Best Urban Screenplays
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AT THE MERCY OF FAITHA 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. As his faith wavers, he must confront his past, his sins, and a terrifying entity that threatens to consume him entirely. Script Excerpt |
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The Passage of SunThree brothers challenge the Convict Leasing System of forcing African American men into prison in order to continue providing slave labor and county revenue in Alabama following the Civil War. |
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LA NightsIt is 1973, and Quick operates an upscale after-hours establishment in West Los Angeles alongside his socialite son, Dizzy. When a New York detective on Quick's trail receives a tip from his southside rival, Quick and his eclectic crew concoct a plan for one final heist before they flee the city. Script Excerpt |
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Undue InfluenceWhen the suicide of a financially distressed businessman triggers a federal investigation into a debt collection agency, a top-performing collector must confront her own role in a toxic system and decide whether exposing a far-reaching corruption scheme is worth losing everything she worked to obtain. Script Excerpt |
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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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The Longest GoodbyeA poignant look at an elderly mother's battle with dementia and her son's commitment to keeping love alive, as memories fade, and life on the road is rearranged to moments in time. |
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La Tierra Que Yo Amo (Land That I Love)After trying for seven years to successfully make it as a dancer in New York, a 30-year-old half-Mexican, half-American woman with dual citizenship reluctantly returns to her hometown of Oaxaca, Mexico and struggles to find her identity. [MIDNIGHT IN PARIS meets EVEN THE RAIN--38 awards/honors including, First Place-2015 Las Vegas Screenplay Contest (Drama Category), and Grand Prize-2015 London Film Awards (Feature Screenplay Category)] |
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Generational CursesAfter a bitter middle aged alcoholic saves the life of a broken teenaged sex slave, they lift each other from the depths of despair. |
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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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A Long Way From SundayAn edgy, faith-inspired, drama about the relationships of Andre, a mischievous 11year old, and a series of family revelations that lead his grandfather, a working class, Pentecostal pastor, to question his faith, murder his friend, and burn down his church. |
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I Hear YouA belligerent boss struggles with his marriage and hearing impaired son, but after he is caught pilfering from the company, he must find a way to reconcile his relationships and save his career. |
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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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DellwoodA successful but unhappy novelist reluctantly returns to his childhood town to attend a friend's funeral and reminisces about his experiences playing basketball on a city court to escape his abusive home. [STAND BY ME meets THE SANDLOT--Ranked 7th in the Urban category of MovieBytes.com's "Top 10 Contest Winning Scripts"] |
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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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Lil B-EasyBrought to life by a Voodoo priest, the ventriloquist doll Lil B-Easy springs into action when his human big brother is kidnapped and falsely accused of robbery by a mob boss. Script Excerpt |
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Unbreakable bondIn the 1980s in Detroit, childhood friends Latrice and Antoine forge a deep friendship amidst parental abuse and urban decay, discovering that while true love offers warmth, its preservation often demands a heavy, heartbreaking sacrifice. |
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The black rose family?A criminal, action-based saga centers on Blu Rose, a well-groomed leader of a ruthless dynasty, who enforces his cold-hearted legacy with a Desert Eagle, eliminates weak links to maintain his family's dominance. |
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RepresentChris is a Detroit teenager caught between the Crips and Bloods, while trying to save his sister Tasha from joining the bloods, but his efforts spiral into tragedy when family loyalty collides with the brutal realities of street warfare. |
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Open a Can of Worms (Open the Can)Detectives descover the body of young woman. It seems that her life was a horror story. Confused atittuide, scared of men and proud of any pain. Everything happen in her flat, on the 14th floor of the large tower in a big city. |
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Blue DreamA man wakes up in a hospital ER with a marijuana leaf growing in the palm of his hand, and he becomes known as The Marijuana Man after the Marlboro Man Poster. |
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The Rondo ConspiracyIn the late fifties a resident lawyer of Rondo, primarily St. Paul's Black community, must assist a Chicago rogue cop hunt a killer through after-hours joints or be charged with murder. The lawyer agrees and soon believes he can save himself and Rondo when he learns the cop is hunting him and is conspiring to destroy Rondo. Script Excerpt |
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Judge, MeGroup-therapy lifer-inmates become a jury and must decide if a reporter's expose' of a corrupt judge being elevated to the supreme court should be published. As the inmates clash over therapy, they soon realize what they intuitively know: some people believe they're beyond the law. Script Excerpt |
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A Taste of Cold SteelA Chicago gangster's estranged and addicted son struggles to reunite with his psychpathic brother to get revenge against his immoral father. He's marked for death, barely survives, gets revenge but loses more than he gains. Script Excerpt |
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A Force Of HabitBound by the wounds of their past, two successful siblings are forced to confront the childhood trauma that has shaped their identities and strained their marriages challenging them to break the cycle once and for all. |
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Twelve LessTwelve teenagers survive a plane crash, which at first was thought to be caused by a structural flaw. However, one-by-one the surviving teenagers are being killed. It is left to those still alive to find the saboteur before they too perish. Script Excerpt |
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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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The Return of the Bad BoysA group of friends from a working-class Detroit neighborhood cheat their way through a three-on-three basketball tournament to prove to themselves that they’re not losers (WHITE MEN CAN’T JUMP meets THE HANGOVER). |
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Once YoungTwo parent-less 18-year-olds fall in love and, alone and together, struggle with what love and maturity may look like amid an adult world that is often confusing and sometimes dangerous. A panoramic tale of life as seen through the eyes of innocence. 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. |
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Riviera DriveThree felons on the run invade the home of a prosperous insurance executive, who must reconnect with his own violent gang-banging past to save his family. |
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When a failed assassination attempt on a rising populist politician ignites nationwide unrest, two mismatched London detectives uncover a covert program hidden inside Britain’s most popular AR glasses — technology capable of manipulating emotion, behaviour, and violent intent in real time.
Henry, Henry
Twenty years after failing to stop his charismatic mentor from abusing children, a guilt-ridden former priest with two warring personalities uses his intimate knowledge of the predator’s mind to infiltrate a child-trafficking ring.
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
When a veteran LAPD detective is framed for the murder of his lover and diagnosed with a fatal neurological disorder that will kill him the next time he sleeps, he has one sleepless stretch of Los Angeles night to uncover the truth, protect his family, and decide how much justice he can still live with.
Fish Fetish
What happens when you mix compulsion with alcohol? A horrific, fast paced story of abuse and revenge inspired by "Tales From The Crypt"
Saber-Tooth Cat
A little girl's mother wants to rid the family of her daughter's beloved undomesticated cat until the mother faces the jaws of a vicious dog.
Ghost Dorm
At an elite 1980s art school, a freshman-led night of new wave music and neon-soaked hedonism turns into a symphony of screams when the building’s original inhabitants crash the party.
The Sky’s Edge
At the dawn of the aviation age, America's greatest daredevil aviator recounts his meteoric rise from working-class mechanic to national hero as fierce rivalries, personal tragedy, and an obsession with conquering the impossible drive him toward one final, calculated defiance of death.
Golden Arrow: Ahmose
Hatshepsut's Palace is a setting of love.
THE CHRISTMAS GUEST
A homeless man seeking refuge from a storm finds shelter in a church where a funeral mass is being said; in so doing, as stipulated in the will, as the only attendee he inherits the deceased’s fortune and uses it during Christmas season to change the lives of all around him… except his own.
Awakened
Beginning with love, dissolving into horror, and ending with hope, Mikos in 1503 Greece becomes the vampire Arabus for revenge but cowardice forces him to learn control.
