15 Short Film Scripts

Here are 15 Short Film Scripts you can use when producing low budget and micro-budget based film productions.

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In this compilation of short film scripts, you will find both comedic and dramatic stories you are welcome to use free for non-commercial storytelling.

Shribble (1 woman, 1 man)

• Genre: Comedy
• Characters: Valeri, Frank
• From the short screenplay Shribble
• Valerie and Frank have gone vegan and Frank is already miserable three days in.

Launch Date (2 men)

• Genre: Comedy
• Characters: Bennett, Mr. Tandum
• From the short screenplay Launch Date
• A rich and powerful man informs his butler that he plans to launch himself off the earth.

Less Soap, More Water (1 woman, 1 man)

• Genre: Comedy
• Characters: Roman, Gregory
• From the short screenplay Less, Soap, More Water
• An actress fed up with going out on soap commercial confronts her agent.

Jackson’s Famous Banana Split (2 men)

• Genre: Comedy
• Characters: Willy Boy, Jackson
• From the short screenplay Jackson’s Famous Banana Split
• Jackson can’t stand his brother’s work ethic, which only gets compounded over time.

Once in a Blue Moon (2 men)

• Genre: Crime Drama
• Characters: Elmer, Slade
• From the short screenplay Once in a Blue Moon
• Slade gets caught trying to rob money and now must pay the price from who he was trying to rob the money from.

True Blood Ties (1 woman, 1 man)

• Genre: Drama / Family Drama
• Characters: Gin, Jena
• From the short screenplay True Blood Ties
• Jena visits her dad in prison in order to see how he is and report on how things are developing at home.

Cave of Da Vinci (3 men)

• Genre: Crime Drama
• Characters: Freddy, Tobey, Jack
• From the short screenplay Cave of Da Vinci
• Two thieves step into the wrong apartment.

Perfect Little Bubble (1 woman, 1 man)

• Genre: Drama
• Characters: Roxy, Harper
• From the short screenplay Perfect Little Bubble
• Harper is trying to adjust to the traumatic events that took place between him and his fiancé the previous night.

Unspoken Agreement (1 woman, 1 man)

• Genre: Drama / Period Drama
• Characters: Gildra, Arnwulda
• From the short screenplay Unspoken Agreement
• On her dying deathbed Gildra tries to convince her brother Arwulda to become to caretaker of her daughter.

Bottom of the Stairs (2 women, 1 man)

• Genre: Drama / Period Drama
• Characters: Bennett, Mrs. Conors, Mr. Chesterfield, Mrs. Chesterfield
• From the short screenplay Bottom of the Stairs
• Mr. Chesterfield arrives back home from a business trip only to find his wife under an evil possession.

C4 & D29 (1 woman, 1 man)

• Genre: Drama / Science Fiction
• Characters: C4, D29
• From the short screenplay C4 & D29
• C4 confesses to his wife that for the past few months he may have been getting tracked.

Imaginary, You (2 men)

• Genre: Comedy / Dark Comedy
• Characters: Waldo, Rallye
• From the short screenplay Imaginary, You
• Rally shows up at his brother’s apartment because he never showed up at their father’s funeral.

Cruel Joke (2 men)

• Genre: Comedy / Crime Comedy
• Characters: Pat, Vin
• From the short screenplay Cruel joke
• Pat and Vin wait for instructions for their next criminal gig while warming up next to a trashcan fire outside.

Pip’s Restaurant (1 woman, 2 men)

• Genre: Comedy
• Characters: Muggs, Judd, Sharon
• From the short screenplay Pip’s Restaurant
• Muggs is devastated after he learns that the woman he loves is secretly in love with his best friend instead.

The Case of the Gorgonzola Toe Nail (2 men)

• Genre: Comedy
• Characters: Pack, Burpie
• From the short screenplay The Case of the Gorgonzola Toe Nail
• Pack believe that Burpie stole his precious nail clippers and wants them back.

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