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- DirectorKevin TancharoenStarsJeri RyanMichael Jai WhiteIan Anthony DaleDetective Jackson Briggs recruits the assassin Hanzo Hasashi into an undercover mission - enter an illegal tournament and eliminate all its criminal participants.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsReinhard LichtenbergWeight lifting men who compete to achieve individual bodily perfection through muscle building.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsPeter BrummGeorg EskaKarl-Heinz SteffelFour guys break into an old castle and find uniforms and military equipment. They then prepare to defend it from an imaginary enemy.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsLefteris DaskalakisAntonis PapadakisThe story of a solitary man who refuses to leave a Greek island (at one time a leper colony) is told by a strange variety of characters who don't have much to say except to repeat their tellings over and over again. But the person who has the final word on the matter, the lonely character himself, may not explain anything about his personal reasons for not abandoning the place.
- DirectorMarika BeikuAleksandr GordonAndrei TarkovskyStarsYuliy FaytAleksandr GordonValentin VinogradovTwo men besiege a lunch bar looking for a third man they must kill.
- DirectorBertolt BrechtErich EngelStarsBlandine EbingerKarl ValentinErwin FaberKarl Valentin plays a journeyman in a barber shop who prefers to stay in bed than to take care of his (already heavily bearded) customers. When he's at work, he removes boils with hammer, chisel and pincers, turns long-haired men into skin-heads and chops off people's heads.
- DirectorKurt MattilaStarsBruce BoxleitnerJeff BridgesPaul DzenkiwAbout the "Flynn Lives" movement.
- DirectorDavid KaplanStarsChristina RicciTimour BourtasenkovEvelyn SolannA black comedy version of the classic tale.
- DirectorPatrick JeanNew York City is invaded by 8-bit creatures.
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsJeremy TheobaldIn his squalid apartment, a man tries to squash with his shoe an insect of some kind that is moving around the room.
- DirectorJørgen LethStarsMajken Algren NielsenClaus NissenJørgen LethAn elegant and humorous film-in the guise of a serious anthropological treatise-spotlights "The Perfect Human," a model of the modern Dane created by our wishful thinking.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsVictor AndréBleuette BernonA group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon.
- DirectorRené ClairStarsJean BörlinInge FrïssFrancis PicabiaAn absolute dada movie. Somebody gets killed, his coffin gets out of control and after a chase it stops. The person gets out of it and let everybody who followed the coffin dissapear.
- DirectorLouis LumièreStarsAuguste LumièreMrs. Auguste LumiereAndrée LumièreAs part of a maiden public film screening at the Salon Indien, on December 28, in Paris, Auguste Lumière pivots the centre of attention around his baby daughter, as he tries to feed her from a spoon.
- DirectorEdwin S. PorterStarsGilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' AndersonA.C. AbadieGeorge BarnesA group of bandits stage a brazen train hold-up, only to find a determined posse hot on their heels.
- DirectorJ. Searle DawleyStarsMary FullerCharles OgleAugustus PhillipsThe first filmed version of Frankenstein. The young doctor discovers the secret of life, which he uses to create a perfect human. Things do not go according to plan.
- DirectorMark ApicellaStarsAlison BrieMark IrvingsenSarah LillyA father sees only one way to take away his daughter's pain: kill the man responsible. But is justice worth the cost?
- DirectorMorten LindbergStarsCoco C.P. DalbertSammy SalomonGbatokai DakinahExtraterrestrial beings travel the galaxy to free men oppressed by females to make way for an entirely-homosexual society.
- DirectorDrew PearceStarsAlison BrieKathryn JoostenRich Sommer
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsThrough a rapid succession of drawings, ingenious disguises and soft dissolves, the director portrays a quick-sketch artist who transforms to various characters according to the static outlines on his chalkboard.
- DirectorJohn LasseterA one-man-band tin toy tries to escape a destructive baby.
- DirectorJohn LasseterRob GibbsVictor NavoneStarsLarry the Cable GuyKeith FergusonMichael WallisA routine tow lands Mater in Tokyo, where he is challenged to a drift-style race against a nefarious gang leader and his posse of ninjas. With the help of his friend, "Dragon" Lightning McQueen, and some special modifications, Mater attempts to drift to victory and become "Tow-ke-O Mater, King of all Drifters".
- DirectorJohn LasseterDan ScanlonStarsLarry the Cable GuyOwen WilsonMichael WallisIn this short featuring the characters of the movie Cars, Mater is told the story of a Ghostlight, which causes him to be scared.
- DirectorGary RydstromStarsTom HanksTim AllenJoan CusackThe toys throw Ken and Barbie a Hawaiian vacation in Bonnie's room.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsPetar RadenkovicMario AdorfHans TiedemannThe film features several horse trainers and other track workers talking about their roles at the track, always eventually interrupted by an older man who claims to be the true authority, and demands that they be thrown out. One recurring young man, the first to appear, claims that he protects the horses from enthusiastic racing fans. He does not appear to be employed by the track, but seems to provide his services voluntarily. His protection from "fanatics" gives the film its title. The film is shot in a documentary style, but the sheer implausibility of the dialogue leaves the exact nature of the film ambiguous.
- DirectorAdam GuzinskiStarsDariusz MaciukMarcin ZaluskiTomasz SzczesniakFour boys act out games in a nearly barren landscape near a mining excavation where blasting is going on. The oldest, Szafran, is their leader. When he gets into a frenzy, so do the others: running barefoot through thistles, rubbing dirt in their hair, catching fish barehanded. Szafran says he is the Antichrist and gives orders. Are these games or something else?
- DirectorJim JarmuschStarsRoberto BenigniSteven WrightIn a vignette called "Strange to meet you," Roberto sits at a small table in a coffee bar. Five cups of coffee and two ashtrays are in front of him; he drinks and smokes. Steven joins him. They start a conversation about cigarettes and coffee. Steven likes to drink coffee before he sleeps, so he can dream faster. The conversation jumps around. "You know my mother?" asks Roberto. Steven describes coffee Popsicles. They switch seats; then switch back. Steven has to leave for a dental appointment he's not looking forward to. Roberto makes a startling offer, inspired no doubt by the coffee and cigarettes.
- DirectorJim JarmuschStarsJoie LeeCinqué LeeSteve BuscemiA brother and sister, sitting in a coffee bar, bicker mildly about whose idea it was to come to Memphis and which kind of cigarette is fresher. Danny, their waiter, comes by offering refills; after determining they are twins, he guesses which is the evil one. Without a pause, he sits down and offers his theory about Elvis's twin. He drones on. The good twin finally speaks up, giving her own opinion. The waiter is unfazed. After his boss finally calls him back to work, the twins are free to resume their bickering amidst the coffee and cigarettes.
- DirectorJim JarmuschStarsIggy PopTom WaitsThis shortcut repeats the structure of Coffee and Cigarettes. This time, Iggy Pop and Tom Waits meet in a bar. But, again, we don't know why they agreed to do that in the first place, because they don't seem to know each other very well and they don't have much to talk about, so the conversation wanders idly and hilariously as they sip their coffee and smoke cigarettes.
- DirectorYuri NorsteinStarsVyacheslav NevinnyyMariya VinogradovaAleksey BatalovA little hedgehog, on the way to visit his friend the bear, gets lost in thick fog, where horses, dogs and even falling leaves take on a terrifying new aspect.
- DirectorWladyslaw StarewiczMr Beetle seeks companionship from a statuesque dragonfly dancer, unaware that her ex-boyfriend, a slender grasshopper and an industrious cameraman, watches their every move. Will Mrs Beetle forgive him? Will he get away with adultery?
- DirectorWladyslaw StarewiczA Christmas ornament comes alive and goes to a forest where he creates and decorates a Christmas tree for the forest creatures. He then invites all the insects to come and enjoy the gifts he has prepared and to celebrate Christmas.
- DirectorAna LambarriStarsAdriana MoragaElisa MouliaáThey say that if you force a fish to live inside a round fish tank it will end up blind eventually, after going through a crossed-eye.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsJordan LaddEtsuko ShikataCerina VincentJohn's struggle to get out of a locked room with a sinister secret inside.
- DirectorCecil M. HepworthPercy StowStarsMay ClarkCecil M. HepworthBlairThis is the first movie version of the famous story. Alice dozes in a garden, awakened by a dithering white rabbit in waistcoat with pocket watch. She follows him down a hole and finds herself in a hall of many doors.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsAtop a wonderful central pedestal, a happy clown puts the finishing touches on a William Tell's incomplete model, assembling the mannequin limb by limb with the intention of shooting a target off of its head with a potent crossbow.
- DirectorDominique MonferyStarsDora LuzJennifer EspositoSalvador Dalí and Walt Disney's Destino features the tragic love story of Chronos, the personification of time, and a mortal woman as they seek each other out across surreal landscapes.
- DirectorSeth MacFarlaneStarsSeth MacFarlaneLori AlanA dog is adopted by a moron, and is taken to the store to go shopping.
- DirectorWilfred JacksonThe various clocks and watches in a clock store dance, ring alarms musically, and otherwise entertain us in an after hours presentation.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsJehanne d'AlcyJules-Eugène LegrisGeorges MélièsWith the help of a magic cauldron, Mephistopheles conjures up a variety of supernatural characters.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsJehanne d'AlcyGeorges MélièsA devil conjures up a dancing woman from a mystical flame.
- DirectorDavid LynchMusic is produced by different objects in an industrial and desolate landscape.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonEdward F. ClineVirginia FoxA series of mishaps manages to make a young man get chased by a big city's entire police force.
- DirectorGarri BardinStarsArmen DzhigarkhanyanSvetlana StepchenkoElizaveta RazinovaSinging wolf tries to rob the girl who crosses the border between Paris and Moscow without a visa.
- DirectorMinkyu LeeStarsAlexander JashoAdam, and a dog, in the Garden of Eden.
- DirectorPESTransforming familiar objects into fresh guacamole.
- DirectorJohn KahrsStarsJohn KahrsKari WahlgrenJack GoldenbergAn office worker meets the girl of his dreams and uses a fleet of paper airplanes to get her attention.
- DirectorDavid SilvermanMaggie Simpson spends the day in the Ayn Rand School for Tots.
- DirectorTimothy ReckartStarsNigel AnthonyRayyah McCaulWalter and Madge have grown apart: he lives on the floor and she lives on the ceiling. When Walter tries to reignite their old romance, the couple must face their equilibrium.
- DirectorPESEveryday objects become delicious ingredients as we learn how to cook spaghetti through stop-motion photography.
- DirectorBusby BerkeleyStarsJudy GarlandNelson EddyRisë StevensAn MGM short that starts with a brief history of music in the movies, from accompaniment for silents, to background scores, to elaborate musical productions, and ends up as a highlight reel of recent and upcoming releases from the studio.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsJanet BurstonRobert BlakeBilly 'Froggy' LaughlinNeeding money for football uniforms, the Our Gang decides to put on a minstrel show.
- DirectorWerner HerzogA children with domestic issues and despised by his classmates develops a bond with one of them thanks to his speaking crow.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsDavid LynchEmily StofleA journey into night.
- DirectorVáclav SvankmajerIn a twisted, labyrinthine metropolis, the machine that regulates the cycles of sunlight and darkness breaks down, forcing a dangerous intervention.
- DirectorNuno RochaStarsRui PenaAna FerreiraAna FerreiraAn homeless man sleeps in front of an empty store when suddenly a vehicle stops and two men start to carry cases inside. Meanwhile the man tries to understand what is going on.
- DirectorSteve SullivanStarsAndrew SchofieldPaul Dean TaylorKathryn DimeryCan the residents of a small housing estate survive the arrival of an unorthodox parade of men?
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsWerner HerzogJörg Schmidt-ReitweinEdward LachmanHerzog takes a film crew to the island of Guadeloupe when he hears that the volcano on the island is going to erupt. Everyone has left, except for one old man who refuses to leave. Herzog catches the eeriness of an abandoned city, with stop lights cycling over an empty intersection.
- DirectorKatia OlivierStarsMarie ColapietroNicolas OlivierFrederic SimonA young woman in need of love finds happiness by buying a robot: "Prince Charming". It fulfills her every fantasy for her greatest pleasure until the day when it becomes uncontrollable and transforms into her worst nightmare.
- StarsMark GatissDr. Edmund Chinnery narrates the story of how he and his descendants were cursed to have any animal they touch "meet a dreadful end".
- DirectorKevin S. O'BrienStarsVince WareKatie HarrisRobert J. SaundersAn explosion at a bakery causes bread to come to murderous life and attack people. A handful of desperate folks seek refuge in a secluded farmhouse. Will any of them survive the night of the living bread?
- DirectorIan KirbyIn an empty Hong Kong a girl writes a note and then kills herself.
- DirectorBrooke BurgessStarsMichael DobsonRyan CrockerJohn FitzgeraldIn the early stages of the KV Pandemic, an imprisoned terrorist is deliberately left behind at the prison to die, with no information on the outbreak. This is the second of the four animated comics taking place in the same universe as the movie "I Am Legend".
- DirectorBrooke BurgessIn an attempt to contain the virus, a military team destroys a medical mission site in South America.
- In New Delhi, a woman and her family prepare to hide in a shelter during the early stages of the epidemic.
- DirectorBill MorrisonStarsEddie PhillipsLola ToddA scene from The Bells (1926) is optically reprinted and edited to Michael Gordon¹s 7 minute composition. A meditation on the fleeting nature of life and love, as seen through the roiling emulsion of an film.
- DirectorJan SvankmajerTwo pieces of meat fall in love.
- DirectorSaul GilbertAlejandro JodorowskyRuth MichellyStarsDenise BrossotRolande PolyaAlejandro JodorowskyA short mime adaptation of a Thomas Mann story about a Parisian urchin who makes her living selling human heads.
- DirectorJean GenetStarsBravoJean GenetJavaTwo prisoners in complete isolation, separated by the thick brick walls, and desperately in need of human contact, devise a most unusual kind of communication.
- DirectorClaude ChabrolStarsFrancis ArnaudHenri AttalMarie-France CaronA short remake of Fritz Lang's 1931 classic "M" made by French New Wave director Claude Chabrol.
- DirectorFelix MassieStarsAndy LondonPeter AhernJustin CassanoChristopher Gray has been in love with Stacey for quite some time, and no amount of lemonade can cool his desire. Meanwhile, Barry Flint has just bought his son a five-foot python from the pet store.
- DirectorPaul Bush
- DirectorElizabeth HobbsStarsSimon KunzThe true story of Imperial Provisor Frombald, a very composed and efficient administrator. who is asked to travel deep into the Serbian countryside to resolve a spot of eighteenth century vampire hysteria that leaves him feeling nothing less than a little hysterical himself. Hand carved rubber stamps printed on 35mm film.
- DirectorYousif Al-KhalifaStarsSarah FarinhaNikola MedicSonja lives a lonely life as a fishmonger, more at ease with her fish than her customers, until one day a delivery man turns up who looks like a rainbow trout.
- DirectorLouis HudsonStarsRik MayallMarc SilkMyles McLeodA fast-paced comedy about arguing the benefits of being dead, aided by a montage of corpses and a dance-crazed Grim Reaper. Today is the first day of the end of your life.
- DirectorEmily HowellsAnne WilkinsStarsBilly PayneIt's another endless, sleepless night. You're caught in a cycle and weighed down, until something heavy and strange approaches.
- DirectorRoss HoggStarsGavin MitchellUsing only charcoal and 3 sheets of A1 paper, 'The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat' is an animated visualisation of Oliver Sacks' seminal work, describing a unique neurological oddity.
- DirectorHans RichterRhythm 23 (Rhythmus 23, 1923) is an extension of the same film but with more angles and overlays added, and adding lines rather than adhering to the squares of the original. It looks so similar that the academic argument that both "21" and "23" were made in 1923 looks rather likely. Richter himself at some exhibitions showed these two together as a single film called Un film de Hans Richter. The hand-colored Rhythm 25 (Rhythmus 25, 1925) was the final "chapter," but it does not survive."
- DirectorHans RichterStarsStella F. SimonEntertaining Dadaist experimental short, similar to Man Ray's work, full of shifting geometric shapes, stock footage of seagulls, flying eyeballs, and glaring floating heads.
- DirectorHans RichterStarsWerner GraeffWalter GronostayPaul HindemithHans Richter, noted for his abstract shorts, has everyday objects rebelling against their daily routine.
- DirectorHans RichterInflation explores the subject of money through photographs and with with stop motion animation techniques, adding faces of people impoverished and enriched by the unpredictability of finance.
- DirectorHans Richter
- DirectorHans RichterA short film which consists of a collage of images at a Berlin street carnival.
- DirectorHans RichterStarsSergei EisensteinMichael HankinsonBasil WrightAn abstract look at daily life in London.
- DirectorHans RichterAn abstract short film from Hans Richter in which a series of unrelated images are edited together.
- DirectorTrey ParkerMatt StoneStarsTrey ParkerMatt StoneFour children, all but one of whom go unnamed, build a snowman which comes to life and threatens their town. Kenny, the only child whose name is given in the film, and who resembles the character called Cartman in the subsequent Spirit of Christmas, The (1995) and "South Park" (1997), is immediately killed by the monster. When the children go to Santa for help, he is revealed to be a monster in disguise, and slaughters another one of the kids. The two survivors approach the baby Jesus, who takes on the evil snowman and wins, saving Christmas.
- DirectorTrey ParkerMatt StoneStarsTrey ParkerMatt StoneFour caroling children meet Jesus and Santa Claus and learn the true meaning of Christmas.
- DirectorRichard KernStarsRichard KernSusan McNamaraA photographer graphically masturbates to a sexual fantasy of his model, but the real thing shows up and is not as uninhibited as he would like.
- DirectorSusan SeidelmanStarsMira SorvinoAida TurturroSharon AngelaTeresa is not like her female colleagues. She cannot enjoy that kind of simple minded pleasure like watching males stripping. There is that Dutch painting in the museum she is fascinated of. Over and over she sits in front of it just staring at the young Dutch guy on it. One day the scenery on the painting becomes alive...
- DirectorIan HubertStarsDerek de LintSergio HasselbainkRogier SchippersHe just wanted to be awesome in space.
- StarsAlfie AllenJacob AndersonNonso AnozieA visit to the set of 'Game of Thrones' with the cast and crew as they provide some insight into Season 2 of the hit HBO series.
- DirectorDavid SandbergStarsDavid SandbergJorma TacconeSteven ChewIn 1985, Kung Fury, the toughest martial artist cop in Miami, goes back in time to kill the worst criminal of all time - Kung Führer, a.k.a. Adolf Hitler.
- DirectorWalter RuttmannAs talkies came in, Ruttmann experimented with sound as he had with abstract imagery, taking up Russian filmmaker Vertov's idea for a collage of clashing sounds, here presented against a black screen with no accompanying visuals.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleMabel NormandAl St. JohnThe beach front house, where Fatty and Mabel live, has been "launched" out to sea by the villains. When Fatty and Mabel arise, they find the beds floating in a sea of water.
- DirectorMani KaulStarsAnu AgarwalMurad AliVasadeva BhaitA very clever parrot lives in a Hindu palace, surrounded by many beautiful girls, but the parrot escapes, and is trapped far from the palace. One day, when its new owner is sleeping, the bird convinces a young boy to open the cage door. In return, it shows the boy a secret passage to get into the palace.
- DirectorJos StellingStarsBianca KoedamGene BervoetsAnnet Malherbe
- DirectorBob RafelsonStarsArliss HowardCynda WilliamsKathleen WilhoiteDavida enters a shop shortly before off-time and wants to buy a bathtub. Just the manager is still there. As business is not well, he is willing to stay longer. Davida wants to try the bathtubs. Although this is not allowed in the shop the manager agrees. As if that is not enough, Davida says she wants the bathtub for two and needs to be sure it fits her needs. She wants the manager to take place in the bathtub too.
- DirectorAgnès VardaStarsDorothée BlanckAntoine BourseillerAndré RousseletImpressions of the rue Mouffetard, Paris 5, through the eyes of a pregnant woman.
- DirectorAgnès VardaStarsAnna KarinaJean-Luc GodardEmilienne CailleA subtitle warns, "Beware of dark sunglasses." Anna and her lover, whose looks in bowler and bow tie are reminiscent of a young Buster Keaton, kiss chastely on a bridge overlooking the Seine. He dons sunglasses and waves as she runs down a stairway to the river's edge, then watches in horror as she's knocked flat and loaded into the back of a hearse. In vain, he gives chase. Disconsolate, he buys a large funeral wreath and a handkerchief from sympathetic vendors. He removes the glasses to wipe his eyes and realizes they are the cause of all his woe. He replays the farewell without the glasses.