American Beauty
A darkly humorous story set in the suburbs, following the tragic results of one man’s obsession with his daughter’s best friend.
Alan Ball
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Burn
The politics that takes place as the United States is on the brink of war with Iraq.
Dennis Cooley
Evermere
The first in an intended trilogy of fantasy epics dealing with a seventeen-year-old orphan who discovers that in an alternate universe he is heir to a throne. He is then transported to the other side and must battle his uncle, who has usurped the throne.
David Goyer, James Robinson
Goat Cheese
Two geeky high school kids form a rock band to make themselves more attractive to the opposite sex. Even though they can’t play or sing, the duo takes on and eventually out-performs more accomplished rivals.
Daniel Shere
The Guest
A young man agrees to house-sit for his boss one night, but the evening turns into a nightmare.
David Dorfman
The In Between
A man has the ability to see when his loved ones are in danger and about to die. When his powers tell him that death is after his son, he embarks on a desperate race to save the boy.
Sid Quashie
Tristan & Isolde
Adaptation of “Tristan,” the romantic tale of Tristan and Isolde — two doomed lovers who must fight against royal politics.
Dean Georgaris
No Strings Attached
An independent woman in her mid-thirties who wants to be a mother. Rather than wait to adopt, or roll the dice at a sperm bank, she talks to younger brother’s slacker best friend into impregnating her. The unusual pair ends up falling in love along the way.
Jeff Rake
Knock-Off
When their cover as Hong Kong garment manufacturers is blown, two CIA agents discover the cold war has turned hot, and that this season’s trendy fashion color is definitely blood red.
Steven E. de Souza
One For the Ages
A college football couch goes for an interview for an NFL job when he discovers that he has lost his entire team in a plane crash. The plot revolves around the choices he makes after that crash.
David Murray
The Last Word
An aging, former lawman has parlayed his years spent in the saddle into a career as a pulp fiction novelist, writing about crimes of gun-toting outlaws. He is thrust back into action after hearing of a robbery that has a familiar smell to it, which leads him on a hunt for his famous nemesis, a legendary outlaw who has also been called to action for one last job.
Trey Callaway, Gary Glasberg
The Dead Man
A detective whose wife is fatally wounded by a young man possibly has the power to heal.
Yuri Zeltser
Faithful
A husband receives a blackmail threat alleging that he has been having an adulterous affair. The allegation is untrue, but the man’s otherwise happy marriage starts to fall apart.
Jennifer Hoppe, Nancy Fichman
Charley Needles
A noir thriller.
Robert Schwentke
Anything For You
A man dumps his girlfriend and eight months later realizes he made a big mistake. To win her back, he must endure a series of tasks his jilted lover has set up for him.
Tom Flynn
Down With Noah
Two white-bred black kids go to South Central LA to learn how to be black.
Don D. Scott
Guinevere
A young woman becomes the protege of a volatile photographer in San Francisco. The old man becomes her lover and teaches the twenty-one-year-old about life and art.
Audrey Wells
Manhattan Transfer
A top-rated New York radio shrink, who during the week before he is scheduled to make his TV debut, suddenly takes on the afflictions of his radio callers and all those around him.
Gary Goldstein
Snollygoster
A story about college.
Johnny Galecki, Chris Kletzien
Solace
A gritty tale that revolves around a doctor who becomes involved with a bizarre series of deaths in Manhattan.
Ted Griffin, Sean Bailey
Call Waiting
Young woman chef, who’s engaged, meets someone over the phone who got a wrong number, and falls in love with him.
Amy Anna D’Addario
Darkness Falling
Angels and demons fight over the lost souls of teenagers, while Los Angeles undergoes turbulent times.
Scott Derrickson, Paul Harris Boardman
Truax the Defender
Human looking alien escapes to Earth from another planet whose inhabitants have been wiped out.
Richard Rothstein
Love Gracie
A 29-year-old New York gal finally meets her pen pal of 18 years, only to find him in a wheelchair — but falls in love with him nonetheless.
Aimee Pitta
Make Believe
Christmas story about a boy’s adventure with an imaginary friend.
Debby Shively, Michael Hendrickson
The Mothman Prophecies
After a reporter’s wife dies, he leaves his newspaper to investigate a series of strange events in a small southern town and realizes that they point to an alien visitation.
Richard Hatem
The Quick Killing
Former mafia hitman, who has put his criminal life behind him, is asked to pull off one more job by an old associate. He does so, against his better judgment, and finds that he’s been set up.
Ken Nolan
00-Soul
Ultra cool secret agent who does things his own way.
Antwoine Fisher
Once Again
Young man falls in love and gives up his fast-paced life. After she dies, leaving him to raise a child, he prays for another shot, and gets to life live again had he never met her.
Mike Petzolts
Alone
The first manned expedition to Mars. When an astronaut is left stranded, he quickly finds out that his government might have hidden deadly secrets about the planet from him.
Chuck Pfarrer
Untitled Teenage Sex Comedy Which Can Be Made for Under $10 Million Which
Four high school buddies make a pact to lose their virginity by the time graduation day rolls around.
Adam Herz
Where or When
Two baseball players, one from 1939 and one from 1999, switch places through a cosmic accident and by being each other, learn to be themselves.
Allen Estrin
Liberace
N/A
Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
The Mexican
Reluctant bagman is in trouble with his girlfriend and crime boss.
J.T. Wyner
After the Truth
Fictitious courtroom drama about the infamous nazi, Josef Mengele, who tries to clear his name in a German court of law.
Chris Riley, Kathy Riley
Calling for Angels
Young couple; he’s a doctor, she a grad student in Eastern religions. When she becomes possessed, he must abandon his own beliefs to save her.
Patrick Massett