Air Force husband is shot down over Afghanistan, he's forced to move in to help raise her twin children, one of which is overweight, stutters, and bullied in school. When the principal of the local Middle School offers him a Security Guard position to squash the school's rampant bullying problem, Grandpa Fonz gladly joins the fight.
Genre: Family
33 pages
Genre: Family
33 pages
Weekend With A Shiksaby Tammy & George Klembith
A temple needs to raise money so they go with the obvious choice: Auction off a Shiksa for a weekend!
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Terminal Zby Anthony Cawood
A critically ill patient seeks a radical cure as his surgeon tries to disuade him from his terminal choice.
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Expiration Dayby Erica Vogel
A woman consumed by a fear of expiration dates learns to survive in an expiring world.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
8 pages
Genre: Romantic Comedy
8 pages
Killing Targetby Fassinou Ange
The story follows a hitman who uses subliminal messages to bait innocent people to do the killings for him, leaving the innocent people to take the blame while he is allowed to walk free. With LA Detectives clued on to what is actually happening, they race against the clock before the hitman kills again.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
45 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
45 pages
A Ghost of a Chanceby Michael E. Berg
Three boys sneak inside an abandoned house to make contact with the deceased owners and discover something wicked still resides there.
Genre: Comedy
9 pages
Genre: Comedy
9 pages
Confessby Scott McConnell
A novice priest on probation learns in the confession of a female parishioner that his superior is sexually abusing her and promises to save her without breaking his confessional vow of silence.
Genre: Drama
18 pages
Genre: Drama
18 pages
Why Cows Are Contentedby John Porter
A middle-aged cow explains why she and her sisters are contented, even though they end up as hamburger and baseball gloves.
Genre: Animation
4 pages
Genre: Animation
4 pages
Christmas in Shaggz (Village)by Erick Alwora
ï'§ A young girl from the city goes to the village (Shaggz) for Christmas where she finds a friend and both teach the grown-ups the true meaning of Christmas and answer the question : Is Santa real?
Genre: Family
38 pages
Genre: Family
38 pages
The Man With Red Eyesby Cleveland Gilreath
Detective Sondra Elizondo experiences a life changing night when she encounters the supernatural power of her immortal grandfather, who happens to be God's hitman, engages demons in a brutal battle to the death, and learns there is more to her family line than dreams could ever envision. (Faith based story)
Genre: Horror
19 pages
Genre: Horror
19 pages
Dancing Rosesby Tinisha Johnson
In the mist of a broken heart and infidelity, a woman learns a damaging family secret that causes her to take extreme measures.
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Decisionsby Eric Harbak
An expectant father must overcome the baggage of who he once was and make a decision which will change the rest of his life ... he hopes.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
12 pages
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
12 pages
Limoby Ange Fassinou
A little girl finds an E.T. that get lost.
Genre: Sci-Fi
5 pages
Genre: Sci-Fi
5 pages
Hushby Barbara Cromie
This short film script is about two damaged people, cruelty, pain and dysfunctional transcendence.
Genre: Drama
7 - pages
Genre: Drama
7 - pages
Commonalityby Ondric Donelson
A gold digger and a scam artist try to put one over on each other.
Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Tall, Dark and Handsomeby Ann McDowell
Straight women and gay men want the same thing - the perfect man and the perfect pair of shoes.
4 locations: 2 apartments and a hallway between them and an office.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
16 pages
Genre: Romantic Comedy
16 pages
Haunting For A Bargainby Kelvin Wong
A short psychological suspense/thriller/horror in the tradition of Hitchcock and The Twilight Zone. A young, first-time home-buyer couple is lured into buying a bargain-of-a-house when a resident spirit begins to torment their infant baby and drive the couple apart. Optioned in 2013 but since expired, this single-location script is once again available.
Genre:
20 pages
Genre:
20 pages
Embracing Chastityby Tom Deiker
"Embracing Chastity" -- Satire. A graduating college senior shares with "my best girlfriends" his fears on entering a life of priestly celibacy. 1-scene (park bench), 8 pages. Cast of 3: 2 women, 1 man. No CGI/SFX. General audience. ©WG1636320
Stageplay version performed by Love Creek Productions, Producers Club, New York.
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Happy Anniversaryby michael ferrari
Two unhappily married people flirt and contemplate an affair while shopping for anniversary cards for their spouses.
Genre: Romance
6 pages
Genre: Romance
6 pages
Dupedby Chris Ossman
A man creates and interesting waste removal problem when he clones himself for financial and personal gain.
Genre: Sci-Fi
4 pages
Genre: Sci-Fi
4 pages
Trinkets of Loveby Michael Bavota
Fictional heart-warming story for the entire family that involves two cousins, greed, a wise-loving old grandfather, who teaches his granddaughters an innocent lesson in love and life through seemingly items of junk that turn out to be trinkets of love.
Genre: Family
14 pages
Genre: Family
14 pages
Retrievalby Darren J Seeley
A smuggler kidnaps a newlywed to assist him in recovering his loot, which is guarded by a rogue shark.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Loanerby Val Bass
When an annoyed newlywed receives a loaner phone while his is being repaired, he begins receiving unknown calls and ultimately some unorthodox marriage advice from a man claiming to live 72 hours in the past.
Genre: Comedy
17 pages
Genre: Comedy
17 pages
Haunting For A Bargainby Kelvin Wong
A short psychological suspense/thriller/horror in the tradition of Hitchcock and The Twilight Zone. A young, first-time home-buyer couple is lured into buying a bargain-of-a-house when a resident spirit begins to torment their infant baby and drive the couple apart. Optioned in 2013 but since expired, this single-location script is once again available.
Genre: Horror
20 pages
Genre: Horror
20 pages
The Ghost of the Aztec Princessby kathleen Stevens
This intriguing tale revolves around two Students who embark on a trip to Central America to research ancient ruins in a remote valley, supposedly haunted by the ghost of an Aztec Princess wearing a wedding dress, the reason for which will soon become apparent when one of them suddenly disappears without trace, culminating in his friend's realization that the former is the Princess's deceased lover from a millennia ago, reincarnated.
Genre: Action/Adventure
10 pages
Genre: Action/Adventure
10 pages
The Bitter Taste of Champagneby Stuart Creque
In the staff car, Chantal rides with Wehrmacht Colonel Hassler, headed to a lavish party. In the vineyard, her lover Philippe waits in ambush with his French Resistance fighters.
Genre: Action/Adventure
5 pages
Genre: Action/Adventure
5 pages
Resting Placeby Janet Goodman-Clarke
A couple hide out at an abandoned farm, when their kidnapping plan goes horribly wrong. A 'haunting' tale of country justice...
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Meminisseby William Stockton
An 8-year-old boy diagnosed with terminal brain cancer attempts to understand the meaning of death when he runs away from home.
Genre: Drama
25 pages
Genre: Drama
25 pages
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