Best Family Screenplays
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THE MORNING WINDWhen Amy Patterson surprises husband Hank with a mountain cabin getaway weekend for his 40th birthday, little does she know that the lodge is run by the long-lost "other" love in Hank's life. Hank not only finds out what drove his first love away, but also finds himself literally caught in a trap that will change his life forever. Script Excerpt |
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The Loss of HeavenIn 1961, a guilt-ridden Catholic schoolboy convinced he has damned himself and his family by breaking "Divine Law" must confront fear, superstition, and a violent bully after a tragic church fire forces him to become the hero he never believed he could be. Script Excerpt |
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MIRACLE BOYAfter dying from meningitis and glimpsing Paradise, a troubled seven-year-old mountain boy is sent back to Earth with a promise of eighty more years—but when he wakens with no memory of his past, he must struggle through a lifetime of doubt, hardship, and temptation to rediscover his purpose and fulfill a divine mission that could save not only his family, but his soul. Script Excerpt |
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RICH KID$When an imaginative 12-year-old and his friends discover buried cash from a decades-old crime, their secret attempt to live like Rich Kid$ spirals into chaos when newly released convicts come looking for their dough — and the kids must decide what all that money is really worth. Script Excerpt |
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THE HEALINGTwin siblings diverge violently when one becomes a celebrated, Christ-like preacher and the other courts death through reckless desire—until their bond is tested by miracles, scandal, and the ultimate act of faith. Script Excerpt |
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WIZ KIDAn 11-year-old farm boy with a genius-level IQ leaves his wheelchair-bound mother and abusive home to attend a Big Ten university—where he finds friendship, first love, and an unlikely place on the football field, proving that greatness comes in all sizes. Script Excerpt |
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DOWN WITH DADThree-time “Man of the Year” Dave McNabb tries to teach his teenage son Lincoln a simple life lesson: do good things, good things happen. But when the old man's past missteps and Lincoln's mischief collide, Dave’s world spirals into chaos—much to Lincoln’s delight—as his lesson backfires spectacularly. Script Excerpt |
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ARMED:STAYTrapped in her home with a wounded fugitive, a widow frozen by grief must choose between hiding from life or reentering it to save her fractured family. Script Excerpt |
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WhirlaboutA New York actor returns to his decaying hometown to care for his father, who is riding a downwards Alzheimer's spiral. Once home he uncovers dark family secrets, confronts a lifetime of abuse, and faces a harrowing moral reckoning that could either destroy—or finally heal—his fractured family. Script Excerpt |
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She Curses Like a Sailor
A thought-provoking view of women and cursing is entertained at this art opening in New York.
Lady Diogenes of the Shadow
Three retired ladies candidly discuss their bizarre neighbor over morning coffee.
Perfect Beau
A Brainiac Plain Jane clones her ideal boyfriend out of her gorgeous girlfriends' boyfriends' DNA for her university's senior class science project.
Cold Pepper
A law-abiding, church-going court stenographer becomes a one-woman vigilante 'offing' violent domestic abusers (and other pathetic souls) after their third offense.
Psychotic USA
A dramedy. A razor-sharp satiric view of the laughable state of modern psychiatric treatment as seen through the lens of four patients in an asylum.
Psycho-Hearts
A world-class heart transplant surgeon is an absolute magician at finding compatible hearts for wealthy clients.
Nina and Flossie
Three European sisters, in their 70's, scheme to dump a dead body that the eldest shot in the middle of the night as a result of a break-in.
LA Nights
It is 1973, and Quick operates an upscale after-hours establishment in West Los Angeles alongside his socialite son, Dizzy.
Second Opinion
When a renowned child-abuse pediatrician’s family member is accused in an infant’s death, he’s confronted with the possibility that his certainty may have helped put innocent people in prison.
