Best LGBTQ Screenplays
| Script Name | |
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| 1 |
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 |
| 2 |
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. |
| 3 |
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. |
| 4 |
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. |
| 5 |
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 |
| 6 |
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 |
| 7 |
Between The FlamesWildfires are the least of her worries, when a college athlete lands a job on a Hotshot Crew in the 80's where she meets her best friend plus two love interests who want her for very different agendas during an intense drought year. |
| 8 |
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 |
| 9 |
Bre'gan's FistWhen Milo, a cook, meets Bastian, a powerful sorcerer, magic happens. Literally. As they begin to bond destruction & death enter the picture. They must find a way to find love and rescue the universe in the process. |
| 10 |
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 |
| 11 |
Tar PitsForced to take sides in a centuries-old intergalactic war, a veteran soldier and her scientist ex-wife bond with giant alien warriors in a final battle that will decide the fate of humanity. |
| 12 |
When Doves CryIn 1991, fraternal twins navigate the treachery of young adulthood, dealing with bullies, racists, homophobes, and abusive authority figures while seeking the ultimate Minneapolis experience; seeing the legendary Prince perform live at First Avenue on Halloween night but a freak blizzard threatens their plans. Script Excerpt |
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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. |
| 14 |
DAFFODILSTorn between the weight of her secrets and the desire for freedom, a single mother is forced to reveal the truth about her past, her sexuality, and her ex-husband to their children. |
| 15 |
Curse of the House of SavageHayley has planned the perfect proposal. Can everyone survive long enough for her to pull it off? |
| 16 |
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. |
| 17 |
TownsiteA misanthropic millennial falls for a much older woman while investigating the disappearance of a drug lackey’s girlfriend. |
| 18 |
SOME LIKE IT HOTTERTwo LGBTQ classical musicians accidentally see a motorcycle gang murder and flee the state disguised as male rockers in a rock band, only to learn that trouble's always right behind you on the road. |
| 19 |
REFLECTIONHEADS YOU LOSE AND TAILS YOU DIE. |
| 20 |
We Were Young OnceA highly principled and attractive teenage girl finds neither her principles nor attractiveness sufficient to meet life's challenges. Script Excerpt |
| 21 |
RipplesFour characters who are not related to each other end up in an abandoned house outside a city at the end of the coronavirus, and try to establish a new life as the world climbs out of the Covid019 horror story. Script Excerpt |
| 22 |
Bitches with KnivesAfter her deadbeat ex-boyfriend steals her winning lottery ticket, a hard-boiled trailer trash girl recruits her best friend and a sexy knife-wielding assassin for a revenge plot to reclaim her rightful fortune. |
| 23 |
DragulaAn aging vampire lives in Bran Castle, Transylvania making money off of tourists until an American couple shows up for the tour and Dragula falls in love with the man. Script Excerpt |
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Post Your Script Here!Xanadu Shores: Proof of Concept (PoC)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller.
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.
The Coyote
When a Native American scholar and a graduate student unearth a mysterious tomb, they find it contains a Navajo god and soon find themselves embroiled in a cosmic battle between good and evil with the fate of humanity at stake.
The Umpire Has No Balls
A fiery young woman who has baseball running through her blood and can call the game better than anyone starts her journey through the umpire ranks to achieve her one goal in life – becoming a major league baseball umpire.
All That Glitters (excerpt) From The Novel: Xanadu Shores
The Xanadu Team in their second outing become pawns in a complicated gem heist, involving a beautiful Russian woman and her nefarious employer after a boat of stolen jewelry explodes.
Screenplay Adaptation (excerpt) From The Novel: Xanadu Shores
Two ex-pilots become embroiled in a kidnapping and gold heist, after an employer's scheme escalates from theft to kidnapping.
PITTSBURGH PHIL
Biopic of Harry Strauss, a.k.a.
IT'S A POPCORN WORLD
An inventor strives to pop the world like popcorn, to save his home from being stolen by government eminent domain, if his dance-clubbing hunchback lawyer can keep him out of jail.
Marilyn
The ghost of a young woman falls in love with the man living in her old apartment and must try to protect him from his murderous, adulterous wife.
The Storm
A small-town sheriff dealing with personal problems investigates the murder and kidnapping of several girls where there’s no lack of suspects.
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