PdA's Anti-Canon, 2016 Edition
by Perception_de_Ambiguity | created - 12 Sep 2016 | updated - 27 Sep 2016 | PublicThis is a Top 300 list of my favorite films that are relatively little seen (based on IMDb's number of votes).
The limit for feature length films is 1,300 votes, for documentary features it is 1,000 votes, and for short films it is 200 votes. 2015 and 2016 releases are also excluded.
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101. She and He (1963)
110 min | Drama
In a sterile building complex, a woman gains a sense of altruism after encountering a street beggar and his blind orphan, much to her husband's disapproval.
Director: Susumu Hani | Stars: Sachiko Hidari, Kikuji Yamashita, Eiji Okada, Akio Hasegawa
Votes: 230
102. Misery Loves Company (II) (1993)
60 min | Fantasy, Mystery
A distorted vision of trees and dreams.
Director: Carl Brown
Votes: 51
103. This Transient Life (1970)
Not Rated | 143 min | Drama
Near a remote Buddhist monastery, a young man falls in love with his sister and gets her pregnant. After a monk finds out, the young man becomes an assistant to a master sculptor, only to proceed to complicate matters with his affairs.
Director: Akio Jissôji | Stars: Michiko Tsukasa, Ryô Tamura, Eiji Okada, Isao Sasaki
Votes: 1,379
104. Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter (1970)
Not Rated | 85 min | Crime, Thriller
A street girl gang clashes with racist local gangsters after one of the girls starts dating an Afro-Japanese man.
Director: Yasuharu Hasebe | Stars: Meiko Kaji, Rikiya Yasuoka, Tatsuya Fuji, Jirô Okazaki
Votes: 886
105. Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company (2005)
112 min | Documentary
Elderly residents of a Toronto nursing home cope with loss, loneliness and other heartbreaking challenges of growing old, as the home's staff work tirelessly to provide an environment of dignified, compassionate care.
Director: Allan King | Stars: Claire Mandell, Sherry Mandell, Jeff Glickman, Sonny Max Glickman
Votes: 185
106. Elena (II) (2012)
80 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Elena, a young Brazilian woman, travels to New York with the same dream as her mother, to become a movie actress. She leaves behind her childhood spent in hiding during the years of the ... See full summary »
Director: Petra Costa | Stars: Li An, Elena Andrade, Petra Costa
Votes: 2,051
107. Bells of Atlantis (1952)
Not Rated | 12 min | Short
An experimental short in which underwater film and live-action above water film are combined.
Director: Ian Hugo | Star: Anaïs Nin
Votes: 245
108. 9 Variations on a Dance Theme (1966)
Not Rated | 13 min | Short
Bettie de Jong performs the same dance nine times, starting and ending in a reclined position. As the film proceeds the camera becomes more and more adventurous.
Director: Hilary Harris | Star: Bettie de Jong
Votes: 171
109. In Spring (1929)
79 min | Documentary
In Spring is a masterpiece of Ukrainian cinema avant-garde, a non-fiction film made by Mikhail Kaufman, Dziga Vertov's brother and co-author, along the lines of the avant-gardist theory of ... See full summary »
Director: Mikhail Kaufman
Votes: 214
110. Nostos: The Return (1989)
85 min | Adventure, History
At the end of the war, Odysseus, the wandering hero, with his companions begins his sail back home to the Mediterranean. The conclusion of his adventure is delayed by many natural obstacles... See full summary »
Director: Franco Piavoli | Stars: Luigi Mezzanotte, Branca de Camargo, Alex Carozzo, Paola Agosti
Votes: 518
111. Aka Ana (2008)
60 min | Documentary, Drama
120 fragments in 6 chapters, matching 120 nights in Tokyo, Osaka or elsewhere.
Director: Antoine d'Agata
Votes: 107
112. L'Immortelle (1963)
M | 101 min | Drama, Mystery
A sad man meets a beautiful, secretive woman who may or may not be involved in some conspiracy ring dealing in kidnapped women used as prostitutes. After several days of their sadly ... See full summary »
Director: Alain Robbe-Grillet | Stars: Françoise Brion, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Guido Celano, Ayfer Feray
Votes: 1,392
113. The End (1995)
6 min | Animation, Short
An animator finds himself trying to explain his (lack of) artistic vision to his creations, who just aren't impressed.
Director: Chris Landreth | Stars: Jeffrey Hirschfield, Gina Clayton, Hannah Kravitz, Vivian Chelette
Votes: 300
114. Der Wald vor lauter Bäumen (2003)
Not Rated | 81 min | Drama
As an awkward idealistic high school teacher begins her first job in the city, things turn out to be much tougher than she had imagined.
Director: Maren Ade | Stars: Eva Löbau, Daniela Holtz, Jan Neumann, Ilona Schulz
Votes: 1,899 | Gross: $0.00M
115. The Gleiwitz Case (1961)
70 min | Drama, History, Thriller
Re-enacted true story of successful assault by Nazis, posing as Poles, on a German border radio station so that Hitler could "justify" thereby his invasion of Poland.
Director: Gerhard Klein | Stars: Hannjo Hasse, Christoph Beyertt, Wolfgang Kalweit, Georg Leopold
Votes: 337
116. ChickenHawk (1994)
55 min | Documentary, Crime
Members of the controversial group NAMBLA (North American Man/Boy Love Association) discuss why their organization supports "boys and men who have or desire engagements in sexual or emotional relationships."
Director: Adi Sideman | Stars: Barbara Adler, Mimi Turner, Bill Andriette, Bill Bickly
Votes: 389
118. I Became a Criminal (1947)
Approved | 78 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
After WW2, former RAF airman Clem Morgan joins a gang of black-market smugglers-thieves but when a robbery goes wrong, Clem is caught , framed for a policeman's murder, and is sent to prison where he plots his escape and revenge.
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti | Stars: Sally Gray, Trevor Howard, Griffith Jones, Rene Ray
Votes: 1,925
119. Footprints on the Moon (1975)
Not Rated | 90 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After being tormented by dreams about astronauts on the moon, a translator visits a deserted seaside town whose inhabitants know her, although she does not know them.
Directors: Luigi Bazzoni, Mario Fanelli | Stars: Florinda Bolkan, Peter McEnery, Nicoletta Elmi, Caterina Boratto
Votes: 2,514
120. It Was a Faint Dream (1974)
120 min | Drama
After a number of stressful affairs, a court lady becomes a nun in order to pursue a life without desire.
Director: Akio Jissôji | Stars: Janet Hatta, Shin Kishida, Minori Terada, Chisako Hara
Votes: 150
121. Stories from the Road to Freedom (2013 TV Movie)
120 min | Documentary
This 2-hour special, narrated by Deon Cole, gives a fresh perspective of the black movement in America, from Emancipation to the Civil Rights era. The special uses first-hand accounts, rare... See full summary »
Directors: Seth Skundrick, Nicole Rittenmeyer | Star: Deon Cole
Votes: 12
122. The Strange Little Cat (2013)
Not Rated | 72 min | Comedy, Drama
A family in a house, and a chain of events that take place, on an ordinary evening that they plan to have dinner with relatives.
Director: Ramon Zürcher | Stars: Jenny Schily, Anjorka Strechel, Mia Kasalo, Luk Pfaff
Votes: 1,034
123. La cartomancienne (1932)
12 min | Short
In a European seaside village, a maiden takes clean sheets down from the clothesline. Carrying her basket of linens home, she stops to consult a fortune teller, whose been napping the the ... See full summary »
Director: Jerome Hill
Votes: 183
124. A Story of Children and Film (2013)
106 min | Documentary, History
A Story of Children and Film is the world's first movie about kids in global cinema. It's passionate, poetic, portrait of the adventure of childhood: its surrealism, loneliness, fun, ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Cousins | Stars: Mark Cousins, Ben, Laura
Votes: 712
125. Cemetery Without Crosses (1969)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Western
A melancholic gunfighter is drawn into a vengeful and tragic kidnapping plot by his widowed ex-lover.
Director: Robert Hossein | Stars: Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein, Guido Lollobrigida, Daniele Vargas
Votes: 2,400
126. The Suitor (1962)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy
Pierre is a shy man whose sole focus in life is studying astrology in solitude, which is often difficult since he still lives at and studies in his parents' house. His parent's would rather... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Étaix | Stars: France Arnel, Pierre Étaix, Laurence Lignières, Claude Massot
Votes: 1,073
127. The Film of Her (2004)
12 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Bill Morrison | Stars: Guy de Lancey, Stephen Kellam, Bob McGrath, Bill Morrison
Votes: 117
128. Story of a Prostitute (1965)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Romance, War
In WW2 Manchuria, a prostitute grows to resent an abusive adjutant and falls in love with his aide.
Director: Seijun Suzuki | Stars: Tamio Kawaji, Yumiko Nogawa, Isao Tamagawa, Shôichi Ozawa
Votes: 1,602
129. Lissy (1957)
89 min | Drama
A story about the rise of Nazism based on a novel by a German-Jewish author who managed to survive by fleeing to the USA. The movie focuses on working class Berliner Lissy Schroeder who ... See full summary »
Director: Konrad Wolf | Stars: Sonja Sutter, Horst Drinda, Hans-Peter Minetti, Raimund Schelcher
Votes: 119
131. Being Two Isn't Easy (1962)
88 min | Comedy, Drama
Husband and wife Gorô and Chiyo, and their only offspring, an infant son named Tarô, go through the ups and downs of family life living in a cramped modern apartment building in suburban ... See full summary »
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Fujiko Yamamoto, Hiroo Suzuki, Eiji Funakoshi, Kumeko Urabe
Votes: 485
132. Re: Awakenings (2013)
18 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
During the early 1920s, a rare form of encephalitis lethargica swept the world, afflicting hundreds of thousands of people. Of those who survived, many were left in mysteriously frozen, ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Morrison
Votes: 58
133. Johnny Hamlet (1968)
PG | 91 min | Drama, Western
Back from the Civil War, Johnny Hamilton learns that his father was murdered by Santana the bandit and that his mother Gertrude married his uncle Claude but Johnny is determined to find out the truth.
Director: Enzo G. Castellari | Stars: Andrea Giordana, Gilbert Roland, Horst Frank, Ennio Girolami
Votes: 659
134. Crash of Silence (1952)
Approved | 93 min | Drama
Mandy Garland was born deaf and has been mute for all of her life. Her parents believe she is able to speak if she can only be taught, and they enroll her with a special teacher.
Director: Alexander Mackendrick | Stars: Phyllis Calvert, Jack Hawkins, Terence Morgan, Godfrey Tearle
Votes: 1,023
135. Hanna Amon (1951)
106 min | Drama
Hanna Amon and her brother Thomas live on an estate they've inherited from their parents. Local veterinarian Brunner loves Hanna from afar, and Thomas is in love with the daughter of the ... See full summary »
Director: Veit Harlan | Stars: Kristina Söderbaum, Lutz Moik, Ilse Steppat, Hermann Schomberg
Votes: 88
136. Dragon Inn (1967)
Not Rated | 111 min | Action, Adventure
When the children of an executed General are pursued in 1457 China, some heroic martial arts swordsmen intervene.
Director: King Hu | Stars: Polly Ling-Feng Shang-Kuan, Chun Shih, Ying Bai, Feng Hsu
Votes: 3,628
137. The Marrying Kind (1952)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
Florence and Chet Keefer have had a troublesome marriage. Whilst in the middle of a divorce hearing, the judge encourages them to remember the good times they have had, hoping that the ... See full summary »
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Judy Holliday, Aldo Ray, Madge Kennedy, Sheila Bond
Votes: 1,642
138. Kamouraska (1973)
R | 124 min | Drama, History
Quebec, the 1830s and 1840s. As she attends the bedside of Jérôme, her second husband, Élisabeth recalls her youth, her marriage to her first husband, Antoine, life in remote Kamouraska ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Jutra | Stars: Geneviève Bujold, Richard Jordan, Marcel Cuvelier, Philippe Léotard
Votes: 420
139. Interviews with My Lai Veterans (1971)
22 min | Documentary, Short, War
Interviews with five former American soldiers who were present at the March 16, 1968 attack on the village of My Lai during the Vietnam War; they discuss the orders that were issued leading... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Strick | Star: Richard Hammer
Votes: 264
140. Fugue (1999)
7 min | Animation, Short
A visual art work that borrows the principles of fugue from music. A man, his dreams, a hotel room...
Director: Georges Schwizgebel
Votes: 311
141. J'accuse! (1919)
Not Rated | 166 min | Drama, Horror, War
The story of two men, one married, the other the lover of the other's wife, who meet in the trenches of the First World War, and how their tale becomes a microcosm for the horrors of war.
Director: Abel Gance | Stars: Romuald Joubé, Maxime Desjardins, Séverin-Mars, Angèle Guys
Votes: 2,054
142. Rumpelstilzchen (1989)
14 min | Short
A montage that brings together heterogeneous super 8 Found Footage and own personal shots. By hand development and chemical influences an interwoven story about the conversion of simple elements to gold came out.
Director: Jürgen Reble
Votes: 26
143. Gucia (1985)
16 min | Short
Based on a story by Jerzy Anrzejewski, called The First Love, it's a gentle story of two seven-year-olds and the feeling emerging between them.
Director: Dorota Kedzierzawska | Stars: Waldek Kalisz, Agatka Pokorowska
Votes: 31
144. Face Like a Frog (1987)
5 min | Animation, Short
A frog is called to the help of another frog, whose house is haunted.
Director: Sally Cruikshank
Votes: 268
145. N. Took the Dice (1972)
Not Rated | 79 min | Drama, Horror
This enigmatic narrative and its outre content are pushed several degrees closer to total madness which scrambles an already ambiguous chronology to the point of free form collage.
Director: Alain Robbe-Grillet | Stars: Catherine Jourdan, Pierre Zimmer, Richard Leduc, Lorraine Rainer
Votes: 310
146. A Lad from Old Ireland (1910)
12 min | Short, Drama
A boy from Ireland comes to America and makes good, but he doesn't forget the poverty he left behind. He returns to rescue his sweetheart just as her family is about to be evicted from their land.
Director: Sidney Olcott | Stars: Sidney Olcott, Gene Gauntier, Thomas O'Connor, Arthur Donaldson
Votes: 252
147. Diamonds of the Night (1964)
Not Rated | 67 min | Drama, War
Two Jewish boys escape from a train transporting them from one concentration camp to another. The film goes beyond the themes of war and anti-Nazism and concerns itself with man's struggle to preserve human dignity.
Director: Jan Nemec | Stars: Ladislav Jánsky, Antonín Kumbera, Ilse Bischofova, Jan Riha
Votes: 2,905
148. Themes and Variations (1928)
10 min | Short, Music
An avant-garde dance short, integrating slow motion, and cutting between the movements of a ballerina, close-ups of machinery and images of nature.
Director: Germaine Dulac | Star: Lilian Constantini
Votes: 126
149. Abschied von gestern - (Anita G.) (1966)
88 min | Drama
The film tells the story of Anita G., a young East German migrant to West Germany and her struggle to adjust to her new life.
Director: Alexander Kluge | Stars: Alexandra Kluge, Günter Mack, Eva Maria Meineke, Hans Korte
Votes: 1,057
150. Limit (1931)
Not Rated | 114 min | Drama, Romance
Three people (Raul Schnoor, Olga Breno and Tatiana Rey) sail aimlessly while remembering their past.
Director: Mario Peixoto | Stars: Olga Breno, Tatiana Rey, Raul Schnoor, Brutus Pedreira
Votes: 2,879
151. Treno popolare (1933)
63 min | Comedy
A story about the comic adventures of a group of summertime travelers.
Director: Raffaello Matarazzo | Stars: Marcello Spada, Lina Gennari, Carlo Petrangeli, Jone Frigerio
Votes: 209
152. At' zije Republika (1965)
134 min | Drama, War
It is the spring 1945 and the front line is getting closer to the small Moravian village of Nesovice. Twelve-year old Oldrich Vareka, nicknamed Shorty for his tiny stature, observes the ... See full summary »
Director: Karel Kachyna | Stars: Frank Argus, Josef Barta, P. Bohdanecky, Eduard Bredun
Votes: 307
153. Unter dem Pflaster ist der Strand (1975)
103 min | Drama
Berlin, 1974. Grischa and Heinrich are actors, accidentally locked in the rehearsal hall one night. He tries to seduce her; she's puts him off. Later she dumps her husband and sleeps with ... See full summary »
Director: Helma Sanders-Brahms | Stars: Grischa Huber, Heinrich Giskes, Ursula von Berg, Gesine Strempel
Votes: 89
154. Tomatos Another Day (1930)
7 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
The images on the screen tell it all. In a drawing room, the clock shows two on an afternoon. Adulterous lovers cling; her husband is due home momentarily, so he leaves. She goes to a table... See full summary »
Director: James Sibley Watson
Votes: 273
155. Many Wars Ago (1970)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, War
On the Italian/Austrian front during World War I, a disastrous Italian attack upon the Austrian positions leads to a mutiny among the Italian troops.
Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Mark Frechette, Alain Cuny, Gian Maria Volontè, Giampiero Albertini
Votes: 1,924
156. Water-Mirror of Granada (1955)
21 min | Documentary, Short
As stated in the film, Jose Val del Omar presents a brief audiovisual essay of lyrical plastic art.
Director: José Val del Omar | Stars: Pepe Albaicín, Juan Gómez Leal, Señorita Chon, Julián Goya
Votes: 396
158. Soak the Rich (1936)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
Conservative millionaire Humphrey Craig is fearful that a "soak-the-rich" bill will pass in the United States Senate. He keeps apprised of the situation by having Captain Pettijohn report ... See full summary »
Directors: Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur | Stars: Walter Connolly, John Howard, Mary Taylor, Lionel Stander
Votes: 56
159. Take the 5:10 to Dreamland (1976)
6 min | Short
An experimental film from Bruce Conner which combines found footage of trains and small towns.
Director: Bruce Conner
Votes: 293
160. Germany Pale Mother (1980)
152 min | Drama, History, War
Germany 1939. Hans and Lene marry the day before the war breaks out, and Hans is sent to the Eastern front. During a bombing raid their daughter Anna is born. The house is destroyed and ... See full summary »
Director: Helma Sanders-Brahms | Stars: Eva Mattes, Ernst Jacobi, Elisabeth Stepanek, Angelika Thomas
Votes: 848
161. Der Rabe (1951)
14 min | Short, Horror
A black and white short depicting the events written by Edgar Allan Poe in his famous poem "The Raven".
Director: Kurt Steinwendner | Stars: Leopold Rudolf, Margit Jergins
Votes: 110
162. Confessions of a Young American Housewife (1974)
Not Rated | 80 min | Adventure, Drama
An attractive but conservative mid-30's housewife stays at the house of her sexually open daughter and soon becomes involved in her daughter's swinger lifestyle.
Director: Joseph W. Sarno | Stars: Mary Mendum, Jennifer Welles, Chris Jordan, Eric Edwards
Votes: 673
163. Flatland (2007 Video)
95 min | Animation, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Flatland is a two-dimensional universe occupied by living geometric figures - squares, triangles, circles, etc. A Square, Attorney At Law, finds himself in the middle of two upheavals: the ... See full summary »
Director: Ladd Ehlinger Jr. | Stars: Ashley Blackwell, Chris Carter, Denise Carter, Juliana Carter
Votes: 1,223
164. The Gun Is Loaded (1989)
Not Rated | 37 min | Short
At the end of the Reagan years, rocker and confrontational performance artist Lydia Lunch launches a broadside. From a formal podium, she attacks the white male power structure of the US. ... See full summary »
Directors: Merrill Aldighieri, Joe Tripician | Stars: Lydia Lunch, Animal, Victoria Bisi, Michael Buscemi
Votes: 40
165. Three Poplars on Plyuschikha Street (1968)
79 min | Romance
In Moscow from a distant village comes a rustic Russian woman. The first person she meets is a surprisingly intelligent cab driver. They meet by chance and do not even go out on a date, yet... See full summary »
Director: Tatyana Lioznova | Stars: Tatyana Doronina, Oleg Efremov, Vyacheslav Shalevich, Alevtina Rumyantseva
Votes: 1,201
166. Golgo 13: Queen Bee (1998 Video)
Not Rated | 57 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
Golgo 13 is hired to assassinate Queen Bee, the second-in-command of a South American rebel army, to prevent her from killing the United States democratic presidential nominee.
Director: Osamu Dezaki | Stars: Tarô Arakawa, John DiMaggio, Kinryû Arimoto, Denise Poirier
Votes: 815
167. Between Two Wars (1978)
83 min | History
Director: Harun Farocki | Stars: Ingemo Engström, Jeff Layton, Renée Schlesier, Stefan Matousch
Votes: 50
168. Man, Pride & Vengeance (1967)
Not Rated | 101 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A stalwart Spanish soldier turns to a life of crime to prove his love for a mysterious and promiscuous gypsy woman.
Director: Luigi Bazzoni | Stars: Tina Aumont, Franco Nero, Klaus Kinski, Guido Lollobrigida
Votes: 763
169. The Inextinguishable Fire (1969)
25 min | War, Short
Short film which explores the origins of napalm, it's use in the Vietnam war, and it's evil effects on society.
Director: Harun Farocki | Stars: Gerd Volker Bussäus, Harun Farocki, Caroline Gremm, Hanspeter Krüger
Votes: 339
171. Opfergang (1944)
98 min | Drama
Idle intellectuals Albrecht, Octavia and Äls, are given to quoting and emulating their philosopher hero, Nietzsche. Albrecht later contracts typhus bringing the foster child gravely ill Äls out of an infected area.
Director: Veit Harlan | Stars: Carl Raddatz, Kristina Söderbaum, Irene von Meyendorff, Franz Schafheitlin
Votes: 751
172. Indiánské léto (1995)
65 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A debut of director Sasa Gedeon unfolding the simple story of an adolescent girl (Klára Issová) who begins her entry into the adult world during a summer vacation spent at her grandmother's... See full summary »
Director: Sasa Gedeon | Stars: Tatiana Dyková, Klára Issová, Robert Stepánek, Jirí Ployhar
Votes: 265
174. New York, N.Y. (1986)
10 min | Documentary, Short
A contemplative look at New York's dazzling cityscape during the day and at night.
Director: Raymond Depardon | Star: Raymond Depardon
Votes: 106
175. Dreams That Money Can Buy (1947)
Approved | 99 min | Drama, Fantasy
After learning how to look inside himself, a poetic bum sells people vivid dreams.
Director: Hans Richter | Stars: Jack Bittner, Libby Holman, Josh White, Norma Cazanjian
Votes: 945
176. L'invitation au voyage (1927)
40 min | Short, Drama
Tired of being ignored by her husband, a young woman heads off to a nautical-themed nightclub, frequented by rowdy sailors. Her attentions is caught by a handsome naval officer.
Director: Germaine Dulac | Stars: Raymond Dubreuil, Emma Gynt, Robert Mirfeuil, Paul Lorbert
Votes: 334
177. Rispondetemi (1992)
19 min | Short
A car accident victim recalls memories from her life while riding in an ambulance on the way to the hospital.
Director: Léa Pool | Stars: Anne Dorval, Élise Guilbault, Sylvie Legault, Marcel Gauthier
Votes: 43
178. Busting (1974)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Defying orders to lay-off the case, two Los Angeles vice-squad cops go after a local mobster and use unorthodox methods to achieve results.
Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Elliott Gould, Robert Blake, Allen Garfield, Antonio Fargas
Votes: 1,868 | Gross: $0.11M
179. Twilight of the Dark Master (1997)
Unrated | 50 min | Animation, Fantasy, Horror
In the near future, the demons prepare for a new assault on earth, which is protected by the guardians, a struggle that has gone on for eons. The dark masters have found ways to release the... See full summary »
Director: Akiyuki Shinbô | Stars: Andrew Philpot, Toshihiko Seki, Masuo Amada, Steve Bulen
Votes: 589
180. Mayhem (1987)
20 min | Short
Presents a social order run amok in a libidinous retracing of film noir conventions. Sexuality flows in an atmosphere of sexual tension, danger, violence, and glamour; antagonism between ... See full summary »
Director: Abigail Child | Stars: Diane Torr, Ela Troyano
Votes: 66
181. Fire in Castilla (Tactilvision from the Moor of the Fright) (1960)
20 min | Documentary, Short
Short documentary featuring sculptures of Alonso de Berruguete and Juan de Juni in the Valladolid National Museum.
Director: José Val del Omar | Star: José Val del Omar
Votes: 462
182. Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted (1992 TV Movie)
50 min | Drama, Fantasy, Music
The performer of Twin Peaks theme Julee Cruise's experimental concert film, which opens with a short intro where a man breaks up with his girl over the phone, which devastates her. The concert is set in her nightmarish subconscious mind.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Laura Dern, Nicolas Cage, Julee Cruise, Lisa Giobbi
Votes: 1,926
183. The Ground (2001)
20 min | Short
A stone mason works to build and repair a castle wall.
Director: Robert Beavers
Votes: 101
184. Da Vinci (2012)
25 min | Documentary, Short
Robotic surgery department. A surgeon performs an entire operation, controlling the robot's motions using a joystick.
Director: Yuri Ancarani | Stars: Olivia Fanucchi, Stylianos Korasidis, Franca Melfi
Votes: 55
185. Das magische Band (1960)
21 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Ferdinand Khittl | Stars: Leo Bardischewski, Joachim Fuchsberger, Hans Pössenbacher
Votes: 42
186. Snakes and Ladders (1980 TV Movie)
30 min | Mystery
A man awakens to find himself immersed in a real-life scenario of a board game with an ever expanding cartography.
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Pascal Bonitzer, Jean-Loup Rivière
Votes: 169
187. Dishonored (1931)
Approved | 91 min | Drama, Romance, War
The Austrian Secret Service sends its most seductive agent to spy on the Russians.
Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, Victor McLaglen, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Warner Oland
Votes: 3,200
188. Texas, Adios (1966)
Not Rated | 93 min | Action, Drama, Western
A Texan sheriff and his younger brother travel across the border into Mexico to confront the man who killed their father.
Director: Ferdinando Baldi | Stars: Franco Nero, Alberto Dell'Acqua, Elisa Montés, José Guardiola
Votes: 1,859
190. Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors (1963)
75 min | Family, Fantasy
Olya and Yalo save the people of the looking glass from lies.
Director: Aleksandr Rou | Stars: Olga Yukina, Tatyana Yukina, Tatyana Barysheva, Andrei Stapran
Votes: 1,486
191. Shadow Cuts (2010)
5 min | Short, Action
An iris diaphragm opens haltingly in the blackness, behind it a laughing Mickey Mouse, his friend Pluto's arm around his shoulders. The final sequences of a happy ending run in reverse, ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Arnold
Votes: 16
193. Combat de boxe (1927)
8 min | Short, Sport
Two boxers face off in a surreal boxing match.
Director: Charles Dekeukeleire | Stars: Pierre Bourgeois, Jean Demey, Henri Dupont, André Saint-Germain
Votes: 196
194. Phffft (1954)
Approved | 88 min | Comedy, Romance
While pursing new companions, a former married couple keep running into each other all over town.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon, Jack Carson, Kim Novak
Votes: 2,001
195. Hazard (2005)
103 min | Crime, Drama
Faced by a society of criminals, these three youths avenge their rights.
Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Joe Odagiri, Jai West, Motoki Fukami, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
Votes: 844
196. Feeling My Way (1997)
6 min | Animation, Short
What goes around comes around: the daily cycle of home-work-home illuminated in collage, Hi-8 and paint. An account of a journey from home to work as seen through the filter of the conscious and subconscious mind.
Director: Jonathan Hodgson
Votes: 41
197. Nuit #1 (2011)
Unrated | 91 min | Drama
It starts as a one night stand that evolves in a long discussion with infinite subjects between a québécoise and an immigrant.
Director: Anne Émond | Stars: Catherine De Léan, Dimitri Storoge, Véronique Rebizov, Raphaël Boulanger
Votes: 890
198. It May Be That Beauty Has Strengthened Our Resolve: Masao Adachi (2011)
73 min | Documentary
Grandrieux pays an homage to Masao Adachi, a Japanese filmmaker with a turbulent past and now a recluse in his homeland, creating a portrait of this man always faithful in its very own way.
Director: Philippe Grandrieux | Stars: Masao Adachi, Naruhiko Onozawa
Votes: 134
199. L'ange (1982)
64 min | Animation, Fantasy
A surreal, nightmarish collection of imagery.
Director: Patrick Bokanowski | Stars: Maurice Baquet, Jean-Marie Bon, Martine Couture, Jacques Faure
Votes: 636
200. Finding Interest (1995)
Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
An action thriller about an unhappy advertising executive who hires a hit-man to have himself killed.
Directors: Samer Daboul, Trevor Sands | Stars: Timothy Patrick Quill, Matthias Hues, Frank Adonis, Linda Kerns
Votes: 83
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