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1. The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (1992)
20 min | Animation, Short, Drama
The man decides to die, but falls asleep at the last moment. He dreams that he died and ended up on another planet, very similar to the Earth, but the people living here do not know sin.
Director: Aleksandr Petrov | Star: Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
Votes: 1,223
2. Året gjennom Børfjord (1991)
12 min | Documentary, Short
A portrait of a deserted fisherman's village in Northern Norway called Børfjord - a place with an incredible personality in the middle of a magnificent Arctic nature. The 12 minute short ... See full summary »
Director: Morten Skallerud
Votes: 353
3. World of Tomorrow (2015)
G | 17 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of her distant future.
Director: Don Hertzfeldt | Stars: Julia Pott, Winona Mae, Sara Cushman
Votes: 10,311
4. El secdleto de la tlompeta (1995)
17 min | Short, Adventure, Comedy
On the run from the police in a desperate attempt to escape a pair of Civil Guardians, a peaceful gas-station worker embarks on a frenzied road adventure.
Director: Javier Fesser | Stars: Ramón Langa, Pablo Pinedo, Pietro Olivera, César Vea
Votes: 924
5. Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase (1992)
TV-G | 7 min | Animation, Short
Two-dimensional clay animations melding and merging the work of 35 famous artists.
Director: Joan C. Gratz | Star: Jean G. Poulot
Votes: 865
6. Respice finem (1967)
15 min | Documentary, Short
The travails of rural widows in Czechoslovakia.
Director: Jan Spáta | Star: Jan Kacer
Votes: 37
7. 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: 394
8. Quest (1984)
30 min | Short, Adventure, Mystery
A child has only an 8 day life-span to complete a mysterious journey from the dim cave-dwelling society where he is born to a final gateway, the object of folklore. The abstract ... See full summary »
Directors: Elaine Bass, Saul Bass | Stars: John Abbott, Noah Hathaway, David Comfort, Michael Mancini
Votes: 450
9. Pleasures of War (1998)
11 min | Animation, Short, War
An animated short film in which a woman seduces and murders her enemy.
Director: Ruth Lingford | Stars: Pablo Duarte, Mildred Lee, Corinne Strickett
Votes: 203
10. Comment Wang-Fo fut sauvé (1987)
15 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
Among the aged master painter Wang-Fô's impeccable paintings, exists a mediocre and unflattering portrait of the pale Celestial Emperor that has merited him execution, nevertheless, how is this possible?
Director: René Laloux | Stars: Olivier Cruveiller, Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Votes: 684
11. The Conflict (1983)
7 min | Animation, Short, War
Film characters are ordinary matches. Quarrel that flared up over a trifle turns into a real battle, in which both hostile parties perished.
Director: Garri Bardin
Votes: 435
12. The Man Who Planted Trees (1987)
30 min | Animation, Short, Drama
The story of a shepherd's single handed quest to re-forest a barren valley.
Director: Frédéric Back | Stars: Philippe Noiret, Christopher Plummer
Votes: 6,107
13. Samadhi (1967)
6 min | Animation, Short
An experimental short film by Jordan Belson which combines various colors and shapes.
Director: Jordan Belson
Votes: 309
14. 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: 458
15. Destino (2003)
PG | 7 min | Animation, Short
Salvador 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.
Director: Dominique Monfery | Stars: Dora Luz, Jennifer Esposito
Votes: 5,981
16. Carmen torero (1996)
3 min | Animation, Short, Musical
A stop-motion colored-salt animated film that illustrates the 'Toreador Song', one of the musical pieces, Act 2, of Bizet's opera Carmen.
Director: Aleksandra Korejwo
Votes: 41
17. L'homme sans ombre (2004)
9 min | Animation, Short, Drama
A solitary man without a shadow rises from his desk, dons his hat, and leaves his apartment. He walks through a city to a large door, knocks, shows his invitation, and is admitted to a ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Schwizgebel
Votes: 508
18. Crane's Feathers (1977)
10 min | Animation, Short
An old man who took in and nursed a wounded crane is visited by a young, beautifully dressed woman.
Director: Ideya Garanina
Votes: 130
19. La cabina (1972 TV Movie)
35 min | Drama, Horror
A man gets trapped inside a telephone box and nobody is able to free him.
Director: Antonio Mercero | Stars: José Luis López Vázquez, Agustín González, Goyo Lebrero, Tito García
Votes: 4,565
20. Jumping (1984)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A small child takes small leaps, which progress into huge bounds over buildings, forests and continents.
Director: Osamu Tezuka
Votes: 1,308
21. The Wanderer (1988)
11 min | Animation, Short, Drama
A stranger comes to a peaceful village bearing gifts that bear a terrible price.
Director: George Ungar
Votes: 62
22. Franz Kafka's a Country Doctor (2007)
21 min | Animation, Short, Horror
Surreal events occur when a hapless country doctor visits an ill boy one cold night.
Director: Kôji Yamamura | Stars: Sensaku Shigeyama, Shigeru Shigeyama, Doji Shigeyama, Shime Shigeyama
Votes: 1,369
23. The Suspect (2000)
25 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The "Train Killer" is on the loose; and a young traveller on a train ride growingly begins to suspect that the actual murderer is amongst the other 3 occupants of his cabin. (Language: Portuguese (Portugal; Duration: 24.39 minutes)
Director: José Miguel Ribeiro | Stars: Dora Bernardo, João Catarino, Mafalda Vilhena, Paulo Raposo
Votes: 315
24. El jardin de las delicias (2009)
8 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
The discovery of the nature of the image, the symbols which transmit the poetic construction of the work, offer us a landscape of forms ready to recreate and explain a social context where ... See full summary »
Director: Juan Ibañez | Star: Bruno Herrero
Votes: 12
25. The Old Man and the Sea (1999)
20 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
An old fisherman goes out on his fishing trip and makes a huge catch, the biggest of his life.
Director: Aleksandr Petrov | Stars: Gordon Pinsent, Kevin Duhaney, Yôji Matsuda, Rentarô Mikuni
Votes: 4,572
26. Le couloir (2005)
17 min | Animation, Short
Directors: Jean-Loup Felicioli, Alain Gagnol | Stars: Karen Strassman, Christian Taponard, Gilles Morel
Votes: 119
27. Budet laskovyy dozhd (1984)
10 min | Animation, Short, Sci-Fi
Animated Film based on Ray Bradbury's novel "The Martian Chronicles", on the short story called "There Will Come Soft Rains..."
Director: Nazim Tulyahodzhayev | Star: Aleksandr Lenkov
Votes: 617
28. A Sense of History (1992 TV Movie)
25 min | Comedy, Drama
The 23rd Earl of Leete shares brief moments of his life, the truth behind his family estate and his particular glorious moment when he murdered his wife and his brother.
Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Jim Broadbent, Stephen Bill, Belinda Bradley, Edward Bradley
Votes: 1,230
29. The Hand (1965)
18 min | Animation, Short, Horror
A delicate and secluded ceramist sees his orderly life turn upside down, when a gigantic hand in a white glove invades his space, demanding that a sculpture of itself is made. When will the hand's obstinate demands stop?
Director: Jirí Trnka
Votes: 2,044
30. Dojoji Temple (1976)
19 min | Animation, Short
A man who is on a pilgrimage spends the night with a woman. After they share a moment of passion, he runs away and she chases him.
Director: Kihachirô Kawamoto
Votes: 318
31. The Public Voice (1988)
10 min | Animation, Short
A short animated film that starts with a close up on a Paul Delvaux painting then pulls back the shot while continually changing the picture.
Director: Lejf Marcussen
Votes: 195
32. A Wild Roomer (1927)
20 min | Short, Comedy
Charles Bowers is once again an eccentric inventor. This time, he has only a matter of hours to debut his extraordinary new invention in order to collect a huge bequest from his deceased ... See full summary »
Directors: Charles R. Bowers, Harold L. Muller | Star: Charles R. Bowers
Votes: 125
33. Dimensions of Dialogue (1983)
12 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Three surreal depictions of failures of communication that occur on all levels of human society.
Director: Jan Svankmajer
Votes: 4,882
34. Riblje oko (1980)
10 min | Animation, Short, Horror
A fishing village falls prey to a nightmare revenge from the sea.
Director: Josko Marusic
Votes: 147
35. La Jetée (1962)
Not Rated | 28 min | Short, Drama, Romance
The story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images.
Director: Chris Marker | Stars: Étienne Becker, Jean Négroni, Hélène Chatelain, Davos Hanich
Votes: 37,023
36. The Demon (1972)
8 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
Two brothers who live with their sick mother go deer hunting, but encounter a demon.
Director: Kihachirô Kawamoto
Votes: 337
37. The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello (2005)
26 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Set in a world of iron dirigibles and steam powered computers, this gothic horror mystery tells the story of Jasper Morello, a disgraced aerial navigator who flees his plague-ridden home on a desperate voyage to redeem himself.
Director: Anthony Lucas | Stars: Joel Edgerton, Helmut Bakaitis, Tommy Dysart, Jude Beaumont
Votes: 2,417
38. Ginga no Uo Ursa Minor Blue (1993 Video)
23 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
This adventurous story of a boy named Uri and an old man takes place in the cosmic Milky Way where the starfish live. This is the tale of their fantasy journey in search of the mysterious monster fish.
Director: Shigeru Tamura | Stars: Shouhei Ayukawa, Ichirô Nagai, Masaharu Satô, Isamu Tanonaka
Votes: 84
39. The Old Lady and the Pigeons (1996)
25 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
In seductive central Paris, an undernourished gendarme willing to go to great lengths to feed himself hatches a desperate, yet utterly cunning plan.
Director: Sylvain Chomet | Stars: James Pidgeon, Michoue Sylvain, Andrea Usher-Jones
Votes: 2,960
40. A Well-Ordered Restaurant (1992)
19 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
A couple of hunters lost in a forest find a restaurant. Upon entering they are greeted by greater and greater requests.
Director: Tadanari Okamoto
Votes: 261
41. The Finishing Line (1977)
21 min | Short
This British government public-information film is aimed at children and shows them the dangers of playing on railway tracks.
Director: John Krish | Stars: Peter Bradbury, Antony Carrick, Sharon Clark, Gary Collins
Votes: 153
42. Zeme svatého Patrika (1967)
29 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Jan Spáta | Star: Miroslav Machácek
Votes: 19
43. My Love (2006)
26 min | Animation, Short, Drama
In nineteenth-century Russia, a teenage boy in search of love is drawn to two very different women.
Director: Aleksandr Petrov | Stars: Aleksandr Palamishev, Aleksandra Zhivova, Evgeniya Kryukova, Nina Ruslanova
Votes: 1,640
44. Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook (1978)
6 min | Animation, Short
Director: Tony White | Stars: Michael Bates, Erik Chitty
Votes: 21
45. Tir Nan Og (2003)
14 min | Family, Short, Fantasy
Director: Danica DeCosto | Stars: Sarah Swanberg, Carolyn Palmer, Ashley Swanberg, Madeleine Falk
Votes: 95
46. Searching (1974)
1 min | Documentary, Short
A haunting PSA about keeping matches out of the hands of children.
Director: John Krish
Votes: 46
47. 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: 6,256
48. The Rain Horse (2008)
12 min | Short
A father takes his two young children on holiday to Wales, where they are attacked by a wild horse in the torrential rain. Adapted from Ted Hughes' short story of the same title.
Director: Sebastian Godwin | Stars: Jason Isaacs, Aaran Thomas, Jodie Tomlinson
Votes: 51
50. Muramasa (1987)
9 min | Animation, Short
A samurai discovers a cursed sword thrust through the heart of a straw man. With this weapon he slays all who oppose him, and many who do not. Men are scythed down as if they were made of straw.
Director: Osamu Tezuka
Votes: 145
51. Histoire tragique avec fin heureuse (2005)
7 min | Animation, Short
A girl whose heart beats faster than normal and so loudly that it bothers the neighbors seeks both acceptance and escape.
Director: Regina Pessoa | Stars: Manuela Azevedo, Elina Löwensohn
Votes: 428
52.
Ani*Kuri15 (2007–2008)
Episode:
Ohayo (Good Morning)
(2007)
1 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Follows a woman as she becomes fully awake.
Directors: Yoshihiro Akase, Satoshi Kon
Votes: 693
53. Veter vdol berega (2004)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A village on the coast and the suffer from the rough winds captured in a funny way.
Director: Ivan Maksimov
Votes: 247
54. The Short & Curlies (1987 TV Short)
17 min | Short, Comedy
A short comedy by Mike Leigh about the romance between a young woman and a man who communicates only through jokes and humor. The story is told as a series of very short vignettes between ... See full summary »
Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Alison Steadman, Sylvestra Le Touzel, David Thewlis, Wendy Nottingham
Votes: 1,173
55. Magritte ou La leçon de choses (1960)
15 min | Documentary, Short
A short film which introduces the concept of surrealism by looking through the paintings of René Magritte.
Director: Luc de Heusch | Star: Serge Sauvion
Votes: 74
56. Ubornaya istoriya - lyubovnaya istoriya (2007)
TV-G | 10 min | Animation, Short
In the strangest of places, a lonely public lavatory attendant who dreams of romance will find excitement and perhaps love, when a chivalrous secret admirer keeps leaving flowers in her tip jar. But, what good is an invisible lover?
Director: Konstantin Bronzit
Votes: 1,748
57. Der Lauf der Dinge (1987)
Not Rated | 30 min | Documentary, Short
Inside a warehouse, a precarious 70-100 feet long structure has been constructed using various items. When this is set in motion, a chain reaction ensues. Fire, water, law of gravity as ... See full summary »
Directors: Peter Fischli, David Weiss
Votes: 949
58. The Cow (1989)
10 min | Animation, Short, Drama
In the outback, on the railway station there lives a family. 4th grade schoolboy Vasya Rubtsov is experiencing the death of his beloved best friend the cow. The boy remembers how they used ... See full summary »
Director: Aleksandr Petrov | Stars: Nikolai Gusarov, Lyubov Teplova, Kostya Panov
Votes: 1,075
59. Vzpoura hracek (1946)
14 min | Animation, Short
The Gestapo invades a toy workshop and wants to arrest the owner. The toys rebel against the unwelcome guest.
Directors: Frantisek Sádek, Hermína Týrlová | Stars: Jindrich Láznicka, Eduard Linkers
Votes: 82
60. Long Bridge of Desired Direction (2013)
9 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
A lonely man lives with his pet on a small island and longed to get to 'other people.'
Director: Ivan Maksimov
Votes: 66
61. A Is for Autism (1992)
11 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
An animated collage of drawings, live-action sequences and voice-overs which offer insight into different aspects and forms of autism. A rare glimpse at the very private and personal worlds of autistic children and adults.
Director: Tim Webb | Stars: Matthew Beguley, Sheila Beguley, Temple Grandin, Luke Hemstock
Votes: 136
62. Bobby Yeah (2011)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Short, Horror
Bobby Yeah is a subhuman creature who experiences a series of increasingly bizarre, nightmarish encounters after stealing a malevolent baby's prized pet.
Director: Robert Morgan
Votes: 722
63. Eternal Gaze (2003)
15 min | Animation, Short
An exceptionally moving portrayal of the work of sculptor Alberto Giacometti, whose work with wire and clay figures in his Paris studio is shown at two different points in his life: once ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Chen
Votes: 167
64. Balance (1989)
7 min | Animation, Short, Drama
A group of fishermen on a precariously balanced platform fight over a trunk.
Directors: Christoph Lauenstein, Wolfgang Lauenstein
Votes: 5,665
65. Forklift Driver Klaus: The First Day on the Job (2000)
10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Short film depicting a fictional educational film about fork lift truck operational safety. The dangers of unsafe operation are presented in gory details.
Directors: Stefan Prehn, Jörg Wagner | Stars: Konstantin Graudus, Gustav Adolph Artz, Jürgen Kittel, Sönke Korries
Votes: 4,940
66. I Love Sarah Jane (2008)
Not Rated | 14 min | Short, Horror, Romance
Jimbo is 13 and can think of only one girl -- Sarah Jane. And no matter what stands in his way-bullies, violence, chaos, or zombies-nothing will stop him from finding a way into her world.
Director: Spencer Susser | Stars: Brad Ashby, Mia Wasikowska, Vladimir Matovic, Beau South
Votes: 1,393
67. Election Night (1998)
Not Rated | 11 min | Short, Comedy
On his way to the polls, an idealist yet absent-minded voter must endure continuous waves of racist cab drivers and their offensive remarks.
Director: Anders Thomas Jensen | Stars: Ulrich Thomsen, Jens Jørn Spottag, John Martinus, Ole Thestrup
Votes: 2,438
68. Mindscape (1976)
8 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
An artist creates a painting of the landscape he sees, then finds he can literally climb into the picture to see the fantastic world inside.
Director: Jacques Drouin
Votes: 826
69. Depth Solitude (1995)
7 min | Drama, Short
Directors: Thomas Lien, Joachim Solum | Stars: Jan Grønli, Knut Erik Haugen, Alexandra Perez-Seoane, Brutus
Votes: 274
70. Jojo in the Stars (2003)
TV-PG | 13 min | Animation, Short
In a bleak and desolate world, a small creature seeks out the woman of his dreams: a high-flying circus performer with a cruel and possessive ringmaster.
Director: Marc Craste | Stars: Oliver Miceli, Andrew Stirk
Votes: 558
71. Lapsus (I) (2007)
3 min | Animation, Short
A curious nun ventures into the darker side of her animated world.
Director: Juan Pablo Zaramella | Star: Germán Castro
Votes: 197
72. Ninja & Soldier (2012)
10 min | Animation, Short, Drama
A child soldier and a child ninja are talking about a difference.
Director: Isamu Hirabayashi | Stars: Reigo Mizoguchi, Shion Noda
Votes: 21
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