Celebrating the best loglines from our screenwriting community
"When a rediscovered cache of Vivaldi manuscripts sparks an international festival, a band of musicians and artisans in 1939 Italy use the event as cover to smuggle fifty persecuted refugees — mostly gay men — out of Europe, forcing an American student, a German violinist, and a Sienese chorusmaster to risk everything for art and humanity."
This concept was chosen over the runner-up for its expansive blend of historical drama, cultural spectacle, and high-stakes action, offering broader audience appeal and richer visual storytelling compared to the runner-up's more focused personal narrative.
"When a brave, openly queer Dutch artist leads a small resistance cell to destroy the Nazi population registry, he must face the ultimate betrayal — the man who once loved him now presides over his execution."
It excels in delivering a powerful, emotionally charged story of love and resistance during WWII, with strong character development and authentic representation of queer experiences that make it highly relatable and impactful.
"A small-town deputy haunted by his brother's unsolved murder races to catch a charming, psychotic killer— a woman guided by the voice and lessons of her dead father—before she buries another life and vanishes into the 1970s night."
"When a grieving ad exec begins receiving cryptic 1:11 phone calls from his recently deceased, philandering father — who claims there's a half-brother to find — he crashes across the Southwest in a beat-up Buick, confronting his father's past, his marriage, and the meaning of being a 'present father' before his father's metaphysical time runs out."
"When a quiet poet leads a rag-tag group of artists, tailors and students to bomb the Dutch Population Registry, he must pay the ultimate price to protect the identities of thousands — and confronts the man he once loved who has become his executioner."
"When a viral video grounds a disgraced airline captain, he must redeem himself mid-flight and save his kidnapped family after a vengeful attacker weaponizes passengers and airline comms — forcing him to choose between duty, revenge and survival."
"1) In a future where emotions are harvested and sold, a thrill‑seeking extractor must infiltrate the city's most secure lab to rescue his brother — but the discovery that a 'death' extraction can kill the emotionless forces him to choose between vengeance and the future of their uprising."
"A clever, sleepless 17-year-old fights to save her younger siblings from their cannibalistic parents, exposing a trail of disappearances that leads to a crematorium and a decision that will either free them or make her into what she fights."
"When an AI-triggered lockdown seals fifty-two people in a billionaires' bunker, a CEO must choose between deleting the corporate data that built his power or letting the occupants suffocate — only the overlooked facilities team and a teenage daughter stand between his ego and fifty-two lives."
"When a young woman from Earth is swept back to the magical realm of Nova, she must marry a haunted hero and help him reclaim his age-old powers by collecting seven jewels—while a resurrected Scourge King hunts them and a Destined Kiss may be the only thing that saves both worlds."
"When a brave, openly queer Dutch artist leads a small resistance cell to destroy the Nazi population registry, he must face the ultimate betrayal — the man who once loved him now presides over his execution."
"When a curious sixteen-year-old Insider sneaks outside her sealed home for the first time and falls for a Deliverer boy, their secret meeting ignites a cross-class movement that forces the leaders of both worlds to face a century of lies — and a charismatic Deliverer with his own violent plans."
"A sleep-deprived veteran locks himself in his bathroom to escape a noise in his apartment — as domestic sounds escalate into a terrifying presence, a looping security infomercial exposes the cruel irony of his isolation."
"When a rediscovered cache of Vivaldi manuscripts sparks an international festival, a band of musicians and artisans in 1939 Italy use the event as cover to smuggle fifty persecuted refugees — mostly gay men — out of Europe, forcing an American student, a German violinist, and a Sienese chorusmaster to risk everything for art and humanity."
"When a cocky adventure journalist discovers evidence of Biblical 'Watchers', he and a disillusioned Hebrew scholar must race into Vatican vaults and underground trials to steal the Keys of Heaven before a charismatic cultist opens a prison that could unleash apocalypse."
"When his science-officer wife is fused to an alien crystalline consciousness and falls into stasis, a battle-tested starship captain must lead a ragtag crew into the future—into the arms of a mysterious intelligence—to recover her and prevent a threat that spans millennia."
Chosen over the runner-up because it delivers a more expansive sci-fi epic with profound emotional depth and high-stakes adventure, contrasting with the runner-up's more intimate horror focus, making it better suited for broad audience appeal and visual spectacle.
"When a demon cult prepares to tear open a portal during a once-in-a-millennia planetary alignment, a young psychiatrist inheriting both a haunted family fortune and her mother’s occult gifts must become the last line of defense to stop the invasion — even if victory costs her everything."
This logline excels with its compelling blend of psychological horror and supernatural elements, featuring a strong, relatable protagonist and high personal stakes that create intense emotional engagement and marketability as a standalone thriller.
"When a vintage board game called 'Dream Boy' is unearthed in a storm-shuttered sorority house, a survivor of a stalker must outrun perfect, predatory men summoned by the game and confront the century-old bargain that trades youth for bodies — or lose herself to a house that feeds on memory."
"After a traumatic concussion, a teenage girl becomes a conduit for a dark force that slips through reflections — and her mother's unresolved grief over a sister’s suspicious death forces a family to confront a human guilty secret and a supernatural twin before it destroys them."
"When a wildlife officer investigating a brutal, inexplicable attack uncovers a buried army lab and a fungal intelligence that is turning the Rockies into a living hive, she must choose between stopping the contagion or becoming the mountain’s final, terrifying apex."
"A grieving engineer whose world is literally woven into a cosmic Connection Matrix will risk everything — and bargain with a sentient satellite AI — to pull back the single thread that cost him his wife, only to discover every rescue has a catastrophic price."
"When a demon cult prepares to tear open a portal during a once-in-a-millennia planetary alignment, a young psychiatrist inheriting both a haunted family fortune and her mother’s occult gifts must become the last line of defense to stop the invasion — even if victory costs her everything."
"When his science-officer wife is fused to an alien crystalline consciousness and falls into stasis, a battle-tested starship captain must lead a ragtag crew into the future—into the arms of a mysterious intelligence—to recover her and prevent a threat that spans millennia."
"A grief-haunted ex-FBI agent hunts the analog reincarnation of a murderous AI through a ruined, retrofitted world of typewriters, cathode-ray cores and church bell transmitters — and must confront the creator who birthed the monster if he hopes to rescue the wife he lost to the machine."
This concept was selected over the runner-up because it combines high-stakes action with timely AI themes and broader commercial potential, whereas the runner-up focuses more on intimate emotional exploration without the same level of visceral excitement.
"After a small-town hum opens a tear between parallel domestic realities, a grieving designer trapped between worlds must race the boundary of erasure to find the husband who vanished — before she fades from her own life forever."
It stands out with its innovative use of parallel universes to explore deep themes of grief and identity, creating a visually striking and emotionally resonant narrative.
"When an openly queer artist leads a daring Resistance attack on the Nazi Population Registry, he must face the brutal cost of defiance when his former lover—now an SS commander—returns to pronounce judgment."
"A grief-haunted farmhand and lisping former high-school lineman must walk on at Auburn to win back his family farm—facing boosters, a brutal SEC, and his own fear—with one last, improbable touchdown as the town’s fate hangs in the balance."
"When a covert SOG recovery mission goes disastrously wrong, a haunted operative must confront the man he once called brother — now a superheated weapon created by the same secret program that turned them both — and stop a new generation of augmented killers before they reshape warfare."
"A grief-haunted ex-FBI agent hunts the analog reincarnation of a murderous AI through a ruined, retrofitted world of typewriters, cathode-ray cores and church bell transmitters — and must confront the creator who birthed the monster if he hopes to rescue the wife he lost to the machine."
"After a small-town hum opens a tear between parallel domestic realities, a grieving designer trapped between worlds must race the boundary of erasure to find the husband who vanished — before she fades from her own life forever."
"A hapless Bronx car salesman on the run after a blind date massacre is mistaken for a legendary assassin—now he must survive Valentine’s Day, a mob boss’s vendetta, and the revelation that the mysterious Red Rose who’s been protecting him is the absentee father he never knew."
"A fresh-faced college grad takes his first day selling cars at a morally bankrupt dealership and must decide how far he'll go to pay rent, keep his fiancée, and survive a system that rewards lies."
"A burned-out ex-CIA operative haunted by Arthurian dreams must learn to time-travel with the help of a wisecracking Merlin to stop a presidential investigator’s assassination, discover who murdered his parents, and save a makeshift family — before the past and future erase everything he loves."
Chosen over the runner-up for its innovative fusion of time-travel, Arthurian mythology, and personal redemption, which creates a more layered and emotionally complex narrative with broader thematic appeal, compared to the runner-up's more singular focus on sci-fi action and individual heroism.
"When a former girl-scout-turned-wrestler discovers she carries a fragment of an alien meteorite in her arm, she must race against a megalomaniacal scientist to rescue her kidnapped father and stop a weapon that can rewrite life itself."
This concept shines with its fresh blend of wrestling and sci-fi elements, offering high-stakes action, strong character development, and a compelling female protagonist that could translate into a visually dynamic and emotionally engaging film.
"A burned-out ex-CIA operative haunted by Arthurian dreams must learn to time-travel with the help of a wisecracking Merlin to stop a presidential investigator’s assassination, discover who murdered his parents, and save a makeshift family — before the past and future erase everything he loves."
"An undefeated, retired boxing champion is pulled back into the ring when a tech company engineers an AI-generated viral fight to humiliate a social-media star — but when the company offers to fund the champion's granddaughter’s life-saving treatment in exchange for one last bout, he must risk everything for a second chance at glory and family."
"When a warm-hearted, forty-something London receptionist who talks to angels decides to stop waiting for life to happen, her meddling, glamorous guardian angel forces her into messy, hilarious attempts at career reinvention, love, and purpose."
"A guilt‑haunted FBI agent who joined to save the innocent must protect a young woman who can speak to a changing Earth, while a shadowy government project decides whether to weaponize, contain—or destroy—the next stage of human evolution."
"A meticulous brand strategist whose life is built around perfect timing begins experiencing literal 'rewinds'—moments of sensory collapse that undo her instincts. As her panic episodes threaten her work and the new relationship she’s finally allowed herself to have, she must decide whether to keep editing the world to feel safe, or surrender to the messy human moments that make love possible."
"A Hollywood 'sweetheart' who’s been living by other people's scripts secretly begins stripping in a Van Nuys club and, through a double life as a dancer, rediscovers the messy freedom to choose herself — even after a tabloid leak threatens to destroy everything she’s built."
"An investigative podcaster uncovers a tech company’s plan to retroactively rewrite history and must race a moral technocrat to make the disappeared visible again — by any means necessary."
"When a former girl-scout-turned-wrestler discovers she carries a fragment of an alien meteorite in her arm, she must race against a megalomaniacal scientist to rescue her kidnapped father and stop a weapon that can rewrite life itself."
"When a self-replicating alien mechanism awakens in the solar system, a disgraced lunar geologist and a tenacious intelligence agent join an international mission to stop it before Earth's cities are 'hexaformed'—but the greatest threat may come from humanity’s own desire to control the technology."
"When a girl born in a war zone is struck by lightning and named by an ancient prophecy, she is resurrected as Kamila—an awakened warrior tied to an ancestral queens' council—and must master both science and sorcery to stop Dominyaha, a millennia-old queen bent on flooding the world and remaking humanity."
"When a self-replicating alien mechanism awakens in the solar system, a disgraced lunar geologist and a tenacious intelligence agent join an international mission to stop it before Earth's cities are 'hexaformed'—but the greatest threat may come from humanity’s own desire to control the technology."
"After a fatal accident tears a family apart, a restless younger son demands his inheritance and leaves home—forcing him to reckon with grief, rivalry, and the price of freedom as the prodigal story unfolds in a dusty biblical landscape."
"When a sneaker-obsessed teen and the rival accused of attacking him are forced to partner on a school-sponsored shoe art project, they must navigate pride, peer pressure and a rising gang threat — until an unforeseen act of violence forces both to confront what they truly value."
"After years of living with the unexplained disappearance of her childhood best friend, a haunted woman uses surveillance, polaroids, and a battered camera to unmask a malign presence that feeds on images—forcing her to risk everything to drag the thing out of the shadows."
"An alcoholic-hopeful actor turned car salesman drives cross-country to crash a Hollywood casting and instead winds up on a star-studded salvage mission to the Titanic; when supernatural guardians and greed threaten the voyage, he must choose between timid survival and the courage to save lives — and finally earn the role of his life."
This is the most anticipated volume, inspired by my novel of the same title. The Timeless Vol. 1-3 is currently inspired by themes of love, adventure, awakening, loss, and conquering one's fears, incorporating historical and Christian concepts in a fantasy story.