Best Urban Screenplays
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AT THE MERCY OF FAITHIn the wake of a terrifying and traumatic encounter with RUTHLESS characters, a 14 year old minister - mourns his twin sister, and scorns the GOD he once fervently praised. 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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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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Desert QuarryTwo mercenaries rob a former colleague's New York jewelry shop to even a score, but after the shop’s employees are found murdered, a deadly bank heist in Iraq begins to haunt them. Script Excerpt |
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EuthanizedA grieving animal control officer becomes an unlikely social media hero when she embarks on a vigilante crusade against animal abusers, but her violent actions trap her between friends on the police force and the leader of a citywide dogfighting ring. 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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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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I Hear YouA belligerent boss berates his employees and struggles with his marriage and hearing-impaired son, but after he is caught pilfering from the company, he must find a way save his career and reconcile his relationships. |
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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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Lil B-EasyAfter a Voodoo Priest cast a spell on ventriloquist doll, Lil B-Easy, he comes to life and grows with his human big brother, pulling pranks and causing mischief along the way. Script Excerpt |
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EquityAre you in or out? The year is 1919. Your name is Frank Bacon, and you’re the author and lead actor of the most successful play in Broadway history. Your fellow actors are about to go on strike in support of their union, the Actors Equity Association. You’ve spent your life fighting for the rights your friends are hitting the bricks to protect. If you go out on strike with them, you risk losing everything you’ve achieved. Your wife doesn’t want you to go out. The managers will fire you and take away the rights to your play if you don’t cross the line. What about it, Frank — which side are you on? Are you in or out? 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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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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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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Those Hollywood HillsIs it enough to get off heroin? Not if your girlfriend, confidant, and best friend is your dealer. |
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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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SanctuaryA hapless and socially detached attorney's life changes dramatically when he executes a will stipulating that a substantial fortune will be shared by all who attend the deceased's funeral mass. But no one shows up... except one mysterious homeless man seeking shelter from a raging storm. Script Excerpt |
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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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AT THE BELLA new elementary school gym teacher battles a deranged psychotic killer bent on destroying families in a small town. |
| 21 |
My BuddyA mafia princess searches for the murderer of her father and finds him in the most unlikely place of all--kneeling before her. Script Excerpt |
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CHRISTMAS MITZVAHMarita welcomes many of her sons ' LGBTQ friends into her home, creating a new "family" of love and acceptance - especially for those who were rejected by their own families for declaring their true selves. Script Excerpt |
| 23 |
Riviera DriveThree Latino felons on the run invade the home of a prosperous Latino insurance executive, who must reconnect with his own violent past to save his family. |
| 24 |
FLASHDRIVEWashington D.C. area copywriter, Alice, is having one of the worst days of her life. She has a terrible hot flash episode on the Metro, strips, and then gets stuck in the door when she tries to exit! When she gets to work things go even worse for her... Script Excerpt |
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JANIE LOVES BOLLYWOOD!!This is the kind of romantic, fantasy comedy that we all need right now! A fun and fresh reworking of "It's a Wonderful Life!" - but Bollywood style with a Goth girl and a hot Bollywood actor "angel" instead of George Bailey and Clarence. Script Excerpt |
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CERTAIN ARRANGEMENTSA naïve teen on probation for a first offense gets lured into using an old woman's flower shop where he works as a front for drug trafficking. |
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THE WORD ON THE STREETWhile trying to keep her family together, a young Catholic widow must also deal with prejudice as black families start moving into their all-white parish in 1950s West Philadelphia. |
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!Traverse Envizib. Invisible crossings. Episode 6: THE BOY WHO EARNED HIS MAGIC
Howell and friends enter the tunnels that lead to the central kiva.
“Kochma Kote! Nightmare Place!” EPISODE 5: THE BOY WHO EARNED HIS MAGIC
Howell and his friends fail to complete the task ordered by Drago Lucian.
Look Into My Eyes! EPISODE 4: THE BOY WHO EARNED HIS MAGIC
After Howell completes a series of challenges, he returns to his friends in the desert questing for Apache Tears.
Only You Can Help Her. EPISODE ONE/PILOT: THE BOY WHO EARNED HIS MAGIC
When a boy's mother vanishes after a car crash, he's thrust into a perilous quest.
My Greatest Enemy--Myself! Episode 3: THE BOY WHO EARNED HIS MAGIC
Howell's rising doubts about his friends have disastrous results.
The Seed Bearers: Episode One, The Mongrel
A virus is decimating the male population making most impotent.
THE SCRIPT
A mysterious young, Irish girl, who refuses to name herself, insists that Aiden O’Brien, a Los Angeles literary agent read her work—both their lives depend on it! Despite Aiden’s repeated attempts to destroy the script, it returns, together with a host of Celtic demons and a sign, in Gaelic, “The Past Does Not Die.
AND WE WERE LEFT DARKLING
In the aftermath of WW2, in an undefined place, two men, Eichmann and Wallenberg, play chess, using humans as pawns.
BORDERLINE JUSTICE
Rita Fuentes, a fiery, attractive Latina social worker introduces Martin Wilkins, a law-and-order judge, to the violent, politically charged world of power, money, illegals, and life for the drug mules--like Demetria Plascentia, and his foolish new son-in-law, Antonio Borja--he condemns daily in his courtroom.
GHOST TOWN, NM
NEELAN PATEL (PITA), the obstinate Indian American father of AMISHA, insists his daughter marry the rich but foolish RAKISH LAGHARI.
