Best Thriller Screenplays
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I'll Sleep When I'm DeadLos Angeles 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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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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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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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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In the wake of Stonewall, Yale professor John Boswell races against time and his own mortality to uncover hidden truths in history, sparking a battle between erasure and acceptance and inspiring a cultural revolution.
Xanadu Shores II:
In “All That Glitters”, the four friends from “Xanadu Shores-The Pilot,” form the "The Xanadu Team," offering security and transportation by land, sea and air, soon involving themselves with a nefarious jeweler and his charming assistant during an island gem heist, which escalates to international espionage and an end of world scenario led by a wealthy megalomaniac bent on global domination in "Rescuing Atlas.
Xanadu Shores I:
Four friends become entrapped after their employer's gold heist escalates to kidnapping.
UNCLE FRANCO'S BIRTHDAY SUIT
Paolo’s relatives, including his zany Uncle Franco, are determined to reunite their nephew with his teenage love, Magdalena.
Xanadu Shores: 10 Minute PoC for The TV Pilot
This Proof of Concept showcases the central characters being introduced with sex appeal, in an office reception area, before the heist, kidnapping and chase.
Palo Alto Bang & Burn
Trapped under siege in a secret government outpost, a young professor leads his team against terrorists, traitors, and the terrifying suspicion that non-human intelligence already controls the planet.
AT THE MERCY OF FAITH
A former preacher, haunted by the tragic rape/murder of his twin sister, spirals into darkness as supernatural forces, both angelic and demonic, wage war for his soul.
Eternal Blessings
After taking up residence at her Indian guru's commune, a woman’s loyalty is pushed to the brink when she’s asked to help assassinate a commune rival.
525 PERUGIA WAY
A troubled vice detective is pulled into a deadly game of secrets and sabotage when a clandestine meeting between Elvis Presley and The Beatles turns into a murder scene.
Osali
Osali is about a ghost of a witch who was murdered during the Salem witch trials.
