Best LGBTQ Screenplays
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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 |
Misguided IllusionsIn the world of Drag Queens, there's a fine line between fantasy and reality. When the two collide not even a serial killer can decide. |
| 3 |
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. |
| 4 |
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. |
| 5 |
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. |
| 6 |
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 |
| 7 |
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 |
| 8 |
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. |
| 9 |
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. Script Excerpt |
| 10 |
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. |
| 11 |
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 |
| 12 |
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. |
| 13 |
Harpo's Bike (Can't Find My Way Home)A young ad artist takes a trip to New Orleans on a Harley inherited from his estranged Marine father to prove to his family that the man was having an affair. Instead, he finds a veteran homeless mute - his father's best friend - who thinks he's Harpo Marx. Script Excerpt |
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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 |
| 15 |
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. |
| 16 |
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. |
| 17 |
Curse of the House of SavageHayley has planned the perfect proposal. Can everyone survive long enough for her to pull it off? |
| 18 |
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. |
| 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 |
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!Happy New Year, Mr. Kates! (Hoilday/Dramedy/Magical Realism)
A contemporary holiday tale about a grumpy old man who resides in the memory unit of nursing home, and is presented with a gripping bargain by a mystical stranger: the chance to swap his inconsequential life for that of a lost child’s, one snowy New Year's Eve.
FORBIDDEN PROVISIONS
A journalist goes undercover as an illegal migrant to get a story on how well the government is treating captured immigrants, only to uncover something grizzlier than he expected.
End It On This
Trying to salvage their chaotic love life, a careless couple hits the road, just in time for the world to end.
The Silent Rebellion
In this post-apocalyptic thriller, a group of patriots led by a fierce female band together in an attempt to save their loved ones from a tyrannical and seemingly unbeatable new social system.
She Curses Like a Sailor
The perception of women and cursing is entertained at this art opening in New York.
Lady Diogenes of the Shadow
Three retired ladies candidly discuss their baffling neighbor over morning coffee.
Perfect Beau
A Brainiac Plain Jane clones her ideal boyfriend out of her girlfriends' boyfriends' DNA for her college senior class project.
Cold Pepper
A law-abiding, church-going court stenographer becomes a one-woman vigilante 'offing' violent domestic abusers (and other twisted souls) after their third offense.
Psychotic USA
A dramedy. A satirical view of the ineptness of modern day psychiatric treatment as seen through the lens of four patients in an asylum.
Psycho-Hearts
A world renowned heart transplant surgeon is an absolute magician at finding compatible hearts for wealthy clients.
