Top Rated Screenplays This Month
(Showing Top 20)
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In the summer of the 1969 moon landing, a troubled teen believes that a reclusive old fisherman may be a marooned interplanetary visitor. “Engrossing, uplifting, wonderful. An enthralling story, well-told...casts a powerful spell.” -- $10,000 Grand Prize Winner, Writers on the Storm. “A beautiful and evocative script. Wonderful roles for actors...An enthralling family drama with a touch of magic.” -- Silver Prize, Family Film, Page International.
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A traumatized town struggles to return to normalcy after a brutal school shooting, while desperately hiding their secrets from the media...and each other. Think AMERICAN CRIME meets THE KILLING. -
636
#3
2019 NICHOLL TOP 50 SEMI-FINALIST! Black List - "This script is a beam of light in the dark"... After a tragic accident leaves her orphaned and injured, an Olympic bound gymnast is sent to live with a stranger - her grandfather - on a Native American Reservation, where she just might learn how to heal more than her broken bones... -
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When a pompous, conspiracy-peddling cable news pundit is kidnapped by a deranged fan, an idealistic young reporter uncovers a domestic terror group’s conspiracy to assassinate a country-unifying presidential candidate. -
623
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A widow teams up with a tough Blackfoot woman against the bank robbers that killed her husband. An action-adventure that proves sisterhood is not just by birth. A story that celebrates the frontier spirit, as well as the dark side of America's past that still resonates today. -
618
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A Jordanian history professor turned radicalized terrorist is tasked with delivering a car bomb from Dallas to New York City. His cover - an unwitting 12-year old boy who joins him for the tenuous drive through the American heartland. -
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A brilliant 7th Grader teams up with the new kid in school to find his long lost father and impress the pretty girl at school. Private Investigation’s a big job, especially when you gotta be in bed by 10. -
609
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An African-American soldier blinded five hours after being discharged reaches out to a Hollywood legend to help bring a racist cop to justice. -
609
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DARRYN THE BOLD AND THE SWORD OF BOLDNESSJustin Best | Fantasy | Feature | 118 pages | View Writer ProfileWhen a past-his-prime knight is asked by his estranged daughter to find a fabled sword, his quest leads him to his two worst enemies: the evil woman who nearly killed him and his own ego. -
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The true story of Deborah Peagler and the two young lawyers who volunteer to fight for her freedom, 20 years after she was sentenced to life behind bars for allegedly murdering the man who forced her into prostitution. -
593
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An African American teenager enlists in the Army and is sent as part of the 369th Infantry Regiment, a unit that’s comprised solely of African American soldiers, to fight in World War I. -
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A slightly true story based on the severely corrupt New Rome, Ohio and one man's crusade to bring the small town to justice—by any means necessary—for his excessive parking tickets. -
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A despondent hometown hero scraps to earn a blue collar wage in the 1980’s at the local manufacturing plant; where transmissions were built and lives destroyed. -
587
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A boy’s elaborate domino formations help him survive in a house filled with abuse. -
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A TV-obsessed recluse sets out to rescue his childhood crush, a once wholesome teen idol turned raunchy pop star, from the corrupting forces that surround her. -
582
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Michael Evans, a dashing, bisexual opera singer who longs to connect with his estranged son, must confront his demons and discover the deeper purpose of his voice when he becomes the mentor and lover of a mysterious young soprano. 2019 PAGE SEMIFINALIST, 3x NICHOLL FELLOWSHIP QUARTERFINALIST.
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