Screenplays

Compelling screenplays.

Feature screenplays by Michael Elliott, presented for readers, producers, collaborators, and rights inquiries.

Screenplay • Rights Inquiry

Nobody’s Heroes

A Vietnam veteran risks prison to act on conscience.

A decorated Vietnam combat vet, dealing with PTSD, defies the FBI and risks prison to help a notorious and wanted antiwar activist escape to Canada.

In the spirit of The Fugitive × Born on the Fourth of July

Screenplay • Rights Inquiry

I’ll Never Find Another You

A lifetime first love returns when time is running out.

When a stubborn 75-year-old man agrees to care for his lifetime first love now battling cancer, their rekindled romance forces them to confront the wreckage of decades while racing time to finally choose each other.

In the spirit of We Live in Time × Blue Valentine

Screenplay • Rights Inquiry

In Self Defense?

A revenge thriller built around a fatal moral question.

Seeking revenge on a white criminal gang, a Black homeowner lures them into a home invasion attempting to disguise murder as self-defense.

In the spirit of Man on Fire × The Usual Suspects

Screenplay • Rights Inquiry

Witches & Warriors

A teenager is pulled from 1990 into the turbulence of 1967.

A teenager is unexpectedly transported from 1990 to 1967, where he becomes entangled in the world of hippies, the Vietnam War, and the paranormal, forcing him to confront his own destiny and the power of the past.

In the spirit of Stargate × Platoon