Best Drama Screenplays
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AT THE MERCY OF FAITHIn the wake of a terrifying and traumatic encounter with RUTHLESS characters, a 14 year old minister - mourns his twin sister, and scorns the GOD he once fervently praised. Script Excerpt |
| 2 |
Blind FaithA new marriage turns toxic, due to alcoholism. Through the right encouragement and faith, the husband attempts to mend his family, utilizing his gift of screenwriting. |
| 3 |
The GotawaysA successful producers world is turned upside down when she's given the unexpected news that her hit TV show has been canceled. Now at a cross roads, she's forced to revisit her own "gotaways" from the past. |
| 4 |
Lover Haters ClubA bold group of teens band together to form a unique and quickly growing movement against relationship games that captures the attention of a teen icon. |
| 5 |
The Silent RebellionIn this post-apocalyptic thriller, a group of patriots led by a fierce female band together in an attempt to save their loved ones from a tyrannical and seemingly unbeatable new social system. |
| 6 |
ConsumedTrapped in a basement after an apocalyptic earthquake, a grieving wife fights off a horde of parasitic monsters, unaware that her God-fearing husband has already decided her fate. Script Excerpt |
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In the CardsIn this inspirational drama, world's collide when a down-to-earth girl next door piques the interest of a rough-around-the-edges men's club president. |
| 8 |
Violent DelightsA group of feisty, fed-up coworkers devise a plan to utilize their clientele privileges to potentially boost their lifestyle up a notch, by copying the MO of a group of infamous thieves. |
| 9 |
VoicesA single mother struggles to balance a business and a new romance with family life when her young adult daughter's bizarre behavior is diagnosed as schizophrenia. She must choose between the love of her life and the life of her child. |
| 10 |
ISTANBUL CROSSINGA gay Syrian refugee in Istanbul, while juggling dangerous smuggling operations for both the CIA and Islamic State, falls in love with, and must decide between, two men who offer him very different futures. Script Excerpt |
| 11 |
The Paper RouteOn the eve of his 16th birthday, a teenager makes a discovery that could be his ticket out of his hellish small town life, but it means leaving his younger brother behind. |
| 12 |
MY TOWNA local newsman reports the who, what, where, when and how of a racial murder, but what about the why? Is he prepared for the consequences of trying to answer the why? |
| 13 |
Maeta's StoryIn the Occupied Netherlands, a widow and her 7 year old son go into hiding with the help of her brother, a WW1 veteran who struggles with PTSD. * "Recommend" by Dave Trottier Script Excerpt |
| 14 |
Less TraveledA well-known celebrity falls for a girl, unknowingly below his social status. He's torn between honoring his familial traditions and societal expectations regarding relationships or following his heart and true desires regardless of the consequences. |
| 15 |
Child of the DisappearedIn the shadow of Argentina's Dirty War, a woman facing terminal illness and her supportive husband embark on a poignant journey to find her long-lost son, confronting a pervasive web of silence and complicity. |
| 16 |
BORDERLINE JUSTICERita Fuentes, a fiery, attractive Latina social worker introduces Martin Wilkins, a law-and-order judge, to the violent, politically charged world of power, money, illegals, and life for the drug mules--like Demetria Plascentia, and his foolish new son-in-law, Antonio Borja--he condemns daily in his courtroom. |
| 17 |
Heartbreak HotelAfter discovering a bag of money, two down-on-their-luck men set about improving their lives, unaware that other people are on their trail, including a small-time crook who needs to pay off his debts and a pair of crooked cops who want the money for themselves. |
| 18 |
Ajeeta the InvincibleTo chase her dream of becoming a pro soccer player, a 12-year-old orphan escapes from her cruel reformatory and sets out on a dangerous trek from New Delhi to a soccer academy near Kolkata. (This story is also written as taking place in football-crazy South America - Benita the Invincible.) Script Excerpt |
| 19 |
Midnight BlueAn introverted teen dives into the world of love, loss and an unexpected unique ability that she must harness and embrace in this unfolding coming of age, fantasy. |
| 20 |
BRAVE HEARTSIn 1840, an unconventional widow risks her life when she joins forces with a charismatic journalist, brutalized tenant farmers and a traumatized exile she rescues in Montreal, to stop the most powerful men in Scotland from violently evicting Gaelic Highlanders, unaware of her own family's complicity in the ethnic cleansing. |
| 21 |
Dance of the InnocentThe just deceased spirit of a Black pro-life leader is restored in heaven with the two unaware children of her youth, recounting the events around their earthly loses decades earlier to a teenage abortion and the related miscarriage. The spirit of her one-time White fiancé divulges the explosive secret that had altered all of their lives. Script Excerpt |
| 22 |
The Coventry DeceptionAfter a crisis thrusts him into the presidency, Robert Gorley confronts the challenges of leadership as he deals with a power struggle, an assassination attempt, and a ruthless terrorist plot to launch multiple attacks on US soil. |
| 23 |
The Inheritance ( formerly Tit for Tat)A spoiled, entitled young man whose goal in life is to sell off his family’s one-hundred, eighty-year-old business and walk away rich discovers he is not the sole heir. DNA tests reveal a half-sister whose philosophy is very different. |
| 24 |
Time Before the FallA famous movie director harboring dark sins and nightmares of war tries to persuade his granddaughter not to make a biographical drama about his life while subconsciously knowing he needs it for his redemption. His secrets come to light when a young actress channels the spirit of his missing wife. |
| 25 |
Under No CircumstancesA grounded, independent survivalist, swearing off parenthood, is forced to venture outside of his comfort zone when he reluctantly falls for a lively single mother. |
| 26 |
Pretty Baby: The Tragic Death Of Marion ParkerBased on a shocking 1927 crime, a grieving woman exposes the decades-old truth about her twin sister's murder to prevent the killer's lawyer from publishing his own skewed account of the tragedy. |
| 27 |
Misguided IllusionsIn the world of Drag Queens, there's a fine line between fantasy and reality. When the two collide not even a serial killer can decide. |
| 28 |
THE QUISLINGWhen O’Clery, a high-profile Irish terrorist, is arrested at San Francisco airport, his deportation defense is led, surprisingly, by Sean Conlon, an inexperienced attorney. As the twists and turns unravel, Sean’s own family becomes the subject of an old betrayal. http://quislingmovie.com/ |
| 29 |
COOPER'S PROMISEA gay army deserter adrift in a war-torn African country vows to save a girl trafficked into prostitution to redeem himself for an earlier promise he could not keep. |
| 30 |
SeedsIn this psychological eco-thriller, a 35-year old commodities hotshot returns home to bury her father and sell the family farm, only to unearth the dark secrets that have distorted her world ever since. Think Michael Clayton. |
| 31 |
THE FOURTH COURIERWhen a series of grisly murders in Warsaw is linked to the disappearance of a Russian physicist with a portable atomic bomb, an FBI agent is sent to help the investigation, and the race is on to find the bomb before it ends up in the wrong hands. |
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A FATAL CUREA loyal PR consultant rudely awakens when mysterious deaths confront her with BigPharm's sociopath gatekeeper, who fiercely protects the secret about their happiness pills. |
| 33 |
JENNA'S GONEJenna’s missing, the only clue is horse tracks leading into the desert, and the untried deputy and an exceptional hunting guide tracking after her both suspect the other of a role in her disappearance. Script Excerpt |
| 34 |
FIRE ON THE ISLANDWhen an arsonist threatens a Greek island village, the gay FBI agent stationed in Athens arrives to investigate, finds himself immersed in a community rife with conflict, falls in love with his chief suspect, and has only seconds to save the village after miscalculating the plan of attack. |
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LIKE PULLING TEETHIn 1910 a New York City dentist accidently finds himself with a second job as a private investigator, and when during a simple divorce case he eavesdrops on one of the biggest country-changing secret meetings, he becomes a dangerous loose end. Script Excerpt |
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MotherkillerBased on a true story. Two young boys watch their mother's boyfriend beat her. On her deathbed, she says he didn't do it. He goes free. Twenty years later, a rookie prosecutor - a young woman - fights to revive the cold case. |
| 37 |
Twisted (2024)In the aftermath of a high-stakes drug deal, Amari navigates loyalty and trust with his partner Rico while Kehlani and Rochelle face personal challenges that threaten their ambitions and relationships in a bustling urban setting. |
| 38 |
Forever YoungDuring a hostage crisis, an enigmatic man calms his fellow hostages by telling them the story of his one true love and the incredible events that came before it, beginning in the 1500s when he drank from the Fountain of Youth. |
| 39 |
Pearl FisherA fruitless search for a missing woman leads a hired detective down a rabbit hole of secrets to surprise revelations involving his own family. Script Excerpt |
| 40 |
Monday's HeroA former college football All-American turned lawyer must defend his school's football team from a hate crime murder charge. Script Excerpt |
| 41 |
A VISION OF ANGELSA suicide bomb plot for Easter Sunday in Jerusalem sets off a chain of events that weaves together the lives of an American journalist, Israeli war hero, Palestinian farmer, and Arab-Christian grocer. GRAND PRIZE, RHODE ISLAND INT'L FILM FESTIVAL'S SCREENWRITING COMPETITION |
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PLAYING THE CHANGESThe country's top neurosurgeon, an unfeeling man, sees his perfectly ordered life unravel and, after hitting rock bottom, reinvents himself as a jazz saxophonist in an effort to recover his heart, humanity, and possibly his estranged wife – who is determined to resist his persistent and unwelcome attempts to win her back. Script Excerpt |
| 43 |
Second DanceAn American college student discovers that she's the reincarnation of a 19th-century Middle Eastern belly dancer, and she has an unlikely destiny she must fulfill. |
| 44 |
Untouchable!A blonde bombshell in stainless steel becomes a femme fatale, a relentless tiger with razor-sharp-toothed-pen spilling blood across the pages leaving nowhere, for the perpetrators of the nation's greatest corporate crime to turn or hide - no 'out'. Script Excerpt |
| 45 |
Undue InfluenceAn unscrupulous and money hungry debt collector is forced to make hard choices when she becomes the target of a workplace investigation and civil suit. Script Excerpt |
| 46 |
Perfect ContritionA traumatized priest haunted by visions of his violent past obligingly serves a rural parish while indulging in a long distance affair, but his vindictive compulsion is sparked when he’s wrongly blamed for the deaths of two troubled altar boys. Script Excerpt |
| 47 |
An Empty ChairRather than spend Christmas alone, a college girl with a writing assignment confronts her estranged grandma but can’t let go of the family gossip in her pursuit of truth. Script Excerpt |
| 48 |
Murder in Emergency!A dedicated nurse fights to save her beloved hospital from closure, until she discovers it is murdering patients then escalates a war against it. Script Excerpt |
| 49 |
AutonomousTrapped in her tech mogul grandfather’s fortress-style home, a teenage hacker must outsmart a psychotic A.I. prototype that’s intent on re-programming her. |
| 50 |
Phishing for PhoebeOnce homeless, a successful author at the end of his life searches for the woman who gave him his start; a woman consumed with guilt, hiding away and fiercely protected by a menagerie of colorful small-town characters who block all efforts to find her. Script Excerpt |
| 51 |
Head GamesA desperate woman with the ability to make people believe they're seeing things that aren't there uses her ability on the people she believes are responsible for her sister’s murder. |
| 52 |
NORTH 40A Special Ops soldier, whose grief over the loss of a son has torn his family apart, takes them on a vacation hoping to relive happier times, when a perilous situation forces them to pull together to survive. Ordinary People meets Straw Dogs in this Hitchcockian thriller. |
| 53 |
SETTLING THE BOOKSLured by the reading of a billionaire rare book dealer’s will, an investigator and four other heirs are sealed in an airtight panic room, and with only four hours air, must solve the centuries-old mystery contained in the book ‘The Castilian Cypher’ in order to escape. Script Excerpt |
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In Between The RiverKatie (on the spectrum) thinks her nomadic family is normal but as she transitions from child to teenager; her father Donald is frequently absent, her mother Judy tries too hard to hold them together and her older brother Kyle hides a secret that eventually surfaces to expose the family illusion. Script Excerpt |
| 55 |
Journey to Ivory LaneA Black man recently separated from his wife starts an unlikely friendship with a devout white woman who helps him regain his lost faith. |
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DysfunctionalDysfunctional, it's about a true story about a woman trying to find God and self love along the way. There's a lot of hurdles around her life, but they just make her get stronger. |
| 57 |
My Enemy, My FriendAfter their only child was accidentally killed by a black security guard who mistook him for a thief, a white woman develops a feeling of hatred towards all black people. |
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THE TORTOISE AND THE HEIRIt is a mismatched battle between unlimited high tech and resources available to Charlene, the power behind the throne of a large corporation, and Stram, a lone wolf San Francisco private investigator using tried and true low-tech methods as they race to find the final heir, and chase across California, with Stram straining to keep the last heir safe. Script Excerpt |
| 59 |
Eighty-Eight FrequenciesGorgeous MGM star Hedy Lamarr and her unlikely confederate enter a world of flying notes and moving slots. They make a scientific discovery that could change history while she masters the Hollywood machine. Based on a true story. Script Excerpt |
| 60 |
Between the Salt and the SkyIt’s 1942, and a small Portuguese fishing village is on the edge of a war that seems far away. An out-of-work fisherman with nothing to live for meets an unlikely ally with a dangerous secret and nothing to lose. When two Jewish girls arrive, it changes everything. Script Excerpt |
| 61 |
The Benefactor!A young business woman attracts the wrath of bankers when she makes interest-free loans to farmers, in her attempts to stem murder/suicides on the land. Script Excerpt |
| 62 |
Anatomy of a TownThe Chief of Police in a small town investigates the murder of a young woman, while confronting the Sheriff, who blocks his every move for jurisdiction in order to protect himself from the Chief finding out about his paternal ties to both the murder victim and the killer. Script Excerpt |
| 63 |
Desert QuarryTwo mercenaries rob a former colleague's New York jewelry shop to even a score, but after the shop’s employees are found murdered, a deadly bank heist in Iraq begins to haunt them. Script Excerpt |
| 64 |
The StormA small-town sheriff dealing with personal problems investigates the murder and kidnapping of several girls where there’s no lack of suspects. |
| 65 |
The Demon of Hope StreetA homeless vet discovers that a deranged street preacher is murdering his followers to send them to heaven — and if he doesn’t stop him, he might be next. Script Excerpt |
| 66 |
FulfillmentAn impoverished, middle-aged caregiver signs on for seasonal employment at the bleak and brutally efficient Big River Fulfillment Center where profits are valued over human lives. Inspired by true events. |
| 67 |
The ExperimentAmbition, class prejudice and racism forever alter the lives of a poor white boy bound for delinquency and a young Afro-American athlete headed for stardom. |
| 68 |
A Matter of Time, based on the book by Don KirchnerHe searched for freedom in the skies, he found it in a prison cell: A triumph of the human spirit over devastating odds this true story of one man’s journey to make a difference unleashes forces, changing his life and the lives of countless others. |
| 69 |
Unaccompanied MinorA man accidentally uncovers a pedophilia ring and rescues a young sex worker. When his attempts to get help from the authorities fail, he struggles to smuggle the girl to safety before they are both arrested or captured. |
| 70 |
THE FAT LADY SINGSPresent-day investigator journeys from Duluth to Ohio to find a supposed plumber the client only spoke to by e-mail years before – no name, photo, address. 3-day limit to solve the case and pay his bookie. They must eventually deal with the tragedy involving the person they searched for. Script Excerpt |
| 71 |
JOE 'BOBCAT' CLAYA knowingly clueless ex-football star's plans of early retirement are thwarted when he becomes a first-time father at 50. Script Excerpt |
| 72 |
THE SECOND LOVE OF MY LIFETo procure funds for a new business, a fashion photographer babysits the famous actress he saved from an embarrassing photo/film scandal over Christmas but didn't expect to fall in love. Script Excerpt |
| 73 |
Last WomanA brilliant female scientist who was brutally attacked in college develops an electromagnetic device that transports her to a safe parallel universe. Think - Everything, Everywhere, All at Once with the 2020 version of The Invisible Man with Elizabeth Moss Script Excerpt |
| 74 |
Colter's RunBased on a true story, John Colter becomes a legend during the early days of the American frontier due to his adventures in the Yellowstone region and encounters with dangers that lead to an arduous eleven-day, two-hundred mile flight across the wilderness in which he has only his wits to survive. |
| 75 |
The Odyssey of John BuchananWhen a Scottish soldier loses his father in the Battle of Culloden, he rushes home only to see his wife and mother slain by British soldiers. John Buchanan is captured and must not only escape his captors but fight against his eventual banishment to the British Colonies and escape his life as an indentured servant on a tobacco plantation in Maryland. Script Excerpt |
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THE ORGANIC SVENGALIShe wants to connect with her dead parents by attending their alma mater; he’s a young genius coasting as a music history professor who cured himself of cancer, and is looking for a fresh mind now that the cancer has returned; will they find a cure in time? Script Excerpt |
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A Time to RememberThe number one pop star in the world puts his blazing hot career on hold to attend his senior year of high school and play football - much to his record label's dismay. Script Excerpt |
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E PLURIBUS UNUMVirginia 1860 – when a profitable, free plantation founded by disguised aliens and supported by famous Abolitionists is attacked by pro-slavers, two former slaves - a fighter and a pacifist, leave to seek help from newly-elected President Lincoln. Script Excerpt |
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Falls CityTRUE STORY: |
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The CowbirdMarion Duke always struggled to overcome poor life decisions - some inherited, some self-inflicted. When the disparate elements of Duke’s life converge at his funeral, deeply buried secrets threaten to destroy his carefully cultivated image of a devoted father and war hero. |
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Heat of the MomentA former comedian and out-of-work chef gets invited to cook for some old friends, and he soon realizes you can't stop the heart's utmost desire in a weekend filled with love, drama, and betrayal. Script Excerpt |
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Russian RomanceOn tour with the visiting Russian Circus During the Cold War, a carefree American jazz pianist romances a beautiful Russian high-wire artiste, but the comic clash of cultures turns serious when the vindictive KGB tour director sends her home in shame, and the American must fly to Russia to bring her back Script Excerpt |
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Fighting Johnny O'BrianBASED ON A TRUE STORY. For a parole board hearing, a young civil rights attorney gets appointed - despite his protests - to represent a white man who's been in prison twenty years for killing two black police officers. |
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Mate Matcher's MatchWhen a godless, seemingly carefree bachelor sets course to win a feisty, virginal Christian matchmaker, he collides with a righteous blockade that buckles only when she uncovers the personal trauma that cracked his moral compass. Script Excerpt |
| 85 |
MoneyA poor man, haunted by ghosts of war and without health insurance, struggles to raise money for the medical bills of a critically ill daughter. But a chance meeting with a soldier from his past turned holdup man gives the family hope when the man offers cash in exchange for refuge from the gang he stole from, unintentionally putting them all in the gang’s crosshairs. |
| 86 |
Price of OilWhen an angry mob brutally murders an American diplomat in 1920s Tehran, a British woman must confront a firestorm of political espionage in racing against time to save a wrongfully accused friend from execution. |
| 87 |
BITTER BEANSWith nothing but her wits as a weapon, a young Mayan woman searches three continents for a fair deal and free her folk of the iron grip of the coffee traders. |
| 88 |
FINAL STATUSWhen a Mossad agent discovers he has assassinated a Palestinian politician falsely accused of terrorist ties, he risks his job, marriage and ultimately his life to help the man's family. QUARTERFINALIST, NICHOLL FELLOWSHIPS WINNER, AMERICAN SCREENWRITERS ASSOCIATION |
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CHARON'S DIVIDETwo childhood friends battle over land and the love of the same woman in 1880s Montana. Script Excerpt |
| 90 |
EuthanizedA grieving animal control officer becomes an unlikely social media hero when she embarks on a vigilante crusade against animal abusers, but her violent actions trap her between friends on the police force and the leader of a citywide dogfighting ring. Script Excerpt |
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The SurrogateA pregnant teenager is abducted by a deranged man who wants her baby for himself and his disabled wife. |
| 92 |
FamilySeeking a fresh start, a newly married couple and their teenage daughter move to a small town, but the daughter begins to suspect that her stepfather is hiding something sinister. |
| 93 |
DISARMAA savvy chemical engineer and her electronics-expert husband develop a device that can disable a firearm‘s shooting capability. Their good intention of saving lives faces an uphill battle against the least expected opponent. |
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Hard-Hearted HannahA rookie detective on a routine hotel skip case instead finds himself pitted against a diabolical serial killer with a deadly grudge against the Eighth Air Force, whose reunion is being held there...and no one even suspects a murderer is in the house. Can he stop him before he kills again...and again? |
| 95 |
THE CHECKEREDTHE CHECKERED (Action / Drama, 112 pages) In 1970s Indianapolis, a 2nd-generation hot rodder finagles a way to stay out of the Army (and the County Jail) so he can keep doing what he loves - RACING - but a cop with a grudge is obsessed with wrecking his life, and making him pay for ALL his family's crimes. WINNER, BEST THRILLER |
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McIntyre's MountainArizona Territory, 1883: When a band of ex-confederate-led banditos raid a gold shipment steaming down the Colorado River, a fifteen year old boy has to choose between a life of adventure or doing what's right, while his father, a retired Confederate Major, races to save him and stop the bandits. Finalist, 2024 Cowpokes International Film Festival. Script Excerpt |
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TOXIC TIDEA nurse and her fellow Florida refugees attempt a daring escape from an environmental disaster brought on by greed and political corruption. |
| 98 |
STOLEN CRIMESA woman’s scheme to steal a celebrity’s identity backfires when she's arrested for her victim’s past crimes. Script Excerpt |
| 99 |
LONG PATH TO PEACEAn innocent guy evades a “death-in-custody” via a drug-lord’s dirty-cop partner by escaping into the wilderness, where he saves an immortal Guide from a guilt-fueled nightmare. Script Excerpt |
| 100 |
God's WarriorGod chooses a young woman to be His Warrior but fails to warn of the formidable opponents which would collude to destroy her. |
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A Cry From the GraveA young woman's sorority initiation becomes a dangerous obsession to find a killer. |
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ODE TO FREEDOMAlexander Pushkin, Russia's most famous poet in the nineteenth century, overcomes internal insecurity to inspire the fight against serfdom and the Tsar. |
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Sands of LanikaiBefore the bombs drop on Pearl Harbor, a young man new to Hawaii falls in love with an island girl as he seeks an answer to the sudden death of his grandfather. |
| 104 |
MADEMOISELLEIn 19th Century Paris, ERICA CLAUDIN is the brightest star in Opera. After an accident leaves her husband dead and her face disfigured, Erica wants just one thing: Revenge. Inspired by Gaston Leroux' Phantom of the Opera. Winner, L.A. Reel Film Festival, 2010; Silver Remi Winner, Worldfest 2008, Finalist, Charleston International Film Festival 2008; Quarterfinalist, Champion Screenwriting, 2009. Script Excerpt |
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PAPER TRAILWhen a young Army MP becomes a private investigator after he inherits his grandfather’s storefront in a small town in the mountains of Colorado; his first case reveals a town full of secrets, including one that destroyed his family years before, and a new one he must forever keep from his fiancée. Script Excerpt |
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The Dumb Ox BellowsA 13th-century friar struggles to revitalize Christian theology using logic and reason, but intellectual opposition from peers, malicious slander by envious brethren, and “slavery of the pen” under two Popes drive him to mental collapse and loss of faith in his life’s work -- until God intervenes miraculously to affirm its merit. The extraordinary, true story of Saint Thomas Aquinas.- Script Excerpt |
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AND WE WERE LEFT DARKLINGIn the aftermath of WW2, in an undefined place, two men, Eichmann and Wallenberg, play chess, using humans as pawns. Each represents the extreme of man’s humanity and inhumanity to man. https://andwewereleft.com/ |
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Behind The VeilFilm Noir. Los Angeles, 1947. A private detective struggles with moral inequities as he assists a corrupt federal judge's efforts to contact his estranged, gay son. (FINALIST: BEST FEATURE SCRIPT - 2023 LONELY WOLF INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Script Excerpt |
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Love and VenomAfter fleeing home as a child to escape the wrath of his deranged mother, a young man returns years later when he learns that his beloved father has just a few days to live and his mother wants to follow him to the gates of heaven. |
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Shadow of DespairA Chicago homicide detective specializing in behavioral psychology and analytics, pursues a serial killer who extracts body parts from his victims. Script Excerpt |
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Major PlayersAfter a five-year prison stint, a recently freed boxer must defeat the undefeated champion of Atlanta 'The Monster' to save his cousin from the criminal underworld. Script Excerpt |
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CARE PLANSA closeted nurse from a dysfunctional family struggles with love and the meaning of life while working in the gay community during the emerging AIDS crisis in 1970’s New York City. |
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Sky...DiamondsFrom inside the mind of an eccentric Woodstock-era grandmother with advanced Alzheimer’s, we journey back ten years, piecing together her story as issues of family and communication surface while 3 generations grapple with her changing state. Funny, sharp and alarmingly direct Monique is a force to be reckoned with. Script Excerpt |
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Beyond ForeverReeling from a devastating personal tragedy, a man abandons his successful career, family, and friends to embark on a one-way journey to Mars through an avant-garde space exploration initiative. |
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Med Frenzy - A ConspiracyA single woman falls victim to an unknown parasitic skin ailment that doctors deny and send her away without help. In her desperate search for relief, she discovers the underlying cause and a conspiracy between powerful government and industry entities —but who can she trust to investigate her claim? 9 locations Script Excerpt |
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Stand By Your ManWhen Chris finds the courage to be the person on the outside that matches the inside, then Dorrie might also be able to find peace. Script Excerpt |
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The AbyssinianAn Ethiopian soldier gets brought to World War II Italy as a prisoner. There, he's recruited by a Roman Catholic Cardinal to help carry out a plot to assassinate Benito Mussolini. |
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LUSHA widowed retiree unwittingly falls prey to rampant substance abuse plaguing her OVER 55 community in Florida. |
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The linkA brother-to-brother relationship and the way of confusion in life. |
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POLLING PLACEWhen a bitter family feud escalates, a rebellious tech exec and his girlfriend head to a remote firehouse during a blizzard to defiantly vote against his father's mayoral bid, only to be trapped by a masked axe-wielding killer. |
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Percy and ViolaA man involved with a white supremacist group falls in love with an African-American woman, leaving him conflicted between his feelings for her and his loyalty to the group, which is preparing to start a race war. |
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No FeelingsFollow the plight of Eileen Drucker who becomes paralyzed following a freak accident while playing chicken with another couple in waist high waters of the Atlantic when she hits her neck on an underwater buoy. Enter Jimmy who befriends Eileen in the wake of the accident and becomes romantically involved with her. |
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Hell Gate to Golden GateAlice Ramsey is on a mission to become the first woman to drive an automobile across the United States, but a vengeful bank president, whose wife becomes a suffragette, isn't about to let that happen. Script Excerpt |
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A Journey With DestinyIn 1906, a young man’s journey by automobile leaves him stranded in a remote mining town about to erupt into a battle royale between company goons and radical labor. Script Excerpt |
| 125 |
Sweet Dreams2X Nicholl QF 2022 QF Stage 32: Female Driven Screenwriting Contest 2021 WINNER: Missouri Stories Scriptwriting FINALIST: Diverse Voices/Black Scripts Matter SEMIFINALIST: StoryPros To find her young runaway daughter a head-strong but tender-hearted woman breaks a solemn promise to her close-knit family and takes a deadly risk to bring her daughter home. To this determined mother, finding her daughter is more important than her own life. |
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RED BANDANAA repo man on the run from a Mexican drug gang sets up his twin brother to take the hit for him, only to have a change of heart and try to save his life - The Talented Mr Ripley meets The Usual Suspects in No Country for Old Men in this gritty and fast-paced suspense thriller. |
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Broken Bonds"A terminally ill father, estranged from his family for years, returns home to seek forgiveness and reconnect with his children before it's too late. As they confront the pain of the past, they must decide whether to let go of their anger or miss their last chance for reconciliation." |
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I Hear YouA belligerent boss berates his employees and struggles with his marriage and hearing-impaired son, but after he is caught pilfering from the company, he must find a way save his career and reconcile his relationships. |
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Into the SunshineA Naval Officer returns to his hometown Washington, D.C. to lay his younger brother to rest and bring the killer to justice. Script Excerpt |
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SHEILA'S WEBA psycho-sexual thriller about a Key West sculptor, yachtsman and society drop-out who falls in love with the troubled daughter of a powerful Tennessee Williams-styled family and becomes embroiled in a complex web of madness and murder. A twisted, Hitchcockian tale of a single man's nightmare of sex, romance and paranoia based on Patricia Highsmith's theme in "Strangers On A Train". Script Excerpt |
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Playing the FieldAfter dominating youth leagues and high school football, a young woman struggles with womanhood, academic studies, gender expectations, and family tragedy while trying to find her place as quarterback on her new college team. |
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Sam Fights Back: An engaging, stroppy 12/13 year-old, having blinded his sister, must save for her eye operation by Christmas. He has to outwit ruthless crooks wanting his computer skills, or disappear. |
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A Fading Finish LineFour lifelong middle aged men deal with the challenges of starting over in employment, relationships, parenting and health when they are so close to reaching their goals. Script Excerpt |
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The ListAl-Quaida operatives in NYC and on trial for a milk tainting scandal. Prosecution's witnesses suddenly end up in body bags as the trial nears. A law clerk and her lackey try to put a stop to the madness. |
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A Risk of ExposureIn 1953, Russian ballet teacher plots to smuggle shocking photos of Stalin's crimes while part of a cultural exchange to the U.S. With the KGB in close pursuit, she finds an unexpected ally. Script Excerpt |
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ShamanAn elderly Mexican and his grandson are called upon to deliver a powerful crystal to an exiled Shaman mystic in the Australian desert backcountry. Dark forces follow leaving a bloody trail of terror and death. |
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FAUSTIANAfter a string of suspicious celebrity deaths, an obsessed detective must protect a fragile pop starlet and other notable targets of an eccentric stalker who claims to be able to cancel deals with the devil they've unknowingly made. |
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The PUZZLE MAKERA career driven NSA analyst gifts his autistic daughter an antique jigsaw puzzle, but when she begins to assemble the pieces, it conjures the evil spirit of its creator, a dark entity who plagues their family. |
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Que LastimaLife lessons are learned, digested, spit out and then re-kindled, reformed and refined in this touching story about life, lust and love. A truly emotional roller coaster ride into the depths of one's conscious and soul. |
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A Good SoulA sitcom actor risks losing his soul for the chance to prove that he can be more than the lovable big brother he played on TV. His quest for a darker role leads him into the world of underground clubs where he is tricked into playing the killer of a snuff film. |
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Ungodly BehaviorIn this contemporary retelling of the Greek myth, Demeter decides to kill the earth to get her daughter back, but Persephone has her own terms. The Chorus presides over it all while Cassandra has a prophecy. Script Excerpt |
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Not About MoneyA gal of principle gets promoted into a leadership position, then gets her career derailed by males in power, and goes up against a large corporation with a discrimination lawsuit that ultimately changes the culture for women in business. |
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Rod KnockA newly single man establishes himself as a handyman and becomes friends with two buddies, but he doesn’t realize he has grown to love his new female friend until they all return from his heroic feat. Script Excerpt |
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Autumn BloodBad Apples Don't Fall Far From The Tree... A social worker, tormented by his own abused past, gives aid to an abused, pregnant teen that threatens to become a taboo relationship. The fact that his live-in mother likes to kill socially irredeemable door to door salesmen only makes life worse. When fate deals him a lottery win, his seemingly mundane life falls apart. Script Excerpt |
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Harpo's Bike (Can't Find My Way Home)A young ad artist takes a trip to New Orleans on a Harley inherited from his estranged Marine father to prove to his family that the man was having an affair. Instead, he finds a veteran homeless mute - his father's best friend - who thinks he's Harpo Marx. Script Excerpt |
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Last SupperIn a neighborhood rife with adversity, a teenage boy named Michael becomes the pillar of his family, navigating through challenges of poverty, crime, and personal tragedy, until his life is tragically cut short in a crossfire, leaving his brother Brayden to grapple with grief and newfound responsibilities. |
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Standing Up Sitting DownA disabled teenager, orphaned by tragedy, learns that his biggest challenges come not from what he can't do, but from what others can't imagine him doing. |
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TransferenceThe thing about death is the fear that there may be no afterlife. The Malone Family for generations have been betting heavily on it. |
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Upon My ApprovalOne act of lust turns a home into a war zone. |
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SpikeA Native American environmentalist is pitted against his logger brother after a botanist whistleblower is pushed too far in the struggle to maintain the forests of Northwestern Montana. As loggers fight for job security, and as environmentalists fight for their cause, the botanist becomes the victim of both sides, and enacts a dangerous retribution. Script Excerpt |
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Sweet Dreams2X Nicholl QF 2022 QF Stage 32: Female Driven Screenwriting Contest 2021 WINNER: Missouri Stories Scriptwriting FINALIST: Diverse Voices/Black Scripts Matter SEMIFINALIST: StoryPros To find her young runaway daughter a head-strong but tender-hearted woman breaks a solemn promise to her close-knit family and takes a deadly risk to bring her daughter home. To this determined mother, finding her daughter is more important than her own life. |
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EquityAre you in or out? The year is 1919. Your name is Frank Bacon, and you’re the author and lead actor of the most successful play in Broadway history. Your fellow actors are about to go on strike in support of their union, the Actors Equity Association. You’ve spent your life fighting for the rights your friends are hitting the bricks to protect. If you go out on strike with them, you risk losing everything you’ve achieved. Your wife doesn’t want you to go out. The managers will fire you and take away the rights to your play if you don’t cross the line. What about it, Frank — which side are you on? Are you in or out? Script Excerpt |
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April MaeA terminally-ill Vietnam vet, haunted by recurring nightmares of an incident from the war, takes drastic action when his self-centered, irresponsible teenage daughter decides to give her out-of-wedlock baby to her boyfriend’s family. |
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Glorious Revolution2056: a new world order. Four prisoners attempt to escape execution by exploiting the judge's weakness for one of them. Script Excerpt |
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The Redemption of John ParkerAn embittered former slave risks life and limb as an Underground Railroad “conductor” until, targeted for death by angry slave owners and a sociopathic slave hunter, he must confront and resolve his inner rage or bring tragedy on his family. Based on a true story. |
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Alien RevelationA woman’s sanity is tested trapped underground in the family’s new shelter with her domineering husband and drug addicted son as aliens invade Earth. |
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IntersectionThe lives of a paraplegic and a mobster literally and figuratively intersect with fatal results. |
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Hundreds and ThousandsSome people run, some people hide, but one unexpected visitor makes an indelible impression. |
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My Country LostThink of something that would gnaw at you. Go further, think of something that would make your gut wrench. Now think of something that would make you seethe and your blood boil. Go deeper, think of something that would make you seek revenge... To the point that your pupils are fully dilated... To the point of physical violence... To the point of death... Now enter, weapon drawn with memories of your dead loved ones... |
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ArtifactA New York Times photographer is losing his mind, or so he thinks. |
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ScrapsCuriosity gets the best of the women of the Scraps memory book club and they nudge their newest member onto a quest to find her long lost mother. |
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The AccompliceA lovable reform school grad, desperately seeking a fresh start in a small town, unwittingly becomes an accomplice in a murder committed by the most popular kid in town. |
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All My Trials, LordIn a drunken stupor a handsome young singer kills a taxi driver while visiting Spalding County, Georgia. While awaiting trial, he plays his guitar and sings hymns so beautifully that the townspeople gather in the evenings outside his cell to listen, inspiring a local minister to hold revivals outside the window. (Set in 1950s and inspired by a true event) |
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LAST FLAG ON OAK ISLANDWhen a museum curator and his female assistant translate clues in an American Revolution-era journal to a British payroll buried on Oak Island, they must go undercover to unearth the treasure before two rival treasure hunters discover it. Wealth of the century or the island's deft insult? (From the novel Last Assault on Oak Island by Jenn Rekka.) |
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The Legend of KarlyHigh school archery sensation Karly McCombs is living the dream life after her parents move the family to Alaska. Living isolated they depend on Karly to supply them with meat. Discovering gold on their land sets in motion a series of tragic events when a gang of ruthless men catch wind of it. Karly now must put her skills to the ultimate test to save her family. |
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APPEARANCESRonnie, a street-wise teen, invites the scorn of her friends, school, and church when she claims to have seen a vision in a city park. |
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The SchoharieA volunteer firefighter of Native American descent must convince a small town sheriff with a grudge that a vengeful Indian spirit is bent on destroying their town with the flood waters of a nearby creek. Inspired by the actual Schoharie Creek bridge collapse of 1987. Now available as a novel. Script Excerpt |
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At the Sound of the Tone"I think I killed her," says a mystery voice on her answer machine, and a frightened young architect searches for answers. Is the caller's messages related to her powerful father, her ex- husband, or something else? The answer may lie with an Apache policeman with a who has a troubled history of his own. Script Excerpt |
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Tomorrow!When a pregnant woman and her children flee from a violent uprising, Genet, a compassionate mother, risks everything to hide them in her home, leading to a tense confrontation with their pursuers that tests her courage and humanity. |
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Trial and RedemptionForged into a partnership by personal and professional tragedies, a disgraced scientist and a bereft young woman embark on an emotional journey of redemption, guided by an ancient Janus key with magical powers to reveal future events. |
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Chasing TimeA retired history professor will stop at nothing to save his wife from the throes of a terminal disease. It’s torture to watch her slip away, so he seeks to recapture a long-lost magical key and use its time-bending power in a frantic race against time and death. |
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Remembrance: The Memory of a Lost HomeThis is a story about recollection: 28-year-old Alan, trapped in a cycle of addiction and isolation, seeks solace and redemption by rekindling bonds with estranged high-school friends Brad and Ben, navigating a web of betrayal and shattered dreams. As he then confronts the demons of his past and the rift that sin has wrought, Alan embarks on a poignant journey of Salvation, rediscovering the healing power of the Gospel to mend broken lives and restore lost Hope. |
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United We StandA group of paper deliverers set up a trade union for themselves in an ex-mining town, but are met with aggressive opposition from the Newsagents, opening festering wounds from the bitter miners strike years earlier. |
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PolaroidA 23-year old college student who goes on a jealous rage over her boyfriend, Siri American Voice 3, lands in an asylum where the events and actions she confuses for reality are retold as they actually happened. |
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Never Too LateSophia doesn’t know it yet, but the sweet old man who has been helping her transform from a timid woman to an assertive one is no other than Tony Moretti, one of New York’s most ruthless mob bosses. Script Excerpt |
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Saint and MilesA homeless man on Skid Row desperately seeks a path to success, but as he navigates dubious deals and fading hopes, his closest companion may not be what he seems. |
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REFUGEA woman has her husband arrested for assault and battery, only the husband has no memory of the event and depends on a young, inexperienced court-ordered attorney to discover what really happened. |
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MYSTICWorld famous American mystic fights against being exploited by others, as he struggles to find his place in the world. |
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An Unplanned AffairA successful, widowed New York playwright reluctantly enters a romantic relationship with an aspiring young artist, which leads to disturbing details of the secret life of her dead husband. |
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ClandestineOn a road trip, two best friends discover a mysterious town long abandoned. Trapped inside and uncovering its truth, they must find a way out before plummeting into madness. |
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New Jack HustlersTwo seasoned D.E.A. agents go undercover with a rookie female officer to infiltrate a ruthless gang of New Jack Hustlers, moving large quantities of a potent new narcotic. Script Excerpt |
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Drop In SquadThere’s the family you’re born into and the one you choose: Aging out of foster care meets elder aging in place when a sharp-witted teen and a feisty elder activist team up to navigate the housing crisis in a world stacked against them. |
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Three Daze of Denver - It's Been a Long Road for David WoodersonA seventeen year old golf prodigy and his mom are upended and move to small town Iowa in 1976. Where he is befriended by the group of the only not white and straight kids in town. And two middle aged misfits to work on the only flaw in his game. Script Excerpt |
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MUFFLED SCREAMSDouble- crossing payroll thief, fleeing vengeful buddies, stops at motel run by homicidal hillbillies. A murderous battle of wits ensues between the thief, his one-time buddies, a corrupt sheriff and the crazy hillbillies for possession of the stolen payroll. |
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MADALYN MURRAY-O'HAIRAthiest Madalyn Murray-O'Hair becomes the most hated woman in America by having prayers banned in public schools. Her confrontational style causes riots and ultimately leads to her sensational death at the hands of a former employee. |
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HART CRANEHomosexual poet Hart Crane achieves fame and notoriety during the Great Depression before self destructing in alcohol and sexual excess, leaving behind a series of classic poems praising the myth of America. |
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QUEEN'S CHAMPIONIn 1702 Queen Anne of Great Britain appointed Lord Cornbury to be Governor of New York and New Jersey. She had no idea that he was a cross-dresser. Neither did the Americans.i |
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THE YIPSBased on a true story... A high school pitching phenom's lifelong dream of Major League glory is derailed when deep-seated anguish from maternal abandonment of his incarcerated mother, bubbles to the surface in self-destructive behavior, as he rejects the love of his devoted stepmom... until an unlikely friendship helps him confront his pain. (Google China McCarney to see his amazing mental health journey) |
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THE FRONTAs a Mexican & black woman, being a master of living a double life is something Lyvette Speedy Williams does with out fear. After years of dealing drugs in secret, will one mistake cost her everything or give her a new life? |
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A HAPPY LIFEA slightly slow but lovable, hardworking man who communicates with the likes of pelicans and smiley-face balloons takes drastic measures to shake loose a houseful of freeloaders to pursue his dream of owning a very unique B & B. Script Excerpt |
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THE JACKPOTAfter a botched heist, an ethical getaway driver pursues a winning lottery ticket belonging to a hostage killed by his gang before it becomes void in 30 days, while facing his corrupted parole officer and a vengeful gang member. Script Excerpt |
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LOST - The Diary of a Crazy Woman - PILOT #1Character Description: Eo is a young girl who loses her entire family when they are evacuated to the US on April 30, 1975. Bright and beautiful, she works hard to survive a lonely and difficult life. Misfortune seems to follow her everywhere as she struggles to secure a better future by leaving Vietnam. Logline: Despite her intelligence, beauty, and success in raising her children to be accomplished, Eo's years in America were marked by severe personal struggles. Behind the facade of her achievements, she grappled with PTSD and MD, endured the abuse of a domineering husband, faced the disrespect of her children, and suffered the harsh judgment of a strict Catholic family. Time and again, they pushed her to the brink of suicide. Her life, filled with countless tears, now feels like a story she must sell to find release and justice from the Holy See. |
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A Christmas Redemption15 years after her twin brother’s untimely death on Christmas Eve, Ebonee Pritchard returns home facing a holiday she truly despises. After her mother's wish, Ebonee is greeted by 4 Christmas spirits, the last of them, Revenge. Script Excerpt |
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Cold PepperA law-abiding, church-going court stenographer becomes a one-woman vigilante assassinating violent domestic abusers (and other twisted souls) after their third offense. Fed up with the disingenuous legal system - she then goes after their prickly attorneys. (Think Dexter in high heels) (Potential for ongoing series) (Copyright Wash DC) Script Excerpt |
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Psychotic USAA dramedy. A twisted view of the ineptness of modern day psychiatric treatment as seen through the lens of four patients in an asylum. An Angel saves the day! Ironical and engaging . Imagine "Girl Interrupted + One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest + Running With Scissors + Touched By An Angel = Psychotic USA" (Based on book Psychotica, USA on Amazon) (Could be pilot script for possible mini-series based on vignettes in book) (Copyright Wash DC) Script Excerpt |
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Psycho-HeartsA world renowned heart transplant surgeon is an absolute magician at finding compatible hearts for wealthy clients. Her partner, a nurse, from the local penitentiary, finds suitable hearts from Death Row inmates. A ironic spoof on the questionable transplant business in the USA. A black comedy/satire on modern day medicine. (Copyright Wash. DC) Script Excerpt |
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Nina and FlossieThree European sisters, in their 70's, scheme to dump a dead body that the eldest killed in the middle of the night as a result of a break-in. What transpires is one hairbrained adventure after the next in attempting to dispose of the body in their ritzy neighborhood. Can they pull it off without attracting police or neighborhood interference? (Dark comedy/satire) (Copyright Wash. DC) Script Excerpt |
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End It On ThisDetermined to revive their failing relationship, a heedless couple's last ditch effort trip is interrupted when a sudden apocalypse begins to unfold around them. Script Excerpt |
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CANCELLEDAfter recording a racist tirade at a casino, a troubled black man finds himself pursued by crooked security guards who will stop at nothing to obtain the incriminating video to protect an influential VIP. |
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A Force Of HabitA brother and sister, whose emotional baggage takes a toll on their marriages, find hope and healing through the power of faith and forgiveness. |
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The Dreams of SisyphusBaylor Holloman refuses to accept what fate has planned for him and he's willing to fight to the death to prove it. Script Excerpt |
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BUMPED (AFTER)A troubled man searching for purpose, looks for it in a most unexpected place after a life changing event. Script Excerpt |
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NORRISTOWNIn 1994, grieving brothers spend the weekend partying hard at an old friend's house, but an unexpected guest awakens past grudges and petty jealousies, unraveling their plans to start over. |
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The Mayor of Little BosniaAfter the tragic death of his son, a former Bosnian soldier turned mechanic protects his St. Louis neighborhood, "Little Bosnia," when the police fail to combat crime, becoming a vigilante crime boss in the process. |
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Grace 'Til Christmas?If aged pianist Grace doesn't realize God's plan for her, she'll never live to celebrate a her much desired Christmas at Slumber Jack's Rest Home. |
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SCOPE CREEPAfter her mentor's suspicious death, a driven project manager inherits the rebuild of a notorious private prison, only to find herself stalked by a mysterious entity hellbent on sabotaging her at every turn. |
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Down & HopefulA destitute man remains an optimistic hopeful during the hardest and lowest point of his life. |
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CallA man is a surgeon trying to save his teenage son from a heart disease, but after his son's death, his life changes and a huge accident happens to him that connects him with spirits. |
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The Chaos CompanyA newspaper company in the 1920’s is hired to control information. |
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DOLLINSThe story of an ex-high priest of the satanic church and how he came to find his way out is told in this biopic. Script Excerpt |
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Falling In Love With LoveBart McClelland has a good life; he's got a Medicare card and the latest in collapsible posture canes. And Glynnis, his longtime friend-without-benefits, may at last be paying attention to him! Can he finally persuade her that he owns a pair of testicles? Script Excerpt |
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Two psycho'sA couple that both have mental health issues Chris with paranoid schizophrenia as Sandra stuffers from bipolar and torrets syndrome, Sandra manages to escape as they end up being the psychotic version of Bonnie and Clyde from ordinary mental health to leading to two psychopaths. Script Excerpt |
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Smoked Out brother'sSmoked Out brother's, Two brothers always stoned living in the same villa, two spoiled adult brothers who have everything paid for by their Rich parents, The two brothers constantly up to no good with their nepali friend, a bunch of stoner geek's call themselves the 3 mascateers the three virgin mascateers finally find their lovers. Script Excerpt |
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Don's Of all Don'sDon's of all Don's, An Arab American, an African American and a Bangladeshi, 2 lead through the gang life as one's a snitch trying to run the game, the Bangladeshi suhel mia obsessed with Bollywood movies has an obsession with amir Khan started off as off as a builder in the states runs off and turned into a straight Big time pimp as his employer looks for him but it's hard to get to suhel, an Arab making money through out the DVD trade leading to other opportunities in making money as the African American is a big Time baller pushing himself to the limit in every business who succeeds mostly you got see the story in action. Script Excerpt |
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Evil Step motherEvil Step Mother, A psychopath step mother dresses up in slutty clothes and wears make up the way a drag queen wears make up, she also looks a lot like a man after money succeeds in making Three of her husband's son's leave the country a part from one of her husband's son is left in the country, the step mother Will do anything to have All of her husband's money and would even make her husband's son's sick including making it her husband sick if she doesn't get what she wants, the evil Step mother is originally from Palestine and is very uneducated and has the education degree up to the fifth grade she comes from a very poor background and got married to her Rich husband by arranged marriage, the evil Step mother gets her husband to spend money on her and her family rather than spending it on his family Script Excerpt |
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The Man Who Wrote LoveIn 2050, an artificial intelligence unit called CUPID took over the relationship status of all high schools students in Canada, concerning about high school drama, an aspiring student writer and his teacher, they both have secrets to hide from CUPID, what will happen to them ? |
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A Bullet For God's BountyIn a small Arizona town in the 1880s, a righteous French bounty hunter agrees to track down a violent fugitive, only to discover he has been hunting the wrong man. |
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WEBINARDuring a pandemic lockdown, a reluctant research assistant must take her father's place for a critical online meeting, but when the CDC Director is murdered on camera, it becomes a web-based whodunit and a race against the clock to save her parents and fellow citizens infected by a deadly variant. |
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COURTROOM SKETCHESWhen a reclusive artist is assigned to cover the high-profile trial of a notorious ex-president, she gains sudden fame and reinvigorates her dreams, but is soon targeted by a serial killing stalker who draws her into his twisted game of revenge. |
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IntersectA newly released woman ex-con has been in prison for two years for a questionable manslaughter conviction. She decides to capitalise on her prison experience and use the unique talents of her sometime cell-mates to set up a specialised security service. TV series. Fully scripted double length (110') pilot available. A newly-released woman ex-con has been in prison for two years for a questionable manslaughter charge and now finds it difficult to re-start her career as a blues singer. So she decides to capitalise on her prison experience and the unique talents of her former cellmates - safecracking, computer hacking, etc - by setting up a specialised security service. But competition is incredibly fierce and the reality of her situation means that some of the jobs she accepts are not always strictly on the right side of the law. TV series. Fully scripted double length pilot (110') available.Excellent |
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The DwarvesA child is born into an aristocratic family in eighteenth century England but to the acute distress of his parents he is born a dwarf. Following the death of his parents, the young nobleman sets about creating a safe environment for himself and his kind in a world full of ignorance, prejudice and contempt. Fully scripted (120') |
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IllicitIn a daring escape from their high-stakes corporate lives and familial responsibilities, two married executives find themselves entangled in a passionate affair at an upscale hotel. As the day unfolds, they are confronted with intense, heart-wrenching decisions, balancing their undeniable chemistry against the looming consequences of their actions, ultimately facing a pivotal choice about the future of their illicit romance before the day's end. |
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WatertightThe year is 1935 and a freak accident finds a young woman trapped by old wooden pilings running from the beach out to sea. The tide is coming in and initial rescue attempts by untrained but enthusiastic bystanders are futile. Frustration and hysteria mount when it is learnt that there is no breathing apparatus available and the local emergency services are hampered by restricted weekend working. As both water and tension rise we start to learn more about the lives, attitudes, and aspirations of some of the players in this life and death struggle.UK wri |
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WHITE TRASHWhite Trash: Torn apart at birth, a mother and son lead us through an emotionally charged, heart-kicking journey. They discover each other’s truth and become heroes in their battles... to prove what they are not. |
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RUNNING FROM DEATHTrials and tribulations of the notorious John Wesley Hardin. An 1800’s Texas gunfighter, who’s wit and gunfighting abilities are ferociously tested while John runs from death himself, who John believes is after him at every step throughout his life. Script Excerpt |
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Simply ComplicatedMy vision is to display American Muslims in a light not commonly depicted in contemporary media. My goal is to highlight an inspirational, modern, urban family while addressing social issues on the wings of a feel good family vibe. |
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The Hidden CompromiseAn Algerian student is detained by French police on terrorism charges and agrees to work with them as an informant on other ISIS members, but his act of compromise forces him to face false and outdated beliefs while considering weighty theological questions with powerful implications on world events. |
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Louis A. Runs-AlongSTEALING SOBRIETY Louis has been sober for many years until he hops on a bus for a much-needed vacation where he meets a woman who steals his heart, and eventually his sobriety. |
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PITTSBURGH PHILBiopic of Harry Strauss, a.k.a. Pittsburgh Phil, a notorious mafia hitman in the 1930’s, who rises from the streets of Brooklyn to become one of the most ruthless killers in Murder Incorporated. His lust for violence sets him on an inevitable collision course with justice. Script Excerpt |
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God's Work: Devil's in the DetailsA poker game between old friends turns deadly when their childhood priest shows up, convinced one of them is possessed, but after an impromptu exorcism escalates, it becomes unclear just who is doing the devil's bidding and who is doing-- God's Work. |
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Murderer(short script)After a robbery gone wrong, the killer recounts his victim's life story. |
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The NITE LOOPSearching for his missing brother, an obsessed drifter must infiltrate a tightly knit band of commuters onboard a mysterious bus route to gain the trust of their charismatic leader and find the truth. |
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ONCE THERE WERE STORIESIn this family drama, Christmases of long ago, ones of togetherness, family entertainments, and memorable stories, as told by Grandpa Lynn, now living in his daughter, Rhiannon Nolan's, spare room, now contrast with those of the Nolan family with its packaged television and sports, relatives' distancing, and multitude of electronic distractions. Script Excerpt |
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CONNECTING FLIGHTA cutthroat tech entrepreneur must confront faces from his past, present, and future in a busy airport, where he's forced to reconcile prior misdeeds and reforge alliances, as he races to thwart a catastrophic time-space anomaly. |
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I, HUNTERBased on my best-selling novel of the same name. A former world motorcycle champion has advanced dementia and decides to use the few months left him to eliminate his enemies while he can still remember them. |
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The FORTUNATE ONEAfter assassins wipe out his family, a gambling addict cop wins the lottery playing numbers from a fortune cookie and uses his newly won millions to become an eccentric vigilante, guided by fortune cookie wisdom. |
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EXITAn alcoholic cop on the edge struggles to maintain his sanity when confronted by the wheelchair bound ex-con he shot and crippled for life years earlier. |
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Under My SkinAn ex-con tattoo artist snags a job inking seductive beauties for a shady businessman, but when the newly illustrated models turn up dead, he must solve the mystery, clear his name, and stay one step ahead of the cop who once put him away. |
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Smith Corona BluesA terminally ill Seattle cop is teamed up with a brash young Scotland Yard inspector to probe the murder of an eccentric writer. |
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DISSOLVEDAn ambitious freight company employee and her boyfriend sell security loopholes to a Cartel about military weapons returning from abroad, the company owner must use all her dirty skills to stop the ruthless buyer’s vicious intentions. |
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CONSCIENCEA newlywed man discovers that his elderly father-in-law is actually a cunning sociopath planning to kill him before the weekend is over. |
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Conversations With GodEvery child has an angel that looks upon the face of God. Laurine was no exception. These are the conversations that happened in heaven, that caused supernatural to happen on earth. |
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TwistedA young man, scarred in a fire as an infant, exhibits secretive behavioral problems, but must straighten out his twisted thinking at a rehabilitation facility whose head has his own twisted logic. |
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ASK NOTA scruffy man shows up at Langley and tells CIA agents that he's from the future and came here in 1963 to reluctantly orchestrate JFK's assassination in order to save the planet. |
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SCARRED!FROM DARKNESS A LEGEND IS BORN. |
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TEXT MEMAN'S BEST FRIEND IS NOT A DOG, IT'S A CELL PHONE. |
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REFLECTIONHEADS YOU LOSE AND TAILS YOU DIE. |
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THERE AMONG US.ALL THAT WE KNOW IS AT AN END. |
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FISHING ON TUESDAYSFriendship is the greatest catch. |
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SNOW IN THE SPRINGAngelika thought she had it all, fame, fortune, and power until life showed her a different journey. |
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CREATURES of HABITAfter changing therapists, an OCD afflicted mythology professor sheds his repetitive routines, but when monsters emerge from the woods and abduct his friends, he suspects his compulsive behaviors may actually be rituals intended to ward off an ancient supernatural force. |
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We Were Young OnceA highly principled and attractive teenage girl finds neither her principles nor attractiveness sufficient to meet life's challenges. Script Excerpt |
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The March of the 18thIn 1864 the Veteran Reserve Corps was formed to allow disabled Union army men to continue to perform their duty for God and Country. This is the story of six invalid soldiers of the 18th Regiment and their 25 mile march into history, as they battled the elements, their disabilities and self-doubt, as well as a band of vicious, scavenging marauders. Script Excerpt |
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The Prosecutor's WitnessLog Line, The Prosecutor’s Witness A Probation Attorney recently lost her father/mentor, then when she is diagnosed with cancer, represents an odd client accused of homicide. |
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ELECTRICAfter being electrocuted on the job, a woman suddenly has the power to make everyone around her fall in love... everyone, it seems, except the man of her dreams. Script Excerpt |
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OVERPASSWhen a cement truck driver avoids slamming into a Lexus, only to lose his own life, he haunts the Lexus driver and teaches him a powerful life lesson in the process. Script Excerpt |
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I'll Sleep When I'm DeadL.A. Detective Owen Murphy is on a mission to clear his name on a murder he didn't commit. Problem is, he must do it before he falls asleep... because the next time he does he just might not wake up. Script Excerpt |
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HARBINGERDetective Sandy Marone feels the weight of the world come crashing down on her shoulders as she investigates the mysterious disappearance of another senior citizen, one of several over the past few months. This investigation will lead her to a place she's never been... and didn't know existed. Script Excerpt |
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Those Hollywood HillsIs it enough to get off heroin? Not if your girlfriend, confidant, and best friend is your dealer. |
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Major Players 2: Thunder vs LightningAfter defeating a seemingly invincible opponent and severing ties with his manipulative cousin, a boxer must face an even more intimidating foe. Script Excerpt |
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GOING ALONEWhen a biologist working on aN important environmental report dies mysteriously, his estranged daughter takes over his work while an assassin is closing in. Script Excerpt |
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REVELATIONSA young nurse investigates her mother’s disturbing death and becomes entangled in a decades old political cover up involving her family and the illicit love affair of America’s most infamous lovers. |
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CAUGHT IN THE ACTFilm noir domestic-crime thriller of love, passion, betrayal and revenge in Bel Air. A devious, corrupt L.A. businessman hires a talented young actor to seduce his beautiful wife as grounds for divorce, but when the actor and the wife fall in love, their arrangement spirals out of control into a double murder conspiracy. Script Excerpt |
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THE TESTOn an anniversary trip to San Fran Debbie sets up seemingly disinterested husband Jim to test his fidelity, but things spin wildly out of control when Jim instead falls into a devious trap set by a team of dangerous con-artists ready to take him for a ride and everything he's worth. Script Excerpt |
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THE GLAMOROUS LIFEA model whose career is fading gets a much-needed vacation and a new outlook on life when she hides out at a Florida beach house with an “odd couple” of twenty-something brothers who are 100% convinced she's a hooker. Things really go south when her rock star ex shows up. Script Excerpt |
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DOWN WITH DADA 3-time Man of the Year Dave McNabb tries to teach teen son Lincoln a life lesson -- “do good things, good things happen.” But much to Lincoln's delight and wonderment, while things seem to take a turn for the better for him, they suddenly go south for dear old dad and bad things happen... very bad things. Script Excerpt |
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TAKEN AWAYTwo 16 year-olds, one a foul-mouthed cutter, the other a church boy, become unlikely allies when they are snatched from separate states and brought to a remote hideaway by an inexperienced kidnapper and his mother who's fresh out of prison and terminal. Script Excerpt |
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PEEPWhen two teen boys peeping in a beautiful neighbor’s bathroom window witness her murder, they are torn by how to deal with this shocking crime, and the choices they make bring their own well-being into jeopardy. Script Excerpt |
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Last Train HomeDuring the last, fleeting beats of his pulse, a man seemingly put to death in Florida’s electric chair in 1999 is sent on a journey across time to confront himself as a rebellious teen and change the course of his dire destiny. Script Excerpt |
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SanctuaryA hapless and socially detached attorney's life changes dramatically when he executes a will stipulating that a substantial fortune will be shared by all who attend the deceased's funeral mass. But no one shows up... except one mysterious homeless man seeking shelter from a raging storm. Script Excerpt |
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ARMED:STAYA grieving, young widow and mother will fight through severe depression and panic attacks to protect her family from a somewhat inept intruder who breaks into her home with a gun, a bullet wound, and an oxy addiction. Script Excerpt |
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WhirlaboutA man returns home to care for his father who’s riding a downhill early-onset Alzheimer’s spiral, but dark secrets revealed about the family patriarch’s past shock him to the core, dramatically altering the course of the old man's care... as well as the direction of his own life. Script Excerpt |
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The Dreamers Support GroupA psychologist convenes a unique support group of creative people from which to draw material for his doctoral dissertation — which becomes a transformative experience for all, especially himself. |
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NOVICESAfter graduation, three high school pals experience love and loss as they embark on their careers. |
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FINAL PASSAGEThe power of nature to heal the human heart: After a life-changing summer solstice cruise, a grieving widow trades harsh Brooklyn for pristine Alaska where Archangel Gabriel bargains with God to give her husband’s soul more time before completely crossing over. |
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Bad LiesA feisty and revered old attorney in bad health takes on one last case - a libel trial - after a magazine accuses a famous pro golfer of cheating. (Screenplay adapted with permission from the novel Bad Lies by Shelby Yastrow and Hall-of-Fame golfer Tony Jacklin.) Script Excerpt |
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Fighting Johnny O'Brian (female lead)BASED ON A TRUE STORY. For a parole board hearing, a 53 year-old black civil rights attorney gets appointed - despite her protests - to represent a white man who's been in prison 20 years for killing 2 black police officers. (Also written with a young white male as the hero, but the female version is better.) Script Excerpt |
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Almighty GloriaMove to the city, fuck other women's men and snag a sugar daddy are all checked off Gloria Boudreaux's to do list. Who'd have thought doing this to your friends would bring consequences. |
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CONFESSIONS OF AN ACCIDENTAL ALIENFictionalized autobiographical dark comedy about a UFO fanatic turned screenwriter on a rollercoaster ride of Hollywood success, failure and a nightmarish marriage that nearly destroys his career. The existential journey of an "alien" stranded on earth, from his teenage years raised by lesbians in the 50's to his adult struggles to survive in the film industry of the 70's through the 90's, to his globetrotting adventures as a miniseries writer from London to Morocco. All based on true events. Names have been changed to protect the guilty. Script Excerpt |
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The Topless WidowA lawyer’s former model mother has taken to sunbathing topless in her backyard, unable to convince her to stop, he pays her complaining neighbors to construct fences, but then she takes her antics to the front yard, getting arrested and he goes from defending her against obscenity charges, to helping her accept her impending death. Script Excerpt |
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KANDACE KAINEA TV reporter tries to unravel the meaning of a millionaire's last words. |
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TYPHOONAdaptation of Joseph Conrad's novella of an eccentric steamship captain, his ambitious first mate, their motley crew and 200 Chinese passengers caught in the typhoon of the century, set in the South China Seas of 1901. A morality tale of family separation, racism and survival to the extreme during a perilous sea journey as terrifying as "A Perfect Storm", evolving into an epic struggle of hearts and minds that defines the best and worst in men. Script Excerpt |
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NOT ANOTHER VAMPIRE STORYAn embarrassment-prone middle school girl's life gets risky when she suspects her pretty older sister's good-looking boyfriend is really a vampire, and sets out to prove it. (Animated or Live-Action) |
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Mother SeacoleBritish soldiers are transported from Jamaica to fight in the Crimean War. From her own resources, a Scottish-Jamaican lady provides home comforts and medical assistance to her boys in Crimea and becomes a British heroine. Script Excerpt |
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WatchAn L.A. homicide detective, who also rents spare rooms in his apartment building to aspiring Hollywood actresses, must prove his innocence when one of them is brutally murdered by someone bent on revenge, exposing the detective's voyeurism fetish. Script Excerpt |
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PlaymateIn spite of her husband’s attempts to help her, a young female writer suddenly finds herself falling into a severe depression when snippets of painful suppressed childhood memories come out in her writing at the same time as the visit of her religious fanatic mother whose own haunting memories plague her causing both women to lose themselves in the process. |
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FALL BACKTwo lovers try to reunite after being separated by a rift in space and time. |
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S.O.B.A Texas police dispatcher adverse to guns and violence discovers that his runaway teenage daughter has been kidnapped by human traffickers. He transfers as a cop to El Paso’s vice squad on a relentless mission to find her; his journey into the heart of darkness, the S.O.B. world of “sexually oriented businesses”, and his sinister evolution into a criminal mind and a man of violence. Script Excerpt |
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MAUSOLEUM MANAfter his wife's sudden death, her husband fights his sister and a cemetery official to stay with her in the family mausoleum. |
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A PORTRAIT OF AN AUTHORITARIAN DOMINATINGWhen a patient comes for treatment with a psychologist she finds the doctor is more emotionally needy than she is and their relationship has given him the means to destroy her! Script Excerpt |
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KICKERKarate Kid meets West Side Story. An interracial teen romance is caught between two gangs of skateboarders and BMX racers in a park turf war. An Indonesian kickboxer and the white sister of the skateboard leader fall in love against her brother’s wishes. When the turf war turns violent, he has to rescue her brother from a dangerous drug ring. A martial-arts action drama of teen love, rage and betrayal. Script Excerpt |
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ANGELSKINA brutal serial killer is on the loose pursued by seasoned detective John Harris. When he finds evidence suggesting a killer that might not be even be human, but a fallen angel, a lot more might be at stake - even the end of God, heaven, and the world itself! Script Excerpt |
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My BuddyA mafia princess searches for the murderer of her father and finds him in the most unlikely place of all--kneeling before her. Script Excerpt |
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Sushi, Fries and Just Two GuysTwo men dealing with personal tragedy, attempt to overcome catastrophic events while traveling in foreign countries. |
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Presidential PerilA Presidential Candidate is thrust into the fight of his life against a maniacal militia after a failed assassination attempt on his life just days before the Presidential election. |
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CHRISTMAS MITZVAHMarita welcomes many of her sons ' LGBTQ friends into her home, creating a new "family" of love and acceptance - especially for those who were rejected by their own families for declaring their true selves. Script Excerpt |
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HARVARD LAWEveryone expects that all the students here are book smart and possibly from a wealthy family background ...mm. somewhat correct, but, ...well! ... Meet the cast of HARVARD LAW for all you need to see and all you need to know on HARVARD campus ... then, the surprises that come with it. |
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SEVERELY GIFTEDA bright, lonely teenager learns about love and loss while taking a summer job to escape his abusive father. |
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THE REDDITIONAn idealistic monk crusades against manipulative, sadistic prefects at his order's reform school for boys. |
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Shadow on the HeartlandA successful Wall Street attorney reluctantly returns to rural North Dakota to help his family fight against an agricultural corporate giant that's quickly taking over the food industry with dangerous GMO seeds. Script Excerpt |
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The KeysJingle, jangle... |
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ME & JACKIEA junkyard hermit (who was friends with the great Jackie Robinson) with guilt from a long-ago tragedy befriends a young latchkey teenager from a poor Baltimore neighborhood. Script Excerpt |
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The Deer and the DolphinThis is the story of a world wide sacrifice teens make to save our planet. In this future history sci-fi fantasy Nick, a solitary sailor, is witness to the degradation of Earth's ecology and becomes a central figure in Earth's recovery. Script Excerpt |
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Above the SunAfter surviving a bus bombing in Israel, a wealthy and hard partying young man begins an existential journey for self discovery and a higher understanding of God through astral projection. An European logline- A rich, self-centered student's search for permanent happiness frustrates both him and the people close to him until he discovers he himself is the love he was seeking for. |
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A GRUNT'S TALEVietnam vet Kurt "Wojo" Wojiski suffers from wounds that can't be seen. His sister's maid, Elvina, is the only person that can reach him. Based on actual events from the Siege of Khe Sanh, Vietnam in 1968! Script Excerpt |
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LOST AT SEAHigh-seas survival adventure in a lifeboat, based on a true story and a controversial naval murder trial. As a disabled cruise ship is evacuated, one of its lifeboats is hopelessly lost at sea -- in the path of an oncoming storm. A junior officer, acting as captain, faces a moral dilemma when he realizes there are too many people in the boat to survive the storm: he must play God and decide who goes overboard to die, in order to save the majority of passengers. Script Excerpt |
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LIFE WITHOUT FATHERGhost dramedy with inspirational, faith-based family values, a la "Ghost" meets "Parenthood". An acclaimed news cameraman who's been neglecting his family for his career dies suddenly under mystical circumstances and returns home as a ghost to haunt his 12-year-old son a week before his 13th birthday. He only has a short time to teach his son life lessons and to learn how to be, and to redeem himself as, a once-absentee dad. Script Excerpt |
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D.E.T.E.C.T.I.V.E.STwo rival detectives join to solve a case whereby ten San Francisco detectives are being murdered by the Chinese Mafia. Little do they know, they're also on the hit list until... "And Then There Were None." |
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CERTAIN ARRANGEMENTSA naïve teen on probation for a first offense gets lured into using an old woman's flower shop where he works as a front for drug trafficking. |
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THE COMMON ROOMA proud former religious superior, newly retired and fighting for his dignity at a retirement home for monks, meets up with an old, vengeful nemesis - and an old flame. |
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CARLOTTA'S STORYIn a nursing home, Eugene O'Neill's third wife, Carlotta Monterey, tells a researcher the untold story of her tumultuous life with the famous playwright. |
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Sinful PlayMisfortune reunites twins, separated at birth |
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THE WORD ON THE STREETWhile trying to keep her family together, a young Catholic widow must also deal with prejudice as black families start moving into their all-white parish in 1950s West Philadelphia. |
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Silent PartnersDesperate for a child, a woman finagles a "sperm donation" from a stranger she meets in a bar who turns out to be no stranger to her husband. |
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!Howlingween 3: Red River County
A tourist-dependent town in Florida boasts of a historic inhabitant as being America's first serial killer, only to suffer his reawakening.
The Swarm
In a small decaying town overshadowed by an eerie wind farm, a teenage runaway, a local environmental writer, and a criminal couple on the run must unravel the mystery behind a swarm of deadly, flesh-eating beetles unleashed from a forgotten mine—all while battling personal demons and the growing terror of becoming the swarm’s next victims.
The Puzzle Box
A nuclear attack on Israel hurls the world towards war as different characters fight to find those responsible and avert disaster, among them being a captured CIA operative, an ailing NSA deputy director, and a U.
Less Traveled
A well-known celebrity falls for a girl, unknowingly below his social status.
The Silent Rebellion
In this post-apocalyptic thriller, a group of patriots led by a fierce female band together in an attempt to save their loved ones from a tyrannical and seemingly unbeatable new social system.
Howlingween 2: Clarry the Clown
Holiday-makers on a beautiful island resort find themselves trapped with a murderous clown.
Howlingween
A dream holiday turns nightmarish when a family encounters a malicious wolf and traders in fresh human organs.
Trial and Redemption
Forged into a partnership by personal and professional tragedies, a disgraced scientist and a bereft young woman embark on an emotional journey of redemption, guided by an ancient Janus key with magical powers to reveal future events.
Chasing Time
A retired history professor will stop at nothing to save his wife from the throes of a terminal disease.
BUMPED (AFTER)
A troubled man searching for purpose, looks for it in a most unexpected place after a life changing event.
