THE 2025 LUGNUT LIST
TOP 10 FEATURE SCRIPTS:
ASCENT by Don Franke (Sci-Fi Action)
A young space agency worker learns that her brother has been taken hostage aboard a space station where he works, so she’s forced to venture into space for the first time ever to try and broker his release only to find herself in 2050’s version of the Wild West.
CEDAR CLIFF by Christopher Stella (Thriller)
A young man is hired by an investment firm and he’s quickly seduced by the handsome salary and a jet-setting lifestyle that comes with it, but when he learns that his predecessor committed suicide he begins to question everything and uncovers a shocking - and deadly - conspiracy.
FIRST PERSON VIEW by Jason Pates (War / Drama)
A young Ukrainian prefers to play video games rather than enlist, but when his grandfather is killed in a drone strike he joins a team of soldiers who operate at the front lines and pilot small drones to surveil and strike at the Russians.
MASKS by Andre LeBlanc (Horror)
When he discovers he can awaken his catatonic wife using a mask, a desperate husband must confront whether he saved her… or unleashed a dangerous force hell-bent on replacing her completely.
NAUTILUS by Ben Everhart (Drama / Thriller)
In the sun-soaked streets of Waikiki, a desperate valet’s plan to rob a rich man of his $4m watch spirals into a violent chain of events that leaves him questioning the cost of ambition.
SPECIAL REQUEST by CJ Voltz (Sci-Fi Thriller / Drama)
When an elite chef is tasked with hosting a televised state dinner for a controversial Supreme Chancellor, he must navigate regime politics, personal vendettas, and kitchen-floor chaos to execute a covert act of rebellion.
STOIBOBO by Morgan Running Bear Bunch (Drama / Horror)
Two estranged siblings meet for dinner on dark rainy night in a New England restaurant which is famous for its nightly show which involves a tamed gorilla mingling with the dinner guests, but tonight the primate decides it doesn’t want to be so tame anymore.
TERROIR by Oliver Jolliffe (Horror)
A young couple seeking a break from their lives back home decide to volunteer for a few weeks at a remote Italian vineyard, only to discover the owners have a terrifying secret.
UNDERNEATH THE DAFFODILS by Isaiah Mouw (Crime Drama)
A quiet, reserved man in his 70s, who spends his days gardening, has his life turned upside down when a true crime podcast reignites the painful rumor that he was responsible for the unsolved disappearance of his teenage daughter 20 years ago.
UNTYING THE KNOT by Ben Argon & Brandon Feldman (Comedy / Drama)
On the eve of his bachelor party in Mexico, a young man is dumped by his fiance and he doesn’t have the heart to tell his friends, but things get even more complicated when the guys encounter a bachelorette party at the same vacation resort and our jilted hero falls head over heels for the bride-to-be.
Honorary Mentions:
ARTICLE 19 by Michael Brody
BENITA THE INVINCIBLE by Terry Lynam
DEAD MAN’S HAND by Richard Cullen
ISN’T SHE DARLING by Megan Karasch
IRL by Vishal Reddy
KATIE STIRLING by Jason Davidson
METAMORPHOSIS by Elad Ziv
RANCHO MIRAGE by Josh Miller
SHOOTING TWIN PINES by Aidan Robinson
SPLINTERS by Leslie Juan Rivera Ramos
SUNDAY by Albie Cullen
THE CUSTODIAN by Roger Barton
THE LAST PUZZLE by Gabriel Savodivker
THE PUZZLER by Ann LeSchander
THE SOMMELIER by John Norton
TYPE 1 by Matthew Katis
WIND FARM by Noelle Roso
VOODOO DAWN by Paul Finch and Paul Campion
WAR OF THE ANTS by Pedro Ventura
AIN'T DEAD YET by Kari Barlas (TV)
BRIDGET AND THE BOY-BOT by Raven Petretti-Stamper (TV)
LAZARUS RISING by Pavan Grover (TV)
LOCK AND LEDGER ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS by Luísa Parnes Thomson (TV)
LONG HAUL by Howard Emanuel (TV)
MINDLESS by Drew Maron (TV)
RED WATERS by Liam Dempsey (TV)
SHADOWS OVER WHITECHAPEL by Traevis Cottle (TV)
SUBPAR by Drew Wellington (TV)
THE POACHER by Christine Noël (TV)