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1. Behind the Screen (1916)
TV-G | 30 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
Charlie is an overworked labourer at a film studio who helps a young woman find work even while his coworkers strike against his tyrannical boss.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Albert Austin
Votes: 3,025
2. Easy Street (1917)
Unrated | 24 min | Short, Comedy
A reformed tramp becomes a police constable who must fight a huge thug who dominates an inner-city street.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Albert Austin
Votes: 5,810
3. By the Sea (1915)
TV-G | 20 min | Short, Comedy
It is windy at a bathing resort. After fighting with one of the two husbands, Charlie approaches Edna while the two husbands themselves fight over ice cream. Driven away by her husband, Charlie turns to the other's wife.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Billy Armstrong, Ed Armstrong, Bud Jamison
Votes: 1,879
4. In the Park (1915)
Not Rated | 14 min | Short, Comedy
An amorous couple. A crook. A policeman. A nursemaid and a stolen handbag. These are some of the things the Little Tramp encounters during a walk in the park.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Leona Anderson, Billy Armstrong, Lloyd Bacon
Votes: 1,742
5. His Regeneration (1915)
TV-G | 15 min | Short, Western
An unrepentant crook enters a dance hall and gets in a fight over a girl. As he, unknowingly, breaks into her house, another bloody mess stains the residence's thick carpets. Can a simple act of kindness pave the way for his regeneration?
Director: Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson | Stars: Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, Lee Willard, Marguerite Clayton, Hazel Applegate
Votes: 814
6. The Bank (1915)
TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Short
Charlie does everything but an efficient job as janitor. Edna buys her fiance, the cashier, a birthday present. Charlie thinks "To Charles with Love" is for him. He presents her a rose ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Billy Armstrong, Carl Stockdale
Votes: 2,211
7. Shanghaied (I) (1915)
TV-G | 27 min | Short, Comedy
Intent on scuttling his ship, a financially-pressed shipowner conspires with the vessel's captain to collect the insurance money, unbeknownst to him that his daughter and her beau, Charlie, are aboard. Will they get away with it so easily?
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Billy Armstrong, Lawrence A. Bowes, Fred Goodwins
Votes: 1,686
8. A Jitney Elopement (1915)
TV-G | 26 min | Short, Comedy
Edna's father wants her to marry wealthy Count He-Ha. Charlie, Edna's true love, impersonates the Count at dinner, but the real Count shows up and Charlie is thrown out. Later on Charlie ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Lloyd Bacon, Fred Goodwins
Votes: 1,439
9. One A.M. (1916)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family, Short
A drunken homeowner has a difficult time getting about in his home after arriving home late at night.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Albert Austin
Votes: 3,608
10. Along Came Auntie (1926)
Passed | 23 min | Comedy, Short
A divorced woman is set to receive $100,000 and quarts of diamonds from her divorce-disapproving aunt. Having taken in her first husband as a lodger, due to financial difficulties, and now ... See full summary »
Directors: Fred Guiol, Richard Wallace | Stars: Oliver Hardy, Glenn Tryon, Vivien Oakland, Tyler Brooke
Votes: 418
11. Validation (2007)
16 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
A fable about a parking attendant who gives his customers REAL validation -- dispensing both free parking and free compliments.
Director: Kurt Kuenne | Stars: T.J. Thyne, Vicki Davis, Dave Kuhr, Pam Cook
Votes: 4,500
12. Rent-a-Person (2004)
12 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
A lonely bathroom attendant starts a business renting passengers to freeway commuters who want to utilize the carpool lane.
Director: Kurt Kuenne | Stars: James Haven, Jennifer Haworth, Manolo Travieso, Jon Molerio
Votes: 216
13. Bromo and Juliet (1926)
Passed | 23 min | Comedy, Short
A young man puts on the play "Romeo and Juliet" as a fundraiser, but has to keep a close eye on his dad, who's had several drinks too many, and a pesky cab driver who's determined to collect his fare.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Charley Chase, Oliver Hardy, Corliss Palmer, William Orlamond
Votes: 296
14. Angora Love (1929)
Passed | 21 min | Comedy, Short
Stanley and Oliver are adopted by a runaway goat, whose noise and aroma in turn get the goat of their suspicious landlord. Attempts to bathe the smelly animal result in a waterlogged free-for-all.
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Harry Bernard, Charlie Hall
Votes: 945
15. Just Rambling Along (1918)
9 min | Short, Comedy
A nervy young man follows a pretty lady into a diner to flirt with her, but winds up getting stuck with the tab.
Director: Hal Roach | Stars: Stan Laurel, Clarine Seymour, Noah Young, James Parrott
Votes: 326
16. Paperman (2012)
G | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
An office worker meets the girl of his dreams and uses a fleet of paper airplanes to get her attention.
Director: John Kahrs | Stars: John Kahrs, Kari Wahlgren, Jack Goldenberg, Jeff Turley
Votes: 35,351
17. Geri's Game (1997)
G | 5 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Geri sets up a chess game to play his greatest opponent - himself.
Director: Jan Pinkava | Star: Bob Peterson
Votes: 26,889
18. Presto (2008)
G | 5 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A stage magician's rabbit gets into a magical onstage brawl against his neglectful guardian with two magic hats.
Director: Doug Sweetland
Votes: 25,708
19. Boundin' (2003)
G | 5 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A sheep dances proudly in his southwestern landscape, until one day his wool is sheared and he is left naked. He's depressed and shy, until a cheerful jackalope comes along and shows him how to leap proudly and not to be ashamed.
Directors: Bud Luckey, Roger Gould | Star: Bud Luckey
Votes: 14,728
20. Jack-Jack Attack (2005 Video)
Not Rated | 5 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The Parrs' baby Jack-Jack is thought to be normal, not having any super-powers like his parents or siblings. But when an outsider is hired to watch him, Jack-Jack shows his true potential.
Director: Brad Bird | Stars: Bret 'Brook' Parker, Bud Luckey, Eli Fucile, Jason Lee
Votes: 17,921
21. Knick Knack (1989)
G | 4 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A snow globe snowman wants to join the other travel souvenirs in a hot party, but the glass dome that surrounds him gets in his way, despite all his efforts.
Director: John Lasseter
Votes: 15,258
22. Luxo Jr. (1986)
G | 2 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A larger lamp watches while a smaller, younger lamp plays exuberantly with a ball but doesn't pick up the knack of correct handling.
Director: John Lasseter
Votes: 15,501
23. Electroshock (2011)
8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A klutz gets a superpower.
Directors: Pascal Chandelier, Hugo Jackson, Elliot Maren, Valentin Michel, Bastien Mortelecque | Stars: Christophe Lemoine, Ariane Aggiage, Michel Vigné, Laetitia Lefebvre
Votes: 149
24. Mike's New Car (2002 Video)
Not Rated | 4 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mike's bought a new 6-wheel-drive car, and he can't wait to show it off to Sulley. Only problem is, Mike hasn't exactly mastered the controls yet, and they're pretty complicated.
Directors: Pete Docter, Roger Gould | Stars: Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Susskind
Votes: 14,961
25. Wandering Papas (1926)
Passed | 20 min | Comedy, Short
A Chef goes to collect food for the bridge workers' dinner.
Director: Stan Laurel | Stars: Oliver Hardy, Clyde Cook, Molly O'Day, Tyler Brooke
Votes: 242
26. Crazy to Act (1927)
Not Rated | 25 min | Comedy, Short
Millionaire film producer Gordon Bagley wants to marry Ethel St. John, the leading lady in his latest film. Ethel is in love with Arthur Young, the hero of Bagley's lastest movie. Work on ... See full summary »
Director: Earle Rodney | Stars: Matty Kemp, Mildred June, Oliver Hardy, Sunshine Hart
Votes: 110
27. Flying Elephants (1928)
Passed | 17 min | Comedy, Short
Laurel & Hardy, in pre-historic times, vie for the hand of the same Stone Age beauty.
Directors: Frank Butler, Hal Roach | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Dorothy Coburn, Budd Fine
Votes: 669
28. Mud and Sand (1922)
26 min | Comedy, Short, Adventure
Rhubarb Vaseline lives in a small village, when he and his friend, Sapo, enter a bullfighting contest, Sapo dies, but Rhubarb kills three bulls and becomes a local hero earning money. Two ... See full summary »
Director: Gilbert Pratt | Stars: Stan Laurel, Mae Laurel, Julie Leonard, Leona Anderson
Votes: 416
29. 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: 1,188
30. Stick Around (1925)
24 min | Short, Comedy
Two paperhangers are employed by a sanitarium to hang up some posters. Chaos Ensures.
Director: Ward Hayes | Stars: Oliver Hardy, Bobby Ray, Hazel Newman, Harry McCoy
Votes: 216
31. On the Front Page (1926)
22 min | Comedy, Short
After being scooped for a scandal story, a reporter has 24 hours to dig up a more scandalous story. After spending the night in the wrong street, he comes up with a plan: catch the Countess and her butler in a compromising situation.
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Lillian Rich, Tyler Brooke, Bull Montana
Votes: 182
32. 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: 1,501
33. Roughest Africa (1923)
Not Rated | 29 min | Comedy, Short
Two explorers travel to Africa to capture and photograph various wildlife.
Director: Ralph Ceder | Stars: Stan Laurel, James Finlayson, Katherine Grant, John Brown
Votes: 238
34. Partly Cloudy (2009)
G | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Babies both human and beast are created up in the stratosphere, by the clouds themselves. One cloud specializes in "dangerous" babies, creating a challenge for his loyal stork that has to deliver them.
Director: Peter Sohn | Stars: Tony Fucile, Lori Richardson
Votes: 23,407
35. El empleo (2008)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A man prepares and goes to work in a bizarre world, where the meaning of human workforce is taken to another level.
Directors: Santiago Bou Grasso, Patricio Plaza
Votes: 3,978
36. Breakwater (2019)
Not Rated | 27 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
A group of friends from São Paulo go on a trip to a remote beach. While they wait for the new year's eve, they build a safe and pleasant environment through music and friendship.
Director: Cris Lyra | Stars: Yakini Kalid, Lana Lopes, Raíssa Lopes, Nã Maranhão
Votes: 541
37. The Orphan (2018)
16 min | Short, Drama
Jonathas has been adopted and returned due to his 'different' way. Inspired by true events.
Director: Carolina Markowicz | Stars: Clarisse Abujamra, Kauan Alvarenga, Georgina Castro, Ivo Müller
Votes: 348
38. Strasbourg 1518 (2020 TV Short)
Not Rated | 10 min | Short, Horror, Musical
Inspired by a powerful involuntary mania that took hold of citizens in the city of Strasbourg just over 500 years ago, this film is a collaboration in isolation with some of the greatest dancers working today.
Director: Jonathan Glazer | Stars: Andrey Berezin, Botis Seva, Ditta Miranda Jasjfi, Germaine Acogny
Votes: 1,010
39. Last Year When the Train Passed By (2018)
17 min | Short
"What were you doing while I took this photo when the train passed through your house last year?" Carrying a picture taken in the train a year ago, the director comes to the same spot, ... See full summary »
Director: Pang-Chuan Huang
Votes: 199
40. Return (2017)
20 min | Documentary, Short
Two journeys from two different periods, across continents and through history. The merging of past and present reveals a forgotten memory.
Director: Pang-Chuan Huang
Votes: 172
41. Apiyemiyekî? (2020)
28 min | Documentary, Short
It addresses the genocide of the Waimiri-Atroari people in 1970s. Illustrations about the period, created by the indigenous population reveal a traumatic history, referring us to the present day.
Director: Ana Vaz
Votes: 226
42. Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936)
Approved | 16 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The legendary sailors Popeye and Sindbad do battle to see which one is the greatest.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Lou Fleischer, Gus Wicke
Votes: 4,016
43. Beautiful New Bay Area Project (2013)
Not Rated | 29 min | Short, Action, Drama
A company president (Emoto Tasuku) is pursued by a Kung fu fighting co-worker (Mita Moa) after he steals her nameplate from the staff board.
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Stars: Mao Mita, Tasuku Emoto, Jinsei Morishita, Atsushi Abe
Votes: 697
44. Now, at Last! (2018)
39 min | Documentary, Short
A sloth takes it easy hanging out in the jungle.
Director: Ben Rivers
Votes: 147
45. Asparagus (1979)
Not Rated | 20 min | Animation, Short
An animated, surreal, visually stunning as well as rather uniquely imaginative candy-colored nightmare from indie artist Suzan Pitt.
Director: Suzan Pitt
Votes: 1,424
46. Li'l Spider Girl (2012 TV Movie)
25 min | Animation, Fantasy, Mystery
This story involves the shopkeeper Suzuri of Kokumondou who sells historic books and Mizuki, granddaughter of the land owner. When Mizuki releases a somewhat cute young spider demon out of ... See full summary »
Director: Toshihisa Kaiya | Stars: Mitsuaki Hoshino, Tomoko Kaneda, Asami Shimoda, Hiroshi Tsuchida
Votes: 228
47. Norman the Snowman (2014)
25 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
The boy has longed to visit the northern country and experience the beautiful mysteries of nature that his childhood friend Norman the Snowman has told him about. On the first day of snow ... See full summary »
Director: Takeshi Yashiro | Stars: Shihori Ishijima, Takahiro Nishikawa, Akio Nojima, Hirofumi Nojima
Votes: 40
48. Kick-Heart (2013)
Not Rated | 12 min | Animation, Short, Action
A love story between two people that each have a secret to hide. One a pro-wrestler, the other a Nun. Losing never felt so good.
Director: Masaaki Yuasa | Stars: Tatsuhisa Suzuki, Takako Honda, Wataru Takagi, Yûko Kaida
Votes: 1,002
49. Pigtails (2015)
29 min | Animation, Short, Drama
A thought-provoking fable portraying a nation's unspeakable feelings in the aftermath of the 2011 tsunami and Fukushima disaster.
Director: Yoshimi Itazu | Stars: Kana Hanazawa, Yûsuke Kobayashi, Jun'ichi Suwabe
Votes: 136
50. The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún (2019)
10 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
In a world split between the Inside and the Outside, those living in both realms are told never to cross over to the other side, lest they be cursed. A young girl named Shiva lives on the ... See full summary »
Directors: Yutaro Kubo, Satomi Maiya
Votes: 421
51. Moon of a Sleepless Night (2017)
Animation, Short
A squirrel and a boy set out on a journey together to restore daylight. They must find and release the moon stuck high up on a tree somewhere far, far away.
Director: Takeshi Yashiro
Votes: 48
52. A Dog's Life (1918)
Not Rated | 33 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
The Little Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Dave Anderson, Bert Appling
Votes: 9,621
53. A Day's Pleasure (1919)
TV-G | 18 min | Short, Comedy
A father takes his family for an outing, which turns out to be a ridiculous trial.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, C. Allen, Naomi Bailey
Votes: 3,631
54. Pay Day (I) (1922)
TV-G | 21 min | Comedy, Short
After a difficult day at work, a bricklayer tries to enjoy his pay day without his wife knowing.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Phyllis Allen, Mack Swain, Edna Purviance
Votes: 4,848 | Gross: $0.13M
55. The Idle Class (1921)
TV-G | 32 min | Short, Comedy
A tramp sneaks into a upper class golf resort. The tramp meets a rich woman who is having an argument with her drunken husband. Complications arise when she mistakes the tramp for her husband.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Charles Aber, Joe Anderson
Votes: 4,156
56. Shoulder Arms (1918)
36 min | Short, Comedy, War
Charlie is a boot camp private who has a dream of being a hero who goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Syd Chaplin, Loyal Underwood
Votes: 7,405
57. The Pilgrim (1923)
TV-G | 47 min | Comedy, Western
Disguised as a priest, an escaped convict makes his way to Texas. He ends up in a small rural town where the townsfolk mistake him for their new church minister.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Syd Chaplin, Mai Wells
Votes: 5,673 | Gross: $0.28M
58. Sunnyside (1919)
34 min | Comedy, Short
Charlie works on a farm from 4am to late at night. He gets his food on the run (milking a cow into his coffee, holding an chicken over the frying pan to get fried eggs). He loves the ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Olive Ann Alcorn, Albert Austin
Votes: 3,302
59. Chitrashala (2015)
19 min | Short, Drama
An old palace, now a museum, stands alone above the riverbank overlooking the city. It houses a set of the finest miniature paintings ever created in the Himalayan region. Hundreds of people come here to admire the art every day.
Director: Amit Dutta
Votes: 49
60. Nimic (2019)
Not Rated | 12 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
A professional cellist has an encounter with a stranger on the subway which has unexpected and far-reaching ramifications on his life.
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos | Stars: Matt Dillon, Daphné Patakia, Susan Elle, Sara Lee
Votes: 8,500
61. The Kill (2016)
16 min | Short, Drama
A tribal man in central India finds himself at a crossroads where he must choose between winning his family's trust and betraying his religious beliefs, thereby endangering an innocent life.
Director: Anay Tarnekar | Stars: Radhika Apte, Girish Kulkarni, Shrikant Yadav
Votes: 58
62. 405 (2019)
20 min | Short, Drama | Completed
Four-O-Five, the film, is about an un-named man in an un-named town, who has lost everything, including the love of an un-named girl because of an un-named sin committed by him at some point
Director: Shanawaz Nellikunnil
Votes: 22
63. Becoming Alluvium (2019)
17 min | Short
Resplendent watercolor animations and understated images of daily life meld to yield a meditation upon Vietnam's turbulent history through the figure of the Mekong River.
Director: Thao Nguyen Phan
Votes: 23
64. Continuum (2006)
39 min | Short, Drama
Simple stories from everyday life, popular culture and folklore that explore the continuum of life and death, of love and paranoia, of trade and value, of need and invention, of hunger and enlightenment.
Directors: Anand Gandhi, Khushboo Ranka | Stars: Vipul Binjola, Dharmendra Gohil, Darshan Jariwala, Tushar Joshi
Votes: 151
65. Right Here, Right Now (2003)
28 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A young man in his haste to go some place takes two actions - he screams at his mother for making him late, and he lovingly appreciates his brother's painting. By doing so, he strikes off ... See full summary »
Director: Anand Gandhi | Stars: Ankit, Bag, Sanjay M Bhatia, Parul Bheda
Votes: 235
66. Farpões, baldios (2017)
Not Rated | 25 min | Short, Drama
In the end of the 19th century the peasants in Portugal started a courageous struggle for better work conditions. After generations of starving misery, the Carnation Revolution sowed the promise of an Agrarian Reform.
Director: Marta Mateus | Stars: Francisco Barbeiro, Gonçalo Prudêncio, José Codices, Maria Catarina Sapata
Votes: 196
67. Maharajin (2018)
30 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
In Hinduism, women are prohibited from entering the cremation ground but Gulab Maharajin performed Cremations at Rasoolabad Ghat, Allahabad for over more than 60 Years.
Director: Darpan Bajaj
Votes: 17
68. South (2020)
30 min | Documentary, Short
Taking two anti-racist and anti-authoritarian liberation movements in South London and Chicago's South Side as a point of departure, South presents an expressionistic investigation of the ... See full summary »
Director: Morgan Quaintance
Votes: 117
69. Nooreh (2018)
22 min | Short, Drama
An eight year old Kashmiri girl 'Nooreh' residing in a small village on the India-Pakistan border believes that she has discovered a solution to end the relentless cross firing.
Director: Ashish Pandey | Stars: Saima Latief, Sania Manzoor, Afreen Rafiq, Lone Sabzaar
Votes: 78
70. The Equation (2012)
12 min | Short, Drama
Serge, a young math teacher at an inner city high school, tries to get his students to solve an equation but is disturbed by a phone call. Smart aleck Karima is no whiz at math but comes up with a solution.
Director: Mathieu Hippeau | Stars: Mathieu Bisson, Sofia Lassoued, Dylan Imayanga, Pamela Barraud
Votes: 50
71. Three Celestial Bodies (2009)
15 min | Short, Drama, Romance
Director: Yann Gonzalez | Stars: Julien Doré, Julie Brémond, César Domboy, Paul Schmitt
Votes: 54
72. La République des enchanteurs (2016)
14 min | Short, Drama
Ghislaine dances on the roof, Kamel dresses himself up, and Salomon lies to his brother. Together, they describe a social housing project, a Republic made up of enchanters.
Directors: Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh
Votes: 55
73. A Month of Single Frames (2019)
14 min | Short
In 1998 lesbian experimental filmmaker Barbara Hammer took part in a one-month residency at a Cape Cod dune shack without running water or electricity, where she shot film, recorded sound ... See full summary »
Director: Lynne Sachs
Votes: 259
74. Endnote (2006)
17 min | Short
Based on Samuel Beckett's "Come and Go". Three young women have surprising secrets about each other which they will not tell us.
Director: Ashish Avikunthak | Stars: Ashwini Deo, Aditi Deo
Votes: 22
75. Atlantiques (2009)
Not Rated | 16 min | Documentary, Short
Directed by Mati Diop (35 rhums), Atlantiques recounts the odyssey of Senegalese friends who attempt a life-threatening boat crossing. Melancholic and mysterious, the film urgently and elegantly addresses the perils of illegal migration.
Director: Mati Diop | Stars: Alpha Diop, Cheikh M'Baye, Ouli Seck, Serigne Seck
Votes: 692
76. The Unseen River (2020)
20 min | Short, Drama
Stories told along the river: a woman reunites with her old lover at a hydroelectric plant; meanwhile, a young man travels downstream to a temple with his girlfriend in search of a cure for his insomnia.
Director: Pham Ngoc Lan | Stars: Minh Chau, Hoang Ha, Naomi, Ha Phong Nguyen
Votes: 345
77. Scenes with Beans (1976)
12 min | Animation, Short, Sci-Fi
A cosmic metallic hen arrives to a planet of beans and observes their daily lives.
Director: Ottó Foky
Votes: 1,051
78. 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: 2,797
79. L'arrivée (1999)
3 min | Short
Mirrored frames being split by white margin and trying to reassemble again like the poles of a magnet, a train approaching station and colliding with itself in white-hot blistering chaos.
Director: Peter Tscherkassky
Votes: 564
80. Manufraktur (1985)
3 min | Short
A tangled network woven with tiny particles of movements broken out of found footage and compiled anew: the elements of the "to the left, to the right, back and forth" grammar of narrative ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Tscherkassky
Votes: 455
81. Dream Work (2001)
Not Rated | 10 min | Short
A woman goes to bed, falls asleep, and begins to dream. This dream takes her to a landscape of light and shadow, evoked in a form only possible through classic cinematography.
Director: Peter Tscherkassky
Votes: 1,162
82. Six Men Getting Sick (1967)
TV-PG | 4 min | Animation, Short, Horror
A short continuously looping animation of six grotesque human figures vomiting.
Director: David Lynch
Votes: 6,474
83. The Alphabet (1969)
TV-MA | 4 min | Animation, Short, Horror
A woman's dark and absurdist nightmare vision comprising a continuous recitation of the alphabet and bizarre living representations of each letter.
Director: David Lynch | Star: Peggy Reavey
Votes: 8,532
84. Four Roads (2020)
8 min | Documentary, Short
During the COVID-19 pandemic, filmmaker Alice Rohrwacher gets in touch with her neighborhoods through her photographic lenses.
Director: Alice Rohrwacher
Votes: 871
85. Women Reply (1975)
Not Rated | 8 min | Documentary, Short
What does being a woman really mean? How do women live the status society reserves for them? A group of women, beautiful or not, young or not, gifted with motherly instinct or not, answer before Agnès Varda's camera.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Caroline Baudry, Catherine, Agnès Varda, Maryline Even
Votes: 1,528
86. 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: 15,180
87. 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: 37,011
88. Ló a házban (1976)
6 min | Animation, Short
An investigation into a blue horse with roller skates in an apartment building turned into a nightmare.
Director: György Csonka | Star: György Kálmán
Votes: 243
89. Hamm (1977)
6 min | Animation, Short
One day, an ever-growing man goes out for dinner in a posh restaurant. He devours everything around him, from the food on his plate to buildings, cities, and planets, ultimately eating the entire universe.
Director: István Bányai
Votes: 261
90. Körúti esték (1972)
9 min | Animation, Short
A passionate poet feels abandoned at the places of amusement in the Boulevard.
Director: György Kovásznai | Stars: András Kisfaludy, Anna Papp
Votes: 217
91. Ulysse (1983)
Not Rated | 22 min | Documentary, Short
Agnès Varda interviews two subjects from a photograph she took 30 years earlier.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Fouli Elia, Ulysse Llorca, Charles de Gaulle, Agnès Varda
Votes: 919
92. Mind the Steps! (1989)
6 min | Animation, Short
A typical apartment building in Budapest and their residents from the aspect of a young boy playing football sometime in the end of the 1980s at the time of the change of regime in Eastern ... See full summary »
Director: István Orosz
Votes: 296
93. Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine (2005)
Not Rated | 17 min | Short, Western
An attempt to transform a Roman Western into a Greek tragedy.
Director: Peter Tscherkassky
Votes: 578
94. Voyage to the Sky (1937)
11 min | Documentary, Short
We begin on planet Earth, with a demonstration of measuring distances using triangulation. Then, an imaginary voyage begins from earth to the moon, on to Mars, Saturn, the closest star (... See full summary »
Directors: A.-P. Dufour, Jean Painlevé
Votes: 414
95. The Sea Horse (1935)
15 min | Documentary, Short
Examines the sea horse, the only fish that swims upright. We watch it use its prehensile tail to wrap around plants and other sea horses. A frontal bulge houses organs including an air ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Painlevé
Votes: 709
96. The Vampire (1945)
9 min | Documentary, Short
A short look at the vampire bat sucking blood from a guinea pig.
Director: Jean Painlevé | Star: Max Schreck
Votes: 916
97. The Love Life of the Octopus (1967)
13 min | Documentary, Short
An octopus slithers into a narrow crack near the shore; we see its eye up close; blowing water propels it through water. It feeds on a crab. In spring it's time to mate. A male grabs a ... See full summary »
Directors: Geneviève Hamon, Jean Painlevé
Votes: 564
98. Shrimp Stories (1964)
10 min | Documentary, Short
After a comic introduction, we look closely at a shrimp. Eyes on stilts, color patterns, pinchered walking feet, a rostrum. We watch shrimp eat using a strong claw and a fine one; we watch ... See full summary »
Directors: Geneviève Hamon, Jean Painlevé
Votes: 347
99. Acera, or the Witches' Dance (1972)
13 min | Documentary, Short
In mud flats along the coast of Brittany we watch acera, small ball-shaped mollusks that are about two inches in diameter. They rest in mud; then, in water, they dance, their skirt-like ... See full summary »
Directors: Geneviève Hamon, Jean Painlevé
Votes: 394
100. Hyas and Stenorhynchus, marine crustaceans (1929)
10 min | Documentary, Short
Popular science descriptions of two marine crustaceans, both of whom camouflage themselves in found objects, moving, eating, interacting.
Director: Jean Painlevé
Votes: 436
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