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1. Unaccustomed As We Are (1929)
Passed | 21 min | Comedy, Short
When Mrs. Hardy refuses to cook supper, Mr. Hardy decides to cook it for himself and Mr. Laurel, but things go wrong during a jealous mix-up with the next-door married couple.
Directors: Lewis R. Foster, Hal Roach | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, Mae Busch
Votes: 1,356
2. Berth Marks (1929)
Passed | 19 min | Short, Comedy
Taking the train to a show in Pottsville, musicians Stanley and Oliver run into trouble once settled in their sleeping car berth.
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Harry Bernard, Sammy Brooks
Votes: 1,572
3. Men O'War (1929)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Family
On shore leave from the Navy, seamen Stanley and Oliver want to treat two attractive single girls to a glass of soda in the park but only have enough change for three sodas.
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Anne Cornwall
Votes: 1,381
4. Perfect Day (1929)
Passed | 19 min | Short, Comedy
The boys and their wives are preparing for a drive to a Sunday picnic but infighting is ruining their plans and a sudden feud with a next-door neighbor completes the disaster.
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, Kay Deslys
Votes: 1,740
5. They Go Boom! (1929)
Passed | 21 min | Comedy, Short
Stanley's attempts to treat Oliver's cold include dropping a swab down his friend's throat, applying a mustard plaster to his rump, and inflating the air mattress from the gas jet until it has Oliver pressed against the ceiling.
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charlie Hall, Sam Lufkin
Votes: 1,237
6. The Hoose-Gow (1929)
Passed | 21 min | Comedy, Short
Swept up in a police raid, Stan and Ollie are sentenced to jail and land in a jail labor camp. The governor visits, accompanied by two flappers, where the duo accidentally create rice pudding for a food fight.
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Phil Bloom, Robert Bolder
Votes: 1,327
7. Night Owls (1930)
Passed | 21 min | Short, Comedy
After far too many break-ins on his watch, an ineffective policeman approaches the unsuspecting vagabonds, Laurel and Hardy, with a preposterous proposition; one that would get him off the hook. But, are the boys up to the task?
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, James Finlayson
Votes: 1,778
8. À Propos de Nice (1930)
Not Rated | 24 min | Documentary, Short, Comedy
What starts off as a conventional travelogue turns into a satirical portrait of the town of Nice on the French Cote d'Azur, especially its wealthy inhabitants.
Directors: Boris Kaufman, Jean Vigo
Votes: 4,632
9. Blotto (1930)
Approved | 26 min | Short, Comedy
Stan fakes receiving a telegram so he can go to a club with Ollie and a bottle of his unsuspecting wife's liquor, but she overhears his plans.
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Anita Garvin, Baldwin Cooke
Votes: 1,813
10. Brats (1930)
Passed | 21 min | Comedy, Short, Family
Laurel and Hardy's bid for a quiet evening of checkers and pool is constantly interrupted by their squabbling brats, little Ollie and little Stanley.
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
Votes: 2,272
11. Below Zero (1930)
Approved | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Family
In winter-time, the boys fail to earn any money by playing their musical instruments in a bad neighborhood but their luck seems to improve when they find a wallet full of money on the street.
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Bobby Burns, Baldwin Cooke
Votes: 1,891
12. Sound Test for Blackmail (1929)
1 min | Short, Documentary
Alfred Hitchcock makes an experiment in this short film where he uses the sound device for the first time in a motion picture of his own. This is a sound test where the master of suspense ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Anny Ondra
Votes: 688
13. Hog Wild (1930)
Passed | 19 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Ollie can't find his hat, much to the amusement of his wife and maid. Then Ollie and Stan attempt to install a rooftop radio antenna.
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Russell Custer, Betty Danko
Votes: 2,222
14. The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930)
Approved | 30 min | Short, Comedy, Crime
In order to claim an inheritance, the boys present themselves at a creaky, bat-filled mansion on a stormy night.
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Frank Austin, Stanley Blystone
Votes: 2,049
15. Another Fine Mess (1930)
Not Rated | 29 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Two homeless vagabonds hide out in a vacant mansion and pose as the residents when prospective lessees arrive and try to rent it.
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Harry Bernard, Bobby Burns
Votes: 2,614
16. The Golf Specialist (1930)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Sport
J. Effingham Bellweather plays golf despite many slapstick setbacks.
Director: Monte Brice | Stars: W.C. Fields, Allan Bennett, William Black, Naomi Casey
Votes: 1,250
17. Be Big! (1931)
Passed | 28 min | Short, Comedy, Family
In order to secretly attend a stag party in their honor, the boys urge their wives to travel ahead alone on a jointly-planned Atlantic City vacation by invoking Oliver's fake migraine as an excuse to remain behind.
Directors: James W. Horne, James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Spencer Bell, Chet Brandenburg
Votes: 1,522
18. Chickens Come Home (1931)
Passed | 30 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Mr. Hardy is running for mayor but an old flame of ill repute shows up to blackmail him with an old naughty photograph.
Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, Baldwin Cooke
Votes: 1,683
19. Laughing Gravy (1930)
Approved | 21 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Stan and Ollie try to hide their pet dog Laughing Gravy from their exasperated, mean tempered landlord, who has a "No Pets" policy.
Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Harry Bernard, Charles Dorety
Votes: 1,871
20. The Stolen Jools (1931)
Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Comedy
The boys and a Los Angeles police detective investigate the theft of actress Norma Shearer's jewelry.
Directors: William C. McGann, John G. Adolfi, Thomas Atkins, Harold S. Bucquet, Victor Heerman, Russell Mack | Stars: Norma Shearer, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Wallace Beery
Votes: 1,194
21. Our Wife (1931)
Passed | 21 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Oliver's plans to marry his hefty sweetheart go awry when the girl's father gets a load of her intended groom. They then elope in a tiny car much too small for their combined dimensions, ... See full summary »
Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Eleanor Fredericks
Votes: 1,520
22. Bimbo's Initiation (1931)
Not Rated | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Bimbo the dog is initiated into a secret society in a sadistic 'fun house'; then Betty Boop (with dog's ears) takes a hand.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Grim Natwick | Stars: Margie Hines, Billy Murray, William Pennell, Mae Questel
Votes: 1,704
23. Come Clean (1931)
Passed | 18 min | Short, Comedy
Mrs. Hardy and Mrs. Laurel send their husbands to the store to buy ice-cream but on the way back home the boys rescue from drowning a suicidal woman who's wanted by the police.
Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, Gertrude Astor
Votes: 1,376
24. One Good Turn (1931)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Comedy
A kindly old widow serves a free meal to the penniless boys but her greedy landlord wants to evict her for non payment of her mortgage, prompting the boys to come to her rescue.
Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mary Carr, James Finlayson
Votes: 1,687
25. Beau Hunks (1931)
Passed | 37 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Jilted by his girlfriend, "Jeanie-Weenie," Oliver joins the Foreign Legion to forget, bringing Stanley along with him. They wilt under the scorching desert sun and under the harsh ... See full summary »
Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James W. Horne, Charles Middleton
Votes: 1,953
26. The Ugly Duckling (1931)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
A black duckling is rejected by its mother, a hen, but manages to prove his worth when a tornado threatens the hen's chicks.
Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Florence Gill, Clarence Nash Jr.
Votes: 1,135
27. Taris (1931)
Not Rated | 10 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
Jean Vigo films the talents of great swimming champion Jean Taris performing different acts. Vigo film technique allied with Taris swimming style are intertwined with grace and effect.
Director: Jean Vigo | Star: Jean Taris
Votes: 2,511
28. Helpmates (1932)
Approved | 21 min | Short, Comedy
After a messy house party while his wife is away, Oliver asks Stanley to help him clean up the place, but free help isn't always a bargain.
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Bobby Burns, Bob Callahan
Votes: 2,581
29. Any Old Port! (1932)
Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Comedy
In need of funds, Hardy happens to meet an old friend, now a boxing promoter, and volunteers "Battling Laurel" as the team's prizefighter, only to discover their opponent in the ring is a fearsome old nemesis.
Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Walter Long, Julie Bishop
Votes: 1,387
30. The Music Box (1932)
Approved | 29 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Like the legendary Sisyphus, deliverymen Laurel and Hardy struggle to push a large crated piano up a seemingly insurmountable flight of stairs.
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Dinah, Billy Gilbert
Votes: 8,026
31. The Chimp (1932)
Passed | 25 min | Short, Comedy
Two bumbling circus performers inadvertently help drive the circus into ruin and then end up in possession of a flea circus and an oversized chimp.
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Bobby Burns, Baldwin Cooke
Votes: 1,504
32. County Hospital (1932)
Approved | 19 min | Short, Comedy
In the hospital with a broken leg Ollie is visited by Stan, who brings him hard-boiled eggs, nuts, and total mayhem.
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Billy Gilbert, May Wallace
Votes: 2,449
33. Scram! (1932)
Passed | 20 min | Comedy, Short
Commanded to "scram" out of town by a cantankerous judge, poor vagabonds, Stan and Ollie, slip into something more comfortable to spend the night at a sympathetic inebriate's home; however, is this the right house?
Directors: Ray McCarey, Lloyd French, Jack Lloyd | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Richard Cramer, Arthur Housman
Votes: 1,519
34. Flowers and Trees (1932)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A jealous stump threatens two trees that are in love by starting a forest fire. When the rain comes and puts out the fire the forest revives and celebrates the wedding.
Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Clarence Nash, Esther Campbell, Pinto Colvig, Marion Darlington
Votes: 3,792
35. Their First Mistake (1932)
Passed | 21 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Stan convinces Oliver to adopt a baby to placate his wife, but upon returning home with the infant, they find a process server with a divorce summons, leaving the two buffoons to care for the squealing baby.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, Billy Gilbert
Votes: 1,611
36. Boo! (1932)
10 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
A wisecracking narrator mocks footage featuring Frankenstein's monster and Count Dracula.
Director: Albert DeMond | Stars: Morton Lowry, Mae Clarke, Lawrence Grant, Raymond Hackett
Votes: 759
37. The Dentist (1932)
Passed | 21 min | Comedy, Short
An unconventional dentist deals with a variety of eccentric and difficult patients in slapstick fashion.
Director: Leslie Pearce | Stars: W.C. Fields, Marjorie Kane, Arnold Gray, Dorothy Granger
Votes: 1,764
38. Towed in a Hole (1932)
Approved | 21 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Although they are successful fishmongers, Stan convinces Ollie that they should become fishermen too, but making a boat seaworthy is not an easy task.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Billy Gilbert
Votes: 2,470
39. Zero for Conduct (1933)
Not Rated | 47 min | Drama
In a repressive boarding school with rigid rules of behavior, four boys decide to rebel against the direction on a celebration day.
Director: Jean Vigo | Stars: Jean Dasté, Robert le Flon, Louis Lefebvre, Du Verron
Votes: 9,369
40. Twice Two (1933)
Passed | 20 min | Comedy, Short
Stan and Ollie are married to each other's sisters, and plan a dinner party to celebrate their mutual anniversaries.
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Baldwin Cooke, Charlie Hall
Votes: 1,498
41. The Fatal Glass of Beer (1933)
Passed | 18 min | Short, Comedy, Western
The prodigal son of a Yukon prospector comes home on a night that "ain't fit for man nor beast."
Director: Clyde Bruckman | Stars: W.C. Fields, Rosemary Theby, George Chandler, Richard Cramer
Votes: 1,898
42. The Pharmacist (1933)
Passed | 19 min | Comedy, Short
A henpecked but stoic pharmacist tries to maintains his precarious balance while dealing with demanding customers and his dysfunctional family.
Director: Arthur Ripley | Stars: W.C. Fields, Marjorie Kane, Elise Cavanna, Grady Sutton
Votes: 910
43. Me and My Pal (1933)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Family
On his wedding day, Oliver and his best man Stanley become absorbed in a jigsaw puzzle. Eventually the taxi driver, the butler, a policeman and a messenger boy all get involved with the puzzle, making them late for the wedding.
Directors: Charley Rogers, Lloyd French | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Marion Bardell
Votes: 1,537
44. The Barber Shop (1933)
Passed | 21 min | Short, Comedy
An inept barber maintains his good-humored optimism in his small town shop despite having a hen-pecking harridan for a wife and a total lack of tonsorial skill.
Director: Arthur Ripley | Stars: W.C. Fields, Elise Cavanna, Harry Watson, Dagmar Oakland
Votes: 852
45. The Midnight Patrol (1933)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Comedy
Novice policemen Stanley and Oliver, eating lunch in their patrol car, nearly have their spare tire stolen by a thief and his sassy partner. They then miss the broadcast address of a ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd French | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Harry Bernard, Billy Bletcher
Votes: 1,442
46. Busy Bodies (1933)
Approved | 19 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Stan and Ollie do battle with inanimate objects, their co-workers, and the laws of physics during a routine work day at the sawmill.
Director: Lloyd French | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Dick Gilbert, Charlie Hall
Votes: 2,991
47. Dirty Work (1933)
Passed | 19 min | Short, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Hired to sweep the chimney at Professor Noodle's house, the boys wreck the living-room and end-up in the mad scientist's laboratory where they interact with a rejuvenation potion.
Director: Lloyd French | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Samuel Adams, Jiggs
Votes: 2,010
48. Las Hurdes (1933)
30 min | Documentary, Short
A surrealist film, a pseudo-documentary portrait of Las Hurdes, a remote region of Spain where civilisation has barely developed, showing how the local peasants try to survive without even the most basic utilities and skills.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Abel Jacquin, Alexandre O'Neill
Votes: 6,264
49. Oliver the Eighth (1934)
Passed | 27 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Keen to climb the social ladder by marrying a rich widow, Oliver finds the nerve to cheat on his partner Stanley. What he doesn't know is that her favorite hobby is murder--and it looks like he's next. Who can save Oliver the Eighth?
Director: Lloyd French | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, Jack Barty
Votes: 1,672
50. Woman Haters (1934)
G | 19 min | Comedy, Musical, Short
The stooges join the "Women Haters" club and vow to have nothing to do with the fair sex. Larry marries a girl anyway and attempts to hide the fact from Moe and Curly as they take a train trip.
Director: Archie Gottler | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Marjorie White
Votes: 1,177
51. Going Bye-Bye! (1934)
Passed | 21 min | Short, Comedy
After testifying in court against a dangerous criminal, the boys plan to skip town, but the criminal escapes prison and comes after them.
Director: Charley Rogers | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, Walter Long
Votes: 1,527
52. Punch Drunks (1934)
G | 17 min | Short, Comedy, Sport
The stooges discover Curly's hidden talent for boxing, which appears only when he hears the tune "Pop Goes the Weasel". With the help of Larry's violin, Moe attempts to turn him into a champion.
Director: Lou Breslow | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Dorothy Granger
Votes: 1,503
53. Them Thar Hills (1934)
Approved | 20 min | Comedy, Short
Stan and Ollie take a trip into the mountains ('the high multitude') so Ollie can recover from gout. Bootleggers have dumped their moonshine in the well from which the boys sample their '... See full summary »
Director: Charley Rogers | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, Charlie Hall
Votes: 2,335
54. Men in Black (1934)
G | 19 min | Comedy, Short
The stooges become doctors at a large hospital where they disrupt patients and staff alike.
Director: Ray McCarey | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Carmen Andre
Votes: 1,472
55. The Live Ghost (1934)
Passed | 21 min | Short, Comedy
A gruff sea captain, who absolutely detests the word "ghost," is having trouble manning his ship because of the rumor it's...well...haunted. He inveigles Stanley and Oliver into helping him... See full summary »
Director: Charley Rogers | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, Walter Long
Votes: 1,570
56. Three Little Pigskins (1934)
Approved | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Sport
The stooges are mistaken by a gangster for the "Three Horsemen of Boulder Dam", famous football players. Hired to play for his team, they blow the big game and get it in the end. Lucille Ball has a nice part as a gun moll.
Director: Ray McCarey | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Lucille Ball
Votes: 1,079
57. The Hearts of Age (1934)
8 min | Short
A colonial scene in the U.S. An old lady sits astride a bell while a man in blackface, wig, and livery pulls the bell rope. From an upper door emerges an old man, dressed as a dandy, who ... See full summary »
Directors: William Vance, Orson Welles | Stars: Orson Welles, Virginia Nicolson, William Vance, Edgerton Paul
Votes: 1,270
58. La Cucaracha (1934)
Approved | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
Senor Martinez, a famous theater owner, visits a local cafe in Mexico because of its reputation for good food and to audition the famous dancer who performs there.
Director: Lloyd Corrigan | Stars: Steffi Duna, Don Alvarado, Paul Porcasi, Eduardo Durant
Votes: 374
59. Tit for Tat (1935)
Approved | 19 min | Comedy, Short, Family
After the events in Them Thar Hills (1934), Stan and Ollie encounter their old nemesis, whose grocery shop is next to their home-appliances store. Nobody can let bygones be bygones, and a war breaks out. Will those tit-for-tat battles ever end?
Director: Charley Rogers | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, Charlie Hall
Votes: 2,479
60. Tit for Tat (1935)
Approved | 19 min | Comedy, Short, Family
After the events in Them Thar Hills (1934), Stan and Ollie encounter their old nemesis, whose grocery shop is next to their home-appliances store. Nobody can let bygones be bygones, and a war breaks out. Will those tit-for-tat battles ever end?
Director: Charley Rogers | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, Charlie Hall
Votes: 2,479
61. The Fixer Uppers (1935)
Passed | 21 min | Short, Comedy
A serious case of emotional neglect brings door-to-door Christmas cards salesmen, Stan and Ollie, at the house of an inconsolable wife who is convinced that her artist husband doesn't love her anymore.
Director: Charley Rogers | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, Arthur Housman
Votes: 1,356
62. Thicker Than Water (1935)
Passed | 21 min | Comedy, Short
After an endless cycle of dish washing, Ollie makes a withdrawal, ending up in the hospital after buying a grandfather clock. Only a generous blood transfusion can help him bounce back; however, is modern medicine prepared for the outcome?
Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Daphne Pollard, James Finlayson
Votes: 1,584
63. Tag der Freiheit - Unsere Wehrmacht (1935)
28 min | Documentary, Short
After German generals complained about the army's lack of presence in Leni Riefenstahl's "Triumph of the Will", she produced this propaganda piece for them.
Director: Leni Riefenstahl | Stars: Hermann Göring, Rudolf Hess, Adolf Hitler, Werner von Blomberg
Votes: 1,861
64. Disorder in the Court (1936)
Unrated | 16 min | Short, Comedy, Crime
The stooges are witnesses at a trial where their friend, a dancer at a nightclub where they are musicians, is accused of murder. The stooges manage to disrupt the proceedings but save the ... See full summary »
Director: Jack White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Nick Baskovitch
Votes: 2,306
65. Night Mail (1936)
Approved | 25 min | Short, Documentary
Shows the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland overnight.
Directors: Harry Watt, Basil Wright | Stars: Arthur Clark, John Grierson, Stuart Legg, Robert Rae
Votes: 1,458
66. Watch Your Left (1936)
13 min | Short, Comedy, Sport
A boxer is out in the country with his entourage, training for his next fight. Meanwhile, on the farm nearby, Roger is neglecting his chores. As he watches the boxer and his sparring ... See full summary »
Director: René Clément | Stars: Jacques Tati, Max Martel, Louis Robur, Cliville
Votes: 1,440
67. You Nazty Spy! (1940)
Approved | 18 min | Short, Comedy, War
In a country, munitions manufacturers maneuver a wallpaper hanger to become dictator with his compatriots as his personal staff.
Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Don Beddoe
Votes: 1,134
68. The Battle of Midway (1942)
TV-PG | 18 min | Documentary, Short, War
The Japanese attack on Midway in June 1942, filmed as it happened.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, Logan Ramsey, James Roosevelt
Votes: 2,272
69. O Despertar da Redentora (1942)
18 min | Short, Drama, History
Director: Humberto Mauro | Stars: Inára Barcellos, Izabel Ferreira, Alcéa Krau, Lídia Mattos
Votes: 20
70. Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
Not Rated | 14 min | Short, Fantasy, Mystery
A woman returning home falls asleep and has vivid dreams that may or may not be happening in reality. Through repetitive images and complete mismatching of the objective view of time and space, her dark inner desires play out on-screen.
Directors: Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid | Stars: Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid
Votes: 15,214
71. A Day in the Country (1946)
Not Rated | 40 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
The family of a Parisian shop-owner spends a day in the country. The daughter falls in love with a man at the inn, where they spend the day.
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Sylvia Bataille, Jane Marken, Georges D'Arnoux, André Gabriello
Votes: 7,102
72. Blood of the Beasts (1949)
22 min | Documentary, Short
Bucolic scenes from the outskirts of Paris are contrasted with stark footage from slaughterhouses.
Director: Georges Franju | Stars: Georges Hubert, Nicole Ladmiral, Alfred Macquart, Maurice Griselle
Votes: 2,596
73. Fireworks (1947)
20 min | Short, Drama, Horror
A dissatisfied dreamer awakes, goes out in the night seeking a 'light' and is drawn through the needle's eye. A dream of a dream, he returns to bed less empty than before.
Director: Kenneth Anger | Stars: Kenneth Anger, Gordon Gray, Bill Seltzer
Votes: 2,905
74. Puce Moment (1949)
6 min | Short
A soundtrack plays folk rock as a woman prepares, at noon, to take her Borzois for a walk. She goes through her dresses, all 1920s style flapper gowns, holding them one at a time, shaking ... See full summary »
Director: Kenneth Anger | Star: Yvonne Marquis
Votes: 1,873
75. Song of Love (1950)
Not Rated | 26 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
Two prisoners in complete isolation, separated by the thick brick walls, and desperately in need of human contact, devise a most unusual kind of communication.
Director: Jean Genet | Stars: Bravo, Jean Genet, Java, Coco Le Martiniquais
Votes: 3,710
76. Rabbit's Moon (1950)
7 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
Pierrot waxes romantic, entranced by the moon. Harlequin appears and bullies him, then uses a magic lantern to project an image of Columbine. Pierrot tries to court the illusory Columbine ... See full summary »
Director: Kenneth Anger | Stars: Claude Revenant, André Soubeyran, Nadine Valence
Votes: 2,002
77. Day of the Fight (1951)
Approved | 16 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
After a short study of boxing's history, narrated by newscaster Douglas Edwards, we follow a day in the life of a middleweight Irish boxer named Walter Cartier.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Douglas Edwards, Nat Fleischer, Walter Cartier, Vincent Cartier
Votes: 5,141
78. Flying Padre (1951)
Approved | 9 min | Documentary, Short
Two days in the life of priest Father Fred Stadtmuller whose New Mexico parish is so large he can only spread goodness and light among his flock with the aid of a monoplane. The priestly ... See full summary »
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Fred Stadtmueller, Bob Hite, Pedro
Votes: 4,809
79. School for Postmen (1947)
16 min | Short, Comedy
School for Postmen" is a 1947 short film directed and starring Jacques Tati, playing a French postman adamant to prove he can be just as fast as American postmen at delivering mail.
Director: Jacques Tati | Stars: Jacques Tati, Paul Demange
Votes: 2,390
80. The Seafarers (1953)
Not Rated | 29 min | Documentary, Short
Stanley Kubrick's first film made in color, lost for over forty years. The documentary extols the benefits of membership to the Seafarers International Union.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Don Hollenbeck, Paul Hall
Votes: 3,247
81. Statues also Die (1953)
30 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary of black art.
Directors: Ghislain Cloquet, Chris Marker, Alain Resnais | Stars: Jean Négroni, François Mitterrand, Pope Pius XII, Sugar Ray Robinson
Votes: 1,374
82. Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954)
38 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror
Historical, biblical, and mythical characters gather in the pleasure dome and become part of a visual feast of superimposed images, hallucinations, and decadence.
Director: Kenneth Anger | Stars: Samson De Brier, Marjorie Cameron, Joan Whitney, Katy Kadell
Votes: 2,359
83. The Mad Masters (1955)
36 min | Documentary, Short, Horror
A documentary short depicting a Hauka ceremony where young workers are possessed by British colonial officers.
Director: Jean Rouch | Star: Jean Rouch
Votes: 1,774
84. The Red Balloon (1956)
Not Rated | 34 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A red balloon with a mind of its own follows a little boy around the streets of Paris.
Director: Albert Lamorisse | Stars: Pascal Lamorisse, Sabine Lamorisse, Georges Sellier, Vladimir Popov
Votes: 20,131
85. The Killers (1956)
19 min | Short, Drama
Two men besiege a lunch bar looking for a third man they must kill.
Directors: Marika Beiku, Aleksandr Gordon, Andrei Tarkovsky | Stars: Yuliy Fayt, Aleksandr Gordon, Valentin Vinogradov, Vadim Novikov
Votes: 3,744
86. All the Memory in the World (1956)
21 min | Documentary, Short
This documentary explores the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, its priceless treasures, and how humanity remembers itself.
Director: Alain Resnais | Star: Jacques Dumesnil
Votes: 1,584
87. Night and Fog (1956)
TV-14 | 32 min | Documentary, Short, History
The history of Nazi Germany's death camps of the Final Solution and the hellish world of dehumanization and death contained inside.
Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Michel Bouquet, Reinhard Heydrich, Heinrich Himmler, Adolf Hitler
Votes: 21,476
88. La cravate (1957)
20 min | Short, Comedy
A short mime adaptation of a Thomas Mann story about a Parisian urchin who makes her living selling human heads.
Directors: Saul Gilbert, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Ruth Michelly | Stars: Denise Brossot, Rolande Polya, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Saul Gilbert
Votes: 1,998
89. The Mischief Makers (1957)
18 min | Short, Comedy
A group of five boys, the brats of the title, are all in love with an unbearably beautiful woman and so they spend their summer jealously harassing her and her boyfriend.
Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Gérard Blain, Bernadette Lafont, Michel François, Alain Baldy
Votes: 3,945
90. Two Men and a Wardrobe (1958)
15 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Two men emerge from the sea onto the beach carrying a large wooden wardrobe with a mirror on its front. After the two men clean up and rejoice being in this new environment, they proceed to... See full summary »
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Jakub Goldberg, Henryk Kluba, Andrzej Kondratiuk, Barbara Lass
Votes: 2,753
91. A Movie (1958)
12 min | Short
Clips of atomic explosions, pornography, and B-movies are spliced together to evoke certain emotions.
Director: Bruce Conner | Star: Theodore Roosevelt
Votes: 1,455
92. There Will Be No Leave Today (1959 TV Movie)
45 min | Drama, Thriller
Soldiers undertake the perilous task of removing a stockpile of World War II bombshells discovered during roadworks under the ground of a small village.
Directors: Aleksandr Gordon, Andrei Tarkovsky | Stars: Oleg Borisov, Aleksey Alekseev, Pyotr Lyubeshkin, Oleg Mokshantsev
Votes: 1,779
93. The Lamp (1988)
8 min | Short, Drama, Mystery
In waning winter light, a doll maker works in his shop, a kerosene lamp beside him, a jumble of dolls and doll parts, whole and broken, surrounding him. There are noises, too: a cuckoo ... See full summary »
Director: Roman Polanski | Star: Roman Polanski
Votes: 1,478
94. Window Water Baby Moving (1959)
13 min | Documentary, Short
Stan Brakhage films the birth of his first child, Myrrena.
Director: Stan Brakhage | Stars: Stan Brakhage, Myrrena Schwegmann, Jane Wodening
Votes: 2,460
95. All Boys Are Called Patrick (1959)
21 min | Short, Comedy
Two French college girls each meet a boy named Patrick and quickly realize that it is less a coincidence then they think.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Nicole Berger, Anne Collette, Jean-Claude Brialy
Votes: 2,552
96. The Poet of the Castle (1959)
9 min | Documentary, Short
The camera follows an ordinary morning of famous Brazilian poet Manuel Bandeira in his small apartment, making breakfast, typewriting in bed, walking through the streets of Castelo, in downtown Rio de Janeiro.
Director: Joaquim Pedro de Andrade | Star: Manuel Bandeira
Votes: 235
97. Pátio (1959)
11 min | Short
A man and a woman are laying on a chess-like patio. Both are trying to reach each other in the best way they can. However, for some odd reason they don't get on their feet, they don't talk ... See full summary »
Director: Glauber Rocha | Stars: Solon Barreto, Helena Ignez
Votes: 189
98. Aruanda (1960)
20 min | Documentary, Short
The real story of Quilombo Olho d'Água da Serra do Talhado, in the State of Paraíba, Brazil, which became institutionally isolated from the rest of the country. Quilombos were runaway slave communities in colonial Brazil.
Director: Linduarte Noronha
Votes: 165
99. Charlotte and Her Boyfriend (1958)
20 min | Short, Drama
A jilted man (Jean-Paul Belmondo) rants at his mostly silent former lover (Anne Collette).
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anne Collette, Gérard Blain
Votes: 1,764
100. The Steamroller and the Violin (1961)
46 min | Drama
Seven-year-old Sasha practices violin every day to satisfy the ambition of his parents. Already withdrawn as a result of his routines, Sasha quickly regains confidence when he accidentally ... See full summary »
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky | Stars: Igor Fomchenko, Vladimir Zamanskiy, Natalya Arkhangelskaya, Marina Adzhubei
Votes: 7,139
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