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Best Drama Screenplays
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in connectionAs Vietnam fractures America and his own family, a disillusioned young man—framed in an FBI drug sting and facing the draft—must outwit the system and flee to Canada before becoming another casualty of a war he rejects. Script Excerpt |
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THE HEALINGTwin siblings diverge violently when one becomes a celebrated, Christ-like preacher and the other courts death through reckless desire—until their bond is tested by miracles, scandal, and the ultimate act of faith. Script Excerpt |
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WIZ KIDAn 11-year-old farm boy with a genius-level IQ leaves his wheelchair-bound mother and abusive home to attend a Big Ten university—where he finds friendship, first love, and an unlikely place on the football field, proving that greatness comes in all sizes. Script Excerpt |
| 4 |
A HAPPY LIFEA gentle, autistic man with a gift for communication with pelicans and talking smiley-face balloons reaches a breaking point when a houseful of freeloaders consumes his life—and his lifelong dream of opening a one-of-a-kind bed and breakfast—forcing him to attempt the only escape he can imagine: faking his own death. Script Excerpt |
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ELECTRICAfter a freak electrical accident gives a tough-as-nails lineman the power to spark instant love between anyone she touches, she becomes a media sensation — except the one man she wants is immune, forcing her to discover what her power really does before it stops her heart for good. Script Excerpt |
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OVERPASSWhen a workaholic cosmetic surgeon survives a highway catastrophe thanks to a cement truck driver’s fatal act of kindness, he’s rewarded not with gratitude—but with a dead man in the passenger seat, demanding apologies, confessions, and a crash course in how not to waste a life. Script Excerpt |
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I'll Sleep When I'm DeadWhen 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 afford. Script Excerpt |
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HARBINGERAs seniors vanish and messages appear in mirrors, a skeptical detective is drawn into a parallel world where the forgotten are reborn—and learns she may be the last warning before humanity is rewritten. Script Excerpt |
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THE TESTA man worried about his fading relevance agrees to the wrong favor for the wrong stranger, triggering a grimly comic nightmare that turns his wife’s loyalty test into a violent reckoning.? Script Excerpt |
| 10 |
THE GLAMOROUS LIFE: A fading supermodel fleeing an abusive rock-star boyfriend hides out at a Florida beach house with two mismatched brothers who mistake her for a prostitute—an error that gives all three an unexpected crash course in love, reinvention, and growing up. Script Excerpt |
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DOWN WITH DADThree-time “Man of the Year” Dave McNabb tries to teach his teenage son Lincoln a simple life lesson: do good things, and good things happen. But when past mistakes and unexpected mischief collide, Dave’s world spirals into chaos—much to Lincoln’s delight—and the lesson backfires spectacularly. Script Excerpt |
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TAKEN AWAYA desperate man kidnaps two teens to bring “family” to his dying mother, but as his plan unravels in a remote mountain hideaway, secrets explode, relationships shatter, and survival comes at a deadly cost. Script Excerpt |
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PEEPWhen two teenage boys spying on a beautiful neighbor witness her brutal murder by a rising local politician, their attempt to expose the crime through blackmail spirals into a deadly game that puts their families—and their own lives—at risk. Script Excerpt |
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Last Train HomeOn the brink of execution, a condemned man is offered a surreal second chance to travel back into his own past—where he must confront his younger self and prevent the single choice that turned him into a killer, even if it means erasing the man he has become. Script Excerpt |
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SanctuaryA mute, homeless drifter becomes the sole beneficiary of a stranger’s fortune after attending the man’s funeral, igniting a search that challenges faith, exposes buried truths, and leads to a miracle that changes an entire community. Script Excerpt |
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ARMED:STAYAfter a wounded fugitive takes refuge in her home, a grief-stricken widow must confront her paralyzing trauma to protect her children—and reclaim her life.? Script Excerpt |
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WhirlaboutA New York actor returns to his decaying hometown to care for his father, only to uncover dark family secrets, confront a lifetime of abuse, and face a harrowing moral reckoning that could either destroy—or finally heal—his fractured family. Script Excerpt |
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Post Your Script Here!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.
Palo Alto Bang & Burn
When idealistic professor Will Reynolds joins a clandestine government program researching remote viewing, his faith in science and reality unravels as he discovers truths that feel ripped from science fiction.
TIME OUT
A husband has willfully taken a time out from his marriage for fourteen years, is suddenly thrust back into it to save the life of an ailing son he never knew he had.
Lab Rats
An anonymous organization uses an ***AI Bot*** to moderate a Focus Group on the topic of ***Fake***.
She Curses Like a Sailor
A thought-provoking view of women and cursing is entertained at this art opening in New York.
Lady Diogenes of the Shadow
Three retired ladies candidly discuss their bizarre neighbor over morning coffee.
Perfect Beau
A Brainiac Plain Jane clones her ideal boyfriend out of her girlfriends' boyfriends' DNA for her university's senior class science project.
Cold Pepper
A law-abiding, church-going court stenographer becomes a one-woman vigilante 'offing' violent domestic abusers (and other pathetic souls) after their third offense.
Psychotic USA
A dramedy. A razor-sharp satiric view of the laughable state of modern psychiatric treatment as seen through the lens of four patients in an asylum.
Psycho-Hearts
A world-class heart transplant surgeon is an absolute magician at finding compatible hearts for wealthy clients.
