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1. The Outwaters (2022)
Not Rated | 110 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Four travelers encounter menacing phenomena while camping in a remote stretch of the Mojave Desert.
Director: Robbie Banfitch | Stars: Robbie Banfitch, Angela Basolis, Scott Schamell, Michelle May
Votes: 4,296
2. Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
Not Rated | 68 min | Documentary
A man travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention.
Director: Dziga Vertov | Stars: Mikhail Kaufman, Elizaveta Svilova
Votes: 28,062
3. Schizopolis (1996)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Fletcher Munson, the lethargic employee of a pseudo-religious self help company, and his doppelganger, the friendly but dull dentist Dr. Jeffrey Korchek.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Steven Soderbergh, Scott Allen, Betsy Brantley, Marcus Lyle Brown
Votes: 6,068 | Gross: $0.01M
4. Teacher (I) (2023)
5 min | Short
An experiment with motion blur and anti-flickering using a looped clip of Catherine Aymerie.
Director: J.R. Dickson | Star: Catherine Aymerie
5. Return to Reason (1923)
3 min | Short
Experimental film, white specks and shapes gyrating over a black background, a light-striped torso, a gyrating eggcrate. One of the first Dadaist films.
Director: Man Ray | Star: Kiki of Montparnasse
Votes: 2,218
6. Trailer of the Film That Will Never Exist: 'Phony Wars' (2023)
20 min | Short
Godard's last film, a trailer for a movie that will never exist, shows a series of collages on what appears to be photographic paper, and is about Belgian surrealist/poet Charles Plisnier, who was expelled from the Communist party in 1937.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Star: Jean-Paul Battaggia
Votes: 167
7. The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Musical
A musical of sorts set in Winnipeg during the Great Depression, where a beer baroness organizes a contest to find the saddest music in the world. Musicians from around the world descend on the city to try and win the $25,000 prize.
Director: Guy Maddin | Stars: Isabella Rossellini, Mark McKinney, Maria de Medeiros, David Fox
Votes: 6,329 | Gross: $0.67M
8. Hands Up! (1981)
80 min | Drama
Five young men reunite on a freight train ten years after completing their medical studies. They reminisce about their shared past, when Poland was ruled by implacable Stalinism.
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski | Stars: Jerzy Skolimowski, Joanna Szczerbic, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Adam Hanuszkiewicz
Votes: 440
9. Entr'acte (1924)
22 min | Short
An 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.
Director: René Clair | Stars: Jean Börlin, Inge Frïss, Francis Picabia, Marcel Duchamp
Votes: 4,200
10. Fallen Leaves, Broken Lighters (2024)
Not Rated | 96 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Within Hong Kong's bustling cityscape, vignettes intertwine the lives of its inhabitants, bound by tea, cigarettes, and broken lighters, as they grapple with life's myriad facets, and themselves.
Directors: Brock R. Brahmes, Nasrul Ekram, Alex Lopez, Eric Low, Maggie Tan, Roy Tan, Zeed | Stars: Ariana D'souza, Julian Gaertner, Attila Gönczy, Sathish Kumar
11. The Razing (2022)
109 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A group of estranged friends gather for a night of tradition which takes a deadly turn after old secrets and wounds resurface.
Directors: J. Arcane, Paul Erskine | Stars: Jack Wooton, Logan Paul Price, Mia Heavner, Carson Flis
Votes: 764
12. The Heart of the World (2000)
Not Rated | 6 min | Short, Action, Fantasy
A scientist chooses a wealthy man over her two lovers but must heal the earth's core to save humanity.
Director: Guy Maddin | Stars: Leslie Bais, Caelum Vatnsdal, Shaun Balbar, Greg Klymkiw
Votes: 3,614
13. Outer Space (1999)
Not Rated | 10 min | Short, Horror
Footage from The Entity (1982) is edited into an abstract nightmare.
Director: Peter Tscherkassky | Star: Barbara Hershey
Votes: 2,824
14. Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1894)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short, Music
The earliest extant sound film. William K.L. Dickson stands in the background next to a huge sound pickup horn connected to a Thomas Edison phonograph recorder. As he plays a violin, two ... See full summary »
Director: William K.L. Dickson | Star: William K.L. Dickson
Votes: 2,574
15. Zombinatrix
Action, Horror, Thriller | Filming
A Dominatrix is brutally murdered by thugs. Returning from the grave as Zombinatrix, she takes great pleasure in incorporating her sadistic S&M kinks into killing anyone crossing her path. After all, she is into whips and BRAINS.
Director: Michael Kyne | Stars: Radford Baker, George Stover, John Meacham, Foday Sillah
16. The Very Eye of Night (1955)
15 min | Short, Drama
Dancers, shown in photographic negative, perform a series of ballet moves, solos, pas de deux, larger groupings. The dancers glide and rotate untroubled by gravity against a slowly changing... See full summary »
Director: Maya Deren | Stars: Don Freisinger, Richard Sandifer, Patricia Ferrier, Bud Bready
Votes: 1,117
17. Ginger Smith and Billy Gee (2024)
16 min | Short, Drama
A relationship developing between Ginger, a painter, and Billy, an aspiring writer, after Ginger is dumped by Billy's best friend.
Director: Frances Barth | Stars: Holly Adams, Paul Juhn, Glenn Kubota, Josue Ledesma
18. Black Mask (2014)
Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Horror
A father must face his dark past when his gifted daughter has visions of a young girl reborn from her deceased mother. This award-winning metaphysical thriller combines elements of art house, avant-garde, surrealism, experimental horror.
Director: Alex Colonna | Stars: Stephen Manley, Nailya Shakirova, Jenevieve Hexxx, Megli Micek
Votes: 23
21. Sweet Brother (2024)
Drama, Fantasy, Horror | Post-production
Estranged siblings, Bess and Jude, are reunited in Hell.
Director: Layke Anderson | Stars: Raffiella Chapman, Henry Garrett, Tereza Srbova, Rocci Boy Williams
22. All-American Sex Offender
Short, Comedy | Completed
Mackenzie, an all-American single lady, gets caught publicly urinating and is added to the sex-offenders registry. Things move from complicated to perilous when she meets Mr.Right, who ... See full summary »
Stars: Chloe Lenihan, Patrese McClain, Sam Guinan-Nyhart, Mickey O'Sullivan
23. Frankenstein Family (2018– )
15 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
The series centers on a family where both parents are mad scientists, and where both brother and sister are modded humans called "creatures." The family members aim to become a "normal" family.
Stars: Saori Hayami, Yeqiao Yue, Daisuke Namikawa, Nanako Mori
Votes: 47
24. It's No Secret: Part 1 (2022)
84 min | Documentary
Winner of 17 independent film awards... 'IT'S NO SECRET - Part 1' is a quasi-autobiographical documentary about acute mental illness, profound healing, and triumph over a lifetime of ... See full summary »
Star: Paul Summerlin
25. Alchemy (2023)
16 min | Short
Alchemy begins with echoes of a drowned subterranean world. We observe three protagonists emerge from the depths of a black lake, into an entirely devastated landscape of charred trees. ... See full summary »
Director: Clare Langan | Stars: Luke Murphy, Maria Nilsson, Elise Sullivan
26. The Tied-Up Balloon (1967)
98 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A large balloon suddenly appears above villages and fields and grabs the attention of the peasants. They start liking the sudden guest from nowhere for the beauty of the free existence. A policeman comes and the dreams of freedom vanish.
Director: Binka Zhelyazkova | Stars: Georgi Kaloyanchev, Grigor Vachkov, Ivan Bratanov, Georgi Georgiev-Getz
Votes: 212
27. Monisme (2023)
115 min | Drama
Volcano Merapi. In the shadows of recent eruptions, actors play a story that is written together with a volcanologist, sand miner, and a mystic-people who have a close bond with the mountain illustrating fiction and non fiction stories.
Director: Riar Rizaldi | Stars: Rendra Bagus Pamungkas, Kidung Paramadita, Whani Darmawan, Puthut Juritno
Votes: 12
28. Allensworth (2022)
65 min | Documentary
It centers on Allensworth, the first self-administered African-American municipality in California, showcasing the buildings of the now-abandoned town and looking for the traces of a Black cultural history.
Director: James Benning
Votes: 43
29. Bo Nan Za (2023)
61 min | Drama, Mystery, Western
A string of solitary figures grope their way through the sun-drenched wilderness. Misguided by hopes and driven by shadows, they silently fall into a creeping dependency. Some of these ... See full summary »
Director: Andrey Getov | Stars: Anna Bankina, Stoyan Dimitrov, Simona Filipova, Tatul Gavrilov
Votes: 16
30. Illuminated Texts (1982)
180 min | Mystery
A montage provides a meditation on opposing extremes and the inevitability of destruction.
Director: R. Bruce Elder | Stars: Anna Pafomow, Henry Jesionka, R. Bruce Elder, Jim Smith
Votes: 65
31. Dan Lehwer eller 'Men frels oss fra det onde' (2024)
37 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
An unhappy young man becomes confused about reality, guilt, his own identity and love life after he gets to know his next-door neighbor, a seductive femme fatale.
Director: Christian Thomas Roaas | Stars: Tor Itai Keilen, Katrine Lie-Jensen, Fanny Brandvol Hohle, Georg Andreas Roaas
32. Jameela? (2024)
8 min | Short | Completed
Jameela? A short experimental film that explores the concept of transcending internal estrangement. The story unfolds through a diverse cast of characters as they encounter various ... See full summary »
Director: Alhakem Masoud | Stars: Ali Al-Khattab, Muna Kilani, Tala Sharaawi, Chris Mullender
33. Prep (2023)
14 min | Short, Drama
A bodybuilding fever dream fueled by childhood trauma, food porn and acid techno music.
Director: Raymond Knudsen | Stars: Chibueze Anaysor, Michael Acosta, Karina Campbell, Serenity DeLeon
Votes: 7
34. Gorillaz: Clint Eastwood (2001 Music Video)
TV-PG | 5 min | Animation, Fantasy, Horror
Official music video for Gorillaz' song "Clint Eastwood" ft. Del the Funky Homosapien.
Directors: Pete Candeland, Jamie Hewlett | Stars: Damon Albarn, Gorillaz, Del the Funky Homosapien
Votes: 670
35. I Am Nobody (2024)
Short
A film that captures black beauty and the political reality that coincides with this concept in society. It is meant to open conversation and debunk the narrative of our styles being seen ... See full summary »
Director: Na'Kiya Hall | Stars: Krys Ejesieme, Tia Irby, Isabella Lilavois
36. Camarera de Piso (2022)
12 min | Short
A woman applies for a job as a maid, while a difficult situation with her family haunts her.
Director: Lucrecia Martel | Stars: Anavelí Acero, Jorgelina Contrera, Ariel Gigena, Daniel Valenzuela
Votes: 41
37. Swamp City (2021)
105 min | Documentary, Music
A study of the underground music scene in the former Eastern Bloc city of Timisoara, Romania, in the first decade following the fall of the Communist regime.
Directors: Bogdan Puslenghea, Ovidiu Zimcea | Stars: Florin Ban, Emil Biebel, Ciprian Costache, Cristian Craciun
Votes: 38
38. 23 Short Films About the End of the World (2023)
93 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A fourth-wall-breaking, rule-defying collection of vignettes, monologues, short films and jokes about the end of everything.
Director: Christen Kimbell | Stars: Lisa Coronado, D'Angelo Midili, Frank Lawler, Cameron Lee Price
39. Bleared Eyes of Blue Glass (2023)
9 min | Short
The "bleared eyes of blue glass" in the title of this experimental short expand on a verbal image from Virginia Woolf's novel The Waves.
Director: Kyujae Park
40. Hive Wedding (2024)
19 min | Short
"The Hive", a once swanky and sexy nightclub is facing its end. Dilapidated and empty, its owner Ginger has no choice but to close for good. That is until former headliner Mizzy decides to ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Kerns | Stars: Adelaide Leonard, Emilie Hanson, Paulette Delk, Adam LeCompte
41. Une visite au Louvre (2004)
49 min | Documentary
A visit to the Louvre in Paris commentated by an actor reading Cézanne.
Directors: Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub | Stars: Julie Koltaï, Jean-Marie Straub
Votes: 245
42. The Dreamers (2013 Video)
Seven channels of color High-Definition video on seven 65-inch plasma displays mounted vertically show seven submerged fully clothed people of different ages, genders and ethnicities floating beneath the surface of a river or lake.
Director: Bill Viola | Stars: Madison Corn, Sharon Ferguson, Alexander Kaminer, Katherine McKalip
43. Starman (2023)
14 min | Short, Sci-Fi
Ziggie, a long-time travelling Astronaut, returns to her long lost Lover, the Duke, after a long time. His long wait has changed him, and their reconnection will bring forth the question of... See full summary »
Director: Zeta Spyraki | Stars: Nell Baker, Jack McEvoy, Zaki Musa
44. My Wife
Short, Horror | Post-production
Director: Aaron Garcia | Stars: Lisa Brenner, Jonathan Bray
45. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk (2020 Video Game)
T | Animation, Adventure, Horror
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Director: Nikita Kryukov
Votes: 78
46. The Fifth Generation (2023)
Comedy
A group of radicalised activists kidnap the UK's Secretary of State for the Environment. As tensions rise, the power dynamics within the group start getting in the way of their masterplan.
Director: Hugo Santa Cruz | Stars: Leigh Gill, Shirley Both, Domino Soko, Tommaso Giacomin
47. 404 (2019)
12 min | Short, Music
404 goes to meet a band of left-by-owners living in a seaside district. During a weekend, we follow the complex relationship between Gregory, an excessive but touching young man, and his daughter Boo, with disproportionately large eyes.
Director: Antoine Besse | Stars: Ella Ayeni, Theo Christine, Andrée Damant, Mabô Kouyaté
48. Scenic View (2023)
16 min | Documentary, Short
Finland has the most forest in Europe, but primeval forest has become so rare that it almost feels fictional. Is it now the enchanted forest? And is a commercial forest real? As the nature ... See full summary »
Director: Maija Blåfield | Stars: Maija Blåfield, Tina Tabler, Kaarlo Wegelius, Niklas Jussila
Votes: 17
49. Der Sieger (1921)
3 min | Animation, Short
An animated short film from German film directors Julius Pinschewer and Walter Ruttmann.
Director: Walter Ruttmann
Votes: 319
50. Het leven en de vreemde verrassende avonturen van Robinson Crusoe die acht en twintig jaar helemaal alleen op een bewoond eiland leefde en zei dat het van hem was (2023)
75 min | Adventure, Comedy
This film is not just an adaptation of Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe. Rather, it addresses the larger cultural myth that has grown from the premise of the book: a white man '... See full summary »
Director: Benjamin Deboosere | Stars: Oriana Ikomo, Bernice Leming, Blanche Pembe
Votes: 18