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1. Return to Oz (1985)
PG | 113 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, is somehow called back to Oz when a vain witch and the Nome King destroy everything that makes the magical land beautiful.
Director: Walter Murch | Stars: Fairuza Balk, Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh, Piper Laurie
Votes: 30,337
2. The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985)
G | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Tom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher and Huck Finn join Mark Twain on his airship to meet Halley's Comet.
Director: Will Vinton | Stars: James Whitmore, Michele Mariana, Gary Krug, Chris Ritchie
Votes: 3,400 | Gross: $0.85M
3. Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet (2014)
PG | 85 min | Animation, Drama
Exiled artist and poet Mustafa embarks on a journey home with his housekeeper and her daughter; together the trio must evade the authorities who fear that the truth in Mustafa's words will incite rebellion.
Directors: Roger Allers, Gaëtan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi, Joan C. Gratz, Mohammed Saeed Harib, Tomm Moore, Nina Paley, Bill Plympton, Joann Sfar, Michal Socha | Stars: Liam Neeson, Salma Hayek, Quvenzhané Wallis, John Krasinski
Votes: 5,043 | Gross: $0.34M
4. Claymation Christmas Celebration (1987 TV Special)
24 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Two hosting prehistoric dinosaurs, Rex and Herb, guide you along a typical small town's Christmas choral celebration. There's just one catch, the entire town population is made out of clay. Special guest stars: the California Raisins.
Director: Will Vinton | Stars: Tim Conner, Johnny Counterfit
Votes: 1,008
5. Rip Van Winkle (1978)
27 min | Animation, Short
Rip Van Winkle, a lazy American man, wanders off one day with his dog Wolf into the Kaatskill mountains where he runs into an odd group of men drinking and playing bowls. He drinks some of ... See full summary »
Director: Will Vinton | Stars: Will Geer, Tim Conner, Bob Griggs, Bill Gratton
Votes: 148
6. The 65th Annual Academy Awards (1993 TV Special)
196 min | Family
Award of the American academy of cinematographic arts and sciences, from 1940 known as "Oscar", - American film award created in 1929 and traditionally handed to the figures of ... See full summary »
Director: Jeff Margolis | Stars: Billy Crystal, Jane Alexander, Robert Altman, Luciana Arrighi
Votes: 460
7. Meet the Raisins! (1988 TV Special)
22 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
This special mockumentary shows the California Raisins' humble beginnings, rise to stardom, fall from stardom, and rise back to stardom again, all told through interviews with the Raisins ... See full summary »
Director: Barry Bruce | Stars: Karreem, David Scully, David Downing, Ted Roisum
Votes: 179
8. Dinosaur (1980)
14 min | Animation, Short
Director: Will Vinton | Star: Michele Mariana
Votes: 22
9. Festival of Claymation (1987 Video)
53 min | Animation
A collection of Will Vinton's clay-animation ("claymation") films, hosted by two dinosaurs.
Director: Will Vinton | Stars: Tim Conner, Johnny Counterfit
Votes: 63
10. The Little Prince (1979)
25 min | Animation, Short, Family
The Little Prince questions the universe in this story of innocence and wonder.
Director: Will Vinton | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Michele Mariana, Dal McKennon, Nell Suza
Votes: 219
11. The Creation (1981)
9 min | Animation, Short
The film is based on a poem by James Weldon Johnson depicting the power of the southern black American preacher's telling of the biblical creation story.
Director: Will Vinton | Star: James Earl Jones
Votes: 117
12. Animation Outlaws (2020)
67 min | Documentary
This Spike & Mike documentary is a journey told through the stories of those they impacted - people like Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, Nick Park and many others.
Director: Kat Alioshin | Stars: Seth Green, Andrew Stanton, 'Weird Al' Yankovic, Pete Docter
Votes: 43
13. 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
14. The One-Minute Memoir (2020)
17 min | Animation, Short
Eleven award-winning directors turn memoirs into exuberant animated shorts, each in their own personal style, with stories ranging from the heartfelt to the absurd.
Directors: Joan C. Gratz, Marv Newland, Jim Blashfield, Paul Driessen, Marv Newland, Diane Obomsawin, Janet Perlman, Bill Plympton, Dennis Tupicoff, Theodore Ushev, Chel White
Votes: 64
15. Kubla Khan (2010)
TV-G | 4 min | Animation, Short
ShortsHD is proud to present a double feature of short films by OSCAR award winning director and animator, Joan C. Gratz. Lost and Found is an animation that evokes a range of human ... See full summary »
Director: Joan C. Gratz
16. No Leaders Please (2021)
2 min | Animation, Short
Works inspired by artists Basquiat, Banksy, Haring, and Ai Weiwei represent Bukowski's poem's theme of self-invention.
Director: Joan C. Gratz | Star: Tom O'Bedlam
Votes: 17
17. Candyjam (1988)
7 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
Pieces of candy form moving images and figures.
Directors: Joan C. Gratz, Joanna Priestley
Votes: 23
18. Legacy: A Very Short History of Natural Resources (1979)
7 min | Animation, Short
Director: Will Vinton | Star: Russ Fast
Votes: 10
19. A Christmas Gift (1980)
8 min | Animation, Short, Drama
Two people are able to share the happiest Christmas.
Director: Will Vinton
Votes: 33
20. Retention Department of Permanent Exhaustion (2022)
Animation, Short
Directors: Jim Blashfield, Martin Cooper, Joan C. Gratz, Christopher Hinton, Marv Newland, Chel White
21. Pro and Con (1993)
9 min | Animation, Short
A powerful, emotional and sometimes humorous look at the daily life of a prison inmate and a corrections officer
Directors: Joan C. Gratz, Joanna Priestley | Stars: Janice Inman, Allen Nause
Votes: 17
22. Katalog of Flaws (2020)
Animation, Short
A fever dream with many false endings. Keep watching
Director: Marv Newland | Star: Abigail Markowitz
23. Utopia Parkway (1997)
5 min | Animation, Short
"Utopia Parkway" explores the magic of objects and transformation. It was inspired by the boxes of Joseph Cornell, who lived on Utopia Parkway (Queens, NY) nearly all of his life. The ... See full summary »
Director: Joanna Priestley
Votes: 6
26. Lost and Found (VI) (2014)
4 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
Metamorphosing images with the appearance of sculpted wood and shifting sand summon memories of a life.
Director: Joan C. Gratz