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1. Betty (2010)
13 min | Short, Drama
A doctor convinces Betty to read her patient file.
Director: Heather Renee Ayres | Stars: Mick Flaaen, Davie-Blue, Tony Doupe, Paul Eenhoorn
Votes: 15
2. Sweetheart Deal (2022)
98 min | Documentary
Four sex workers caught in the spiral of addiction turn to a self-proclaimed healer offering friendship and a path to salvation from the streets inside his roadside RV. But just as they ... See full summary »
Directors: Elisa Levine, Gabriel Miller
Votes: 34
3. Anybuddy Home? (2005)
Short, Comedy
Director: Joe Shapiro | Stars: Linnet Blumenthal, Andy McCone, Heather Poulsen, Vinnie Smith
Votes: 16
4. Rent's Due (2004)
9 min | Comedy, Short
Director: Andy McCone | Stars: Bryan Alvarez, Meredith Binder, Alvin Catacutan, Tobi de Goede
Votes: 37
5. Decimation (2013)
31 min | Short, Drama, History
Set in 1942, DECIMATION finds ten Russian soldiers who have been accused of cowardice on the Eastern Front and are being temporarily imprisoned. A Red Army General decides to utilize the ... See full summary »
Director: Wade F. Jackson | Stars: Roy Stanton, Brandon Anthony, Ron Carrier, Stefan Hayek
Votes: 38
6. Look Up in the Sky (2012– )
Not Rated | 2 min | Short, Drama, Mystery
A high school science class hiking trip must reunite ten years later to stop the end of the world.
Stars: Cathan Bordyn, Ashley Cozine, Dylan Smith, Brynne Geiszler
Votes: 7
7. True Love Waits (2015)
7 min | Short, Sci-Fi
A man is caught between two worlds after a "being from another place" enters his life.
Director: Dan Duarte | Stars: Shafic Tayara, Vivi Devereaux, Natasha Halevi, Danice Cabanela
Votes: 14
8. Shut Eye (2008)
8 min | Short
To sleep, perchance to dream... But not when Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFI) makes sleep and reality distant memories for a young man who tries to piece together what remains of his life.
Directors: Andy McCone, Joe Shapiro | Stars: Emily Cowgill, Basil Harris, Andrew Scott McIntyre, Natasha Sims
Votes: 7
9. Death and a Salesman (2006)
6 min | Short, Comedy
Bob Henry finds himself trying to figure out why the Angel of Death is coming back in an hour.
Directors: Andy McCone, Joe Shapiro | Stars: Meredith Binder, Troy Fischnaller, Andy McCone, Deanna Mustard
Votes: 9
10. The Naked Proof (2003)
108 min | Comedy
A university philosophy student long overdue on his PhD dissertation (about the proof that other people exist) stumbles home drunk to find a pregnant woman trying to get into his apartment.... See full summary »
Director: Jaime Hook | Stars: Michael Chick, Arlette Del Toro, Meredith Binder, Vanessa Briggs
Votes: 18
11. Tom in America (2014)
17 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
For 50 years, Michael and Betty have been united by one guiding principle: no secrets. But when a provocative Tom of Finland doll triggers Michael's long-buried desires, Betty discovers that secrets have been part of their life all along.
Director: Flavio Alves | Stars: Burt Young, Sally Kirkland, Jacques Mitchell, Alex Kruz
Votes: 315
12. Somebody's Mother (2016)
83 min | Drama
Two sisters struggle with what it means to be a mother. One after the sudden loss of her baby, the other with her own inability to care for her young child. Together they find hope in the face of tragedy.
Director: Gabriela Tollman | Stars: Richard Abraham, Daniel Ahearn, Wyeth James Ahearn, Tempany Deckert
Votes: 98
13. Urban Scarecrow (2006)
Drama
Wesley Downs used to have a home, but the six years since his mother's death have not been kind. Reeling from displacement and joined by his only friend Derek, Wes begins to retreat into his fantasies - an eclectic, hand-made wonderland where valuable treasures can be found under any chunk of broken glass.
Director: Andrew McAllister | Stars: Corey Contreras, Benjamin P. Garman, H. Griffin, Charles Leggett
Votes: 21
14. I Am (Not) Van Gogh (2005)
4 min | Short
In glorious stop motion pixilation an artist (David Russo) applies for a grant to make the film that we are watching. It unfolds as he describes it. The grant committee is not impressed.
Director: David Russo | Stars: David Russo, Ingrid Ingerson, David Gehrman, Scott Jorgenson
Votes: 45
15. Bunker (I) (2012)
11 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A pacifist married couple in their late 20's, AIDAN and DANIELLE, spends an evening at their Seattle home, where they can't keep a plant alive or a fish tank clean of algae, pondering what ... See full summary »
Director: Kim Voynar | Stars: Rachel Delmar, Stefan Hayek
Votes: 6
16. Police Beat (2005)
Not Rated | 80 min | Crime, Drama
An African-born bicycle cop encounters strange and mysterious situations on his police beat in urban Seattle.
Director: Robinson Devor | Stars: Pape Sidy Niang, Allan Armstrong, Eric Breedlove, Ingrid Sanai Buron
Votes: 388
17. Fat Kid Rules the World (2012)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
A dropout comes to the aid of a chubby and suicidal high-school kid by recruiting him as the drummer for his upstart punk-rock band.
Director: Matthew Lillard | Stars: Jacob Wysocki, Matt O'Leary, Billy Campbell, Lili Simmons
Votes: 3,403
18. Black Coffee (2009)
9 min | Short, Crime, Romance
Someone has found out about David's affair and is blackmailing him. David plans to make the payment to spare his political career, but he's about to find out he's been double-crossed.
Director: Quoc Bao Tran | Stars: Nina Carduner, Yuji Okumoto, Melissa Roberts, Quoc Bao Tran
Votes: 13
19. Ned Rifle (2014)
Unrated | 85 min | Drama
Henry and Fay's son Ned sets out to find and kill his father for destroying his mother's life. But his aims are frustrated by the troublesome Susan, whose connection to Henry predates even his arrival in the lives of the Rifle family.
Director: Hal Hartley | Stars: Aubrey Plaza, Parker Posey, Robert John Burke, Martin Donovan
Votes: 1,857
20. Supporting Characters (2012)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy
Two New York film editors balance their personal relationships while reworking a movie in crisis.
Director: Daniel Schechter | Stars: Alex Karpovsky, Tarik Lowe, Arielle Kebbel, Sophia Takal
Votes: 998
21. The Evolution of a Gen-X Music Purchaser (2015)
8 min | Short, Drama, Music
All the significant moments over the last twenty years in Zack's life parallel the changing landscape of music purchasing technology.
Director: Jack Marchetti | Stars: Christina Rose, Matt Pratt, Hannah Duncan, Grayson Hodgkiss
Votes: 21
22. The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle (2009)
TV-MA | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
After he loses his high-paying job, Dory takes a gig as a night janitor in order to pay rent. Alone late at night inside a market research firm, he soon discovers the company is experimenting on their other janitors ...
Director: David Russo | Stars: Marshall Allman, Jeanette Maus, Sean Nelson, Allen Johnson
Votes: 1,012
23. Borrowing Time (2004)
93 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Animation
Borrowing Time is an homage to 1940's serial adventure films, and concerns the exploits of two victorian aliens, attempting to make sense of an abandoned planet Earth. Allong the way they ... See full summary »
Director: Webster Crowell | Stars: Susannah Anderson, Kristie Ann Foss, Kevin Joyce, Ben Laurance
Votes: 16
24. Showing Roots (2016)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
Set in the year 1977, two women look to integrate their small town, inspired by the miniseries "Roots" as it hits the airwaves.
Director: Michael Wilson | Stars: Maggie Grace, Adam Brody, Elizabeth McGovern, Cicely Tyson
Votes: 177
25. Wild Oats (2016)
PG-13 | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Everything changes for Eva when she receives a life insurance check accidentally made out for five million dollars instead of the expected fifty thousand dollars. She and her best friend take the money and head out for the adventure of a lifetime.
Director: Andy Tennant | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Jessica Lange, Demi Moore, Ptolemy Slocum
Votes: 4,663 | Gross: $0.04M
26. Lust for Love (2014)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Romance
Astor is dumped by Mila. He bumps into her ex friend, Cali. She shows him how to get Mila back/approach women and what he did wrong in the past.
Director: Anton King | Stars: Fran Kranz, Dichen Lachman, Beau Garrett, Caitlin Stasey
Votes: 1,589
27. Zoo (2007)
Unrated | 75 min | Documentary
A look at the life of an Enumclaw, Washington man who died as a result of an unusual encounter with a horse.
Director: Robinson Devor | Stars: Coyote, Jenny Edwards, John Edwards, John Paulsen
Votes: 2,986 | Gross: $0.07M
28. Grassroots (2012)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
After losing his job, a journalist reluctantly agrees to help his oddball friend with his bid to earn a seat on the Seattle City Council.
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal | Stars: Jason Biggs, Joel David Moore, Lauren Ambrose, Cobie Smulders
Votes: 1,157 | Gross: $0.01M
29. Cruel Hearts (2018)
86 min | Thriller
A young man, Guy, discovers the woman he's been sleeping with is not only married, but married to Burt Walker, a notorious low-level crime boss.
Director: Paul Osborne | Stars: Melora Hardin, Eddie Jemison, Bonnie Root, Patrick Day
Votes: 211
30. Cthulhu (2007)
R | 100 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A Seattle history professor, drawn back to his estranged family on the Oregon coast to execute his late mother's estate, is reaquainted with his best friend from childhood, with whom he has... See full summary »
Director: Dan Gildark | Stars: Jason Cottle, Casey Curran, Ethan Atkinson, Patrick McKnight
Votes: 2,223 | Gross: $0.02M
31. Devil's Deal (2015)
15 min | Short, Thriller
A young gambler enters a high stakes poker game that could cost him his soul.
Directors: Tomm Gillies, Nicole Jones-Dion | Stars: Fritzi Luca, Crystal Mantecon, Scot Nery, Gregory Shelby
Votes: 24
32. 9 Ways to Hell (2022)
104 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
A multi-award winning Horror Compilation inspired by Dante's Inferno. 9 diverse filmmakers deliver a twisted mix of blood and violence, comedy and carnage, demonic creatures and real world terrors, social commentary and WTF madness.
Directors: Scott Alan Richards, Nick Dragon, Alejandra Díaz, Tai-Lynia Jones, Emily Louise Rua, Derek Silvers, Shelly Skandrani, Deven Spencer, Dillon Wilson | Stars: Joe Castro, Emily Killian, Al Burke, Shelly Skandrani
Votes: 131
33. Teacher's Pet
Thriller | Post-production
A malevolent new high school teacher with a sinister past becomes disturbingly fixated on a brilliant female student. As he unveils his true sociopathic nature, she must navigate a treacherous battle of wits to survive high school.
Director: Noam Kroll | Stars: Sara Tomko, Barbara Crampton, Drew Powell, Clayton Royal Johnson
34. Spanko (2018)
12 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
When a misfit teacher explores her taboo fantasies, she's inspired to start a revolution of self-acceptance.
Director: Melanie Zoey | Stars: Viravara Shetty, Adam Amiri, Janis Amiri, Joseph Aranda Jr.
35. The Fantastic Santa Monaco
Romance | Filming
Aqua, a young woman who aspires to be a performance artist, drifts through the sun drenched milieu Santa Monica, CA, finding love, loss and herself along the way.
Director: Alexsiya Flora | Stars: Lew Temple, Natanya Ross, Keana Marie, Tyler Tomás Perez
36. Tall as Trees (2008)
PG-13 | 85 min | Family
Jude, an 8-year old Amerasian boy, leads a life of privilege in the Philippines. After Jude's father William, an American expat from Boeing, receives a promotion in Seattle, he breaks the ... See full summary »
Director: Gil Ponce | Stars: Brent David Fraser, Chin Chin Gutierrez, Monsour Del Rosario, Rez Cortez
37. Changes (II)
Short, Drama | Post-production
Director: Nika Khitrova | Stars: Patrick Coleman Duncan, Asia Lynn Pitts, Jocelyn Wright
38. Not Ghostbusters: The 23 Directors' Cut (2015)
90 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
23 Directors parody Ivan Reitman's 1984 classic Ghostbusters.
Directors: Scott Alan Richards, Nia Andrade, Ryan Brennek, Julie Brett, Nick Dragon, Rollo Girando, Daniel Greenwald, Andrew Greer, Jonathan R. Gutierrez, Eric Iglesias, Tai-Lynia Jones, Miles Massey, Allison McCulloch, Ryan D. Richardson, Joe Shapiro, Deven Spencer, Bryan Stamp, Delaney Vance, Dillon Wilson, Megan J. Wilson | Stars: Margarita Aksenova, Scott Alan Richards, Dominique Alvares, Joey Bravo
39. Fast Crapper (2005)
7 min | Documentary, Short
An outhouse race takes place in Conconully, Washington every January. People build out-houses, put them on skis and push them down the road in midwinter. One person rides inside and two ... See full summary »
Director: Renate Fleischer
40. Angel in the Attic (2018)
Short, Drama
When Jake's mother dies, he finds Sara squatting in his mother's attic.
Director: Shelly Skandrani | Stars: Graham Clarke, Aly Fainbarg, Amanda Soroudi, Chloé Pourmorady
41. Suicide Run (2005)
6 min | Short, Thriller
Directors: Andy McCone, Joe Shapiro | Stars: Paul Bergman, Meredith Binder, Eric Jordan, Chris McDonald
42. Compatibility (2017)
14 min | Short, Drama, Romance
A Facebook engineer builds an algorithm to test his romantic compatibility with an attractive tech journalist.
Director: Jack Marchetti | Stars: Austin Scott, Christina Rose, Malinda Logan, Megan Medellin
43. Painted Love (2011)
6 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Grandpa is in a rush to paint his future granddaughter's nursery pink. He hits a snag when the paintbrush he purchased only paints orange, the same as paintbrush's girlfriend, who was left behind at the store.
Directors: John Polnik, Joe Shapiro | Stars: Douglas Anderson, Madeleine Bond, Ron Carrier, John Paulsen
44. Xeros (2005)
60 min | Sci-Fi
A character-driven science fiction murder mystery set two hundred years in the future, a story of enduring love, violence and revenge.
Director: Nils Osmar | Stars: Jackie Ayzenberg, Meredith Binder, Marty Bisch, Carob
45. Warehouse (III) (2013)
5 min | Short
Directors: Joe Shapiro, Yaque Silva-Doyle | Stars: John Bigham, Luis Deveze, Virginia Newcomb, Aliza Pearl
46. From Zombie with Love (2016)
4 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Nick Dragon | Stars: Scott Alan Richards, Lacey Rae
47. Light in the Himalayas
70 min | Documentary, Adventure
Set in India, Japan and Northern California, Light in the Himalayas tells the quixotic story of one man's quest to bring solar energy to a remote school in one of the highest places on earth.
Directors: Joe Shapiro, Yaque Silva-Doyle | Star: Omar Arafat
48. Queen of Wands (2008)
12 min | Short, Drama
A troubled woman hides a deadly secret.
Director: Brody Willis | Stars: Rik Deskin, Gin Hammond, Helen Harvester, Aaron Heinzen
49. Another Birthday (2018)
Short
Director: Ian Levin | Stars: Jesse Boone, Amy-Jo Colón, Javon Cook, Abrielle Cummings
50. Face of Fear: The Director's Cut (2009)
9 min | Short, Horror, Mystery
An illustrator and his wife are haunted by a mysterious shadow.
Director: Damian Stonebraker | Stars: Marie Lazzaro, Andrew Tribolini